E Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower &; kitchen garden for 1880 efredwashburnsam1880wash Year: 1880 LILIPUTIAJJ CR BOUQUET DAHMA. ANTIRRHryUM MAJUS DWARP. DAHLIA. Nat. Ord., Composite. A noble autumn-flowering plant. The seed offered by us has been saved from one of the best prize collections. Half-hardy perennial. 457 Dahlias, Extra Fine. Saved from a choice prize collection .... 458 Liiiputian. Dwarf variety; beautiful .25 .25 DATURA. Nat. Ord., Solanacece. A tribe of highly ornamental plants, producing large, sweet-scented, trum
E Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower &; kitchen garden for 1880 efredwashburnsam1880wash Year: 1880 LILIPUTIAJJ CR BOUQUET DAHMA. ANTIRRHryUM MAJUS DWARP. DAHLIA. Nat. Ord., Composite. A noble autumn-flowering plant. The seed offered by us has been saved from one of the best prize collections. Half-hardy perennial. 457 Dahlias, Extra Fine. Saved from a choice prize collection .... 458 Liiiputian. Dwarf variety; beautiful .25 .25 DATURA. Nat. Ord., Solanacece. A tribe of highly ornamental plants, producing large, sweet-scented, trumpet- shaped flowers of the most attractive character, and succeeding in most any rich soil. The roots may be preserved in and through the winter in a dry cellar, in same manner as the Dahlias. Half-hardy pei-ennials. 459 Datura, Wright's, or Meteloides. Flowers of extraordinary size, pure white at the centre, and passing to a lilac-blue at the border. 3 feet. 460 Chlorantha. A magnificent variety, producing a profusion of deep golden-yellow fiowers, very large, doubfe, and sweet-scented. 2 feet 461 Fastuosa Alba. Double, white. 2 feet 462 — Violacea. Violet, double. 2 feet JO .10 .10 .10 DELPHINIUM. Nat. Okd., Ranunculacece. A highly ornamental genus of splendid profuse-flowering plants, of an unusually high decorative character. When planted in large beds or groups, their gorgeous spikes of flovrers, of almost endless shades, from pearl-Avhite to the very richest and deepest blue, render them the most conspicuous and striking objects in the flower- garden or pleasure-ground. Delight in a deep, rich soil. Hardy perennials. 463 Delphinium, Chinese. Finest mixed; the most desirable of the tribe. 2^ ft. ^^ 464 CcDlestinum Grandiflorum. Celestial blue; long spikes; fine. 3 feet . ; 465 Elatum (Bee Larkspur). Blue. 3 feet . . . . . . . >y Formosum. New flowers; large color; exquisite blue, with white; will flower the first season from seeds; finest of the tribe. 2 feet . . . 46
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