SELECT SEEDS offered by WILLIAM BULL, F.L.S. 
39 
Hardiness 
Height 
Price 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
and 
in 
per 
Duration 
Feet. 
packet. 
No. 
ORN AMENTAL-FOLI AGED & SUB-TROPICAL PLANTS —continued. 
s. 
d. 
830 
Beet, Brazilian or Chilian, mid-ribs bright scarlet, crimson and 
yellow . . 
hb 
2 
0 
6 
831 
,, Dell’s Crimson, splendid dark bronzy purple foliage . . 
Begonia, ornamental foliaged, vide page 13. 
1 
0 
6 
83‘2 
Bertolonia marmorea . . , . . . . . 
s p 
1 
6 
833 
,, omata . . 
5 
0 
831 
,, pubescens, leaves light greeu, striped down the centre 
with dark chocolate 
6 
0 
,, velutina, vide page 13. 
835 
Bocconia japonica, a magnificent ornamental-foliaged plant 
hhs 
3 
0 
6 
830 
Canna, finest mixed 
h li p 
0 
3 
In raising Cannas it is recommended that tho seeds, before 
being sown, should be slightly filed, so that the embryo may 
easily burst through the hard shell, as Canna seeds possess a 
very hard tegument. 
837 
Cannabis gigantea ( Giant Hemp), very ornamental . . 
6 
0 
3 
838 
Carduus Benedictus (Kofi/ Thistle), spotted foliage . . 
li a 
4 
0 
3 
839 
Centaubea babylonica, a handsome plant, with large whitish 
foliage and yellow flowers 
h p 
6 
1 
0 
,, candidissima ( ragusina ) vide page 14. 
,, Clementei, vide page 14. 
810 
,, MACBOCEPHALA, flowers dark yellow and brown 
3 
0 
6 
811 
Cerastium Biebersteinii, very pretty silvery -leaved plant, with 
larger and more beautiful foliage than C. tomentosum 
4 
0 
6 
842 
,, tomentosum, silvery- foliaged plant, invaluable for edging 
Ciiajo3Peuce Cassabonas, vide page 14. 
,, diacantha, vide page 14. 
Chenopodium atriplicis, ornamental purple foliage . . 
i > 
I 
4 
0 
6 
843 
li a 
3 
0 
3 
844 
Cineraria acanthifolia, silvery-foliaged bedding plant 
h h p 
2 
i) 
6 
845 
, , asplenifolia 
2 
0 
0 
840 
,, maritima, a well-known silvery- foli aged plant . . 
hp 
H 
0 
0 
Coleus, ride page 1 1. 
847 
Echeveria secunda glauca, fine for edging 
h h p 
1 
1 
0 
848 
Eucalyptus acervula 
h h s 
1 
6 
849 
, , cocciFera 
1 
6 
850 
,, COBDATA 
1 
6 
851 
,, COBIACEA 
1 
0 
852 
, , GLOBULUS 
1 
0 
853 
, , UBNIGEBA 
Ferdinandia eminens, sub-tropical plant, with handsome broad 
1 
0 
854 
foliage and majestic habit 
g p 
8 
0 
6 
855 
Ferula communis ( Giant Fennel) 
Grevillea robusta, ride page 10. 
hp 
8 
0 
3 
856 
Gunnera scabra, a splendid plant, with immense leaves 
Lavatera arborea variegata, vide page 17. 
h h p 
2 
0 
0 
857 
Melianthus major, fine sub-tropical plant 
Mimosa pudica ( Sensitive Plant), vide page 18. 
f > 
3 
1 
0 
858 
Musa ensete, a splendid plant for open air decoration in summer, 
producing a most striking effect when planted singly or in 
groups. Seedlings form very large plants the first year if 
treated properly and frequently repotted . . 
(y P 
1 
0 
Nicotiana affinis, vide page 18. 
859 
,, gbaniufloba BUBPUBEA, a majestic annual, with large 
handsome leaves and purplish rose flowers 
h h n 
5 
0 
0 
860 
„ macrophylla gigantea, the most remarkable variety in 
cultivation ; its large leaves, stately height, and large 
bright purplish rose flowers, give it a noble appearance, 
either singly or in groups 
8 
0 
0 
801 
,, wigandioides, yellow flowers, magnificent foliage 
Oxalis tboiveoloides, an excellent edging plant, with deep purplish 
8 
0 
0 
862 
brown foliage . . 
h b 
4 
0 
6 
803 
Perilla nankinensis, useful border plant, with deep mulberry foliage 
h h a 
H 
0 
3 
Pyrethrum, of sorts, vide pages 2, 7, and 21. 
Ricinus afbicanus, splendid green foliage 
804 
6 
0 
3 
805 
, , Belot Desfougi^bes, stems and foliage a fine glaucous green 
, , bobboniensis, a large ornamental foliage 
,, bbasiliensis, dark green fruit aud ornamental foliage 
8 
0 
6 
800 
8 
0 
3 
867 
8 
0 
3 
,, eleoantissimus, vide page 21. 
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