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NEW LIST OF FLOWER SEEDS FOR 1880. 



These are not all novelties, but some <>f recent introduction, and others of special merit, \vl,:,}i 

 v<';e omitted under their respective heads. 

 The novelties we offer are given with the descriptions of the raisers, who are the most resix-n- 



-::>le in the trade. 



\BRO\lA, Arenaria. A trailing, half-hardy annual plant, resembling the Verhenn, with 

 prostrate branches several feet in length; height, 6 inches; producing clusters of swet-t- 

 scented yellow flowers. Per packet, 10 cts. 



ANGELONIA, Grandiflora Atropurpurea. A new beautiful green-house shrubby plant. 

 If sown earlv will flower the first season, aud can be treated as a tender annual. Famous lor 

 its fragrance; flowers dark purplish brown, with a white eye. Pkt. of 10 seeds, 2-5 cts. 



BEGONIA, Robusta Perfecta (Tuberous-rooted;. One of the finest green-house new 

 tuberous-rooted Begonias. Owing to its robust habit of growth and succulent dark greea 

 foliage, the plant strikes the eye at once. The flowers are larse, of a brilliant cinnabar 

 scarlet, melting into a delicate rose towards the centre, of great firmness and te.xture, which 

 make them less liable to drop off than is the case with mauy of the other varieties ; height, 

 12 inches. Pkt. of about 50 seeds, 25 cts. 



BEGOXIA, Roezli. A new valuable green-house species from Mexico. The leaves^ are al- 

 ternate, dark green, succulent, and the under surface is of a reddish color. Seed sown in 

 April make strong plants by September, attaining a height of twenty inches, and the buds 

 of the inflorescence appear in October, resembling an opening Paeony. They are envelojjed 

 in a dark red spathe, and rapidly expand into a beautiful 

 luminous deep red flowers. In a green- 

 house this fine species blooms freely and 

 in uninterrupted succession until March. 

 The flowers will be found of utility for 

 bouquets. Pkt. of about 50 seeds, 25 cts. 



BEGOMA, Schmidti. A new beautiful 

 green-house shrubby plant from Brazil. 

 Flowers white, slightly tinged with pink, 

 contrasting finely with the foliage, being 

 of a dark green, with a metallic lustre. 

 Its dwarf branching globe-shaped habit 

 makes it a most desirable decorative as 

 well as a market plant, being literally 

 covered with flowers from May until No- 

 vember, and blooming all winter in the 

 green-house ; also a fine summer bedding 

 plant. Pkt. of about 50 seeds, 25 cts. 



CALENDULA, Officinalis Meteor. A 



new splendid hardy annual variety of 



the Pot Marigold, very large, beautifully 



imbricated, extra double striped flowers, 



the colors are of a bright deep orange 



on a pale straw-colored, almost white 



ground ; j)roducing a profusion of bloom 



from May until late in the autumn; 



height, 1 "foot. See illustration on next 



page. Pkt. of 10 seeds, 25 cts. begonia schmidti. 



CAMPANULA, Macrostyla Rosaeflora. A beautiful rose-flowered variety of this 



charming Campanula. This new form cannot fail to become as great a favorite as the old 



type. Hardy perennial, flowering the first season, if sown early. Pkt. of 25 seeds, 25 cts. 

 CEDRONELLA, Cana. A hardy perennial plant, with fragrant foliage, long spikes of 



purplish flowers, remaining in bloom a long time; height, 2 feet. Pkt., 10 cts. 

 CLEMATIS, Hybrida Mixed. The finest hvbrid new hardv perennial large-flowering vari- 

 eties of Clematis. One of our best plants for trellises, arbors, etc.; height, 10 to 15 feet. 



Pkt., 25 cts. ' . . o » 



COLEL'S, Dreer's Hybrids. Our new strain of hvbrid varieties, from which was produced 

 the finest colored, most attractive and novel foliage plants ever before introduced; hall'- 

 hardy perennial ; height, 2 feet. For plants and illustrations see list in this supplement 

 under the plant department. Pkt., 50 cts. 



DELPHINIUM, Cashmerianum. A new hardv perennial Larhspur, producing verv fine, 

 dark blue Monk' s-hood-like flowers, on stems 15 inches high, in corvmbs, of six or more. A 

 native of the Himalayas, found at an elevation of 12,0^)0 feet. Pkt. of 15 seeds, 25 cts. 



DELPHINIUM, Ranuncmliflora Nana (Dwarf RanuncuIus-iloH-cred Broicnish Violet 

 Larkspur). This new variety grows to the height of 15 inches, and forms a column-shaped 

 compact bouquet, with numerous spikes of shining brownish-violet flowers; the summit of 

 the spikes being of a uniform height renders it particularly suited for massing, etc. Hardy 

 annual. Pkt., 20 cts. f j o, j 



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