. Dreer's garden calendar for 1887. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. CHINESE HIBISCUS. Small shrubs, blooming freely during the summer months, and tine for garden decoration. They are equally desirable For winter blooming. Rosea sinensis. Large crimson. Aurantiaca plena. Double salmon. Cooperi Tricolor. Foliage beautifully variegated with dark green, pink and white; flowers crimson. Grandiflora. Large rose. Lutea plena. Double yellow. Miniatus semi-plena. The finest and most brilliant, semi-double vermilion scarlet flowers, 4 inches in diamete
. Dreer's garden calendar for 1887. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. CHINESE HIBISCUS. Small shrubs, blooming freely during the summer months, and tine for garden decoration. They are equally desirable For winter blooming. Rosea sinensis. Large crimson. Aurantiaca plena. Double salmon. Cooperi Tricolor. Foliage beautifully variegated with dark green, pink and white; flowers crimson. Grandiflora. Large rose. Lutea plena. Double yellow. Miniatus semi-plena. The finest and most brilliant, semi-double vermilion scarlet flowers, 4 inches in diameter. Schizopetalus. Flowers drooping, with reflex orange- red laciniated petals; a curious and valuable variety. 50 cts. each. Vivicans. Remarkably large flowers, 4J inches in di- ameter, full, double; brilliant crimson scarlet; very showy. Zebrinus. Petals scarlet-edged and striped with creamy yellow and white. 25 cts. each ; $ per Chinese Hibiscus. Hydrangea Rosea. HYDRANGEAS. Hortensis. An old favorite, producing large heads of pink flowers in great profusion ; the color may be changed to a beautiful blue, by mixing the iron scales from a blacksmith's shopamongthe soil. Hardy with protection. 25 cts. to $ each. Hortensis variegata. An exceedingly ornamental plant; the leaves are deep green, margined with pure white ; fine for shady positions. 25 cts. each. Imperatrice Eugenie. Pose, shaded with white and blue. 30 cts. each. Otaksa. A Japanese variety lately introduced, having; beautiful glossy foliage, and large heads of pink flowers. 25 cts. each. Rosea. Similar in habit and growth to the popular Thos. Hogg, except in color, which is a bright rosy red. 30 cts. each. Thomas Hogg. Large pure white flowers which, on well grown plants, measure more than 12 inches in diameter. Is quite as hardy as the other garden sorts. 25 cts. each. HYDRANGEA PANICULATA GRANDIFLORA. This is the finest hardy shrub in cultivation, and endures the heat and cold of our climate extremel
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