VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS, ETC . 
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BARTONIA. 
A very showy half-hardy annual, with 
gray branches and thistle-like leaves. 
The seed should be sown where the 
plants are designed to bloom, as it will 
not bear transplanting; thin to six 
inches apart. (Illustration.) Pkt. Cts. 
Bart on ia Aurea, flowers bright 
yellow ; large and attractive.5 
BRACHYCOME. 
Pretty, dwarf-growing, free-flowering 
plant, covered all summer with a profu¬ 
sion of small Cineraria-like flowers, 
succeeding in any light, rich soil. Half- 
hardy annual. 
Bracliycome iberf difolia (Swan 
River Daisy). Blue and white 
mixed; | foot...5 
BARTONIA AUREA. 
BALSAM, BRANCH IN jBLOOM. 
BALSAM. 
After persistent hunting, we now have the 
pleasure of presenting to the public a most 
elegant strain of Double Balsam and it is with 
the utmost confidence we ask a trial of the 
same. Half-hardy annual, producing fine 
large double flowers in great abundance, re¬ 
quiring a rich soil and good cultivation ; sow 
in a frame early, or in the garden in a shel¬ 
tered place ; when safe from frost transplant 
to ten or twelve inches apart; pinch off a por¬ 
tion of the shoots, which will render the plant 
more vigorous and showy.—[Illustration.] j 
Pkt. Cts. 
Camellia-Flowered, very double and 
perfect in form ; mixea colors.10 
I> o u b I e Rose-flowered, perfectly 
double ; splendid ; mixed ; 2 ft.10 
Double Kose-llowered While, flowers 
perfectly double, over two inches across, 
and borne in great profusion ; exquisite. .10 
Fine Double, mixed colors. 5 
CACALIA. 
A beautiful and profuse-flowering hardy annual, with tassel-shaped flowers in 
lusters. Sow early, and thin to six or eight inches apart. Often called Flora’s 
Paint Brush, or Tastel Flower. Height eighteen inches. 
Coccinea, scarlet. 5 
CELOSIA. 
Magnificent and highly ornamental class of plants for the garden or green¬ 
house. The seed should be sown in a hot-bed, or on a warm border, and transplanted 
into a warm, rich soil. When grown in pots they are the most elegant of green¬ 
house and conservatory plants. Many varieties of this class may be cut and dried 
like an everlasting, retaining both form and color. Tender annuals. 
Cri* I ala, (Coxcomb), dwarf varieties, mixed.10 
JnponiiH, or new Japan Coxccmb; leaf scarlet or crimson ; combs delicately 
cut, of a deep scarlet hue, and produced in the greatest profusion. 10 
