SPECIALITIES. 
165 SILENE PENDTTLA. COMPACTA. — A. compact-growing form of the well-known Ailenc 
peTidula ; the flowers are of the same size and colour as the type, hut the plant is so dwarf and 
compact that it forms dense cushions two or three inches in height, and from nine to twelve 
inches in diameter, and during the season is perfectly solid with bloom ; a most valuable acqui- 
sition for spring gardening, as it produces itself true from seed, and may be used for small beds 
and marginal lines svith the best possible effect. 6d. per packet. 
166 SILENE PENDTTLA COMPACTA ALBA.— In habit same ns above ; flowers white. 
6d. per packet. 
167 SOLANUM CAPSICASTBTJM HTBB.IDX7M.— These hybrids surpass all others for 
winter decoration, and may be had in perfection from November to May. They arc robust and 
freely branching, growing to the height of about 18 to 20 inches, and densely covered with 
briglit orange and crimson shaded berries. Bd. per packet. 
168 SOLANTJM WABSCEWICZIOIDES.— A picturesque plant, with a robust stem 6 to 8 feet 
in height, of bushy habit, with large dark green leaves, 5 to 7 inches long. The flowers are 
white, faintly tinged with violet, borne in long well-furnished bunches, and are succeeded by 
large berries of a beautiful cerise colour. 6d. per packet. 
STOCKS, DOUBLE GERMAN (Finest Imported).— In Collections.— riVfc page 20. 
169 STOCK, EAST LOTHIAN, SCARLET i These beautiful varieties are remarkable 
170 stock) east LOTHIAN, PURPLE 1 for brilliancy of colour in the two 
171 stock', east LOTHIAN, WHITE ) former and purity in the latter. The 
flowers are very double, produced on immense spikes. In separate coloui-s. Is. per packet. 
172 STOCK, EAST LOTHIAN, CRIMSON (new).— The flowei-s of this intermediate variety 
are of a most beautiful crimson colour ; it is a most charming variety. Is. 6d. per packet. 
173 SWEET WILLIAM, AURICULA-EYED.— A greatly improved variety, with very rich 
beautifully coloured and smooth-edged flowers produced in immense trusses. Bd. and Is. 
per packet. 
174 TACSONIA IGNEA. — Beautiful scarlet, splendid variety. Is. 6d. per packet. 
175 TACSONIA INSIGNIS. — A robust-habited and free-blooming evergieen climber, producing 
on long pendant stalks large flowers of a luminous crimson colour, which change after gathering 
to a violet rose ; the mouth of the tube is adorned with a beautiful incurved fringe of short 
filaments, which are blue mottled with white. Is. Bd. per packet. 
176 TACSONIA VAN VOLXEMII. — This beautiful climber was found by the Canon Cuervo in 
the lofty regions of the Cordillera, which separates the basin of the Cauca from that of Magda- 
lena in the province of Antioquia, in New Granada, and was introduced by M. Van Volxem. 
It is a plant that flowers most abundantly, and for almost the whole year. Is. per packet. 
177 TORENIA BAILLONII. — A very pretty and distinct species, bearing bright yellow flowers, 
with a purplish brown tube, similar in habit to T. asiatica and T. pulchernma ; it is very 
effective when cultivated as a basket plant, in a compost of two parts peat and one part loam 
and leaf mould, in a warm house, with a temperature from 60° to 65°. Is. per packet. 
178 TORENIA FOURNIERI. — A most charming half-hardy annual, bearing large sky-blue 
flowers, with three spots of a dark indigo blue and a bright yellow stain in the centre. Sown 
from February to April in pots, and kept under glass, it will flower xirofusely from June to 
September, or it will thrive equally well if planted out in the summer months in the open 
ground. A''ery easily propagated from cuttings, in the shade and under bell glasses. Is. 
per packet. 
179 TROFiEOLUM COMP ACTUM CRIMSON.— A dwarf, bushy variety, having rich crimson 
flowers thrown well above the foliage ; its neat and compact habit render it e{iually and 
admirably adapted either for ribbon bordering or bedding. Is. per packet. 
ISO TROPiEOLUM COMPACTUM SCARLET.— In every respect the same as the preceding 
with the exeeption of colour. Is. per packet. 
181 TROP.ZEOLUM, KING OF TOM THUMB (Scarlet.)— A dwarf variety of bushy habit, 
bearing brilliant scarlet flowers and dark foliage ; valuable for bedding. 6d!. per packet. 
182 TYDiEA (olioice mixed.) — Saved from a fine collection of these favourite tuberous-rooted 
plants, embracing all the most distinct and popular colours and shades ; these can be cultivated 
so as to produce an abundance of bloom throughout the winter, their flowering season principally 
depending on the time of year their tubers are started into growth. 2s. Bd. per packet. 
