DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



'oon Vine 



BALSAM. 



The Balsam, or Lady's Slipper, is an old favorite, but 

 "has been so much improved by cultivation as to be 

 scarcely recogiiized. The blossoms are double, though 

 ■some semi-double and single ones will be pretty certain 

 to appear, and such plants should be removed. The 

 prevailing colors are red and white, the former running 

 into all shades of crimson, scarlet, rose, and purple, 

 spotted and striped. The flowers will be improved by 

 planting in a hot-bed, and transplanting when two leaves 

 have formed, one to two feet apart. Pinch off a portion 

 ■of the shoots, which will increase the size of the flower 

 and vigor of the plant. Needs good, ich soil, and good 

 cultivation, well repaying for both with the abundance 

 of its magnificent flowers. 



Balsam, double Solferino, satiny white, streaked 

 and spotted with crimson and lilac. Very 



choice lo 



" double camellia, as double as a camellia, which 

 they resemble ; white blotched with various 

 colors lo 





Double Solfer 



ilsam, mixed double rose. The peculiarity of 

 this variety is its perfectly double, rose-like 

 blossoms, of almost every shade of color lo 



' double dark red, {atrosanguinea plenisshna) 

 a very double, dark red variety, highly recom- 

 mended lO 



' double pure white, well adapted for florists, 

 for bouquets ; nearly every flower is perfectly 

 double, and pure white . 20 



' double white perfection. A special strain of 

 perfectly double, round.'Jarge blossoms of 

 great solidity, and almost as useful to florists 

 as the camellia 25 



Balsam, Camellia-Flowered. 



Balsam, mixed double dwarf, grows only about 



one foot high. Twelve best colors mixed. . . 10 

 mixed double tall, grows about two feet high, 

 and embraces tivelve of the best colors 5 



BAETONIA. 



A very pretty flowering plant, from California, of the 

 Gentian family, producing a profusion of fine, bright 

 metallic-yellow blossoms, about two and a half inches 

 across. The leaves are thistle-like, and dark green, 

 covered with down. It succeeds best when planted in 

 a hot-bed, and transplanted into rich, moist ground, but 

 suffers from dr>' weather. Tender annual ; about one 

 foot high. 

 Bartonia, aurea, golden yellow . . . 5 



BEGONIA. 



Ornamental foliage green-house and stove plants, with 

 many-colored, succulent leaves, oblique at their base. 

 Very useful for ferneries, green-houses, and parlor dec- 

 oration. Some of the varieties, in addition to their 

 beautiful foliage, produce magnificent blossoms. They 

 have been so much improved, and so many new flower- 

 ing sorts introduced, that we almost fail to recognize 

 the species. Some are propagated from seed only, others 

 from cuttings ; all require a rich soil. 



Begonia seeds are so very small as to be scarcely per- 

 ceptible to the naked eye^ besides being exceedingly 

 costly: therefore a very large quantity of seed cannot 

 be afforded to a single packet, but by actual count 

 >nore are sent than in many large-seeded varieties. 

 Begonia, Non Plus Ultra, {Benary). New variety, 

 introduced by a celebrated florist in Prussia ; 

 flowers bell-shaped, gracefully pendulous, of 

 enormous dimensions, and of a dazzing light 

 scarlet ; they are produced by threes, and each 

 I'l&wer stalk is terminated by this number of 



blooms 



Pearcei, beautiful,variegated foliage, and bright 

 orange blossoms. Two feet high. Propagated 

 from seed only 25 



Sedeni. Flower buds on the point of opening, 

 measure an inch and a half in length, and the 

 developed flowers are over three inches in di- 

 ameter, in clusters of five to ten, of a beauti- 

 ful, rich carmine ; one of the finest 25 



Sedeni Victoria, splendid hybrid of B. Sedeni; 

 flower of bright carmine scarlet, susceptible of 

 producing a gorgeous effect when planted in 

 masses ; admirable acquisition for bedding 

 purposes, and remarkable alike for dazzling 

 color, and persistent blooming 25 



