. Curtis, Cobb & Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower and kitchen garden for 1878. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Kitchen gardens Catalogs. MATEUK CULTIVATOR'S iGUILE f 'I NO- PRICK 657 Begonia Pearcei ( Veitch). Abcnutiful species, with large bright yellow flowers borne on slender stems, well above the leaves, the upper sides of which are of a dark velvety green, traversed by pale, straw-colored vein* . , .26 BILLBERGIA. Nat. Ord., Bromelincea. A magnificent stove-plant, with long, graceful, ilelicafc prcon foliage, beautifit. rebra-striped fl
. Curtis, Cobb & Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower and kitchen garden for 1878. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Kitchen gardens Catalogs. MATEUK CULTIVATOR'S iGUILE f 'I NO- PRICK 657 Begonia Pearcei ( Veitch). Abcnutiful species, with large bright yellow flowers borne on slender stems, well above the leaves, the upper sides of which are of a dark velvety green, traversed by pale, straw-colored vein* . , .26 BILLBERGIA. Nat. Ord., Bromelincea. A magnificent stove-plant, with long, graceful, ilelicafc prcon foliage, beautifit. rebra-striped flowers, extremely handsome and showy, succeeding best in sandv peat and Innm. 658 Billbergia Zebrina. Scarlet and parple; beautiful. From Rio Janeiro. 1} fL. BOCCONIA FBUTESCEN8. BOCX:ONlA. Nat. Ord., Pnpaveracm. A new and beautiful foliaged greenhouse plant, and one of the rarest plants yet introduced for the decoration of oeds and lawns in summer. 659 Bocconia Frntescens. A splendid novelty; very rare 60 CACTUS. Nat. Ord, Cactacea. An extremely curious and interesting genus, many of the varieties producing magnificent flowers of the most brilliant colors. Succeeds best in sandy loam, mixed with lime-rubbish and a little peat or rotten dung. Greenhouse perennial. 660 Cactus, Mixed. A choice collection; from Africa -26 CALCEOLARIA. Nat. Ord., Scrophulariaeea. Plants of a highly decorative character; an indispensable ornament for the draw- ing-room or conservatory. The shrubby variety is sometimes grown for in-door and sometimes for out-door decoration. Half-hardy perennials. 661 Calceolaria Hy)>rida. Mixed. Saved from a named collection . . .25 663 Superba Grandiflora. Extra fine, spotted and striped, large-flow- ered; saved from the prize flowers; superb. 1 foot 50 663 Nana. A new dwarf variety from Germany, beautifully marked, close, compact habit,free-bloomer; one of the best. Mixed. J foot . .60 664 Rueosa Tifrrini. New; spotted and striped of the above; very fine . .50 6
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