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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS’ GENERAL CATALOGUE FOR 1894. 
ABUTILON 
(CHINESE BELL FLOWER.) 
Popular and easily grown greenhouse or indoor plants, 
with drooping bell-shaped flowers, richly veined and 
striped. Grow rapidly in sandy loam, and are very 
effective when plunged in the border in summer. 
Half-hardy shrubs. Per Pkt. 
Abutilon. Extra fine Mixed. From new fertilized 
sorts.25 
AMMOBIUM. 
Useful for dried bouquets and winter decorations ; 
a showy border annual. Sow last of May. Suc¬ 
ceeds well in any soil. p e r Pkt. 
Ammobium Alatum. 'White, 2 ft. 5 
ANEMONE. 
(WINDFLOWER.) 
Beautiful hardy perennial, easily grown from seed, 
flowering early in spring ; fine for bouquets. 
Anemone Coronaria. (Garden Anemone.) Mixed 
colors, 1 ft.5 
ANGELONIA. 
A beautiful plant for greenhouse culture in winter 
or the open border in summer, having long spikes 
of cup-shaped, very sweet scented flowers. It 
blossoms the first season. 
Angelonia Grandiflora. Violet, spotted white, ft. 25 
AMARANTHUS. 
The foliage of these plants is handsome in the ex¬ 
treme. A. Salicifolius, Henderi, and Princess of 
Wales, form splendid pot plants, and are also very 
effective for centers of beds and backgrounds of 
borders. A. Mel. Ruber is a very excellent bed¬ 
ding plant, contrasting well with Golden Feather, 
Cineraria Maritima, etc. Sow the seed early, and 
set out last of May, or in June. Annuals. 
Amaranthus, Marguerite. Flowers rich purple.10 
- Bicolor Ruber. Scarlet and orange foliage. 2 ft. 
- Caudatus. (Love Lies Bleeding.) Crimson, 3 ft. 
- Cruentus. (Prince’s Feather.) Scarlet, 3 ft. 
- Henderi. Very brilliant foliage; splendid, 3 ft... 
- Melancholicus Ruber. Dark crimson foliage. . . . 
- Princess of Wales. Carmine, orange green, and 
bright yellow. 5 
- Salicifolius. (Fountain Plant.) Scarlet and pur¬ 
ple; one of the handsomest, 3 ft.5 
- Tricolor. (Joseph’s Coat.) Red, yellow, and 
• green foliage, 2 ft. Per oz., 40 cts. 5 
ADLUMIA. 
(MOUNTAIN FRINGE.) 
X beautiful perennial climber, with elegant foliage, re¬ 
sembling the maiden-hair Fern. Sow the seed in 
May where they are to remain, and they will bloom 
the following season. 
Adlumia Cirrhosa. Pink. Hardy perennial, 10 ft.... 5 
ALYSSUM. 
The sweet Alyssum has pretty little white flowers, use¬ 
ful in making up in all kinds of small bouquets, and 
its fragrance, while sufficiently pronounced, is very 
■delicate. The Alyssum grows freely from seed, 
■either under glass or in tlie open ground. 
Alyssum, Little Gem. Distinct, fragrant variety, 4 in. 
high . .10 
- Sweet. Hardy annual, I ft. Per oz., 40 cts... 5 
- Benthami Compactum. This variety grows 
about <> inches high and is thickly studded with 
pure white flower spikes . 5 
- Saxatile Compacta. (Rock or golden Alyssum.) 
Showy yellow, f ft. Hardy perennial. 5 
AMPELOPSIS. 
^mpelopsis Veitchii. (Japanese Ivy.) A gem among 
the climbers, with most graceful shaped and rich 
deep-colored foliage, clinging to the merest support ; 
one of the most beautiful. Perfectly hardy. Per 
oz., 50 cts.10 
ANTIRRHINUM. 
(SNAPDRAGON.) 
These hardy perennials, commonly known under the 
name of Snapdragon, are very serviceable for out-door 
decoration, producing large and finely formed flowers 
of brilliant colors. They will bloom early the same 
season if sown under glass in March and protected a 
little at first. 
Antirrhinum, Majus. Mixed colors, 2 ft. 5 
- Tom Thumb. Finest dwarf varieties mixed, 1 ft. 5 
- Collection of eight separate colors, as imported.. .50 
AGERATUM. 
Profuse blooming plants; very showy when planted in 
clumps or masses. They are invaluable for bouquets, 
and, if lifted and potted in fall, will bloom all winter 
in the house. Half-hardy annuals. 
Ageratum, Ada Bowman. New. Delicate blue, 1ft...10 
- Conspicuum. White; blooms until frost - fine for 
bouquets, 11 ft . 5 
Lasseauxii. Very fine rose color, 1J ft.5 
Mexicanum Blue, lift . 5 
Imperial Dwarf. Dark blue, 1 ft . 5 
- White, 1 ft.5 
Little Dorrit. Azure blue; very floriferous .10 
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