PETER HEKDEBSON'S PLANT CATALOGUE. 65 



regular catalogue rates, but the plants, as a rule, are smaller, from the necessity of 

 reducing the weight. The plants will he mostly packed in oiled paper, which will 

 insure their' being received in perfect order in any part of the country, where the time 

 does not exceed ten days. Other kinds of plants may be sent, but those named below 

 are the best fitted for mailing, those having large leaves being injured by crushing. 

 However, whenevar the purchaser can be reached by express, it will always be to his 

 interest to have plants in that way, as larger plants can be sent. We cannot name 

 plants sent by mail, but will send all distinct sorts in each class. One-quarter of a 

 dozen will be sent at the dozen rates. 



Achyranthes 3 distinct sorts, 30 cents each, $3 00 per dozen. 



Alternantheras, 4 " 30 " 3 00 " 



Antirrhinums 6 " 30 " 3 00 " 



Carnations 12 " 30 ." 3 00 " 



Chrysanthemums 50 " 25 '' 2 50 ". .' 



Coleus, Golden and Velvet.. .12 " 30 " 3 00 " 



Dahlias 50 • " 30 " 3 00 •' 



Fuchsias 12 " 30 " 3 00 



Gazanias...- 4 " 30 " 3 00 " 



Geraniums, Double 6 " 50 '' ' 4 50 " 



" Scented 6 " 30 " 3 00 " 



" Variegated 12 " 30 " 3 00 "> 



" Zonale 24 " 30 " 3 00 " 



Gladiolus (fine) 12 " 15 " 1 50 " 



" (extra quality) 12 *" 30 " 3 00 " 



Heliotropes 12 " 30 " 3 00 " 



Lantanas 12 " 30 " 3 00 " 



Lobelias 4 " 30 " 3 00 " 



Liliums...- 12 " 30 " 3 00 " 



Lycopodiums (Mosses) 3 " 30 " 3 00 " 



Pansies 8 " 20 " 2 50 "' 



Pelargoniums 12 " 50 " 4 50 " 



Pentstemons 12 " 30 " 3 00 " 



Petunias, Double and Single.. 12 " 30 " 3 00 " 



Phloxes 12 " 30 " 3 00 " 



Eoses, Monthly 12 " 30 " 3 00 " 



Hybrid Perpetual 12 " 30 " 3 00 " 



Salvias, Scarlet and Blue 2 " 30 " 3 00 " 



Tigridias 2 " 15 " 150 " 



Tropseolums 6 " 20 " 3 00 " 



Tuberoses, Double, all flower- 

 ing roots 15 " 1 50 " 



Verbenas 50 " 10 " 100 " 



All other plants, suitable to send by mail, at regular catalogue prices. 



When plants are received by mail before the season is warm enough to plant in the 

 open ground, they should be potted in small pots, or planted in boxes in any good rich 

 soil (taking care to firm the roots moderately tight), and shade for a few days, if 

 exposed to the sun ; water sparingly, until they begin to grow freely ; keep the room 

 or green-house in which they are placed as near as possible between fifty and sixty 

 degrees ; if to be kept in a parlor or sitting-room, place as near the light as possible. 

 When the season has sufficiently advanced, so that all danger of frost is over, they 

 should be at once planted out in the flower-beds, and shaded for a day or two, (if the 

 sun is bright,) and then water freely as soon as they start to grow. 



When received at a season when it is safe to plant them in the open ground, the 

 soil should be nicely broken up, not only where the plant is to be set, but at least one 

 foot around it. The plant should be set a little deeper than it has been in the pot, the 

 soil moderately firmed around the root. Give the plant one good watering ; it is not 

 a good plan to water any plant daily ; it is always better to give it a thorough water- 

 ing, say once a week, unless, indeed, the weather is very hot and dry. Shade for a few 

 days, as recommended in potting. s 



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l^p'To any town where there is an Express Office plants should 

 never he ordered hy mail, as we always can send larger and finer 

 plants hy express. 



