Descriptive Catalogue. 39 



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Thomas Moore, (new.) Deep rich violet-tinted puce, a very large flower, 

 occasionally nine inches in diameter ; this variety has a curiously con- 

 spicuous tuft of white stamens 76 



Tunbridgensis. Flowers of exquisite shape, four to six inches in diameter, 

 dark biue, shaded with purple and ribbed on the centre of each petal 

 with d< j ep purple 75 



Victoria, (new.j A distinct and handsome free blooming variety of the 

 Jackmani class; flowers large, composed of Ave and six petals well 



formed, color deep reddish mauve 1 50 



12 very tine, my selection S5.00 



Class II. 



The following Varieties flower in Spring and early Summer, from the 

 old or ripened wood of the previous year's growth. 



Albert Victor. A thick velvety texture, flowers large deep lavender, with 



brown ribs down the centre petal 50 



Fortunei. A xqvy tine species from Japan, fluwers double, white and 



fragrant 50 



Florida Standishii. One of the most beautiful, flowers of a kind of violet 



blue with crimson and carmine shining through it 50 



Excelsior, (new.) Is of the Lanuginosa class, producing flowers of large 

 s'ze, finely shaped and occasionally double, the outer petals resembling 

 the guard petals of a Hollyhock, and well arranged Anemone centre; 

 c lor rich deep mauve 1 50 



Fair Rosamond, (new.) The flower is full}' six inches across, and consists 

 of eight sepals. White with a bluish cast, having a light wine red 

 bar up the centre of each sepal. Flowers very fragrant, and are 

 abundant through June and July 1 50 



John Gould Veitch. A magnificent "Double Blue Clematis," a most 

 valuable addition to this class of plants It is a profuse bloomer, the 

 flowers bein«; very double, of a large size, (four inches in diameter,) 

 and of a beautiful light blur- 50 



Lady Lond.-borough. A robust constitution, producing its elegant flowers 

 in great abundance; col>;r a dedicate silvery lavender with a white 

 stripe down the centre of each petal 75 



Lucie Lemoine. Fine double white, the flowers are composed of 75 to 90 

 p tabs. In the first period of its flowering the blooms are semi-circu- 

 lar in shape resembling a gigantic double white Zinnia 1 CO 



Miss Bateman. A magnificent plant of both growth and flower; the 

 blooms are large, of good shape and pure white, banded with creamy 

 white down the centre of each petal 75 



Stella, (new) Very showy, one of the most beautiful. The flowers are of 

 a light violet or deep mauve, with a distinct bar in the centre of each 

 sepal of a reddish plum color 1 50 



The Queen, (new.) A free habit and remarkably handsome foliage, and 



flowers of a delicate lavender color; a very beautiful new Clematis... 1 50 



POLYANTHUS HOSE-IX-HOSE. 



This interesting and beautiful spring flower forms a rich and fragrant bed 



in the flower garden. Seedlings from a tine strain 30 



GESNERIAS. 



These are all bulbous-rooted plants which bloom magnificently during 

 the winter months. 



*Leopoldi. Dwarf compact erect habit, umbels of a rich vermilion ; an 



exceedingly beautiful plant 7S 



*Lilacina. A variety similar in all respects to the last, except color of 



flowers, which in this is of a clear lilac 1 00 



