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more brilliant varieties. It blooms constantly all sum¬ 
mer in the garden, and if removed to the green-house, 
all winter. Desirable for cut flowers for bouquets. 
Colors light blue and pure white. Start the seeds under 
glass, and transplant. Hardy annual. 
Ageratum, Mexicanum, light blue .. 5 
“ Imperial Dwarf White. 5 
44 Tom Thumb, dwarf blue, distinct variety , 
desirable for edging . 5 
“ Lasscauxi, rose colored . . 10 
“ conspicuum, valuable for winter; white . 5 
44 mixed, seeds of the above varieties mixed . 5 
AGROSTKMMA. 
Perfectly hardy plants producing pretty, pink like 
blossoms on long, slender stems. Very useful for cutting 
for bouquets, and pretty in masses, in beds. The annual 
variety is known as Rose of Heaven; the perennial as 
Rose Campion. About one and a half feet high. 
Alonsoa, grandiflora, deep scarlet. 
“ Warszewiczii, bright crimson. 
44 mixed, seeds of the above varieties mixed 
ACiROSTiS —(Ornamental Grass). 
A hardy, ornamental grass, much used in connection 
with everlastings, for winter bouquets. Grows easily in 
any common garden soil. Hardy annual; about one 
and a half feet high. 
Agrostis, nebulosa, fine and delicate.10 
44 pulchella, exceedingly graceful.10 
Alyssum, Saxatile. 
ACY8SUM. 
Alyssum, sweet (Maritimum). A desirable hardy- 
annual, flowering from early spring till killed 
by frost, and all winter in the green-house if 
sown in August. Flowers pure white, in ra¬ 
cemes, and of a peculiar delicate fragrance. 
Most effective in masses, with plants one foot 
apart. Useful in all kinds of small bouquets. 
Grows one foot high. 5 
4 Golden (Saxatile). Flowers brilliant golden 
yellow, completely hiding the foliage. Plants 
about one foot high; desirable for rock work, 
and quite showy in masses. Hardy peren¬ 
nial. 5 
AMARANTHITS. 
Valuable for its variety of handsome foliage, whether 
grown in the conservatory or garden. The colors will 
be more brilliant if planted in moderately rich soil. It 
is a tender annual and should not be planted in the 
North before May 15th. 
Amaranthus, melancholicus ruber, beautiful 
blood red foliage. Hardy annual; two and a 
half feet high. 5 
ACONSOA. 
The flowers are remarkably brilliant, and are scarcely 
equaled among crimson and scarlet flowers. Properly 
green-house plants, but bloom finely in open ground 
when treated as^tender annuals. Grow from one and a 
half to two feet high. Plants removed to green-house 
in autumn will bloom all winter. 
Amaranthus, Melancholicus Ruber- 
Agrostcmma, Coronaria. 
Agrostemma, coronaria, crimson; perennial.5 
“ coeli rosa, rose, white center; annual . 5 
