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1282 Wallflower, Double, finest mixed varieties . . * * 1° 
1283 “ Double-branching, yellow, fine.20 
1284 “ Double-dwarf, blue, beautiful .• • • • »25 
1285 ** Single, yellow, showy and fragrant 6 
1286 “ Single, dark-blood, very fine ; fragrant.5 
WIGANDIA. Nat. Ord., Eydrophyllacece. 
Magnificent ornamental-leaved plants, growing several feet in height; foliage very 
large and interesting. Elegant plants for decorating a lawn in summer. Should be taken 
up and kept in the greenhouse during winter. 
1287 Wigandia caracasana, elegant, massive foliage.. .26 
1288 ** Vigieri, very massive leaves of a lovely green; splendid variety . • .25 
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WAITZ1A. Nat. Ord., Composite. 
A most beautiful class of everlasting flowers, somewhat resembling the Rhodanthe, pro¬ 
ducing their fine flowers in clusters. They do best in peaty soil. When wanted for dry 
or winter flowers, pick them early, while thcv are bright and fresh. The seeds should 
be sown under glass, and the young plants wefl hardened before planting out about the 
last of May. Are also well adapted for pot-culture. 
1289 Waitzia corymbosa, very fine annual species, of bushy compact habit, about one foot 
high; each branch terminating in clusters of elegant flowers of a deep am¬ 
aranth color, with small yellow disk; blooms from August to October. 
Also fine for pot-culture. 
** acuminata. A fine Australian everlasting, of bushy, compact growth, 
twelve inches high, bearing numerous terminal corymbs of flowers, in all 
the various shades of yellow. 
“ aurea, a beautiful variety; flowers of a brilliant satiny yellow . 
“ grandiflora. Resembling the W. aurea, but more robust in habit, and with 
larger flowers. A very fine Everlasting, which received a first-class certifi¬ 
cate from the Royal Horticultural Society of London. 
WHIT LA VI A. Nat. Ord., Eydrophyllacece. 
Very interesting and pretty dwarf annuals, suitable for growing in clumps or small 
groups; the flowers are bell-shaped, like a Campanula, and exceedingly neat; and are pro¬ 
duced abundantly, early in summer. Sow the seeds where the plants are to flower, and 
thin them to a few inches apart. 
1293 Whitlavia grandiflora, violet-blue, bell-shaped flowers 
1294 “ “ alba, white bell-flowers.. 
1295 ** gloxinoides, flowers white, edged with light blue; beautiful . . • 
XERANTHEMUM. Nat. Ord., Composite. 
Fine, hardy annuals, known also as Immortal Flowers; of compact habit, about one foot 
in height; very desirable on account of the abundance and long duration of their flowers. 
Adapted for groups or beds. Set the plants about a foot apart. The flowers are produced 
on long stems, ana retain their colors when dried, making them most valuable for winter 
ornaments. 
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“ Blue. 
com pactum cneruleum, dwarf blue 
“ album, dwarf white 
caeruleum plenissimum, very double, 
caryopliylloides, striped red and white 
Tom Thumb, new, very dwarf, extra double dark-purple flowers 
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ZAUSCHNERIA. Nat. Ord., Onagrarice. 
1303 Zaufichneria Californica, a valuable, hardy, autumn-flowering plant, with a profusion 
of scarlet flowers, well adapted for dry, gravelly soils, and exceedingly handsome 
for beds and borders. Hardy perennials. 1 ft.. . . 
ZEA (Striped Japanese Maize). Nat. Ord., Graminece. 
1304 Japanese Maize. An ornamental-foliaged plant, of recent introduction from Japan. 
It grows to the height of four or five feet, furnished from the bottom with long, 
wavy leaves, broadly ribboned with alternate stripes of white and green, presenting 
a beautiful and striking effect; and is highly ornamental, either singly, or in groups 
of several plants.... . 
ZINNIA. Nat. Ord., Composite. 
One of the most splendid garden-annuals. Flowers as large and double as the Dahlia, 
and of the most brilliant colors; blooming in great profusion and with increasing splendor 
from July until cut off by frost. Sow in a frame, or as early in the open ground as the 
weather will permit. They transplant without any difficulty. Set the plants about 
twenty inches apart, in good, rich soil; they grow to the height of about two feet. The 
seeds we offer are of our own growing, comprise all the colors known of this very popular 
flower, and were saved from a collection which, for beauty and perfection of form, cannot 
be surpassed in this or gpy other country. Our collection of these flowers has been 
awarded the first prize annually, by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, for the last 
four years. (See engraving.) 
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