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The Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners 
GYPSOPHILA. 
This splendid hardy annual 
should be freely grown wherever 
cut flowers are in demand. It 
has a very graceful and pretty 
effeot in association with Sweet 
Peas when used for table or 
other decorations. 
per pkt. — s. d. 
452 ELEGANS GRAN- 
DIFLORA ALBA. 
An exceedingly 
pretty hardy annual 
with finely branched 
elegant stems of 
white flowers. 
Splendid for bou- 
quets. 18 inches, 
per oz. 2s. 0 0 
453 „ „ ROSEA 
Rosy pink, very 
pretty . . . . 0 6 
454 PANICULATA. A hardy perennial with elegantly branched 
panicles of small white dowers. Height 2 feet . . . . ..00 
455 PANICULATA DOUBLE. A beautiful double form of the 
preceding, about one-half coming true from seed 6d. and 1 0 
HELICHRYSUM. (Everlasting.) 
A brilliant and splendid class of showy hardy annual everlasting flowers. ( 
The flowers vary in colour from dark crimson or purple, orange scarlet and 
vellow, to delicate rose and pure white. j 
456 FIREBALL. Doep crimson red, fine. Height 3 feet . . ..06 
457 LARGE- FLOWERED . 6 separate varieties. Height 3 feet. . 1 9 
458 u „ Choicest mixed, all colours „ ..04 
HEUCHFRa. 
Charming hardy perennials, grow- 
ing about 18 inches high, with long 
slender panicles of brilliant flowers. 
per pkt. — s. d- 
459 CHOICE HYBRIDS. 
Mixed . . ..06 
HELIOTROPE. 
These deliciously scented and 
highly popular flowers bloom freely 
the first year from seed, and sown in 
February or early March in a gentle 
heat will commence blooming in J uly 
and continue to flower till late in 
Autumn. The plants grow about 
18 inches high. ! 
460 EXTRA CHOICE MIXED. 
Saved from a splendid 
giant - flowered strain, 
bearing immense heads 
of flowers of the most him ma n. ip p 
delicious fragrance 6d. & 10 
HOLLYHOCKS. 
Easily raised from seed sown in May or June out of doors, planting 
out in Autumn for blooming the following year. I 
461 PINK QUEEN (new). Double salmon-pink, very large flowers 1 0 
462 SIX CHOICE VARIETIES. From a splendid collection . . 2 6 
463 DANIELS’ PRIZE MIXED. A superb strain saved from the 
finest type of Prize Double Hollyhocks . . 6d., Is. and 2 6 
464 SINGLE-FLOWERED. Attractive and beautiful class 6d. and 1 0 
HONESTY. 
Very useful early flowering hardy biennial. Fine for shrubbery 
borders, and valued for its dried silvery seed pods for Winter decoration. 
465 CRIMSON. Bright red, very fine 0 6 
466 MIXED. Various colours . . . . • • • • ..06 
467 ICE PLANT- A trailing half-hardy annual 0 4 
K0CHIA.TRI CH0PHYLLA. (Summer Cypress. The True Variety.) | 
One of the most interesting plants of recent introduction, l'he plant 
attains a height of about, eighteen inches. In the Autumn, the foliage 
changes to a deep bright crimson, when it has a novel and striking effect. 
Easily raised and grown as a half-hardy annual, or may be sown in the 
open ground in April, and thinned out or transplanted. 
468 0 6 
HELiOTBOPE. 
GYPSOPHIl.A ELEGANS Gl< AN 1;I PI-oltA 
ALBA. 
LARKSPUR. 
A very fine class of beautiful showy 
hardy annuals that are of great value 
for garden decoration. The tall-growing 
varieties are especially handsome, and 
the flowers being produced on long, 
graceful spikes, are very useful for cut 
flowers. The Stock-flowered varieties 
grow about 3 feet in height. 
per pkt. — fl. d. 
469 STOCK-FLOWERED. 
CARMINE ROSE. Very 
fine. Height 3 feet . . 0 6 
470 „ PALE BLUE (new). 
Beautiful colour. .. 0 6' 
471 „ PURE WHITE. Fine 
for cutting . . 0 6 
472 „ DARK BLUE. Very rich 0 6 
473 „ ROSY SCARLET (new). 
Charming colour . . 0 6 
474 „ CHOICEST MIXED. 
Fine, tall varieties . . 0 6 
475 EMPEROR, CHOICE 
MIXED. Free-flowering. 
Height 2 feet . . . . 0 6 
476 DWARF ROCKET, 
CHOICE MIXED. 
Beautiful early-flowering 
varieties. Height 1 foot 0 4 
477 LIN ARIA MAROCCANA. EXCELSA HYBRIDS. Splendid 
new strain, with spikes of small Antirrhinum-like flowers . . 0 6 
LAVATERA. 
Exceedingly beautiful and showy hardy annuals, growing about 3 feet. 
478 SPLENDENS “SUNSET” (new). A very fine improvement; 
the flowers are exceedingly bright and of the most beautiful 
deep rose colour, and are very lasting when cut . . Od. and 1 O 
479 ROSEA SPLENDENS. Large bright rosy-pink flowers . . 0 6 
480 ALBA SPLENDENS. Large glossy pure white flowers . . 0 ~ 6 
481 LEPTOSIPHON. NEW FRENCH HYBRIDS. Free-flowering 
and exceedingly pretty hardy annuals, very 'useful for beds 0 6 
LANTANA. 
A half-hardy shrubby perennial, with heads of brilliantly coloured 
flowers, as showy as Verbenas. Excellent for bedding, or pot plant. 
482 NEW DWARF HYBRIDS. MIXED. Height 9 inches . . 0 6 
LINUM. 
483 GRANDIFLORUM RUBRUM. Showy hardy annual, brilliant 
crimson-scarlet. 1 foot . . . . . . . . per oz. Is. 0 4 
LABKSPUB STUCK- BLOW EKED. 
per pkt. — s. (1. 
LOBELIA. 
Sow thinly in pans or pots of sandy loam, cover very lightly, and place in. 
a heat of about sixty degrees, keep moist, and soon as the young plants- 
can be handled, plant them thinly in shallow trays of rich soil, keeping in 
a gentle beat. These quickly produce a beautiful effect when planted out- 
484 DANIELS’ DA RK B LUE. Very fine dark blue; compact .. 1 O’ 
485 DANIELS’ WHITE BEDDING. Pure white dwarf . . 1 O' 
486 ROYAL PURPLE. Deep rich blue with distinct white eye . . 0 6 
487 BARNARD’S PERPETUAL. Bright blue 0 6 
488 BLUE WINGS (new). Lovely ultramarine blue flowers . . 0 6 
489 SPECIOSA (true). Fine dark blue .. .. .. ..0 6 
490 SAPPHIRE. A charm- 
ing variety, with 
trailing sprays over 
2 feet long, flowers 
dark blue with white 
eye ; splendid for 
window boxes or 
baskets . . 6d. and 1 0 
491 TENUIOR. A charm- 
ing variety, growing 
about ono foot high, 
with very large 
flowers, cobalt blue, 
with white centre . . 0 6 
492 CARDIN ALIS VIC- 
TORIA. Beautiful 
half-hardy perennial, 
brilliant scarlet. 
Height 2 feet 1 0 LOBELIA-WHITE BEDDING. 
