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SPECIALITIES. 
SPECIALITIES IN FLOWER SEEDS. 
26 ABUTILON (New varieties). — These seeds have been saved from the beautiful varieties 
now so popular, and having been produced from carefully hybridised flowers, new and 
handsome varieties of various colours and great excellence may be expected. Is. 6t£. per packet. 
27 ACHIMENES, mixed. — Tuberous-rooted greenhouse plants of great beauty. The seed 
offered has been saved from a choice collection. Is. 6cl. per packet. 
28 ACROCLINIUM ROSEUM FLORE PLENO. — A distinct double form of this 
pretty annual, possessing all the delicate tints and shades of colour peculiar to the single variety, 
for bouquets or wreaths nothing more beautiful in the way of immortelles has been introduced. 
Is. per packet. 
29 AGERATUM, IMPERIAL DWARF. — A popular bedding plant, being of a cheerful 
azure-blue colour, throwing a dense mass of blossom throughout the summer, free and 
vigorous in growth. 6d. per packet. 
30 ALOYSIA CITRIODORA. — The well-known lemon-scented Verbena. Is. per packet. 
31 AM ARANTHU S SALICIFOLIUS. — Of pyramidal form ; the leaves vary in the early 
stages of growth from a green to a bronzy green shade. As the plants get stronger, the leaves 
assume a bright orange-red colour, forming magnificent bright coloured plumes. 6d. per packet. 
32 ANTIRRHINUM, choice mixed. — Saved from the finest and most beautiful flaked, 
mottled, and striped varieties in cultivation. 6d. per packet. 
33 AQUILEGTA CCERULEA. — A splendid species of Columbine, which has received two 
hirst Class Certificates. It is a native of the Rocky Mountains, and is remarkable for the length 
of its spurs, as well as for the large size of its violet and white flowers. Is. per packet. 
ASTERS, Finest Imported, in collection.— Vide pages 17 and 18. 
AURICULA ALPINE. — Saved from the finest flowers. Is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. per packet. 
BALSAMS. — Vide page 19. 
35 BEGONIA FRCEBELII. — The flowers, which are of a brilliant scarlet, are borne erect in 
bunches well above the foliage, the petals being of good substance ; it commences flowering in 
June, and will thrive during the summer months in the open ground. Is. 6d. per packet. 
BEGONIA, GIGANTIC VARIETIES. — The flowers of the following Begonias are of 
gigantic size, each measuring from 4 to 5 inches in diameter ; the petals are very large, thick, and of 
wax -like substance, the whole collection of great excellence. 
36 CHAMPION. — Salmon-pink, immense flowers. 
37 CHELSEA GIANT. — Light carmine-scarlet ; a huge flower. 
38 CRIMSON GLORY. — Bright crimson ; flower of exquisite shape, with sliell-likc petals. 
39 FIRE KING. — Rich fiery vermilion ; colossal flowers. 
40 MASTERPIECE. — Bright vermilion, very rich and attractive. 
41 PINK BEAUTY. — Bright rosy pink, very large fine flowers, beautiful shape. 
42 RUBY GEM. — Rich magenta, exceptionally handsome. 
43 SANSPAREIL. — Blush, tinted with rose, good shaped flower. 
The flowers of each variety of the above have been fertilised and the colours kept separately, so that 
the seed may produce distinct types. 
Price of each of the above varieties, 2s. 6d. per packet. The Collection of eight, 10s. 6d. 
44 BEGONIA HYBRIDA GIGANTEA, mixed. — This strain produces flowers of gigantic 
size, each blossom measuring four to five inches, and embraces the various rich and attractive 
colours of the handsome-flowered section. The plants are of stiff compact habit, and produce 
their immense flowers in the greatest abundance. 2s. 6d. per packet. 
45 BEGONIA, choice mixed. — Saved from the new handsome-flowering hybrids. Is. 6d. per 
packet. 
46 BEGONIA.— From choice ornamental foliaged varieties. 2s. 6d. per packet. 
