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a cold frame or greenhouse, and transplanted, soon grows and flowers 

 freely. 



Zinnia elegans, double white, valuable for cut flowers ; nearly 

 always true. 



The price of these, according to the catalogue of a first-class 

 house, varies from Is. to 2s. 6d. per packet. 



Besides the above, there are three varieties of Celosia worthy of 

 attention, viz. : — 



Celosia atroviolacea pyramidalis, three to four feet high, furnished 

 to the ground with branches and spikes of bright purple flowers, 

 eight to nine inches long. 



Celosia nana aurantiaca pyramidalis, dwarf species from Cochin 

 China, one to one and a half feet ; foliage light green and branching, 

 every shoot terminating with a spike or plume of rich fawn colour. 



Celosia pyramidalis versicolor, var. hybridafoliis atrobrunneis. 



These Celosias are splendid for the greenhouse or conservatory 

 in autumn. 



Leptosiplwn roseus, elegant new dwarf annual ; flowers bright rose ; 

 height three inches. 



Nemophila elegans, dwarf, free centre pure white, edged with 

 dark chocolate. 



Sweet Pea,, Invincible, scarlet ; glorious for a fence or mound. 



Pyrethrum, Golden Feather, invaluable plant for edgings ; green- 

 ish golden yellow. 



Sanvitalia jlore-pleno, bedder, bright golden yellow. 



Tropceolum compactum, Tom Thumb; dwarf bedder; various 

 shades yellow and orange. Crystal Palace Gem, sulphur and ma- 

 roon, dwarf. Grandijlorum Brilliant, climber. Lobbianutn, var. 

 Lucifer, bright scarlet, metallic leaves. 



OENAMENTAL GRASSES. 



Arundo donax, variegatn, Arundo conspicua. 



Gynerium argenteum (Pampas grass) There are three varieties 

 — the Common, with silvery panicles ; the " Rosy," with purplish- 

 red panicles ; the " Variegated," with elegant striped leaves. 



Avena sterilis, " Animated Oats." 



NEW BOBECOLES WITH OBNAMENTED FOLIAGE. 



Triple-curled Variegated perennial borecole, for pots, or orna- 

 mental shrub for the open ground ; foliage a brilliant melange of 

 purple, green, white, mauve, olive, and yellow. 



Improved ditto, similar to the above. To keep them dwarf and 

 compact, sow thinly in poorish soil in May ; transfer at any time to 

 winter garden. 



FOLIAGE BEDDEBS. 



One of the most elegant and effective improvements in outdoor 

 gardening that has been made for many years is the adoption of 

 foliage plants as a means for ornament. There is a chaste beauty in 

 the subdued tones of these plants highly satisfactory to the artistic 

 eye, and in many cases their forms are so striking as to lend a finish 



