LOW’S RETAIL CATALOGUE. 
CATCH-FLY. 
A hardy annual about one foot high ; produces brill- 
iant flowers in great profusion in early summer. 
405. Mixed Colors 05 
CLARKIA. 
A beautiful tribe of favorite plants, with pretty, 
cheerful-looking flowers, growing freely and blooming 
profusely under almost any circumstances ; and when 
planted in a rich soil, and properly attended to, they 
rank among the most effective ot bedding plants ; hjtrdv 
annuals. 
406. Elegans. white 
407. Rosea ' 0 j 
CHRYSANTHEMUM. 
The following are the tall, doable-flowered, annual 
chrysanthemums, which, when well grown, are among the 
most showy and effective of summer-flowering border- 
plants. They are also very effective in large pots for 
placing above terraces. 
408. Chryanthemum (Double White). 
Extra hue hardy annual from Sicily ; two 
feet 
400. Tricolor. — Y ellow and white ; very showy ; 
from Barbary ; one foot ... ' 
410. Mixed Colors 
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COCKSCOMB. 
Very singular and showy annual, growing from one to 
two feet high. 
411. Glasgow Prize. — A very fine, new dwarf 
variety, with dark leaves and crimson 
comb, quite distinct and constant ; one of 
the -most splendid strains of this popular 
Plant I0 
412. Mixed Colors ’ 0 - 
413. Japonica, or New Japan Cocks- 
comb. — A new crimson, branching varie- 
ty, received from Japan . , a - 
DOTJBLE DAISY. 
Give it a cool, partially-shaded place. Sow seed very 
early. The flowers are abundant in carlv spring, and 
may be made to flower later by the use of water. The 
plants should be about six inches apart when set. so that 
when m perfection they will about cover the ground. 
414. Beilis Perennis. — Best German seed . 20 
415. “Longfellow.” — New. 
o CONVOLVULUS. 
• ^ beautiful and remarkably showy class of plants, 
with handsome, rich-colored flowers, producing in beds 
and mixed borders, a brilliant effect ; half-hardy annuals, j 
Convolvulus Minor. 
416. Convolvulus Minor Tricolor. — Rich 
violet-purple with white centre . . 05 
417. Striped. — Blue, beautifully striped, with 
white centre ... 0 - 
418. Alba. — White ...!!; 05 
419. Flore Pleno. — A new double variety . 05 
ESCHSCHOLTZIA. 
Annual plants with showy flowers; exceeding] v pro- 
fuse, blossoming from | une until frost : hardy annual 
420. Calif ornica. — Bright yellow ; rich or 
ange centre . . ... . . 0 - 
421. Crocea. — -Deep orange . . o; 
422. Alba. — White 05 
EUPHORBIA. 
The Euphorbia marginata grows about two feet in 
height. The large leaves are nearly two inches long, and 
smaller at the tops of branches : light-green, white-mar- 
gined; sometimes called Snow-on-the-Mountain. 
423. Euphorbia Marginata. — A charming , 
ornamental-leaved annual : edges of leaves 
snowy white 
EVENING PRIMROSE 1 (Enotlieria i. 
These plants are of the earliest culture. The flowers 
open in the latter part of the day, making a most brilliant 
display during the evening and early morning; hardy 
anntiais. 
424. Evening Primrose. — Fine mixed . . 05 
FLAX. 
425. Crimson. — A beautiful half-hardy annual, 
one foot high, and very showy for bedding 
purposes ; set one foot apart . . .05 
GAILLARDIAS. 
Gaillardias are good bedding annuals, being strong, 
constant bloomers through the whole summer. Set 
plants twelve to eighteen inches apart. 
426. Mixed Colors 0 . 
GODETIA. 
Very attractive hardy annuals, of easy culture, about 
one foot high, flowering in July and August. 
427. Mixed Varieties ..... 05 
LOBELIA. 
A class of plants of great utility and beauty when 
properly used. A few are hardy perennials of rc u ust 
habit, with erect spikes of flowers. Fine. 
423. Mixed Varieties .... 05 
LARKSPUR (Dolpbinum). 
One of the generally cultivated and ornamental genus 
of plants, combining an unustlal richness with an endless 
variety of colors, all of which are extremely beautiful and 
pleasing. The flowers are produced in the greatest pro- 
fusion, and, when planted in beds, masses or ribbons, are 
strikingly effective. Hardy annuals . . .05 
429. Double Dwarf Rocket (Hyacinth-flow- 
ered) ; very fine double, mixed colors ; one® 
foot ..... qc 
