. Dreer's garden calendar : 1879. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. Dreer's Garden Calendar.âSupplement. 1 NOVELTIES OF 1878-1879. FLOWER SEEDS OFFERED FOR THE FIRST TIME. The varieties offered below are given with the descriptions of the raisers, who are the most responsible in the trade. ANGELONIA GRANDIFLORA ATROPURPUREA. A beautif-il green house shrubby plant If sown early they flower the first season, and can be treated as tender annuals. Famous for its fragrance; flowers dark purplish brown, with a white eye. Packet of 10 seeds, 25 cts. B
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1879. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. Dreer's Garden Calendar.âSupplement. 1 NOVELTIES OF 1878-1879. FLOWER SEEDS OFFERED FOR THE FIRST TIME. The varieties offered below are given with the descriptions of the raisers, who are the most responsible in the trade. ANGELONIA GRANDIFLORA ATROPURPUREA. A beautif-il green house shrubby plant If sown early they flower the first season, and can be treated as tender annuals. Famous for its fragrance; flowers dark purplish brown, with a white eye. Packet of 10 seeds, 25 cts. BEGONIA ROBTJSTA PERFECTA (Tuberous-roofed). One of the finest of the new tuberous- rooted Begonias. Owing to its robust habit of growth and succulent dark green foliage, the plant strikes the eye at once. Seedlings raised in February attain a height of 12 inches, with a .stem half an inch in diameter, and leaf-stalks i)roportionately thick. The flowers are of a brilliant cinnabar scarlet, melting into a delicate rose towards the centre; duririg defloration they assume a lighter tint. What deserves particular mention is the great firm- ness and texture of the flowers, which make them less liable to drop ofi" than is the case with many of the other varieties. Packet of about 50 seeds, 25 cts. BEGONIA ROEZLI. A valuable green-house species from Mexico. Plants raised from seed sown in April had, by September, become very strong, and of a height of 2(J inches. The leaves are alternate, dark green, succulent, 10 inches long by 6 inches in breadth, and the under surface is of a reddish color. The buds of the inflorescence appear in October, and resemble an opening Paeony. They are enveloped in a dark rod spathe, and rapidly ex- pand into a beautiful umbel "of large size, composed of luminous deep red flowers. In a green-hou^e this fine species blooms freely and in uninterrupted succession until March. The flowers will be found of great utility for bouquets. Packet of about
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