DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
Aster, new Washington, a new, remarkably large 
variety, exceeding all the other varieties in 
size, frequently measuring five to six inches 
across the blossom, of robust growth, and most 
perfect in form and color. The colors are very 
delicate, and run through various shades. A 
valuable acquisition . 20 
41 new crimson, an entirely new variety ; very 
brilliant and conspicuous. Its extremely large 
blossoms are valuable for florists ; of same type 
and habit as Mont Rose . . 25 
“ newest Bismarck, in growth, like the Dwarf 
Pyramid, with dark foliage. The flowers have 
a peculiar shining lustre, and are of various 
colors . . .... .20 
44 newest Shakespeare, a new, dwarf aster of 
wondrous beauty. The plants form a compact 
bush of ten or twelve inches in diameter, and 
six inches high. Flowers extra double, and 
well imbricated. Extremely full blooming 
and keeps in flower till frost comes. Twelve 
colors mixed. ... . .. 20 
“ Trophy, plants twenty inches high, very hardy 
regularly branched, forming fine, self-support • 
ing, globular bushes, studded with beautiful¬ 
ly imbricated, symmetrically formed, perfectly 
double, globular flowers of exquisite beauty. 
Extremely showy. Twelve colors mixed . . 25 
u Diamond a ?iovelty of the highest merit , es¬ 
pecially recommended by the floral committee 
of the London Horticultural Society, of Lon¬ 
don, last autumn. Plants eighteen inches 
high, with very large flowers of the greatest 
perfection : constant in habit and color. Thir¬ 
teen colors mixed . . 25 
“ Meteor, a beautiful novelty , quite new in 
habit ; the profusely branching plant repre¬ 
sents a dense globular bush, fifteen inches in 
diameter, covered with small, globular, ex¬ 
tremely double, finely imbricated, bright 
crimson fowers . 25 
AURICULA— (Primula). 
A favorite with florists, and much in demand in Eng- 
.and and Scotland, where it is to be found in perfection. 
Docs not bear well the extreme- of heat and cold. The 
Bowers all have various colored eyes; the light ones 
I with dark ground colors are considered prefeiable. The 
Ibest soil to grow them in is leaf mold and sand, enriched 
jwith decomposed manure. The seed should be sown 
[early in spring, in pots in hot-bed,and transplanted one 
foot apart. Tender perennials. 
Auricula, Alpine, a native of the Alpine regions of 
Switzerland, improved by cultivation, and the 
most hardy variety . 15 
finest prize, collection of the best sorts, em¬ 
bracing all choice known varieties; seifs, grey, 
white, and green edged .20 
AZALEA. 
Spring-flowering shrubs, universally admired for their 
beautiful flowers, 
which are invaria¬ 
bly produced in 
great profusion. 
The flowers are of 
all conceivable col¬ 
ors, and for brill¬ 
iancy. are unsur¬ 
passed. Need hot¬ 
house culture. 
Plant in April in 
cold-frame ; prick 
out the seedlings 
the year following, 
in beds, four inches 
apart, to remain till 
they flower. It is Azalea, 
well to cover the plants in the fall, with straw or mulch, 
as the late frosts sometimes destroy the yc. ng, early 
shoots. . 
Azalea, indica , fnest mixed. Green*house, ever¬ 
green shrubs ; flowers very beautiful. 25 
pontica, fnest Ghent varieties. Hardy de¬ 
ciduous shrpbs, producing flowers of surpass¬ 
ing beauty, and all conceivable colors . 25 
BACHELOR’S BUTTON-(Centaurea). 
A perfectly hardy border plant, succeeding finely in 
any common garden soil, but the flowers are more brill¬ 
iant if grown in gravelly ground. In Europe it grows 
wild in the com fields, and is known as Corn Bottle and 
Blue Bottle, and produces only blue flowers. Under cul¬ 
tivation, it is really a handsome flower, sporting into 
varieties of white, purple, pink, parti-colored, &c. 
Hardy annual ; two to three feet high. 
Centaurea, cyanus, single, mixed . e, 
BALLOON VINE—(Cardiospermum). 
Remarkable for. its inflated membraneous capsules, 
and sometimes called Love-in-a-Puff. The flowers are 
insignificant, but the plant is a rapid and graceful 
climber. The seed.is round, and marked with a white, 
heart-shaped spot. Sow in open ground, from 1st to 
15th of May, and give plant support to run upon. Ten¬ 
der annual ; six feet high. 
Cardiospermum, halicacabum, white; from India 10 
