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ROSE CAMPION— (See Agrostemma Coronaria). flowers with finely marked throats. They have been 



ROSE OF HEAVEN— (See Agrostemma Coeli-rosa). much improved of late years by careful selection. They 



SALPIQLOSSIS.— Very showy bedding or border plants, blossom the first .season from seed sown in spring. 



%sith richly colored, erect, funnel shaped flowers. The Tender perennial: one and one-half to two feet high. 



colors are beautifully marbled and penciled, purple, Majus album, pure white 5 



scarlet, crimson, vellow, buff, blue, and almost black. " brilliant, crimson, white throat .5 



Bloom from August to October. Half hardy annual; ^. ' .P^'''^- ""'^ite throat .5 



one and a-half to two feet high. Large flowered F»ne Mixed , all the best colors 5 



hybrids, fine mixed 10 SOLANUM Pseudo capsicum.— Ornamental fruit bearing 



SALVIA— (Flowering Sage). — Very ornamental; flowers plants, useful for conservatory or drawing-room decor- 

 borne in spikes of fiery red. crimson or blue, and con- ation. The foliage is handsome and the fruit is attrac- 

 tinue in bloom in open ground until after severe frosts. five in appearance, but not edible; covered with a pro- 

 Start in heat and transplant into light soil one to two fusion of miniature, pepper-shaped scarlet fruit 10 



feet apart. ->?._>&_ 



Roemeriana, deep crimson; tender annual, one foot high. 10 r^-T^x 



The following are half hardy perennials, but bloom the ■^^*^^^&^^^. 



first season: height two to three feet; . ^"^^^7'"f^^SS"^^X 



Splendens compacta, Bruantii of Florists, the finest Sal- \^/^ ^^'^ S^Jr^'^V^^'T^l A' i. \ 



via grown, being literally covered with brilliant scarlet '"^'^'V.^^^'y*' "5;^lV 'P ^^O^ ^ ^ 



blossoms. We cannot see that the Ingenieur Clavenad, ""^^^^B^ ^rfc!^^^ ^ ^ V.^ "^^^ -^^^O- ^ -¥> 



introduced lately with so much clamor, differs in any ^'^J^i.y mrlf^'^ ■i-^ '"j'^xST- JiJ^^T^ ~ 



respect from this variety 10 x^.^^^T^'^i,^^^^^^^ n^'"'©'^'" 



Patens, the brightest and purest blue color among flow- ^^^^S:fe^»vir^^^<-'^1^~>^ iL x^i^ 



ering plants 20 '^'^WV^ W5^^f '^ «^.^^i 



SoLANUM. 



STIPA— (See Feather Grass). 



STOCK.— The Stock as now grown is indispensable where 



a fine display of flowers is wanted. To such perfection 



has selection brought them, that good seed will give a 



\| large proportion of flowers as double and as large as 



the named sorts grown from cuttings. 



Double German Ten Weeks, mixed, fine 10 



Dwarf German Ten Weeks, pure white, large flowering. 15 



INTERMEDIATE OR ArTCMNAL STOCK. 



The Intermediate Stocks, if sown at the same time as 

 the '"Ten Weeks," will succeed them in bloom, thus 

 affording flowers continuously until late in the fall. If 

 sown in pots, late in the summer, they will bloom the fol- 

 lowing spring. 



Intermediate, white 15 



' ' scarlet 15 



BROMPTON AND EMPEROR STOCK. 



These Stocks sliould have the same treatment as the 

 " Intermediate."" They cannot endm-e our winters unless 



P „ protected. 



MHODANTHE. MAcuLATA. Brompton, mlxcd, blooms well in winter. Half hardy 



^ A K,»7.^ » . . . r>r^^^. , w^^ ,^ ^ biennial : one and a half feet high 10 



SANVITALIA PROCUMBENS fl. pi.— Verj- pretty, dwarf, Emperor, or Perpetual, mixed, the fine spikes of bloom 



trailing plants: excellent for rock work, borders or edg- are rich and at- 



ing of beds. It is so completely covered with flowers as ^ tractive Tender 



to nearly hide the foliage. Flowers double, of a bril- ^afcov ^AT perennial : one 



liant golden yellow, resembling a miniature double Zin- W^,^ .if^OgL ^^M<i and a half feet 



nia. Hardy annual: six inches high 10 ^ ^i*^ .r^ -"-^ &S*^ h\^\\ 15 



SCABIOSA—rSee Mourning Bride). ^^ ^'^k/^^"- \^ SUHHER CYPRESS 

 SCARLET FLAX— (See Linum). SS^^'wf i^^ -^S*^8L — (.^t''" BelvidereX 

 SEDUM CCERULEUM.-A species of low, succulent plants. *^ ^l^^ >%. ^V.T-'v-^^ElC SUNFLOWER-i He- 

 some of which are remarkablj' pretty: are adapted for ,^^!^%.^-;;^^*7^t ^3P aftg" lianthusU-Adap- 

 the center of hanging baskets. Common Blue Sedum, ^^3^ i.^^ -**1^^^V^ teil by its stately 

 known as Blue Stonecrop. Hardy annual; six inches *'b^3^^^^I^ <?Ol5l!s* growth for a 



high 10 ^^^^r^[ijT:XlpX» background to a 



SENSITIVE PLANT- rnimosa pudica). -An interesting ^^feH?^*^^ J^AVi^M^cl^'i.^?- 



and curious plant, with globular heads of pink flowers. «l ifHst^ t^^^S C^ i 'I?,^'^"^ 'v, 



well known for the extreme irritabilitv of its leaves and .^^HSILl" -^^Sra^i^"*^ places, i lie ^eea 



footstalks, which close and droop 'at the slightest ^^"^^ICl v':^5r;S^^ !,''„i'''t?i ^^win"^ 



touch, or in cloudy, damp weather, and during the night. ^^^ ^"'^CW^J^V^ ^^ ,!,t,.,?i ' f^^r^r 



Tender annual : height one and a half feet. . ... 5 ^^^^^nF^W^^E^f^ST^i^ hi "h ' 



SMILAX — rMyrsiphyllum asparagoides). — No twining ^\^Xjb i^^ i^V^v^^-^^-^^' Double ^Helian- 



Slant in cultivation surpasses this for the graceful K\£\^^' iLv W^Vtl'^:) ^ thus Californi- 



eauty of its foliage. Indispensable to florists: its hard ^m^ftgfr ^ F-'^Vv^ cus fl. pi."' 5 



texture enables itvto be kept several days after being ^fl^"- {: v V' Large Russian tall 



cut without viltin^; The sp^:(\ rnninates veri/ sloirly. ' growiuir. single 



"sometimes requiring three or four months. Tender Stock, Double German Ten Weeks. variety, often ten 



perennial climber; ten feet high 10 ro fifteen feet 



SNAPDRAGON— (Antirrhinum).— An old border plant. high: the stalks are sometimes useil for fuel 5 



with dark and glossy leaves, and large, curiously shaped SWAN RIVER DAISY- (See Brachycome). 



