Helichrysum monstrosum, large, showy flow¬ 
ers ; variety of colors; double, . 
r monstrosum, Double Rose, fine color, 
monstrosum, Double Red, very bright, . 
monstrosum, Double White, pure, . 
monstrosum, Double Yellow, .... 
bracteatum, bright yellow ; 18 inches, .... 
minimum, dwarf; both flowers and buds excel¬ 
lent for wreaths, etc.; various colors, . 
nanum atrosanguineum, brilliant crimson; 
i foot, . 
brachyrrhinchum, dwarf; 6 inches,. 
RHODANTHE. 
Some care is neces¬ 
sary in starting seeds 
of the Rhodanthc, but 
after good plants are 
grown we never fail to 
obtain flowers in abun¬ 
dance. The flowers 
should be gathered be¬ 
fore they fully expand, 
as if allowed to grow 
too long, they open too 
much and lose their 
beautiful hell form. 
One of the prettiest of 
the Everlastings. 
Rhodanthe Manglesii, fine for house culture, 
delicate for out-door; often, however, makes a 
most beautiful display in the garden, . 
maculata, more hardy and robust than E. Man- 
glesii; rosy purple, . 
maculata alba, pure white, yellow disc, . . . 
atrosanguinca, flowers dark purple and violet. 
Double, a novelty of 1875, and really a very 
fine flower in all respects, but unfortunately it 
docs not usually come double. Perhaps it will 
improve. European seed growers say it will, 
and that it will give 20 per cent, of double flow¬ 
ers ; we hope so . 
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STATICE. 
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The Statice bear 
their small flowers in 
panicles. They are 
not Everlastings, but, 
like the Gypsophilas, 
are of great value for 
drying, as they retain 
thci r color when d ri ed. 
They are also useful 
in summer for bou¬ 
quets of fresh flowers. 
There are several an¬ 
nuals and perennials, 
yellow,pink, blue', &c. 
Statice Bonducclla, annual; golden yellow flow¬ 
ers ; 1 foot,. 10 
Besseriana rosea, perennial; small rose color¬ 
ed flowers; very pretty, . 10 
coccinea, perennial; fine,. :o 
incana hybrida nana, perennial; mixed colors, io 
latifolia, perennial; one of the best,. 10 
sinuata, beautiful annual; blue flowers; 1 foot. 10 
Thouinii, dwarf annual; free flowering, flowers 
in spikes, . . . 10 
WAITZIA. 
The Waitzias are an interest¬ 
ing class of annuals, bearing 
their dry or everlasting flowers 
in clusters. The flowers are 
very good, though showing too 
much of the center, which be¬ 
comes discolored unless picked 
early. With this precaution 
they make a desirable addition 
to our stock of Everlastings. 
All the varieties have yellow 
flowers. The seeds are very 
fine and should be sown under 
glass, or much success is not to 
bo anticipated, though they 
come up well in a light soil. 
Waitzia aurca, fine yellow, 
grandiflora, flowers large, golden yellow, ... 25 
XERANTHEMUM. 
Xeranthemums are free-blooming annuals of a very 
neat, compact habit, and growing less than a foot in 
height. The leaves are silvery and flowers abundant 
on strong stems, and arc purple, blue and white. Seeds 
germinate freely ; transplant when young. 
Xeranthemum, Large Purple - flowered, the 
largest-flowered, very double and fine, .... 10 
cceruleum, double; light blue, . 10 
ccerulcum compactum, very compact, round- 
headed plant; dwarf, . 10 
Double White, very fine, . 10 
Mixed colors, . 10 
Many who do not grow Everlasting Flowers and Ornamental Grasses, and many, even, who 
do so, do not raise them in sufficient quantities, and desire to purchase for winter use, so we 
grow them extensively, and import largely from other countries, and can furnish Everlasting 
Bouquets , Baskets of all forms and sizes, and Letters and Mottoes , etc. We also sell the Ever¬ 
lastings and Grasses, and Empty Baskets, so that those who desire can make them up at home, 
these will be found described, with prices, on pages 24 and 25. For Ornamental Grass seed 
for sowing in the spring, see next page. 
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