12, King Street, Coven/ Garden, 1875.] 
41 
RHODODENDRON, Nat. Ord. Erica! ceoe. Magnificent sbrubs. *. p f. 
2395 Rhododen'dron splendid mixed hardy varieties 1 o 
2396 „ ,, „ greenhouse varieties 1 o 
RI'OINTJS, Nat. Ord. Euphorbia! cccb. Highly ornamental foliage plants. 
Picturesque, gigantic, umbrageous, elegant foliage plants, in autumn studded with grotesque fruit. Their 
aspect is truly oriental. In sub-tropical gardens they arc indispensable, while in shrubbery borders, and by the sides 
of ravines, rivulets, and lakes, they impart a majesty possessed by few, if any, other plants. From seed they speedily 
attain gigantic proportions, and arc ornamental till destroyed by the frost. 
2397 Ri'cinus gigan'teus al'bidus magni'ticus, silvery stems and veins, 8 ft o 6 
2398 „ „ arho'reus hybridus, highly ornamental, red stem and bronze foliage, 10 ft. ... o '6 
2399 „ „ Borbonen'sis, silvery stems and large ornamental foliage, 15 ft o 6 
2400 „ „ „ rubricau'lis, bronze stems, targe dark great foliage, 15 ft o 6 
2401 „ „ elegantis'simus, stems dark red and branching, a fine species for single 
specimens on lawns, etc. , 5 ft o 6 
2402 ,, „ Ealseya'na, the grandest of this family, height 15 ft. by 10 ft. diameter, and 
remarkable alike for its graceful and majestic growth 6 d. & I o 
2403 „ „ guyanen'sis, very handsome variety with silvery bronzed steins, 5 ft o 6 
2404 „ „ macrocar'pus, silvery powdered stems and bronzed green foliage, 8 ft o 
__*_2405 , , „ macrophyl'lus atropurpu'reus, a fine variety, with silvery bronzed stems, 6 ft. o 
2406 „ „ Oberman'nii, of gigantic proportions, stems and foliage tinged purple, 10 ft. ... o 
2407 ,, „ purpu'reuB ma'jor, splendid red-stemmed, dark green foliaged variety, 7 ft. ... o 
2408 „ „ sanguineus trt'color, stems and fruit spotted red, fine foliage, 8 ft o 
y 2409 „ „ ,, glau'CUS, silvery bronzed stems and light green foliage, 8 ft o 
2410 „ „ sangulnolen'tus, stems and foliage red, strikingly handsome, 6 ft 6 d. & 1 
2411 „ „ species from Pekin, large handsome foliage, 10 ft ° 
2412 „ „ choice mixed varieties 6 rf., u., & 2 
2413 „ na'nns (dwarf), eompactus, microspermus, sanguineus minor, roseus magnlficus, each o 
2414 „ „ mixed varieties 6 d., is., & 2 
R, IVINA, Nat. Ord. PJiytolaca! cecc. Greenhouse fruit-bearing shrubs. 
Exceedingly ornamental plants for dinner-table decoration, producing long drooping elegant racemes 
of berries ; seed sown in spring produces fine plants by autumn. 
2415 Rlvl'na hu'milis (the Rouge Plant), scarlet berries 2 ft 1 
2416 „ aurantia'ca, orange berries, 2 ft 1 
R00KET, Nat. Ord. Grucif'erce. Valuable early-flowering hardy perennials. 
Rochet, Sweet, purple, ii ft. 1 For the decoration of the spring fewer garden the Sweet Rocket is ( o 
,, „ white, 1 ,-Tft. V exceedingly useful, flowering early, and continuing beautiful fori 
d, rift.) ' ' "• 1 
2417 
2418 
2419 
2420 
mixed, 
a long time in beds, ribbons, etc. 
tris'tis, the Night-scented Rocket 
ROSE (Rosa), Nat. Ord. Bosa'ceai. 
2421 Rose, saved from the choicest named varieties 
RUDBEO'KIA, Nat. Ord. Compos'itce. 
,. 3 d.& 
Splendid hardy shrubs. 
2422 Rudbec'kia amplexicau'lis, yellow, 3 ft 
2423 ,, ful'glda, orange-yellow, 2 ft 
2424 ,, Newman li, orange, 2 ft 
2425 ,, pulcher'rima, ctimson, edged yellow, 2 ft. 
2426 ,, purpu'rea, people, 2 ft 
2427 choice mixed 
3 
Handsome hardy perennials. 
These exceedingly showy free- 
flowering herbaceous peren- 
nials are very effective in 
large borders, and valuable - 
for naturalization in semi- 
wild situations, and in 
woodland walks. 
SABBA'TIA, Nat. Ord. Gentiana'ceoe. Charming greenhouse annual. 
2428 Sabba'tia campes'tris, rose and yellow, a most beautiful miniature pot plant, A ft 6 d. & 1 o 
SALPIGLOS'SIS, Nat. Ord. Scrophularia'cece. Very free-flowering half-hardy annuals. 
Handsome singularly marbled and beautifully pencilled Alstrccmeria-like flowers. Cultivated in pots the plants 
arc decorative for the conservatory , and in the flower garden useful for filling beds and forming ribbons, groups , c re.; 
an exceedingly useful plant to cut for filling vases and tabic bouquets. 
2429 Salpiglos'sia atropurpu'rea, azu'rea. coccin'ea, and sulphu'rea, 2 ft each 
2430 „ atrococcin'ea, scarlet, beautifully pencilled and marbled, 2 it 
2431 ,, niger, crimson-black, very distinct colour, 2 ft •••••• 
2432 „ choice mixed, all colours, 2 ft 3«* & 
2433 „ na'na (dwarf), atropurpu'rea, azu'rea, coccin'ea, stria'ta, sulphu'rea, iA ft. -.-each 
2434 „ „ choice mixed, iA ft 3«* “ 
SAL'VIA, Nat. Ord. Labia' tat. Splendid annuals and perennials. 
2435 Sal'via coccin'ea super'ba, new scarlet, i J ft. ........ .) |” 
o 3 
,6 
2436 
na'na compac'ta, dwarf, scarlet , 1 ft. 
borders these are of the most striking charac- 
ter , colours intensely rich, and continuing in \ 
fewer till late in autumn. As pot plants, ~\ 
they make a valuable addition to the conser- 
2437 „ „ splen'dens, scarlet , iA ft 
2438 „ ,, „ nova species, scarlet, 1 ft. 
2439 ,, ,, choice mixed 3 d. & J vatory : half- hardy annuals. 
The tallowing perennial varieties arc decorative from seed the first season , and few plants arc more orna- 
mental. Argentca with its massive silvery foliage, and Patens with its intense blue flowers, are matchless. 
All the varieties may be used for in-door and out-door decoration. 
2440 Sal'via amab'ilis, lavender-blue and white , hardy, 2 ft 
„ 2441 ,, angustlfo'lia, blue, hardy perennial, 2 ft * 
2442 „ argen'tea, beautiful large silvery ornamental procumbent spreading leaves, hardy 0 
-2443 „ argen'tea candidis'sima vera, whiter and finer in effect than Argentca, hardy 0 
2444 „ au'rea, golden yellow , very handsome, half-hardy, 2 ft ° 
2445 „ bi'color, blue and white , long spikes, very beautiful, hardy, 3 ft 0 
2446 ,, camphora'ta, leaves white, a fine shrubbery and sub-tropical plant, 5 ft 0 
2447 „ candela'bra, deep violet , spotted white, greenhouse, 2 ft 0 
2448 ,, coeles'tis, light blue, 2 ft r 
2449 „ chionan'tha, large white , fine pyramidal habit, hardy, 2 ft 0 
2450 ,, gesnerseflo'ra. scarlet , 3 ft 
2451 „ ffrandiflo'ra, intense rich violet, fine pyramidal habit, iA ft 0 
o 4 
6 
6 
6 
4 
6 
6 
o 
6 
o 
6 
