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Dreer's Garden Calendar. — Supplement. 



NEW COLEUS. 

 Dreer's New Hybrid Varieties. 



We offer this year the 

 cream of these new sorts 

 that have stood the test 

 of a year's trial, and we 

 still contend excel any 

 English, Continental, or 

 American introductions. 

 Three varieties exhib- 

 ited at the Spring (June) 

 meeting of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society, 

 London, carried off the 

 highest prize for this 

 class of plants, and re- 

 ceived very flattering 

 newspaper notice. 20 

 cts.; $2.00 per doz. The 

 set of 24 varieties, $3.50. 

 ACME. Immensely 



large foliage, choco- 

 late and dark maroon 

 ground, shaded and 

 marked with brilliant 

 crimson, rose, yellow, 

 and green ; perhaps 

 the finest introduc- 

 tion. 

 ASA GRAY. Orange 

 crimson, violet veins 

 and centre, dark green 

 maculation ; bright 

 green, serrated edge. 

 BEACON. Blackish 

 purple, with brown 

 and bright crimson 

 midribs and veins, 

 large broad foliage. 

 BIJOU. Crimson, 

 shaded with choco- 

 late, bright green 

 margin. 

 BUTTERCUP. Mar- 

 bled with bright 

 green, mottled and 

 marked centrally with 

 pure yellow spots. 



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Yellow, tinged with bronzy scarlet, stained with dark brown ; green, deeply serrated 

 Deeply serrated, oak -leaf foliage, mottled with various shades of green and 



CHARM. 



margin. 

 CHARTER OAK. 



white. 



FAWN. Buff marbled with green, leaves purplish underneath. 



GRACILLIMA. Crimson centre surrounded with chocolate spots ; broad green margin* 

 HERO. Maroon ground, crimson centre and mid-rib ; green margin. 

 HIAWATHA. Orange, yellow and crimson, flamed with dark crimson, serrated margin. 

 IDYL. Veined and mottled with green and yellow, and stained with bronzy red. 

 JUDY. Pale green and white mottled, green margin. 

 KIRKPATRICK. Large white centre, shaded with yellow, broad green lobed margin, large 



foliage. 

 MARVELLOUS. Brilliant crimson, marbled with yellow and intense brown. 

 ORIOLE. Yellow and green, maculated with various tints of carmine, crimson and chocolate,, 



yellow or green, serrated margin. 

 PUCK. Pale buff, tipped with green, carmine stems and leaf stalks. 

 PARROQUET. Yellow, maculated with crimson and green. 



RED CLOUD. Rich crimson, evenly marmorated with blackish brown, narrow green margin. 

 SPECIOSA. Green, with broad yellowish white central bar, resembling Hydrangea Speciosa. 

 SERAPH. Fiery crimson, spotted with chocolate, bright green, serrated margin. 

 SUPERBISSIMA. Blackish maroon, with a brilliant broad purple band through the centre 



of the leaf. 

 SPLENDOR. Green, reticulated and veined with pleasing light shade of yellow; fine and 



distinct. 

 TESSELATA. Evenly marbled with green and pale yellow. 



