LIST OF FLOWER SHEDS. 



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Aquilegia. 

 AQUILBGIA. {Columbine.) 

 Blooms freely early in the spring and summer, and pro- 

 duces beautiful, curiously formed and variously colored 

 flowers. 



Aquilegia (White Spurred.) Flowers of a large size, 

 pure snow white with long spurs of elegant shape and borne 

 in lavish quantity. Charming for group and excellent for 

 pot plants. Pkt. , 15 cts. 



Chrysantha (Golden Spurred.). A strong grower, 

 forming bushy plants 3 feet high, bearing all through the 

 season an abundance of bright golden yellow flowers. 10 cts. 



Durandi fl. pi. Striped double; very fine. 5 cts. • 



Alba Fl. Pleno Double white. 5 cts.. 



Single Mixed Varieties. 5 cts. 



Double Mixed Varieties. 5 cts. 



ARISTILOCHIA (Dutchman's Pipe.) 



Sipho. — A splendid hardy climber 

 for covering walls, trellises, &c. Flow- 

 ers brownish-purple; leaves large and 

 glossy. Perennial. Thirty feet. Packet 

 10 cents. 



Elegans. — An elegant new variety, 

 with flowers of a dark-purple and white 

 produced in great profusion. Packet 

 25 cents. 



AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII. 



{Japan Ivy.) 

 A species of woodbine from Japan; 

 leaves olive green, turning to scarlet in 

 the fall; one of the finest hardy climbers 

 grown, and beautiful in all stages of 

 growth. The leaves lap over each other 

 regularly, as if laid by hand. hp. 10 

 cents. 



Aristolochia Sipho. 



ADLUMIA (Mountain Fringe ) 



A beautiful perennial climber, with elegant foliage, resem- 

 bling the maiden-hair fern. Sow the seed in May where 

 they are to remain, and they will bloom the following season. 



Cirrnosa — Pink. Ten feet. Packet 5 cents. 



ABOBEA VIRIDIFLORA. 



A rapid growing and ornamental climber. It has beautiful, 

 fine cut, glossy, dark green foliage, and small oval, bright 

 scarlet fruits, hha. 10 cents. 



ACHILLEA. 



Achillea Ptarmica fl. pi. Beautiful hardy border 

 plants, bearing during the summer and autumn pure white 

 double flowers in abundance. Very suitable for cut flowers, 

 hp. 10 cts. 



ACROCLINIUM. 



Produces great numbers of their daisy -like flowers, and is 

 one of the finest of the everlastings; for preserving the flowers 

 should be gathered before they are fully open. The dried 

 flowers are exceedingly pretty, and are often dyed with vari- 

 ous bright colors for use in winter boquets. Half hardy an- 

 nual. 



Alba. Single white. 5 cts. 



Fl. PI. Alba. Double white. 10 cts. 



Fl. PI. Rosea. Double rose. 10 cts. 



AGERATUM. 



A constant bloomer, and well adapted for beds or borders; 

 desirable for a contrast to more brilliant-colored flowers, and 

 of the easiest culture, hha. 



Ageratum Mexicanum. (Imperial Dwarf.) Blue. 5 

 cts. 



Ageratum Mexicanum. (Imperial Dwarf.) White. 

 5 cts. 



Ageratum Lasseauxi. Very fine rose flowers, tp. 10 

 cts. 



ABUTILON. (Chinese Bell- Flower.) 

 Free blooming, with various colored, beautiful bell shaped 

 flowers; fine mixture of choice varieties and colors, hhp. 15 

 cts. 



Fire Ball (New). This variety is dwarf and compact 

 in habit, and produces in profusion its large, deep crimson, 

 bell-shaped flowers. Pkt. , 30 cts. 



ACHIMENES. 



Produces numerous flowers in the finest shades of color; 

 it must be cultivated in sandy 

 peat, and kept warm and shaded. 

 The plant withers away in autumn, 

 and the little catterpillar-like tubes 

 are stored in dry sand or soil in a 

 warm place, tp. Mixed colors. 

 50 cts. 



ACONITUM NAPELLUS. 



(Monk's Hood.) 



Produces curiously shaped flow- 

 ers in abundance; thrives in an 

 ordinary garden soil. Blue and 

 white, hp. 5 cts: 



AOAOIA. 



Desirable plants for greenhouse 

 or conservatory culture. The 

 flowers, small and globular, are formed in thick clusters on 

 long spikes. Fine mixed. 15 cents. 



JETHIONEMA GRANDIFLORUM. 



Elegant little plants for sunny situations in beds, rock 

 work, etc. Flowers rose-shaded, hp 15 cts. 



ANEMONE . ( Wind flower. ) 



Blooms in early spring; flowers are of various shades, 

 scarlet, purple, blue, white and striped, hp. Fine mixed. 

 5 cts. 



ABRONIA 



Trailing plants, well adapted for rock -work, vases or 

 hanging baskets. Flowers in trusses. Fragrant. 

 Arenaria. Waxy, yellow, ha. 10 cts. 

 TJmbellata. Rosy pink. hha. 5 cts. 

 TJmbellata Grandiflorum. Pure rose. Very fine. Sets. 



ALONSOA. (Mask Flower.) 



Handsome bedding plants, succeeding well in any good 

 garden soil, freely producing flowers of great brilliancy from 

 early summer until frosts ; valuable for indoor decoration. 



Myrtifolia. Targe scarlet flowers. Very fine. 5 cts. 



