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bears a great many flowers, and keeps in bloom a long 
time, and is, therefore, desirable for bouquet making. 
It is well to start the seeds under glass, and transplant. 
Ageratum conspicuum, white; 18 in., .... 5 
Mexicanum, blue ; 1 foot,. 5 
Mexicanum albiflorum, white-flowered ; 2 feet, 5 
Mexicanum albiflorum nanum, 6 inches, . . 5 
Lasseauxii, compact plant; flowers pink ; 18 in. 10 
coelestinum (Phalacraea) Tom Thumb, light 
blue ; 8 inches high, and of compact habit, . . 5 
ABRONIA. 
The Abronias arc trailing plants, with prostrate 
branches, several feet in length. The plants and flow¬ 
ers arc very much like the Verbena. They are natives 
of California, where we have seen fine fields. 
Abronia umbellata, rosy lilac ; white eye, ... 10 
arenaria, yellow,. 20 
AGROSTEMMA. 
The annual Agrostemmas arc very pretty, free bloom¬ 
ing and hardy, always make desirable beds and useful 
for cutting. The flowers arc something like single 
Pinks. Twelve inches in height. 
Agrostemma, New Scarlet, bright. 5 
Cceli Rosa, deep rose color,. 5 
elegans picta, center dark crimson, white margin, 5 
cardinalis, bright red, . c 
ALYSSUM. 
The Sweet Alyssum has pretty little white flowers, use¬ 
ful in making up in all kinds of small bouquets, and its 
fragrance, while sufficiently pronounced, is very doli- 
I cate, reminding one of the peculiar aroma of the hay- 
1 field. The Alyssum grows freely front seed, cither under 
• glass or in the open ground, and makes a pretty border. 
Alyssum, Sweet, hardy annual; flowers small and 
sweet, in clusters ; 6 inches,. 5 
Wierczbeckii, hardy perennial ; yellow; 1 foot 
bigb,. 5 
ALONSOA. 
The Alonsoa is a tender or half-hardy annual. Young 
plants removed to the house or green-house in the autumn 
will continue to flower during the winter. The flowers 
are small, but of remarkably brilliant colors, in which 
respect they are excelled by very few of our richly 
colored flowers. 
Alonsoa Warczewiczii, flowers small, bright 
scarlet, forming a very pretty spike; 18 inches 
high ; set plants 8 or 10 inches apart,. 5 
grandiflora, large-flowered ; scarlet; 2 feet in 
height,. . 5 
AMARANTHUS. 
The Amaranthus embraces a large class of plants, 
mainly valuable for their ornamental foliage, the leaves 
of most varieties being highly colored. The drooping 
flower shows A. caudatus, sometimes called Love Lies 
Bleeding, with racemes of flowers often two or three 
feet in length. Prince’s Feather has flowers in erect 
spikes. The plant with dark points to the leaves rep 
resent Bicolor and Tricolor and Melaricholicus ruber, 
differing only in color. The engraving with narrow 
leaves shows a part of a plant of Salicifolius, or Foun- 
| tain Plant, and the one with a light top shows a part of 
I a branch of our beautiful Sunrise. 
Amaranthus salicifolius, a beautiful Amaranth, 
both in habit and color; plant pyramidal, 3 feet 5 
Sunrise, the most brilliant of the family. The 
the top of plant brilliant crimson,. 2 s 
bicolor ruber, the lower half of the leaf a fiery 
red, the upper half maroon, . ^ 
tricolor, red, yellow and green foliage ; 2 feet, ^ 
