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Slower Seeds by Jflail, 



Their portability renders them so easily and cheaply transported by 

 mail, that no one with any pretensions to taste in Floriculture need be 

 "without a choice selection. For the accommodation of those who are 

 unacquainted with the varieties, we have put up the following assort- 

 ments of the most desirable free blooming and showy kinds, which will 

 be promptly mailed (prepaid) upon the receipt of a remittance. 



^^^^ Correspondents will please write their names legibly, and in full, 

 with post-office, county and state. 



No. 1. — Twenty choice annuals, free bloomers, for . . $1.00 

 No. 2. — Twenty choice annual, bieanial and perennial varieties, 1,00 

 No. 3. — Twelve new and rare varieties. . . . . 1.00 



No. 4. — Twenty varieties, for Green-house culture, . . 3.00 



No. 5.- — One hundred varieties, including many new and rare sorts, 8.00 



As an inducement to P0ST3IASTERS AND OTHERS, forming Clubs, 

 ■we iv'ill forward, post-paid, six One Dollar packages for a remittance of Five, 

 Dollars. 



"^^^ At these prices, invariably our own selectio7i. The latest novelties 

 are not included in these collections ; but a liberal discou7ii will be made 

 from catalogue price when ordering a quanity. 



Novelties and Select Flowers of former seasons^ 



WOETEY OF SPECIAL ATTEl^TION, 

 Price 10 cents per paper, except where noted. 



The letters preceding the varieties, denote: — h. biennial, or such as last two seasons ; 

 p, perennial, or such as exist Irom year to year ; t. tendpr, which will not endure the 

 Irost ; t. p. tender perennial, which require the protection of a green-house during the 

 winter; h. h. half hardy, requiring some protection; c. climbers; a * denotes that 

 although the variety may be biennial or perennial, it will bloom the first year, if sown 

 early: the remainder are annuals, which arrive at perfection and die oif the first year. 



ABEONIA UMBELLATA, trailing clusters of rosy lilac blossoms. 



ACROCLINIUM ROSEUM, rose color everlasting flower. 



ACROCLINIUM ROSEUM ALBUM.— A pure white variety. 



AGERATUM CCELESTINUM NANUM.— Dwarf, useful for bedding out, 



ALYSSUM BENTHAMII.— New white Sweet Alyssum. 



AMARANTHUS MELANCHOLICUS (vai% ruber.) Introduced by Mr. 

 Veitoh, from Japan. Its habit is very compact, height 12 to 18 

 inches, with striking b]ood-red foliage. A very fine foliaged bedding 

 plant, valuable for flower-garden decoration. 



ANAGALLIS. — Dwarf, compact, flowering plants; admirably adapted 

 for ornamental baskets, rock work, etc. The choicest varieties are, 

 Geandiflora Rosea, rose colored, and Grandifloea C^rulea, 

 large sky-blue, Phillipsii Geandiflora, sup. blue. 



