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pot culture ; they often flower so profusely as entirely to hide their foliage. All the varieties 

 delight in a rich light soil, and in hot dry weather should be mulched with well rotted manure, 

 and frequently supplied with manure water ; this labour will be amjily compensated by the 

 increased size, beauty, and duration of the flowers. Half-hardy annuals. 



194 Aster, French Pteony Perfection (Tassell flowered, of the Horticultural Society), mixed, 



brilliant and beautiful colours, flowers very double, large and 

 finely shaped, li ft 1 0 



195 „ „ „ La superbe, bright rose, flowers very double, large and finely 



shaped, lift 0 6 



196 „ „ Giant Emperor (Tassell flowered, of the Horticultm-al Society), mixed, 



brilliant and beautiful colours, flowers extremely 

 double, and of an enormous size. 2 ft 1 0 



197 „ „ „ „ pearly lavender, very handsome, 2 ft 1 0 



198 „ „ Cockade or crown, mixed, the flowers of this variety have large white 



centres, bordered with scarlet, carmine, violet or blue, and are unusually 

 attractive and beautiful, 1 ^ ft 0 6 



199 „ „ Imbrique Pompone, mixed, a beautiful variety with neat Pompone flowers, 



lift 1 0 



200 „ „ Dwarf Chrysanthemum, flowered, mii-erf, these grow to the uniform height 



of ten inches, have flowers three to four inches in diameter, and bloom 

 so profusely as entirely to hide the foliage ; they flower somewhat later 

 than the other varieties of this genus, and are therefore valuable for suc- 

 cession ; for beds, edgings, fronts of flower borders, and pot culture, 

 they are of great value, H ft 1 0 



201 „ „ Dwarf Bouquet, mixed, when well grown, almost every plant forms a 



bouquet of from 150 to 200 flowers, completely hiding the foliage, pro- 

 ducing a splendid eff'ect in mixed borders, 9 to 15 in 0 6 



202 „ German Quilled, 7nixed, very fine, 2 ft 0 4 



203 „ „ Quilled, globe-flowered, mixed, very handsome, the quilled variety usually 



seen at Floral Exhibitions, 2 ft 0 4 



204 „ „ Porcupine or Hedgehog, mixed, flowers composed of long quilled curious 



looking petals, hence the name, 2 ft 0 6 



205 „ „ Porcupine, dark carmine in colour, the most eff"ective of the genus, 2 ft. . . 0 6 



206 „ „ „ rose, 2 ft 0 6 



207 „ „ Eanunculus-flowered, mixed, a veiy useful variety for cut flowers, 2 ft. . . 0 4 



208 „ „ Dwarf Quilled, mixed, very useful for edgings, 8 or 12 in 0 3 



ASTRAGALUS, Nat. Ord. Leguviinosa. 

 A genus of showy, beautiful, and very useful herbaceous plants, succeeding in any 

 common garden soil. Hardy perennials. 



209 Astragalus galegiformis, yellow, with pretty foliage, 3 ft., from Siberia 0 3 



210 „ leucophaus, pale yellow, with pretty foliage, 3 ft., trailer 0 4 



211 „ monspeliensis, white, extremely beautiful, 3 ft., from South of France ■• 0 4 



212 „ purpureus, deep red, a pretty trailer, from South of France 0 3 



AUBERGINE (Egg Plant), Nat. Ord. Solanacece. 

 The varieties enumerated are the eatable fruited kinds, so extensively cultivated in the 

 South of Em-ope ; as pot plants these are curious and interesting, being covered in autumn 

 with beautiful egg-shaped fruit ; the scarlet variety is a great novelty. They succeed in warm 

 localities on a south border. Half hardy annuals. 



213 Aubergine, w/n?e fruited, 1 1 ft., from France 0 3 



214 „ violet „ IJ ft., from Fi-ance 0 3 



215 „ scarlet „ very striking and handsome, 1 J ft., from France ... : 0 3 



216 „ large purple „ l^il., from France 0 3 



AUBRIETIA, Nat. Ord. CrucifercB. 

 An exceedingly pretty, early, free-flowering plant, valuable for edgings, rockwork, or 

 small beds, and succeeding best in ah open dry situation. Hardy perennials. 



217 Aubrietia deltoidea, rose lilac, trailer, from the Levant 0 4 



218 „ purpurea, purple, trailer, from Greece 0 6 



AURICULA, Nat. Ord. Primulacece. 

 A well-known garden favourite of great beauty, succeeding best in a northern aspect. 



219 Auricula, fr-om finest stage flowers, various colours, half-hardy perennial, 5 ft 1 0 



220 from mixed varieties, various colours, hardy perennial, ^ f t 0 6 



AZALEA, Nat. Ord. Rhodoracea. 

 Amongst the most beautiful and ornamental of our greenhouse and hardy shrubs, suc- 

 ceeding best in a mixture of sandy peat. 



221 Azalea Indica, saved from the finest varieties, greenhouse shrub, 4 ft 1 0 



222 „ Pontica, saved from the finest varieties, hardy shnib, 4 ft 1 0 



