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NOVELTIES AND SPECIALITIES. 
PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA ALBA, ) 
„ „ ,, RUBRA, 4 EXTRA CHOICE. 
„ .. MIXED, J 
This strain of Primula cannot be simpassed for the size, form, and purity of colour of thq flowers, 
the edges of which are beautifully fringed ; the habit is strong and robust, throwing the flowers well 
up above the foliage. 
Price 2s. Gd.perpac/tet. 
For autumn flowering sow in March, and for winter in July, in pans filled with soil composed of 
equal parts of turfy loam, sandy peat, loaf 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 moans wot, and when the plants appear bring them 
near the glass to obtain all the light and air possible. Horo they remain until they are 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 sliift as occasion may require. 
PYRETHRUM. 
Extra choice mixed. Saved from a splendid collection of double and single-flowering varieties. 
Price l.s. per packet. 
SANVITALIA PROCUMBENS FL. PLENA. 
A beautiful double-flowering variety, dwarf and compact, very suitable for beds and riband lines. 
Its flowers ore of a rich golden yellow colour, blooming continuously from May to October. 
Price Gd. 2 >cr pack et. 
SAXIFRAGA FORTUNEI. 
This is an exceedingly handsome hardy Japanese plant ; it produces fine corymbs of white blossom 
at a season when flowers are very scarce — viz., September, October, and November ; being an easily 
cultivated plant, it is an exceedingly desirable introduction. 
Price 2.V. Gd. per 2 >acket. 
SCHIZOSTYLIS COCCINEA. 
A beautiful hardy plant, with brilliant crimson cup-shaped flowers, which are produced 
successively on spikes, during tho summer and autumn months, often in winter, thus rendering 
it a very effective plant for greenhouse decoration. 
Price l.v. per x'acket. 
SIPHOCAMPYLUS HUMBOLDTI ANUS (FULGENS.) 
This free-flowering effective plant has been introduced from South America, and is a great 
acquisition to our stoves, for it poi-petuates its showy blossoms nearly throughout the year ' it is of 
compact habit, foliage dark green, ovate acuminate, tho blossoms rich orange scarlet with yellow 
throat. 
Being such a free bloomer, and producing its attractive flowers over such a lengthened period, 
it is a most desirable decorative plant ; added to which, its flowers are extremely useful for bouquets. 
Price 6.I. ywr packet. 
SWEET PEA, "SCARLET INVINCIBLE." 
Flowers are strikingly brilliant and very distinct in colour, the upper petals being of an intense 
scarlet, with a slight variation in tho lower ones, which have a deep crimson tinge. 
Price Gd. per packet. 
