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NOVELTIES 
AND SPECIALITIES 
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FOR 1877. 
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Aeroclinium crandlflorum atro roseum, bright rosy crimson , a fine Everlasting .... ............... ... i ° 
Acrocumum roseum robustum, the flowers of this Everlasting are larger and more double than the ^ ^ 
older form • • ; 
JFtViioTiPTTifl, exciuisitelv beautiful rock plants. For varieties see p. 15* ... , n 
Aeeratum cceruleum. Lilliput, an elegant variety of dwarf, compact habit, with beautiful blue flowers 1 o 
S Countess of Stair, a fine branching bedding plant, with beautiful bright blue flowers ... i o 
AtrrosUs mlnutlflora, a small graceful tufted grass for bouquets and pot culture ° o 
Allium Neapolitanum, an exceedingly pretty white species from Mentone 
Alonsoa albiflora, a beautiful pot plant, with glossy green foliage and long ; terminal spikes .of white 
flowers valuable to ciit for bouquets. If cut back it becomes a graceful winter blooming plant i o 
linifolia, flowers bright scarlet, an elegant pot plant, which may be treated like No. 8 r o 
Aiyssum odoratum compactum, a compact, profuse flowering, sweet-scented annual ......... ...bd. K i o 
Anarrhlnum beUidlfollum, pretty light blue flowers in spikes, habit [dwarf and bushy, decorative ^ ^ 
A^toosa1e e c“rraoptfo]iaTa\'eautif^ rockwork, where 
Anemone 1 ' coron^ia^eml'-plena, the flowers are unusually large, ranging from semi-doubie to doubly ^ ° 
Aplopappus^cU^ half hardy annual, with large yellow flowers, freely produced from 
1 uly till late in Autumn I"’"'" ; V'V . „ 
splnulosus, flowers bright yellow, a fine half-hardy annual much branched •••••••••••• ••■ 1 ° 
Aquilegla olymplea, a fine perennial, with pendant bell-shaped flowers of a beautiful blue, edged ith ° g 
Artemisia Roezlii, a charming dwarf silvery foliaged plant, for rockwork and edgings 
triflda, a pretty silvery foliaged species 
Arundinaria falcata, a fine ornamental grass • • • •• •••••• 
»« Vlciort. Hedgehog, “““ } "“jgjSJ? ‘SnSuaZZ { 
Balotta acetibulosa, flowers rose to purple, produced amidst a beautiful snow-white foliage i 
mne Magnified, Froebeli, Rosa-flora, Victoria, varieties of Sedem Single And Semi-double, Oazzte, 
Lothair and all others of any value for conservatory decoration, and for bedding out. Seed sown 
early in spring will produce flowering bulbs for planting out for summer decoration or 6dy6d& 
« Tt^niikL Froebeli certificated by the Royal Horticultural Society in August, 1875, and at the Cologne 
^ g International Exhibition of [875, received the Gold ^ Medal 1 as ‘-best new flowen^p^am. 
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Lothair, and'all others of any value for conservatory decoration, and for bedding out. 
ill produce flowering bulbs for planting out for summer deco r! > 
-ertificated by the Royal Horticultural Society in August, 18; 
anal Exhibition of 187s, received the Gold Medal as the bet 
brighter and more intensely vivid than any Scarlet Geranium It was collected by 
Mu Roczl on the Peruvian Mountains at an elevation of betvveen 8,oot and jo.ooojeet ,^it 
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„ a "rand bedding plant, commencing to flower in June and continuing till Autumn. As 
a not plant it is unique, and of the simplest culture ~ 
28 Chambers’ varieties In mixture ; bulte. per doe. x8x each 2 
“ " rnlnv varieties bulbs, each ir., rr. 6d.,zs. 6d., 31. 6d., & 5 
30 Brodiaea volubUis, a fine piant, with beautiful rose-purple flowers, in terminal nodding umbels r 
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charming pot plant for winter decoration, from the Rocky Mountains, 4 ft 'ff.fi , 
Calceolaria, from the newest large-flowered varieties oa - « 3 
from the newest large-flowered nana varieties 
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from the newest large-flowered pumila varieties 2 g 
Waters' Victoria compacta 
Calochortus splendens, one of the finest of the genus r o 
randvtuft carmlnea, a beautiful carmine-rose variety of this favourite plant 
Canuytuit, ^™ whlte Tom Tliumbi this is a remarkably robust, branching, close growing dwarf 
variety of Iberis coronaria 
new dwarf hybrid, flesh colour 
„ ,, rose 
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elosla^ristata.'rar.bpyra^midalis atro-purpui'ea^ a variety of Cockscomb, with beautiful maroon ^ 
crlstata variegata, the combs of this Cockscomb are beautifully variegated...... .6d. & 1 
” pyramidalls plumosa, Amarynth, an elegant and decorative plant, with richly coloured 
carmine-purple plumes • 1 
„ rich magenta, an exceedingly decorative ^conservatory plant, 3 ft.... 1 o 
” Reid's Perfection; the gracefully pendant feathery plumes are charming, 6rf. & 1 o 
Centaurea candicans, suitable for rockwork and dry situations, foliage white , and finely cut flowers 1 o 
candidissima integrifolia, this differs from the old variety m the leaf not being divided 2 6 
Cineraria new dwarf compacta, 8 in g 
” Covent Garden Royal Blue ; this is the most beautiful of all the Cinerarias, both as 
regards colour, quality of flower, and habit of growth ........2 s. ixt- oc 3 
Cirsium ferox, a plant well suited for wild gardens and shrubberies, the large ample foliage being 
covered with reddish thorns and small -while flowers •••;• "77 J"" VC e 
ClarMa new double Purple King 1 These arc compared by the raiser to the ) x 
Clarkla n Salmon Queen t finest double Balsams. )i 
' 1 These beautiful dwarf hybrid Iberis arc] 
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