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Begonia, new varieties mixed. A very choice 

 collection of the many new sorts embracing 

 those which are remarkable both for foliage 

 and flowers ; very choice 25 



BELiVIDERE— (Summer Cyrress). 



An ornamental, cypress-like plant, with inconspicu- 

 ous, green flowers, nearly hidden by the foliage. It is 

 well adapted for growing in cemeteries. Hardy annual: 

 one and a half to two feet high • from Egypt. 

 Belvidere, {Ckenopodium scopariujn) 5 



BOCCONIA. 



Magnificent, stately, half-hardy evergreen shrubs, 

 ■with ornamental foliage ; well adapted for lawns, either 

 singly or in groups. They will require some protection 

 through the winter, by straw or mulch. Easily culti- 

 vated in loamy soil, and increased from seed, and cut- 

 tings in sand, in gentle heat, under glass. 



Bocconia, Japonica. 



Bocconia, Formoso Veitchi, half-hardy perennial, 

 growing two feet high, and producing white 

 and yellow flowers of great beauty 15 



" Japonica from Japan : quite hardy : from four 

 to six feet high • splendid foliage, and clusters 

 of pure white flowers ; one of the finest 10 



" frutescens. the well known shrubby Celandine, 

 having such beautiful foliage, and white and 

 yellow blossoms ; grows six feet high ; from 

 West Indies. 15 



^onia. Belvidere. 



BRACHYCOME— (Swan River Daisy). 



A dwarf-growing plant from Swan River, flowering 

 the greater part ot the season. Very effective in edg- 

 ings beds or rustic baskets Requires light, rich soil. 

 Half-hardy annual ; one-half foot high. 



Brachycome, iberidifolia, blue 10 



• alba-flora, white 10 



" mixed, seeds of the above varieties mixed 10 



BRIZA— (Ornamental^Grass). 



Very useful ornamental grass, much sought for in 

 forming winter bouquets and wreaths ; one foot high. 

 Briza, maxima, large ; attractive 5 



" gracilis slender ; dwarf 5, 



BROWALLIA. 



Handsome, profuse-blooming plants, covered with 

 pretty blue and white blossoms throughout the whole 

 summer. Sow in hot -bed and transplant to border in 

 June, one foot apart. The plants are quite minute 

 wlien they first come up, and should be protected from, 

 the hot sun, or they will be destroyed. Half-hardy an~ 

 nual : one and a half feet high. 



Browallia, data, alba, white lo- 



' data, coerulea, blue 10 



' " grandiflora, sky blue ; large 10 



' " Roezlii. This variety makes a compact 

 plant eighteen inches high, and pro- 

 duces pure white and blue flowers of 



twice the size of the older sorts 25; 



" " fine mixed 10. 



CACALIA-(See Tassel Flower.) 



CALANDRINIA. 



Fine, dwarf plants 

 for growing in masses, 

 having fleshy leaves 

 and succulent stems 

 like the portulaca, 

 and producing an 

 abundance of blos- 

 soms, which, when 

 fully expanded, make 



a beautiful appear- ^ ^j^yisg 



ance, and suitable for 

 edgings, r o c k e r i es 

 and clumps; in bloom 

 a long time. The ^_ i<^:E:r' 

 seed should be sown '^^^^'f^^ 

 in hot-bed early in ~^^' ' 



spring, and planted Calandrinia. 



