Cannell & Sons’ Complete Seed Guide. 
IG41, Mrs. R. W. Cannell — A Buperb nud (Idliglitful improvement in this Boction. Wo have often been astonished at the snow-y whiteness of 
many of the ordinary Sinensis with intense dark foliage, hut in this wo obtain flowers of even greater purity of white, and foliage equally as rich in 
colouring • this combined with the true Tyramidalis formation of flower whoiis, constitnte it of great value and attractiveness. Flowers are ci|Uiil in sir.e 
to any of the ol’der types, and produced in the wildest profiuion. This variety when exhibited before the Koyal Hmticultural Society amongst a larger 
and imp0.sing group of many other kinds, mts the centre of attraction and unbounded admiration. Wc bog to introduce this novelty to all lovers of 
I'rimula^ the most chaste and neautiful variety yet in commerce. In our scaled pkts., 2«. Or/, ami bs. 0,7. each. 
OTHER NOVELTIES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. 
1042. ii.f. Adenophora Potanin! — Lovely new shrubby Campaunlacca. pro- 
ducing its elegant and slender flower spikes of 2 to 3 feet in height during the monllis of 
.liilrnud August. They are garnished with numerouH large hell-shaped flowers, inches 
in diameter, and are of a beautiful light blue colour. Sjilcudid new hardy ])erennial. I*er 
pkt., Is. Or/. 
1043. ii.n. Ajugfa metallica CPiSpa— Very dwarf piTcmiittl, growing I to G 
incliOB high, and producing rather large, curiously-curled leaves of a dark green colour with a 
metallic hue. The small itrect flower .spikes are well gariiLshed with tiny bright bine flowers. 
t,)f groat vnlne for edging or carpet bedding. Per pkt.. Is. OJ. 
1044. U. 1 -. APUnCUS SylvesteP var. Kneifll— New perennial Spiriea with 
fern-like finely-divided dark green, foliage and beantiful plume-slmncd flower trusses of a 
pure white. The plants attain a height of 4 to o feet, and perfectly luirdy. Per pkt., l.v. Orf. 
104.G. II. f. Astilbe chinensis — vigorous-growing perennial from -(-’hinu. Its 
inflotCBCence attains a height of 5 to 0 feet ; the flowers ore creamy-white shaded with rose ; 
Jicrfectly hardy. Per pkt., 1». G(/. 
1040 . AsteP, DwaPf Comet Pepfection — This beautiful jiuro whltn Aster 
is the result of a cross between the Giajil Comet and the Daarf Chri/saiilhemum .liter; 
from the former it has inherited the beautiful form of its pure white flowers, which attain 
a diameter of 4 inches, from the latter its dwarf habit of growth, which does not exceed AJlTOA metam.jca ciiispa. 
7 inches,' thus making it especially valuable as a pot plant and also for 
bedding purposes. One i«irticnlarly good point about this Aster is that its 
flowers open at the beginning of July, even before the y«csn of the Market. 
It is, therefore, the earliest of large-flowering white kinds, and as snch, is 
exceedingly useful for cutting ; also its Japanese Chrysanthcmum-Iike flowers 
fur excel all other Asters flowering at the same time. I’cr pkt., l.v. tid. 
■ Aster, Dwarf Mig-non —Just as the leading classes of 
Asters, such as the i'irtojiu, C'lirTsanthenmm. and Picony-flowered, have 
each in the Jiast given rise to dwarf-growing sections, so now the hcuutifnl 
and extremely popular Mitjuon class ha.s also produced a form with a low 
habit of growth. About 10 inches high, the plant branches just ohovo the 
soil, and the elegant stalks bear a profusion of the same lovely and refined 
seini-glohular flowers, which are so highly-prised in the tall Mignon Ast%r. 
This new variety is of striking lieuuty, and will doubtless take a leading 
place among the dwarf olassos. For beds and borders, for entting, and as a 
pot plant, it cannot fail to prove of immense value. 
1047. Crimson. Per pkt., l.(. 
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1048. White. I’cr pkt., Is. 
lOl'.i. Aster, Hohenzollern — The largest flowering Aster, nnd 
greatly appreciated by all authorities and growers ; a great improvement on 
the O'iiiiil Comet Aster ; flowers very large, ami of the ]mreat white, l.i. M, 
Ili.Vi. 11 . 1 '. Aster Sinensis— Tlie tme original ty]ie from C/iina. 
The plants form elegant hranciiiog hushes, ahnnt 15 inches high, well 
furnished with rich diuk green foliage, and produce an ahuiidanee of large 
liundsame flowers 3 to 4 inches acro.s, having a single row of delicate pale 
manve ray floiels, broad and symmetrical, and a golden central disc It 
is a plant of great beauty, and quite distinct from any of the Single 
Asters now in commerce. As a first-class border plant we con strongly 
rbcommend it, and as a out flower it must soon find its way into every 
market. Per pkt. , l.«. and 2.v. Oi/. mKfflMi 
1051. Begonia Hybrida Marmorata, “The Butterfly” 
—The plant is robust, reseinhliug the (,'tiinl class, and notwillislaiiding the 
profuse flowering, its blooms are of cousiderahlo sije. ; after several years 
of careful cultivation to its perfection it comes quite true from seed. 
The chief colours are either scarlet or bright canuine, marbled nnd mottled 
white, which thus forms a striking contrast. Per pkt.. Is. Fid. 
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