. Annual & hardy perennial plants. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Chester County; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Pernnials Seeds Catalogs. 14 HOOPES, BRO. & THOMAS' CATALOGUE OF. [BULBOCODIUM VERDUM.] BVLBOCODIUIH. Meadow Saffron. 25 cts. each. A genus of bulbous plants, similar to the Colchicums; from Europe, The Levant, &e. Easily grown In good soil, with some sand. B. vernum. (Spring Meadow Saffron.) Nativeof Switzerland and other portions of Europe. Blooms very early—four to six inches high—pale violet. CALOPOCiOX. ^^^^-, ^\ 35cts. each. Native plants belonging to the terrestri
. Annual & hardy perennial plants. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Chester County; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Pernnials Seeds Catalogs. 14 HOOPES, BRO. & THOMAS' CATALOGUE OF. [BULBOCODIUM VERDUM.] BVLBOCODIUIH. Meadow Saffron. 25 cts. each. A genus of bulbous plants, similar to the Colchicums; from Europe, The Levant, &e. Easily grown In good soil, with some sand. B. vernum. (Spring Meadow Saffron.) Nativeof Switzerland and other portions of Europe. Blooms very early—four to six inches high—pale violet. CALOPOCiOX. ^^^^-, ^\ 35cts. each. Native plants belonging to the terrestrial Orchids, with grassy leavesand a naked scape, bearing a few showy flowers. Should be grown in sand and peat. C. pulcliellus. Flower-stem from a foot to eighteen inches high, bearing pinkish-purple, fra- grant flowers. Very showy and not difficult to cultivate. CALTIIA. Marsh Marygold. 25 cts. each. A member of the Ranunculus family, frequenting low, marshy ground, and found In Europe as wellas this country. Of easy cultivation, in common, damp soil. C. pa lust i is. (Marsh Marygold.) Has glossy, roundish leaves, and very showy, golden-yellow flowers, blooming occasionally from May to August. Partial to damp soil. var. 11. pi. (Double-flowering.) A handsome garden form of the pre- ceding, especially when planted along the margins of streams, &c. Flowers very double. 50 cts. each. CAMPANULA. Bell-flower. 25 cts. each. A large family, differing greatly in size and appearance, but all beautiful, hardy, and easy of cultivation. Flowers bell-shaped—mostly blue and white. C. alliariaefolia. Quite strong. Grows about eighteen inches high, with pure white bells in stout racemes. Ccarpafica. (Carpathian Harebell.) A very pretty dwarf species, with rather large, blue flowers. Plant compact—succeeds well on rock-, work. C. do. alba. Similar to the above, excepting in the color of the flower, which in this are pure white. C. giandilloia. See Platycodon. C. macraiitha. One of
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