E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880 efredwashburnsam1880wash Year: 1880 NO. 205 Lupins Affinis. Blue, white, and purple; pretty. From California. 208 Alba-coccineus. Rosy-red; apex pure white. Showy .... 20T Hyforidus Insignis. Purple, white, and yellow. 2 feet .... MAILOPE. Nat. Ord., Malvacece. Handsome plants of branching habit, producing their large flower in great pro- fusion ; very effective in mixed borders. Hardy annuals. 208 Malope Grandiflora. Dark crimson. From Barbary. 2 feet . , . 209 Alba. White. From Barbary. 2 feet o MARIGOIiD
E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880 efredwashburnsam1880wash Year: 1880 NO. 205 Lupins Affinis. Blue, white, and purple; pretty. From California. 208 Alba-coccineus. Rosy-red; apex pure white. Showy .... 20T Hyforidus Insignis. Purple, white, and yellow. 2 feet .... MAILOPE. Nat. Ord., Malvacece. Handsome plants of branching habit, producing their large flower in great pro- fusion ; very effective in mixed borders. Hardy annuals. 208 Malope Grandiflora. Dark crimson. From Barbary. 2 feet . , . 209 Alba. White. From Barbary. 2 feet o MARIGOIiD. Nat. Ord., Composites. All features considered, it is questionable whether any genus of plants amongst annuals can vie with either the French or African Marigolds in their glowing colors, and their elegantly lobed leaves, of the richest green tint, and, above all, in their almost unequalled and sole adaptation for summer and late autumn decoration in the flower-garden, retaining their verdant beauty and gorgeous colors, undimmed and undiminished, to the very verge of winter. No feature in their habit of growth is in excess, either in leaf or flower, but admirably balanced for effect; neat, com- pact, and beaiitiful; of the easiest culture. Half-hardy annuals. 210 Marigold African ( Tagetes erecta). Lemon-color. 2 feet 211 Orange-color. 2 feet 212 French ( ). New, orange. 1 foot .... 213 Superb Striped. 1 foot 214 Superb Mixed. Saved only from selected double flowers 215 Garden Superb. Large double orange flowers; very double 216 Cape ( Calendula Pluvialis). Purple and white. 1^ feet MARVEL OF PERU. Nat. Ord., Nyetaginiacece. 217 Marvel of Peru. Splendid varieties mixed, including all the finest sorts; very picturesque and diversified coloi's, finely contrasted with its dark-green, glossy foliage, and densely-branching habit; blooming throughout the summer and autumn months. 2 feet .05 MALVA, OR MALLOWS. Nat. Ord., Malvaceae. Showy, free-flowering plants; succeeding in
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