32 CURTIS & COBBS 



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LUPIN'S* Nat. Ord., Leguminosce. 



A splendid genus of the most ornamental, beautiful, and free-flowering of 

 garden plants, with long, graceful spikes of bloom ; colors, rich and varied. 

 Many of the varieties are of stately, robust growth, which makes them ex- 

 ceedingly valuable for mixed flower and shrubbery borders. The dwarf 

 varieties make neat, trim bedding-plants. 



Lupins. Large ; blue. i£ feet . . . . . . . . . .05 



" yellow. 1 h feet 05 



" rose-colored 05 



" white, feet 05 



" mixed 05 



" lupinus affi.nis. Blue, white, and purple ; very pretty. Hardy 



annual, ii feet 05 



" alba COCCineuS. New ; rosy red half-way of the spike ; from 



thence to the apex pure white. Showy 10 



. - ** Dunnettii atroviolaeea. A rich party-colored variety ; violet, 



brown, and yellow . 10 



w Cruickshankii. Blue, white, and yellow. 3 feet . . . .05 

 ** " hybrid. Flowers very fragrant, presenting 



various shades of color on the same spike, of 

 a lovely blue, tinged with white-yellow in the 



centre. 3 feet . K> 



" Hartwegii albus. Pure white. 2 feet 05 



" " COSlestinuS. Sky-blue, feet 10 



" " rosea. Rose-color, ih feet 10 



" hybridus insignis. Purple, white, and yellow, changing to 



purple lilac. Hardy annual. 2 feet . . . .10 

 " " SUperbuS. Lilac, white, red, and yellow. Hardy 



annual . . . 10 



" hybridus atrococeineUS. Certainly the most showy Lupin 

 ever introduced ; large, handsome spikes of bloom ; color bright 

 crimson, scarlet, with white tip. This Lupin should not be con- 

 founded with Lupinus Alba Coccineus, introduced a few years 

 ago : it is quite distinct 15 



MALOPE. Nat. Ord., Malvacece* 



Very fine and showy hardy annuals ; flowers single, and nearly as large 

 as those of the Hollyhock. 



Malope grandiflora. Large purple flowers. 2 feet 05 



" " alba. Pure white. 2 feet 05 



MARVEL OF PERU (or Four o'C lock). 

 Nat. Ord., Nyctaginiacecc. 

 Marvel Of Peru. A very picturesque-growing plant, the diversified colors 

 finely contrasting with its dark-green, glossy foliage, 

 and densely-branching habit ; the plants continue in 

 bloom throughout the summer and autumn months ; 

 the roots may be preserved, like Dahlias, through the 

 winter. Splendid varieties mixed. 2 feet . . .05 



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