For the convenience of customers, and to prevent mistakes by those who have not had much 
experience in gardening, we have arranged our work carefully, and placed all seeds and plants 
in appropriate departments, according to their nature. This DEPARTMENT is devoted entirely 
to Bulbs and Plants. Even in this we make one division, placing in the first those things 
that will bear a northern winter without injury, like the Lilies and P&onies , and in the other, 
those plants and bulbs that, at the North, must be taken up in the autumn, like the Gladiolus , 
Dahlia , etc. Of course, many things that at the North are tender are quite hardy at the South. 
HARDY PLANTS AND BULBS. 
AKEBIA. 
Akebia quinata, 
a singular Japan¬ 
ese Climber, with 
small, pretty foli¬ 
age, and small 
chocolate brown 
flowers; some¬ 
times almost pur¬ 
ple. It is a neat, 
pretty plant, and | 
grows quite rapid¬ 
ly, often making a 
growth of twenty 
feet in one season; 
indeed, sometimes 
even greater, and 
giving good satis¬ 
faction. 
Akebia quinata, 20 feet,. *5 
AMPELOPSIS. 
Ampelopsis quinquefolia, or Virginia Creeper, called 
American Ivy and Woodbine; a very rapid grower, 
leaves turning to crimson in autumn; all things consid¬ 
ered, the best Climber for verandas or porches for this 
country. 
Ampelopsis quinquefolia,. 30 
Veitchii, from Japan; a most beautiful Climber, 
and fast becoming a great favorite ; it is a splen¬ 
did wall plant, clinging to the smoothest surfaces 
perfectly. No plant will cause more surprise to 
those not acquainted with it. If planted close 
to the foundation of a houscorwall.it will cover 
almost any required space with a mass of foliage 30 
ALTHASA, (Rose of Sharon.) 
Hardy shrubs, blooming in the early fall, when 
scarcely any other tree or shrub is m flower. Price 
25 cents each. 
Single White. 
Double Red. 
Variegated Foliage. 
ANEMONE. 
Anemone Japonica alba 
one of the best hardy,white 
blooming, autumn flower¬ 
ing planus wc have. It is 
plain looking during the 
summer, with dark green 
foliage; but in the latter 
part of summer flower 
stems appear, growing 
eighteen inches high, with 
white flowers. It bears 
from a score to a hundred 
flowers, continuing to im¬ 
prove until destroyed by 
frost. The flowers are 
about two inches in 
diameter. An excellent 
plant for cemeteries. 
Anemone Japonica alba, each,. 20 
Coronaria is of low growth, and flowers in early 
summer. The roots arc somewhat like the gin¬ 
ger root in appearance, and will be found des¬ 
cribed in the Flower and Vegetable Garden, 
page 137. Dry roots, double orsingle, perdoz., 25 
