,72 Dreer's Garden Calendar. 



SEEDS OF GREEN AND HOT-HOUSE PLANTS. 



The following varieties can be grown successfully from seed, by proper care and attention. 

 For method of sowing, etc., refer to pages 38, 39, and 40. The varieties with an * are suitable 

 for bedding out during the summer. Per . 



*ABUTILON (Chinese Bell-Flower). Green-house shrubs of strong growth and easy 

 cultivation ; free-flowering, with various-colored, beautiful drooping bell-shaped flowers. 

 Sown any time before April, they produce fine flowering plants the first season. 

 Boule DE Neige. The finest white-flowering variety, of vigorous growth ; height 6 feet. 25 

 Darwini. A new constant bloomer, producing 3 to 5 flowers from the axils of each leaf; 



flowers large, buff yellow, veined with crimson. Fine for bedding out; 2 feet 25 



Fine Mixed. Of choice varieties and colors ; 2 to 6 feet 25 



ACACIA, MIXED. Green-house shrubs of great elegance and variety ; fine ornamental 

 foliage ; beautiful racemes of various shades of yellow flowers. Soak the seed in warm 



water before sowing. Fine mixed varieties ; 6 to 10 feet 20 



*AGAPANTHUS UMBELLATUS {Blue African Lily). Bulbous-rooted, with ever- 

 green foliage and large heads of small blue flowers. The roots can be preserved during 

 the winter, in a cellar protected from frost, or under the stage of a green-house ; 3 feet.. 25 

 ALLAMANDA SCHOTTI. A beautiful hot-house evergreen climber, with splendid 



large yellow flowers. Packet of 5 seeds 25 



*ALSTRCEMERIA CHILENSIS, MIXED (Pulchella). Beautiful, free-flowering, 

 tuberous-rooted plants ; do best in a southern exposed sheltered position, or for the 

 green-house. Half-hardy perennial. Choicest mixed varieties from Chili ; 18 inches... 20 

 AMARYLLIS HYBRIDA, MIXED. Bulbous-rooted, producing from 2 to 4 of the 



richest colored crimson, scarlet, and white-striped, lily-like flowers; fine mixed ; 1 foot. 25 

 ANGELONIA, Grandiflora Atropurpurea. A new beautiful green-house shrubby 

 plant. If sown early will flower the first season, and can be treated as a tender annual. 



Famous for its fragrance; flowers dark purplish brown, with a white eye 25 



ARDISIA CRENULATA. Green-house evergreen shrubs, with glossy green foliage and 



beautiful scarlet berries, which remain in perfection all winter on the plants; 15 inches. 25 

 *ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA. A green-house herbaceous plant, with singular 



shaped scarlet flowers. Sow the seed in February; 3 feet 20 



* AURICULA, MIXED. A well-known favorite of great beauty ; seed from splendid 



choice varieties, mixed; half-hardy perennial ; 6 inches 25 



AZALEA INDICA, MIXED. Beautiful shrubby plants, grow best in a mixture of 



rich, fibrous peat and sand ; saved from a collection of showy flowers; mixed ; 3 feet... 25 

 BEGONIA HYBRIDA, MIXED. Beautiful varieties of Bex, etc., with handsome 



variegated foliage, choice mixed varieties; 6 inches 25 



9BEGONIA (New Hybrid, tuberous-rooted). These splendid varieties, growing from 12 to 



18 inches high, of a branching habit, are covered the whole summer with bright and 



elegant drooping flowers, in a partially shaded border ; blooming the first season from 



seed, if sown in February or March. Tubers to be taken up and kept in dry sand 



during the winter protected from frost. They should be treated the same as tender annuals. 



Boliviensis. Large, orange-colored. Sedeni. Clusters of large rich magenta flowers.. Each 25 



Robusta Perfecta. Bright cinnabar scarlet. Veitchi. Of the richest scarlet. ..Each 25 



Frcebeli. This beautiful new variety has large flowers of bright scarlet, formed in 



large clusters above the foliage 25 



BEGONIA, DOUBLE TUBEROUS-ROOTED, MIXED. The seed we offer 

 has been hybridized with the greatest care, using the most double flowers, and the 



handsomest single varieties for that purpose 50 



CALCEOLARIA. A superb herbaceous green-house plant, of a highly ornamental 

 character, and universal favorites for the decoration of the green-house or conservatory; 

 treated the same as tender annuals. For the sowing of seed, see pages 39 and 40. 

 Hybrida Grandiflora, Mixed. Superb, large, rich, self-colored flowers; saved from 



a choice collection ; mixed colors; 20 inches 50 



Hybrida Mixed. Large spotted or tigered flowers ; of beautiful colors mixed ; 20 inches. 25 

 Hybrida Nana, Mixed. Superb, dwarf; spotted flowers ; of choice colors mixed ; 1 ft. 50 

 Williams' Superb Strain, Mixed. The features of this new strain are dwarf habit, 

 robust growth, and producing immense trusses of large and varied colored flowers; 1 ft. 50 



*Rugosa, Mixed (Shrubby). Bedding varieties; of the finest mixed colors; 2 feet 50 



CAMELLIA JAPONICA DOUBLE, MIXED. Favorite winter-flowering half-hardy 

 green-house shrubs. Soak the seed befoi-e sowing, as they lie long dormant ; sow in 

 sandy peat and loam. Seed saved from the finest double varieties ; from 5 to 10 feet.... 25 

 *CHAM.<EPEUCE. This elegant Thistle, with its beautiful variegated downy leaves, and 

 thickly set spines, is very ornamental for garden decorations. 

 Diacantha (Ivory Thistle). A rare foliage biennial, with long leaves and spines. The mid- 

 rib and spines are ivory-white and the leaves glossy green shaded by a snowy down ; 2 ft. 10 

 Casabon^e (Fish-Bone Thistle). Glossy green leaves, with white nerves and brown 



spines; half-hardy perennial ; 1 foot 10 



CINERARIA (Cape Asters). A favorite green-house plant, blooming during the winter 

 and spring months ; treated as tender annuals. For culture, see page 40. 



Hybrida, Mixed. Splendid tall varieties, of all colors mixed ; 2 feet 20 



Hybrida Nana, Mixed. Splendid dwarf compact varieties, of all colors, mixed ; 1 ft. 25 

 Double, Mixed. This is one of our finest plants, and quite an acquisition to our list of 

 florists' flowers, which for cutting can hardly be surpassed. All the rich and beautiful 

 colors of the single exist in this new double variety ; 1£ feet 50 



