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Mimulus Roezlii. — A new species found by Dr. Roezl, in the Sierra Nevada. It is 

 of very dwarf habit, being only four inches high, and is admirably adapted for small 

 groups or pot culture. The flowers are a bright yellow, the throat being prettily dotted 

 with red. During a long period it blooms most abundantly, the brilliancy of its color 

 producing a most charming effect. Being quite hardy, it will bear exposure to the sun 

 without injury. Per packet, 50 cents. 



Mimulus Tilingi — A most in toresting and charming variety of this beautiful class. 

 It grows to aheightof three feet, of erect, branching habit, producing in great abundance 

 flower-spikes thickly set with pure golden yellow blossoms. The rich, bright color, and 

 the great profusion of flowers, continually open at one time, renders the plant an object 

 of great attraction. Per packet, 25 cents. 



Primula Verticillata var. Sinensis (New Absynnian Primrose.)— This very pretty 

 novelty is a hardy green-house perennial, growing about eighteen inches in height, 

 with tufted root leaves about ten inches long. The leaves are covered with white mealy 

 powder, especially on the lower surface. The flowers, which are sweet-scented, are 

 similar in color to the common Primrose, but deeper in tint, and not quite so large. They 

 are produced in tiers or whorls, each tier consisting of twelve or more flowers. Per 

 packet, 50 cents. 



Smilax (Myrsiphyllum Asparagoides). — There is no climbing plant in cultivation 

 that surpasses this in the graceful beauty of its foliage, and its peculiar wavy formation 

 renders it one of the most valuable of all plants for vases or hanging baskets, as it can 

 be used either to climb or to droop, as required ; in cut flowers, particularly for wreaths, 

 it is now considered indispensable by all florists. Per packet, 25 cents. 



Solanum Hybridum Compactum. — This plant is of dwarf and compact habit, sel- 

 dom exceeding eighteen inches in height, and very close-branching, forming a dense, hand- 

 some bush. The leaves are from three to four inches in length, by about one in breadth, 

 oblong-lanceolate in shaj>e, tapering towards the base. The berries are bright red, large 

 and round, and are produced in clusters of from five to seven. It is admirably adapted 

 for the decoration of apartments, or for the dinner-table, and has a beautiful effect in 

 the green -house or conservatory. Per packet, 25 cents. 



Statice Spicata. — This charming species is of annnal duration, flowering early in 

 the season, and continuing in bloom for a very long time. The leaves are of a lively 

 emerald green, forming a spreading tuft, out of which rise a multitude of ear-like spikes, 

 branching in a pyramidally-arranged fashion, closely set with flowers of a lovely rosy 

 pink color. The whole plant represents a graceful bouquet about one foot in height, of 

 exceedingly handsome sliape. It is very beautiful for dwarf beds or edgings, succeeding 

 hi common garden soil. Per packet, 50 cents. 



Viola Cornuta Perfection. — A fine variety of free growth, yet seldom exceeding six 

 to eight inches in height. The flowers, which are borne well above the foliage, retain 

 the characteristic horns of the V. Cornuta, but they are fully three times the size, and of 

 good substance. The color is shaded blue ; the eye orange yellow, surrounded by a pur- 

 ine disc, from which proceed radiating lines of a still deeper purple. Per packet, 25 cents. 







Zinnia Haageana Flore Pleno. — This variety is of the same habit of growth as the 

 well-known Z. Mexicana, the plant forming dense and jichly-branched tufts, of about 

 twelve inches high, by sixteen in diameter, and being abundantly furnished with termi- 

 nal flowers which are closely imbricated, and of the same fine form as the best double 

 Zinnia, although naturally much smaller in size. The flower is of a deep orange yellow 

 color, keeping its lustre when dried, thus rendering this Zinnia an acquisition for bou- 

 quet-making. It is also likely to be a good bedding plant, blooming continually till the 

 frost sets in. Per packet, 25 cents. 



The Collection of Choice Flowers, numbering twe Ive varieties, as 

 shown on our colored engraving, $2. 



