viii F. E. MCALLISTER, 22 DEY ST., NEW YORK.—NOVELTIES IN FLOWER SEEDS. 
RICINUS ZANZIBARENSIS. 
RICINUS ZANZIBARENSIS. 
The New Giant Castor Oil Plant from Africa. 
From seed sown in the open ground in May the 
plants are in full foliage early in July, and attain 
a height of twelve to fourteen feet. The leaves 
are fully two and a half feet broad, beauti¬ 
fully lobed; the whole plant has a distinct and 
novel appearance, enhanced in the sunshine by a 
bright metallic hue; they charm at first sight, and 
their usefulness is very great. Solitary 'on the lawn 
it makes a perfect pyramid of foliage thickly set with 
gigantic leaves; a dozen in a large bed make a 
most picturesque sight. 
Per packet, io cts. 
TECOMA 5MITHI. 
One of the finest seed novelties yet introduced, 
and an exceedingly beautiful addition to our autumn 
and early winter flowering greenhouse plants. The 
handsome pinnate leaves, surmounted by the large 
terminal corymbiform heads of orange colored 
blossoms are most charming and effective. The seed may be sown at any time. It is as eas 
managed as a chrysanthemum, the flowers lasting in perfection upwards of a month. Cuttir 
should be made in early spring, and grown in sandy loam in a light position. By the end of ]r 
the plants should be strong enough 
to pot into 4-inch pots, and shorn ! 
then be placed out of doors in the fi : J 
sun, where they will form stur 
specimens by about the end of Sc, - 
tember, and be well set with hec 1 
of bloom, they should then be tak 
back to the greenhouse or the conser¬ 
vatory and placed in a light airy por¬ 
tion, where the flowers will develop 
and remain fresh and gay for mar 
weeks. As many as ioo flowers ai 
sometimes produced from a sing 
shoot, the total height of which is r 
more than 18 inches; the individii. 
floweis are about 2 inches long', till 
ulai, of a rich lemon and dark orang> 
combined, the mouth of the tube beiii 
about 1 inch in diameter. Come: 
faiily true from seed. First-class ce 
Jificate FI. R. Society, Oct. 15, 189;. 
J4 NAT 
TECOMA 
Per packet, 50 cents. 
