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NO. PRICK 



1494 Xeranthemum Double, White. 2 feet ......... $0.10 



1495 - - Campacta. New dwarf; purple. 2 feet ........ 10 



1496 - - - Alba. White. 2 feet .......... 10 



1497 - - Lutea. Yellow. 2 feet. . .......... 10 



NAT. ORD., Onagraria. 

 1498 Zauschneria Californica. A very interesting and valuable hardy autumn-flowering 

 plant, with a profusion of scarlet flower-tubes in September. October, and No- 

 vember ; well adapted for dry, gravelly soils in sunny situations. Exceedingly 

 handsome for beds and borders. Hardy perennials, i foot ..... 25 



DOUBLE ZINNIA. 



NAT. ORD., Composite*. 



A grand genus of autumn-flowering plants, combining the greatest richness and diversity 

 of color with unequalled profusion and duration of bloom. 



Among the novelties of recent introduction, the New Double Zinnia has proved a most 

 important acquisition. Its splendid double flowers rival, in beauty, size, and form, moderate 

 size dahlias. 



1499 Zinnia Elegans. Mixed. 2 feet 



1500 Double. Mixed (see engraving). No new annual has excited so much attention as 



this. First introduced by Messrs. Vilmorin, Andriex, & Co., Paris, 1860; and 

 since that time has been much improved in size, form, and color. The seed we 

 offer was saved only from the finest double flowers, and will produce a large per- 

 centage of double-flowering plants. Finest mixed 



