. Hovey & Co's illustrated seed catalogue for 1882 . 5 21 — dwarf fringed, flowers rose, with white centre 10 ALONSOA. These plants are very orna-mental, either in the greenhouse orgrown as annuals in the open borderduring the summer, flowering freelyfrom June until frost. Tender peren-nials. 22 grandiflora (large-flowered), deep scar- let. 2 ft 5 23 linifolia. This new and handsome spe- cies grows a foot in height, with dark-green foliage, and light-scarlet blossoms, .10 24 myrtifolia, another new and elegant species, with very large bright-scarletflowers ,10 25 AfLIUM cemua. A hardy, bulbous
. Hovey & Co's illustrated seed catalogue for 1882 . 5 21 — dwarf fringed, flowers rose, with white centre 10 ALONSOA. These plants are very orna-mental, either in the greenhouse orgrown as annuals in the open borderduring the summer, flowering freelyfrom June until frost. Tender peren-nials. 22 grandiflora (large-flowered), deep scar- let. 2 ft 5 23 linifolia. This new and handsome spe- cies grows a foot in height, with dark-green foliage, and light-scarlet blossoms, .10 24 myrtifolia, another new and elegant species, with very large bright-scarletflowers ,10 25 AfLIUM cemua. A hardy, bulbous- rooted plant, one foot high, with yellowflowers ,10 26 ALOYSIA citriodora. The well-known lemon-scented Verbena,highly esteemedfor the fine fragrance of its leaves 10 AliYSSUM. Free-blooming plants, finelyadapted for forming dense masses ofbloom; the Sweet Alyssum is ahardy annual, very fragrant, and makespretty edgings or beds. A. saxatile pro-duces a dense mass of golden-yellowflowers in spring. (9) 10 Hovey & Co!s Illustrated Ageratum Mexicanum. Page 9. NO. PER PKT. 27 ALYSSUM, Sweet (A. maritirna). Pure white, hardy annual. 6 inches 5 28 saxatile (G-olden Alyssum), hardy- perennial. 6 inches 5 AMAEMTHUS. Ornamental-foliagedannuals, of an extremely graceful andinteresting character, producing a strik-ing effect, whether grown for the dec-oration of the conservatory or amabilis tricolor, a handsome spe-cies forming densely branched plantstwo feet in height, with broad, long,pointed leaves, brilliantly variegated with scarlet, yellow, and rose 10 30 bicolor ruber, a splendid bedding plant, with foliage of a bright fiery red,passing to bright scarlet, sometimestipped with yellow 5 31 caudatus (Love Lies Bleeding), red flowers in long, drooping spikes 5 32 cruentus (Princes Feather), red, in erect, 3 ft 5 33 Henderi, one of the most splendid in cultivation for both bedding-out andgreenhouse purposes; grows three feetin heig
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