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Balsamina Camelia- Flowered. 



Double Daisy. 



Calendula Officinalis. 



Balsamina. Improved Camelia- 

 flowered. Very rouble and beautiful colors. 

 The strain which we offer of this variety is 

 very fine; but to have them perfect, they 

 should not be sown too soon. In rich 

 ground and during dry weather they require 

 plenty of water. 



Balsamina camelia flora alba. Pure 

 white flowers, used for bouquets, about two 

 feet high. Sow from February till August. 



Bellis Perennis. Daisy. Finest double 

 mixed variety; four inches high. From 

 October till January. 



Browallia elata major. A free bloom- 

 ing plant of about 12 inches in height, with 

 very showy dark blue flowers. If sown in 

 March it will flower all summer, but can 

 also be sown in November petted and kept 

 under glass, where it will begin to bloom in 

 the latter part of December and continue all 

 winter. 



Begonia tuberosa. A very thankful 

 green-house plant with tuberous roots and 

 large showy pink, white or red flowers. It 

 is of easy culture and can be kept out of 

 doors in a half shad}- place after the 15th of 

 April. Sow from October till March in 

 flower pots. Price, per packet, 25 cents. 



Begfonia Rex. A beautiful and showy 

 green -house foliaj^e plant of easy culture. 

 Will do well out of doors during summer 

 months, but requires a shady place. Sow 

 like above. Price, per packet, 25 cents. 



Cacalia coccinea. Scarlet Tassel 

 Flower. A profuse flowering plant, with 

 tasael-shaped flowers in cluster; one and a 

 half feet. Sow February till May. 



Calendula officinalis. Pot Marigold. 

 A plant which, properly speaking, belongs 

 to the aromatic herbs, but sometimes culti- 



vated for the flowers, which vary in diff'erent 

 shades of 57e!low; one and a half feet high. 

 From January till April. 



Celosia cristata. Dwarf Cock's comb. 

 Well known class of flowers which are very 

 ornamental, producing large heads ofcrim- 



Cheiranthus Cheiri. 

 son and yellow flowers; one to two feet high. 

 Sow from February till August. 



Campanula Speculum. Bell-Flower, 

 or Venus' Looking Glass. Free flowering 

 plants of diff'erent colors, from white to 

 dark blue; one foot high. Sow December 

 till March. 



Our patrons will doubtless be pleased to know that notwithstanding- 

 the hard times, our business is steadily increasing. 



