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BARR & SUGDEN'S COMPENDIUM 



Covent Crarden Intermediate Stock. 



The Intermediate Stock is extensively cultivated for Covent Garden Market ; it is dwarf and branching, 

 and in the early summer months constitutes the principal feature in furnishing jardinets, window, &c, 

 for the opulent classes during " the London season." Few, if any, Stocks are more important than these 

 for an early summer display, and if sown early in spring, they are excellent for autumn flowering. j 



200 Stock, Covent Garden Intermediate ........ p 61 - packet 1 0 



201 „ „ „ purple ,. 10 



202 „ „ „ white „ 10 



203 „ „ j, new rose, very beautiful variety - „ 10 



204 „ ,, „ new hybrid, scarlet, more robust than the above ,, 1 8 



205 „ „ ,, mixed, including the above ... 1 G 



ASTERS. 



For beauty and variety of habit, form, and colour, the Aster stands unrivalled, and of all flowers 

 is best adapted to gratify the taste, and meet the accommodation of every lover of floral beauty. Some of 

 the flowers are unusually large, others extremely small ; some are beautifully incurved, other? reflexed j 

 while some of the varieties are tall and others dwarf. Amongst the tall kinds most worthy of notice we 

 should mention the Emperor, with its noble flowers ; the Pseony, with its beautifully incurved ball-shaped 

 blossoms ; the Imbrique Pompone, with its numerous miniature flowers ; and the Cockade, with its beautiful 

 large white centre and variously-tinted border. The above are particularly suitable for large flower-beds, 

 or intermingled in the borders with Dahlias, Gladioli, and Roses. Of the dwarf varieties the most 

 beautiful are the Chrysanthemum, its large flowers almost hiding the foliage; and the Bouquet Aster, with 

 its 100 or 200 blossoms. These are splendid, either for small flower-beds or edgings. 



UTew Giant Emperor Aster. 

 (Tassel-flowered Aster of the Horticultural Society.) 

 These have the largest and most magnificent flowers of the genus, but not equal to the Pceony fi., Chrysan- 

 themum fi., or Victoria for general effect. 



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209 Splendid mixed, sufficient for a large bed 2 6 



210 Apple Blossom „ „ - 2 6 



211 Azure Blue „ „ - 2 6 



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206 20 Splendid varieties - - - - I 6 



207 12 „ .... 3 6 



208 12 „ smaller packets - 2 0 



TTruffaut's Xcw French Paeony-ilowerefl Perfection Aster. 



(Tassel-flowered Aster of the Horticultural Society.) 



The flowers of this section are remarkably handsome, both as regards colour and form. The plant possesses 



a fine habit, and is more extensively cultivated than any other of the genus. 

 212 20 Splendid varieties - - - - 5 6 | 213 12 Splendid varieties - - - - 3 6 

 214 12 Splendid varieties, smaller packets 2 0 



215 Splendid mixed, sufficient for a large bed 2 6 | 217 Splendid dark blue, sufficient for a large bed 2 6 



216 ., crimson „ „ - 2 G | 218 „ white „ „ - 2 6 



Jew French Cockade, or Crown Aster. 

 An attractive section, each flower having a large white centre, surrounded with purple, crimson, lavender, 

 rose, or brownish-jyurple petals, and these again resting on a green fringe. 



219 G Splendid varieties - - - - 2 G 222 Splendid crimson, with white centre, suffi- 



220 6 „ smaller packets - 1 G cient for a large bed . . . .20 



221 Splendid mixed, sufficient for a large bed 2 0 223 „ purple, sufficent for a large bed 2 0 



224 Splendid lavender, Sufficient for a large bed 2 0 



OTruft'aut's Xew French IiuJjiique Pompon Aster. 

 Tliese are covered zvith a multitude of remarkably neat compact miniature blossoms. 

 225 6 Splendid varieties - - - - 2 G | 226 G Splendid varieties, smaller packets - 1 6 



227 Splendid mixed, sufficient for a large bed 2 G 



Truflaut's Tail Chrj-santheniuni -flowered French Aster. 

 These are remarkable for their large flowers and beautifully reflexed petals. 

 228 8 Splendid varieties - - - - 2 6 | 229 8 Splendid varieties, smaller packets - 1 6 



230 Splendid mixed, sufficient for a large bed 2 6 



Traffaat's Paeony Perfection Clohe-flowered Aster. 

 A new large-flowered section of considerable beauty, resembling the Pizony-flowered varieties, but blooms a 



fortnight earlier, and jwssesses the branching habit of the Globe Aster. 

 231 7 Splendid varieties - - - - 2 6 | 232 7 Splendid varieties - - - - 1 6 

 IVew Cockade Iffedg-ehog- Aster. 

 These are strikingly effective border varieties, having large white centres surrounded by rich colours. 

 233 G splendid varieties - - - - 2 6 | 234 G splendid varieties, smaller packets - 1 6 



235 Splendid mixed 2 6 



Xew Victoria Dwarf larg-e-flowereil Imperg-ne Aster. 

 This is a most beautiful new class, 15 inches high, producing large handsome flowers, the petals all regularly 



reflexed. 



236 8 splendid varieties - - - - 3 G | 237 8 splendid varieties, smaller packets - 2 0 



238 Splendid mixed 2 6 



Traffi ant's lew French Dwarf Chrysanthemum-flowered Aster. 



This section grows to the uniform height of ten inches, with flowers three to four inches in diameter, 

 which are produced in such profusion as entirely to hide the foliage ; it flowers somewhat later than the 

 other sections of the genus, and therefore is valuable for succession ; for beds, edgings, fronts of taller 

 growing plants, and for pot culture, it is exceedingly useful. 



239 12 Splendid varieties - - - - 3 6 242 Splendid crimson, sufficient for a large bed 2 6 



240 12 ,, smaller packets - 2 0 | 243 „ dark blue „ „ ■ 2 6 



241 Splendid mixed, sufficient for a large bed 2 6 | 24x „ pure white „ ,. - - ■ 



