Amateur cultivator's guide to the flower and kitchen gardens; containing a descriptive list of two thousand varieties of flower and vegetable seeds ... hybrid gladiolus raised and imported by

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 Excerpt: ...of the others, and more nearly approaching the rich deep coloring of the Dracaena, having that dark bronzy metallic lustre pe-culiar to many of the tropical ornamental-leaved plants. Its growth is rapid, its aspect stately, and attaining the height of eight feet, terminated with spikes of scarlet flowers, is a superb object. (See engraving) 25 1659 Celosia PyramidaTis Nana Aurantica. Annual; fromCochin-China; erect, from fifteen to eighteen inches; leaves oval, acuminated, bright green: trusses of flower-spikes pyramidal of a brilliant buff yellow. Fine novelty for forming masses which will contrast beautifully with the following 25 1660 Pyramidalis versicolor. Annual; from Cochin-China; two to three feet high, bushy from the bottom, with oval acuminated leaves of red brown; all the spikes ter-minated by bright carmine trusses before opening, passing gradually to violet car-mine.25 1661 Celosia Pyramidal is Versicolor Var Hybrida Foliis Atrobruneis. A variety believed to be a hybrid of C. Versicolor and C. Nana Aurantica. It is distinct from the former by its darker colored leaves, and its flower-trusses, which have a tinge of orange. A pretty foliaged plant, which will produce a great effect in beds 25 1662 Cedronella Cana. A fragrant foliaged plant, with long spikes of deep purple flowers, retaining the purple hue of the calyxes for a long time after the flowers have fallen; allied to Gardoquia Betonicoides; flowering abundantly the first season if sown early. Hardy perennial 25 1663 Cerastium Biebersteini. Handsomerthan Cerastium Tomentosum, more compact in habit, with larger leaves, of a dazzling, snowy whiteness. Six inches high. Peren-nial 25 1664 Chamaepeuce diacantha. A beautiful, silvery, spiny, herbaceous plant, of magnificent effect as single spe...