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BARR & SUGDEN'S COMPENDIUM 



Per Packet. 

 5. d. 



41 CARISSA CARANDAS, a fine stove plant, with dark green foliage, and beautiful white jas- 

 mine-like flowers . . . . . . . . . . .10 



42 CASSINIA A UREA, a pretty yellow-flowered greenhouse everlasting . . . .10 



43 CELOSIA PYRAMID ALIS NANA AURANTIACA, VERSICOLOR, and VERSICOLOR 

 HYBRIDA ATROBRUNNEIS, in mixture or separate colours . . . each 1 0 



44 CELSIA CRETICA (true), a handsome, showy, yellow-flowering, half-hardy biennial . .06 

 **4o CENTAUREA PSEUDO-DEPRESSA, from Greece, very dwarf plant for beds, ray florets of 



a fine blue, centre red-purple ; valuable to cut for bouquets . . . .10 



46 CENTAUREA SPECIES DE TENERIFFE, a fine perennial species with thick leaves, edges 

 somewhat prickly, flowers azure blue, resembling C. cyanus, but much larger ; fine to cut for 

 bouquets . . . . . . . . . Y\' r ','»- . 1 6 



t/47 CERINTHE ASPERA, a new species of Honey-wort from Greece, with showy yellow flowers, 



the tube of which is black at the base ....... 6cZ. & 1 0 ; ' 



tAS CHRYSANTHEMUM CARINATUM HYBRIDUM VERSICOLOR, FL. PL., colours ranging 

 from orange to scarlet, rose, and purple-crimson ; a fine addition to the large-flowered annual 

 Chrysanthemums . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0Y 



49 CHRYSANTHEMUM FRUTESCENS (The French Daisy), so extensively planted in all the 

 public gardens around Paris, and so freely used last summer in the flower-beds enclosed in 

 the Paris Exhibition. The plant is also very much used at Cliveden . . Is. & 2 6 



| 50 CHLOANTHES STOICHADIS, a pretty dwarf greenhouse plant, with green and white flowers 1 0 

 fsdl CLARKIA ELEGANS ALBA PURA, a fine pure white border hardy annual . | , . | .10 

 ^62 CLARKIA PULCHELLA INTEGRIPETALA CARNEA (TOM THUMB), a fine flesh- 

 coloured, dwarf, compact variety . | \ - U \>^JUlv i /tt • • I ' • .10 

 1^53 CLARKIA PULCHELLA MARGINATA, FL. PL., rich magenta, very double, flowers 



beautifully margined with white ; a fine novelty jU^AjjjU^ uJ^k^X^K • tLAf+J±' . 1 0 

 54 CLEMATIS STANDISHII, a beautiful, profuse blooming, large flowered species V .10 

 1^55 COSMOS BIPINNATUS EXARISTATUS ATROPURPUREUS, an early flowering 'variety 



of this showy annual, with dark purple flowers ..... I \ £« 1 1 0 



1^66 COSMOS CHRYSANTHEMIFOLIUS, a handsome species growing 3 to 4 feet nigh, with 



dentated foliage, and beautiful yellow flowers, blooming till late in autumn . \\ { V, ^ — -r^'l 0 



57 CORDYLINE INDIVISA VERA (aurea lineata), exceedingly graceful, ornamental foliage . 1 0 



58 CORDYLINE NUTANS, a splendid species, resembling C. Australis, the dark central rib con- 

 trasting beautifully with the lively green of the lateral leaf parts . . . .10 



59 CORDYLINE SUPERBIENS, the Dracaena indivisa of the gardens ; long, graceful leaves . 1 0 



60 CORDYLINE VEITCHII, long, graceful, narrow leaves, with a dark red mid-rib . .10 



61 DELPHINIUM BICOLOR GRANDIFLORUM, large blue and white flowers, very superior to 

 formosum . . . . . . . . . . 6cZ. & 1 0 



*/62 DELPHINIUM CONSOLIDUM ALBUM PURUM, PL., a pure dazzling double white variety 



of branching Larkspur \. .. . . . . . . 6c?. & 1 0 



DELPHINIUM AJACIS ALBUM CARMINEUM STRIATUM, a beautiful double white 



carmine varietv of dwarf docket Larkspur . . . . . 6cZ. & 1 (J 



|^64 DELPHINIUM AJACIS PURPUREUM MARGINATUM, a fine double, red-purple, white 



striped margined variety of dwarf rocket Larkspur . \ ' . . . . 6c/. & 1 0 



1^55 DIANTHUS HEDDEWIGII LILACINUS, large flowers of a blight pale lilac; a fine bedding 



plant Lfr,.'i i^Vv-dx— viLA^ iliLttoft^- ajttftJL a .. ,» ^MHti"" . 6c?. & 1 0 

 ; 66 DIANTHUS BARB ATUS NIGRICANS., a remarkable variety of Sv/eetf William, with black- 

 violet foliage and deepest blood-red flowers ; an excellent novelty . . . .10 



7 DIANTHUS IMPERIALIS ATROPURPUREUS STRIATUS, PL., a splendid variety; 



double white flowers striped brilliant purple- crimson ; fine bedding plant . . .10 



68 DIGITALIS GLOXINIA FLORA ALBA PURA, a splendid large flowered pure white variety 1 0 



69 DIGITALIS ALBA MACULATA SUPERBA, a splendid Scotch foxglove, with large pure 

 white flowers, heavily spotted in the throat with purple; flower spike unusually long, 

 flowers unusually large, and more densely set on the stems than in the older varieties, 6c?. & 1 0 



70 ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA, a fine hardy perennial from N. W. Arnerica,7with conspicuous 

 heads of large red-purple flowers . . . . • -V V ° " " * . 6c7. & 1 0 



71 EGG PLANT (Aubergine), NEW PURPLE FURROWED GIANT ; a new Chinese variety, 

 weighing 6 pounds, and furrowed like a melon ; the foliage is blackish-green tinted violet. 

 The fruit rapidly attains to maturity . . . . . . . .10 



72 EGG PLANT (Aubergine), NEW GREEN OF THIBET, another giant variety with fruit 

 about a foot in length. These Egg Plants are both ornamental and curious . . .10 



73 ERYNGINUM BROMELLffiFOLIUM, a beautiful and rare herbaceous plant, with noble 

 foliage . . . . . . . . . . . .10 



74 ERYTHRINA SPECIES NOVA, from Port Denis, Australia ; irregularly shaped and erect 

 flower spikes, densely set with showy, drooping flowers . . . . . .10 



r^75 ESCHSCHOLTZIA CROCEA STRIATA, a fine novelty, the flowers striped alternately orange 



md sulphur, the stripes running from the base to the margin / ;<U*/ . . .10 



t^75 ESCHSCHOLTZIA DENTATA AUREA YThese two Eschscholtzias are great curiosities, as CI 0 

 JSl ESCHSCHOLTZIA DENTATA SUL- S-^vell as being exceedingly pretty ; the four petals X 



PHUREA . . ' ; . . /stand apart, in the form of a Maltese cross. (_ 1 0 



78 EUPHORBIA ATROPURPUREA, a very remarkable species, from Teneriffe ; forms quite a 

 bush ; leaves lanceolate, showy black-red involucres enveloping the flower . . .10 



79 FELICIA ANGUSTIFOLIA, a handsome spring flowering New Holland bushy composite 

 shrub, densely clothed with linear foliage ; the numerous branchlets which are produced 

 bear each a cluster of aster-like flowers of a violet-purple colour, with yellow disk . .10 



80 FERULA TINGITANA, a strong-growing foliage plant for sub-tropical gardens . Gd. & 1 0 



81 FRITILLARIA GR^CA, a very pretty species, with bell-shaped reddish-brown flowers, inside 

 a shade paler, streaked with yellow . . . . . . . .10 



82 GAILLARDIA HYBRIDA MAXIMA, a hardy perennial ; the largest flowered and most bril- 

 liant coloured of the genus ; a splendid novelty . . . . « . .16 



83 GAILLARDIA PICTA SULPHUREA, a beautiful sulphur-coloured annual variety . .10 



