ACTUAL CATALOGUE OF DAHLIAS, ROSES, GERANIUMS, FOR SALE BY DEXTER SUSTOW, ' CHICOPEE, MASS. 18 0 6 . SPRINGFIELD, MASS.: SAMUEL BOWLES AND OOMPANT, PRINTERS. 1 8 6 6 . Gift of Earl Blough November 1957 jYO TICE. All orders from unknown correspondents must invariably be accompanied by remittance in current bank bills or drafts. Plants packed with care, and delivered at the Express office in Chicopee, after which they are at the risk of the purchaser. Particular attention paid to tilling and packing orders for clubs. Much expense in freight charges can be saved by a number of per- sons clubbing, and having their plants all forwarded in the same box. Tho new postage law authorizes the sending of plants, bulbs, and scions by mail, at the rate of two cents for every four ounces in weight; the weight of tho package not to exceed four pounds. Un- der this law, most of the plants named in this Catalogue will be for- warded by mail, when desired, at prices quoted. Orders solicited, and promptly and faithfully attended to. Address DEXTER SNOW, Cuicopee, Mass. NEW PLANTS AND Plants of Special Interest . FUCnSIA INCARNATA. Dwarf, compact habit, foliage beautifully variegated, yellow and green, shaded with crimson ; small delicate crimson flower, a little gem for the conservatory. Plants 30 cents each. ARGERATIIM VARIEGATUM, (New.) A fine acquisition to our variegated plants, leaves yellow and green, shaded crimson, flowers blue. Strong plants, 30 cents each. MONTHLY CARNATION, -Astoria. One of the finest of the tribe, flowers very large, ground color, yellow; tbe edges regularly marked ; scarlet, crimson and white,— a gem. Strong plants, 50 cents each. MONTHLY CARNATION,— La Pnrity. Decidedly the most valuable Pink in cultivation, of dwarf, compact habit; flowers deep carmine, fragrant, and produced in great abun- ance from November until May. No collection, however small, should be without this gem. Plants 30 cents each. MONTHLY CARNATION, -M’mc Vernay. Flowers very large, pure white splashed with bright carmine, strong grower, producing an abundance of flowers all winter. Price 30 cents each. MONTHLY CARNATION, — Houle de Nelge. Flowers very large, pure white and produced in great profusion, very fragrant and ono of the best white Pinks out. Plants 60 cents each. LOBELIA PAXTONIA. Flowers pure white, shading off to a blue margin ; growth very compact, the finest of all the Lobelias. Strong plants, 25 cents each. 4 CATALOGUE OF SEDIIM CARNEUM, (Varlegatnm.) A variegated plant of great beauty, well adapted for baskets or vases. Plants 25 cents each. VINCA ELEGANTISSIMA. A beautiful, variegated, trailing plant, admirably adapted for hang- ing baskets, vases, or undergrowth of shrubberies; leaves blotched yellow and green, flowers large, deop purplish blue. Plants 30 cents each. LONICERA, AEUEA RETICULATA,— (Japanese Honeysaekle.) A beautiful foliaged plant from Japan ; leaves singularly marked with a net-work of yellow, purple and green, is hardy by a slight protection of leaves or mulch in winter ; flowers white, shaded yel- low, deliciously scented. Price 30 cents each. SCARLET FLOWERED GERANIUM, -Ring of Scarlets. One of the very best in cultivation; a very strong, robust grower, free bloomer, bearing enormous trusses of brilliant scarlet flowers, from eight to ten inches in diameter. Very fine for pot culture in the green-house, as well as for the garden. Strong plants, 30 cents each. PETUNIA,— (Gen. McClellan.) One of the best double Petunias in cultivation ; flowers perfectly double, measuring throe inches in diameter, and of excellent form, beautifully mottled, deep crimson and white, a very strong grower, and flowering abundantly the entire season; fine for the vase. Plants 30 cents each. BOUQUET DAHLIA, -(Little Herman.) Without exception, the finest lilliput Dahlia in cultivation ; its color, cerise pink tipped with white, very small close quilled flower of per- fect form, a very strong grower, flowering freely; a great favorite with all lovers of fine flowers. Strong plants, 30 cents each. VERONICA ANDERSONII. A free blooming, autumn and winter flowering shrub, with purple and white flowers. 30 cents each. VERONICA,— Madame Bon Charlotte. A fine variety with carmine tinted flowers, very strong grower and free bloomer. 30 cents each. VERBENAS, DAHLIAS, ETC 5 VERONICA,— Glolrc dc Lorraine. With blue, lilac and white flowers. 30 cents each. ' FUCHSIA, — Maria Cornclison. Sepals deep carmine crimson, oorolla semi-double, and puro white, forming a strong contrast with the sepals ; one of the best Fuchsias out. 30 cents each. SIR COLIN CAMPBELL. The best double Fuchsia out, sepals deep crimson, corolla double, violet purple, large flowers and extra line. Strong plants, 30 cents each. HELIOTROPE,— Chieftain. Flowors very large, deep violet purple, shading to light in the cen- ter; a fino, strong grower, and one of the very best for pot growing yet out ; flowers abundantly the entire season. Plants 30 cents each. LANTANA DORAS. Flowers clear deep straw color, truss large and well filled, decid- edly the best of its class. Plant 30 cents. PERENNIAL PHLOX, -(.Inllette Ronsscll.) Pure white, with deep carmine ceuter, a vigorous grower, with fino large heads or tresses of flowers; the best in cultivation. 30 cents each. DELPHINIUM FORMOSUM. One of the finest hardy herbaceous plants in cultivation, flowers in spikes of deep blue, marked with a white spot in the center, blooms from July Jo November. Good plants 30 cents each. FRENCH HYBRID GLADIOLUS. A fine assortment without names, $3 per dozen ; single bulbs 30 rtonl'q Pf) Pi) i SALVIA SPLENDENS GORDONII. A dwarf variety, with dense spikes of the most brilliant scarlet crimson flowers; in bloom from July till frost, and if lifted and pot- ted before frost, will flower finely in the greenhouso until Christmas. 39 cents each. SALVIA INVOLUCATA. A variety with beautiful foliage and long spikes of elegant ma- genta colored flowers, strong, robust grower, blooms profusely, and is one of the best in cultivation, foliage elegant. Strong plants, 30 cents each. 6 CATALOGUE OF SALVIA CiERULEA ALBA. # A variety with blue and white flowers, leaves deliciously pine- apple scented. 30 cents each. TROPiEOLUM,— FLORE PLENA. A beautiful variety with double flowers of a bright yellow, striped with scarlet. Strong plants, 30 cents each. HYBRIDIZED PETUNIAS. Seedlings from the finest single and double blotched and striped varieties. 15 cents each; $1.25 per dozen. LYCHNIS ORANDIFLORA. A very distinct hardy herbaceous plant, of peculiar shade of orange scarlet, flower stalks about nine inches high, in bloom from June to October. Plants 30 cents each. NEW WHITE HYBRID PINK,— Sarah Howard. As a white Pink for winter flowering, in symmetry of form and profusion of bloom it will fill up a blank that has been long wanting. It is quite hardy, its color a pure white, of the most perfect form, fringed, and varying from two to three inches in diameter. Price 15 cents each. DOUBLE TUBEROSE. Started in pots, ready April 15th. 25 cents. C'AMELIA-FLOWERED BALSAMS. An extra fine collection of twelve varieties, embracing several new colors of great beauty. $1.25 per dozen. , FUCHSIA,— Emperor of Fuchsias. Sepals rich crimson, corolla pure white, immensely large, double and fine. Plants 60 cents. ACARUS VARIEGATA. A beautiful variegated grass, leaves green, distinctly striped golden yellow. Plants 50 cents each. LYCHNIS SENNO. One of the most striking novelties issued this season. It resem- bles the well known L. Hageana, but is taller and more robust, at- taining from eighteen inches to two feet in bight ; flowers distinctly striped, scarlet and white, about two inches in'diameter. It will no doubt prove hardy, like others of the genus. Price $1 each. VERBENAS, DAHLIAS, ETC. T NEW DOUBLE PETUNIAS. Corn, crimson, white bars, extra. Duke of Argyle, violet purple, veined white. Dunderbcrg, deep rose, very large and double. Gen. Meade, purple, blotched white, large. Gen. Hancock, deep crimson, fringed white. Gen. Sherman, scarlet crimson, shading blush. Gen. Sheridan, purple crimson, star-shaped. I. lent. General, darkest crimson, veined violet and white. Lllacina Striata, lilac, striped crimson. Island Belle, deep lilac, mottled white. President Lincoln, imbricated, carmine and white, fragrant. Pocahontas, white, center lilac, distinct. Plants 60 cents each. NEW SINGLE PETUNIAS. Bridesmaid, deep rose, white throat. Crimson Gem, velvety crimson, dark throat. Evangeline, blush, feathered with violet. Excellent, rosy crimson, veined darker. Lalla Kookli, deep rose, shaded blush. Mrs. Jordan, blush, veined crimson violet. Qncen of Coquettes, white, striped violet. Special, lilac, veined rose, violet center. Striata Snperba, violet crimson, striped white. Viola Striata, white, violet striped. Undine, deep crimson, extra fine. Volnnteer, purple, blotched white. Plants 60 cents each. STRIPED JAPANESE MAIZE. A boautiful addition to our ornamental foliaged plants. It grows to a bight of from five to six feet, and has its foliage alternately op- posite ; the foliage is from two to three inches wide, and about four feet in length, and is beautifully and evenly striped or ribboned with alternate stripes of green and white, and in its earlier stages of growth is also stripod with rose color, is of elegant and imposing habit. Strong plants in pots 25 cents each ; five plants, $1. CHOICE ENGLISH PANSIES. From finest named sorts, large sized, finely marked (lowers. $1.60 per dozen ; single plants 15 cents each. 8 CATALOGUE OF VERBENAS, ETC. DIANTHUS VERSCIIAFFELTII. Forms a beautiful shaped plant, blooming in May and June; flow- ers white, ribboned with crimson, double and fragrant. 30 cts. each. SALVIA PATENS. With flowers of the richest shade of blue; one of the very best. 30 cents each. DAPHNE CNEOKUM. A perfectly hardy shrub, attaining a hight of ten or twelve inch- es, of dense spreading habit; flowers deep rose, of the most delight- ful fragrance, blooming throughout the summer; one of the finest hardy shrubs in cultivation. No garden should be without it. Plants 50 cents each. LANTANA CANDIDISSIMA. A pure white variety, one of the best out. Indispensable in every collection of Lantanas. Price, 30 cents each. LANTANA DELICATISSIMA. A fine, free growing variety, with very large purple flowers, foliage slender, and of trailing habit; one of the best. 30 cents each. FUCHSIA MYCROPHYLLA. A charming variety of this beautiful flower; foliage delicate and of trailing habit, flowers small, carmine purple, produced in great profusion, extra fine for tho vase or hanging basket. 30 cents each. ANTIRRHINUMS. A fine stock from the choicest named varieties. Twelvo distinct colors for $1.25. TRUFFAUT’S ASTER —(Trie.) Grown from seed direct from Yilmorin of Paris, and are warranted superior in every respect. Twelvo separate colors, $1.30. The en- tire set of twenty varieties, $2.25. C0BEA SCANDENS. Fine, strong plants of this beautiful climber. 30 cents each. NEW VERBENAS. The following named varieties were raised by the subscriber the past season, and lie believes they will compare favorably with any of the foreign importations, and certainly have the advantage of adaptation to our climate. Six of them aro beautifully striped, are very fragrant, and aro pronounced by those who saw them in flower the past season, to be the finest fancy Verbenas yet out. As a guar- antee of their superior excellence, I would say that Mr. Peter Hen- derson, the well known Florist of New York, selected six varieties, for which he paid me $100 for a share of tho stock. Anna Dickinson, clear orange scarlet, bright lemon eye, full truss and extra fine. Amabiiis, pure white, striped and speckled lilac purple, vigorous and free. Bine Bonnet, the best blue out, very sweet. Chieftain, blush, striped and speckled blue. Chicopee, white, speckled and striped purple. Dr. J. G. Holland, deep claret purple, very large white eye, foliage and habit extra fine, full large truss. Little Beauty, dark maroon, with very conspicuous white eye, very showy. Lcander, white, speckled rosy purple. BIaculat. 1 , white, speckled and striped bright rosy carmine, fine formed truss, foliage and habit very fine, extra best. Purple Beauty, dark velvety purple, distinct white eye, one of tho best. Parity, pure white, foliage and habit first class, strong grower. Scarlet Wing, bright scarlet, lemon eye, strong foliage and good habit. The Gem, clear deep rose pink, perfect formed truss, and one of the very best of its class. Talleyrand, white, speckled light blue. Venns, bright scarlet when first out, but changing to a clear deep rosy carmine, pure white eye. Plants 50 cents each, or the entire set $5 ; same by mail post-paid. VERBENAS. GENERAL COLLECTION, INCLUDING SOME OF THE FINEST RECENTLY INTRODUCED VARIETIES OF BOTH FOREIGN AND AMERICAN PRODUCTIONS. Azurea, deep purplish blue. Autocrat, bright scarlet crimson, extra. Alba Perfecta, pure white, strODg grower and very free. Ariosta, puro majenta, large and fine. Adonis, white, splashed with salmon rose. Bright Eye, dark maroon, white eye. Brilliant, bright orange scarlet, lemon eye. Ball of Fire, bright fiery scarlet, very showy. Bizarre, white, striped with clear scarlet. Capt. Pottlnger, bright scarlet crimson, one of the best out. Claret, dark claret purple. Cora, pure white, rosy lilac center. Defiance, bright scarlet. Decorata, large, light scarlet, splendid. Dandy, white, striped and splashed bright scarlet. Excelsior, (new), bright rosy scarlet, white eye, large full truss. Ethiopean, bluish purple, white eye. Empress, dark maroon. Ellen, white, distinctly edged with pink, rosy carmine center. Emma, bright cherry, shading to maroon, white eye. Etna, scarlet, lemon eye. Forest Qneen, rosy lilac, rosy carmine center. Fancy, striped white and purple. Fairy Qneen, clear deep rosy pink, color very distinct, extra fine. Fancy Qneen, white, striped rosy crimson. Gen. Grant, bright cherry scarlet, maroon center, one of the best. Gen. Banks, brilliant rosy scarlet, lemon eye, very showy. Gen. Sherman, deep ruby red, shading to maroon, extra fine. Highland Maid, white, striped and splashed purplish blue, fine. Henrietta, dark maroon. Unntsman, blue purple, large white eye. Jenny, blush pink, rosy carmine center, very showy. VERBENAS, DAHLIAS, ETC. 11 Julia, blush pink, extra fine large petal, perfect formed truss. Jupiter, bright scarlet. Katie llamlln, salmon rose, bright cherry center, very showy. Lalla Rookh, mottled, pink and white, large flower. Lord Craven, purplish crimson, shading to maroon, extra fine. Lucy Cray, crimson purple, large yellowish eye, one of the best out. Leopard, striped purple and white. May Queen, peach lilac, fine rosy eye, very neat. Metropolitan, bright blue purple, large white eye. Mrs. Field, rosy scarlet, very large flower, one of the best. Meteor, brilliant scarlet, maroon center, very showy. Modesty, delicate blush. Mrs. Snow, pure white, robust habit and vory froe. Negro Boy, very dark purple. Nora, pure white, extra. Purple Gem, fine dark purple, one of the best. Planet, deep rose crimson, large white eye, now and fine. Rosy Gem, clear deep rose. Rnby Gem, bright ruby, largo lemon eye, extra fine. Red Rover, dark rosy red, strong grower and free bloomer. Scow’s Maroon, fine crimson maroon, one of the best. Striata Perfeeta, white, striped light blue. Striped Eclipse, white, distinctly striped rose pink. Sachem, deep maroon. Snow’s Stripe, white, striped lilac purple. Star of the West, clear rosy pink, very large flower, strong grower. Tecnmsch, deep maroon purple. The Ring, ruby crimson, lemon oyo. The Belle, delicate blush pink, very free. The Banner, white, distinctly striped blue purple, superb. The Clown, lilac purple, striped maroon. White Lady, white, very sweet. Warrior, bright ruby, deoper center. White Clond, pure white, very strong and free. White Flag, a fine white, robust and free. Zebra, striped. $1.30 per dozen; 50 plants including two new ones, $5; or $5.25 by mail post-paid. DAHLIAS— Class 1. Embracing some of the finest varieties in cultivation. No pains having been spared to insure purchasers of .this class as fine a col- lection of Dahlias as can be found. Apotheuse, velvety carmine, large flower. Acme, blush, veined and tipped with rose ; fine form, good. Admiral Stopford, dark maroon. Andrew Dodds, rich dark maroon, violet tinted, the best of its class. Agnes, pure white. Aglal, lilac, pointed with pure white. Astra, deep straw color, tipped amber, fino form. Butterfly, yellow, striped and spotted with red, one of the best fancy Dahlias. Beauty of the Grove, yellow, edged with rosy pink. Chieftain (Holmes), de- h scarlet, a superb variety. Charivari, yellow, striped With garnet and amaranth rod. Chairman, orange buff, very free. Chas. Downing, orange yellow, fine form. Cha?. Perry, fine dark maroon, very large flower. Donald Beaton, dark maroon, fine form. Due de Malakoff, dark carmine red, extra. Dr. Bois Dnval, one of the finest scarlet Dahlias out.- Dr. Dozes, dark scarlet crimson, fine. Dr. Gulley, yellow, scarlet tip. Dandy, blush ground, heavily striped and splashed with dark maroon, extra. Ebene, dark velvety maroon. Etbll, maroon, white tip. Cleopatra, orange yellow, stripod crimson scarlet. Countess de Jlarennes, light rose, tipped carmino. Christopher Schmidt, orange yellow, fine form. Lilac Queen, fine lilac. Grand Duke, bluish lilac. Elizabeth Stamp, pure white, striped and splashed with bright crimson. Emperor, very fine carmine crimson, extra. Bell de Banin, rosy liln' v ‘ "’"Jiiim size. VERBENAS, DAHLIAS, ETC. 13 Fancy Queen, purple, tipped white, constant aud extra fine. Flirt, rose, striped with purple, a very constant aud beautiful variety. Garibaldi, lilac, stripod with purple aud crimson. Golden Ball, deep yellow, sometimes tipped white. Gen. Bosquet, saffron yellow, pointed with amaranth brown. Gen. Von Bom Garten, purplish carmine, base of petals nearly black. Indispensable White, pure white, very fine. Imperative Eugenia, pure white, lipped violet purple, extra fine. Israelii, crimson and maroon. Joy, ground color, light with deep crimson tip. Louis Napoleon, violet erin|ftn, large and fine. Lady Taunton, pure white, edged with bright crimson. Lord Bath, fine crimson. Marquis de Clnney, chrome yellow, glazed with orange, and tipped with white. Marlon, blush, tipped with rose Miss Watts, pure white. Miss Sarah Boyce, pure white, deeply edged with purple. Mandarin, primrose, pointed with rose. Mrs. Charles Kean, yellow, tipped. Madge Wildfire, bright light scarlet, one of the very best. Miss Dodds, bright pure yellow. Miss Pressley, white, heavily edged with dark purple. Mons. Domage, violet purple, extra. Marchioness Cornwallis, delicate fiesh color, one of the very best. Madame de St. Laurent, rosy cherry, tippod with pure white. Mrs. Mansard, a fine fancy variety. Miss Caroline, white, delicatoly edged with violet rose. Peerless, pure yellow, very fine. Peri, light, delicately tipped with purple; tho host of its class, extra. Phoebus, bright yellow, very full fiower. Princess of Prussia, deep but clear good yellow, extra fine. Miss Frampton, red, tipped white. Primrose Queen, primrose yellow. Marc Antony, white, striped. Royal Lilac, doep bluish lilac. King of Yellows, bright pure yellow, extra. Piccolomini, French white, very smooth well formed petal. Queen Mab, bright deep rod, tipped with pure white, extra fine. Rothermage, cloar rod, shaded and tippod with golden yellow. Rlgidla Violator, deop violet purple, the most perfect dark dahlia out. Rifleman, bright orango scarlet, showy. Rnby Qneen, bright ruby red. 2 14 CATALOGUE OP SUlne, claret, pointed with pure white, Ml flower, very free, and ex- tra fine. Starlet Wing, bright scarlet, Bhowy and flue. Striata Perfeeta, buff, striped crimson purple. Triumph de Peq, beautiful dark maroon, one of the best. Zlngarll, bright yellow ground, distinct crimson edge. Purchaser's selection, 25 cents each, $2 per dozen. Varieties without names, $1.50 per dozen. CLASS S3 _ LILLIPUTIAN, OR BOUQUET DAHLIAS. A valuable class of Dahlias, distinguished by a profusion of ele- gant miniature blossoms, very perfect in form, (as in the variety “ Little Herman,” which is without exception the finest in cultivation,) and of the most brilliant colors, of bright scarlet, deep maroon, crimson, lilac, yellow, carmine and rose, some being seifs, others mottled and striped. A fine bed, of some fifty varieties, in my gar- den the past season, was the admiration of all visitors. Their miniature size renders them valuable for bouquets. They are equally as free growers and bloomers as the larger varieties. They vary in size from one inch to three inches in diameter, many of them as close quilled and perfect in form as the finest Truffauts Aster, and are perfect gems. No garden should be without a collection of them. Annie, lilac, fine form. Amoretta, pale amber, very close quilled, small face, and fine. Bertha Von Bornla, deep crimson purple. Bouquet, crimson, blush edge. Carl fflnehlen, salmon pink, tipped with white. Child of Innocence, white, delicately edged, and tinted with carmine purple. Deutsche, r de Orden, maroon crimson, shaded carmine, extra. Dr. Schwebbes, scarlet crimson, perfect form, extra fine. Elizabeth Wilhelm, light ground, shaded bright rosy purple. Franz Hoffman, clear sulphur yellow. Golden Pheasant, yellow, shaded with bright reddish crimson. VERBENAS, DAHLIAS, ETC. 15 Goldfink, delicate bush pink. Glow-worm, brilliant orange scarlet, dwarf grower, extra. Henrietta, maroon. Honeycomb, dark maroon, honeycomb-like. Henrietta Vorwerk, light purplish crimson, on a white ground. Hergozin Von Orleanes, yellow and crimson. Little Kate, small, velvety purple. Little Moritz, bright dark scarlet, perfect form, the best scarlet Lilli- put in cultivation. Ladles’ Jewel, yellowish ground, carmine tips. Licbslick, chamois, tipped with carmine. Little Lncy, buff, crimson edge. Little Elstcrnlxe, light rosy lilac, tinted with carmine. Little William, pale cream shaded rose, sometimes tipped white. Little Pet, golden fawn, tipped with carmine crimson, small face, fine form, extra. Little Harlequin, dark purplish carmine, back of petals buff. Little Elizabeth, white, edged with lake, one of the best. Little Bride, white, purplish carmine tips. Little Master, crimson maroon. Little Julios, cochineal scarlet, fawn edgings. Little Darling Rose, rose, shaded with carmine crimson. Lilllpnt Rose, delicate rose, tipped with carmine. Little Blackhead, rich dark maroon, very close quilled, extra fine. Little Nigger, very dark maroon, fine form. L. F. Schmink, straw color, carmine tips. Little Willie, golden buff. Little Helen, blush white, rosy carmine tips, very neat. Noble Lady, canary color, rosy carmine edge. • ^ Prince Colibri, buff, tipped with crimson. Sweetheart, light purplish carmine. Price, 25 cents each; $2 per dozen. FUCHSIAS. A superb stock of this desirable summer flowering plant, including many of the best in cultivation. Annie, sepals white, deep rose colored corolla, habit and foliage ex- tra fine. Constellation, sepals light carmine, much recurved, corolla rich laven- der and immensely large. Gay Lad, sepals light rosy flesh color, corolla clear deep rosy carmine, a variety that will bloom nine months out of the twelve. 16 CATALOGUE OF Incarnata, (see plants of special interest.) Leollne, crimson sepals, violet blue corolla. Maria Cornellson, the best semi-double, sepals deep carmine, corolla semi-double pure white, extra fine. Madame Cornellson, like the above but single. Minnie Banks, sepals and tube white, corolla rich rose. Emperor of Fuchsias, pure white corolla, large size and double, sepals rich carmine. Mycropliylla, a beautiful dwarf variety, delicate foliage, with a groat profusion of bell-shaped rose colored blossoms. Puritani, sepals carmine, corolla pure white, neat compact habit. Bose of Castile, blush white, corolla large boll-shaped, deep rose pur- ple, one of the best out. Sir Collin Campbell, one of the best double Fuchsias out, very large, sepals dark scarlet, corolla beautiful purple, extra. Sir Harry, unexpanded sepals, globular crimson, very fine. Senator, sepals rich carmine, corolla deep purplish blue. Meteor, an ornamental foliaged variety, leaves yellow edged with bronze. Victor Coruelison, corolla white, carmine stripo, sepals red, double. Venus de Medici, tube white, sepals blush white, corolla deep violet blue. Pumila, dwarf compact habit, densely covered during summer with bell-shaped crimson flowers. Plants 30 cents each; $3 per dozon ; the set $'l. ZONALE GERANIUMS. Anber Henderson, pure white, red eye. ^.Christiana, rich pink, one of the best. Cheapsted Beauty, carmine, extra. £nelen Lindsay, rich rose, fino. |L Ring of Scarlets, rich crimson scarlet, very largo flower, the best out. £j)Iadnme Vancher, pure white, red anthers, truss large, and extra fino for bloom in the Green-house. 50 cents each. Osslan, rich dark crimson. Price 30 cents each, except whero noted. PYRETHRUM, OR DOUBLE FEVERFEW. Flowers pure white, very double, and produced in abundance the entire season. Plants 30 cents each. DAISIES. White and Pink ; 20 cents each. VERBENAS, DAHLIAS, ETC. 11 LANTANAS. Fine varieties; 26 cents each. MADERIA VINE. A fine climber, with elegant glossy foliage, and racemes of fragrant white flowers ; a rapid climber, attaining the hight of twenty feet in a single season. The roots are tuberous, resembling the Potato, and may be as oasily kept through the Winter. Plants 30 cents each. HELIOTROPES. A good assortment at 30 conts oach. A fine variety of Annuals, well established in pots, including the following: Balsams, Everlasting Flowers of various kinds, Double Zinnias, Donble Portolaccas, Pansies, &c., at $1.25 per dozen. CHRYSANTHEMUMS. A fine collection of this indispensable Autumn-flowering shrub, including some of the Japanese varieties. POMPONE VARIETIES. Aureole, orange red, extra. Coquette, blush, perfect form. Bonqnet Blanc, pure white, very double, and the best of all. Bonle de Nelge, snow white, new and good. Bob, crimson red, very strong and free. Fairest of the Fair, lilac, gold tip. Julia Euglebah, gold, tipped crimson. La Fiance, pure white, small but perfect flower, extra. Madame Fanny, bright crimson. Madame de Vatrey, deep lilac. Mrs. Turner, pure white, extra fine. Mignonette, brownish purple, small and perfect. Zebra, purple and wliite. Stella, deep golden yellow, very perfect, and flowers abundantly, the very best of its class. Sacramento, straw color, very fine. Virginia Melliez, deep rose. 26 cents each ; $2 per dozen. -a 18 CATALOGUE OF VERBENAS, ETC. LARGE-FIOWERED CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Baron de Solon, deep carmine, fragrant. Competition, pure white, extra fine. Laclnlatum, cupped white, (Japan.) Mount Vesnve, fire red. Negro Boy, deep crimson. Novelty, rich pink. Japonlcnm, (see special list.) Striatum, white, striped crimson purple. Plants 26 cents each ; $2 per doa. X i