42 SPECIAL LIST OF FLOWER SEEDS. 
Pink Carnation. “ Grenadine* For Florists this fine and exceedingly 
floriferous Carnation is invaluable. It blooms three weeks earlier than any 
other variety, and furnishes a profusion of charming double flowers of a brill- 
iant scarlet. Being of dwarf and compact habit, it will be found very useful 
for borders or masses, and also for pot culture 
5^=* Primula Sinensis. “Vermilion Queen.” A distinct and beautiful 
variety, with bright vermilion-red flowers of immense size and substance, thrown 
well above the foliage, and abundantly produced; intense color, and form most 
elegant 
GST- Primula Sinensis. “Blue Holborn Gem.” This is claimed to be 
the first Blue Primula ever sent out. Great praise has been accorded it on each 
occasion of its exhibition, as a very distinct and valuable variety. The flowers are 
large, stout in substance, perfectly circular, and of a rich shade of lavender blue . 
GSr” Primula Sinensis. New Prize Perfection. This is a mixture of the 
finest quality ; the flowers large, bold and abundantly produced. It includes the 
following splendid varieties: “Rosy Morn,” “Vermilion Queen,” “Magenta 
Queen,” “Royal Purple,” “Florence Rose,” “Carmine Beauty,” “Spotted 
Queen,” “Snowflake,” “Prince of Wales” 
Primula Sinensis Cristata Nana Alba. This is a highly interesting and 
distinct French race. The plant is of a dwarf and dense habit of growth, with 
foliage crimped or curled like Malva Crispa. Its charming flowers of snow-white, 
with a pale yellow eye, are acutely dentated, and show a tendency to become 
double 
Pyrethrum Aureum Selaginoides. The flat foliage of this charming new 
and distinct variety resembles two fronds of a species of Fern, overlaying each 
other; a peculiarity which gives to the dwarf and compact plant a particularly 
fine and even appearance. The fact of its not flowering the first year is a 
great recommendation, as the constant pinching back, so necessary with the 
variety P. Aureum, is entirely obviated. It cannot fail to become a most popu- 
lar variety 
Reseda Odorata. Golden Queen. An attractive and distinct variety of 
Mignonette, of dense pyramidal habit of growth. It throws up very numerous 
flower-stalks, terminated by spikes of golden yellow blossoms, which, with the 
bright green foliage of the plant, forms a pleasing contrast 
Reseda Odorata. Galloway’s White. A true white variety of Mignon- 
ette, recommended as the best pure white yet introduced 
fi^^Rose. Hybrid Perpetual. The Rose is too well known to require any 
description. The culture is very simple, the plants generally coming into bloom 
the second year. We offer seeds selected from the finest varieties 
Rosa Rubiginosa (Sweet Briar). An old and especial favorite with many, 
but of late has become somewhat scarce. It is a species of Rose the young branches 
and foliage of which are very fragrant 
Salvia Schimperi. A new variety from Abyssinia, with dark-blue flowers . 
Salvia Farinacea. The plants from early sown seeds of this variety begin to 
bloom as early as July, the flowers of a light blue on erect spikes nine to eighteen 
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 
Silene Pendula Compacta Rosea Flpre Pleno. This new double- 
flowering variety will be found a great acquisition to the free-flowering class of 
Annuals. It is of very dwarf, compact growth, and its flowers — produced in 
the greatest profusion, so as to hide the foliage completely — are very double, and 
of long duration. Excellent for edging for borders, or growing in masses . . 
Stock. Ten Weeks. New Giant Perfection. Splendid race of pyramidal 
growth, with long spikes of beautiful large double flowers. Height, two and one- 
half feet. Very fine for open ground culture. White and crimson mixed .... 
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