Dreer's garden calendar : 1884 . ng variety, of fine habit, producing large heads of bloom;on Mad. de Blonay. 25 cts. HIBISCUS ROSA—Sinensis Zebrinus. A very distinct and handsome variety, with double flowers,which are beautifully flaked and striped. The individual flowersare about 3^^ inches broad, the five outer petals are scarlet edgedwith creamy yellow in the lower part; the staminal column is en-tirely petaloid, with a few large petal-like bodies, forming numer-ous irregular tufts at the apex of a creamy yellow color, variouslyand irregularly striped and flaked with scarlet. Both the form
Dreer's garden calendar : 1884 . ng variety, of fine habit, producing large heads of bloom;on Mad. de Blonay. 25 cts. HIBISCUS ROSA—Sinensis Zebrinus. A very distinct and handsome variety, with double flowers,which are beautifully flaked and striped. The individual flowersare about 3^^ inches broad, the five outer petals are scarlet edgedwith creamy yellow in the lower part; the staminal column is en-tirely petaloid, with a few large petal-like bodies, forming numer-ous irregular tufts at the apex of a creamy yellow color, variouslyand irregularly striped and flaked with scarlet. Both the form andmarking of the flowers are very irregular and grotesque. 50 cts. HIBISCUS SCHIZOPETALUS. A very peculiar andstriking species. It dif-fers from all others inthe remarkable charac-ter of its petals, the pen-dulous flowers and the longtubular calyx. Its droop-ing flowers, with reflectedorange-red and laciniatedpetals, render this plant notonly a curiosity but highlyvaluable as a decorative orbedding plant. 50 cts. improvement.
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