LOW’S RETAIL CATALOGUE. 
BALSAM. 
The Balsam like the Aster is one of the most popular 
as well as most beautiful of our autumn flowering annu^ 
als. This favorite has been wonderfully improved during 
the last few years, and the best varieties now offered 
hardly resemble the old type of this flower. The perfect 
adaptability of our climate enables all to grow this flower 
who will plant it. It delights in a warm, sunny situa- 
tion, and will bear extensive pruning. For cutting they 
are best arranged in a plate or shallow dish ot moss or 
sand. 
379. Benary’s Best Double. - A new and 
selected strain of the Camelia flower class ; 
superb. 
380. Carter’s Challenge Prize. — One of the 
most magnificent strains of perfectly Double 
Balsam in cultivation, including all the best 
shades of color. This strain is very fine in- 
deed, and the seeds offered are saved from 
the most perfect flowers, both seifs and 
mottled varieties, mixed . . . . 15 
381. French Ro 3 e-Flowered. — Large and 
double, very showy ; finest colors, mixed . 
382. Camelia-Flowered. Double and very 
beautiful, various colors, spotted with white ; 
mixed colors 10 
383. New Carnation. —Striped; very double, 
and of dwarf habit 10 
384. Solferino. — White, spotted, and striped with 
lilac and scarlet ; double ; very fine ; one of 
the best ....... 10 
BROWALLIA. 
The Browallias are excellent, free-flowering, half-hardy 
annuals, and quite valuable for winter house-plants ; seeds 
grow fieely. and plants give abundance of bloom ; plants 
about eighteen inches in height, and should be set about 
a foot apart. 
385. Browallia Cerviakowski. — Blue with 
white centre 05 
380. Mixed Varieties — 05 
CACALIA. 
Cacalias are pretty, half-hardy annuals, with small, 
tassel-like bloom. The flowers are borne in clusters on 
slender stalks, about a foot or so in length. Sow seed 
under glass, if possible, though they do well in a warm 
bed in the garden. Set the plants six inches apart. 
They keep in bloom from early summer until autumn. 
387. Cacalia Coccinea. Scarlet . 0 - 
CALENDULA. 
1 he Calendula is of the fine old and well-known 
Marigold family. Single varieties are not so much culti- 
vated as the double. Formerly the flowers were thought 
to possess valuable medicinal properties. 
388. Prince of Orange. 
380. Meteor. — The handsomest of the Calendu- 
las, perfectly double and beautifully striped, 
the petals having a creamy centre edged 
with orange-yellow 
390. Offlcinalisu — - Pot Marigold . . . 05 
CANDYTUFT. 
This very desirable and popular hardy annual is 
worthy a position in every garden, being excellent for 
cutting for bouquets, and very suitable foi pot culture ; 
free bloomer, and easy of culture in any soil. Sow seed 
where plants are to bloom, and thin about six inches 
apart. Height about twelve inches. 
391. New Carmine. — Of great brilliancy; a 
splendid novelty IO 
392. Lilac. — Very fine 
393. Purple. — A favorite variety . . .05 
394. Rose. — Delicately colored . . . .05 
395. Sweet Scented. — White and fragrant . 05 
398. White. —One of the best . . . Q - 
397. Rocket. — Pure white ; long spikes . . 05 
398. Mixed — Colors choice . . . . o; 
CALLIOPSIS, OR COREOPSIS. 
This genus is among the most showy and beautiful of 
hardy annuals. The tall varieties are very effective m 
mixed borders and fronts of shrubberies : and the dwarf 
kinds, from their close, compact habits of growth, make 
fine bedding-plants, and are valuable for edgings ; hardy 
annuals. 
399. Bicolor. — A well-known variety ; dark crim- 
son with yellow rays; two and one-half feet 05 
400. Bicolor Marmorata.— ( Marbled.) Brown 
and yellow, shaded ; one and one-half feet . o; 
401. Mixed 05 
CANNA. 
The Cannas are stately plants, with broad, green, 
highly ornamental leaves. Some kinds grow four or five 
feet in height, while others are only about three feet 
In a cold climate, seeds must be sown under glass. In 
autumn, take up the roots, keep in sand, and plant next 
spring. Seeds should lx* soaked in milk-warm water for 
a number of hours before planting, to soften the hard 
shell, as they will then come up more readilv. 
402. Canna Indica ( Indian Shot) Rubra. 
— Red : two feet ic 
403. Mixed Varieties 10 
CENTRANTHUS. 
The Centranthus has a light green, hollow, almost 
transparent stem ; delicate branches, with light, glaucous 
leaves. Sow either in open ground or under glass. 
404. Mixed Varieties -05 
