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ZINNIA ELEGANS—Youth and Old Age. 
Double Zinnias are quite an acquisition to our list ol garden lavorltes; of branch¬ 
ing habit, and splendid, brilliant colored, double flowers, rivaling in beauty and form 
moderate sized Dahlias. Summer and Fall flowering plants, producing a great pro¬ 
fusion of rice and varied-colored flowers until killed by frost. The seed can be sown 
early in the hot-bed and transplanted, or later out in the open ground. Half-hardy 
annuals. Two feet. 
Zinnia, White.—Weil-shaped pure white flowers. Fine lor florists’ use. .. .10 cents. 
Extra Choice, Mixed.—Saved from selected double flowers. Per oz., fl.OO; per 
packet. .6 cents. 
ZINNIA ELEGANS—Continued. 
New Zebra.—(See Novelties.). 10 cents. 
New Pompon.—.See description and illustration in Novelties.).10 cents. 
ZEA—Ornamental Maize. 
Valuable sub-tropical plants. Japonica is much prized lor its beautifully varie¬ 
gated foliage. 
Zea, Japonica Variegated (Striped Maize).—A well-known plant. Three feet. Per 
packet.10 cents. 
Seed/) for Greenhou,Se^ aUo for the ^ou0e. 
F or those who can afford it, the greenhouse offers one ol the greatest pleasures 
^ possible in a life of ease. A floral world enclosed in crystal; a little section 
of the tropics Incorporated in one’s house: A Summer maintained all Winter 
through and always at hand; this is the greenhouse. On entering such a place and 
inhaling the warm, damp, peculiarly odorous air, every one immediately experiences 
a curious and delightful feeling ol stepping into another world; and the feeling is 
maintained by the prolusion ol plants that crowd the air with their strange great 
leaves and rare flowers. To enjoy these pleasures, large, costly structures are not 
always necessary. Any one who has the ambition can, with moderate expense, hulld 
a small, pretty greenhouse in some sunny corney ol his home, or, with a little car¬ 
penter work turn a bay-window into a conservatory. And in fact the directions that 
follow lor greenhouse culture apply also to the care ol certain most delicate house- 
plants kept in our rooms through the Winters. The common mistake in the care ol 
house-plants in Winter is that ol maintaining too high a temperature. Ordinary 
house-plants will thrive in a temperature above 50 degrees at night. 
A little care will be requisite in starting these plants from seed. The soil needs to 
be good, mellow loam, mixed with one-fourth sand. Remove worms and insepts and 
place in a box or large pot, and sow the seed on the surface, covering them with a 
little fine earth silted on. The water must not he sprinkled on but sprayed. Cover 
with grass and keep out ol sunshine. When the plants are up give them air and sun¬ 
shine occasionally, watching them carefully. Matured plants grown in a night 
temperature of 50 degrees will not usually require water more than twice a week, 
and in the temperature ol 65 degrees perhaps thrice a week; but always wait until 
the light color ol the soil shows it to be dry, and then water snfflciently to go through 
the pots. Give wet pots no water until they become dry. Plants should be turned 
to different sides to the light once a week. Re-pot frequently as the plants grow. 
A considerable degree ol moisture is proper lor parlor and greenhouse plants. A 
room heated by a stove and containing plants should always have a full dishol water 
on the stove. 
Additional directions lor the culture of house-plants will be found in the “ Home 
Florist.” 
ACACIA. 
Very desirable plants lor greenhouse or conservatory culture. The flowers small 
and globular, are formed in thick clusters on long spikes. 
Acacia.—Fine mixed varieties, three to six feet high. Per packet.10 cents. 
BOSTON SMILAX. 
A beautiful and graceful tuberous-rooted perennial climber, none surpassing it for 
its glossy, deep green, wavy and most delicate foliage, and small, white, fragrant 
flowers, fine for vases and baskets; also desirable to use with cut-flowers, and in 
Jreat demand. Soak the seed 24, hours in hot water before sowing. Six to ten feet 
high.10 cents. 
BEGONIA—New Hybrid, Tuberous-Rooted. 
These splendid varieties, growing from twelve to eighteen inches high, and of a 
branching habit, are covered the whole Summer with bright and elegant drooping 
flowers, in a partially shaded border; blooming the first season from seed, if sown in 
February or March, in a temperature of 60 degrees; for Winter or Spring blooming, 
sow from August to October. Tubers to be taken up and kept from frost in dry sand 
during the Winter. Treat them the same as tender annuals. 
Mixed Single Tarieties.-^Of all the tuberous-rooted class.25 cents. 
Doable Tuberous-rooted, Mixed.—The seed I offer has been hybridized with the 
greatest care, using the most double flowers, and handsomest single varieties for 
that purpose..50 cents. 
CINERARIA. 
Well-known favorite free-flowering plants for the greenhouse, which may be had 
in splendid bloom through the greater portion of the year; and, from the richness 
and diversity of the colors, are among the most valuable of our early Spring flowers; 
succeed best in light, rich, free, and open soil. Greenhouse perennials. 
Cineraria Hybridia.—Extra choice, from fine mixed varieties.25 cents. 
Group of Cineraria. Hybrid Coleus. 
CALCEOLARIA. 
An ornamental Shrub, herbaceous perennial plant, producing a mass of beautiful 
pocket-like flawers early in the Spring, and are universal favorites for the decoration 
of the greenhouse or conservatory; treated the same as tender annuals. 
Calceolaria, Hybrids.—Large-flowering, tigered and spotted flowers; the very finest 
mixture of the most brilliant colors, ten inches. Per packet.2S cents. 
ABUTILON—Chinese Bell Flower. 
Greenhouse Shrubs of strong growth and easy culture; free-flowering, with vari¬ 
ous-colored, beautiful, drooping, bell-shaped flowers. Sown any time before April, 
in a temperature of 60 degrees, they will produce fine flowering plants the first sea¬ 
son. 
Fine Mixed.—Of choice varieties and colors, two to six feet.15 cents. 
COLEUS. 
For the adornment of the greenhouse and sitting-room this plant is in great demand 
and is also among the most popular plants for flower-gardens, either for groups, 
ribbon borders, or as single specimens. 
Coleus.—Saved from the newest and most showy varieties; height, two feet. Per 
packet.cents. 
