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anlii arrested by frost, our fine American autumn being particularly iV 

 vorable to their development. 



Rivalling as they do all other plants of the garden in their majestic 

 appearance and gorgeous display, they also combine the merit of facili- 

 ty of culture to such a degree, that the most ignorant can scarcely fail 

 of success. And indeed the day is not distant when the number of va- 

 rieties will surpass that of either the Hyacinth, the Tulip, the Rose, or 

 the Carnation, and the numerous Striped, Variegated, and Mottled Dah- 

 lias, will then be designated under the various classes of Flakes, Bi- 

 zarres, &c., in the same manner as tte Carnation ; the connoiseurs with- 

 out doubt becoming quite as fastidious in regard to the formation of the 

 petals as they now are in respect to the last named flower. 



The letters annexed to the different varieties desigiate the height to 

 which they usually attain : thus, A denotes those that do not exceed two 

 feet — B those which attain to between two and three feet — C, three to 

 four feet — D, four to five feet — E, five to six feet — F, six to seven feet 



G, over 7 feet. Although the height will vary somewhat according to 



the soil and culture, yet by attention to this point the various kinds may 

 be always so arranged in the garden that the dwarfs will not be hidden 

 by the taller varieties, and when several rows are planted in a range with 

 each other, with a due regard to their height, they wdl present as it were 

 a terrace of flowers. 



Purchasers will be furnished with a printed treatise on the requisite 

 culture, containing the best rules as practised by intelligent cultivators 

 in Europe and elsewhere. 



A discount will be made to those who purchase largely and to Nurse- 

 ries and other venders To those who order a dozen plants or more, an 

 abatement of 25 per cent, will be made from the stated prices which it 

 will be perceived are much lower than usually charged, the great and in- 

 creasing stock enabling us to offer them on these favorable terms, and 

 also to select superior roots. 



It seems scarcely necessary here to add that the deceptive practice of 

 ingrafting the double varieties on roots of the single kinds is never prac- 

 tised by us. 



Where the selection is left to us, such an assortment will be selected 

 as will form a pleasing combmation of color, form, height, &c. When 

 packed dry, which can be done from October to May, they occupy so 

 little space, that a great number may be comprised in a small compass, 

 and they can be thus safe iy transported to any distance. During the 

 residue of the year they can be transported in pots or by enveloping the 

 roots in moss, and packing them properly, in accordance with the dis- 

 tance, &c. 



SECTION I. White. 



$ cts. 



1 Alba multiflora 1 50 



2 Albina, tinged with blush, C 1 00 



3 Antoinette, nearly white 



4 Blanch fleur 



5 Dwarf white, tinged with 



blush, B 



6 French white, pure white, B 



7 Harpalyce, changeable ^ D 1 



8 Inwooi's white, C 1 



$ cts. 

 9 King of the Whites, delicate 

 paper white, D 1 50 



10 Madame Crommelin 75 



11 Marshall's Queen 2 00 



12 Mountain of snow, pure 



iohit€,D 1 00 



13 Praecellentissima, E 75 



14 Silver white 75 



15 Squibb's pure vihiic, E 1 00 



