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Ssc}i8clloltzi&. **Ros6 Cardinal.** A new and lovely variety, with 
soft, clear, rosy-carmine flowers, the delicate tint extending to the interior as well 
as the outside of the flower. Annual 
Eschscholtzia. Californica Alba Flore Pleno. From the Double 
Golden Yellow variety we now have this fine Double White variety, which will, 
no doubt, prove an acquisition. Annual 25 
Gnaphalium Leontopodium (Edelweiss). This is the true Edelweiss 
of the Alps, so much prized by tourists in Switzerland. The plant is dwarf; 
flowers pure while, star-shaped and downy. Perennial .30 
Gnapbalium decurrens. A perennial, forming a dense, compact, branch- 
mg bush, about twelve inches high, out of which rise numerous heads of white 
flowers in dense clusters. It can be treated as an annual, as it comes to perfec- 
tion the first season when sown early. The neat globular flowers are sure to be- 
come great favorites amongst Everlastings, being more elegant than Antennaria, 
used so extensively at present — while, at same time, the plant is of easy growth . .60 
Larkspur. Double Stock Flowered “Lustrous Carmine.** An 
entirely new color of the Annual Branching Larkspur, far surpassing in beauty 
most of the colors heretofore obtained. It is of a fiery or lustrous carmine and 
very brilliant 
Lobelia Erinus Grandiflora Duplex atroccerulea. A new double 
form of the large-flowering Lobelia, reproducing itself quite constant from seed; 
of mucli longer duration of bloom than the single varieties 15 
Lobelia pumila coerulea grandiflora. Large blue-flowered, very dwarf 
variety 
^VTaryel of Peru, Dw^rf Pure 'WAliite. A Tom Thumb variety, of nine 
or ten inches in height, forming a charming compact little bush, studded with snow- 
white flowers. Comes very true from seed, and is specially adapted for the for- 
mation of masses and ribbon borders. Annual 
Marigold Prencli Clotli of Gold.** A charming variety of striped 
Marigold, obtained b^ many years of careful selection. In height, eighteen 
inches; of free blooming habit, and the petals distinctly marked with bright gold 
bars, on dark velvet ground. It is recommended as an acquisition 15 
Mentzelia _Ornata. One of the grandest new introductions from California, 
noble foliage and stalely white flowers. Annual 26 
Megarrhiza californica. A new, very rapid growing cucurbitacea of ele- 
gant habit and handsome appearance, very rapid in growth, attaining a length of 
twenty to thirty feet in one season. The leaves have a beautiful silvery gloss, 
flowers small, in slender racemes, while the oblong-shaped fruits, about two inches 
long, are densely covered with stout spines similar to those of Echinocyslis lobata. 
The plant develops fully, grown as an annual, but can be cultivated as a peren- 
nial, as it produces long and large tuberous roots Large Seeds — each .15 
Molucella Leevis (Shell Flower). An old plant, but comparatively 
little known. Its singular habit and curiously formed shells are quite attractive, 
and it should always have a place among the novelties of the Flower Garden. 
Annual 
FansjT) £ugnot*s Paris International. A superb strain, comprising 
the most beautiful of the magnificent varieties exhibited by Mr. Bugnot, a cele- 
brated cultivator, on the grounds of the late Paris Exhibition 60 
Pansy. **Snow Q,ueen»** A new variety, recommended as reproducing itself 
very true from seed. Its color is a delicate saiinv-white, with a tinge of yellow in 
the centre. A very useful and desirable variety for bouquet work or bedding . . .26 
Papayer Umbrosum. A new annual Poppy, growing one and a half feet 
high. The flowers are of intense brilliant crimson, with a shining black spot on 
each petal; very showy 
