CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 



Price. 



Stocky Emperor. Large-flowered, dark blood-red. The brightest and most 

 beautiful of all Emperor Stocks ; extra double, and of a beautiful ro- 

 bust and pyramidal habit 50 



Tagetes patula nana faviflora. The bloom of this flower is in the form of a 

 hemisphere. Each florit is an inverted elongated conical tube. The 

 tubes being crowded together gives it the appearance of a honeycomb. 

 A splendid novelty in the Dwarf French Marigolds 25 



Xeranthemum multiflorum fl. purpurea pi. A dwarf and very compact habit, .25 

 covered with double purple blossoms. A splendid acquisition . . .25 



Zinnia elegans alba semi plena. The great want of this popular flower was a 



white variety : we have much pleasure in offering this novelty . . .50 



Zinnia elegans tragetiforafl. pi. New and splendid double velvet-like zinnia. 



The habit is a great improvement on the old zinnia 50 



Zinnia elegans pumUafl. pi. varietates. Of dwarf compact habit, globular form ; 



very useful for small beds 50 



Zinnia Ghesbreghti. A chaining acquisition of dwarf habit, similar to Zinnia 



Mexicana, of various colors, very useful for bedding groups or borders .25 



NOVELTIES OF 18<i7 AND 1808. 



Abloppapus rubignosus (Hctplopappvs). A fine plant for borders. 2 feet . .25 

 Aphanu stephus ramosissimus. Half-hardy annual of carpet-like growth, pro- 

 ducing comparatively large, violet-blue, yellow, disked flower-buds ; 



blooms throughout the summer. 4 inches .25 



Artemisia Japonica. Fine for a lawn ; very fragrant. .'5 feet . . . . .25 



Aquilagia whitmaniana. Blue, with white corolla 25 



" " Blue, with rosy white corolla . . . . .25 



Balsam Carnation. Carnation striped dwarf rose. This magnificent seedling 



is deserving general cultivation ; mixed colors. (See wood-cut, page 13) .50 

 Balsam Solpherino. Striped and streaked with lilac and scarlet on satin-white 



ground ; most beautiful. (See wood-cut page 13) 50 



Balsamita grandiflora. Grows six feet in height, with stalks terminating in 



one large flower similar to a cockade ; golden yellow 25 



Bidens Warscewicziana pinnata. Very frec-bloomer ; orange disc and white 



petals. 4 feet .25 



Cassinia aurea. Pretty, yellow-flowered greenhouse everlasting . . . .25 

 Calliopsis bicolor nana fistulosa nigra. A new dwarf-quilled, black-red variety. .25 

 " " " semiplena marmorata. A new semi-double variety, with 



yellow, dark-blood, marbled flowers 25 



Campanumosa Javanica. A remarkable climbing campanulacea, with axil- 

 standing flowers, white with a reddish tint 25 



Campanula celsii. A dwarf, trailing species, with pale-blue, tubular flowers ; 



very pretty for rock-work. Perennial ..... .25 



" cdtidifolia. A pretty species, with blue flowers ; blooms the first 



season from seed. (Annual and perennial) 25 



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