DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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Fern, Aspidium Angulare. 



are so many sorts, varying so widely in habit, that to 

 give explicit directions for the culture of each, would 

 require a vo' uras of itself. As a general rule they should 



Aspidium Spinulosum. 



Ferns, fine mixed (Filices), an almost endless va- 

 riety 25 



" fifty finest species mixed, very beautiful 25 



Polypodium Cambricum. 



be kept in a warm, humid atmosphere, and watered 

 abundantly. The soil best adapted to their growth is 

 turfy, fibrous peat, mixed with sand and leaf mold, and 

 underlaid with pieces of broken crock. Many of the 

 most beautiful sorts are propagated from seed only. 

 Their exceeding grace and beauty vvill well repay all 

 care bestowed upon them. 



Polypodium Vulgare. 



, IVe do not offer the different varieties of 



Ferns separate^ but Tur packets of fifty species mixed 

 •will cofitaid all the newest and v/ost desirable kinds. 



Scolopendrium Undulatum. 

 FEVERFEW— (See Pyrethrum.) 



FOItaET-ME.NOT-(Myosotis) . 



The Forget-Me-Xot is an old favoiite plant, bearing 

 clusters of star-shaped, delicate blue flowers with white 

 and yellow eyes. It flourishes best in a moist, shady 

 situation, and is in constant bloom nearly the whole 

 season. If the seed be sown in autumn, it will succeed 

 best, and flower early in spring. Hardy perennial ; six 

 inches high. 

 Myosotis, palustris, blue flowers, with white and 



yellow eyes 10 



'' azurea grandiflora, light azure blue ; one-half 



foot high ; fine 10 



" dissitiflora, verj' deep blue ; early blooming ; a 

 welcome addition to this class of spring bed- 

 ding plants, so much in requisition 15 



FOUR O'CLOCK— (Maxvel of Peru). 



Old fashioned, but none the less beautiful on that 

 account. The plants are large, and require four feet 

 space ; make a pretty hedge. Some of the varieties 

 have beautifully variegated leaves. The flowers are fun- 

 nel-shaped, white, red and striped, very fragrant, and 

 open about four o'clock in the afternoon, remain open 

 all night, and generally perish before noon the next day. 

 The French call it Belle de A'uit, " Beauty of Night." 

 Will grow in any common garden soil, from seed sown 

 in open ground. Hardy annual ; two feet high. 



Four O'cloc!.':, gold striped 5 



red 5 



scarlet 5 



silver striped 5 



white 5 



yellow 5 



variegated foliage 5 



sweet-scented. 



mixed 5 



