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TI6EIDIA, OE TIGEE PLOWEE. 



Natives of Mexico, producing flowers of exquisite beauty, and 

 singularly curious shape, and the color of each variety gorgeous 

 and purely contrasted ; in bloom from July to October. After 

 frost, take up the bulbs, and keep in dry place away from frost, 

 until the time of planting in the spring. The following are the 

 most distinct and beautiful varieties. We have imported several 

 of the so-called new varieties, but find them no improvement. 



Price 10 cents each ; 75 cents per dozen ; $5 00 per hundred. 

 CONCHIFLORA. Orange and golden yellow, spotted with dark 



crimson. 

 P VVONIA. Rich scarlet, tinged and spotted with yellow. 



AGAPANTHUS UMBELLATUS. 



{African Blue Lily,) 



A noble plant, belonging to the bulbous rooted section, ^ith 

 ever-green foliage. A large plant, under good treatment, will 

 frequently send up a flower-stalk three feet high, crowned with 

 twenty or thirty heads of flowers, which will come into blossom in 

 succession. It blooms during the summer, and :brms a fine orna- 

 ment to an architectural terrace, or a lawn. Price of plants from 

 $ 1.00 to $2.00 each, according to size. 



The following are varieties of the above : 

 A. UMBELLATUS MINOR. A dwarf variety. Price $1.00. 

 A. do. ALBA. White flowers. "^ Price SI. 00. 



