24 AMATEUR CULTIVATOR'S GUIDE 



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CA-OATjTA (TASSEL-FLOWER). NAT. ORIX, Comfort*. 

 A beautiful annual, with a profusion of scarlet tassel-shaped flowers from July to October. 



195 Cacalia Coccinea. Orange, scarlet, flowering in dusters, very pretty; from Sooth 



America. 15 feet $0.05 



196 Aurea. Golden yellow variety of above 05 



<^AT^ATVT>"RT1VTA- NAT. ORIX, Portntmct*. 



Very beautiful dwarf-growing plants, usually treated as tender annuals, though of pe- 

 rennial duration if protected in winter : they are a blaze of beauty wherever the sun shines 

 upon them. They succeed well in a fight, rich soil 



197 Calandrinia Lindleyana. Small red flowers, suitable for edging. Half foot . . . .05 



198 Grandiflora. Fine rosy-flac flowers from July to October, very showy, and of easy 



culture, a feet 03 



199 Umbellate. Very dwarf; with bright crimson flowers in dusters. Half foot. . .05 



OA.CTUS. NAT. ORIX, Cactact*. 



An extremely curious and interesting genus, many of die 

 owers of the most brilliant and striken 

 fime rubbish and a little peat or rotten 



flowers of the most brilliant and striking colors : succeeds best in sandy loam, mixed with 

 rotten dung. Greenhouse perennial 



200 Cactus, Mixed. A choice collection ; from Africa 



NAT. ORIX, Scrvfkmtriact*. 



Plants of a highly decorative character ; an indispensable ornament for the drawing-room 

 or conservatory. The shrubby variety is sometimes grown for in-door and sometimes for 

 out-door decoration. They succeed in any fight, rich soil Half hardy perennials. 



201 Calceolaria Hybrida. Mixed. Saved from a named collection 25 



202 Superba Grandiflora. Extra fine, spotted and striped, large-flowered; 



saved from the prize flowers from the London Exhibition of the past season ; 

 superb, x foot .....*. .50 



203 Nana. A new dwarf Variety from Germany, beautifully marked, dose, com- 

 pact habit, free-bloomer; one of the best; mixed, saved from a prize collection. 



204 Rugosa. A fine, shrubby variety for bedding . 50 



205 Tigrini. New ; spotted and striped of the above ; very fine ... .50 



206 Scabious-leaved (Scabiososfolia). Clear, sulphur-yellow flowers, in great pro- 



fusion; fine, a feet 10 



C AlLJBy PTTT , A (CAPE MARIGOLD), NAT. ORIX, Comfort*. 



A very showy , free fiow&iug genus 01 punts* pyo^TOCwgfr rwrtty ^ffc^fl in oeos or JIM-M^I DOT* 

 ders, and growing freely in almost any soil Hardy annuals. 



207 Calendula Hybrida. White, i foot .05 



208 Pluvialis. White, large flowers, z foot .05 



209 Pongei, fl. pi. Double white, fine, i foot 10 



210 Ranunculoides. Ranunculus-flowered 05 



2|| Officinal!* Superba. New variety of pot marigold, golden orange, with black eye, 



beautifully unbnc&ted fine * TO 

 2(2 Sulphurea. New sulphur-colored pot marigold; very double and beautiful. . 10 



^A.. NAT. ORIX, Anut*. 



A very handsome plant, either as an aquatic or for the ornamentation of the drawing-room 



213 Calla JEthiopica. White ; from Cape of Good Hope, a feet ...... as 



C A TjT/TRBOE. NAT. ORIX, Ifo/voott. 



J. oo ranch C3nnot be sdia ID pfsuse of tius DCAPtinil *n *** n'My-tvy^qTrflg suoEDiBtl i from, two 

 to three feet in height, with green sub-digitate leaves and leafy stems, terminating in large 

 rich violet or purple crimson dose-petaDed flowers, with white centre, 



panided racemes of rich violet or purple crimson dose-petaDed flowers, with white centre, 

 each from one to one and a half inches in width, and partially cupped; commences to bloom 



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when about six inches high, and continues to yield a succession of its numerous attractive 



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groups, beds, or single sr^cimens, of the easiest culture. 

 214 Callirhoe Involucraia. A trailing, hardy perennial, of great beauty ; from Rocky Moun- 

 tains ; flowers are much Hke the Portulaca in form and color 



