. Dreer's garden calendar : 1899. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. AGAPANTHUS. Golden Fleece, Fine pure yellow, remarkably free-flowering, Mrs. John Laing. Purplish-rose. Royal Scarlet. Rich shining scarlet, very fine. Roszeflora. Pretty pinkish-rose. Splendens. Free-flowering bright red. Thompsoni Plena. Perfectly double flowers that resemble in form a Double Hollyhock ; rich deep orange, streaked with crimson. Price, 10 cts. each ; $ per doz., except where noted. Set
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1899. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. AGAPANTHUS. Golden Fleece, Fine pure yellow, remarkably free-flowering, Mrs. John Laing. Purplish-rose. Royal Scarlet. Rich shining scarlet, very fine. Roszeflora. Pretty pinkish-rose. Splendens. Free-flowering bright red. Thompsoni Plena. Perfectly double flowers that resemble in form a Double Hollyhock ; rich deep orange, streaked with crimson. Price, 10 cts. each ; $ per doz., except where noted. Set of n varieties for $ AGAPANTHUS. Umbellatus {Lily of the Nile.) A splendid ornamental plant, bearing clusters of bright blue flowers on long flower stalks and lasting a long time in bloom. There is no finer plant for out-door decoration, planted in large pots or tubs on the lawn, terrace or piazza. It does well in the house or greenhouse in Winter, a rapid grower, and increases 'in size and beauty every year ; the chief point in its cultivation is to divide the plants before the pots or tubs become overcrowded with roots. 20 cts. each ; § per doz. Umbellatus Albus. A. beautiful white flowering variety of the above. 25 cts. each. Sanderiana. The most beautiful and striking of the genus The leaf is arrow-shaped with deeply toothed margin, which, like the veins and mid-ribs, are creamy-white, while the body of the leaf is deep glossy green with metallic-blue reflection. A very rare plant of recent introduction. (See cut.) $ each. lilustris. An excellent plant to grow in connection with fancy-leaved Caladiums or for planting in the open border in a j artly shaded position. The foliage is large, of a dark green, clouded with a velvety blue-black. 15 cts. each ; § per doz. ALLAMANDA This handsome variety Is entirely distinct from all others, being quite dwarf and forming a compact bush with trusses of bloom at every point. It con- tinues fl
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