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HOLLYHOCK, page 61. 
Double, assorted colors ; per dozen, £2.50, . . 
IVY PLANTS, page 81. 
Not hardy far North; unsurpassed for in-door 
decorations, etc.; plants, according to size, 
each, 25 cents, 50 cents, and . 1.00 
LILY OF THE VALLEY, page 82. 
Very sweet and graceful; delicately hung; pips 
per dozen, . 60 
Pips sent at any time for winter flowering. 
PAMPAS GRASS. 
A beautiful, strong Grass, with large, elegant 
spikes, but not sufficiently hardy in the North¬ 
ern States for out-door culture,. 50 
PENTSTEMON, page 02. 
barbatus, scarlet,. * . 30 
PERENNIAL PEA, page 68. 
Pink, strong roots, . 30 
PERENNIAL PHLOX, page 81. 
Flowers abundantly in the summer, and never suf¬ 
fers in the winter; strong roots, per dozen, 
$2.50; each,. 2 - 
VIOLETS, (Sweet-scented Double,) page 80. 
English Dark Blue, per doz. £3.00,. .0 
Neapolitan, light blue ; per doz. $3.00,. 
Maria Louise, light blue, but darker than the 
Neapolitan. This has proved very fine indeed, 
blooming profusely early in the spring, and 
also late in the fall. Easy to force in winter, 
and in every way very desirable; per doz. $3.00, 
YUCCA. 
30 
30 
filamentosa, very fine hardy plant, with striking 
foliage and elegant trusses of flowers; describ¬ 
ed in No. 1 Floral Guide for 1876. Strong 1 year 
old roots, 50 cents ; strong 2 year old roots, . . 75 
Seeds of Yucca, per packet, . 20 1 
DICTAMNUS, page 65. 
Fraxinella, white and pink; plants $3.00 per 
dozen; each . 
Seeds, per packet, . 
HARDY CLIMBERS. 
AMPELOPSIS quinquefolia, or Virginia 
Creeper, sometimes called American Ivy and 
Woodbine; a native plant, very rapid grower, 
leaves turning to. a beautiful crimson in autumn ; 
the best Climber for verandas, porches, or walls, 50 
Veitchii, from Japan; foliage smaller than the 
first named. This is considered by all who 
have seen it in perfection the finest hardy wall 
plant known, clinging to the smoothest surfaces 
perfectly,. so 
AKEBIA quinata, a singular Japanese Climber, 
with small, pretty foliage, and small chocolate 
brown flowers,; a rapid grower, very desirable ; 
20 feet, . 
BIGNONIA radicans, or Trumpet Creeper, a 
rapid, strong grower, with clean, glossy foliage, 
bright, scarlet, trumpet-shaped flowers, three- 
inches long; blooms in August, . 
CELASTRUS scandens, or Climbing Bitter¬ 
sweet, another ofour beautiful native plants, well 
worthy of cultivation; leaves pea green; flowers 
small, followed by clusters of orange capsuled 
berries,. 
CLEMATIS flammula, European Sweet, flow¬ 
ers white, small and very sweet scented, . 
Virginiana, common Virgin Bower, another 
native plant, with clusters of small, white flowers, 
succeeded in autumn by fruit with conspicuous 
feathery tails, . 
Jackmanii, an English hybrid ; flowers large, in¬ 
tense violet purple, and from 4 to 6 inches in 
diameter, . 3 
Lanuginosa Candida, flowers larger than the 
above: white, tinted with lavender. The two 
grown together form a pleasing contrast, . . . j 
LONICERA, Honeysuckles,) Halleana, an 
evergreen variety from Japan; flowers pure white, 
changing to yellow ; very fragrant, and covered 
with flowers from June to November; a strong 
grower, . 
Japan Golden-veined, foliage small, beautifully 
netted with yellow, flowers white, sweet, 25 feet, 
Monthly Fragrant, or Dutch, flowers red and 
pale yellow, blooming through the whole sum¬ 
mer; very desirable, . 
Scarlet Trumpet, monthly, evergreen, or nearly 
so, flowers 2 inches long; scarlet outside and 
yellow inside, . 
WISTARIA Sinensis, Chinese Wistai •ia, a rapid, 
strong grower, when well established grows 20 
feet in a season, with long racemes of light pur¬ 
ple flowers ; a large plant in bloom is a most 
gorgeous sight, . 
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50 
50 
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50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
OMISSIONS. 
DISH CLOTH GOURD. 
J he curious Gourd is described in No x, Floral 
Guide for 1876, p. 21, . 
MOLUCCA BALM, or 
Shell Flower, a very curious old Annual, de¬ 
scribed in Floral Guide for 1876, No. 1, p. 17, 
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