26 AMATEUR CULTIVATOR'S GUIDE 



NAT. ORD., Ternstromiacea. 



Favorite winter and spring-flowering plants of great beauty. The amateur, in sowing 

 seed saved from the following choice sorts, has a fair chance of raising some valuable varie- 

 ties ; succeed in sandy peat and loam. Half-hardy shrubs. 

 230 Camellia Japonica, Mixed. From a choice named collection of double flowers . $0.50 



NAT. ORD., Campanulacece. 



The Campanulas are strictly biennial plants by pot-culture, and, without exception, some 

 of the fi 

 den. 



to seven 



in length. The beautiful white variety forms a most striking contrast. By good arrange- 

 ment, a rich and imposing effect can be formed, altogether unequalled by any other plants. 



231 Campanula Loreii. Fine, with large, expanded blue blossoms, which continue to be pro- 



duced in succession through the summer ; will grow in almost any situation ; 

 should be well thinned, so that the plants will be eight or ten inches apart ; desira- 

 ble for edging, or bedding, en masse. Half foot ........ 05 



232 - - Alba. Differing from the above only in color ; white. Half foot . . .05 



233 - - Mixed. The above two varieties mixed ........ 05 



234 - Pentagonia. Blue ; will bloom beautifully in open ground ; requires the same 



treatment as C. Loreii. Three-quarters foot ........ 05 



235 - - Alba. White variety of preceding ......... 05 



236 - Carpatica. Light, violet dwarf, and free ; fine for beds and edging, &c. Half- 



hardy perennial .............. 05 



237 - - Alba. White variety of the preceding ......... 05 



238 - Persicifolia. Large blue flowers, fine for borders. Hardy perennials. 3 feet . .05 



239 - - Alba. White variety of preceding ......... 05 



240 - Grandis. Deep-blue ; from Italy. Hardy perennial. 3 feet ..... 10 



241 - Grandiflora. A fine, free-blooming variety, with long, drooping, purple flowers. 



Hardy perennial .............. 10 



242 - Pyramidalis. Very elegant, with fine blue flowers; maybe trained to any form 



of growth ; suitable for the border or pot-culture. Hardy perennial. 3 feet . .05 



243 - - Alba. White variety of the above ......... 05 



244 - Trachelium, fl. pi. A fine border-plant, with violet-blue flowers. Hardy peren- 



nial ................. 05 



245 - - Alba. White variety of the above ......... 05 



246 - Vidalis. White, showy, half-hardy perennial, ij feet ....... 10 



CANARY-BrRD FLOWER. 



NAT. ORD., Tropaolaceee. 



The popular name of this pretty little annual alludes to the supposed resemblance of the 

 flower to a bird with its wings expanded, the spur of calyx representing the head, and the 

 two upper petals the wing ; blooms from June to October ; from Mexico. 



247 Canary-Bird Flower (Tropceolum Peregrinum). Half-hardy annual. 20 feet . 



