. Dreer's garden calendar : 1886. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. TIGRIDIA. (Shell Flower. Curious and beautiful shell-like flowers about 4 inches in diameter, flowering from July to October. The bulbs are planted about the middle of May, and taken up in Oc- tober and kept over winter in dry sand. Conchiflora. Orange, with crimson spots. , Pavonia. Ked, with crimson spots. Pavonia Grandiflora Alba. A new variety, possess- ing all the advantages of the old, both in vigor and abundance of bloom ; large
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1886. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. TIGRIDIA. (Shell Flower. Curious and beautiful shell-like flowers about 4 inches in diameter, flowering from July to October. The bulbs are planted about the middle of May, and taken up in Oc- tober and kept over winter in dry sand. Conchiflora. Orange, with crimson spots. , Pavonia. Ked, with crimson spots. Pavonia Grandiflora Alba. A new variety, possess- ing all the advantages of the old, both in vigor and abundance of bloom ; large ivory-white flowers, spotted with maroon and rosy lake in centre; very beautiful. 10 cts. each; 75 cts. per doz. TORENIA. Asiatica. An exquisite plant, bearing a profusion of porcelain blue flowers, tipped with rich violet purple; it succeeds out of doors in the summer season, where the situation is moist and half shady. Bailloni. Trailing habit, producing bright golden yel- low flowers with a deep brownish red throat. It thrives in the open border, greenhouse or TO R E N11\—Continued. Rnbens. A distinct and handsome variety, of trailing habit; the flowers are larger than the old varieties, and are a light violet-blue, deep violet-blue throat. 15 cts. each ; set of 4, 50 cts. TRITOMA UVARIA GRANDIFLORA. A splendid summer and autumn flowering plant, with stately flower scapes and magnificent terminal dense spikes of rich orange-red flower tubes: familiarly known from its glowing colors as the "Red-hot ; Hardy with protection. 25 cts. each. —Rubens. Fournieri. This variety produces large sky-blue flow- ers, with dark blue spots and a bright yellow centre. Exposed to the full sun, it forms a compact bushy plant about 1 foot high, which commences to flower in June and continues incessantly until frost; fine for massing or Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for rea
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