74 Dreer's Garden Calendar. 



Per pkt. 

 *CLIANTHUS DAMPIERI {Glory Pea). A beautiful green-house plant, 3 feet high, 

 or can be trained as a Verbena, with elegant foliage, and brilliant, rich scarlet, long, 

 pea-shaped flowers 3 inches in length, each flower picturesquely marked with a large, 

 black blotch in front. Start the seed between thick moist cotton, keeping it very warm 

 until the seed germinates, then pot in very small pots in a mixture of one-half leaf mould, 

 one-quarter compost, and one-quarter sand, keeping them near the light and very warm 

 until fair])- started, then harden off, plant out in May or June, when the weather has 

 become warm, in a sheltered, sunny position before the plants become pot-bound, then 

 water freely until established. Cold and moisture are death, while heat and moisture 



are life to the Clianthus. Prepare the soil outside as given for pot culture 25 



*COLEUS. One of the most beautiful of our variegated perennial foliage plants ; for green- 

 house or garden decorations, ribbon beds, etc.; of rapid growth and easy culture; 2 feet. 

 PiCTUS. This new strain is very beautiful, the leaves differing from the old varieties in 

 having the teeth of the edge greatly elongated and rounded at the tips, of a rich brown 



on a green or yellow ground, the brown turning to bright red on the yellow surface 25 



Choice Mixed. Seed saved from a fine collection of choice varieties 25 



Dreer's Hybrid Mixed. Our new strain of Hybrid Coleus produces the finest colored, 

 most attractive and novel foliage plants ever before introduced. For plants and illus- 

 trations, see list in Supplement under the plant department 50 



CYCLAMEN PERSICUM. Charming bulbous-rooted plants, with beautiful foliage; 



universal favorites for the green-house or parlor and for winter and spring blooming. 



If the seed is sown early in the spring, they make flowering bulbs in one season ; they 



require sandy loam ; half-hardy perennial ; 6 inches. 



Atro-rubrum. Large dark crimson. Album. Pure white. Mixed. Of all colors...Each 25 



GiGANTEUM. This new large-flowering variety has beautiful mottled leaves, broad petals 



and stout flower stalks, throwing the flowers well above the foliage ; 8 inches. 

 Rubrum. Rose, changing to crimson. ALBUM. Pure white, with a violet-purple eye..Each 50 



Mixed. Of rich and varied colors, large flowers 50 



S ERYTHRINA (Coral Plant). Ornamental and effective half-hardy plants for out-door 

 summer decoration, with beautiful foliage and superb spikes of flowers. The seeds 

 should be soaked in warm water for several days before planting; 5 feet. 



Crista-Galli. Clusters of scarlet flowers. Hendkrsoni. Rosy vermilion Each 25 



FERNS. These ornamental plants are too well 



ji known to require any description ; are very 



if <$$ desirable for Wardian cases or ferneries. 



«40v snV^fe They delight in a peaty, sandy soil,and thrive 



"^3-* Y^w'^^f we ^ * n m °i s t shady positions out in the gar- 



<,r^^&"\\,^^^ s5a ^en during the summer. The seed is how- 



- x ^ :__ /"" <-a^. p ever slow of germination and requires care 



^^z^tfl anc * considerable patience, before it makes 



^tw^*^ its appearance. 



'=^5^ l ~-~ Ji - ' 'i^ss^V Adiantum Pubescens. The Maiden -hair 



211^ " : 0^%f$^^ Fern variety 25 



^^"r--. Y^^z^, Adiantum Mixed. Of all the Maiden-hair 



^ ^i|itfe?5§^ Fern varieties mixed 25 



§§§§3^ Athyrium Goringianum Tricolor. A 



l#^ new Japanese, nearly hardy variegated vari- 



: ,<gs?|I|ggs> ety, very rich in the tricoloring of its fronds. 25 



^^I^P^ Gymnogramma Peruviana Argyrophyl- 



^? LA. A handsome variety, fronds are from 



; l&s_ 10 to 30 inches long, and broad at the base; 



'!'A : $fi~^' lllll§!l. pinna? are also broad and obtuse, the 



'fj/t t '~X<£ $r^ upper side of a bluish white, while the under 



side of the fronds is silvery white 25 



Gymnogramma Sulphurea. Golden Fern 

 with dwarf slender fronds, bipinnate; the 



pinnae set rather distant 25 



Nephrolepis Davallioides Furcans. A 

 Lomaria, Dwarf Tree Fern. new ornamental variety from. Java, of strong 



growth, with long, deeply-crested fronds 25 



Pteris Argyr^EA. Variegated Fern, with long fronds, the pinnse pinuatifid, the lower 



pair bipartite ; color silvery white with light green margin 25 



Pteris Tricolor. A new "variegated Fern, of great beauty, with long fronds; color 



crimson, with light green margin 25 



Pteris Mixed. Of all the Pteris varieties mixed 25 



Choice Mixed Varieties. Of a fine collection of dwarf Ferns 20 



Lygodium Scandens [Japanese Climbing Fern). A graceful climber, growing to an 

 indefinite length, pinna? palmately lobed, fruiting spikelets on the apex of each lobe, 

 giving it a beautiful appearance. It grows as easily as the Smilax, and is used for the 



same purpose. It forms charming festoons when grown as a window plant 25 



Lomaria Gibba. A dwarf green-house Tree Fern, of the most elegant and graceful 



growth ; adapted for every purpose 25 



Tree Ferns. Of choice varieties mixed 25 



•-FUCHSIA, MIXED [Lady's Ear-drop). A well-known popular plant of easy culture, 

 for the house or shady situations in the garden ; seeds saved from the finest single and 

 double named varieties ; choice mixed colors; half hardy perennial; 3 feet 50 



