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VVaitzia. 



established, in good soil, from fifteen to twenty-five feet 

 in a season. Frequently blooms both in spring and fall; 

 the pale blue, pea shaped flowers are borne in long, 

 drooping clusters similar in size and shape to a bunch of 

 grapes. It thrives best in a light, rich soil, and should 

 be tramed agamst a south wall or veranda. Seeds should 

 be sown in mellow loam early in the spring ; if a green- 

 house or hot-bed is available, start in winter, and when 

 plants are a foot high, transplant into situations where 

 they are to remain. 

 W^istaria, sinensis 20 



XERANTHEMUM. 



Of neat, compact habit, free flowering, and of the | 

 easiest cultivation. The leaves are covered with a sil- I 

 \'ery down, and the flowers are pure white, deep purple I 

 and yellow, single and double. If gathered before fully 

 opened, and dried in the shade, they will retain their 

 beauty for years. They make fine winter bouqut .s 

 alone or mixed with grasses. Sow in spring, and i. .. 

 to one foot apart. Hardy annual ; one foot high. 

 Xeranthemum, atropurpureum, double flowers ; 



deep purple 10 



" yellow, yellow flowers 10 



" white, new ; double ; fine. 10 



" mixed 10 



ZEA MAIZE— (Striped Japanese Corn). 



An ornamental fuliage plant of much beauty. It is a 

 species of corn, with large foliage, the leaves being beau- 



tlavia. XeranthemuiTi. 



tifuUy striped with white and green. Half-hardy annu- 

 al, from Japan ; six feet high. 

 Zea Japonica, fol. vanegata, striped foliage 5 



ZINNIA. 



A very showy plant, with large, double flowers, which, 

 when fully expanded, form hemispherical heads, become 

 densely imbricated, and might easily be mistaken for 

 dwarf dahlias. The colors run through all the shades 

 of carmine, lilac, scarlet, purple, crimson, yellow, to 

 pure white. If any single blossoms appear, they should 

 be at once pulled up. Sow the seed early m spring, in 

 open ground, and transplant to one and a half feet apart, 

 in good, rich soil Half-hardy annual ; one and a half 

 feet high. 



By careful selection and several years cultiz'ation, 

 tire European florists kai'e obtained the follo-cving 

 aistinct varieties 0/ this valuable plant. The seeds 

 ive offer can be entirely relied ztpon to reprodtt.ce the 

 different colors, almost luithout spo-rting: 



Zinnia, double, carmine ... 10 



" " scarlet .10 



" ■' purple 10 



crimson. . 10 



" " orange 10 



" " lilac it> 



" " deep scarlet .. ..10 



" " deep purple 10 



" " alba plenissima, pure white 10 



" " mixed, very fine 10 



Zea Maize. 



Zinnia, double. 



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