THE LADIES' FLORAL CABINET. 
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The past season afforded ns an opportunity of testing 
many of the novelties, with a view of giving our readers 
the benefit of them in the way of premiums, and it is 
with no little pleasure that we say that some of the 
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annuals we have tried are decided acquisitions, and re¬ 
flect great credit on those to whom we are indebted for 
their introduction. Among the more desirable are— 
MINIATURE FLOWERED PETUNIAS. 
(Inimitable nana compacta multiflora.) 
Charming border plants, and equally valuable for 
beds, rockeries, stands, or for pot culture. They form 
neat and compact plants not more than six or eight 
inches high, and from twelve to eighteen inches in 
diameter, and are completely covered with flowers the 
entire Summer; and at the present writing, when there 
is but little left except Chrysanthemums, they are as 
cheerful and showy as before the frost; in fact, more so. 
The contrast is marked with the dead and dying forms 
around them. The flowers are small, of great substance, 
striped evenly with purple crimson on pure white 
ground. 
PETUNIA HYBRIDA ORANDIFLORA, 
the large flowering sections. The marked improvement 
annually made in this class of the large flowering Pe¬ 
tunias is so marked as to include them in the list of 
novelties. Those flowered this season, with us, are far 
superior to any heretofore grown. 
gaillardia picta lorenziana. 
This new double variety of a well-known species, is a 
plant of great merit, the flowers are of various shades of 
yellow, orange, claret, and amaranth, very useful for 
bouquets or to cut for loose flowers, and they are pro¬ 
duced in the greatest profusion. A beautiful feature of 
this plant is that it will endure several degrees of frost 
without the slightest injury to its flowers. 
antirrii inch— Snapdragon . 
{New Striped.) 
Careful selection of seed from the most positive 
marked varieties has resulted in a very fine strain of 
,, these annual and perennial plants. We find the most 
satisfaction in growing this plant as an annual. It comes 
into flower in mid-Summer if the seed is sown in a hot¬ 
bed, or in boxes in the house, and will remain in bloom 
until about the first of December; it is not injured by 
six degrees of frost.If A peculiarity of this flower is, that 
however much they may be variegated the first season, 
the flowers are almost certain to be self-colored the 
second ; for this reason we grow them as annuals. 
MARIGOLD—COMPACT FRENCH STRIPED. 
We welcome this, a new variety of an old garden 
favorite, and one of the most showy of all Autumn 
flowers. This variety attains a height of about six 
inches, and a diameter of about twelve inches. It is 
thickly studded with large flowers, mostly regularly 
striped with chestnut brown on a yellow ground. The 
plants are very dense in growth, and are perfectly uni¬ 
form, making one of the very best flowering plants for 
massing or for borders. 
AQUILEGIA CCERULEA HYBRIDA. 
( Columbines) 
These arc hardy perennials, flowering the second year 
from seed. The new varieties are free flowering, showy 
plants, of easy culture, growing anywhere with the 
greatest persistency. They are worthy a place in every 
collection. 
MIGNONETTE—GOLDEN QUEEN. . 
This new Variety we have already noticed; through¬ 
out the season it has proved a decided acquisition. For 
late flowering, it has, with us, far surpassed all other 
varieties. 
