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Dreer's Garden Calendar. 



P/EONIE— Herbaceous. 



The Herbaceous Peeonias are exceedingly hardy, and will succeed in any ordinary garden 

 soil, well enriched with good manure. During the summer months mulching will be beneficial 

 to the roots, especially on dry soils. 30 cts., $3 per doz., except where noted. 



Alba Plena. Double white. 



Baron J. d'R,othschild. Pale rose. 50 cts. 



COMTE DE PARIS. Rose, buff centre. 



Duchesse d'Orleans. Rose, tinged buff. 



Fra GRANS. Dark rose ; fragrant. 



Humei. Pink ; fragrant. 



Jeanne d'Arc. Blush white, shaded with 



rose. 50 cts. 

 Lingulata. Pure white. 50 cts. 

 Magnifica. Of a rosy chamois color. 50 cts. 

 Modeste Pulcherima. Deep rose, bright, 



large, showy and distinct. 50 cts. 



Large pur- 



Officinalis Purpurea Major. 

 pie flower. 50 cts. 



Officinalis Rubra. Dark crimson. 



POTTSI. Dark crimson. 



Rosea Delecta Pulchra. Rose, shaded 

 with buff. 50 cts. 



Sulphurea. Pale yellow. 50 cts. 



Tenuifolia. Dark crimson ; very double and 

 showy, with peculiar fine cut leaves. 50 cts. 



Tricolor Grandiflora. Large three- 

 colored flower. 50 cts. 



Wiiitleyi. Pure white; fragrant. 



PALM. 



The following is a select list of rare and handsome varieties, which can be recommended of 

 easy culture for apartments, conservatory decoration, or vase plants during the summer. The 

 prices vary according to size and rarity. 



Areca Batjeri. $5. 



Areca Lutescens. Fine yellow stems ; 



a beautiful palm of fine color and 



graceful habit; for a dinner-table or 



green-house decoration. $3 to $6. 



Areca Verschaffelti. One o\ the 



most elegant varieties. $3 to $10. 

 Beahea (Pritchardia) Filamen- 

 tosa. Resembles Latania Borbonica, 

 hung with long white threads. $1 to $3. 

 Caryota Urens. $1. 

 Cham^rops Excei.sa. A handsome 

 fan palm ; fast grower and easy cul- 

 ture. $1 to 13. 

 Cham^rops Gieserechti. $3. 

 Cham^erops Humui.is. $3. 

 Cocos Weddelliana. $5. 

 Corypha Australis. {Australian 

 Fan Palm.) Of easy culture and 

 good grower. 50 cts. to $1. 

 Cycas Revoluta. (Sago Palm.) $7.50 

 to $10. 

 Phcenix Dactylifera. (The Bate Palm.) 



$2.50 to $8. 

 Phcenix Reclinata. $3. 

 Phcenix Sylvestris. $3 to $10. 

 Ptycosperma Alexandra. $2. 

 SeaFORTHIA Elegans. One of the hand- 

 somest of green-house palms, of very easy 

 culture. $1, $3 and $5. 



JuBiEA Spectabilis. A magnificent variety. 

 $3 to $5. 



Latania (Livistona) Borbonica. (Chinese 

 Fan Palm.) One of the handsomest ; one 

 of the most desirable for ordinary cultiva- 

 tion ; a good grower. 50 cts. to $5. 



Livistona Oliv^eformis. A rare fan palm. $5. 



Oreodoxa Regia. $3. 



PANDANUS UTILIS— Screw Pine. 



Called Screw Pine from the arrangement of the leaves on the stem. Excellently adapted for 

 the centre of vases and baskets, or grown as a single specimen ; a beautiful plant. 50 cts. to $1. 

 Veitchi. This splendidly-variegated Screw Pine is one of the most attractive plants. The 



leaves are light green, beautiful! v marked with broad stripes and bands of pure white, and 



most gracefully curved. $1.50 to '$3. 



PANSY. 



This plant has received special selection and culture, so that the stock offered can be relit 

 on as embracing the best from foreign and domestic collections, comprising the various shades 

 of color with flowers of the largest size and fine form. 15 ets. ; $1.50 per doz. Out of frames, 

 $1 per doz. 



PHORMIUM TENAX-New Zealand Flax. 



Long sword-like green leaves; useful as a* bedding or greenhouse plant. 75 cts. 



Variegata (Veitchi). A finely variegated form of New Zealand Flax. The leaves are the 

 same size as the species, with conspicuous broad stripes of creamy white running out their 

 entire length, and contrasting well with the light shining green. A noble plant. $1 to $3. 



