DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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Aster, Dwarf P)ra.ni.Gia.l Bouquet. 



Aster, new Washington, a new, remarkably large ' 

 variety, exceeding all the other varieties in 

 size, frequently measuring five to six inches 

 across the blossom, of robust growth, and most j 

 perfect in form and color. The colors are very ' 

 delicate, and run through various shades. A | 

 valuable acquisition 20 



" new crimson, a« entirely neiwariety : very j 

 brilliant and conspicuous. Its extremely large 

 blossoms are valuable for florists ; of same type i 

 and habit as Mont Rose 25 



" newest Bismarck, in growth, like che Dwarf ! 

 Pyramid, with dark foliage. The flowers have 1 

 a peculiar shining lustre, and are of various j 

 colors.... . 20 I 



'• newest Shakespeare, a new, dwarf aster of 

 wondrous beauty. The plants form a compact 

 bush of ten or twelve inches in diameter, and 

 six inches high. Flowers extra double, and 

 well imbricated. Extremely full blooming 

 and keeps in flower tUl frost comes. Tiuelve 



colors mixed . . 20 



• Trophy, plants twenty inches high, very hardy 

 regularly branched, forming fine, self-support- 

 ing, globular bushes, studded with beautiful 

 ly imbricated, symmetrically formed, perfectly 

 double, globular flowers of exquisite beauty. I 

 Extremely showy. Twelve colors mixed ..25 



'■ Diamond, a novelty 0/ the highest merit, es- 

 pecially recommended by the floral committee j 

 of the London Horticultural Society, of Lon- I 

 don, last autumn. Plants eighteen inches 

 high, with very large flowers of the greatest . 

 perfection ; constant in habit and color. Thir- 

 teen colors 77tixed 25 | 



" Meteor, a beautiful novelty, quite new in 

 habit ; the profusely branching plant repre- 

 sents a dense globular bush, fifteen inches in 

 diameter, covered with small, globular, e.x- 

 tremely double, finely imbricated, bright 

 crimson Jlowers 25 



AimiCULA— rPrimula) . 



A favorite with florists, and much in dem.and in Eng- 

 land and Scotland, where it is to be found in perfection. 

 Does not bear well the extremes of heat and cold. The 

 flowers all have various colored eyes ; the light ones 

 with dark ground colors are considered preferable. The 

 best soil to grow them in is leaf mold and sand, enriched 

 with decomposed manure. The seed should be sown 

 early in spring, in pots in hot-bed, and transplanted one 

 foot apart. Tender perennials. 



idmired for their 



dgehog. Auricula. 



Auricula, Alpine, a native of the Alpine regions of 

 Switzerland, improved by cultivation, and the 



most hardy variety ... 15 



" finest prize, collection of the best sorts, em- 

 bracing all choice known varieties; selfs, grey, 



white, and green edged 2« 



AZALEA. 



Spring-flowering shrubs, universally 

 beautiful flowers, 

 which are invaria- 

 bly produced in 

 great profusion. 

 The flowers are of 

 all conceivable col- 

 ors, and for bri' 

 iancy. are unsur- 

 passed. Need hot- 

 house culture. 

 Plant in April in 

 cold-frame ; prick 

 out the seedlings 

 the year following, 

 in beds, four inches 

 apart, to remain till 

 they flower. It is 

 well to cover the plants in the fall, with straw or mulch, 

 as the late frosts sometimes destroy the ycv.ng, early 

 shoots. 



Azalea, indica, finest viixed. Green- house, ever- 

 green shrubs ; flowers very beautiful 25 



" pontica, finest Ghe7tt varieties. Hardy de- 

 ciduous shrubs, producing flowers of surpass- 

 ing beauty, and all conceivable colors 25 



BACHELOR'S BTJTTON-fCentaurea). 



A perfectly hardy border plant, succeeding finely ic 

 any common garden soil, but the tluwers are more brill- 

 iant if grown in gravelly ground. In Europe it grows 

 wild in the corn fields, and is known as Corn Bottle and 

 Blue Bottle, and produces only blue flowers. Under cul- 

 tivation, it is really a handsome flower, sporting int« 

 varieties of white, purple, pink, parti-colored, iiz. 

 Hardy annual ; two to three feet high. 



Centaurea, cyanus, sintrle, mixed 5 



BALLOON VINE— CCardiospermum). 



Remarkable for its inflated membraneous capsules, 

 and sometimes called Love-in-a-Puff. The flowers are 

 insignificant, but the plant is a rapid and graceful 

 climber. The seed is round, and marked with a white, 

 heart-shaped spot. Sow in open ground, from ist to 

 15th of May, and give plant support to run upon. Ten- 

 der annual ; six feet high. 

 Cardiospermum, halicacabum, white; from India.io 



