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J3AER & SUGDEN'S SPRING SEED CATALOGUE, 



IXevr Hybrid Swarf German Ten- Week Stocks. *. d. 



29 5 Si)lendid Vaiicties of the most beautiful colours 2 6 



SO 5 „ „ „ 16 



Autfunin-S'lowereA IS^cket I>irarf Oerrnan Ten- Week StocUs. 



31 6 Splendid Varieties, of the most beautiful coloui-s 2 6 



32 6 „ „ 1 6 



EarJy Autumn-flowering- JDwarf C^erman Ten- Week IStockf^. 



S3 6 Splendid Varieties, of the most beautiful colours . 2 6 



24 6 „ „ „ 1 6 



35 100 Packets in 100 Varieties of tlie above splendid classes of German Tcn-AYcek Stocks 21 0 



36 100 „ „ „ smaller packets. . 14 0 



aTew iarge-a'lowere«l Imperial (fmperor) or Perpetual flowering- 



4^erman litocks. 



The Imperial or Emperor, sometimes called Perpetual Stocks, are hybrids of the 

 Bromptcn, gi'owing eighteen inches high, and of a robust branching habit. Sown in March or 

 Ai)ril they make splendid "Autumn Flowering Stocks," and form a valuable succession to 

 the summer-blooming varieties ; shoukl the -winter prove mild, they will continue floAvering to 

 Christmas. Sown in June or July, they (lower the following June, and continue blooming 

 through the summer and autumn months. 



37 8 Splendid Varieties, of the most beautiful colours 2 6 



38 8 ,, „ ,, smailer packets 1 6 



39 Splendid Mixed, sufficient for a large bed 2 6 



Bi-ompton, or Winter Oerman l^tockis. 



The Brompton and Giant Cape are generally called Winter Stocks, on account of their 

 not flowering the first year ; the fonner is robust and branching, the latter possesses the 

 characteristics so much esteemed by some, viz., an immense pyramidal spike of bloom. 



40 12 Splendid Varieties, of the most beautiful colours .3 6 



41 12 ,, „ „ smaller packets 2 0 



42 Splendid Mixed, sufficient for a large bed 2 6 



^ew Hybrid Oiaut or Cape stocks. 



43 10 Splendid Varieties, of the most beautiful colours 2 6 



44 10 ,, „ smaller packets 1 6 



45 Splendid Mixed, sufficient for a large bed 2 6 



46 scarlet „ 2 6 



47 „ iv/iite „ 2 6 



48^ 30 Packets in 30 Varieties of the above splendid Biennial Stocks 7 6 



49 30 „ „ „ smaller packets 4 6 



Coveut (harden Intermediate §»tocks. 



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, &e., for the opulent classes during " the London season." Few, if any, Stocks are 

 more important than these for an early summer display in the floAver garden. 



50 Stock, Intermediate (the true Covent Garden scarlet variety), three-fourths of Avhich may 



be depended upon to flower double 1 0 



51 „ „ purple 0 6 



62 „ „ white 1 0 



ASTERS. 



For the 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 ai-e unusually large, others extremely small ; some are beautifully incurved, 

 others reflexed; while some of the varieties are tall and others dwarf. Amongst the tall kinds most 

 worthy of notice we would mention the Emperor, with its noble flov/ers ; the Pseony, with its beauti- 

 fully 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 

 Eoscs. Of the dwarf varieties the chief beauties are, the dirysanthemum, its large flowers almost 

 hiding the foliage ; and the Bouquet-Aster, with its 100 or 200 blossoms. These aie splendid either 

 for small flower beds or edgings. (See also page 26.) 



