dkr\H[ell & ^0T\^’ don|<plete ^eed G{tiide. 
H.H.B. HUME A ELEGANS — A well- 
known and very useful decorative garden plant, 
producing large graceful plumes of rose-tinted 
flowers. Superior in appearance to the Tobacco 
Plant, the leaves having a distinct and powerful 
perfume. Also valuable for conservatory or 
room decoration in winter if lifted before the 
frost. 8«f. per packet. 
H.H.B. HUMEA ELEGANS PURPUREA 
—Darker in all itsparts, dark green in foliage and 
dark reddish brown in flowers and spike. A very 
handsome variety of this so much esteemed 
species. 3d. per pkt. 
H.H.B. HUMEA ELEGANS ALBA— Un- 
commonly free-flowering, graceful habit, dark 
green foliage, pure white flowers ; very novel. 
Is. per pkt. 
Sow in August, and place in a warm pit 
or greenhouse, shift into larger pots until bedding- 
out time ; if large, fine specimens are required, 
they must never become pot-bound. 
H.H.B. HYACINTHUS CANDICANS— A 
noble bulbous plant, with narrow leaves, and 
bearing from 18 to 20 large, white, bell-shaped 
flowers on a stout stem, 3 feet high ; quite hardy. 
3d. per pkt. 
o p IMPATIENS SULTANI (Balsam)— One of the most distinct and beautiful of all ‘locora- 
tive plants of recent introduction, aU owing to its gorgeous colouring a^d f ® 
flowering is rapidly becoming popular. It is of neat, compact gron-th, almost a 
in the stove it is quite at homo, in cool houses it does well. The Ao'f ” 
scarlet colour, a peculiarly distinct but most effective hue and are f 
grown specimen appears to bo quite a ball of flower. Seedlings make ‘ J 
plants than cuttings, and flower with much greater freedom, commenciug to ® 
I few inches high."” Small plants, with their brilliant rosy scarlet 8®":®”'^ 
decorative purposes, especially for dinner table and drawing rooms. I feet 
into speciii^en planis. *^One was exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society, measuring 3 feet 
6 inches in diameter, of semi-globnlar form. 2s. per pkt. 
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