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Waitzia. 
Whitlavia. 
Xeranthemum. 
established, in good soil, from fifteen to twenty-five feet 
in a season. Frequently blooms both in spring and fall; 
the pale blue, pea shaped flowers are borne in long, 
drooping clusters similar in size and shape to a bunch of 
grapes. It thrives best in a light, rich soil, and should 
be trained against a south wall or veranda. Seeds should 
be sown in mellow loam early in the spring ; if a green¬ 
house or hot-bed is available, start in winter, and when 
plants are a foot high, transplant into situations where 
they are to remain. 
Wistaria, sinensis.20 
XERANTHEMUM. 
Of neat, compact habit, free flowering, and of the 
easiest cultivation. The leaves are covered with a sil¬ 
very down, and the flowers are pure white, deep purple 
and yellow, single and double. If gathered before fully 
opened, and dried in the shade, they will retain their 
beauty for years. They make fine winter bouquets 
alone or mixed with grasses. Sow in spring, and t., . 4 
to one foot apart. Hardy annual ; one foot high. 
Xeranthemum, atropurpureum, double flowers; 
deep purple . 10 
“ yellow, yellow flowers. 10 
“ white, new; double; fine.10 
“ mixed. .. IO 
ZEA MAIZE (Striped Japanese Corn). 
An ornamental foliage plant of much beauty. It is a 
species of corn, with large foliage, the leaves being beau¬ 
tifully striped with white and green. Half-hardy annu¬ 
al, from Japan ; six feet high. 
Zea Japonica, fol. variegata, striped foliage. 5 
ZINNIA. 
A very showy plant, with large, double flowers, which, 
when fully expanded, form hemispherical heads, become 
densely imbricated, and might easily be mistaken for 
dwarf dahlias. The colors run through'all the shades 
of carmine, lilac, scarlet, purple, crimson, yellow, to 
pure white. If any single blossoms appear, they should 
be at once pulled up. Sow the seed early in spring, in 
open ground, and transplant to one and a half feet apart, 
in good, rich soil. Half-hardy annual ; one and a half 
feet high. 
By careful selection and several years cultivation , 
the European florists have obtained the follow nig 
aistinct varieties of this valuable plant. The seeds 
ive offer can be entirely relied upon to reproduce the 
different colors , almost without sporting . 
Zinnia, double, carmine . i 0 
“ 44 scarlet. ...... . 10 
purple. . 
crimson. . . .. . JO 
orange.. 
“ lilac. jo 
deep scarlet. j 0 
deep purple . IO 
alba plenissima, pure white.10 
“ mixed, very fine.. 
Zea Maize. 
Zinnia, double. 
Z. Darwini 
