OVElIIESfif LOWERJEEDS fori 



ALYSSUM BENTHAM1 COMPACTUM. 



An entirely new and very beautiful form of the well known 



Sweet Alyssum, never growing over sis inches high, while the 



plants are thickly studded with miniature flower spikes of pure 



white. This novelty is likely to prove most useful for edgings. 



25 cts. per packet. 



NEW VICTORIA ASTERS. 



SULPHUR YELLOW. A new color in this beautiful class. 

 25 cts. per packet. 



SULPHUR YELLOW, DWARF. Same color as preced- 

 ing, but the plant is of a much dwarfer growth. 25 cts. 

 per packet. 



BERTOLONIA VELUTINA. 



A very attractive novelty from South Africa, bearing in lai-ge 

 numbers spikes of pink blossoms, six inches high. These with 

 the rich olive crimson of the foliage produce a very pleasing 

 effect. 75 cts. per packet. 



HENDERSON'S SUPERB BALSAM. 



This is the magnificent strain sibwn in our colored plate for 

 1883, which exactly portrays a"few of the many grand types 

 that our seed of SUPERB BALSAM will produce. This special 

 strain we take unusual care with, and we have proved its 

 superiority over the best Foreign and American Balsam that 

 we could procure in successive trials. The individual flowers 

 are of the largest size, (they are reduced one-third on the 



■ colored plate,) exceedingly double, and of great and varied 

 beauty. The seed of Balsam should be sown in dwelling- 

 house or green-house from January to April in an average 

 temperature of 60 degrees, in shallow boxes of light rich soil. 

 When the seedlings are large enough, transplant into similar 

 boxes one inch apart, and remove them to the open ground in 

 May or June. Sow also in the open ground as soon as the 

 weather is suitable. In ordering, please designate by number 

 the type or types desired. "We do not attempt to "describe. 

 We only give an idea of the different types. 



Wo. 1. Pure satiny white, striped lilac and scarlet. 



BTo. 2. " Beautiful shade of rosy pink. 



No. 3. Brilliant scarlet, dotted with ivory white snots. 



No. 4. Deep fiery scarlet, very striking. 



No. 5. Ground color white, striped and margined with red 



and purple. 

 No. 6. Very fine shade of lavender. 

 No. 7. Perfectly snow white and very beautiful. 

 No. 8. Groundcolor purple, shaded with crimson and spotted 



with white. . 



Buyers' selection of any single packet (by number), 15 cts.; 

 or entire collection of eight types (one packet of each) 

 for $1.00 



NEW TOM THUMB CANDYTUFT 

 (Iberis Hybrida Nana.) 



This new class grow only from 4 to 6 inches high. Sown early 

 they will bloom in June, and will produce large flower heads 

 continuously until cut down by frost Invaluable for edgings. 

 We offer seed in separate colors as below. 



Alba. White. 15 cts. per pkt. 

 Carnea. Flesh color. 15 cts. per pkt. 

 Purpurea. Purple. 15 cts. per pkt. 

 Rosea. Rose. 15 cts. per pkt. 

 Mixed. All colors. 15 cts. per pkt. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM CORONARIUM 

 SULPHUREUM, FLORE PLENO. 



A new variety among annual Chrysanthemums, producing 

 very pretty double flowers of a delicate lemon or sulphur shade. 

 The flowers will be found most useful for bouquets or for 

 general decorative purposes. 25 cts. per packet. 





CHRYSANTHEMUM CARINATUM 

 (Tricolor) ECLIPSE. 



A very showy new variety, the form of the flowers somewhat 

 resembling ' the well-known. Chrysanthemum Burridgeanum, 

 but surpassing it greatly by its striking colors, which are pure 

 golden yellow with a purplish scarlet ring or centre on the ray 

 florets, the disk being dark brown. tSee illustration.) ' 

 25 crs. per packet. 



COBEA SCANDENS ALBA. 



A pure white flowering variety of the old and popular summer 

 climber. Flowers of- this are bell-shaped, as in the purple 

 variety. 25 cts. per packet. 



DELPHINIUM IMPERIALE ALBA, FL. PL. 



Until this was produced we have never had a white variety in 

 the class of Emperor Larkspurs. The introducers say that t&e 

 flowers are pure white and very beautiful. 



25 cts. per packet. 



EUCHARIDSUM BREWERI. 



A new, rare and magnificent species, of dwarf spreading habit 



and narrow lance-like foliage. The color of the flower 13 a 



purplish rose, shading to white in the centre. It is a profuse 



bloomer and is as easy of cultivation as the Clarkia. (See cut.) 



25 cts. per packet. 



Accept my thanks for " Garden and Farm Topics.' 

 pages that cover so long and varied an experience. 



Makblehbad, Mass., Feb. 8th, 1884. 

 I have read it with great pleasure, and will doubtless reap a harvest of profit from 



J. J. H. GREGORY. 



