. Bliss and Son's illustrated spring catalogue and amateur's guide to the flower and kitchen garden. Flowers Catalogs; Plants Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. POPULAR OK SCLENTIPIC NAME. SEDXJM, (Stonecrop.) Nat. Ord. Ceassulaoe^. price Linn.—Decandria Tetragynia. A useful and exceedingly interesting genus of pi-etty little plants, growing freely on rock or rustic work, also on ornamental mounds, old walls, etc., where during Summer they ex- Sand their brilliant star-shaped flowers in great profusion. Hardy-perennials. Cult. g. :o. 1137 Sedum caeruleum, 6tee ,• fro


. Bliss and Son's illustrated spring catalogue and amateur's guide to the flower and kitchen garden. Flowers Catalogs; Plants Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. POPULAR OK SCLENTIPIC NAME. SEDXJM, (Stonecrop.) Nat. Ord. Ceassulaoe^. price Linn.—Decandria Tetragynia. A useful and exceedingly interesting genus of pi-etty little plants, growing freely on rock or rustic work, also on ornamental mounds, old walls, etc., where during Summer they ex- Sand their brilliant star-shaped flowers in great profusion. Hardy-perennials. Cult. g. :o. 1137 Sedum caeruleum, 6tee ,• from Africa; >^ ft., - - - - - - - -$0 10 1138 — fine mixed, - -- -- -- -- SENSITIVE PLANT, (Mimosa.) NAT. Ord. LEGUMiNOsa?. Linn.—Pohjyamia Mon<ecia. Very curious and interesting plants, their leaves closing if touched or shaken; may be grown out of doors in a warm situation; peat and loam. Half-hardy annual. Cult. j. No. 1139 Sensitive plant, (il/tmosa j9udica,)pt;ttts/» toftiie,'from Brazil; 2ft., - . 6 SIIiENE or CATCHFLY. Nat. Ord. Caryophyllace^. Linn.—Decandria Trigynia. Higlily ornamental, free-flowering plants, with bright and beautifully colored flowers, ad- mirably adapted for Spring and Summer blooming in beds, rock-work, etc. Cult. a. No. U40 Silene pendula, rosy purple, a favorite species; from Sicily; hardy annual, - - 5 1141 alba, a pretty w/ii^e flowered variety; hardy annual; 1ft., - - - - 5 1142 riiberrima, rosy lilac, dark foliage, very effective, 5 1143 —pseiido actocion, roswpm/j, «'/it?e center; hardy annual, . - - - . 5 1144 — rubella, rerf, beautiful; from Portugal; hardy annual; K ft., - - - - 5 1145 alba, pure ^<'/t^^e, very pretty; hardy annual; K ft., . - - . - 5 1146 —; hardy perennials; from Russia; X ft. Cult. D, - - 5 SOLANUM. Nat. Ord. SoLANACEiE. Linn.—Pentandria Monogynia. One of the most beautiful classes of ornamental fruit-bearing plants (not edible,) in culti- vation, growing freely in ri


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