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NOVELTIES AND SPECIALITIES. 
PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA. 
The following celebrated continental strains, possessing distinct and charming features, having 
been procured from the most reliable sources, are offered with the greatest confidence, and will bo 
found worthy of the attention of all cultivators of this excellent and attractive family. 
ATROC ARMINE A SPLENDENS, a very distinct and beautiful variety, 
with lovely deep carmine flowers . . . . • • • • P er 
CLARKIJEFLORA STRIATA, flowers white, elegantly striped with red . „ 
CLARKI-iEFLORA CTJPREATA, a very beautiful variety, with peculiar 
coppery tinted carmine flowers .......... >> 
CRIMSON EMPEROR, a splendid variety ; rich deep crimson flowers with 
a clear yellow eye 
DOUBLE CARMINE » 
DOUBLE WHITE 
2s. 6 d. 
2s. 6 d. 
2s. 6 d. 
2s. Gd. 
2s. Gil. 
2s. 6 cl. 
ERECTA SUPERBA, brilliant crimson flowers well thrown up above the 
foliage, which is erect and very fine 
EILICIFOLIA ALBA, white Fern-leaved, very beautiful . . . . 
FILICIFOLIA RUBRA, red Fern-leaved 
KERMESINA SPLENDENS, flowers rich carmine, with a metallic hue and 
distinct yellow eye ............ 
LILACINA ALBA MARGINATA, beautiful white flowers mottled with 
lilac, and a pure white margin 
PUNCTATA ELEGANTISSIMA, a very beautiful, new, and distinct variety. 
Its flowers are dark crimson, with a rich velvety appearance, deeply fringed, 
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2s. Gd. 
2s. Gil. 
2s. Gd. 
2s. Gd. 
2s. Gd. 
and the margin of each flower is regularly and prettily spotted with pure 
white ............ per packet 2s. Gd. & 5s. Gd. 
STRIATIFLORA ATROBRUNNEA-CAULIS, flowers white, partially 
striped with rosy lake ; the stems are of a distinct dark maroon colour . . per pkt. 2s. Gd. 
For autumn flowering sow in March , and foe' winter in July, in pans Jilled with soil composed oj 
equal parts of turfy loam , sandy peat , leaf mould, and silver sand; make the surface of the soil 
smooth , and scatter the seeds thinly over it, and cover lightly. Give a. gentle watering, and place in 
a genial heat. Keep the soil moist, but by no means wet, and when the plants appear bring them 
near the glass to obtain all the light, and air possible. Mere they remain until they arc strong 
enough to pot off; when gradually hardened, remove to a greenhouse, and in June or early in July 
transfer to a cold frame, and shift as occasion may require. 
PYRETHRUM. 
EXTRA CHOICE MIXED. 
Saved from a splendid collection of double and single-flowering varieties. Price Is. per packet. 
PYRETHRUM PARTHEN I FOLIUM AUREUM. 
(GOLDEN FEATHER.) 
A beautiful dwarf hardy perennial plant, G to 9 inches in height. It is of uniformly neat and 
densely compact habit ; and by simply pinching off tho flower buds, its olegant feather-like golden 
leaves make it an effective plant for bedding or riband decoration. Price Is. per packet. 
RHODANTHE MANGLESI MAJOR. 
(NEW.) 
A very great improvement on the old and much-admired R. Manglesi , having the giant form and 
robust habit of R. maculata. Price Is. per packet. 
SALVIA PATENS. 
Too well known to require description. Price Is. ]>er packet. 
