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DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
Petunia, compacta elegantissima. 
Petunia, Phoenicia, original type; deep purple.... 5 
“ Countess of Elesmere, deep rose, white throat.10 
“ finest striped and blotched, saved from mag¬ 
nificent collectioy of striped and blotched va¬ 
rieties. . 
“ large-flowered, spotted, very fine.^5 
“ fine, green-edged varieties, beautiful.20 
“ new fringed varieties, desirable novelty.20 
44 argentea, rosy-white. 5 
“ atropurpurea, dark red. 5 
“ nyctaginiflora, pure white. 5 
44 violacea, violet-red. 5 
“ hybrida grandiflora superbissima, novelty ; 
splendid large throat.25 
compacta elegantissima, new; dwarf com¬ 
pact; free-blooming.25 
“ hybrida grandiflora, choicest mixed; seed 
saved from show flowers.15 
large-flowered mixed, saved from largest 
flowers . . 
“ hybrida, fine mixed. 5 l . 
double mixed, finest varieties carefully fecun- \ 
dated with best double flowers. Sure to pro¬ 
duce a good percentage of double-flowering 
plants. . 
41 hybrida robusta fl. pi., new, dwarf, of robust 
growth, forming a compact, upright, branched 
bush about ten inches in height and fourteen 
inches in width, with double, sometimes even 
double /ringed flowers in ail shades of colors 
existing in petunias. An extremely handsome 
and valuable sort for market culture.25 
44 extra double fringed, many colors; beauti¬ 
fully fringed ; a good percentage double; new.50 
Petunia, hybrida robusta fl. pi. 
PHLOX DRUMMONDII. 
Remarkable 
for the brillian¬ 
cy and abund- 
ance of their 
large, terminal 
flowers, com¬ 
pletely hiding 
the foliage.The 
blossoms are of 
many colors, 
from pure 
white to deep¬ 
est purple, eyed 
and striped. 
For masses of 
separate colors 
and for cutting 
for bouquets, 
they are unsur- 
surpassed. The 
Phlox Drummondii 
seed can be planted in open ground in autumn or spring, 
or plants may be started in hot-bed, and transplanted. 
Give good, rich ground, and set plants six inches apart 
each way. Hardy annual; one foot high. 
Phlox 0. grandiflora splendens. 
Phlox Drummondii, alba, pure white.10 
“ Drummondii, scarlet, black center.10 
rosea, deep rose.10 
Black Warrior, fine.10 
Leopoldii, red, white eye.10 
Queen Victoria, violet, white 
eye.10 
marmorata alba rosea, white, 
rose-eyed and marbled .10 
Cardinal, brilliant scarlet.10 
General Grant, rich purple....10 
Heinholdii (Benary), the true, 
splendid , scarlet phlox .15 
Heinholdii cardinalis, an in¬ 
tense, fiery scarlet, and it may be considered 
a rival to the scarlet geraniums, verbenas, &c. 
Of compact, bushy habit, a constant and free 
bloomer. . 
“ Drummondii, grandiflora, choice mixed, 
scarcely inferior in size and texture to the per¬ 
ennial sorts. One of the finest of recent in¬ 
troductions. . 
Drummondii, grandiflora splendens, extra 
choice mixed, this very fine variety has 
proved itself to be the gem of the new, large- 
flowering race of P. Drummondii. The flow-' 
ers are large, handsomely rounded, and of 
great substance ; the color, vivid crimson, with 
