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F. E. MCALLISTER, 22 DEY ST., NEW YORK.— NOVELTIES IN FLOWER SEEDS. 
RICINUS ZANZIBARENSIS. 
The New Giant Castor Oil Plant from Africa. 
Prom seed sown in the open groimd in May the 
plants are in full foliage early in Jnly, and attain 
a height of tweh^e to fourteen feet. The leaves 
are fully two and ;l half feet broad, beauti- 
fully lobed ; the whole plant has a distinct and 
novel appearance, enhanced in the sunshine by a 
bright metallic hue ; they charm at first sight, and 
their usefulness is very great. Solitary on the lawn 
it makes a perfect pyramid of foliage thickly set with 
gigantic leaves; a dozen in a large bed make a 
most picturesque sight. 
Per packet, lo cts. 
TECOMA SMITH I. 
One of the finest seed novelties 3^et introduced, 
and an exceedingly beautiful addition to our autumn 
and early winter flowering greenhouse plants. The 
handsome pinnate leaves, surmounted by the large 
terminal corymbiform heads of orange colored 
blossoms are most charming and effective. The seed may be sov/n at any time. It is as easily 
managed as a chrysanthemtim, the flowers lasting in perfection upwards of a month. Cuttings 
should be made in early spring, and grown in sandy loam in a light position. By the end of Ju;ie 
RICINUS ZANZIBARENSIS. 
lA NAT SIZE 
TECOMA 
the plants should be strong enou-.h 
to pot into 4-inch pots, and shot- Id 
then be placed out of doors in the fi ll 
sun, whel^e they will form stimly 
specimens by about the end of Sci) 
tember, and be well set with heads 
of bloom, they should then betaki n 
back to the greenhouse or the consi r- 
vatory and placed in a light airy po.^ i- 
tion, where the flowers will dcveJcp 
and remain fresli and- gay far many 
weeks. As many as too flowers ; c 
sometimes produced from a sint:ie 
shoot, the total heiglit of which is i-..:t 
more tlian iS inches; the individ , I 
uwcrs are about 2 inches lung, l;i i- 
ular, of a rich lemon and dark oran :-: 
combined, the mouth of the tube bi'i 1 j 
about I incl; in diameter. Coni< s 
fairly true from seed. First-class c ^ 
tificate H. R. Society, Oct. 15, 18' 
Per packet, 50 cents. 
