E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880 efredwashburnsam1880wash Year: 1880 PRicat TROP^OLUM. Nat. Ord., TropceoleoB. The following varieties, as hybrids from Tropaeolum Lobbianum, are unsur- passed by any collection ever offered. They are all of the easiest culture, and flower profusely the first year. Though not in all cases perpetuating their respec- tive kinds true from seed, they nevertheless often produce still more beautiful ones. In the gi'eenhouse or conservatory they may be had in bloom the greater part of the year; and in favored situa
E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880 efredwashburnsam1880wash Year: 1880 PRicat TROP^OLUM. Nat. Ord., TropceoleoB. The following varieties, as hybrids from Tropaeolum Lobbianum, are unsur- passed by any collection ever offered. They are all of the easiest culture, and flower profusely the first year. Though not in all cases perpetuating their respec- tive kinds true from seed, they nevertheless often produce still more beautiful ones. In the gi'eenhouse or conservatory they may be had in bloom the greater part of the year; and in favored situations in the open air, for edgings, covering trellis- work, or handles of rustic baskets, or traiUng from vases, their elegance of form and brilliancy of color render them peculiarly valuable. 847 Tropaeolum Lobbianum. Orange. 4 feet 862 863 Caroline Schmidt. Deep scarlet. 6 feet Due de Malakolf. Straw color; edged rose, spotted with red. 6 ft, Flamula Grandiflora. Yellow, streaked with carmine. 6 feet Geant des Batailles. Brilliant crimson. 6 feet Garibaldii. Fine orange, shaded with scarlet. 6 feet. Due de Yicenee. Sulphur, with vermilion spots. 6 feet . 3Ionsieur Turuell. Orange-yellow, striped with vermilion. 6 feet Monsieur Calmet. Lemon, spotted with crimson; very beautiful Peraf uanum* Scarlet, with black spots; very fine. 6 feet Roi des Noirs. Xearh- black. 4 feet Vietor Emmanuel. Brilliant cannine and gold. 4 feet . Zanderii. Vivid scai'let; one of the strongest growing varieties. 4 ft Mixed. Finest varieties . . King Theodore. Bluish-green foliage, and novel blossoms of an intense black: forms a fine contrast with the scarlet Lobbi Crown Prinee of Prussia. A splendid acquisition of strong habit flowers, brilliant scarlet; said to surpass aU others .... Lilli Schmidt Crimson. A bright crimson variety of the Lilli Schmidt .10 .10 .25 .25 .15 .25 .25 .15 .15 .25 .25 .25 .25 .25 .25 .10 .10 /IV OENAMEKTAL GEASSES. AGROSTIS. Nat. Ord., Graminm. Rank high among the ornam
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