LOW’S RETAIL CATALOGUE. 
SALPIGLOSSIS. 
STOCK, Ten Weeks. 
Very beautiful half-hardy annuals, of varied colors ; 
start early in the hot-bed and transplant to light, rich 
soil. Blooms from J uly to September. 
525. SalpiglossisGrandiflora.— From choic- 
est selected plants. Mixed colors . .10 
SALVIA. 
The Salvia, or Flowering Sage, is a very ornamental 
plant for conservatory and out-door decorations, growing 
treely in any light, rich soil, and producing a magnificent 
effect in beds, where their beautiful spikes of bloom are 
produced in the greatest profusion. They all bloom the 
first season from seed. Halt hardy annuals. 
526 Salvia Splendens. — True ; large scarlet 
flowers, very excellent 10 
527. Roemeriana. — Scarlet .... 10 
528. Bicolor. — Blue and white . . .10 
529. Patens. — Flowers of a beautiful blue shade, 
when grown in the house the flowers are 
superb. Very desirable . . . . 15 
530. Mixed. — Best colors 10 
SCABIOSA. 
The tall Scabiosas grow eighteen inches in height, 
the flowers being on long wiry stems. The dwarf sorts 
are about a foot in height. Sow in the garden or under 
glass. 
531. Scabiosa. — All colors mixed . . .05 
532. Double Fall. — New 05 
533. “ Dwarf. — Very pretty, compact 
growth 05 
534. Stellata. — Starry seed vessels, excellent for 
winter bouquets . . . 05 
SWAN-RIVER DAISY (Brachyone). 
Very pretty, free-flowering, dwarf-growing annuals, 
well adapted to edgings, rustic baskets, or for pot cul- 
ture 10 
SENSITIVE PLANT. 
The Sensitive Plant seed should be started under 
glass, and not transplanted to the open ground until the 
weather is warm. For the house, start a young plant in 
a pot, and sink the pot in the earth to the rim, removing 
it to the house in autumn. 
535. Mimosa Pudica. — A tender sensitive an- 
nual 05 
SANVITALIA. 
Beautiful, dwarf-growing, free-flowering plants, very 
suitable for small beds or rock-work. Hardy annuals. 
536. Mixed Colors ...... 05 
The Stock Gilliflower is one of the most beautiful 
and valuable of garden plants, and is highly esteemed for 
the great beauty and delight- 
ful fragrance of its flowers. 
It is unsurpassed for produc- 
ing brilliant and showy beds 
or masses, blooming in the 
greatest variety of colors and 
shades, and at almost any 
season of the year required. 
May be sown in the hot-bed 
frame or the open ground ; 
give the plants room by 
thinning, and transplant 
them while young. Set 
them out early in rich soil, 
a foot or more apart. 
537. Stock, Largest-flowering Dwarf. — 
A plant of dwarf habit, with magnificent 
large spikes of very large double flowers ; all 
colors mixed 20 
538. Largest-flowering Dwarf. — Color, 
mixed 10 
539. Largest-ftowering Dwarf, Blood 
Red. — Richest, deepest colored Stock 
grown 20 
540. Large-flowering Pyramidal Dwarf. 
— A plant of pyramidal habit, with long 
spikes of large flowers, many choice colors 
mixed 25 
541. Large-flowering Pyramidal, Celes- 
tial Blue. — Excellent color . . *25 
542. Dwarf German. — A fine dwarf variety, 
very free bloomer, mixed colors . . .20 
543. Wallflower-leaved, White. — A most 
beautiful variety, flowers the clearest possi- 
ble white, contrasting grandly with the dark 
green, glossy foliage; grown largely by 
florists for cut flowers 20 
544. Wallflower-leaved, Blood Red — The 
deepest red of all the Stocks, and a very 
choice variety, prized by florists for cutting. 20 
SUNFLOWER ( Heliantlius). 
A well-known ornamental plant, which of late years 
has been particularly popular,' grows about four feet high 
producing large double flowers. Hardy annual. 
545. “ Oscar Wilde/* — An entirely distinct va- 
riety ; flowers are small, with jet black cen- 
tre surrounded with an overlapping row of 
broad, deep, golden-yellow petals. Its small 
compact growth and great profusion of 
flowers make it a most desirable bedding 
plant 05 
546. Dwarf Double. — Fine . . .05 
547. Globulus. — The finest of all sun-flowers 
for ornament 05 
548. Double Green-Centred. — A large 
flower with green centre when young ; when r 
old, perfectly double flower ; five to eight 
feet in height 05 
549. New Mammoth Russian. — Single ; 
very large 05 
