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Caimell & Sons’ Complete Seed Guide. 
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Any Variety not mentioned in this List can be supplied on a few days’ notice. 
ABBREVIATIONS. 
A.c. Annual Climber. 
Ai’. Apetalous, without petals. 
o.A. Greenhouse Annual. 
G.n. Greenhouse Biennial, 
o.c. Greenhouse Climber, 
o p. Greenhouse Perennial. 
u.H.sii. Half-hardy Shrub. 
HARDY ANNUALS may bo 
u.A. Hardy Annual. 
H.ii.A. Half-hardy Annual. 
u.H. Hardy Herbaceous. 
u.B. Hardy Biennial, 
u.ii.n. Half-hardy Biennial. 
II. p. Hardy Perennial. 
H.ii.p. Half-hardy Perennial, 
sown from February till the end of 
September ; March, April, and Slay are the best mouths for general Summer 
display; June and July for Autumn blooming; August and September 
for Spring flovvering. Half-hardy Annuals— Sow from the beginning of 
March to the end of May ; place in a frame on a gentle bottom heat. When 
sowing from the middle of April to the end of May they may he easily 
raised without artificial heat, and by selecting a warm, sheltered situation, 
and covering them with a hand-light till they are strong enough to bear 
transplanting. 
BIENNIALS AND PERENNIALS— The most select and tender 
varieties for Summer and Autumn blooming may be sown in a gentle heat in 
March and April, and pricked out into pots until fully established, and then 
potted off singly, or transplanted into the open ground, os required. The 
hardier varieties may be sown in the open ground, in prepared beds, in June 
and July, and when strong enough, transplanted to where they are intended 
to bloom the following year. 
HERBACEOUS PLANTS are those Perennials which lose their stems 
annually, whilst the roots continue alive in the ground. 
162. II. H. A. Abronia Umbellata {Nyctaginaceat), (Sand Verbena) — 
Delicate rose colour ; a beautiful dwarf trailer. ^ ft. 2d. per pkt. 
beautiful and varied colours. Very showy, decorative, and free-growing 
shrubs, both for the greenhouse and outside culture duriug the Summer 
and Autumn. 3 to 6 ft. high. l.«. per pkt. 
164. H.II.8U. Acacia (Albizzia) Lophantha (Le^minostB ) — A 6ne 
fern-like foliage plant for greenhouse or window decoration. 6 ft. Sd. pkt 
166. u.ii.sn. Acacia — Choice, mixed, decorative plants, with pretty 
foliage, (id. per pkt. 
166. H.r. Acanthus Mollis Latifolius(Arant/iace«!) -Large, handsome 
foliage. 3 ft. 6rf. per pkt. 
167. G.i>. Achlmenes — Finest mixed, of easy culture and free flowering. 
I ft. 2.1. per pkt. 
168. H.H.A. *Acroclinium Album — White flowered; very heantiful. 
IJ ft. 2d. per pkt. 
169. u.B. A. *Acroclinium Grandiflorum Atroroseum (Composfhe), 
Everlasting — Very large flowered ; dark. 1 to 2 ft. Sd. per pkt. 
170. u.u.A. *Acroclinium Roseum Flore Pleno — Charming rosy 
hue, fading to a delicate pink. Tlie flowers have less tendency to close 
in damp weather than the single kind. 1 ^ ft. 3d. per pkt. 
* Flowers of these should be gathered before they are fully opened, 
so as to secure a bright centre when dried. 
171. H.A. Adonis .®stivalis {Ramnculacea:'), Flos Adonis — Bright 
crimson flowers, finely cut foliage. 1 ft. 2d. per pkt. 
173. H.A. Adonis Autumnalis (I’heasant’s Eye)— Crimson ; flowers in 
Autumn. 1 ft. 3d. per pkt. 
173. H.p. Adonis Vernalis — Bright yellow colour; charming for flower- 
border and rockery decoration in Spring. J ft. 6rf. per pkt. 
iiLOE MAKGOEKiTE (Agathma Ccelestis'). 
CANNELl/S “PRE-MIER" ABBTILOE. 
163. H.H.8H. Abutilon (Mahaceie), Cannells’— Saved from onrs, the 
finest collection of hybrids ever brought together, coalaining the. most 
174. H.II.A. Ag:athsea Coelestis (Blue Marguerite, Cape Aster) 
(^Composite ) — Flowers of a pretty shale of blue, centre of a bright yellow ; 
very useful for margins of beds: an acquisition for cut flowers May be 
used outdoors from May to September; in the greenhouse all the year. 
1:J ft. 3d. per pkt. 
175. H.II.A. Ageratum, Blue Perfection —Large flowers, of a most 
beautiful amethyst-blue This variety is the darkest colour among the 
large Flowering Ageratums, and coming true from seed, it is a most 
valualde plant for borders and bedding. | ft. Per pkt. l.s. 
176. H.H.A. Ageratum (Composites), “Cannells’ Dwarf” — The 
best of all the dwarf blues. J ft. 3cf. per pkt. 
