Dreer's garden calendar . dreersgardencale1890henr Year: 1890 FOR GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE. 103 EUCHARIS AMAZONICA. A splendid hot-house plant, blooming nearly the entire season. It sends up stalks bearing several pure white, star- shaped flowers, 4 inches across, delit^ht- fully fragrant. It is very highly prized in bouquets, baskets, etc. 30 cts. to $ each. ERYTHRINA CRISTA-GALLI. (Coral Plant.) A magnificent plant, producing its scarlet and crimson pea-shaped flowers I in spikes 18 inches long. Planted in M ly they will flower profusely through the summer. They may be taken up in the f
Dreer's garden calendar . dreersgardencale1890henr Year: 1890 FOR GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE. 103 EUCHARIS AMAZONICA. A splendid hot-house plant, blooming nearly the entire season. It sends up stalks bearing several pure white, star- shaped flowers, 4 inches across, delit^ht- fully fragrant. It is very highly prized in bouquets, baskets, etc. 30 cts. to $ each. ERYTHRINA CRISTA-GALLI. (Coral Plant.) A magnificent plant, producing its scarlet and crimson pea-shaped flowers I in spikes 18 inches long. Planted in M ly they will flower profusely through the summer. They may be taken up in the fall, and kept in perfect preservation during the winter in a dry cellar, the roots covered with half-dry earth. 25 cts. each, $ per dozen. EucHARis IPTJOHISIJLS. These graceful plants delight in a cool, shady position, and require a rich sandy loam, or equal parts of loam, eand and manure, thoroughly decomposed. They are not adapted to sunny or exposed situations, as their resting season is during late summer. TWELVE BEST SINGLE. Arabella. 'White tube and sepals, rose corolla; early. Black Prince. Tube and sepals bright waxy car- mine, sepals tipped green, large, pale pink corolla. Bland's Striped. Tube and sepals scarlet, corolla pur- ple, striped rose. Cannell'.s Favorite. Tube and sepals pure white, petals reflexed, corolla scarlet. Duke of Albany. Light purple corolla, tube and sepals bright scarlet; reflexed. Elescans. Dark corolla, crimson tube and sepals. Emily Ney. White tube and sepals, shaded purple corolla. £arl of Beaconsfield. Tube and sepals of a light rosy carmine, deep carmine corolla. Grand Duchess Marie. White tube and sepals, car- mine corolla. Mrs. Rundle. Very long, rosy carmine tube and sepals. Symmetry. Crimson tube and sepals, corolla rich violet. Wave of Life. Beautiful yellow foliage, rich scarlet tube and sepals, and rich dark corolla. 20 cts. each; set of 12 for $ TWELVE BEST DOUBLE. Agamemnon. Plum corolla, rich scarlet sepals.
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