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SELECT LIST OF FLOWER SEEDS. 
Mr. WILLIAM BULL’S 
SELECT LIST OF FLOWER SEEDS. 
Abbreviation* used in the column representing hardiness and duration. 
H.A. 
H.H.A. 
H.B. 
H.H.B. 
H.P. 
H.H.P. 
Hardy Annual 
Half-Hardy Annual 
Hardy Biennial 
Half-Hardy Biennial 
Hardy Perennial 
Half-Hardy Perennial 
G.A. Greenhouse Annual 
T.A. Tender Annual 
T.P. Tender Perennial 
G.P. Greenhouse Perennial 
G.B. Greenhouse Biennial 
G.S. Greenhouse Shrub. 
* Hardy Annuals most suitable for autumn sowing. 
§ Climbers. 
TIME OF SOWING, &e. — HARDY ANNUALS may be sown in March and April, and for 
early spring blooming those marked with an asterisk should bo sown early in September, in a shel- 
tered situation, and when up, thinned so as to keep them strong. In March they may be trans- 
planted where they are to bloom. Before sowing, which should be done on a fine dry day, carefully 
prepare the soil, and in covering, regulate the thickness by the size of the seed — small seods should 
be very lightly covered. Success in growing annuals dopends in a great measure upon their boing 
properly thinned to regular distances, so as to give plenty of room for the full development of each 
plant ; this, in too many instances, is ontirely neglected, hence the dissatisfaction so often expressed 
as to their use. 
HALF-HARDY ANNUALS may be sown in March and April, in pans, and placed on a slight 
hot-bed, and when strong enough, pricked out into a cool frame, near the glass, where they may 
get hardened and well established for transplanting into their blooming quarters early in May, or 
potted off singly for conservatory and greenhouse decoration. Under favourable circumstances, 
many varieties will bloom freely if sown in the open ground about the middle of May. 
TENDER ANNUALS, such as Balsams, Celosias, Thunbergias, &c., require raising in a tem- 
perature ranging from 60° to 70°. Sow in pans or pots, and plaoe near the glass ; keep the soil 
moist, and shade from the sun until the plants appear. When strong enough, pot off into small 
pots, keeping them near the glass, and admitting air on every favourable ocoasion. 
BIENNIALS AND PERENNIALS. — The more select and tendor varieties for summer and 
autumn blooming may be sown in a gentle heat in March and April, and pricked out into pots until 
fully established, and then potted off singly, or transplanted into the open ground, as required. 
The hardier varieties may be sown in the open ground, in prepared beds, in Juno and July, and 
when strong enough transplanted into nursery beds, or where they are intended to bloom the 
following year. 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
Abronia umbellata, a pretty trailing plant, with sweet-scented rose 
coloured flowers 
Acanthus mollis, purple and white 
Aconitum napellus ( Monkshood ), blue 
Acrocliniusi roseum, handsome everlasting flower, bright rose. 
„ album, white 
Actinella grandiflora, yellow ; large and showy 
Adonis autumnalis [Flos Adonis), crimson . ...... 
Agapanthus umbellatus (4 frican Lily), blue 
Ageratum mexicanum casruleum nanuji, blue 
,, ,, „ ALBUM NANUM, white . . . . 
Alonsoa Warscevviczi compacta, bright orange scarlet . . . . 
Alyssum maritimum ( Sweet Alyssum), white 
„ saxatile compactum, yellow 
Amarantiius, vide page 45. 
Hardiness 
and 
Duration. 
Height 
in 
Feet. 
Price 
per 
packet. 
a 1 , d. 
h h a 
i 
0 6 
h p 
2 
0 3 
4 
0 3 
hlia 
1 
0 3 
1 
0 3 
h p 
i 
0 G 
h a 
11 
0 3 
g p 
3 
0 G 
h h a 
I 
0 3 
}f 
1 
0 3 
J> 
1 
0 G 
h a 
i 
0 6 
h p 
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0 G 
