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HYDRANGEA. 
JASMINE. 
The Hydrangeas are well-known, favorite plants. 
Hardy south of Philadelphia ; grown at the North as 
pot plants ; their immense heads of bloom make them 
very conspicuous. A little shade and plenty of water 
seem to meet all their needs. They can be put in the 
cellar in the fall. For decorative plants on a piazza or 
porch, few plants are more desirable. One each side of 
the front door steps make a fine effect, each 30 cents, 
except where noted. 
Hydrangea hortensis. The old variety with bright 
pink flowers. 
Otaksa. A Japanese variety, with immense heads 
of pale pink bloom. 
Thomas Hogg. A pure white variety, with heads 
as large as the pink. A most beautiful shrub. 
Imperatrice Eugenie, white, with blue and rose. 
Japonica, white outside, with rosy pink center. 
Japonica variegata, foliage green and white, beau¬ 
tifully marked; 40 cents. 
IVY, GERMAN. 
These plants, which are not true Ivies, but so called, 
are very rapid growers, and most suitable for hanging- 
baskets and vases, for which they arc unsurpassed. 
Ivy, German, or Parlor, with smooth, glossy, 
light green leaves ; a very rapid grower, ... 25 
Cape Ivy, a variety of the above, with thick, 
dark green leaves . 25 
The Jasmine is a favorite green-house or house plant 
everywhere. It is the idol of the poets and one of the 
sweetest flowers ; 25 cents each. 
Jasminum grandiflorum, foliage fine ; flowers white, 
star-shaped, and very fragrant, blooming from No¬ 
vember till May. Easy of culture, 
revolutum, a half climbing plant with thick ever¬ 
green foliage, flowers bright yellow, very fragrant. 
KENILWORTH IVY. 
See engraving page 42. 
Kenilworth Ivy, (Linaria Cymbalaria,) a pret¬ 
ty drooping plant, with small lilac flowers ; fine 
for the house, or for baskets and vases, .... .->3 
LAURESTINUS. 
IMPATIENS SULTANI. 
Laurestinus, an elegant evergreen shrub for the 
South, and also for house culture at the North, 
producing all winter a profusion of white flowers, 25 
LEMON VERBENA. 
Lemon Verbena, (Aloysia citriodora,) a 
shrubby plant, with light green, fragrant leaves, 
and lilac tinted flowers. An old favorite, ... 25 
MAHERNI A. 
Mahernia (Honey Bell,) a finefoliaged pot plant, 
of easy culture; bell-shaped flowers ; fragrant. 
One of the prettiest and most distinct flowering plants Hector, rose, shaded yellow,. 25 
that has been introduced in a long time. Compact in odorata, yellow. 25 
habit, it carries its beautifully-shaded rosy-carmine mad amta 
flowers in a conspicuous manner on the summit of the MAKAIn 1 A. 
stems, and, on account of its free-blooming qualities, Maranta zebrina, an ornamental leaved plant of 
will undoubtedly become a general favorite. A splendid great beauty, leaves large, with bands of dark 
plant, either for bedding or pot culture. 25 cents. 1 velvety green ; fine for ferneries . 50 
