70 AMATEUR CULTIVATOR'S GUIDE 



NO. PRICE 



3PUA.lSIEO3L.TJ (SCARLET-RUNNER BEANS). NAT. ORD., Leguminosae. 



This is a popular climbing annual, with spikes of showy scarlet flowers, and a variety 

 with white flowers. They are extensively grown to cover arbors, walls, or to form screens, 

 for which purpose they are admirably adapted on account of their vigorous and rapid 

 growth. Hardy annuals. 



116 1 Phaseolus Coccinea. Brilliant scarlet $0.10 



1162 Painted Lady. A beautiful variety 10 



H63 Alba. White . 10 



J3HTJ]>rM:O]VI>II. NAT. ORD., Pokmoniacece. 



This magnificent genus of plants is unrivalled for richness and brilliancy of colors, pro- 

 fusion and duration of blooming. They are unsurpassed for bedding or pot culture, and 

 produce a splendid effect in mixed borders. No garden should be without these beautiful 

 plants. Succeeds best in light rich soil. Hardy annuals. 



1164 Phlox Drummondii Alba. White ............ 10 



1165 - - - Oculata. Pure white, with purple eye ....... 10 



1166 - - Marmorata. Marbled ............ 10 



1167 - - Louis Napoleon. Dark-crimson ...... ... io 



1168 - - Leopold!!. Purple; white eye .......... 10 



1169 - - Queen Victoria. Violet ; white eye ......... 10 



1170 - - Purpurea. Deep purple ...... ..... 10 



1171 - - Chamois Rose. Delicate rose .......... 25 



1172 - - Coccinea. Pure deep scarlet .......... 10 



1173 - - - Striata. Scarlet, striped with white ........ 10 



H74 - - Radowitsky. Deep rose, striped with white ....... 10 



1175 - - Variabilis. Light-blue marbled .......... 10 



1176 - - Good Mixed .............. 05 



1177 - - Finest Mixed. Including all the best varieties ....... 10 



1178 - - Perennial Mixed. Saved from a collection of upwards of one hundred 



varieties, embracing all those splendid new varieties introduced during the last 

 five years by the French and English florists, of which the produce may be ex- 

 pected to be fully equal or superior to the original ....... 25 



3PIIVK.. NAT. ORD., Caryophyllaceee. 



A well-known and highly valued plant, remarkable as well for its great beauty and delight- 

 ful fragrance as for its easy culture and accommodating habit, growing freely and flowering 

 profusely either in pots, in the greenhouse, or in the open border ; succeeding best in a rich 

 loamy soil. Hardy perennial. 



1180 Pinks (Florist or Paisley). Finest mixed. From a named collection ..... 25 



1181 - Pheasant-eye. White or pink, with dark eye. The flowers are deeply fringed or 



feathered ; very fragrant ............ 10 



(For other varieties, see Dianthus.) 



3?ICOTEE rHVIt. NAT. ORD., Caryophyttacea:. 



Favorite and well-known plants of great beauty, combining with the most perfect form 

 the richest and the most beautiful colors. They have a delicate perfume, are easily culti- 

 vated, and bloom profusely, growing freely in any light rich soil. The seed we offer has 

 been saved from flowers possessing all the requisite characteristics which constitute a first- 

 class flower. Hardy perennial. 



1182 Picotee Pink. Good mixed ............. 10 



1183 - - Perpetual, or Tree. Saved from stage flowers. 15 feet ..... 50 



3?ITTOSI?OT1TJM:. NAT. ORD., Pittosporaceee. 



A handsome genus of exceedingly ornamental shrubs ; thrives in peat and loam. Green- 

 house shrubs. 



1184 Pittosporum Undulatum. White and yellow ; from New South Wales. 3 feet . . .25 



1185 - Pendulum. From New South Wales. 3 feet ........ 25 



NAT. ORD., Composite. 



nts, succeeding best in a li 



Half-hardy annuals. 

 1186 Podolepis Chrysantha. Yellow ; from New South Wales, i foot ..... 05 



A genus of pretty, graceful, free-flowering plants, succeeding best in a light, rich soil, and 

 producing a fine effect in beds or mixed borders. Half-hardy annuals. 



