NEW AND CHOICE BEDDING AND SOFT-WOODED PI, ANTS. 151 
NEW AND CHOICE BEDDING AND 
SOFT-WOODED PLANTS. 
ACHYRANTHES HOVEYI, Is. 
AGERATUM OUPID, 9d 
I AGERATUM LADY JANE, 9 cl. 
I THE QUEEN, 9 d. 
ALTERNANTHERA PURPUREA. 
A new variety of dense compact habit, and of a deep purple shade, with a gray metallic reflection 
in the sun. It differs completely from all other Alternantheras in its peculiar shade of colour, and is 
well adapted for carpet bedding. Is. 6 d. 
BOUVARDIA JASMINOIDES LONGIPE- 
TALA, Is. 6 d. 
MAIDEN BLUSH, Is. 6 d. 
QUEEN OF ROSES, Is. 6 d. 
BOUVARDIA ALBA ODORATA, Is. (id. 
BICOLOR, Is. 6 d. 
CANDIDISSIMA, Is. 6 d. 
HUMBOLDTII CORYMBIFLORA, 
Is. dd. 
BOUVARDIA ROSEA OCULATA. 
An exceedingly free-blooming variety, producing abundantly, on the lateral as well as terminal 
shoots, corymbs of delicate flesh-coloured flowers, with deep rose eye ; extremely distiuct and 
pretty. 2s. 6 d. 
BOUVARDIA UMBELLATA ALBA, Is. 6 d. I BOUVARDIA UMBELLATA CARNEA, 
VREELANDII, Is. | Is. 6 d. 
CANNAS. 
These striking foliage plants, so effectivo for sub-tropical gardening and border grouping, 12s., 18s. 
and 30s. per dozen. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM FRUTESCENS ETOILE D’OR. 
An extremely useful decorative plant, of free growth, producing in great profusion fine large flower- 
heads which are of a delicate soft yellow colour ; excellent for cutting, and well adapted for bedding 
out in summer. Is. 6 d. and 2s. (id. 
COPROSMA BAUERIAN A PICTURATA. 
A free-growing and effective bedding plant, differing from the C. Baueriana varicgala in having 
central instead of marginal variegation. The leaves are ovate and bluntly rounded, and they have a 
smooth surface of palo green, marked with blotches of pale yellow and creamy white, spreading out 
from the midrib on one or both sides, and assuming a variety of grotesque forms. 3s. 6rf. 
COPROSMA BAUERIANA VARIEGATA. 
This is a very useful variegated-leaved bedding plant, and for border or ribbon planting is extremely 
effective ; indeed it is one of the most attractive and useful of summer bedding plants. 
It has moderate-sized glossy obovate leaves, which are bright green in the centre, with very broad 
white marginal variegation, this marginal portion being creamy yellow in a young state, which 
diversity adds much to the beauty of the plant. Is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. 
DAHLIAS. 
Choice Exhibition Varieties, 9s., 12s., 18s. and 30s. per dozen. 
Choice Exhibition Varieties, Fancy Flowers, 9s., 12s., 18s. and 30s. per dozen. 
Dwarf Bedding: Varieties, 9s. and 12s. por dozen. 
Bouquet or Pompon Varieties, 9s. and 12s. per dozen. 
DELPHINIUMS. 
These handsome-flowered perennials are extremely showy' and effective ; and from the various shades 
of blue to be met with in their fine spikes of blossom, they are among the most attractive features in 
a garden. 18s. and 30s. per dozen. 
