Ch,r\x\ell & Complete Seed Collide, 
ZINNIAS. 
Splendid Half-hard y Annuals — The double Zinnia is one oj the sterling novelties of recent years. 
The flowers are large , beautifully formed , and exceedingly handsome. Few plants in the flower border are 
more effective , and scarcely any flower when cut is so beautiful in table bouquets. Well grown in pots , it 
is a. useful plant for indoor decoration. The Pumila varieties, which are dwarf and compact , arc 
admirably adapted for pot plants. 7'hc single Zinnias are also very handsome, while it would be impossible 
to speak too highly of the double and single varieties of Haageana for beds , rockwork , and masses in the 
borders. The seeds are carefully selected from the finest and most perfect flowers only. They should be 
sown on slight heat in March , and planted out at the end of May one foot apart , in good rich soil. 
ii. ii. a. ZINNIA ELEGANS. I ii.h.a. ZINNIA ELEGANS, DOUBLE. 
Mixed, Is. per pkt. | Mixed, Is. per pkt. 
For Collections of Zinnias , see page 62. 
zinnia haageana fl. i»l. 
ii. ii. a. ZINNIA HAAGEANA FL. PL. — Habit similar to the single form known under the 
name of Z. Haageana , hut its brilliant orange flowers are full, double, and regularly built. Ought 
to he more grown. To be sown and grown the same as recommended for the Aster. Is. per pkt. 
n. ii. a. ZINNIA ELEGANS ALBA FL. PL. — A beautiful variety, producing magnificent 
double white flowers all through the season. Is. per pkt. 
ii. ii. a. ZINNIA ELEGANS PUMILA FL. PLENO — Great acquisition for riband borders. 
&e. Its flowers are perfectly double, and include many brilliant colours. Height, 12 to 15 inches. 
Is. per pkt. 
ii. ii. a. ZINNIA ELEGANS TAGETIFLORA FL. PL. — A beautiful and distinct novelty, 
including all the brilliant shades of colour of the double Zinnia, but differing from it in the shape 
of the flowers, which resemble those of the quilled Aster, the petals at the base being flat, as in the 
Hftllyhock, which imparts a very prettv effect in the flowers. Is. per pkt. 
ii. it. a. ZEA JAPONICA VARIEGATA (Striped Japanese Maize) — A free growing and 
very ornamental variety, attaining the height of 4 ft. ; leaves broad, alternately striped with green 
and white, and one of the best ornamental foliage plants that we possess; invaluable for the centre 
of beds or borders. Sow in March. 4 d, per pkt. 
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