SELECT SEEDS offered by WILLIAM BELL, E.L.S. 
41 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
Hardiness 
and 
Duration. 
Height 
iu 
Feet. 
Price 
per 
Packet, 
No. 
ORNAMENTAI-FOLIAGED & SUB-TROPICAL PLANTS— 
832 Acanthus mollis, very elegant foliage 
h p 
2 
s. d. 
0 6 
833 Aloysia oitriodora, lemon-scented Verbena . . 
S 8 
3 
0 9 
834 AmnANTiros atbopurpubeds, pm-ple foliage . . 
h h a 
2 
0 6 
835 ,, BICOIOB, crimson and green foliage 
836 ,, Hbndebi, exceedingly handsome 
2 
0 3 
li 
1 0 
837 ), MEiii^CHOLious RUBBE, lich blood-rcd foliage, excellent 
for either massing or ribbon bordering 
1 
0 3 
838 „ salioifolius, scarlet and green foliage . . 
3 
0 6 
839 , , TEIOOLOE, scarlet, yellow & green foliage {Joneph’sCoat) 
> > 
2 
0 3 
840 Aralia Sieboldi, handsome greenhouse plant, with large bright glossy 
green leaves ; very useful for table decoration, seed ready in April 
6 
1 0 
841 Beet, Brazilian or Chilian, mid-ribs bright scarlet, crimson & yellow 
hb 
2 
0 4 
842 ,, Dell’s Crimson, splendid dark bronzy piirple foliage ; excellent 
for bedding or ribbon bordering 
1 
0 4 
843 Begonia, ornamental foliaged, from choice varieties 
s p 
i 
2 6 
844 Boooonia japonica, a magnificent omamental-foliaged plant 
h h 8 
3 
0 6 
845 Canna, finest mixed . . 
b h p 
, , 
0 6 
In raising Gannas it is recommended that the seeds, before 
beuig sown, should bo slightly filed, so that the embrj'O may 
easily burst through the hard shell, as Canna seeds possess a 
very hard tegument. 
Cannas, Crozy, New Varietic.s, vide page 6. 
846 Cannabis gigantea ifemjK), very ornamental .. 
h a 
6 
0 3 
847 Capsicum, Little Gem, beautiful dwarf variety, producing a pro- 
fusion of bright scarlet berries 
848 ,, Prince of Wales, pretty yellow fruit, long shaped 
g 8 
if 
0 4 
0 4 
849 ,, Princess of Wales, bright lemon fruit, fine foliage, 
HpUmdid tabic plant 
H 
0 4 
850 Carduus Benedictus {Holi/ Thistle), spotted foliage . . 
h a 
4 
0 3 
851 Cbntaurea babylonioa, a handsome plant, with large whitish 
foliage and yellow flowers 
bp 
6 
1 0 
,, candidissima {ragusina), vide page 16. 
852 ,, Clementei, of robust g^o^vth, witli large crowns of leaves 
n 
2 
0 9 
853 ,, OYMNOOAEPA, silvery foliage 
. . 
3 
0 4 
854 Cerastium Biebersteinii, very pretty silvery-leaved plant, with 
larger and more beautiful foliage than C. lo7nento8um 
b p 
i 
0 4 
855 ’,, tomentosnm,silvery-foliagedplant, invaluable foredging 
i 
0 9 
Ckailkpbuoe Casabonje, vide page 17. 
,, diacantha, vitfs page 17. 
856 Chenopodium atriplicis, ornamental purple foliage . . 
h a 
3 
0 3 
867 Cineraria acantbifolia, a compact silvery-fobaged bedding plant, 
with veiy elegantly shaped oval seirated leaves 
h h p 
2 
0 4 
868 „ MAEITIMA, a well-known silvery-fobaged plant . . 
h p 
14 
0 4 
859 Echeveria seennda glauca, fine for edging 
h h p 
i 
1 0 
860 Ferdinandia eminens, sub-tropical plant, with handsome broad 
fobage and majestic habit . . 
g p 
8 
0 4 
Grevillea robnsta, vide page 19. 
861 Gunnera scabra, a splendid plant, with immense leaves 
h h p 
2 
1) 6 
862 Jacarauda mimossefolia .. .. .. 
sp 
. . 
1 0 
Lavatera arborea variegata, vide page 19. 
863 Meliantbus major, fine sub-tropical plant, either for the centre of a 
bed or as a group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
b b p 
3 
0 9 
Mimosa pudioa {Sensitive Plant), vide page 21. 
864 Musa ensete, a splendid plant for open air decoration in summer, 
producing a most striking effect when planted singly or in groups 
gP 
2 6 
865 Nicotiana colossea, dark green . . 
. . 
0 9 
866 ,, oeanhifloea fdepueea, a majestic annual, with large 
handsome leaves and purplish rose flowers 
h h a 
6 
0 4 
867 ,, macrophylla gigantea, the largo leaves and stately height 
give it a noble appearance, either singly or in groups . . 
868 Onopodon arabicum, a beautiful pyramidal plant growing 6 feet 
high, with silvery glaucous green foliage 
8 
0 4 
b h a 
. 
0 6 
869 Perilla nankinensis, useful border plant, with deep mulben-y fobage 
14 
0 3 
Pyrethrum, of sorts, vide page 24. 
