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PETUNIA. For out-door decoration, there is scarcely a 

 plant equal to this. It commences to bloom early and con- 

 tinues a mass of bloom the whole season. Of late years, 

 the striped and blotched varieties have been much im- 

 Droved. 



SPLENDID HYBRID VARIETIES. Mixed, very choice, 10 



BUCHANAN'S NEW BLOTCHED. Beautifully spotted, 25 



DOUBLE HYDRIDIZED (very uncertain from seed), 50 



COUNTESS OF ELLESMERE, dark rose, white throat 10 



CERMESINA GRANDIFLORA, with white throat, 25 



PURPLE AND WHITE, mixed, or separate, each 5 



PORTULACA. Plants of easy culture, luxuriating in an ex- 

 posed sunny situation ; flowers large and of many rich 

 shades of color, and produced throughout the summer in the 

 greatest profusion. The varieties are,— 

 " ALBA, white; CARYOPHYLLOIDES. Carnation striped,. ... 5 

 " AURANTIACA. Orange. SPLENDENS. Crimson purple, 5 



" THORBURNIL Yellow. THELLUSONIL Scarlet, 5 



' ROSEA. Rose-colored. Mixed 5 



" GRANDIFLORA FLO. PL. NEW DOUBLE 50 



POLYANTHUS. Finest English varieties, hardy per 25 



" " Good mixed, " " 10 



POPPY, (Papaver) Showy and easily cultivated flowers. Sow 

 early in the spring; will not bear transplanting. The varie- 

 ties are,— CARNATION, P^ONIA-FLORA, DOUBLE 

 WHITE, RANUNCULUS, OPIUM. Fine, mixed varieties, ench. 5 



PRIMULA VERIS. English cowslip, perennial 10 



SALPIGLOSSIS. Neat and beautiful plants, suitable for pot- 

 culture or the flower-border, blooming all summer. The 

 varieties are,— PICTA, beautifully veined; COCCINNEA, 

 scarlet; LUTEA, yellow. Also fine mixed varieties, each, 10 

 SANVITALIA. PROCUMBENS FLO. PLENO. This new 

 double-flowered variety is far larger in flower than in the 

 single-flowered species : the color is a uniform bright 



golden-yellow, a valuable bedding plant, 25 



SAPONARIA. Of dwarf compact growth, profusion of bloom 

 throughout summer and late autumn. The varieties are, — 

 MuLTiFLORA, rosy pink; Ocymoidies, a perennial variety, 



one of the finest plants for covering rock work each, 10 



" CALABRICA MARGINATA. Color rose and white 10 



SCARLET RUNNER. (PAaseoZws Coccmew.?) Flowering Bean.... 5 

 SCABIOSA {Mourning Bride, or Sioeei Scabius). Plants with 

 beautiful flowers ; adapted for border cultivation, hardy. 



" Fine German varieties ; mixed 5 



•' ^iQ\\?iia. [Starry Mourning Bride) 5 



" NANA. Dwarf. CANDIDISSIMA. White, each 10 



SCHIZANTHUS. A splendid class of plants, combining ele- 

 gance of growth, with a rich profusion of flowers, valuable 

 for green-house decorations, for which purpose sow in 

 August. The varieties are, — Humilis, blue, lilac, white 

 and yellow ; Gbahamii, red and orange ; Grandiflorus 

 OccuLATUS, various; Pinnatus, purple, white and yellow; 

 Priestii, white, lilac and primrose, each 10 



