D"ESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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Pyrethrum, double. 



disc, rosy-crimson and bright purple, rose suffused with 

 white, &c. For winter bouquets, the blossoms should 

 be gathered before thej- are fully expanded, and if dried 

 in the shade, they will retain their brilliancj' for years. 

 The leaves are heart-shaped and lustrous, and the calyx 

 long, scaly and shining. The seeds should be started in 

 hot-bed, and the plants transplanted to a warm situa- 

 tion, one foot apart. Tender annual ; one foot high. 

 Rhodanthe, Manglesi, rich rose color, suffused 



with white lo 



•• maculata, rosy-crimson, bright purple or white, 



with golden center, surrounded by a velvety 



band lo 



'• maculata alba, pure white, with yellow disc; 



elegant lo 



*• mixed lo 



mCINTJS— (See Castor Bean.) 



HOSE CAMPION— 'See Agrostemma Coronaria.) 



HOSE cf H AVEN— 'See Agrostemma Coeli-rosa) 



SALPIGIiOSSIS. 



Very showy bedding or border plants, with richly- 

 colored, erect, funnel-shaped iiowers. The colors are 

 beautifully marbled and pencilled, purple, scarlet, crim- 

 son, yellow, buff, blue, and almost black. They are 

 biennial in green-house, but annual in open ground. 

 Start seed in hot-bed, and transplant one foot apart into 

 a mi.xture of loam and sand, with well rotted horse ma- 

 nure at the bottom. Bloom from August to October. 

 Tender annual ; one and a half to two feet high. 



Salpiglossis, New Black, a new variety, recom- 

 mended for its distinct character as a black 



blossom - . . . . 15 



'" fine mixed, colors beautifullj' marbled ; purple, 



scarlet, crimson, vellow and blue 10 



SALVIA. 

 The Salvia, or Flowering Sage, is a very ornamental 

 plant, flowering in spikes of fiery red, crimson and blue, 

 and continues in blossom, in open ground, till fiost, when 

 the plants can be removed to the green-house, and will 

 1 continue in bloom a long time. Start the plants in hot- 

 j bed, and transplant into light, rich soil, about one foot 

 apart. Tender annual ; one to five feet high. 

 Salvia, splendens compacta, the finest salvia 

 grown, being literally covered with blossoms : 



; grows well from cuttings 15 



" Roemeriana, deep crimson ; beautiful ; one foot. 10 

 " patens, one of the brightest and purest of all 

 blue-flowered plants, and holds a pre-eminent 



position 20 



SANVITALIA. 



Very pretty, dwarf, trailing plants, excellent for rock 



work, borders or edgings of beds. It is so completely 



covered with flowers as to nearly hide the foliage. The 



flowers are double and of brilliant golden yellow, resem- 



I bling a miniature double zinnia in form. Single varie- 



j ties are not worth cultivating. Sow where required, in 



open ground, in spring, and thin to six inches apart ; 



! the plants will then cover the ground. Hard)- annual ; 



six inches high. 

 ; Sanvitalia, Procumbens fl. pi ic 





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Rhodanthe. 

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SalpigU 



Sanvitalia. 



