. Vick's floral guide. Plants with beautiful variegated foliage, used for aborder or for ribbon lines; grow about six incheshigh, and twelve in diameter; varying in rich tintsof green, crimson, amber and orange. The follow-ing list includes the best varieties. Per hundred, $10;dozen, $ ; each, 15 amabilis, leaves tinted rose. aurea, foliage dark green and golden-yellow, thelatter color predominating. aurea nana, new; foliage bright green, beautifullyvariegated with yellow. See colored pages. latifolia, broad, smooth, autumn-tinted leaves. spathulata, leaves tinted carmi
. Vick's floral guide. Plants with beautiful variegated foliage, used for aborder or for ribbon lines; grow about six incheshigh, and twelve in diameter; varying in rich tintsof green, crimson, amber and orange. The follow-ing list includes the best varieties. Per hundred, $10;dozen, $ ; each, 15 amabilis, leaves tinted rose. aurea, foliage dark green and golden-yellow, thelatter color predominating. aurea nana, new; foliage bright green, beautifullyvariegated with yellow. See colored pages. latifolia, broad, smooth, autumn-tinted leaves. spathulata, leaves tinted carmine and green. tricolor, leaves rose, green, and carmine. 55 A greenhouse shrub, with scarlet flowers; bloomssummer and winter; not subject to insects of any of the most satisfactory house plants Malvaviscus, each, 25 AGERATUM. See engraving page 6. Very useful plants for bedding or borders, flowering?continually during the summer. By cutting back andpotting in the fall they will continue to flower all dozen, ; each, 20 Blanche, pure white. Cannells Dwarf, bright lavender blue. John Douglas, azure blue ; compact habit. Mexicanum var., foliage- variegated with creamywhite : flowers blue. White Cap, new ; pure white; compact grower. AGATHEA. The showy, daisy-like flowers of this little plant arehandsome, and very desirable for cutting. It bloomsvery freely, and is of easy Celestis, flowers light blue, with yellow disc; per doz., $ ; each, 20 AGAPANTHUS. The Agapanthus is a noble plant, with slightly re-curved leaves. The handsome blue flowers are producedat the top of th
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