COMMON GARDEISr FLOWEES 



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4ings made of the young growths in spring. The 

 plants flower best when thej^ are fully estahlished, so 

 it is wise not only to plant them in good soil, but 

 where they can remain for a few years. Some of the 

 varieties are weaker growers than the others, and it 

 is recommended that they be renewed by means of 

 cuttings or root-division every two or three years. 

 The different varieties vary both in the size of their 

 flowers and 

 the colours of 

 the same, but 

 blue, purple, 

 and lavender 

 ■shades pre- 

 ponderate. 



A very se- 

 lect collection 

 can be found 

 in the Nur- 

 series of Mr. 

 Thos. S.Ware, 

 the Hale 

 Farm, Totten- 

 ham, and 

 ■other places. 

 3Ir. Ware has 

 made a selec- 

 tion of the 

 very best 

 Tarieties, and 

 we give a list 

 ■of the finest 

 found in his 

 ■collection, 

 which is gene- 

 rally taken as 

 the standard. 

 They repre- 

 sent the entire 

 genus, and 

 contain a 

 number of 

 first - class 



•sorts, remarkable either for colour, size of flower, or 

 abundance of bloom, and can be recommended for 

 general cultivation : — for the decoration of the open 

 "border, for massing, &c. Some few make fine rock 

 plants, while the dwarf compact-growing varieties 

 are very pretty in pots, and they are also found very 

 useful for cutting from. 



Our selection is as follows : — 



Alpinus, pale lavender-blue, orange centre, flowers 

 two inches in diameter, from six to nine inches in 

 height, fine for the rockery or border. 



Amellus, large violet blossoms with yellow centre, 

 Tery free flowering ; height two feet. 



AsTEn Amellus bessarabicus. 



Amellus Bessarabicus, a fine variety of preceding, 

 with rich purplish-blue fiowers with orange centres ; 

 height two feet ; one of the finest. 



Chapmanni, bright lavender flowers, one and a 

 half inches in diameter; a distinct and beautiful 

 species. 



Cyaneus, bright mauve flowers, very abundant; 

 four feet high, one of the latest in flower. 



Discolor, 

 white flowers, 

 changing to 

 rosy - pink, 

 about one foot 

 in height ; 

 very distinct. 

 Dum'osu Sj 

 flowers bright 

 purple ; two 

 and a half 

 feet high, 

 flowering in 

 September; 

 one of the 

 best. 



^ricoides, 

 white, with 

 yellow cen- 

 tres, flowers 

 small, but 

 very abun- 

 dant ; three 

 and a half 

 feet ; flower- 

 ing in Octo- 

 ber ; one of 

 the most ele- 

 gant of this 

 genus. 



J^'ormosissi- 

 mus, a distinct 

 and beautiful 

 species; height 

 four feet; 

 flowers rosy-purple, very large, and exceedingly free 

 blooming, a flne variety. 



Gi'andiflorus, one of the latest and most beautiful 

 of this famih', flowers large, of a rich purplish-blue. 

 Leeiiis, bright lilac, yeUow centres, flowers large 

 and abundant ; a distinct-species ; four and a half feet. 

 Longifolius var. formosus, a pretty dwarf-growing 

 variety, forming symmetrical bushes about two feet 

 high, covered for a long time ■with bright rose- 

 coloured flowers. 



MiMiJlorus, small white flowers, but veiy nurae- 

 rous ; a distinct and useful variety ; two and a haii 

 feet. 



