Desc?xIptive Catalogue. 23 



LOBELIAS. 



Lobelia Blue Kiag. Very large flowers, of the most lovely blae, with a clear white 



eye. 

 Lobelia Little Gem. Pure white, with a well defined blue margin ; habit very 



compact. 

 Lobelia Paxtonia — blue white centre. 

 Lobelia Speciosa — blue. 

 Lobelia— Snow flake — pure white. 

 Lobelia Gordonii — blue, fine variety. 

 Lobelia Gracilis — Alba — pure white, pretty. 



" Cffilestina — celestial blue, distinct, fine. 



Lobelia Indigo Blue— deep blue, large white eye. 



These pretty flowering plants are indispensible for baskets, vases, &c. ; they are 

 also valuable for the margins of beds, blooming for several months. Price 20 cts. 

 each— save where priced, $2 per dozen. 

 The set of 9 varieties for §1 7o. 



SWEET SCSNTED VIDLEIS. 



Double Blue Neapolitan. 25 cents each, $2 50 per dozen. 



The Czar— blush purple, large and fine. 25 cents each, $i 50 per dozen. 



Schoenbrun. Ever blooming single dark blue; an. excellent variety. 25 cents 

 each, $2 per dozen. 



Queen of Violets fnew)— double white, back of petals blue, very large and fra- 

 grant. 50 tents each. 



King of Violets (new)— very large and very double, color indigo shaded with vio- 

 let, occasionally striped. 50 cents each. 



*Marie Louise (new^ — very fine double flowers of lavender blue, with white centre 

 — forces well. SI each. 



VIOLA CORNTJTA. 



Viola Cornuta, "Mauve Queen." 20 cents each, S2 per dozen. 

 Viola Cornuta, "Purple Q Jeeu." 20 cents each, $1 per dozin. 

 Viola Cornuta Alba. Pure white fnew). 30 cents each. 



These varieties of an old but pretty Violet are perfectly hardy, and when grown 

 out doors are a perfect sheet of bloom during the spring months. In hot, dry sum- 

 mer weather they are liable to burn. 



VIOLA 'IMPERIAL BLUE PERFECTION." 



This is a hardy, free and healthy grower, with a constitution that makes it in- 

 valuable for bedding and general garden decoration. The flowers surpass in color 

 and beauty the V. cornuta var. Ps'-fecthn of '• Williams," or the Blue PerfectUn 

 of "Smith" ; this plant most resembles the V nmcEiia, a native plant of Sc<)tland, 

 of which species the present plant is a fine improved variety. 75 cents each. 



HYDRANGEAS. 



H. Imperatrice Eugenie. A reraarkabl}^ pretty and distinct variety of the old fa- 

 vorite, H. .laponica. Outer petals white, the centre ones rose color, both pass- 

 ing into a light blue. 50 cents each. 



H. Otaska. A very beautiful plant from Japan, giving large clustersof double pink 

 flowers in great abundance through the season, the flowers are very persistent; 

 a splendid plant and most probably perfectly liardy, $1 each. 



H. Paniculata grandiflora. Highly ornamental shrub, with enormously large dense 

 flower heads, openin::; pure white, and tinted with rose in their mature bloom ; 

 blooms profusely during the summer months, and is perfectly hardy. 75 cents 

 each. 



*H. Stellata flore p1eno. A magnificent new double Hydranfjea from Japan. It 

 was greatly admired at the London (England) Flower Shows the past sum- 

 mer, where it was exhibited in great beauty. $2 50 each. 



AUCUBAS. 



Aucuba Japonica Mascula. $1 each. 

 " *' eleiians. $1 each. 



" " picta. $1 each. 



*' " femcEna Vera. •$! each. 



*' " " longifolia. $1 each. 



** " grandis. $1 each. 



