E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880 efredwashburnsam1880wash Year: 1880 TAGETES SIGNATA PUMILA (full size of flo-^er). HO. PRICE. VENIDIUM. Nat. Ord., Composiice. An exceedingly showy plant, with large, handsome flower, having a very gay appearance in beds or borders; thrives best in turfy loam. Half-hardy annual. 354 Yenidium Calendulaceum. Deep orange; rich brown centre. 1 foot . . .1© VENUS'S LOOKING-GLASS. Nat. Ord., Carrcpanuhcem. A free-flowering, pretty little plant, of nice habit of growth, especially adapted for beds, ribbons, or e
E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880 efredwashburnsam1880wash Year: 1880 TAGETES SIGNATA PUMILA (full size of flo-^er). HO. PRICE. VENIDIUM. Nat. Ord., Composiice. An exceedingly showy plant, with large, handsome flower, having a very gay appearance in beds or borders; thrives best in turfy loam. Half-hardy annual. 354 Yenidium Calendulaceum. Deep orange; rich brown centre. 1 foot . . .1© VENUS'S LOOKING-GLASS. Nat. Ord., Carrcpanuhcem. A free-flowering, pretty little plant, of nice habit of growth, especially adapted for beds, ribbons, or edgings; grows well in any garden soil. Hardy annual. 355 Venus's Looking-GIass ( Campanula). Finest mixed; from south of Europe, ^ft .05 Vise ARIA (Rose OF Heaven). Nat. Ord., CaryophyUacece. A genus of remarkably pretty, profuse-flowering plants, producing a striking effect in beds, ribbons, or mixed borders. Hardy annuals. 356 Viscaria. Finest Mixed 10 357 Good Mixed 05 WHITLAVIA. Nat. Ord , EydrophyUacece. A very handsome free-flowering plant, suitable for beds and borders; from Cali- fornia. Hardv annual. 358 Whitlavia Grandiflora. Violet-blue. 1 foot .05 ZINNIA. Nat. Ord., Compogitcs. A grand genus of autumn-flowering plants, combining tbe greatest richness and diversity of color with unequalled profusion and duration of bloom. Among the novelties of recent introduction, the New Double Zinnia has proved a most important acquisition. Its splend' i double flowers rival, in beauty, size, and form, moderate-size dahlias. 359 Zinnia Elegans. Mixed. 2 feet 360 Double* The seed we offer was saved onlv from the finest double flowers, and will produce a large percentage of double-flowering plants. Mixed . Mexicana. It is a neat dwarf plant, of compact habit, scarcely one foot high, much branched. It is offered in some ]i<ts under the name of Zinnia Haageana, and also Aurea and Sanvitalia ]\Iexicana .05 J' 36
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