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Dreers Garden Calendar. 



COLEUS. 



This plant is too well known to require much description, being deservedly popular plants. 

 Whether grown as individual plants or for massing in ribbon-gardening, hardly anything is 

 so desirable. The following list embraces the best old sorts and novelties of 1880. 15 cts.; 

 $1.50 per doz. Excepting where noted. 



Acme (new). Broad foliage, golden centre, crimson veins. 20 cts. 



Albion. Bright green, spotted with purplish black. 



Beauty of Widmore. Light green, chocolate centre and pink zone; dwarf. 



Brilliant. Bronzy crimson, dark veins and shadings, golden edge. 



Charm (new). Yellow, tinged with bronzy scarlet. 20 cts. 



Crown Jewels. Claret-crimson, broad margin of golden yellow. 



Excellent. Green and nearly black leaves. 



Exquisite. Violet carmine, broad lobed green margin. 



Fascination. Brilliant crimson centre, surrounded with yellow laciniated green edge. 



Golden Beauty. Crimson, wavy, with golden edge. 



Judy (new). Pale green and white mottled, a splendid variety for edging. 20 cts. 



Kentish Fire. Centre of leaf bright vermilion and crimson ; deeply serrated. 



Lady Burrell; or, The Shah. The lower half or base of leaf is rich violet crimson, the 



upper half golden yellow. 

 Maroon Velvet. Rich velvety maroon. 



Miss Kirkpatrick (new). Large white centre, broad green lobed margin. 20 cts. 

 Musaica. Marbled and spotted with yellow and rich crimson. 

 Multicolor. Rich shades of crimson, red rose, etc., quite unique. 

 Novelty. Cream colored centre, margined with yellow, green serrated edge. 20 cts. 

 Parroquet (new). Yellow, maculated with crimson and green. 20 cts. 

 PlCTUS. Color rich brown, on a green or yellow ground. 

 Princess (new). Dark crimson, stained with rich velvety brown. 

 Queen Victoria. Crimson, the brightest golden edge. 

 Rainbow. Bright blood red crimson, yellow margin. 



Superbissima (new). Blackish maroon, purple band through each leaf. 20 cts. 

 Venosa. Yellow, veined and marbled with dark crimson. 

 Victor Lemoine. Yellow, with broad crimson mai-gin. 

 Verschaffelti. Rich velvet crimson ; the well-known bedder. 



CONVALLARIA— Lily of the Valley. 



One of the most charming of our spring-flowering plants, whose slender stems set with their 

 tiny bells, diffusing a delicious odor, have rendered it a universal favorite. They are entirely 

 hardy, and delight in a shady, well-enriched border. Roots deliverable until April, and after 

 September 1st. 



Majalis. Single, white. 10 cts. each ; $1 per doz. 

 Majalis Flore-Pleno. Double white. 15 cts. ; $1.50 per doz. 

 Majalis Foliis Variegatis. Single, white; golden-striped foliage. 25 cts. ; $2.50 per doz. 



CROTON. 



Ornamental plants with the richest variegated and spotted foliage. They should demand a 

 place in every collection of plants ; suitable for baskets, vases, fern, and wardian cases. 



Maximum. Very large, broad leaves, mottled 

 green and yellow. 50 cts. to $1. 



Ovaliformis. Oval-shaped green and yellow 

 leaves. $1. 



Rubrum Pictum. Green, yellow and orange 

 red. 50 cts. to $1. 



Undulatum. Dark green and orange, undu- 

 lated margin. $1. 



Variegatum. Large green and yellow leaves. 

 25 to 50 cts. 



Weismanni. Long, narrow leaves of yellow 

 margined with green. $1. 



Aucub^folium. Green , spotted with yellow, 

 like an Aucuba. 50 cts. 



Disraeli. A new and distinct variety, with 

 trilobate leaves, deep green inoculated with 

 orange-red. $1. 



Interruptum. Very long wavy foliage, with 

 red mid-ribs. 25 to 50 cts. 



Irregularis. Long green foliage, broad yel- 

 low mid-rib. 50 cts. 



Johannis. Very long, narrow, drooping foli- 

 age. $1. 



CYPERUS ALTERNIFOLIUS. 



A fine grass-like plant, forming a mass of reedy stems with broad tufted heads, very desirable 

 for baskets, vases, or as an aquarium plant. 20 cts. 

 Cyperus Alternifolius Variegatus. Similar to the above, with variegated leaves. 50 cts. 



CRTNUM AMABILE. $2. 



CUPHEA HYSSOPIFOLIA. 15 cts. ; $1.50 



per doz. 

 CUPHEA PLATYCENTRA. {Cigar plant.) 



15 cts. ; $1.50 per doz. 



CYCLAMEN PERSICUM. 30 cts. ; $3 per 

 doz. For other sorts, please see Bulb Cata- 

 logue. 



CYPRIPEDIUM INSIGNIS. 75 cts. 



