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GEO. COOLING &. SONS, BATH. 
STOCKS— continued. 
WINTER-FLOWERING STOCKS. 
This beautiful departure in Stocks are most useful 
tor cutting, not only for their delicious scent, hut 
tlie long spikes of flowers they produce in such 
abundance; equally suited for tvinter-Howering in 
the conservatory or for the open ground for the 
Autumn. Sow in Spring for flowering in .July, and 
in early Summer for Autumn-flowering. 
713 Apple Blossom, white shaded 
carmine, very be.autiful, 
per packet 6d. and Is. 
714 Beauty of Nice, delicate shade of fleshy pink ; 
the plant throws uj) a gigantic 
main flower spike about a foot 
in length per packet (id. and Is. 
715 Queen Alexandra, a very beautiful variety, 
colour rosy lilac of a very 
charming tint, pkt. (id. and Is. 
71(i Crimson King^, fiery crimson, a very effective 
shade ; a varietv similar in 
form to the Bemdn of Nice, 
per packet (id. 
I NOVELTY 
and Is. 
The above are four very beautiful new v.arieties, 
and are quite a new departure in Stocks. 
NEW PERPETUAL. 
717 Princess Alice, a continuous flowering pure 
white variety, grows in the open ground 2 feet 
high. Frequent sowings may be made, and if 
sown early will produce an abundance of beau- 
tifully-shaped flowers of the purest white from 
May until November, and often until December, 
per packet 6d. and Is. 
IMPROVED QUEEN. 
A fine variety of dwarf habit, very double and 
much branched, very hardy, and suitable, for exposed 
situations. 
718 Blood Red, compact habit and vigorous growth, 
(i inches high, flowers of blood 
red colour, standing out elfec- 
tively from the broad green leaves, pkt. (Id. & Is. 
719 Mixed Colours per packet (Id. 
SILENE. 
Uompact dwaif hardy annuals. Only a few inches 
in height and covered with bright flowers. Valu- 
able for rockwork and bedding. 
722 Pendula compacta, pink, i ft., 
l)ei- 07,. Is. ; per packet 3d. 
723 — white ... ... ... ,, 3d. 
721 -Peach Blossom, beautiful double variety, 
the flowers are of a delicate pale pink colour : 
effective for spring bedding and edgings, 
per pa<;ket Od . 
720 
721 
SMILAX. 
Medeola Asparagoides, half-hardy perennial 
climber growing very freely from seed, with 
long graceful leafy stems, much used for table 
decoration. The cut branches remain fresh for 
a long period per packet Is. 
MyrtiFolia, the sjtrays are produced 
with greater freedom than the 
above, and being of harder 
foliage is more lasting in the cut state, 
per packet Is. 6d. 
SNAPDRAGON. See Antirrhinum. 
SINIMINGIA. 
725 Regina Hybrida. The Sinningia is the genus 
from wliich the (floxinia has been develojicd. 
and in these new hybrids the flowers are con 
siderably larger than the species and not quite 
so droo])ing. They vary in colour from light 
rose to pale and deep lilac — the throat being 
generally pure white. The plant is strikingly 
liandsnme, about 9 inches high, per packet Is. 
SOLANUM. 
72() Wetherill’s Hybrids, ornamental berried plants 
for table decoration per packet (id. 
727 Capsicastrum, valuable for decorative ])ur- 
poses.. . .. ... jier packet (id. 
We carefully prove the growth of every parcel of seed we send out : disappointment from defective 
germination is therefore almost impossible. 
