66 Dreer's Garden Calendar. 



Par packet. 



MYOSOTIS (Forget-me-7wt\. Xeat and beautiful little plants with 

 star-like flowers ; succeeds best in a shady situation, for in or 

 out-door planting; half-hardy perennials ; blDcming the first- 

 year from seed ; 6 in. 



Alpesteis. Bright blue. Alba. Pure white ...each 10 



Palusteis. True Forget-me-not ; blue 10 



Azoeica Alba. A pure white variety 20 



Azoeica Ccelestina. Sky-blue flowers, produced in great pro- 

 fusion ; handsome and very constant .: 20 



XASTUBTTUM {TropcEolum)'. The dwarf improved varieties are 

 all desirable, either for the flower borders, massing, ribboning, 

 pots or green-house ; 1 ft. 



Tom Thumb Scaelet. Yellow : each 10 



Tom Thumb Pearl. Cream color 10 



Tom Thumb Beauty. Orange-spotted 10 



Cxeeulea Eosea. Bose-tinted maroon 10 



Carter's Ceystal Palace Gem. Sulphur-colored flowers, 



. with a dark-red spot near the base of each petal 10 



King of Tom Thumbs. Bluish green foliage; showy intense 



scarlet flowers '. 10 



King Theodoee. Selected from King of Tom Thumbs ; bluish- 

 green foliage; flowers almost black 10 



Golden King of Tom Thumbs. . Deep golden flowers, thrown 



well above the dark-colored foliage 10 



Mixed, all colors .- 10 



NEMOPHILA {Grove Love). Of neat, compact, uniform habit of 

 growth, comprising varied and beautiful colors; 1 ft. 



Insignis. Bright blue, with white centre 5 



Maculata. White, blotched with violet 5 



Fine Mixed, all colors 5 



XTGELLA (Love in a JlitO. A compact-growing, free-flowering 

 .plant, with curious-looking flowers and seed-pods ; of easy cul- 

 ture, growing in any garden soil ; 1 ft. 



Damascena. Light'blue, pretty flowers 5 



Damascena Alba. A pure white varietv of the above 10 



XIEEEMBEPvGIA FBUTESCEX8. Tender perennial, blooming 

 the first year from seed ; fine for house-culture or bedding out; 



flowers white tinted with lilac ; 1 ft 10 



(EXOTHEBA GBAXDIFLOBA {Evening Primrose). Hardy 



perennial ; showy yellow flowers ; 3 ft .". 5 



OXALIS EOSEA. Beautiful plants, suitable for the green-house, 

 rock -work, baskets, etc. ; blooms the first year from seed, with 



clusters of rose-colored blossoms ; half-hardy perennial: 6 in 10 



PAXSY [ Viola tricolor maxima). This attractive plant is too well 

 known to require any description, as it is a favorite with aU ; if 

 grown in beds, ribbons, or massing, they are very effective. The 

 best blooms are obtained from seed sown in the autumn, and 

 protected during the winter. These flower early in the spring. 

 The plants from spring sowing should be planted in a shady 

 border ; they produce fine large flowers in the autumn. They 

 require fresh soil, well enriched with decomposed manure; 

 hardy perennials. 

 Dreer's Premium Varieties. Saved from first-class flowers 



only, with special directions how to cultivate 50 



Emperor William. Large handsome flowers in great profusion, 

 borne well above the foliage, brilliant ultra-marine blue, with 

 eye of purple violet 25 



For Seeds of Novelties for 1877, see page 93. 



