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AMATEUR cultivator's GUIDE 



NO. 



1494 Xeranihemum Double, Whife. 2 feet . 



1495 Campacta. New dwarf; purple. 



1496 Alba. White. 2 feet 



1497 Luiea. Yellow. 2 feet. 



2 feet 



PRICE 



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ZJLXJSCHjVERIA.. Nat. Ord., Onagrarice. 

 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. 1 foot 2 c 



DOUBLE ZINNIA. 



ZIIVNIA.. 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 05 



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



this. First introduced by Messrs. Vilmorin, Andriex, & Co., Paris, i860; and 

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

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

 centage of double-flowering plants. Finest mixed 10 



