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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- 

 proved. 



'« SPLENDID HYBRID VARIETIES. Mixed, very choice, Id 



" BUCHANAN'S NEW BLOTCHED. Beautifully spotted, 25 



" DOUBLE HYDRIDIZED (very uncertain from seed), 60 



♦'COUNTESS OF ELLESMERE, dark rose, white throat 10 



" CERMESINA GRANDIFLORA, with white throat, 26 



" PURPLE AND WHITE, mixed, or separate, each 5 



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

 posed sunny situation ; Howers 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, PiEONIA-FLORA, DOUBLE 

 WHITE, RANUNCULUS, OPIUM. Fine, mixed varieties, Q^ch 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; LUTE A, yellow. Also fine mixed vaineties, 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. (PAaseoZz^^ Coccmews) Flowering Bean.... 6 

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

 beautiful flowers; adapted for border cultivation, hardy. 



" Fine German varieties ; mixed.. 5 



*' ^ioViSiia, {Starry 3Iourning 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 ; Gb ahamii, red and orange ; Grandiflorus 

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

 Priestii, whito, lilac and primrose, each ........ 10 



