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AMATEUR CULTIVATOR S GUIDE 



NO. PRICE 



CAJMUlLtJLilA.. Nat. Ord., Temstromiaceee. 



Favorite winter and spring-flowering plants of great beauty. The amateur, in sowing 

 seed saved from the following choice sorts, has a fair chance of raising some valuable varie- 

 ties ; succeed in sandy peat and loam. Half hardy shrubs. 



230 Camellia Japonica, Mixed. From a choice named collection of double flowers . $0.50 



CJlM:I»^]VUI^A.. Nat. Ord., CampMiulaceie. 



The Campanulas are strictly biennial plants by pot-culture, and, without exception, some 

 of the finest of all garden plants for decoration in conservatory, greenhouse, and flower-gar- 

 den. By good culture in pots, the tall varieties assume a magnificent effect, attaining five 

 to seven feet or more in height, with lateral flower racemes from the base, four to five feet 

 in length. The beautiful white variety forms a most striking contrast. By good arrange- 

 ment, a rich and imposing effect can be formed, altogether unequalled by any other plants. 



231 Campanula Loreii. Fine, with large, expanded blue blossoms, which continue to be pro- 



duced in succession through the stmimer ; will grow in almost any situation ; 

 should be well thinned, so that the plants will be eight or ten inches apart ; desira- 

 ble for edging, or bedding, en masse. Half foot 05 



232 — — Alba. Differing fi-om the above only in color ; white. Half foot . . .05 



233 Mixed. The above two varieties mixed 05 



234 ^-^ Pentagonia. Blue ; wiU bloom beautifully in open ground ; requires the same 



treatment as C. Loreii. Three-quarters foot 05 



235 Alba. White variety of preceding 05 



236 Carpatica. Light, violet dwarf, and free; fine for beds and edging, &c. Half- 



hardy perennial 05 



237 Alba. White variety of the preceding 05 



238 Persicifolia. Large blue flowers, fine for borders. Hardy perennials. 3 feet . .05 



239 Alba. White variety of preceding 05 



240 Grandis. Deep-blue; from Italy. Hardy perennial. 3 feet 10 



241 Grandiflora. A fine, free-blooming variety, with long, drooping, purple flowers. 



Hardy perennial 10 



242 Pyramidalis. Very elegant, with fine blue flowers; maybe trained to any form 



of growth ; suitable for the border or pot-culture. Hardy pereimial. 3 feet . .05 



243 Alba. White variety of the above 05 



244 Trachelium, fl. pi. A fine border-plant, with violet-blue flowers. Hardy peren- 



nial OS 



245 Alba. White variety of the above 05 



246 Vidalls. White, showy, half-hardy perennial i]^ feet 10 



CANARY-BIRD FLOWER. 



CJLT>f A."EfcY-I5ITM> FLO'WEIl. Nat. Ord., TropcBolaceee. 



The popular name of this pretty little annual alludes to the supposed resemblance of the 

 flower to a bird with its wings expanded, the spur of calyx representing the head, and the 

 two upper petals the wing ; blooms from June to October ; from Mexico. 



247 Canary-BIrd Flower {Tropaolum Peregrinu}>t). Half-hardy annual. 20 feet 



