Archive image from page 65 of Curtis, Cobb & Washburn's amateur. Curtis, Cobb & Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower and kitchen garden for 1878 curtiscobbwashbu1878curt Year: 1878 PRICE. New; double, white, fine 10 393 Caryophylloides. White, striped with reddisli crimson. Beautiful double, .10 394 Formosa. Double; crimson and orange. 1J feet 05 395 Rosea. Beautiful rose-color; double. 2 feet 10 396 — Rubro. Fine, crimson; double. IJ feet ID 397 Glandulosa. Blue and white. 1 foot 10 398 Siberica. Violet; double. 1 foot 10 399 Skinnerii. Scarlet and yellow; very beautiful; from


Archive image from page 65 of Curtis, Cobb & Washburn's amateur. Curtis, Cobb & Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower and kitchen garden for 1878 curtiscobbwashbu1878curt Year: 1878 PRICE. New; double, white, fine 10 393 Caryophylloides. White, striped with reddisli crimson. Beautiful double, .10 394 Formosa. Double; crimson and orange. 1J feet 05 395 Rosea. Beautiful rose-color; double. 2 feet 10 396 — Rubro. Fine, crimson; double. IJ feet ID 397 Glandulosa. Blue and white. 1 foot 10 398 Siberica. Violet; double. 1 foot 10 399 Skinnerii. Scarlet and yellow; very beautiful; from Guatemala. 1J feet .10 400 Finest Mixed 25 401 Good Mixed 06 ARABIS. Nat. Ord., CructfercE. An exceedingly early spring-flowering plant, contrasting beautifully in ribbons with the yellow Alyssum; valuable for rock-work, edging, &c., succeeding well in any good garden soil. Hardy ])ere?uiiiil. 402 Arabis AlpLna. Pure white; from Switzerland. | foot 10 ARBUTUS. (Strawberuy-Tree). Nat. Ord., Ericacem. A handsome, nearly hardy, evergreen shrub, covered during October and Novem- ber with pearl-like biossoms and strawberry fniit. 403 Arbutus Unedo. From Ireland. 10 feet 10 ARCTOCTIS. Nat. Ord., Composite. Handsome, showy, freo-flowering plants, of close, compact, dwarf habit, with large, beautiful flowers in the style of Gazania Splendens; continuing in bloom the whole summer, and growing freely in any rich soil. Half-hardy perennials. 404 Arctoctis Grandifiora. Pale yellow, dark crimson centre. J foot . . . .10 405 Breviscarpa. Deep orange, dark centre; from C. of Good Hope. J ft. . .10 ARMERIA. Nat. Okd., Plumhnginacem. Useful, hardy perennials; adapted for rock-work, edging, or culture in pots. 406 Armeria Dianthoides. Delicate rose. \ foot 10 407 Formosa. Rose and white. 1 foot 10 408 Splendens. Splendid variety, with large corymbs four to six inches in cir- cumference, of brilliant rosy carmine flowers; good for bouquets. 1 foot .10


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