40 Dreer's Garden Calendar, 



method should be adopted : The seed should be sown in the latter part of August, or beginning 

 of September, in pots prepared in the following manner: the pot to be half-filled with drainage, 

 over that the rough sifting of the mould, and the surface covered with soil as fine as possible, 

 half of which should be composed of river sand. When prepared thus it should be watered with 

 a fine rose, immediately after which sow the seed carefully, without any covering of soil. The 

 pots should then be placed under a close frame or hand-glass, in a shady part of "the garden, no 

 artificial heat being required. In large establishments, of course, there are propagating or other 

 houses that will do, where the same kind of moist temperature could be obtained, but any expo- 

 sure to the sua must be carefully guarded against by mats or paper. If the situation be of the 

 proper temperature, they will require watering but very seldom. As soon as the seedlings are 

 strong enough, they must be picked oil' into pots prepared as before, and placed in the same 

 situation ; from the store-pots they will require to be potted off singly ; alter this the plants will 

 grow very rapidly. Through the winter months the plants will thrive on shelves near the glass, 

 in the green-house; and, to obtain fine specimens, they must be shifted into larger pots till the 

 flower-stalks have started, and should always be smoked with tobacco steins every week or two, 

 to prevent the green-fly from making its appearance, as no plant in cultivation so readily suffers 

 from this insect as the Calceolaria — the Eureka Fumigator being the best for that purpose, as 

 the tobacco stents never blaze in this apparatus, which makes it a safe and easy remedy to apply. 

 See our list for sizes and prices on page iSO. 



It is necessary here to remark that one of the most frequent causes of the appearance of these 

 injurious insects is the plants becoming root-bound; to avoid which evil, it is very important 

 that they should be frequently re-potted during the growing season. 



Cineraria and Primula Sinensis are more hardy in their growth, and require somewhat 

 less care than the above, but for them the same treatment will suit in sowing of seed, etc. ; only 

 that the seeds being larger, they can be slightly covered with fine sandy soil. If required to 

 flower in the winter, seed should be sown in April and May, and in the following months for 

 spring flowering. 



It should be borne in mind that much of the disappointment that occurs in the sowing of 

 Flower Seeds and frequent failures may be avoided by giving attention to the foregoing direc- 

 tions. 



FLOWER SEEDS BY MAIL. 



Their portability renders them so easily transported by mail, that we send all Flower Seeds 

 in packets and assortments, free of postage, upon the receipt of a remittance at the prices 

 annexed, per packet or assortment, so that no person with any taste in Floriculture need be 

 without a choice selection. For the accommodation of those who are unacquainted with the 

 varieties, we have put up the following assortments of desirable free-blooming and showy kinds; 

 at these prices for the assortments, invariably our own selection : 



No. 1. Twelve annuals, free-bloomers $0 50 



" 2. Twenty-five annuals, free-bloomers 1 00 



" 3. Twenty biennial and perennial varieties 1 00 



" 4. Twelve very choice annual varieties 1 00 



" 5. Twelve new and rare varieties 2 00 



" (3. One hundred annual, biennial, and perennial varieties, including many choice 



kinds, making a fine col lection 5 00 



As an inducement to POSTMASTERS AND OTHERS forming Clubs, we will forward six 

 One-Dollar packages of the above assortments, for a remittance of Five Dollars. 



PREMIUM OM FLOWER SEEDS, Etc. 



As an inducement we offer the following liberal premium on Flower Seeds ordered IN PACK- 

 ETS ONLY, of purchaser's own selection from our extensive lists. 



For $1 00, Flower Seeds can be selected to the amount of $1 10 

 " 2 00, " " " " 2 25 



" 3 00, " " " " 3 50 



" 4 00j « u « u 4 75 



" 5 00, " " " " 6 00 



" 10 00, " " " " 12 50 



The following offer does not include the above premiums on the packets of Flower Seeds; but 

 applies only to the prices in this Catalogue, as are therein annexed to the respective articles 

 hereinafter mentioned, viz.: Vegetable Seeds in packets or ounces, Flower Seeds in packets (and 

 does not include the assortments), Plants and Bulbs at the price per piece (and not doz. prices), 

 to the extent of $10.00 or upwards (in one order), the choice of any book or books in our Far- 

 mer's and Gardener's Library, to the amount of $1.50 as a special premium. The list will be 

 found on page 128. These articles will be mailed post-paid to any Post-Office in the United 

 States. 



SIPJECI-A-L NOTICE- 



03^ Correspondents will please write their names legibly, and in full, with post-office, county, 

 and State, so as to avoid any delay in filling their orders. 



We frequently receive orders and remittances without any signatures or addresses to the let- 

 ters, and the persons thus remitting imagine themselves humbugged when they do not receive 

 their seeds, etc., in time. We would therefore advise our patrons, if they do not receive their 

 seed, etc., within a reasonable time, to notify us of the fact, and then we can trace them up. 



