AND GUIDE TO THE FLOWER GARDEN. 



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Flower-seed department Edited by the Kev. H. H. DOMBRAIN, A.B.. Member of the Floral Committee 

 of the Koyal Horticultural Society, and Editor of the Floral and Botanical Magazines. 



SELECT LIST 



OF 



CHOICE FLOWER, TREE, AND SHRUB SEEDS. 



THE MORE RARE AND VALUABLE SPECIES AND VARIETIES OF THE ABOVE 

 HAVE BEEN SAVED FOR US BY OUR "SARDINIAN CORRESPONDENT," 

 IN THE SUNNY CLLMATE OF ITALY. 



CULTURAL DIRECTIONS PRINTED ON EACH PACKET OF SEED. 



The Novelties of 1861 and 1863 are in Black Type. 



In Giving Ordeeb, the Marginal Numbers alone will suffice. 

 *»* All packets of Flower Seeds sent post paid. 



ABROJfU, Nat. Ord. Nyctaginacece. ^Z^^a. 

 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 : growing freely in any 

 light rich soil, and flowering from August to October. 



1 Abronia umbellata, rose lilac, half hardy annual, ^ ft., from California 0 3 



ABUTIION, Nat. Ord. Malvacece. 

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

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

 south wall. Half-hardy shrubs. 



2 Abutilon alba, pure white, delicately pencilled, beautiful, 5 ft 1 0 



3 „ Alphonse Karr, orange veined with crimson, very fine, 5ft 0 9 



4 „ Beranger, yellow striped with brown, 6 ft 0 6 



5 „ Comtesse Medicis Spada, primrose veined with carmine, large and beautiful, 6 ft, 0 9 



6 „ Due de Malakoff, yellow veined with maroon, very fine, 6 ft 0 6 



7 „ Humboldtii, orange veined, 5 ft 1 0 



8 „ insigne, lilac veined with claret, exceedingly pretty, 5 ft 1 0 



9 „ Manettii, yellow veined with vermilion, distinct and very fine, 5 ft 1 6 



10 „ marmoratum, pure white, veined with bright rose, a chai-ming variety, 6 ft 0 9 



11 „ Souvenir d'Arago, buff veined with maroon, very beautiful, 4 ft 1 0 



12 „ Souvenir de Cauchy, vermilion striped with maroon, magnificent, very superior to 



Due de jMalakoff, 5ft 1 0 



13 „ Van Houtteii, orange veined with mulberry, showy, 5 ft 0 9 



14 „ vitifolium superbum, light violet, very large, 5 ft 0 9 



ACACIA, Nat. Ord. Leguminosee. 



Elegant and ornamental plants, with more graceful and varied foliage than any other class 

 of shrubs. During winter and spring they are amongst the most attractive objects of the con- 

 servatory, greenhouse, and drawing-room ; while in summer they enrich the flower border, 

 shrubbery, and lawn, imparting to them quite an oriental aspect. When placed out of doors in 

 the summer, the pots should be plunged, and watered when necessary. Greenhouse shrubs. 



15 Acacia acanthocarpa, ;)a/e re(/, superb species, 6 ft., from N. Spain 0 6 



16 „ acutissima, ^eWoiu, foliage slender and graceful, 5 ft., from Mexico 1 0 



17 „ albicans, white, with beautiful silvery foliage, 5 ft., fi-om Mexico 0 3 



18 „ argyrophylla superba, yellow, foliagt silvery, very elegant, 6 ft., from Swan River 0 9 



19 „ asparagoides, graceful aspai-agus-like foliage, 6 ft , from N. Holland 0 9 



20 „ balsamea, yellow, foliage curious, resembling the beautiful Casuai-ina, 6 ft, from 



N.S.Wales f 1 0 



