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AMMOBIUM. 



A fine small flowered everlasting, valuable for winter bouquets, and pretty 

 fur the garden. Ttie stems have a winged attachment. 



Ammobmra alatum, fine white variety' from New Holland. Hardy 

 annual; 2 feet high. 



A class of beautiful trailing plants, blooming all the season ; very graceful 

 in pots or vases. Properly half hardy perennials, but will bloom the tirst sea- 

 son, if sown early. 



AJS^AGALLIS. 



AnagaUis grandiflora Garibaldi, vermillion ; new and fine. 

 " " Eugenie, light blue, shaded with white. 



" . " Napoleon III., rich crimson maroon ; new. 



*' " mixed, large flowered varieties mixed ; fine. 



AlNTIEKHmUM. 



I, See Snapdragon.) 



ARGEMO^E. 



Easy tiowering border plants, and resemble poppies. The leaves are 

 armed with prickles and marked with white stripes. Hardy annual ; 2 feet 

 high. 



Argemone grandiflora, flowers white, four inches in diameter ; very fine. 

 " Mexicana, bright yellow flowers; from Mexico. 



*' Hunnemanni, carmine and yellow ; beautiful. 



" mixed, all the best colors. 



ASTER. 



No family of plants bear such distinct marks of progress as the Aster, and 

 none are more eagerly sought. An almost endless variety, always reliable, it 

 is not strange that they should become a necessity. The kinds found in the 

 flower garden are usually French or German, and when circumstances for tkeir 

 growth are favorable, present a constant, varying succession of blossoms till 

 frost comes. The taller varieties should be supported by stakes or trellis. 

 Aster, new peony-flowered, la superbe, the largest peony-formed 



Aster ; above five inches across. Plants two feet ; full blooming. A 



magnificent novelty. 



" Imbrique Pompon, a very fine style, pyramidal growth ; flowers 

 of very perfect form — double and densely imbricated ; Ij^ feet high. 

 Twelve distinct colors mixed. 



" Giant Emperor, snowy white ; floAvers very double, of enormous 

 size and good form. 





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