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The Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners 
Flower Seeds, General List ( continued ). 
No. 
Name. 
878 
879 
880 
881 
882 
883 
884 
885 
886 
887 
888 
889 
890 
891 
892 
893 
894 
895 
896 
897 
898 
899 
900 
901 
902 
903 
904 
905 
906 
907 
908 
909 
910 
911 
912 
913 
914 
915 
.916 
917 
918 
919 
920 
921 
922 
923 
924 
925 
926 
927 
928 
929 
930 
931 
932 
933 
934 
935 
936 
937 
Oxalis rosea 
„ „ alba 
„ Valdiviana 
„ tropaeoloides 
Oxyura chrysanthemoides 
Pseony, Herbaceous, choicest double 
Pans}', see page 73. 
Passiflora cserulea 
Pelargonium, see page 72. 
Pentstemon, see page 72. 
Perilla Nankinensis 
Petunias, see page 76. 
Phaeelia campanularia 
Phloxes, see page 77. 
Pink, see pages 68, 70. 
Polyanthuses, se'e page 78. 
Portulacagrandifloraalbafl.pl. 
,, „ aureafl.pl. 
„ „ roseafl.pl. 
„ splendensfl.pl. 
» „ Thellusonifl.pl. 
>, ,, choicest mixed double 
„ „ „ smaller pkt, 
„ „ an assortment of 8 
beautiful vars., one packet of each 
». „ single-flowered, 
choicest mixed 
Potentilla, choice mixed, double 
Prince’s Feather, giant 
Primrose and Primulas, see pages 75, 78. 
Pyrethrum parthenifol. aureum 
„ „ laeiniatum 
„ „ selaginoides 
„ hybridum fl. pi., mixed 
Rhodanthe, see page 90. 
Eicinus Borboniensis arboreus 
„ major sanguineus 
„ communis major 
„ Gibsoni ... 
Eocket, Sweet, purple 
,, „ white ... 
Eivinia humilis 
Salpiglossis grandiflora, fine mixed 
Salvia splendens 
„ patens ... 
„ coccinea 
„ argentea 
Sanvitalia procumbens fl. pi ... 
Saponaria Calabrica rosea 
,, „ alba 
» „ “Scarlet Queen” 
„ multiflora eompacta 
>i 33 33 alba ... 
„ ocymoides 
Scabiosa atropurpurea major fl. pi. 
„ Snowball (new) ... 
„ caucasica 
Schizanthus pinnatus ... 
„ papilionaceus ... 
„ retusus ... 
„ „ albus ... 
Schizopetalon Walkeri 
Scyphanthus elegans ... 
Sedum azureum 
Sensitive Plant 
Silene armeria rubra ... 
33 33 alba ... ... 
„ pendula ruberrima 
33 „ alb a ... ... 
„ „ eompacta 
„ „ new double 
Hard 
Dur. 
Htm 
feet. 
Colour. 
Months of 
Flowering 
Per 
Pkt. 
llllA 
i 
rose 
Ap to Jv 
s. d. 
6 
white 
6 
llP 
i 
yellow 
Ju to Oc 
6 
gBb 
G 
hA 
i 
yel. & white 
Ju to Au 
3 
lip 
2 
various 
Ju & Jy 
X 0 
99 
cl. 
blue 
Ju to Oc 
6 
hhA 
1* 
dark purple 
Ju to Au 
3 
lu 
1 
rich blue 
Jy & Au 
6 
hhA 
4 
pure white 
Ju to Sp 
6 
U 
golden yellow 
6 
99 
bright rose 
6 
99 
„ 
brill, crimson 
99 
6 
» 
99 
crimson 
99 
6 
99 
99 
various 
99 
1 0 
» 
99 
99 
99 
6 
M 
99 
99 
99 
1 6 
99 
99 
6 
hp 
2 
Ju to Au 
6 
llA 
3 
crimson 
Jy & Au 
3 
lip 
4 
wh., yel. fol. 
Jy to Sp 
4 
99 
99 
99 
H 
6 
99 
if 
99 
99 
6 
99 
2 
various 
99 
1 0 
hhA 
12 
green fol. 
Ju to Sp 
4 
99 
6-8 
pale red fol. 
99 
3 
99 
green fol. 
3 
99 
red fol. 
6 
llP 
14 
purple 
Ju to Au 
3 
9) 
99 
white 
99 
3 
fU 
2 
6 
hhA 
various 
Jy to Sp 
6 
hhp 
3 
scarlet 
J u to Oc 
6 
2 
rich blue 
1 0 
99 
scarlet 
Jy to Sp 
4 
u 
4 
silver fol. 
4 
llA 
spr. 
yellow 
Jy & Au 
3 
99 
i 
bright rose 
Ju to Oc 
3 
>9 
• white 
3 
79 
scarlet 
6 
99 
4 
pink 
G 
99 
white 
6 
hp 
spr. 
pink 
Jy & Au 
3 
hB 
3 
various 
Jy to Sp 
3 
99 
pure white 
6 
llP 
3 
lilac blue 
Jy to Oc 
1 0 
hhA 
14 
pk. wh. & blk. 
J u to Au 
3 
99 
J> 
crim.&yel.spt 
6 
2 
crim. yellow 
3 
99 
99 
white 
3 
99 
1 
99 
My to Au 
4 
6 
yellow 
Jy & Au 
4 
99 
i 
sky blue 
3 
tA 
2 
pale pink 
Jy to Sp 
6 
hA 
14 
bright red 
Ju to Sp 
3 
99 
99 
white 
3 
99 
1 
ros} r carmine 
My to Sp 
3 
99 
99 
white 
)) 
3 
99 
i 
rosy carmine 
3 
99 
i 
rosy pink 
99 
4 
Observations. 
Useful plants for rockwork, edgings, 
hanging-baskets, pots, &c. 
Showy hardy annual. 
Showy herbaceous plants. 
Valuable hardy climber for walls, &c. 
Valuable dark-foliaged bedding plant. 
Superb new annual from California. 
1 These constitute the most brilliant class 
of half-hard}' annuals in cultivation. 
The plants are of a spreading habit of 
growth, only reach a height of from 
four to six inches, and are splendid 
[- for sunny rockwork, warm dry borders, 
pots in the greenhouse, &c. The seed 
has been carefully saved, and will 
produce a large percentage of fine 
double flowers, of strikingly handsome 
J colours. 
Showy herbaceous perennials. 
Useful for large borders, &c. 
Oolden Feather. Valuable bedding plant 
A fine variety of compact growth. 
A fine acquisition. 
New and highly improved class. 
! Stately plants with large handsome 
foliage, excellent for sub-tropical 
gardening. It. Borboniensis arboreus 
attains gigantic dimensions. 
} Useful herbaceous perennials, very 
j fragi-ant. 
Handsome plant for the greenhouse. 
Beautiful large-flowered annuals. 
Free-flowering handsome perennials for 
borders, &c. S. argentea has beautiful 
Bilvery foliage, quite covering the 
ground. 
Useful hardy annual. 
J Pretty and useful annuals for beds or 
( borders. S. multiflora eompacta and 
f alba are charming new varieties of 
j a fine dwarf habit of growth. 
Showy hardy perennial. 
^ Fine showy border plants. Excellent 
j for cut flowers. 
Superb hardy perennial. 
Elegant-growing half-hardy annuals, 
excellent for mixed beds or borders 
or for pots in the greenhouse in 
Spring. 
Beautifully fragrant annual. 
Useful half-hardy plant. 
Stone-crop. Elegant little plant. 
Mimosa pudica. Ornamental for pots. 
} Bright profuse-flowering annuals. S. 
pendula and varieties are admirably 
suited for Spring gardening, and 
form a charming contrast with blue 
Nemophila, &o. 
From Mr. T. BEVONALD, Bangor, North Waloa. 
Sept. 9th. 
“ Having recently joined the Liverpool Brunch of the National Ainntenr Gardeners' 
Association, I have pleasure in informing you that 1 gained the Prize for the best twelve 
out blooms of Asters grown from your Seed." 
From Mr. W. H. HOWE, Wallingford. 
Mar. 17th. 
"The Paeony-flowerecl Aster Seed you Bent me was the beat I ever had, several 
having as many as fifty-four blooms on one single plant, not one less than a crown piece, 
many others being from 5$ to ti inches across." 
From W. MINIFIE, ESQ., Sidmouth, Devon. 
Feb. 29th. 
" 1 have now about orfe hundred pots of splendid varieties of Primulas in full 
bloom, grown from a packet of your Seed. The eize and colour of the flowers are quite 
equal to those in your lllustmtod Ouide." 
From Mrs. E. BENTLEY, Broadford, County Claro. 
Feb. 11th. 
‘‘The Blotched Pansy Seed I had from you aat year, I am pleased to say 
produced soiuo splendid plants, with an abundance of very flue flowers which were 
admired by all who saw them." 
