DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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Choice Imported Flower Seeds. 



We beg to call the attention of customers to our largely increased number of 

 new varieties, and to the diffe7'en,ce in our prices from those given in most cata- 

 logues for the same varieties, which they have been pleased to term, "■novelties," 

 and for which such exorbitant prices have been charged. While we deprecate the 

 practice of boastfully advertising seeds of fiowers as worthy of cultivation which 

 have no merit except that of being new, we shall continue to notice all those new 

 varieties that have been tested and found valuable. In the subjoined Catalogue 

 we have sought rather to confite the varieties to such as are known to succeed 

 well, than to offer such an immense number that the purchaser will be bewildered 

 and undecided what to select. 



We scarcely deem it necessary to add that all our i lock has been -bur. hased 

 from the most reliable growers in France. England and Prussia, and at a ^reat 

 cost, for no really beautiful and first class flower can be had at a low rate. All 

 who know anything of the growth of seeds , know that those of the fittest double 

 flowers are very sparingly produced. Our lari^e correspondence with nearly all 

 the foreign cultivators, together with our own experience fot the last fifteen years, 

 has enabled us to make a selection of seeds, which 've feel confident, wilt prove 

 true to their marks, possess vitality, and give entire .satisfaction. 



ABRONIA. 



Charming trailer, with verbena-like flowers : leaves, light green, long, oval 

 shape ; the stem fleshy, lying prostrate on the ground ; may be trained to sticks, 

 or left to Its natural mode of growth. The seeds are enclosed in a husky cov- 

 ering, which should be removed to facilitate germination, or they may be started 

 in hot-bed. Half-hardy annual. 

 Abroilia ilinbellata« delicate lilac, with white center. 



" arenaria, a novelty of 1869; same habit as umbellata. but with pure, 



waxy, yellow, sweet-scented flowers. An elegant acquisition. 

 " mixed, seeds of the above varieties mixed. 

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