. Amateur cultivator's guide to the flower and kitchen garden: containing a descriptive list of two thousand varieties of flower and vegetable seeds; also a list of French hybrid gladiolus. Gardening; Vegetable gardening; Seed industry and trade. 86 AMATEUR CULTIVATOR S GUIDE .?^'/...?^.l. A vl. BASKET OF VERBENAS. 1469 Verbena Hybrida Auriculaeflora. A splendid novelty, large and well formed ; blooms in various shades, virith a distinct eye of white or rose, and properly called Auricu- liflora, as the disk comes near the Polyanthus and Auricula. Extra fine mixed, $ 1470 Coccinea. From mos
. Amateur cultivator's guide to the flower and kitchen garden: containing a descriptive list of two thousand varieties of flower and vegetable seeds; also a list of French hybrid gladiolus. Gardening; Vegetable gardening; Seed industry and trade. 86 AMATEUR CULTIVATOR S GUIDE .?^'/...?^.l. A vl. BASKET OF VERBENAS. 1469 Verbena Hybrida Auriculaeflora. A splendid novelty, large and well formed ; blooms in various shades, virith a distinct eye of white or rose, and properly called Auricu- liflora, as the disk comes near the Polyanthus and Auricula. Extra fine mixed, $ 1470 Coccinea. From most brilliant scarlet flowers 23 1471 Coerulea. Deep-blue; fine 25 VIOLA. TKICOLOIl. Nat. Ord., Violacece. (See Pansy or Heartsease.) "VTE^ Nat. Ord., Apocynacece. A genus of the most beautiful greenhouse plants; succeeding out of doors in warm, shel- tered situations. Seed sown early in spring will bloom the same season. 1473 Vinca Rosea. Rose-color; from East Indies 10 1474 Alba. White, with crimson eye 10 1475 Alba Nova. A new variety ; pure white .25 VICTOKIA. Nat. Ord., NympJiacea. One of the most beautiful of all the aquatic plants, which requires a house for its special use. To succeed in growing them from seed, keep tlie pot immersed in water until the seed vegetates, when it should be repotted in a large pot, and siuik in a pond or fountain about one foot below the surface of the water. From the River Amazon. 1476 Victoria Regia. The most magnificent of all lilies. Per seed Nat. Ord:, CaryopJiyllacece. A genus of remarkably pretty profuse-flowering plants, producing a striking effect In beds, ribbons, or mixed borders ; growing freely in any good garden-soil. Hardy annual. 1477 Viscaria Burridgli. White. 15 feet 05 1478 Cosli Rosea (Rose of Heaven). Bright rose, with white centre; from Levant. ij feet 05 1479 Alba. Pure white; fine 05 1480 Nana. Dwarf; bright rose, white centre 10 1481 Oculata. Pink, with rich crimson eye. From Algier
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