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XERAJSTTHEMUM.— (Eyeelasting.) 



Remarkably showy, free-blooming everlasting, about one foot high; of neat 

 and compact habit; leaves silvery, flowers abundant and of fine colors. Of 

 easy growth, and will bear transplanting well. Hardy annual. 

 Xeranthemum atropurpureum, double flowers; deep purple. 



" yellow. 



" wllite, new; double; fine. 



" mixed, seeds of the above varieties mixed. 



ZmOTA. 



A magnificent class of free-blooming plants, with large, handsome flowers, 

 as double as a Dahlia. It is only within a few years that the Double Zinnia 

 has been known, but has attracted universal attention since it first came into 

 notice. The flowers when fully expanded, form a hemispherical shape, become 

 regularly imbricated, and might easily be mistaken for the dwarf Dahlia. 

 Plants require considerable room, and should not be planted less than two feet 

 apart. Should any semi-double ones appear, they should be at once plucked, 

 leaving only perfectly double ones to bloom. The colors run through all shades 

 of carmine, scarlet, purple, crimson, lilac, to the orange and pure white. 

 Yery hardy annuals, and bear transplanting well. 



By careful selection and several years cultivation, the European florists 

 have obtained the following distinct varieties of this valuable plant. The seeds 

 we offer can be entirely relied upon as reproducing the different colors alwosf 

 loithout sporting. 



Zinnia, Double, carmine. 



' " scarlet. 



" '' purple. 



" " crimson. 



'-' . " lilac. 



" '' deep scarlet. 



" " " purple. 



" " extra fine mixed. 



" " alba plenissima, pure white. 



'• " orange. 



For the convenience of our customers in making selections, we have 

 arranged alphabetically in the following tables, those varieties which bloom the 



FIRST SEASON, the SECOND SEASON. ORNAMENTAL GrASS AND FOLIAGE PLANTS. 



Ornamental Climbers, and Everlastihg Flowers, all of which icill be 

 found in their alphabetical position, icith fidl descriptions, in the bodif of the 

 Catalogue. 



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