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Dreer's Garden Calendar. 



GLAUCIUM CORNICULATUM. 



An ornamental plant with long silvery white, velvety leaves, gracefully recurved and deeply 

 cut to the mid-rib. Its silvery color makes a fine contrast with dark -colored foliage plants, and 

 largely used in ribbon gardening. 15 cts. ; $1.50 per doz. 



GLOXINIA CRASSIFOLIA. 



Beautiful summer-flowering, tuberous- rooted plants for the green-house or conservatory, with 

 large bell-shaped Mowers, of the most delicate and brilliant colors. There are three sorts, with 

 horizontal, erect, and pendulous flowers. 



Mixed colors. Strong tubers. 30 cts. ; $3 per doz. 

 G. INSIGNIS. A tall shrubby-growing variety, with large glossy green leaves; producing 

 spikes of large gloxinia-like flowers, of deep lilac color, lasting until Christmas. 30 cts. 



HARDY ORNAMENTAL GRASSES. 



Elegant ornaments on the lawn, adapted for massing in flower borders, and some are the most 

 graceful hanging-basket or vase plants. 

 Ageostis Glauca. A rare, dwarf variety, with a glaucous bluish tinge; fine for edgings, 



baskets, or vases. 20 cts. ; $2 per doz. 

 Arundo Donax Variegata. See special description. 

 Bambusa. See special description. 



Dactylis Glomerata Elegans. A dwarf ribbon-grass, with broad, silvery stripes. 20 cts. 

 Erianthus Ravennje. See special description. 

 Eulalia JAPONICA Var. and Zlbrina. See special descriptions. 

 Gynerium Argenteum — Pampas Grass. See special description. 

 Stenotoptrum Glabrum Variegatum. An ornamental grass from New South Wales. 



Green, handsomely striped yellow ; a good vase or basket plant in sunny situations. 20 cts. 



HANGING-BASKET AND VASE PLANTS. 



The growing of Plants in baskets, vases, etc., is constantly on the increase. They add greatly 

 to the decoration of a room, garden, or verandah, and impart an air of taste and refinement that 

 the most costly ornaments cannot give. 



The following plants have been selected as the most suitable for this purpose. The varieties 

 with an * are particularly suited for large vases, for the centres of which Palms, Dracaenas, 

 Geraniums, Fuchsias, Coleus, etc., will make a rich effect. The varieties requiring shade are 

 so marked. Those without descriptions will be found under their proper headings. 



-Abtjtilon Vexillarium Pictum. 25 cts. 



Acortjs Gramin^eus Variegatus. Grass- 

 like. 20 cts. 



*Agrostis Glauca. A beautiful blue grass. 

 20 cts. 



Begonia. 



Cissus Discolor. (Shade.) 30 cts. 



euonymtjs radicans variegata. 



Ferns. 



Ficus Repens. A very elegant creeper for 

 the green-house or hot-house decoration ; 

 clinging to stone, brick or wood ; remain- 

 ing green the entire year; useful for large 

 window boxes, baskets and stands. 25 cts. 



Hydrocotyle Lurida (New). From Japan; 

 producing nearly round handsomely crimped 

 leaves; a fast runner; chocolate-colored flow- 

 ers. 15 cts. ; $1.50 per doz. 



Ivies. See Hedera. 



Linaria Cymbalaria, or Kenilworth Ivy. 

 15 cts. 



See Summer 



Lycopodium. 



-Lobelia. 



*Manettia Cordifolia. 



Climbers. 

 Maurandias. 



Muhlenbachia Botundifolia. 25 cts. 

 Othonna Crassifolia. 

 Panicum Variegatum. Variegated Grass. 



(Shade). 

 *Peristrophe Angustifolia Aurea. 

 Reinekia Carnea Variegata. Grass-like. 



25 cts. 

 BUSSELIA JUNCIA. Scarlet flowers. 

 Saxifraga Fortunei. (Shade.) 20 cts. 



Tricolor. Very fine and rare. 35 cts. 

 *Sedum. 

 *Senecio. 

 Thumbergias. See Summer Climbers. 



TORENIA. 



Tradescantia. 



VlNCA. 



HEDERA— Ivy. 



The most useful and popular evergreen vine. The varieties 

 marked with an * are the hardiest and most vigorous, suitable for 

 covering walls, fences, trees, rock work, and rustic work, as well 

 as baskets or vases. The others are of a more slender growth, 

 and used principally for hanging-baskets, vases, etc. When grown 

 in pots and trained to screens or trellises, they are very desirable 

 plants for vestibule and hall decoration ; their refreshing glossy 

 green foliage will bear a large amount of ill-usage. 

 Algeriensis. Glaucous green, large silver blotches. 50 cts. 

 Aurea Maculata. Foliage blotched with yellow. 50 cts. 

 Conglomerata. Densely covered with small undulated foliage; 



curious. 50 cts. 

 *Digitata or Finger-Leaved. (Rare.) 50 cts. 

 -Helix {English Ivy). Rapid grower, most generally used. 25 



to 50 cts. 



