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COTOLTrLI'S MINOR— Confintteti— Height 1 foot. Perpkt 



Splen'DENS. Flowers rich violet, with a white centre 5 



Tricolor. Violet purple, with a white centre 5 



White. Pretty to contrast with the other varieties 5 



Kermesints Violaceus. This new variety is very striking, having a bright yellow eye, 



encircled with snowy white, and broadly margined with rich crimson violet 10 



Mixed Varieties. All the colors of the dwarf varieties mixed. Per oz., 50 cts 5 



Tricolor Flore- Pleno. A showy double variety, but cannot be depended on as pro- 

 ducing all double flowers 10 



Caxtabricus. Flowers rosy purple, a beautiful trailer for hanging-baskets, or for a 



beddins plant; hardy perennial ; 1 foot 10 



MaurITanicus. Beautiful trailer for hanging-baskets and vases, producing numerous 



lavender-colored blue flowers : half-hardv evercrreen perennial 10 



CUPHEA PL AT YCEXTRA' ^CVgrar or'Fire Cracker Plant). Free-flowering beautiful 

 ornamental plants, either for garden or pot culture ; half-hardy perennial ; flowers 



small tubed-shaped, scarlet encircled with black and white; 1 foot 10 



CYAXrS 3IIXOR, MIXED Blue BrAtle or Cora Flower). Ornamental plants for shrub- 

 beries and borders, useful for cut flowers ; growing in any garden soil ; hardy annuals ; 



various colors mixed ; 1^ feet 5 



CYTISUS LABl'RXLMI {Golden Chain). A hardy shrub or tree, with long racemes 



of golden-vellow flowers 10 



DAISY, MIXED {Bellis PerennU). A favorite plant for beds or pot-culture; half-hardy 



perennial : seed saved from the finest double varieties, mixed colors ; 4 inches 20 



DAHLIA. One of our best autumnal flowering plants, blooms until killed by fro'^t ; half- 

 hardy perennials; blooming the first year from seed, if sown early; protect the roots 

 from" frost during the winter in a dry cellar in sand. 

 Large-Flowering Varieties. Saved from the finest double flowers. Mixed colors; 5 ft. 20 

 Small-Flowering [Bouquet or Liliputian). Saved from choice double flowers; mixed 



colors; it is the flower that is miniature and not the plant ; 5 feet 20 



TtXTV^X ( Trumpet Flower). An ornamental class of plants ; in large clumps and bor- 

 ders of shrubbery they produce an excellent eflect ; flowering the first year from seed, 

 if sown early. They can be preserved in sand during the winter in a dry cellar free 

 from frost ; half-hardy perennials. 

 Atroviolacea Plexissima. Flowers dark violet, the inside of a lighter shade ; 4^ feet. 10 

 Fasteosa HUBERIANA. Large double lilac flowers ; inner parts almost pure white ; 5 ft. 10 

 HU3IULIS Flore-Plexo. Large double flowers, of a deep golden-yellow ; delightfully 



fra?rant, continuing in bloom until frost; 2 feet 10 



Wrighti ' Metdoide^^. White, lilac bordered ; in bloom from July to November ; 2 feet. 5 

 Arborea ' Brugmansia Suaviolens). A large growing plant, -with beautiful white, long 

 tubed, trumpet-shaped, fragrant flowers, about 12 inches long. Planted out in May, in 

 well-drained, light, rich soil,manured with well-rotted manure and decayed leaves, "they 

 make a mairnificent show of bloom. The seeds should be started in a green-house or 

 hot-bed early in the spring. They also make a splendid plant for the green-house or 



conservatory, growing about 10 feet high 20 



DELPHIXIL'M {Larkspur). One of our most showy and useful plants, po>sessing al- 

 most every requisite for the adornment of the garden or parterre ; the hardy peren- 

 nials producing splendid spikes of flowers in profusion throughout the summer. If 

 sown early they will bloom the first year from seed. The hardy annuals are pjrofuse 

 bloomers, and succeed best if sown in the autumn, or very early in the spring. For 

 separate colors see assortments of Larkspurs, pa?e 76. 

 FORMOSUM, Beautiful spikes of brilliant rich blue flowers, with a white centre ; 2 feet.. 10 

 Nudicaule. Dwarf, compact growth, with abundant loose spikes of bnght dazzling 



scarlet flowers; ISinches 10 



The above two are hardy perennials, and the following are hardy annual varieties : 

 Double Dwarf Rocket CJ53/aciV(M-i^/o?rf/-<:'cZ ZarZ-^pur). Finest mixed colors; 1 foot. 5 

 Double Stock-Flowered. A tall-branching variety, with beautiful long spikes of 



flowers of various colors ; fine for cutting:; 2 feet 5 



Double Dwarf Candelabra-Flowered. Shaped like a candelabra; flowering 



until quite late; beautiful mixed colors ; 1 foot 5 



Imperiai.e Flore-Pleno {Emperor Larkspur). Of symmetrical bushy habit and uni- 

 form height \\ feet, with a profusion of flowers; the colors are brilliant dark blue, tri- 

 color and red striped 10 



DIAXTHL'S iPinks). A magnificent genus, embracing some of the most popular flow- 

 ers in cultivation, a great variety of colors and profusion of bloom ; the hardy biennial 

 varieties blooming the first season if sown early. The hardy perennial varieties are 

 very fragrant, and of easy culture for the garden or green-house. 

 Chinensis ( Chino. or Indian Pink). Extra double varieties, all colors; mixed; 1 foot.. o 



Chinensis, Flore-Pleno Albo. Double pure white flowers ; 1 foot 5 



Imperialis < Double Imperial Pink''. Double variegated, of many mixed colors; 1 foot.. 10 

 Heddewigi Flore-Pleno. Seed saved from extra double flowers, colors varying from 



the richest velvety crimson to the most delicate rose, beautiful mixed colors; 1 foot 10 



Heddewigi Diadematu.s, Flore-Pleno (Double Diadem Pink). Beautiful double 

 flowers from 2 to .3 inches in diameter; of varied tints of lilac, crimson, purple and 

 black purple, outer edges fringed and nearly white ; dwarf compact-growing plants ; 1 ft. 10 

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