Dreer' s Garden Calendar. 



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Double Tuberosk. 



Kew Double Tubeeose, "'Pearl.''' 



New Double Tuberose, "Pearl." 



The value of this sort over the couimon variety consists in its flowers, 

 being of double size, imbricated like a rose, and its dwarf hubit, growing 

 only from 18 in. to 2 ft. in height ; its short growth making it desirable 

 as a pot plant or for winter forcing. 25 cts. ; $2.50 per doz. 



Variegated-Leaved Tuberose. 



Leaves striped with light yellow, very showy when planted in masses ; 

 single flowers. 25 cts. ; $2.50. 



AGAPANTHUS UMBELLATUS— African Lily. 



A noble plant, belonging to the bulbous-rooted section, with evergreen 

 foliage. A plant will frequently send up a flower-stalk three feet high, 

 crowned with a head of twenty or thirty blue flowers, whicli will come 

 into blossom in succession. It blooms during the summer, and forms a 

 fine ornament to an architectural terrace, or a lawn. The roots are pre- 

 served in a cellar or under the stage in the green-house during the win- 

 ter. Price of plants from 50 cts. to $2.00, according to size. S/uall 

 plants 25 cts. 



UMBELLATUS MINOR. A dwarf variety. $1.00. 

 Aldus. White flowers. $1.00. 

 FOLIIS Variegatis. Variegated foliage. $1.00. 



