CANNA. 
BORDER PLANTS. 
The Canna is a fine foliage 
plant, making a good bed alone, 
but particularly desirable as the 
center ofagroup of foliage plants, 
of which it is one of the very best. 
Growing from three to six feet. 
The leaves are sometimes two 
feet in length, of a beautiful 
green, some varieties tinted with 
red. The flowers are on spikes, 
pretty, but not conspicuous. 
Roots can be taken up in the au¬ 
tumn and placed in the cellar. 
They flourish and are vigorous 
in thehottest and dryest weather. 
The seeds are large, round and 
black. 
Canna, Good roots, $2.50 per dozen, each, .... 25 
Robusta, a very fine, tall-growing, dark-leaved 
variety, grows 8 to 10 feet high ; each .... 35 
MADEIRA VINE. 
The Madeira Vine is a beautiful 
climber, with thick, glossy, light green, 
almost transparent leaves, and climbing 
twenty feet or more, and twining in any desired form. 
Plant the tuber out of doors in the spring, and it will 
commence to grow at once, and if in a warm, sheltered 
place, very rapidly. In the autumn cut off the tops, dig 
up the tubers, and keep them in the cellar over winter. 
They are excellent for the house. 
Madeira Vine, roots, per dozen 75 cents; each, 10 
Tigridia conchiflora, yellow and orange, with dark 
spots; $1.50 per dozen ; each,. 15 
pavonia, red, crimson spots; $1.5° P er dozen; 
caGh,. *5 
TIGRIDIA. 
The flowers 
of Tigridia 
are about four 
inches in di¬ 
ameter. Set 
about the 
middle of 
May, and 
take them up 
in October, 
dry for a few 
days in the 
air, and pack 
away in dry 
sand or saw¬ 
dust, free 
from frost. 
Now that Box is out of fashion, and really not adapted 
to our country, either North or South, there is great 
inquiry for a low edging or border for flower beds, walks, 
etc. After years of experiment, we can now recommem: 
three that seem exactly to answer the purpose. 
OXALIS LASIANDRA. 
This Oxalis is one of the prettiest plants we are 
acquainted with for borders of beds, edgings of walks, 
etc. It forms a rounded edging less than a foot in height, 
and about the same breadth. The leaves are in nine 
divisions, as shown in the engraving, and the finest 
flowers stand well up above the foliage. They open in 
bright weather and close'with the setting sun. The 
bulbs are very small, and should be planted like peas, 
an inch or two apart. In the autumn take them tip and 
store away until the spring. 
Oxalis lasiandra, bulbs, per dozen iodls., per 100 30 
OXALIS DEPPII. 
aspects, perhaps, superior to the last. It bears but few 
flowers, but the leaves arc handsome enough to compen¬ 
sate for the lack of flowers. They are of a lively green 
with a black zone, and form an unbroken rounded bor¬ 
der, as shown in engraving. Plant bulbs in early spring, 
and before winter take up and store away from frost. 
Oxalis Deppii, good bulbs, perdoz. io< 5 Is. ; per 100 30 
THRIFT. 
j which is Armeria vulgaris, is a hardy, little evergreen 
; plant, with masses of narrow, dark green leaves, and 
J bearing clusters of pink flowers in early summer. It 
will endure the winters of most northern climates, and 
is the best hardy border plant we have yet found. A 
: clump taken up and potted in the autumn will flower 
1 well during winter, if the room is not too warm and dry. 
Thrift, plants, each 15 <fts; ; per dozen.150 
