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NOVELTIES AND SPECIALITIES. 
CLIANTHUS DAMPIERI. 
(NEW SEED.) 
Saved from the only cultivated collection in Australia — the whole stock has been purchased by 
Mr. William Bull. The collection from which this seed was saved consists of about twenty 
beautiful varieties. Price Is. 6 d. and 2s. 6d. per packet. 
It is advisable to sow the seeds singly in small 60-sized pots, to allow the seedling plants to be trans- 
ferred to larger pots without risk of injury to the roots in their most tender state ; the successive shifts 
should be made into tolerably sized pots. 
The compost recommended as most suitable for cultivation in pots is well pulverised yellow loam, with 
one-sixth part tf sand, leaf mould, and broken charcoal well incorporated. 
COLEUS. 
These seeds may all bo expected to produce very magnificent and distinct new sorts. They have 
been produced by fertilisation, and saved from the handsome varieties introduced last season by Mr. 
William Bull, a full description of which will be found in his Plaut Catalogue, pages 11 and 12. 
Every seed offered is the result of careful fertilisation, and the greatest pains have been taken 
that the varieties should be so blended as to give, not only a diversified, but an entirely new 
character. In somo the leaves will be so strikingly cut or serrated as to present a fringed appear- 
ance, while in contrast to this, others will be almost smooth ; the colours in the different seedlings 
will embrace many shades of glowing red, magenta, crimson, purple, and claret; while in the 
different varieties, the markings and blotches will be varied almost indefinitely, some of the leaves 
being handsomely marked with crimson on an olive ground, blotched with crimson on a green 
ground, while others will be green margined with crimson, and vice versa, the lustrous tints, striking 
venations, and peculiar shot silk-like appearance making them immensely attractive. 
The utility of the Coleus is well known for ornamental purposes, whether for bedding or other 
decorations where coloured-leaved plants aro desired ; they are grown so easily, aud make such 
fine specimens in so short a time, that their merit can be scarcely over-estimated. 
The following crosses havo been carefully effected, and the seeds aro offered separately. 
PERFECTION, fertilised with GEM 
EXCELLENT 
GAIETY 
PRINCESS 
ELEGANT 
VEITCHI 
SALUTE 
NOTABLE 
VEITCHI 
LUSTRE 
„ MARSHALLI 
„ EXCELLENT 
,, CHARM 
„ SALUTE 
,, GAIETY 
„ VEITCHI 
„ GAIETY 
„ MARSHALLI 
„ SALUTE 
SUNBEAM, fertilised 
NOTABLE „ 
MARSHALLI „ 
ELEGANT „ 
GEM „ 
SUNBEAM „ 
BEAUTY „ 
CHARM „ 
SALUTE „ 
MARSHALLI „ 
with SALUTE 
„ MARSHALLI 
„ ELEGANT 
„ GAIETY 
„ SALUTE 
„ BEAUTY 
„ SALUTE 
,, SUNBEAM 
„ CHARM 
„ SALUTE 
Price, one seed, 3s. 6 d. ; three seeds, 7s. 6 d. 
Collections of 6 sorts, one seed of eaoh 
„ „ 6 ,, three seeds of each . 
„ „ 12 „ one seed of each 
„ „ 12 ,, three seeds of each . 
15s. 0 d. 
30.v. Od. 
22 s. 6 d. 
40s. Od. 
The following varieties have been variously fertilised, but no separate pedigree of the parents 
retained : — 
GIBSONI 
GEM 
MARSHALLI 1 
SALUTE 
1 SURPRISE 
NONSUCH 
BEAUTY 
GAIETY 
CHARM 
| PERFECTION. 
Price, one seed, 2s. ; three seeds, is. ; twelve seeds, 12s. ; one hundred seeds, 4 guineas. 
