Dreer *s Garden Calendar. 



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TRADESCANTIA. 



Often called "Wandering Jew," and very pretty for baskets and fountains, groving rapidly, 

 with handsome foliage. 15 cts. ; $1.50 per "doz. 



Aquatica. Very small green leaves. 



Discolor. An upright growing sort, light green leaves, the under side violet-purple, good 



for a centre plant of baskets, etc. ; strong grower. 30 cts. 

 Vittata. Bright green, striped white. 

 Zebrina. Leaves striped with silvery white on a dark ground. 



VALLOTA PURPUREA. 



Flowers of a brilliant scarlet, resembling the Amaryllis, 

 the bulb throwing up its strong stems in August about 

 one foot hi::h, with from five to eight of its lily-like flow- 

 ers. Unlike many other bulbs, it requires no season of 

 rest, but can be kept constantly in a growing condition, 

 to over-pot them, as they llower better 

 30 to 50 cts. 



tctkintr care not 

 when pot -bound. 



THE VERBENA 



T\LI/»TA PUKFUKEA. 



Is the most useful and popular of our 1 edding plants, yet 

 for want of proper cultivation, many fail to grow it to per- 

 fection. Frequent change of soil is necessary. A fresh, 

 sandy loam, enriched with well-rotted manure, or soda 

 from a pasture, thrown up with cow manure, and well- 

 rotted before using, we 

 have found the best 

 A simple plan, when 

 it is not practicable to 

 renew the entire bed, 

 is to dig holes about 



one foot square and deep, wherever a plant is desired, and 

 fill up with fresh soil, as above named. We have devoted 

 much labor and care in the annual selection of our Verbena 

 6eed, and with over an acre bed to select from, we are in a 

 position to --..jure first-class novelties in point cf color, habit 

 and growth. 



Price to name or color, $1.25 per doz. ; without names, as- 

 sorted colors, $1 per doz. ; $G per hundred. 



Aurora. Rosy crimson, extra large. 

 Bijou. D trk scarlet, large white eye. 

 Bird of Passage. Orange scarlet, white eye. 

 Black Hawk. Kich maroon, shaded black". 

 Blue Bird. Blue, white eye. 

 Brunette. Indigo blue, dark eve. 

 Candidlssima. The finest white bedder. 

 Defiance, Fine scarlet bedder. 

 Display. White, stri|ted carmine. 

 Excelsior. Dazzling scarlet, small white eye. 

 Gaiety. White, large purple centre. 

 Glow-Worm. Dazzling velvety crimson. 

 ELeeperas. White, large violet, crimson centre. 

 Jubilee. Crimson, white eye. 

 Magnus. White, striped lilac and purple. 

 Mrs. Hayes. Rosy carmine, very large. 

 Mrs. Woodruff. The finest scai 

 Monitor. Maroon, splashed with white, 

 Murillo. Striped purple; and white. 



The Ykbbexa. 



NABOB. Blush pink, white eye. 

 Oberon. Urinisou, splashed with violet. 

 ORACLE. White, liuked with scarlet. 

 Ovid. Rosy junk. 



Remarkable. White, striped with blue, 

 Rosina. White, maculated with pink. 

 Seraph. Scarlet, white eye. 

 Talisman. White, striped with scarlet. 

 Temple. White, with a pink band through 



each petal. 

 Velvet Mantle. Velvety crimson, white 



eye. 

 Vulcan. Scarlet, black centre. 



VINCA. 



This old and popular plant should be in every jrarden. producing its masses of bloom from 

 June to frost; of compact bushy growth. Its continual bloom makes a desirable plant for 

 massing. 15 cts. J $1.50 per doz. 



Alba. Pure white. | Rosea. Rose, dark eye. 



Alba Ocllata. White, crimson eye. 



