Dreer's Garden Calendar, 53 



A SELECT 

 DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF 



CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS, 



Worthy of special attention, embracing Annuals, Biennials and Perennials. 



Seeds of Climbers, Ornamental Foliage Plants, Everlasting Flowers, 

 Ornamental Grasses, Green-house Plants, Assortments, Annuals by weight, 

 and Novelties for 1877, will be found under their respective heads. 



Per packet. 

 ABRONIA UMBELLATA. Trailing plants, producing clusters 

 of sweet-scented rosy lilac blossoms, resembling the Verbena, 

 blooming a long time ; effective in beds, rock work, or hanging- 

 baskets; peel off the husk before sowing the seed; half-hardy... 10 

 ADONIS .AESTIVALIS {Flos Adonis, also known as Pheasant's 

 Eye). Handsome foliage; pretty, dark crimson flowers; height 



1 ft 5 



AGERATUM. Valuable plants for large beds or borders, and very 

 useful where cut flowers are in demand ; in bloom the whole 

 summer, also good for winter blooming in pots, succeeding in 

 any soil; half-hardy ; 1 to 2 ft. 



Albiflorum. White-flowered 5 



Mexicanum. Lavender blue 5 



Imperial. Dwarf, with fine large heads of blue flowers 10 



White Tom Thumb. Dwarf, white, with a pale-blue shade 10 



Lasseauxi. This beautiful rose-colored species from Buenos 

 Ayres is of perennial duration, but flowers the first season in 

 the open border, and requires the protection of a Green-house or 



Conservatory in the winter 10 



AGROSTEMMA C(E LI-ROSE A (Pose of Heaven). An attractive 

 free-flowering hardy perennial, producing flowers on long slen- 

 der stems like a single pink ; blooms first season ; mixed rose 



and white; 1 ft 5 



ALONSOA. Free-flowering bedding plants, continuing in bloom 

 until killed by frost ; also good house-plants ; half-hardy ; 18 in. 



Warscewiczi. Bright crimson flowers 5 



Grandiflora. Large flowering ; bright scarlet 5 



ALYSSUM. Free flowering; pretty little plants for beds, edgings, 

 or rock work ; the annual varieties bloom all summer, also 

 grown in pots for winter flowering. 



Sweet. White, very sweet ; 6 in 5 



Wierzbecki. White and yellow; hardy perennial; blooms 



the first season 5 



) Saxatile Compactum. Showy golden yellow flowers; hardy 



perennial, for spring-bedding and rock work ; lift 10 



AMARANTHUS. Are showy blooming plants, with their long 



racemes of curious flowers ; half-hardy. Foliage var., see p. 77, 



Atro-Purpureus. Is covered with long drooping spikes ofpur- 



ple flowers ; 4 ft 5 



Caudatus (Love, lies Bleeding). Long drooping racemes of blood- 

 red flowers; 3 ft 5 



Giganteus. Large showy crimson flowers 5 



For New Flower Seeds, see page 93, 



