70 Dreer's Garden Calendar. 



Per packet. 



PORTULACA. Plants of easy culture, luxuriating in an exposed 



sunny situation ; flowers large and of rich shades of color, and 



produced throughout the summer in great profusion ; fine for 



massing in beds ; 6 in. For assortments of Portulaca, see page 98. 



Alba. White. Caryophylloides. Carnation striped each 5 



Aurantiaca. Orange. Splendens. Crimson purple each 5 



Thorburni. Yellow. Thellusoni. Scarlet.... each 5 



Rosea. Rose-colored. Mixed, all colors each 5 



Grandiflora Flore-Pleno {Double-flowering Portulaca). 



There is no plant for the flower garden more desirable. A 

 bed of double Portulaca, when seen under a mid-day sun, pre- 

 sents such a glow of brilliant coloi-s as to excite the admiration 

 of all ; the flowers are perfectly double, of the most brilliant 

 scarlet, crimson, white, variegated, buff, yellow, orange and 

 rose, admirably adapted to withstand the influences of heat and 

 drought. Seed saved from all double flowers, and a large pro- 

 portion will prove double 20 



POLYANTHUS {Primula Elatior). Showy early spring-flower- 

 ing plants, fine for pot or out-door culture; finest English 



varieties; hardy perennials; 1 ft. ; mixed colors 25 



Good Mixed Varieties. All colors 10 



POPPY (Papaver). Showy and easily cultivated flowers. Sow 

 early in the spring ; they will not bear transplanting; 2 ft. 



P^eony-flowered. Large and very double ; mixed colors 5 



Ranunculus-flowered. Double-fringed; mixed colors 5 



Carnation. Double mixed. Mixed Varieties, all colors..each 5 

 POTENTILLA AUREA. Profuse-flowering herbaceous plants; 



hardy perennial; Ih ft; vellow, with pink eye 5 



PRIMULA VERIS {English Cowslip). Hardy perennial; 6 in. 



Mixed colors 10 



RHUS COTINUS {Purple 3Iist Tree). A hardy ornamental dwarf 



tree, beautiful when in full bloom, resembling mist..... 10 



SALPIGLOSSIS. Neat and beautiful plants, with penciled and 

 marbled funnel-shaped flowers ; suitable for pot-culture or the 

 flower-border, blooming all summer ; half-hardy ; li ft. 

 Large-flowered Varieties. Very splendid ; mixed, all colors. 10 



Fine Mixed Varieties. All colors 5 



SANVITALIA PROCUMBENS FLORE-PLENO. This double- 

 flowered variety is much larger than the single flowers ; a valua- 

 ble bedding plant; 6 in.; bright golden yellow 10 



SAPONARIA. Beautiful compact-growing plants, with masses of 

 miniature cross-shaped flowers, blooming throughout summer 

 and late autumn ; 6 in. 



Choice Mixed Varieties 10 



Ocymoides. A hardy perennial variety, one of the finest plants 



for covering rock-work, etc. ; rosy pink flowers 10 



SCABIOSA {Mourning Bride, or Sweet Scabius). Plants with 

 beautiful double various-colored flowers ; fine for bouquets. 



Fine German Varieties. Mixed, all colors; 2 ft 5 



Dwarf Varieties. Double mixed, all colors; 1 ft 5 



Candidtssima Plena. Double, pure white flowers 10 



SCHIZANTHUS. A splendid class of plants, combining elegance 

 of growth with a rich profusion of flowers ; half-hardy ; 2 ft. • 

 Grandiflorus Occulatus. Various shades with blue centres... 5 



Pinnatus. Pinnated-leaved; purple and yellow spotted 5 



Fine Mixed Varieties. All colors 5 



For Seeds of Everlasting Flowers, see page 81. 



