E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880 efredwashburnsam1880wash Year: 1880 ULTIVATOK'S MUIDK. } 23 ,05 PKicsa RHODODENDRON. Nat. Ord., Ericaceee. A well-known and magnificent genus of free-flowering evergreen shrubs; should occupy a place in every garden; thiives best in peaty soil. Hardy shrubs. 595 Rhododendron. Finest mixed varieties, from choice named flowers . -v. ROSE CAMPION. Nat. Okd., Caryopliyllacece. The Rose Campions are perfectly hardy, and very easily rai»ed from seed, and will well repay the little care they require. The flowers
E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880 efredwashburnsam1880wash Year: 1880 ULTIVATOK'S MUIDK. } 23 ,05 PKicsa RHODODENDRON. Nat. Ord., Ericaceee. A well-known and magnificent genus of free-flowering evergreen shrubs; should occupy a place in every garden; thiives best in peaty soil. Hardy shrubs. 595 Rhododendron. Finest mixed varieties, from choice named flowers . -v. ROSE CAMPION. Nat. Okd., Caryopliyllacece. The Rose Campions are perfectly hardy, and very easily rai»ed from seed, and will well repay the little care they require. The flowers are produced on long stems, blooming freely throughout the season. Hardy perennial. 596 Rose Campion, Mixed ROSE. Nat. Oed., Rosacece. 597 Rose-Seed. From a large collection of hybrid Perpetual, Tea, Bourbons, &c. . .25 ROCKET (Hesperis). Nat. Okd., CrucifercB. A well-known free-flowering spring plant, very fragrant; growing in any soil. Hardy perennial. From Europe. 598 Rocket, Sweet, Mixed SEDUM (Stoxe-Ckop). Nat. Ord., Crassulacece. A useful and interesting genus of prettj^ little plants, growing freely on rock or rustic work, also on ornamental mounds, old walls, &c., where, during summer, they expand their brilliant star-shaped flowers in profusion. Hardy perennial. 599 Sedum, Mixed. Choicest varieties SIIiENE. Nat. Ord., CaryophyUaceoe. Among the tribe of Silenes will be found some of the brightest ornaments of the flower-garden, either in respect to brilliancy of color, or length of duration in bloom; fine for beds, borders, or ribbons. 600 Silene Schafta. Eosy-lilac; from Russia. Hardy perennial .... 10 .05 601 Saxifraga. Pink. Hardy perennial. \ foot iO STOCKS (Gerjuan, French, and English). Nat. Ord., Crudferce. The Intermediate or autumn-flowering varieties, if sown early in spring, will bloom the same autumn. For winter flowering, they should be sown in Jtine. They are also valuable for early spring blooming, for which purpose they should be sown the last of July
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