E Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower &; kitchen garden for 1880 efredwashburnsam1880wash Year: 1880 2D4 295 29G 299 300 nients; for the Portulacas are unsurpassed for brilliancy and richness of color, They are adapted for beds, clumps, edgings, pots, vases, or rock-work. The plants should stand at least eight inches distant from each other. Half-hardy annuals. Portsilaca Spleadens. Eich crimson; showy. ^ foot Thellusonii. Splendid scarlet. ^ foot Aurea. Yellow. ^ foot Alba. A pure white; fine. ^ foot Thorburnii. Deep orange. ^ foot
E Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower &; kitchen garden for 1880 efredwashburnsam1880wash Year: 1880 2D4 295 29G 299 300 nients; for the Portulacas are unsurpassed for brilliancy and richness of color, They are adapted for beds, clumps, edgings, pots, vases, or rock-work. The plants should stand at least eight inches distant from each other. Half-hardy annuals. Portsilaca Spleadens. Eich crimson; showy. ^ foot Thellusonii. Splendid scarlet. ^ foot Aurea. Yellow. ^ foot Alba. A pure white; fine. ^ foot Thorburnii. Deep orange. ^ foot Caryophylloides. Carnation striped ; white and crimson ; superb. ^ ft. Finest 3Iixed, above varieties 10 Grandiflora Flore Pleno. Saved from double-flowering plants, repro- ducing a large proportion of double, in white, blood-red, purple, &;c., re- sembling roses; one of the finest new plants introduced tor a long time. .13 .05 .05 .05 .05 .05 .05 DOUBLE PORTULACA. POPPY. Nat. Ord., PapaveracecB. A tribe of remarkably showy, free-flowering plants, producing a rich and effec- tive display in large mixed borders, in shrubberies, or select plantations; gi*ows freely in any soil. Hardy annuals. 301 Poppy, Carnation (Poprtuer somm/erwrnl. Finest mixed; double. 2 feet . .05 302 Paeony-flowered. Fine mixed; double , . .05 303 —— Ranunculus. Double mixed 05 PRINCE'S FEATHER. Nat. Ord., Amarnntacece. Ornamental plants, with elegant plumes of rich-colored flowers; succeeds well in any good garden-soi!. Hardy annuals. 304 I*rince's Feather (Amaranthus). Large-flowered; crimson. J<rom Nepaul. 2 ft. .05 RICINUS (Castor-Oil Bean). Euphorbincece. A magnificent and highly ornamental genus. The picturesque foliage and stately growth, combined with brilliant-colored fruit, of the new varieties, nnpart to sefect plantations, shrubberies, and mixed-flower borders, quite an Oriental as pect. In the gardens round Paris, they fonn one of the principal features of 32 I
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