JAMES VICK, ROCHESTER, N. V 
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TENDER. BULBS AND PLANTS. 
This Department embraces a large number ol our most beautiful Bulbs and Plants, as 
will be believed when we mention that it includes the Gladiolus and Dahlia; the Calla and 
Canna, the Geranium, Coleus, and, indeed, all our Bedding Plants. 
Packing Plants is now so well understood that we can send them by mail with safety to 
any State in the Union, and rarely receive any complaint. Still, we prefer to send by Express 
where we can do so. and advise our customers to have them sent in this way, except, perhaps, in 
the far West, California, or in such places where the charges would be very high. Our system of 
light packing makes the charges comparatively low, plants almost invariably arrive in perfect order 
when thus sent, and we can generally send larger plants by Express than by mail. fVe shall f 
therefore, send all Tender Plants by Express, at the expense of the purchaser, unless otherwise 
directed, or, unless the distance, &c., would seem to make it improper to do so. While we 
desire to accommodate our customers in every possible way, and shall do so, we do not like to 
pack less than about a dollars’ worth of tender plants to send by mail, because the packing of a 
plant or two, to secure safety, often makes the postage cost more than we charge for the plants; 
besides a number packed together are more likely to arrive in good condition. Bulbs, of course, 
we shall send by mail, as usual. When Seeds and Bulbs or Tender Plants are ordered 
together, if not safe to send all, on account of cold weather, the Seeds will be sent at once, and 
the Bulbs and Plants as soon as safe. 
ABUTILON. 
Hard-wooded, green-house shrubs, blooming almost 
the entire year; well-adapted for house culture; also 
fine for bedding out in the summer; flowers bell-shaped 
and drooping. They are called Flowering Maples, be¬ 
cause the leaf bears a strong resemblance to the leaf of 
our Sugar Mapie ; indeed the whole plant looks some¬ 
what like a dwarfed Maple tree. The Abutilons are very 
popular on account of their healthfulness, their cleanly 
habit and their constant flowering. The engravings 
show the white variety, Boule de Neige, and the small 
Mesopotamicum. Many of the new varieties have very 
large flowers. 25 cents each, except where noted. 
Arthur Belsham, large, clear crimson. 
Aug. Pasewold, fine variegated foliage. 
Boule de Neige, flowers white. 
Chas. Sumner, deep orange, veined with purple, 
large, free bloomer. 
Darwinii, orange scarlet, pink veined ; covered with 
flowers. 
Darwinii tessellatum, has all the free blooming 
qualities of Darwinii, and finely variegated foliage. 
50 cents each. 
Ella Ambler, orange yellow, red veined. 
Flamingo, new; orange scarlet, veined with crim¬ 
son, very showy. 35 cents each. 
Gipsey Girl, new ; bronze, finely veined with crimson. 
John Hopkins, yellow; strong grower. 
Mesopotamicum, habit, drooping; flowers scarlet 
and yellow. 
Mesopotamicum var., variegated foliage. 
Monarch, new ; peach tint, veined with light'crim¬ 
son ; 35 cents each. 
Perle d’Or, dwarf habit ; flowers orange yellow. 
Princess Alice, new; deilcate salmon, light magenta 
vein, large flower. 35 cents each. 
Robt. George, orange, veined with crimson. 
Rosamond, new ; peach tint, veined with garnet. 
35 cents each. 
Roseum, pink flowers, very free bloomer. 
Snow Storm, new ; fine white ; 35 cents. 
Thompsonii, leaves mottled with yellow. 
Yellow Boy, new ; fine yellow ; 35 cents each. 
ACALYPHA. 
Acalypha Macafeeana, a beautiful foliage plant for 
garden, greenhouse or conservatory, with leaves 
eight inches long and six broad, very highly 
colored, bright red blotched with deep bronzy 
crimson; each,. 50 
ACHANIA. 
Achania malvaviscus, a greenhouse shrub, with 
scarlet flowers, always in bloom, summer and 
winter ; not subject to insects of any kind. One 
of the most satisfactory house plants grown, . 30 
ACHYRANTHES. 
Bright leaved plants, used largely as a bedding plant, 
for which they arc admirably adapted. They are of 
easy culture, standing the hottest summer weather per¬ 
fectly. Per dozen $2.00; each 20 cents. 
Aurea reticulata, leaves green and yellow. 
Verschaffeltii, leaves carmine and pink. 
Lindenii, leaves dark blood red, one of the best dark 
foliaged plants we have. 
Cseseii, leaves large, green and yellow. 
Hoyeyii, leaves large, carmine, crimson and bronze. 
Emersonii, like Lindenii, but lighter shade. 
AGERATUM, (New Varieties.) 
SEE ENGRAVING, PAGE 9. 
Very useful plants for bedding or borders, flowering 
continually during the summer. By cutting back and 
potting in the fall they will continue to flower all winter 
per dozen $2.00 ; each 20 cents. 
Blanche, pure white. 
Cannell’s Dwarf, bright lavender blue. 
Countess of Stair, very dark blue. 
John Douglas, azure blue, compact habit. 
