Aster, Tall Chrysanthemum-flowered, large- 
flowers : 18 inches in height,. IO 
Imbrique Pompon, very perfect; almost a globe, 
and beautifully imbricated; mixed colors. . io 
Imbrique Pompon, twelve separate colors — 
white, blue, crimson, etc.; each color, .... 15 
Cocardeau, or New Crown, double flowers, 
the central petals being of pure white, sometimes 
small and quilled, surrounded with large, flat 
petals of a bright color, as crimson, violet, scar¬ 
let, etc.; 18 inches, . 10 
Cocardeau, or New Crown, carmine, violet, 
blue, deep scarlet, violet brown, etc., each with 
white.center; each variety,. 10 
New Paeony - flowered Globe, a new variety, 
and the earliest of the Asters — at least two 
weeks earlier than Truffaut's Pceonyjlou>ered; 
flowers very large ; plant branching and strong ; 
does not require support, . 10 
Pyarmidal-flowered German, late, branching, 
good habit; needs no tying,. 10 
New Victoria, flowers large; habit pyramidal; 
2 feet high ; flowers freely ; mixed colors, . . 15 
Giant Paeony, Brilliant Rose, a hybrid be¬ 
tween Giant Emperor and Truffaut’ s Pceony- 
floT.uercd Perfection ; flowers large and perfect, 25 
Washington, a new Aster recently introduced 
from Germany, and has the largest flowers of . 
the family. We grew and exhibited them last 
year five inches in diameter, and perfect; the 
plant is robust and perfectly healthy ; mixed 
colors, . 25 
Goliath, another large new variety, but not as 
large or as good as Washington. The plant is 
not healthy, and we cannot recommend it; it is 
no betterthan the old Giant Emperor for Amer¬ 
ica, and has the same faults,. 10 
New Chrysanthemum - flowered Dwarf, a 
desirable class, 1 foot in height; late, and desira¬ 
ble on this account, as well as for its great 
beauty ; mixed colors,. 15 
Chrysanthemum - flowered Dwarf, Snowy 
White, a superb snow white variety, changing 
from white to azure blue as the plants become 
old; every flower usually perfect, ....... 15 
Newest Dwarf Bouquet. Each plant looks 
like a little bouquet of flowers set in the ground ; 
fine for edging or filling small beds ; about 12 
different colors mixed,. 15 
Dwarf Pyramidal Bouquet, 10 inches high; 
abundance of flowers ; very early,. 15 
Dwarf Pyramidal Bouquet, Blood Red, a 
novelty of 1870, which has proved quite distinct 
and true ; very brilliant in color, free blooming, 
and uniform in habit; excellent for outside 'row 
of bed or border,. 20 
New Schiller, a late, dwarf, bouquet Aster, of 
peculiar habit and great beauty ; 15 inches high, 
with great quantity of bloom ; finest mixed, . . 10 
Hedge-Hog, or Needle, petals long, quilled, 
and sharply pointed; very curious; two feet ; 
mixed colors,. 15 
Original Chinese, plant tall; flowers large and 
loose; distinct in appearance, and of bright 
colors ; resembling the first imported \sters, . 10 
BALSAM, page 20. 
Camellia-flowered, French, double, perfect in 
form ; mixed colors,. 15 
Camellia-flowered, French, ten colors, each in 
separate package; each color,. 15 
Balsam, Camellia - flowered Spotted, German, 
double; spotted with white; mixed colors, . . 15 
Rose-flowered, French ; double ; mixed colors, 15 
Rose - flowered, French; ten colors, each in 
separate packages ; each color. 15 
Dwarf Camellia - flowered Spotted, German, 
8 or 10 inches in height; splendid fora border 
or outside row of a bed,. 15 
Extra Double Dwarf, very double; 6inchcs, . 15 
Half Dwarf, 18 inches in height. 15 
Carnation, double; striped like the Carnation, 15 
Solferino, white, striped and spotted with red, . 15 
Common Double, occasionally only semi-double, 10 
BARTONIA, page 21. 
aurea, is a very showy, half-hardy annual, with 
large, yellow flowers. Plant prostrate in habit, 5 
BRACHYCOME, page 21. 
Iberidifolia, (Swan River Daisy,) blue and 
white, separate or mixed,. *0 
BROWALLIA, page 21. 
Cerviakowski, blue, with white center. 10 
elata alba, white, . 10 
elata grandiflora, blue, . 10 
CACALIA, page 22. 
coccinea, scarlet, . 5 
coccinea fiore-luteo, yellow, . .. 5 
CALANDRINIA, page 22. 
grandiflora, reddish lilac; 1 foot, . 5 
speciosa, dark purple; very showy ; 4 inches, . 5 
speciosa alba, white ; very free bloomer, ... 5 
umbellata, rosy purple; perennial, but flower¬ 
ing first season, . 10 
CALENDULA, page 22. 
officinalis Le Proust, new; uniformly double; 
nankeen, edged with brown,. 10 
CALLIOPSIS, page 22. 
coronata, yellow disc, encircled with crimson 
spots,. 5 
Drummondii, yellow, crimson center, . . 5 
bicolor, yellow, crimson center, . 5 
bicolor nigra speciosa, rich, velvety crimson, 5 
bicolor nana marmorata, dwarf; reddish- 
brown, marbled with yellow,. 5 
cardaminifolia hybrida, yellow; habit com¬ 
pact ; blooms profusely the whole season, ... 5 
cardaminifolia hybrida atrosanguinea, com¬ 
pact habit; rich, dark bloom, . 5 
tinctoria, quilled ; very singular, . 5 
Burridgi, (Cosmidium Burridgeanuvt ,) the 
most beautiful and distinct of the family; flow¬ 
ers with a rich, crimson bronze center, and 
orange yellow border,. 5 
Mixed colors of every shade, . 5 
CALLIRHOE, page 23. 
pedata, purplish crimson, with white edge; 2 fcot, 10 
pedata nana, flowers rich velvet crimson, with 
white eye ; 1 foot,. 10 
involucrata, with large purplish crimson flow¬ 
ers ; native of the Western prairies,. 10 
CAMPANULA, page 23. 
speculum rosea, rose-colored,. 5 
speculum fiore-albo, white,. 5 
speculum grandiflorum, purple, . 5 
speculum, mixed colors,. 5 
Lorei, blue and white,. 5 
