. 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. RARE FLOWERS AND IsTO^ELTIES IFOI^ 1868. Particular care has been taken that the selection should be of the purest character. We cannot affirm the accuracy of the various descriptions, having tested but few of them ; but the reputation of the growers, from whom we import, is to us the best assurance that satisfaction will surely follow. Our patrons, w
. 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. RARE FLOWERS AND IsTO^ELTIES IFOI^ 1868. Particular care has been taken that the selection should be of the purest character. We cannot affirm the accuracy of the various descriptions, having tested but few of them ; but the reputation of the growers, from whom we import, is to us the best assurance that satisfaction will surely follow. Our patrons, wishing novelties, will please send their orders early, as our stock of some of the varieties is limited. For cultural direction, see respective headings in body of the Guide. NO. PRICE 1391 Antirrhinum Multiflorum. Hybrid of A. Rupestris and A. Majus, with rose and white flowers, which are not so large as those of the latter, but in such a quantity that the plant, j foot in height, is entirely covered with them. Very hardy, and always in bloom ' . i . . .25 1892 Aphanostephus Ramosissimus. A half-hardy annual; from Texas; four inches in height; much branched ; the flower-head with a yellow disk, and violet-blue ray florets; of a close, carpet-like growth ; blooms profusely throughout the summer. .25 1893 Artemisia spec, ex St. Petersburgh. Ornamental plant of exceedingly rapid growth, reaching in the first months of summer the height of four or five feet ; of pyramidal habit, and with light-green, needle-like foliage, by which the plant receives the gracious appearance of an elegant Conifer. Like A. Annua, introduced to the trade some years ago, this sort is as proper for beds as for being isolated on grass- plots, and will prove a very valuable acquisition for every garden 23 1894 Artemisia Japonica. Very large plant; of the same habit as the common Artemisia, which it resembles in many respects, but is more fragrant. It is rather a plant for the lawn than the flower garden, a
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