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CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDENmG. 



HeLIANTHUS BITJLTIFLORUS FLOUE-PLENO. 



is a rare and interesting species, remarkable for being flowers one and a half inches across, arranged in 



ihe dwarfest of the perennial group, producing a tuft a long leafy raceme. This species flowers abun- 



of spreading, dark green, glossy leaves, and slender dantly in September and October. M, multifioinis, 



stems two and a half feet high, bearing numerous the Perennial Single Sunflower, or the Many- . 



