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RICINTJS, Nat. Ord. Euphorbia! cece. Highly ornamental foliage plants. 
Picturesque , gigantic , umbrageous , elegant foliage plants , which in autumn are studded with grotesque 
fruit. As specimens on the lawn or terrace they arc unsurpassed, while for the Sub-tropical garden they are in- 
dispensable. In shrubbery borders , and by the sides of ravines, rivulets, and lakes, they impart a majesty possessed 
by few, if any other plant. From seed they speedily attain gigantic proportions, and are ornamental till destroyed 
by the frost. 
2121 Rl'cinus glgan'teus altls'simus, a robust growing variety, 10 ft o 6 
2122 „ „ Borbonon'sis, silvery stems and large ornamental foliage, 15 ft o 6 
2123 „ „ ,, rubricau'lis, bronze stems, large dark green foliage, 15 ft. o 6 
2124 „ „ elegantis'simus, stems dark red and branching, a fine species for single 
specimens on lawns, etc., 5 ft •• o 6 
2126 „ „ Gibso'nii ( Duchess of Edinburgh), rich lustrous foliage the colour of 1 resine 
Lindenii, a most valuable introduction, 5 ft 6 d & 10 
2126 ,, „ Halseya'na, the grandest of this family, height 15 ft. by 10 ft. diameter, and 
remarkable alike for its graceful and majestic growth 6 d. & 1 o 
2127 „ „ Guyanen' 8 l 8 , very handsome variety with silvery bronzed stems, 5 ft o 6 
2128 „ „ macrocar'pus al'bldus, silvery powdered stems and bronzed green foliage, 8 ft. o 
2129 , , „ macropbyl'lus atropurpu'reus, a fine variety, with silvery bronzed stems, 6 ft. o 
2130 „ „ Oberman'nii, of gigantic proportions, stems and foliage tinged purple, 10 ft. ... o 
2131 ,, „ purpu'reus ma'jor, splendid red-stemmed, dark green foliaged variety, 7 ft. ... o 
2132 „ „ sanguineus tri'color, stems and fruit spotted red, fine foliage, 8 ft o 
2133 „ ,, sanguinolen'tus, stems and foliage red, strikingly handsome, 6 ft o 
2134 „ „ species from Pekin, large handsome foliage , 10 ft 0 
2135 „ „ choice mixed varieties 6 d. & 1 
RrVI'NA, Nat. Ord. Phytolacca' cece. 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. 
2136 Rivi'na hu'mills (the Rouge Plant), scarlet berries 2 ft 1 
2137 „ aurantia'ca, orange berries, 2 ft * 
ROCJKET, Nat. Ord. Crucif'erce. Valuable early-flowering hardy perennials. 
2138 Rocket, Sweet , purple, 1 $ ft.") For the decoration of the spring flower garden the Sweet Rocket is ( o 
2139 „ „ white, ft. > exceedingly useful, flowering early, and continuing beautiful for < o 
2140 „ „ mixed, ft.) a long time in beds, ribbons, etc. \ o 
ROSE (Rosa), Nat. Ord. Rosa’cece. Splendid hardy shrubs. 
2141 Rose, saved from the choicest named varieties > 
RUDBEO'KIA, Nat. Ord. Corwpos'itce. 
2142 RudbecTda amplexlcau'lls, yellow, 3 ft 
-2143 ,, atro sangulnea, blood red, 3 ft 
2144 ,, callfor ilica, golden yellow, 3 ft 
2145 ,, Newman'ii, orange, 2 ft 
-2146 ,, pulcher'rlma, crimson, edged yellow, 2 ft. . 
2147 ,, purpu'rea, purple, 2 ft 
2148 „ choice mixed 
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. 
3 d.& 
SABBA'TIA, Nat. Ord. Oentiana'cecB. Charming greenhouse annual. 
2149 Sabba'tla campes'trls, rose and yellow, a most beautiful miniature pot plant, ft 6 d. & 1 o 
SALPIGLOS'SIS, Nat. Ord. Scrophularia'cece. Beautiful half-hardy annuals. 
Handsome singularly marbled and beautifully pencilled Alstrcemeria-like flowers. Cultivated in pots the plants' 
are decorative for the conservatory, and in the flower garden valuable for filling beds and forming ribbons, 
groups, ire.; an exceedingly useful plant to cut for vases and table bouquets. 
2150 SalpiglOB'sis atropurpu'rea, azu'rea. coccln'ea, and sulphu'rea, 2 ft each o 3 
2151 „ atrococcln'ea, scarlet, beautifully pencilled and marbled, 2 ft o 3 
2162 „ nlger, crimson-black, very distinct colour, 2 ft o 6 
2163 „ choice mixed, all colours, 2 ft 3d. & 0 6 
2154 „ na'na (dwarf), atropurpu'rea, azu'rea, coccln'ea, strla'ta, and sulphu'rea, ijft. each 0 3 
2166 „ „ choice mixed, rj ft 3d. & 0 6 
SAL'VIA, Nat. Ord. Lahia'tm. Splendid annuals and perennials. 
2166 Sal'via coccln'ea, scarlet, rj ft ' 
2157 „ „ na'na compac'ta, dwarf, scarlet, 1 ft. 
2168 „ „ superTra, scarlet, 1 ^ ft 
2159 „ „ choice mixed 3 d. &. 
The seedlings of the following perennial Salvias arc 
menial. 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. 
2160 Sal'via amab'ills, lavender-blue and white, hardy, 2 ft 0 4 
2161 „ argen'tea, beautiful large ornamental procumbent spreading silvery leaves, 3 ft. hardy o 6 
2162 „ longlfo'lla, 3 ft o 6 
2163 „ au'rea, golden yellow, very handsome, half-hardy, 2 ft o 6 
2164 „ bl'color, blue and white, long spikes, very beautiful, hardy, 3 ft o 4 
2166 „ camphora'ta, leaves white, a fine shrubbery and sub-tropical plant, 5 ft o 6 
2166 „ candela'brum, deep violet, spotted white, greenhouse, 2 ft o 6 
2167 „ candldls'slma, large ornamental silvery foliage, 3 ft ° 6 ' 
2168 ,, coeles'tls, light blue, 2 ft 1 0 
2169 „ chlonan'tha, large white, fine pyramidal habit, hardy, 2 ft 0 ® ’ 
2170 „ glutlno'sa, yellow, a very distinct species, hardy, 3 ft ° 6 ' 
2171 „ grandlflo'ra, intense rich violet, fine pyramidal habit, 1 i ft 0 ® 
2172 „ ln'dlca, pale violet, spotted, profuse blooming, 3 ft 0 6 
2173 ,, pa'tens, rich deep blue, the best known and most beautiful, half-hardy, 3 ft < sd . & 1 o 
2174 Russellla'na, bright sky blue, hardy perennial, 2 ft 0 6 
2175 „ splen'dens, bright scarlet, well known as a winter-flowering greenhouse plant, 3 ft x o 
2176 „ „ compac'ta al'ba, white, fine dwarf habit, greenhouse, 2 ft 1 0 
In large bed., ribbon., awlproup. in thefloivei border., C O 6 
theie are of the most etriking character, colours in- | q g 
tensely rich, and continuing in flower till late i»»J 
autumn. As pot plants they make a valuable addi • I O O 
tion to the conservatory : half-hardy annuals. ^ q ' 
decorative the first season, and are very orna 
