I THE FOLLOWING 



CONTINENTAL AND ENGLISH NOVELTIES FOR 1866 



I Are recommended by the various Eaisers and Introducers as specially desei-ving of notice. 



I Per I'ac-ket 



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1 ACTINELLA GRANDIFLORA, a composite dwarf, early-flowering, hardy perennial, with 

 ' large showv yello^v flowers - - - - - - - - -10 



■2 A(JR0STEMMA" CCELI rosea HYBRIDA FL. PL., a charming hardy annual, producing 

 fi'om ir> to 20 per cent, of double brii/hl rose coloured flowers, which are twice the size of 

 the suigle fltiwcrs of this variety - - - - - - - -10 



3 AMARANTHUS GASTRENCIS, flowers white - - - - - - - 1 0 



1 4 SPINOSUS, flowers rich crimson purple, foliage tuited and curious - - 1 0 



i 6 ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS, TOM THUMB, CRIMSON QUEEN, DELILA, HENRY IV., 

 i .-aid STRIATA, these remarkably pretty mhiiature Snapdragons are deserving of notice, 



the gi'owth is compact and globular, heiglit 4 inches, -n-ith flower spikes rising 5 inches 

 above the foliage, mixed ]/, or the 4 varieties separate - - - - -10 



6 AQUILEGIA ALBO PLENO, fine double white Columbine - - - - - 0 0 



7 ASTER, NEW HEDGEHOG, with white centre, said to be extremely effective and far sur- 



passing in beauty, the much admired Cocai'deau varieties; G varieties mixed or in 

 separate colours - - - - - - - - - -2G 



8 BISNAJA MAJOR, showy annual, with large white umbelliferous flowers and finely cut 



leaves - - - - - - - - - - -10 



9 CALLIOPSIS DIVERSIFOLIA, a charming dwarf perennial, \rith beautiful golden yellow 



flowers, blooming the first season and continuing a considerable time in flower - - 1 0 



10 COCCINEA INDICA, a rapid climbing Indian Gourd, with beautiful shining foliage, snow 



Avhite flowers, followed by bright carmine fruit - - - - - -10 



11 CEDRONELLA CANA, a beautiful hardy perennial, with long handsome spikes of deep piu-ple 



flowers, and neat fragrant foliage ; flowers the first season if sown early - - -10 



12 CELOSEA PYRAMIDALIS ATROVIOLACEA - - - - - -10 



13 ,. „ PRINCE OF WALES, pale golden yellow, very beautifiU - 1 0 



14 „ PRINCESS MARY, white, perfect sugar-loaf shape - - 1 0 



15 CLARKIA PULCHELLA INTEGRIPETALA ALBA, " TOM THUMB," an exceedingly 



pretty dwarf compact-growing variety of the whole-petaled white Clarkia - - 1 0 



16 CYCLAMEN PERSICUM, saved from the finest collx:ction of large flowered varieties in 



cultivation - - - - - - - - - -1/ and 2 G 



i 17 DATURA CHLORANTHA ATROVIOLACEA PLENISSIMA, a superb plant, with dark 



I violet stems, and immense daik violet double flowers, inside paler colour - - - 0 G 



18 DELPHINUM SINENSE PUMILA, splendid new varieties of this favourite perennial 



! Lai-kspur 6cZ. and 1 0 



j 19 DIANTHUS HEDDEWIGII NANA ALBO FL. PL., a beautiful dwarf double white variety, 



! which is all but constant ..... ... 1 0 



20 DICTAMNUS FRAXINELLA GRANDIFLORA, large flowered varieties - - - 1 0 



I 81 GODETXA LINDLEYANA FL. PL., a handsome double flowered Godstia, with rich rosy 



purple flovvers - - - - - - - - - -OG 



, 22 „ TOM THUMB, beautiful dwarf variety, with rich rose-purple 



; llowei's - - - - - - - - - - -00 



23 GUTIERREZIA GYMNOSPERMOIDES, a fine annual, with bunches of yeUow flowers G(/. & 1 0 



24 HELIOTROPIUM MEXICANUM, beautiful pink flowers - - - - - I 0 



25 IPOMJEA CORDIGERA, a pretty annual variety, with rose-carmine flowers - - - 1 0 



26 ,, SCHIZOLOMA, brilUant carmine flowers - . . . G(7. and 1 0 



27 ., VERRUCIPEDES, a perennial va^^ety, with elegant foliage and small prn-e white 



flowers ......... j 0 



28 LILIUM AURATUM. the golden rayed Lily of Japan, fertilized with L. Brovvnii - - 2 0 



29 LINUM PERENNE ROSEA, ro.^e-lilac - - - - - - - -00 



30 LOBELIA SNOWFLAKE, this is the gem of the season, flowers as large as L. Ramosus, 

 1 white as a snowflake, compact and free flowering. Mr. Cox, the raiser, assures us it 

 I continues blooming tiU destroyed by frost ; it is matchless, as a white bedding 



i plant ......... i/y and ■> q 



j 31 „ ERINUS, BLUE KING, similar in colour to the favom-ite L. Paxtoniana, but 



wich much larger floweis - - - - - - - . -10 



I 32 ., ERINUS. PRINCESS ALEXANDRA, similar to L, Paxtoniana, but pm-e white 1 0 

 I 33 LUPINUS TRICOLOR MUTABILIS, cream, changing to mottled purple - - - 0 G 



34 LYCHNIS GRANDIFLORUS GIGANTEUS, flowers twice the size of L. Haageana, and 

 j varying from white to scarlet ; very handsome - - - - . -10 



33 MATHIOLA BICORNIS, an evening scented stock, the delicate perfume of \s'hich 

 i on a summer's evening and early morning is perceptible at a distance of fi'om 100 to 



j 2')i.) yards - - - - - - - . . . -10 



I 33 MACH^RANTHERA GLABRA, a very neat hardy perennial, with nimierous Aster-like 



' Huwer-hcads, m coiymbs - - - - . - - . -10 



37 MALCOLMIA INCRASSATA, a now species of Virginian Stock, ^nth larger and brighter 



coloured flowers, and .smooth fleshy deep gi-een leaves - - - - - 1 0 



33 NASTURTIUM (TROP^aEOLUM) TOM THUMB, "KING THEODORE," this variety 

 has the same fine compact habit and blueisli-green foliage of ICing of Tom Thumb, but 

 v.ith flowers of an intense black colour - - - - - - '-10 



39 NICOTIANA PURPUREA GRANDIFLORA, a fine sub-tropical plant, leaves and flowers 



much larger than the Toljucoo plants at present in cultivation - - . • 1 0 ■ 



I 40 OENOTHERA DRUMMONDII NANA ALBA, a charming addition to our first-cla.s8 annuals, - I - 

 1 effective anrl durable as any bedding-out plant, having hanrlsomo pearly-white flowere 1 (jl '■ 



' 41 OXALIS TROP^OLIODES SYN. OXALIS CORNICULATA RUBRA, a fine rock plant, 



aUo exceedingly efl:"ective as an edging 0'/. In Mr. Williams' original packets - -10 

 42 PALAFOXIA HOOKERIANA, a beautiful rose-purp.le annual, from Noith iMe.xicc., which 

 ! may be treated as a hardy or half-hardy annuitj, succeeding best in a dry soil - . i o 



