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HOVEY’S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE 
NO. PER PKT. 
OROBUS. Nat. Ord., Leguminoscc. 
Beautiful, hardy perennials, admired for their pretty, pea-shaped flowers, which they 
produce in early spring in great profusion. 
906 Orobus Niger, dark purple. 1 ft.10 
9G7 “ verna, blue violet. 1ft.10 
968 ** “ alba, white flowers. 1 ft.. . . . .10 
969 44 fluccida, rose-colored flowers. ^ ft.10 
OXALIS. Nat. Ord., Oxalidacece. 
Elegant flowering-plants, particularly adapted for the greenhouse or parlor, where they 
bloom in mid-winter. 
970 Oxalis rosea, a very neat, erect-growing plant, six to nine or twelve inches high, with 
small, medium-sized leaves, and numerous conspicuous clusters cf bright 
rose-colored, salver-shaped flowers . 10 
971 44 tropicoloides, yellow. Tender annual. I ft . 10 
972 44 Valdivlana. A showy, hardy Oxalis, of compact growth, the flower-spikes 
rising well above the foliage; flowers bright yellow, sweet-scented, and con¬ 
tinue in bloom a long time. Hardy annual. J ft . 10 
OXYURA. Nat. Ord., Composite. 
973 Oxyura Chrysanthemoides. A showy, free-flowering plant, with beautiful fringed 
flowers; golden yellow; from California . 6 
PALAVIA. Nat. Ord., Malvaceae. 
974 Pal avia flexuosn. A beautiful annual ; height fifteen to eighteen inches, branching, and 
producing in profusion its charming flowers, an inch in diameter; color bright rosy 
pink; base of the petals almost black, producing a dark eye, rendering it at once strik¬ 
ing and eflbctive. It succeeds admirably, either in the open air or as a conservatory 
and greenhouse plant. It was awarded the first prize at the Great International Ex¬ 
hibition . 10 
PALAFOXIA. Nat. Ord., Composite. 
975 Palafoxla Hookeriana. One of the finest of recent acquisitions; dwarf and branch¬ 
ing, flowers bright rosy-crimson color, with a dark centre. It is an annual, and will 
flourish finely in light and dry soils, and blooms throughout the summer. Messrs. 
Ilovoy & Co. were awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Massachusetts Horti¬ 
cultural Society, for the exhibition of superb specimens in 1865 . 5 
PAPAVER (Perennial Poppy). Nat. Ord., Papaveracece. 
A highly ornamental and strikingly effective genus of plants, with brilliant-colored flow¬ 
ers of an immense size, unusually effective. Papaver crooeum is a dwarf-growing variety, 
and especially adapted for rock-work. Hardy perennial. 
976 Papaver brncteatum, bright orange crimson; large and handsome. 2 ft . 10 
977 “ Orientale, deep scarlet, with large black blotches; very brilliant and showy. 
2 } ft . 10 
978 44 croceum, beautiful orange. Hardy perennial. 1ft. 10 
PARDANTHUS. Nat. Ord., Iridece. 
979 Pardanthus sinensis. A fine hardy perennial, with flowers formed like small lilies, 
red spotted with black; very pretty and quite ornamental ; grows about two feet . .10 
PANSY (Heartsease, or Viola Tricolor). Nat. Ord., Violaceoe. 
The Pansy, or Heartsease, is a general favorite and old acquaintance with every one who 
has any thing to do with a flower-garden. It begins to open its modest but lively flowers 
as soon as the snow clears off in the spring, and continues to enliven the garden till snow 
comes again, The flowers are in the greatest perfection in May ami June; the burning sun 
of summer is unfavorable for their greatest beauty, but in autumn they are fine again. The 
Pansy is properly a biennial, but can be perpetuated by cuttings, or division of the roots. 
Seeds sown in August, in the open borders, come up readily. They should bo only slightly 
covered with fine soil, as half the seeds sown rot in the ground from being covered too 
deep. As soon as they expand the second set of leaves, they should be planted out into 
beds. If planted in the spring, they should not be allowed to flower until fall. The buds 
should be picked off during the summer, which will make the plants bushy and compact. 
They require to be covered during the winter with evergreen boughs or a cold frame. The 
following seeds have been selected from the most celebrated European prize collections, and 
embrace all the choicest and newest varieties. 
980 Pansy Large English, from the finest prize collections of named flowers in England . .50 
981 “ Odier’s French blotched, beautiful, large-eyed flowers, blotched on each 
petal, very splendid .. 25 
982 ** Baron de Rothschild, first-class flowers in the finest shades, with unusual 
large, blackish-purple eye, of most perfect form. 20 
983 " New Gold-Margined, splendid colors, belted or margined with golden yellow , 2 o 
984 44 New pure dark Velvety Crimson, splendid.20 
985 u New Velvety Crimson, with yellow ground, extra ...... .20 
986 44 ** ** “ with white eye and white margin, extra . . . .20 
987 “ Large German Fancy, saved from all the most beautiful colors and varieties .20 
