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AMATEUR CULTIVATORS GUIDE 



NO. PRICE 



1299 Schizanthus Grahamii. Lilac and orange ; very fine, i J feet .... $0.05 



1300 Gracilis. Lilac and spotted ; a very graceful variety 05 



130 1 —— Grandiflorus Occuiatus. Various shades, with blue centre; fine new variety. 



I ^ feet 10 



1302 Humilis. Lilac and crimson. Three-quarters 05 



1303 Pinnatus. Pinnate-leave, rosy-purple, and yellow spotted ; very pretty, i ft. . .05 



1304 Priestii. Pure white, i foot 05 



1305 Retusus. Deep rose, and orange-crimson tip ; fine, ij feet 03 



1306 — — Alba. White, crimson tip ; superb, ij feet 05 



1307 Good Mixed 05 



1308 Finest Mixed. Including all best varieties 10 



SEI>TJ]VE (Stone-Crop). Nat. Ord., Crassulacem. 



A useful and exceedingly interesting genus of pretty little plants, growing freely on rock 

 or rustic work, also on ornamental mounds, old walls, &c., where, during summer, they 

 expand their brilliant star-shaped flowers in the greatest prolusion. Hardy perennial. 



1309 Sedum Coeruleum. Blue; from Africa. One-quarter foot 10 



1310 Kamtschatkense. Orange ; irom Kamtschatka. Half foot 10 



1311 Mixed 05 



SII>A-. Nat. Ord., Malvacecs. 



Handsome, free-flowering, easily cultivated greenhouse plants. Succeed well in any 

 rich soil. 



1312 Sida Angustlfolia. Yellow; from Bourbon. 4 feet 25 



1313 Behriana. From India. 4 feet 25 



1314 Indica. Yellow, centre dark-red ; from India. 4 feet 25 



1315 Mixed 25 



©CHIZOPETA.LOTV. Nat. Ord., Cruciferece. 



1316 Schizopeialon Walkerii. White, fragrant ; pretty for pots or edging. Hardy annual. 



Half foot 10 



SII^ENE, or CA^TCtrFLY. Nat. Ord., Caryophyllacete. 



Among the tribe of Silenes will be found some of the brightest ornaments of the flower- 

 garden, either in respect to brilliancy of color, or length of duration in bloom ; fine for beds, 

 borders, or ribbons. Hardy annuals. 



1317 Silene Compacta. Beautiful pink, growing in clusters ; from Caucasus, ij feet 

 Pendula. Rosy-purple; a favorite species ; from Sicily. 13 feet 



Alba. White ; fine ; 15 feet 



Pseudo Atocion. Rosy-pink flower, with white centre; very free-blooming 



Rubella. Red; from Portugal, i foot 



Alba. White ; fine, i foot 



Schafia. Rosy-lilac ; from Russia. Hardy perennial 



Saxifraga. Pink. Hardy perennial. Half foot 



1318 

 1319 

 1320 

 132 1 

 1322 

 1323 

 1324 



SN'AJPDHA.GOIV (antirrhinum). Nat. Ord., Scrophulariace.s. 



The Snapdragon, or Antirrhinum, is one of our most showy and useful border-plants. 

 Amongst the more recently improved varieties of this valuable genus are large, finely shaped 

 flowers, of the most brilliant colors, with beautifully marked throats ; wilt bloom the first 

 season from seed, and are very effective in beds or mixed borders. Half-hardy perennials. 



(See Antirrhinum.) 

 SOI^AINTJM:. Nat. Ord., Solanacece. 



A genus of most beautiful ornamental fruit-bearing plants, some of them among the 

 most interesting of greenhouse shrubs. Others are the most valuable of ornamental 

 climbers. 



1326 Solanum Airopurpureum. Dark purple, t^feet 



1327 — — Capsicastrum. Miniature orange-tree, covered with a profusion of scarlet fruit 



all winter ; fine for parlor or conservatory. Half hardy perennial 



1328 Giganteum. Scarlet fruit 



