DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
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Sedum, faoariucn. 
S. caeruleum. 
Statice. 
cut, without wilting. Nothing is finer for clothing stat- f 
uettes, vases, &c. Soak the seed in warm water twelve 
hours, and plant in pots, in hot-bed or green-house, in 
February, and keep in warm, moist place. One plant : 
in a two-inch pot is enough. After they have completed 
tbeir growth and tne foliage begins to turn yellow, turn 
the pots on their sides and withhold water till August, 
when the little bulb which has formed can be repotted 
in good, rich earth, and watered freely, anJ it will grow 
nil winter Tender perennial climber; ten feet high 
Boston Sinilax, Myrsiphyllum asparagoides ...15 
SNAPDRAGON—U"*ntirrhintLm.). 
Th° Snapdragon is an old favonte border plant, with 
tUrk and glossy leaves, and large, curiously shaped 
ftowers with finely marked throats. They have been 
asucb improved by careful selection and now are really 1 
magnificent flowers. They will blossom me first season 
from see#! sown in spring, but the blossom will be much 
stronger the second seasor. Succeeds best : n dry loamy 
soiL T ender perennial • two feet high. 
Antirrhinum, majus album, pure white. 5 
u majus, brilliant, crimson, white throat. .. s j 
t% “ caryophvlloides. beautifully striped . 5 ' 
44 ** Del'la. white throat... ,. 5 
** fine mixed, aP the besi colors... 5 
SOLANUM. 
A .'lass of beautiful, ornamental, fruit bearing plants. 
They arc useful for conser atory decoration, and pre 
sent a beautiful appearance in the drawing room. Most 
of the varieties are half-hardy perennial shrubs, and 
can be planted out when danger of frost is over. The 
foliage is beautiful, but the fruit is the chief attraction, • 
being very beautiful in appearance, but not edible. 
Sensitive Plant* 
Snapdragon. 
c .olanum, pseudo capsicum, covered with a pro¬ 
fusion of miniature, pepper shaped, scarlet 
fruit. . .. ... .10 
Prince of Wales, magnificent variety, covered 
with bright orange, pear shaped fruit ... . . 20 
Weatherill's hybrids, dark green foliage, and 
various colored fruit; very fine for pot culture 
in drawing room, or to decorate dinner tables 20 
“ hybridum compactum, large, orange-scarlet 
berries, produced abundantly. Elegant for 
house or green house decoration during winter.15 
STATICE. 
The species of Statice, or Sea lavender, ought to be 
in every garden, on account of their lovely little flow- 
