Dreer's Garde n Calendar. — Supplement. 



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BEGONIA. SCHM1DTI. 



NEW LIST OF FLOWER SEEDS FOR 1881. 



These are not all novelties, bnt some of recent introduction, and others of special merit, as 

 well as those which were omitted under their respective heads. 



The novelties we offer are given with the descriptions of the raisers, who are the most respon- 

 sible in the trade. 



ANTIRRHINUM, Majus Nanum Pic- 

 turatum. A new and distinct variety 

 of dwarf Snapdragons, with diversely 

 shaded and striped flowers, which at a 

 distance are not distinguishable from, 

 nor for beauty and attractiveness sur- 

 passed by, the* finest hybrids of Pentste- 

 mon Hartvcegi. Mixed* of six fine colors. 

 Price per packet, 25 cts. 

 BEGONIA, Roezli. A new valuable 

 green-house species from Mexico. The 

 leaves are alternate, dark green, succu- 

 lent, and the under surface is of a red- 

 dish color. Seed sown in April make 

 strong plants by September, attaining a 

 height of twenty inches, and the buds of 

 the inflorescence appear in October, re- 

 sembling an opening Pseony. They are 

 enveloped in a dark red " spathe,* and 

 rapidly expand into a beautiful umbel of 

 large size, composed of luminous deep 

 red flowers. In a green-house this fine 

 species blooms freely and in uninter- 

 rupted succession until March. The 

 flowers will be found of utility for bou- 

 quets. Pkt. of about 50 seeds." 25 cts. 

 BEGONIA, Schmidti. A new beautiful 

 green-house shrubby plant from Brazil. 

 Flowers white, slightly tinged with pink, contrasting finely with the foliage, being of a dark 

 green, with a metallic* lustre. Its dwarf branching globe-shaped habit makes it a most de- 

 sirable decorative as well as a market plant, being literally covered with flowers from May 

 until November, and blooming all winter in the green-house; also a fine summer bedding 

 plant. Pkt. of about 50 seeds, 25 cts. 

 CALENDULA, Officinalis Meteor. A new splendid hardy annual Pot Marigold, very 

 large, beautifully imbricated, extra double striped flowers, the colors are of a deep orange 

 on a pale straw-colored ground ; producing a profusion of bloom from May until late in the 

 autumn; height, 1 foot. Pkt., 20 cts. 

 CAMPANULA, Macrostyla Rossflora. A beautiful rose-flowered variety of this new 

 Campanula, and cannot fail to become as great a favorite as the old type. Hardy perennial, 

 flowering the first Season, if sown earlv. Pkt. of 25 seeds, 25 cts. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM FRUTES- 

 CENS, Comtesse de Chambord 

 (Paris Daisy, or Marguerite). A new 

 perennial green-house species, exten- 

 sively used in the parks and gardens 

 of Paris, also becoming fashionable in 

 this country. It is literally covered all 

 summer with a profusion of single 

 white star-like flowers with a yellow 

 disc ; also for winter-blooming in the 

 house; height, 2 feet. Pkt., 20 cts. 

 CHRYSAXTHEMLM FRUTES- 

 CENS, Etoile d'or. Similar to the 

 above, excepting it has large golden- 

 vellow flowers. Pkt. of J.O seeds, 25 c. 

 COLEUS,Dreer's Hybrids. Our 

 new strain of hybrid varieties which 

 produces the finest colored, most at- 

 tractive and novel foliage plants ever 

 before introduced, for house or garden 

 culture; half.hardy perennial; height, 

 1 to 2 feet. For plants and illustrations, 

 see li*t in this supplement, under the 

 plant department. Pkt., 50 cts. 

 DAISY, Double White {Bellis Per- 

 ennis Flore Pleno Albo.) One of our 

 favorite plants for beds or pot-culture, 

 half-hardy perennial. Seed saved from 



CALENDULA, OFFICINALIS METEOR. 



