IO CURTIS & COBB'S 



PRICE. 



Agei'atum COnspicuum. Pare white ; about 1 8 inches high ; fine . .10 



" Mexicanum. Blue. 1 foot 05 



« « nanum. Blue ; dwarf. 6 inches . . .05 

 « M albiflorum. White-flowered ; fine. I foot, .10 

 « « " nanum. Very fine dwarf- 

 white 10 



" ccelestinum (Phalacreea) Tom Thumb. New ; light 

 blue ; about a foot in height, and of compact habit ; abundant 

 bloomer ; fragrant 



AGB.OSTEMMA. Nat. Ord., Silenacece. 



Very pretty, free-blooming, hardy annuals, making a showy bed, and fine 

 for cutting. Flowers like a pretty single pink, on long, slender stems ; 

 about eighteen inches high. Bear transplanting well, and should be set 



five or six inches apart. 



Agrostemma purpurea. Dark ; new and good 05 



" new scarlet. Splendid 10 



" CCeli rosa. Fine, deep rose-color 05 



« " dwarf fringed. New ; beautifully fringed ; 



rose, white centre 10 



« « hybrida flore pleno. Very pretty when 

 double, as the flowers are twice the size of 

 the single 25 



ALONSOA. Nat. Ord., Scrophulariacece. 



Attractive, tender perennials, but may be treated as half-hardy or tender 

 annuals. Seeds sown in a hotbed will produce flowers during the late 

 summer and autumn months. 

 Alonsoa Warszewiczii. The best variety, growing about 18 inches ; 



flowers small, bright scarlet, forming a very pretty spike ; set 



plants 8 or 10 inches apart . 10 



" grandiflora. Large-flowered ; scarlet. 2 feet . . . . .10 



ALTSSUM. Nat. Ord., Cmciferm. 



One of the most useful, free-flowering little plants either for growing in 

 pots, on rock-work, or the open border ; the annual varieties blooming 

 nearly the whole summer. 

 Alyssum sweet [Koniga maritima). Hardy annual ; flowers small and 



sweet. 6 inches 05 



Wierczbecki. Hardy perennial ; flowers yellow ; blooms 

 first season. 1 foot .10 



AMARANTMUS. Nat. Ord., Amarantacece. 



Half-hardy annuals, with finely-colored foliage. Useful, in many situa- 

 tions, as the background of a flower -border, or for making an ornamental 

 hedge, or a bed on the lawn. 



Amaranthus bicolor. Crimson and green variegated foliage. 2 feet . .05 

 " tricolor. Red, yellow, and green foliage. 2 feet . . .05 



" speciosissimus. Carmine and yellow foliage. 2 feet . .05 



" caudatus (Love Lies Bleeding). Long, drooping 



" chains " of flowers ; very pretty . . . . . .05 



