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THE FLOWER GROWER'S GUIDE. 



4 feet ; n.-b. Pleiad, rose, 1£ feet ; paniculatus W. J. Grant, mauve, 3^ feet ; puniceus 

 pulcherrimus, blush white, 5 feet ; Thomsoni, pale blue, 2 feet ; versicolor Themis, 

 white to rose, 2| feet ; vimineus nanus, white, 1\ feet. 



Selection of latest Asters, beginning about October. All awarded XXX marks. — 

 Diffusus Datschii, small crimson, 1\ f ee ^ d. horizontalis, red and white, small, 2| feet ; 

 ericoides, white, 2 J feet; grandifiorus, violet, 2| feet; lsevis Calliope, mauve, 4| feet; 

 novi-belgii Archer Hind, blue ; n.-b. Autumn Glory ; n.-b. Juno, purple blue, 4§ feet '■> 

 n.-b. Maia, rosy-lilac, 4 feet ; n.-b. superbus, mauve, Tradescantii, white, small, 

 4 feet ; turbinellus, violet, 3| feet. 



SELECT BORDER FLOWERS. 



The following short lists are intended to be supplementary to the descriptive 

 selections, and to be of service to those requiring only a few plants or having special 

 objects in view. Those marked (*) are recommended for small gardens, and those 

 marked (f) for still smaller collections. 



Flowers for Winter and Early Spring — December to March. 



Anemone 



t*apennina 



blanda 

 t*Arabis alpina 

 Aubrietia 



t*Hendersoni 



t*Leichtlmi 

 t*Chionodoxa (see Bulbs) 

 f*Crocus (see Bulbs) 

 Doronicum 



caucasicum 



t'Doronicum plantagineum 

 Fritillaria (see Bulbs) 

 t*Galanthus (see Bulbs) 

 Helleborus 



t*niger maximus 



*orientalis in variety 

 Hepatica 



♦triloba ccerulea 



*frubra fl. pi. 



angulosa 

 Myosotis dissitiflora 



t*Narcissus (see Bulbs) 

 Orobus vernus 

 Primula 



*tvulgaris 



*talba fl. pi. 



*lilacina 11. pi. 



*sulphurea fl. pi. 

 *tdenticulata 

 rosea 



*Sanguinaria canadensis 

 Scilla (see Bulbs) 



Spring 



t* Adonis vernalis 



*Alyssum saxatile eompactum 



Anemone 



*eoionaria in variety 



i'ulgens 



*nemorosa alba fl. pi. 



*tnemorosa coerulescens 



t*sylvestris 

 AntiiTbinum majus 

 Aquilegia coerulea 



*chrysantha 



t* vulgaris in variety 



and Early Summer — April 



*Arnebia eehioides 

 t*Bellis perennis fl. pi. 

 t*Chrysogonum virginianum 

 f *Convallaria majalis 

 Corydalis nobilis 

 Dicentra eximia 



fspectabilis 

 Dodecatheon 



*fintegrifoliurn 



*Meadia in variety 

 Epimedium 



*alpinum 



and May. 



*Epimedium pinnatum 

 *Geum montanum 

 Iberis 



*tcorresefolia 



*sempervirens fl. pi. 

 *flris (see Florists' Flowers) 

 t*Lithospermum prostratum 

 t*Narcissus in variety 

 *t?seonia (see Florists' Flowers) 

 Phlox 



t*subulata atropurpurea 

 *Nelsoni 



