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AMATEUR CULTIVATOR S GUIDE 



NO. PRICE 



I*HA.SIEOLXJS (Scarlet-Runner Beans). Nat. Ord., LeguminoscB. 



This is a popular climbing annual, with spikes of showy scarlet flowers, and a variety 

 with white flowers. They are extensively grown to cover arbors, walls, or to form screens, 

 for which purpose they are admirably adapted on account of their vigorous and rapid 

 growth. Hardy annuals. 

 116 1 Phaseolus Coccinea. Brilliant scarlet ^.lo 



1162 Painted Lady. A beautiful variety lo 



1163 Alba. White lo 



I»H:IL.0X: r>IlXJM:]VLO]VI>II. Nat. Ord., Polemo,iiacecs. 



This magnificent genus of plants is unrivalled for richness and brilliancy of colors, pro- 

 fusion and duration of blooming. They are unsurpassed for bedding or pot culture, and 

 produce a splendid effect in mixed borders. No garden should be without these beautiful 

 plants. Succeeds best in light rich soil. Hardy annuals. 



1164 Phlox Drummondii Alba. White lo 



1165 Oculaia. Pure white, with purple eye lo 



1166 Marmorata. Marbled lo 



1167 Louis Napoleon. Dark-crimson lo 



1168 Leopoldii. Purple; white eye .lo 



1169 Queen Victoria. Violet; white eye lo 



1170 Purpurea. Deep purple lo 



1171 Chamois Rose. Delicate rose 25 



1172 Coccinea. Pure deep scarlet 10 



1173 Striata. Scarlet, striped with white 10 



1174 Radowitsky. Deep rose, striped with white 10 



1175 Variabilis. Light-blue marbled 10 



1176 Good Mixed 05 



1177 Finest Mixed. Including all the best varieties 10 



1178 Perennial Mixed. Saved from a collection of upwards of one hundred 



varieties, embracing all those splendid new varieties introduced during the last 

 five years by the French and English florists, of which the produce may be ex- 

 pected to be fully equal or superior to the original 25 



I»I]N"Iv.. Nat. Ord., CaryophyllaceiB. 



A well-known and highly valued plant, remarkable as well for its great beauty and delight- 

 ful fragrance as for its easy culture and accoanmodating habit, growing freely and flowering 

 profusely either in pots, in the greenhouse, or in the open border ; succeeding best in a rich 

 loamy soil. Hardy perennial. 



1180 Pinks (Florist or Paisley). Finest mixed. From a named collection 25 



1131 Pheasant-eye. White or pink, with dark eye. The fiowers are deeply fringed or 



feathered; very fi'agrant io 



(For other varieties, see Dlanthus.) 

 I?ICOTEE I»I]VK:. Nat. Ord., Caryophyllaceo!. 



Favorite and well-known plants of great beauty, combining with the most perfect form 

 the richest and the most beautiful colors. They have a delicate perfume, are easily culti- 

 vated, and bloom profusely, growing freely in any light rich soil. The seed we offer has 

 been saved from flowers possessing all the requisite characteristics which constitute a first- 

 class flower. Hardy perennial. 



1182 Picotee Pink. Good mixed 10 



1183 Perpetual, or Tree. Saved from stage flowers. 1 5 feet 50 



I»ITTOBI»OK.XJ]>i:. Nat. Ord., Pittosporacece. 



A handsome genus of exceedingly ornamental shrubs ; thrives in peat and loam. Greea- 

 hiiuse shrubs. 



1184 Pittosporum Undulatum. White and yellow ; from New South Wales. 3 feet . . .25 



1185 Pendulum. From New South Wales. 3 feet 25 



I»Or>OILiEI»l!S. Nat. Ord., Composita;. 



A genus of pretty, graceful, free-flowering plants, succeeding best in a light, rich soil, and 

 producing a fine effect in beds or mixed borders. Half hardy annuals. 



1186 Podolepis Chrysantha. Yellow; from New South Wales, i foot 05 



