AMATEUR CULTIVATOR'S GUIDE 



CHRYSANTHEMUM POMPONE. 



NAT. ORD., 



The following are the tall, double-flowered annual Chrysanthemums, which, when well 

 grown, are amongst the most showy and effective of summer-flowering border-plants. They 

 are also very effective in large pots for placing about terraces. The dwarf kinds make 

 showy bedding-plants. 



345 Chrysanthemum, Double-white. Extra fine hardy annual ; from Sicily. 2 feet . $0.05 



346 - - Quilled. Extra fine ............ 05 



347 - - Yellow ; extra fine hardy annual ; from Sicily, a feet ...... 05 



348 - Tricolor. Yellow and white ; very showy ; from Barbary. i foot . . . .05 



349 - Burridgeanum. Crimson, with white centre ; extra fine hardy annual ; from Bar- 



bary. i foot ............... 10 



350 - - Venustum. White, with crimson centre ; fine hardy annual ; from Barbary .10 



351 - Mixed. The above varieties mixed ........... 05 



The Chrysanthemum Indicum and Indicum Nanum are well-known varieties, so exten- 

 sively grown for late fall flowers. No garden should be without them. The seed we 

 offer has been saved from the very finest new varieties, and will give a good proportion cf 

 double flowers. 



352 Chrysanthemum Indicum. Tall, double, extra fine half-hardy perennial ; from China. 



3 feet 



353 - - Nanum, Double-mixed (Dwarf Pompone). Half-hardy perennial ; from 



China, i foot 



OIMUOIFTJGA.. NAT. ORD., Ranunculacea. 



354 Cimicifuga Americana. Fine, hardy herbaceous plant, with elegant tall spikes of 



white flowers. 5 feet 



OTIVIEIIAJRIA.. NAT. ORD., Composita. 



A well-known favorite free-flowering plant, which may be had in splendid bloom through 

 the greater portion of the year, and, from the richness and diyeisity of its colors, is one of 

 the most valuable of our early spring flowers. Succeeds best in a light, rich, free, and open 

 soil. Half-hardy perennial. 



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