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 MATEUH ^ULTIYATOK'S #UIBE. ^'^^ 1? ERYTHRINA. Nat. Okd., Leguminosce. price. » A magnificent genus of half-hardy shrubs, with fine leaves, and beautiful, bril- \^ liant scarlet flowers, borne on spikes from one to one and a half feet long. They may X1 be taken up in the fall, and kept in perfect preservation during the winter in'a dry } • cellar, the roots covered with half dry earth: when taken up, the branches should be well cut
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 MATEUH ^ULTIYATOK'S #UIBE. ^'^^ 1? ERYTHRINA. Nat. Okd., Leguminosce. price. » A magnificent genus of half-hardy shrubs, with fine leaves, and beautiful, bril- \^ liant scarlet flowers, borne on spikes from one to one and a half feet long. They may X1 be taken up in the fall, and kept in perfect preservation during the winter in'a dry } • cellar, the roots covered with half dry earth: when taken up, the branches should be well cut back, say to within four inches of the previous year's growth- They will flower beautifully three or four times in the course of the summer. 700 Erythrina Corallodendron (Coral-tree). Scarlet; from West Indies. 10 ft. .25 W 701 Crista GalU. Scarlet; from Brazih 10 feet 25 / ' FERNS. Nat. Okd., Polypodiaceoe. This graceful and magnificent tribe is too well known and highly appreciated to need description. From the seeds we offer, the amateur has the certainty of raising many elegant and graceful varieties. Delights in peaty, sandy soil. 703 Ferns Pteris Argyrea. Beautifully variegated with silver 25 703 Golden and Silver. Finest mixed 25 704 Mixed. Choicest greenhouse and stove varieties 25 FABIAN A. Nat. Ord., Solanacece. A handsome Erica-like greenhouse shrub, a profuse bloomer, and of the easiest culture. Thrives best in sandy peat. 705 Fabiana Imbricata. White, from Chili. 2 feet 25 FUCHSIA. Nat. Ord., Onagracem. These beautiful plants are natives of South America, and have, until lately, been treated as greenhouse plants; but the greater number are now considered among the more ornamental of our hardy exotics; they grow freely in the open ground, and enliven our flower-gardens during the whole summer. Half-hardy perennials. 706 Fuchsia. From named varieties; superb 50 707 Good Mixed. Including many fine varieties 25 GERANIUM (Pelargonium). Nat. Ord., Geraniacece. There a
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