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MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 
Althea Rosea. 
Althea Rosea. Hollyhock. This flower 
has been much improved and is very 
easily cultivated. Can be sown froma 
October till April. Very hardy; from 
four to six feet high. 
Amaranthus Caudatus. Love Lies 
Bleeding. eng red racemes with blood 
red flowers. Very graceful; three feet 
high. 
Amaranthus Tricolor. Three-colored 
Amaranth. Very showy; cultivated on 
account of its leaves, which are green, 
yellow: and red. Two to three feet high. 
Amaranthus Bicolor. Two-cclored 
Amaranth. Crimson and green variegated 
foliage; good for edging. Two feet high. 
Amaranthus Atropurgpureus. Is covered 
with long drooping spikes of purple flow- 
ers; four feet. 
Amaranthus) Salicifolius. | Fountain 
Plant. Rich colored foliage, very grace- 
ful. Five to six feet high. All varieties 
of Amaranthus should be sown from 
February to June. 
Aster. Trufant’s Paeony-Flowered Per- 
fection. Large double paeony-shaped 
flewers of fine mixed colors, one of the 
Amaranthus Caudatus. 
German Quilled Aster. 
Trufant’s Paeony Flowered Aster. 
best varieties. Two feet high; sow from 
December till March. Asters should be 
s0Wh in a box or in pots, and kept ina 
green-house, or near a window; when 
large enough, transplant into the border. 
Take a shovel of compost and mix with 
the ground before planting. Put three to 
four plants tegether and they will show 
better. 
Aguilegia. Columbine. A showy and 
beautiful fiower of different colors; two 
feet high. Sow from October till March. 
Should be sown early if flowers are 
wished; if sown late will not bieom till 
next season. 
Balsamina Hortensis. Lady Slipper. A 
well-knewn flower of easy culture. Re- 
quires a good ground to produce deuble 
flowers. 
Balsamina. Impreved Camelia-flowered, 
very double’ and beautiful colors. In 
rich ground and during dry wéather they 
require plenty of water. 
Baisamina Camelia Flora Alba. Pure 
white flowers, about two feet high, used 
for bouquets. Sow all Balsaminas from 
February til! August. 
Autumnalis. 
Adonis 
Frotscher’s Large Purple or New Orleans 
Market Eggplants. 
