DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



FRENCH MARI&OLD, New Miniature Striped. 



MAURANDYA. 



Graceful, free-blooming climbers. Will bloom all summer, and may be 

 kept growing all winter. Flowers Foxglove-shaped, and very profuse. Half- 

 hardy perennial, blooming the lirst year. 



Muaraildya Barclayaiia, flowers purple, rose, white and violet. 

 " niixcdy seeds of the best and choicest kinds mixed. 



MESEMBRYANTHEMUM, 



(See Ice Plant.) 



MIGNONETTE. — (Reseda Odorata.) 



A well known, fragrant, hardy annual, which continues to bloom the 

 entire season, sending forth its sweetness, and perfuming the whole atmosphere. 

 It is a favorite plant, and well justifies this affectionate name. Mignonette — 

 'little darling." 

 Mignonette, (Reseda Odorata grandiflora,) large flowered. 



" new criuiSOU-ilowered Giant, A new variety, quite distinct from all 

 other sorts ; of robust habit, with very large spikes of handsome, crim- 

 son flowers, of exquisite fragrance ; a free and perpetual bloomer. 

 *' Parson's Tree, recently introduced and highly recommended, but has 



not been sufficiently tested to establish its reputation. 

 " Parson's new, white-flowering- Oiaiit. Flowers almost pure white, 

 of great fragrance, borne on spikes of 6 inches to a foot in length. 

 May be grown as tree or dwarf, and is especially valuable for the latter 

 mode of cultivation. 

 " ?few Dwarf Compact. A new, distinct and very desirable variety. It 

 forms a dense, semi-globular bush of about lo inches high and i8 inches 

 in diameter. The robust, vigorous branches are clothed with dark 

 green leaves, and decorated with innumerable close spikes of reddish 

 tinted flowers, which are said to be produced, without intermission, 

 from Spring till late in Autumn, the blooming period of this being 

 longer than in any other variety, owing to the successional branching 

 growth. For planting near the edge of a flower Dorder, it is very eff"ect- 

 ive, and highly recommended for pot culture, or for market purposes. 



