Ellwanger & Barry's catalogue of Ellwanger & Barry's catalogue of green-house and hot-house plants, select bedding plants, chrysanthemums, dahlias, &c. ellwangerbarrysc1878ellw Year: 1878 CA TALOG UE OF PL A NTS. 7 For the OUTER ROW Altebsanthera, scarlet and orange foliage. Alyssum Vakieoated, white foliiige and flowers. Mesemuryanthemum cordifoliiim variegated. For the SECOND , oymnocarpa or Candida, with white foliage. Golden Feverfew. Bijou, Silver-leaved Geranium. For the CENTER Coleus Verschaffeltii. Prices of the above plants rang*- from $10 to iJ'.'O per 100. Special p


Ellwanger & Barry's catalogue of Ellwanger & Barry's catalogue of green-house and hot-house plants, select bedding plants, chrysanthemums, dahlias, &c. ellwangerbarrysc1878ellw Year: 1878 CA TALOG UE OF PL A NTS. 7 For the OUTER ROW Altebsanthera, scarlet and orange foliage. Alyssum Vakieoated, white foliiige and flowers. Mesemuryanthemum cordifoliiim variegated. For the SECOND , oymnocarpa or Candida, with white foliage. Golden Feverfew. Bijou, Silver-leaved Geranium. For the CENTER Coleus Verschaffeltii. Prices of the above plants rang*- from $10 to iJ'.'O per 100. Special prices wiU be given those ordering before March l.'>th. We append a few designs for , and the plants to be used in them. No. 1. (I.) Center—CoiiEds Verschaffelth. f-'.) Second Row—Golden Feverfew. ^;:!.) Third or Outer Row-Echevebia or Lobelia. No. 2. No. 3. Cl.) Centre —Coleus Buceeri. (2.) Second Row—Centaurea Gymnocakpa. (3.) Third Row—Mesembrtanthemum cor- DiFOLiUM VAR. or Alternanthera. (1.) Center—Coleus Shah. (2.) Second Row—Pykethbum Gol- den Feather, or Achyranthes Casei. (3.) Third Row—Lobelia. (4.) Fourth Row—Echevebia or Al- ternanthera. The beauty and effectiveness of beds of this character depends to a very great extent upon the care taken to keep the plants low and in good shape—by pinching and trimming. No definite mles can be given, other than to state that it must be done in time and regu- larly as the plants may require it. Coleus, Achyranthes, etc., being strong growers, will require particular attention in this regard.


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