AND GUIDE TO THE FLOWER GARDEN. 



Edited conjointly by the Eev. H. H. DOMBRAIN, A.B., Editor of the Floral Magazine, and 

 LEO. H. GRINDON, Esq., Lecturer on Botany at the Royal School of Medicine, Manchester, and 

 Author of " Life : its Nature, Varieties, and Phenomena ; " "The Manchester Flora," &c. (see p. 104.) 



SELECT LIST 



OF 



CHOICE FLOWEE, TREE, SHRUB, ORNAMENTAL 

 FRUIT AND FOLIAGE PLANT SEEDS. 



THE MORE RARE AND VALUABLE SPECIES AND VARIETIES OF THE ABOVE 



HAVE BEEX SAVED FOR US BY 



"OUR SARDINIAN CORRESPONDENT," 



IN THE SUNNY CLBIATE OF ITALY. 



CULTURAL DIRECTIONS PRIMED ON EACH PACKET OF SEED. 



Tlie Novelties of 1S61, 1862, and 1863 are in Black Type. 



SEE ALSO NOVELTY SHEET. 

 In gii'ing Orders, the ^larghial Xiimhers alone icill suffice. All jiackets of Floicer Seeds sent post paid. 



Per Pkt 



ABRO'XIA, Nat. Ord, Ntjctagina'cece. s. d. 



A charming plant, with beautiful verbena-like heads of sweet-scented flowers, very effec- 

 tive in beds, rock-work, or in baskets suspended in a conservatory : grows freely in any light 

 rich soil, and flowers from Jime to October. Half-hard// annual. 



330 Abro'nia nmbella'ta, rose lilac, I ft., from California 0 3 



ABU'TILOX, Nat. Orel. Malca'cecL'. 

 Plants of an nnnsually ornamental character, with drooping, delicate, wax-like flowers, 

 TcLned and striped in the most beautiful manner, and succeeding during summer against 

 a south wall. Half-hardy shrubs. 



381 Ahu'tilon al'hum, pure ichite, delicately penci-iled, beautiful, 5 ft 1 G 



382 ., Alphonse Karr, orange veined with crimson, very fine, 5 ft 0 6 



383 BevciXigCY, 1/ellow striped tcith bvoivn, 6 ft. .\ .... , 0 6 



384 Comtesse Medicis Spada, primrose veined with Caroline, large and beautiful, 6 ft. 0 C 



£35 ., Due de Malakotr, ^eZ/oji; veined with maroon, very fine, 6 ft 0 4 



3S6 Eumboldtii, orange veined, 5 it 0 9 



387 insig'ne, lilac veined loith claret, exceedingly pretty, 5 ft. . . . .". Q 9 



3S8 Manet'tii, ijellow skeined with vermilion, distinct and very fine, 5^ft 1 6 



339 ., marmora'rum, white veined^with bright rose, a cbanning Mriety, 6 ft 0 6 



320 .. Regel'ii, deep golden^^/^lloic, exquisitely veined, foliage magnim!?nl, 2 ft" 1 C 



oil ., Souvenir d'Arago, buj)' veined with marcon, very beautiful, 4 ft , . 0 9, 



3a2 v ';^" Souvenir da Gauchy, vermilion, striped'' icith maroon, magnificent, 5 ft. ....... . 0 



393 •„ ' Houttcii, orange veined with mulberry, shov/y, 5 ft 0 



391 „ ?^ifo'lium supcr'uum, light violet, very large, 5 ft 0 9 



ACA'CIA. ]^t. Ord. Legumino'sce. 

 Elegant growing plants, with the most graceful and varied foliage. During winter and 

 spring ihey are amongst the most attractive objects of the conservatory, greenhouse, and 

 drawing-room ; and in summer they enrich the flower-border, shrubbery, and lawn, imparting 

 to them quite an oriental aspect. Wlicn placed out of doors in the summer, the pots should 

 be plunged, and watered when necessary. Greenhouse shrubs. 



Lines applicable to many species of Acacia, from Montgomery's " Pelican Island ; — 

 " riants of superior gruAvth now sprang apace, 

 Witli moon-like blossoms crowned, or starry glories ; 

 Lighc flexible shrubs, among the greenwood played 

 Fantastic freaks, — they crept, they climbed, thvy budded. 

 And himg iheir flowers and berries in the sun; 

 As the breeze taught, they danced, they snn/, they twined 

 Their sprays In bowers, or spread the ground with net-work." 



395 Aca'cia acanthocar'pa, pale red, superb species, 6 ft., from N. Spain 0 4 



386 „ acutis'sima, ye^/oto, foliage slender and graceful, 5 ft., fi-om Mexico 1 0 



