VENTUKA-BY-THE-SEA, CALIFOKNIA. 



the screen or pillar on which it is growing with a lilac sheet. It is in bloom from 

 June till August, winter months, when its rare beauty is extremely valued. 

 Though a lovely evergreen climber, it is not to be compared with the Nigricans 

 for making a dense growth. Its bloom is its glory. 10c. pkt. 



Both stand heat and drought splendidly. One packet of each of these Kennedyas 

 for 15 cts. Sow in autumn or spring. 



Genista Monosperma Pendnla.— Shrub, 8 to 10 ft. The Cape Broom is fast becom- 

 ing a favorite for its graceful pendulous streamers of pure white bloom, that may 

 be likened to a bridal veil when the shrub is in full flower; easily grown, and 

 flowering the second seasoti from seed if well nourished. One of the handsomest 

 flowering shrubs in cultivation. 10 cts. per pkt. 



Rosella Hibiscus. — This is the celebrated wild fruit of Queensland. After the blos- 

 soms have fallen the fleshy scarlet seed pods are gathered and made into delicious 

 jams, jellies, sauces, pies, tarts, etc. The fruit is also dried for winter use. The 

 flavor of the jam is the nearest approach to red currant of anything I know, 

 and hardly distinguishable from it except that the consistency is different and 

 the color brighter. It has a delightful acid flavor. As it is a native of a sub- 

 tropical country, like Queensland, it should do in many countries where the fa- 

 vorite old red currant, or similar fruits, cannot possibly be grown, and should 

 prove an excellent substitute. Even as far south as Melbourne the plant will 

 mature its fruit if raised under glass early and planted out after fear of frost is 

 over. It fruits the first year from seed. 10 cts. per pkt. 



Boronia Negastigma. — A charming annual, growing from 2 to 3 feet high ; it forms 

 a beautiful round plant, and gives flowers of a pretty purple color having the 

 most exquisite fragrance; it is esteemed the best of all the 9,-000 odd indigenous 

 Australian plants for its fragrance. Acres of it are grown around the colonial 

 cities for the sale of the plants in pots and for cut flowers. My correspondent 

 writes me that it has been the fashion in the flower world there for^two or three 

 seasons. 15 cts. per pkt. 



Tecomo Smithii.— This beautiful tecoma has been offered in the east already, but 

 it as yet rare. It makes a beautiful pot plant, but in Australia it grows to the 

 height of 15 or 20 feet in a few years, and is always in bloom. It has beautiful i/ 

 cut foliage, fine for bouquets; the flowers are two inches long, a rich lemon-yel- 

 low shading to dark orange. They are bell shaped. Plants bloom continuously. 

 10 cts. per pkt. 



Himalaya Fairy (Mischanthus'Nepalense).— Of allthegrasses I have seen this is by 

 far the most beautiful. I first saw this in the autumn of 1894, when staying 

 with friends in the Himalaya Mountains, and brought back a small bunch of 

 plumes. It has been exceedingly admired by all who have seen it. The beauty 

 of the lovely golden-yellow plumes can hardly be described. They have to be 

 seen to be properly appreciated. This novelty is offered in Australia before being 

 catalogued in Europe, and I can only wonder that collectors have missed this ' 

 beauty. I have plumes two years old that are in perfect condition ; it does not 

 shed its seed or discolor. It is a perennial, of very easy culture from seed, either 

 outside or in pots. The foliage is as fine as the ordinary Eulalias. 10 cts. per pkt. 



(lenefal Lijrt of Flower $eed£. 



ASTER. Peony-Flowered Perfection. Splendid mixed. 10 cts. pkt. 

 Victoria. Splendid mixed. 10 cts. pkt. Two sorts. 15 cts. 



ALGERIAN" STRANGER. A stately plant of the Mullein family, with large dark 

 green wrinkled foliage, growing to the height of 4 or 5 feet. It sends up long 

 spikes with numerous flower buds, at first of a reddish yellow, and afterwards a 

 pretty canary color, shining like satin and folded like squares. The fully opened 

 flowers are saucer-shaped, and have velvety brown spots in the centre. It blooms 

 for months without intermission and is very decorative and showy. 5 cts. pkt. 



ABUTILON. Choice mixed. 10 cts. pkt. Extra choice mixed, 15 ct*. 



AMARYLLIS. Defiance, 20 cts. pkt. Formosissima, 10 cts. pkt. Splendid 

 mixed seedlings, 15 cts. pkt. Belladonna Major, 10 cts. pkt. Belladona 

 Minor, 10 cts. pkt. A collection of the mixed seeds, large pkt. 25 cts. As these 

 seeds lose their vitality soon, I offer them only from June to January. Plant in 

 boxes in sifted sphagnum ; when sprouted prick out and plant in soil. 



