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DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



ZINNIA. 



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. Very 

 hardy annuals, and bear transplanting well. 



By careful selection and several years cultivation, the European Jio7'ists have 

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

 offer can be entirely relied upon to reproduce the different colors, almost with- 

 out sporting. 



Zinnia, Double, carmine, 

 scarlet. 

 " purple, 

 crimson, 

 lilac. 

 " " deep scarlet. 



" " " purple. 



" " alba plenissima, pure white. 



" " orang-e. 



" " Haag'eana. A new, perfectly double variety, of deep orange 



color, finely margined with bright golden yellov>', and 

 beautifully imbricated, representing a depressed globular 

 cone. The flowers are of long duration, and cover the 

 plants in continuous succession till frost, and dry easily, 

 keeping the color in its natural brilliancy. 



" " extra fine mixed. 



SEEDS OF AQUATIC PLANTS. 



We have frequently been solicited for seeds that would grov>' plants for 

 Aquariums, as well as aquatic plants for out-door purposes. We now have the 

 pleasure of offering them for the first time. 



Seeds Ol Aquatic Plants for Aquariums, - ^o cents per packet. 



" " " " out-door purposes, lo " " 



