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Dreer^s Garden Calendar. 



HYBRID AMARYLLIS. 



Imported direct from the cele- 

 brated collection of Louis Van 

 Houtte, Belgium. These splendid 

 varieties are desirable for room 

 culture, the green-house, or conser- 

 vatory, etc., producing from two 

 to ten of the richest crimson, 

 scarlet, Mhite striped, and self- 

 colored lily-like flowers. $1.50 to 

 $2.00; $18.00 per doz. 



The following varieties, Hy- 

 brids of Viltata, are from M. 

 Souchet, Paris, the successful 

 Gladiolus grower : 



Hybrids, white ground, lined 

 and striped with red and rose. $2. 

 Hybrids, red ground, striped with white. $1.50. 



Also the following choice named varieties from the celebrated collec- 

 tion of E. H. Krelage & Son, Haarlem : 

 AULICA. Dark crimson ; large and fine. $2.00. 

 JOHNSONI. Scarlet, striped with white. $2.00. 

 PRINCE OF ORANGE. Bright orange ; large. $2.00. 

 VTTTATA. White, striped with dark rose; extra. $2.00. 

 AMARYLLIS FORMOSISSIMA (Jacobsea Lily). Crimson-velvet color, 

 flowering early in the summer. The flowers have a most graceful 

 and charming appearance. To be planted out in May in rich 

 ground ; the roots are preserved like Dahlias during the winter. 25 

 cts. ; $2.50 per doz. 



HARDY EVERGREENS. 



ARBOR VIT^ (AMERICAN). Easily transplanted. 25 to 50 cts. 



American Arbor Vit^e, for hedges, per 100, $15.00. 

 ARBOR VITiE (SIBERIAN). A compact variety. 50 cts. to $1,00. 

 ARBOR VIT^ (GOLDEN). A beautiful dwarf variety. 50 cts. to $2.00. 

 ARBOR YmM (GLOBE). Of dwarf globular form, also adapted for 



planting as a border edging. 25 cts. to $1.00. 

 AUSTRIAN PINE. A robust and grand evergreen tree. 50 cts. 

 BOX TREE. A well-known evergreen; 3 ft. $2.50. 

 CUPRESSUS LAWSONIANA (Lawson's Cypress). $1.00 to $2.00. 

 NORWAY SPRUCE. The hardiest and most graceful ; 2 ft. 50 cts. 



Norway Spruce, for hedges, per 100, $20.00 to $30.00. 

 HEMLOCK SPRUCE. A graceful indigenous tree, a little difficult of 

 removal, but when once established, second to none. 25 cts. to $1.00. 



Hemlock Spruce, for hedges, per 100, $20,00 to $30.00, 

 UPRIGHT JUNIPER. Very desiiable for planting along walks. 50 cts. 



DIPLOPAPPUS CHRYSOPHILLUS. 



A new and rare evergreen shrub, introduced by L. Van Houtte, who 

 describes it perfectly hardy. The plant has a heath-like appearance, 

 with small dark thick foliage, the lower side of which, jis also the stems 

 of the young matured growth, are covered with a yellow dust, similar to 

 the Golden Ferns, giving it the ajjpearance, as jNlr. X-aw Houtte describes 

 it, of a golden cloud ; a rare novelty, which can be highly recommended. 



50 cts. 



