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VICK'S FLORAL GUIDE. 
AGAPANTHUS. 
Agapanthus umbellatus, or African Lily, 
flowers blue, in immense clusters, on flower 
stalks three to four feet high,.. . 50 
ALTERN ANTHER A. 
Plants with beautiful variegated foliage, used for a 
border plant or ribbon lines ; grows about 6 inches high, 
and 12 in diameter ; varying in rich tints of green, crim¬ 
son, amber and orange. Per dozen §1.50; 'each 15 < 5 ls. 
Latifolia, broad, smooth, autumn-tinted leaves. 
Magnifica, leaves yellow, scarlet and green. 
Parychoides, leaves green, crimson and straw color. 
Parychoides major, leaves carmine, yellow and 
green. 
Spathulata, leaves tinted carmine and green. 
Versicolor, leaves tinted rose and carmine. 
ALYSSUM. 
Pretty plants for vases, pots or baskets ; very fragrant 
20 cents each. 
Alyssum variegata, striped foliage, single. 
Collossus, flowers single, large. 
Double White, new. 
The Gem, a new double, variegated Alyssum, with 
full double white flowers, leaves broad, center light 
green, bordered with pure white; a very superior 
novelty ; each 30 cents. 
AMARYLLIS. 
Amaryllis Valotta purpurea 
throws up a flower stem about 
eighteen inches in height, bear¬ 
ing from four to eight brilliant 
purplish scarlet flowers, two or 
three inches in diameter. 
Pulbs may be potted any time 
in the spring, or even as late 
as June. After flowering, the 
bulb may remain in the pot 
until the following spring, and 
should be kept pretty cool and 
not over moist. In May next, 
the. bulb will probably need 
more room, and should be re- I 
potted for flowering. In a 
year or two a number of bulbs 
will form, giving"sevcral flow¬ 
er stems. 
Amaryllis Valotta purpurea, bulbs, each, ... 75 
formosissima, (Jacobean Lily,) flowers dark 
crimson; 8 to 10 inches high. The bulbs are 
dormant during the winter ; fine bulbs $3.00 doz. 30 
Johnsonii. An elegant pot plant, with crimson 
flowers five inches in diameter ; each petal strip¬ 
ed with white. Flower-stalk two feet high, with 
clusters of four or five blooms,. 1 50 
AMOMUM. 
Amomum meleguetta, (Cardamom,) an interest¬ 
ing Greenhouse plant, from which is obtained the 
Cardamom seed of commerce; leaves broad, 
green, and delightfully fragrant, ..... 30 
ANTHERICUM. 
Anthericum vittatum variegatum, an elegant 
house plant with dark green leaves, beautifully 
marked with broad stripes of pure white; it 
throws up long spikes of small star-shaped 
flowers, which are very effective ; fine for hang¬ 
hanging baskets, . . . 50 
AQUARIUM PLANTS. 
We put these plants under this heading as they ar 
especially adapted for the purpose. They are also used 
for Wardian Cases, Ferneries, Hanging Baskets, &c.; 
the set for 75 cents ; each 25 cents. 
Aspedistra lurida, leaves a foot long and three inches 
wide. 
Cyperus alternifolius, a grass-like plant, surrounded 
at the top with a whorl of leaves. 
Reineckea carnea, a dwarf, grass-like plant, with 
purple flowers. 
AZALEAS. 
Azaleas, popular evergreen greenhouse shrubs,with 
a profusion of flowers in the spring. Plants 
should be plunged in some shady place through 
summer. Each, 50 cents to.1 00 
BOU VARDIAS. 
This beautiful class of autumn and winter blooming 
plants deserve more attention than they have received. 
They are easily culti¬ 
vated and reward the 
grower with a profusion 
of brilliant flowers all 
winter. By plunging 
the pots in the summer 
a vigorous growth will 
be ensured. “ Plung¬ 
ing,” as gardeners call 
it, is sinking the pot in 
the soil as low as the 
rim, so that the pot is 
hidden and the plant 
looks as though it were 
simply growing in the 
bed without any pot. They should be removed to 
