RETAIL PRICE-LIST FOR 1881. 
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SHUT* Salvia Farinacea. This will doubtless become a general favorite. The 
plants from early sown seed begin to bloom as early as July, the flowers of 
alight blue on erect spikes 9 to 18 inches long, and not only the flowers, but the 
wooly-haired bracts, colored from light to dark blue, which keep on for months, 
constitute a large portion of the beauty of the plant. One of the showiest and 
most useful blue-flowering Annuals. Splendid 25 
UST" Xeranthemum Annuum Superbissimum. A new globe-flowered, 
very double variety, by far the best Xeranthemum hitherto known, which will 
be found indispensable for all who make use of dried flowers. 
Double White 25 
Double Rose 25 
01N1111T1L GH&SSES. 
FOR WINTER BOUQUETS AND ORNAMENTAL GARDENING. 
B , for bouquets. S } garden specimen plants. 
per pkt. 
a. B. Agrostis nebulosa, elegant, fine, and feathery, 1^ ft $ 5 
a. B. pulchella, exceedingly graceful, 1 ft 5 
a. B. Avena sterilis (Animated Oats), drooping spikes, 2 ft 5 
a. B. Briza Maxima (Quaking Grass), pretty shaking panicles, 1^ ft 5 
a. B. minima, small, graceful variety of above, 1 ft 5 
p. B. Bromus brizesformis, elegant, drooping panicles, 2 ft 6 
a. B. Chrysurus aureus, pretty bouquet grass, 1 ft 5 
g- p. S. Erianthus Ravennee, fine free growing, large variety, 8 ft 15 
a. B. Eragrostis elegans (Love Grass), useful, elegant variety, 2 ft 5 
a. S. maxima, very handsome and decorative variety, 4 ft 15 
a. B. aegyptiaca, elegant silvery white infloresence, 2 ft 5 
a. B. pilosa, elegant blackish infloresence, 1 ft 5 
p. S. Eulalia Japonica, elegant variety, 5 ft 20 
g. p. S. Gynerium argenteum (Pampas), silvery plumes, 8 ft 20 
g. p. S. jubatum (Pampas), silvery plumes, 6 ft 20 
a. B. Lagurus ovatus (Hare’s-Tail Grass), white silky plumes, 1 ft 5 
B. Melica ciliata, splendid bouquet grass, 2 ft . .10 
p. B. Stipa elegantissima, most elegant and graceful variety, 1 ft 10 
P . B. pennata (Feather-Grass), beautiful feathery plumes, ft 10 
p. B. Tricholsena violacea, elegant, fine rosy-violet tinted, 2 ft 10 
FLOWED SEEDS 
IN PACKAGES OF ASSORTED VARIETIES. 
The following packages will be found desirable for purchasers wishing assortments of 
Flower Seeds, particularly those who do not care to select for themselves. 
We use only popular and choice sorts, and best in quality, in these packages. 
Assortment A 10 varieties of choice Annuals $ .50 
“ B 10 “ “ “ Perennials 50 
“ C 25 “ “ “ Annuals . • 1.25 
“ D 25 “ “ “ Perennials 1.25 
Other assortments, large or small, furnished if desired, consisting of either Annuals or 
Perennials, or both, to suit the purchaser; also, assortments of rare and choice varieties, for 
Greenhouse or Garden culture. 
