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1727 Lindleyana Flore Pleno. A startling novelty in this much-admired tribe of 



annual plants, the first double variety which has been produced. Rich rosy purple . . 10 



1728 Amaena Alba. White; very fine ; hardy annual, i foot 10 



1729 Rosea Alba Tom Thumb. New dwarf rose ; hardy annual, i foot . . .10 



1730 Grevillea Thelemanni Splendens. A splendid species, with flowers fine blood-red. . .50 



1731 Gunneri Scabra. Large, ornamental foliage : greenish-white ; half-hardy perennial. 



2 feet 10 



1732 Gynerium Arqentium Kermesinum. A new and superb variety of the magnificent 



Pampas Grass, the tall, silvery flower-spikes tinted with rosy crimson . . . .50 



1733 Gypsophilfa Saxifraga. A lovely miniature species, with delicate branches, covered 



with white flowers ; very pretty for edgings and dwarf beds . . . . . .10 



1734 Helipterum Corymbiflorum. A handsome, everlasting flower ; from Australia ; with 



v silvery leaves, and white, star-like blossoms in corymbs. Hardy annual . . . .50 



1735 Hibiscus Cannabinus. A biennial species, growing five feet high, with finely-cut 



foliage, and an elegant addition to the flower-border ; flowering the first year from 

 seed ; white, with purple throat 50 



1736 Macrophyllus A gigantic, shrubby species, with large, cordate, glossy leaves, and 



light-yellow, fragrant flowers ; elegant for planting out in summer. Five seeds . i.oo 



1737 Iberis Linifolia. A fine autumn-flowered annual species, with delicate rose-colored 



umbels of flowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 



1738 Imperiata Sacchariflora. A magnificent, hardy grass, quite recently introduced from 



Amoor, with graceful curved foliage, forming a fine bush about three feet high, throw- 

 ing out numerous flower-spikes about five feet in height, bearing glittering, silvery 

 plumes of flowers ; extremely pretty. The leaves are lively green, with a broad, 

 silvery line down the middle ; and the habit and bearing of the plant are quite as 

 handsome as Gynerium Argenteum, while it has the superiority of flowering very 

 freely, and standing any degree of frost without the slightest protection . . . .25 



1739 Ipomoea Volubilis Madame Anne. A very fine new variety, with variegated flowers, 



striped red on a white ground 25 



1740 Minima Spectabile. A pretty, hardy, annual species ; with small, heart-shaped 



leaves and rosy-carmine flowers, remaining the whole day expanded. A lovely, 

 extremely-full-blooming climber 50 



1741 Coptica. A beautiful climber; deep-lanceolated leaves; flowers, handsome rose 



with white, standing well in bouquets 50 



1742 Iris Kasmpferi. A magnificent new species; from Japan; received the Certificate of 



Merit from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 1865 ; hardy perennial, aft. . .25 



1743 Gracilis. Light blue ; hardy perennial. 2 feet to 



1744 Pumila. Very beautiful ; saved from forty new varieties ..... .50 



1745 Lagenaria Sphoerica. New Ornamental Gourd. Flowers large, snowy white, with 



bright yellow stamens ; fruit, the size of an orange, smooth, of a dark -green color, 

 marbled all over with white. Per packet 25 



1746 Lathyrus Mauritanicus. A new and pretty perennial and climbing species, with crim- 



son /lowers 25 



1747 Caeruleus Coccineus. A sweet pea, with a dark-red blotch on each petal . . .25 



1748 Linum Macrayi. A plant newly introduced from Chili ; dwarf habit ; with large, orange- 



colored flowers. P 50 



1749 Lilium Colchichum. A very beautiful and attractive Lily; flowers, fine primrose- 



yellow ; in form, resembling those of the favorite Lilium Longjflorum. 10 seeds . . 50 



1750 Aurantiacum. Fine yellow. 3 feet 10 



1751 Eximium. Beautiful white ; large trumpet-shaped flowers. 2 teet . . . .25 



1752 Auratum, Golden Striped Lily. This new and magnificent species of Lily, lately 



introduced from Japan; spoken of by Dr. Lindley as follows: "If ever a flower 

 merited the name of glorious, it is this, which stands far above all other Lilies, 

 whether we regard its size, sweetness, or its exquisite arrangement of color. Imagine 

 upon the end of a purple stem, not thicker than a ramrod, and not above two feet 

 high, a saucer-shaped flower, at least ten inches in diameter, composed of six spread- 

 ing, somewhat crisp parts, rolled back at their points, and having an ivory-white 

 skin, thinly strewn with purple points or studs, and oval or roundish, prominent 

 purple stains. To this add, in the middle cf each of the six parts, a broad stripe of 

 light satin-yellow, losing itself gradually in the ivory skin. Place the flower in a 

 situation where side-light is cut off, and no direct light can reach it, except from 

 above, when the stripes acquire the appearance of gentle streamlets of Australian 

 gold, and the reader who has not seen it may form some feeble notion of what it is. 

 It should be sown in pots, and placed under a shaded glass in gentle heat, using 

 very light loam, covering one-fourth inch deep ; requires a number of months to 

 vegetate. (See cut.) 50 



1753 Lobelia "Snow-flake." This variety is a pure white-flowered form of the well-known 



Lobelia Ramosa, being similar in its style of growth, and large-sized bloom, forming 

 a very elegant and effective plant for pot-culture, and also for groups in the flower- 

 borders 50 



1754 Erinus Compacta Alba. Pretty variety ; of compact, low habit of growth ; a pro- 

 fuse and continuous bloomer ; flowers, pure white ; finely adapted for pot-culture, 

 small groups, or edgings . .25 



1755 Erinus Grandiflora Stellatus. New; brilliant blue, with white eye; hardy 



annual. % foot 25 



1756 Siphilitica. Blue; hardy annual. 2 feet 10 



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