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VERBENA, Alena, pink shaded. 
Ariel, lavender, white eye. 
Baron Norton, purple. 
Bird of Paradise, deep scarlet, white eye. 
Blue Beauty, blue. 
Black Hawk, maroon. 
Black Diamond, deep maroon. 
Blue Bird, bluish violet. 
Brighton White, clear white. 
Caroline, pink and white striped. 
Colossus, vermilion shaded. 
Crimson Gem, bright crimson 
Decorator, bright scarlet. 
Diana, blush, shaded pink. 
Foxhunter, scarlet. 
Ida, rose, white eye. 
Jewel, deep crimson. 
Miss Caroline, violet-purple. 
Mrs. Field, deep rose, light center. 
Notable, white, striped purple. 
Peace, white. 
Reginald, velvety-purple. 
Rosy Morn, deep rose. 
Scarlet Circle, bright scarlet, white eye. 
Sparkler, light scarlet, white eye. 
Spot, violet-purple. 
Ultramarine, fine blue. 
William Young, crimson. 
William Dean, blue, white eye. 
White Fawn, white. 
White Beauty, pure white. 
ACHYRANTHES, bedding plants, with ornamental 
foliage. 25 < 5 ls. each ; $2.50 per doz. 
Aurea reticulata, leaves green and yellow. 
Verschaffeltii, leaves carmine and pink. 
Lindenii, leaves dark blood red. 
AGAPANTHUSUMBELLATUSorAfricanLily, 
flowers blue, in immense clusters, on flower-stalks 
three to four feet high ; leaves long, narrow and 
drooping. 50 cents each. 
Variegated foliage, 51.00 each. 
AGERATUM, an old garden flower, blooming all sum¬ 
mer, fine also for winter, and for bouquets. 25 cts. 
White Tom Thumb, 6 inches; flowers nearly white. 
Blue Tom Thumb, 6 inches ; flowers light blue. 
Mexicanum var., leaves variegated green and white, 
flowers blue. 
ALTERNANTHERA. Dwarf plants for edgings, 
varying in rich tints of green, crimson, amber and 
orange. Of these we have several varieties. 20 
cents each ; 52.00 per doz. 
ALOYSIA CITRIODORA (Lemon Verbena,) light 
green, fragrant leaves. 25 cts. 
AMOMUM MELEGUETTA, (Cardamom,) an in¬ 
teresting Greenhouse plant, from which we get the 
Cardamom seed of commerce; leaves broad, light 
green, and delightfully fragrant. 30 dts. each. 
ARDISIA CRENULATA, an evergreen green-house 
shrub, bearing bright red berries. 50 < 5 ts. each. 
ASPEDISTRA LURIDA. A fine aquarium plant, 
with leaves a foot long and three inches wide. 30 
cents each. 
AZALEAS. Popular evergreen green-house shrubs, 
with a profusion of flowers in the spring. Plants 
should be plunged in some shady place through the 
summer. 50 cts. to 51.50 each. 
CACALIA GLAUCA, (Candle Plant.) A succulent 
plant, with round stems about the size of a candle, 
and of a grayish green color. 30 cents each. 
CACTUS. 
Epiphyllum truncatum ^Lobster Cactus,) win¬ 
ter-blooming. 30 cents. 
Cereus grandiflorus or Night-blooming Cereus. 
50 cents. 
Cereus Phyllanthes, flowers crimson, and 4 to 6 in¬ 
ches in diameter. 50 cents. 
CAMELLIA JAPONICA. An old green-house 
shntb. Should always be grown in pots and in a 
cool place. Heat causes the buds to drop. Al¬ 
though many succeed with them in house culture, 
still we do not recommend them as suiting the mass. 
Summer treatment the same as for Azaleas. Small 
plants, by mail, 75 cents to $1.50; larger,by express 
only, $2.00 to $5.00. 
CAMPSIDIUM FILICIFOLIUM, an elegant 
climber, of rapid growth; fine for conservatories; 
foliage fern-like. 50 cents each. 
CENT AUREA. White foliaged bedding plants. 
Used generally for bordering beds of Coleus or Ge¬ 
raniums. 20 cents each ; 52.00 per dozen. 
Gymnocarpa, leaves deeply cut. 
Candida, leaves smooth and very white. 
CESTRUM, or Night Blooming Jasmine. 30 cents. 
Aurantiacum, orange yellow. 
Laurifolium, pure white. 
CISSUS DISCOLOR. A handsome climber, with 
variegated foliage requiring a high temperature. 50 
cents. 
COBCEA SCANDENS, a popular •climber ; fine for 
window boxes and trellises in summer, and for the 
house in winter. A very rapid grower, often attain¬ 
ing the height of 20 feet. Flowers an inch and a 
half across ; green when first open, changing to pur¬ 
ple. 50 cents each. 
COCCOLOBA PLATYCLADA, curious flat stem¬ 
med, Fern-like plants, having no leaves. 25 cents. 
CONVOLVULUS MAURITANICUS. A trailing 
basket plant, with delicate lavender flowers. 25 
cents each. 
CRAPE MYRTLE, 1 Lagerstrcemia Indica alba,) 
a shrubby plant, hardy south of Philadelphia, bear¬ 
ing an abundance of white, crape-like flowers in the 
autumn. 75 cents each. 
CROTONS. A class of plants which, from their beau¬ 
tifully variegated foliage, demand a place in every 
collection of green-house plants. 75 cents each. 
CUPHEA PLATYCENTR A, (Cigar Plant), tube of 
flowers scarlet ; lip white and crimson ; very free 
flowerer. 25 cents each. 
Hyssopifolia, flowers purplish lilac. 25 cents. 
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