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CaiiiTcll & Sons’ Complete Seed Guide. 
ria 28 . 3 jH.p. Stenaetis Speciosa, Erigeron Speclosus 
{Composite ). — Purple flowers, plauM 2 fi. high. If the seed is sown in a 
slight hot-bed in March, it will produce flowering plants the same year. 
id. per pkt. 
Stipa —See Oruameutal Grasses. 
STUEl'lOCAKrCS. 
929. G.p. Streptocarpus (Gemerucccc) Newest Hybrids — Ee- ' 
markable for their abundance of bloom, and the continuous succession i 
in which the flowers arc produced for about four months in the Summer 
and early Autumn, and also for the long time the individual flowers last , 
in perfection. The plant is a greenhouse perennial, of dwarf, neat 
habit, growing about 9 inches high, with rather long, narrow, arched and 
recurved stemless leaves; whilst the flowers, which are very graceful in ’ 
form, are trumpet-shaped, and measure about inches in length. The 
variation of colours in these hybrids is very striking, and the colours range 
from pure white, through pale lavender, lavender-blue, lilac-blue, light 
mauve, purple, violet, bright rose, and red to rich rosy purple, with all the 
intermediate tints, and in all the flowers the throat and three lower segments 
are more or less marked or splashed with long blotches or spots of various 
shades of purple, generally shaded and relieved with white, which greatly 
enhances the effect, and affords a pleasing contrast of colour. If seed is 
sown the end of January and February, the plants come into bloom the 
following June and July, and continue flowering freely until the end of 
September and October. Is. per i>kt. This popular greenhouse plant has 
now been brought to a very high state of perfection by careful culture 
and hybridisation, and the seeds now offered are selected from plants far 
in advance of the older varieties in richness of colour, size, and form 
of flower, containing only the most distinct and rarer shades ; particularly 
amongst the purjtle, purplish violet, bright red, deep rose, and rich rosy 
purple. The whites are more ])ure, and the markings on the throat more ' 
defined. We have also saved seed of some of the lighter shades, which ' 
have been so much admired, and given such satisfactory results in former 
years. Seed saved from the newest forms and brightest colours. Is. 6d. 
and 2s. 6rf. per pkt. 
1219. G.i>. Streptocarpus Wendlan'dii— A most remarkable and 
interesting variety ; it produces one iinmehse sized leaf only, which is very 
■often from 24 to 28 inches long and 12 to 15 inches bread ; the flowers, which , 
ure violet-blues and shaded white in certain parts, being produced from the ■ 
■ main axis on rough hairy peduncles, attaining a height of 24 to 36 inches, Will i 
sbe found useful for the conservatory, as the flowers are produced from Juhe| to 
■ November. Ewill be found best to sow the seed in a warm greenhouse i 
during the early port of the year, receiving thg same temperature aud.treat- 
i mentas the Gloxinia as they advance in growth. Ter pkt,,2s. 6d., gnd, 
Is. M. ' ' ■ ... ,. .■ i 
Sunflowers— A'ec Ilelianthus. 
Sweet Alyssum — 5e« Alyssnm Maritimum. 
Sweet Sultan — See Centaurea Moschaia. , , 
Sweet William — See Dianthus Barbatus. 
SWEET PEAS. 
Il.A. Lathijruj odoratus. 
930. Adonis —Bright carmine, 'id. per pkt. 
1220. Alice Eckford — Eich cream tinted cerise standards, white wings! 
j a refined beautiful flower. (!</. per pkt. 
931. Apple Blossom— The standard bright pinkish rose, the wings 
I blush ; a beautiful shade of apple blossom. 3(/. j)er pkt. 
1285. Aurora — Ilie flowers arc of fine suiistance, full expanded form, 
and are truly gigantic in size. The imn.euse flowers are borne three and 
four on a stem ; the stems arc e.vti'a long and strong. The vines are 
vigorous in growth, and bloom most profusely. The colour effect is 
gorgeous, both standard and whigs are flaked and striped on a white 
ground with bright orange-salmon.. Eor, Ifunciiiug ^pione, or to brighten a 
bouquet of assorted colours, nothing could be more effective. Per pkt., id. 
932. Blanche Burpee, New Giant White— A whitc-aepdedi'. pure 
white, of exquisite form and of immense size, bold upright shell-shapqd 
standard of great snbstance. A wonderfully profuse bloomer,;, , very 
aud -thd finest white variety yet produced, id. per pkt., ...j, ' 
933. Blushing Beauty— Soft pink, suffused with lilac ; a 'superb 
flower ; a distinct and lovely variety, id. per pkt. 
934. Boreatton— Fine deep maroon self. 6</. per pkt, ..u, 
1288. ■ Brilliant — The flo'wers are of good snbstancd, njedininto largedu 
size ; the broad standard is inclined to hood, while the wings are well spread. 
The colour is of a rich, bright criuison-scarlot. The wings nearly equal the 
standard in intense rich uess of colour. The flowers are borne three oa a 
stem. 'A most important point is in the fact that the flowers retain liheir fall 
brilliancy of colour under the hottest sun, never becoming marbled or 
burned. Per pkt.. (Ir/. ' ' , " 
935. Bronze King — A perfectly distinct coppery bronze, the wings 
are pure white ; charming Variety, id. per pkt, - ’ 
1289. Burpee's New Countess ■— This strain, ■ which has bepn 
dcvelpped from a single plant selected, sjime years ago, now conies almost 
absolutely true from seed The flowers arc 6f the 'largest size, 'and are 
a pure light lavender throughout, both on standard and wings. Nothing 
could be more beautiful than a bouquet of these dainty light flowers. 
Per pkt., id. 
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