Introductions of i8go. 171 



Mask Melon, Ideal. Biickbee. 



Myosotidium nobile, or Giant Forget-Me-Not. Henderson. 



Perennial, growing about one and a-half feet high, producing dur- 

 ing the spring months, and occasionally in the autumn, large dense 

 clusters of forget-me-not bloom. The individual florets are one-half 

 an inch across, brilliant blue, shading to white at the center. The 

 leaves are large, nearly ten inches in diameter. 

 Myristica moschata. Reasoner Bros. 



Nutmeg. East Indies. 

 Nerine flexuosa. Reasoner Bros. 

 Natal. 



— tiexuosa, var. pudica. Reasoner Bros. 



Natal. 

 CEnothera, Ice King Primrose. Lovett ; Hallock. 



The plant is of dwarf bushy growth ; the flowers of immense size, 

 white, delicately shaded blush, and are produced in great profusion, 

 blooming all summer. It is also said to be very hardy, coming from 

 Montana. 



Olive. U. S. Dept. of Agr., as follows : 



Ascolana, Correggiola, Du Guazzo, Gentile, Grassia, Infrantoi, Lec- 

 cino, Marinella, Oriola, Piangente, Razza. St. Caterina. 

 Onion, White Multiplier. Henderson ; Wilson. 

 Oreodoxa sp. Reasoner Bros. 

 Demerara. British Guiana. 

 Pansy, New Peacock. Wilson. 

 A parti-colored English sort. 

 Papaver orientale and bracteata hybrids. Henderson. 



These hybrid varieties include charming new colors, including ex- 

 quisite blush pink, blotched purple, deep blood red, blotched black, 

 glowing scarlet, pure reddish orange, soft salmon, etc. 



Parsley, Beauty. Bnckbee. 

 Passiflora, John Spalding. Henderson. 



A variegated-leaved sport of Constance Elliott, originating with 

 John Spalding. 



Pea, Buckbee's Lightning Express. Buckhee. 



Eighteen to twenty-five inches high. Good keeper. 



— Chelsea. Henderson. 



One foot in height, and is of compact short-jointed habit ; it is as 

 early as American Wonder and earlier than Little Gem, and gives a 

 much larger crop than either of these sorts, bearing in pairs from the 

 bottom to the top an abundance of handsome pods, which are half as 

 long again as thase of any other first early dwarf kind. 



— Early Prize. Gregory. 



A cross between Tom Thumb and the Advancer, by Mr. Reed of 



