E. H. Hunt : seedsman ehhuntseedsman1894hunt Year: 1894 ALONSOA. (mask flower.) Handsome, brilliant-colored. free-flowering bedding plants, blooming until killed by frost; thriving in any good garden soil; also good house plants. H. H. A. A. Crandiflora. Large-flowering; bright scarlet; 2 feet — Warscewiczi. Brilliant crimson ALYSSUM. A desirable hardj' annual, flowering from early spring till killed by frost, and all win- ter in the greenhouse, if sown in August. Flowers pure white, in racemes, and of a pe- culiar delicate fragrance. Most effective in masses of plants one foot apart. Useful


E. H. Hunt : seedsman ehhuntseedsman1894hunt Year: 1894 ALONSOA. (mask flower.) Handsome, brilliant-colored. free-flowering bedding plants, blooming until killed by frost; thriving in any good garden soil; also good house plants. H. H. A. A. Crandiflora. Large-flowering; bright scarlet; 2 feet — Warscewiczi. Brilliant crimson ALYSSUM. A desirable hardj' annual, flowering from early spring till killed by frost, and all win- ter in the greenhouse, if sown in August. Flowers pure white, in racemes, and of a pe- culiar delicate fragrance. Most effective in masses of plants one foot apart. Useful in all kinds of small bouquets. A. Maritimum(SweetAIvs- sum). White. H. A. i foot 5 — Benthami Compac- tum. White. One of the fin- est plants for edgings and low beds. H. A. 6 inches 5 AMARANTHUS. Very showy, rapid-growing an- nuals, with very effective flower spikes or brilliant colored foliage. Sow early, in soil not rich, to get most brilliant colors. H. H. A. A. Abyssinicus. Produces ex- cellent effect as single plant. 5 Atropurpureus. Red foli- age, drooping spikes, 2 feet. 5 Candatus. (Love lies Blee- ding) Dark red panicles, ex- ceedingly attractive, 2 5 Henderi. Foliage rosy car- mine, orange,buff,golden yel- low and olive green. Splend- id, 2 feet 10 A. Nobilis Pyramidalis. The stems branch in every di- rection, each bearing spikes of bright purple flowers, from 8 to 12 inches in length 10 — Salicifolius (Fountain Plant). Of pyramidal drooping habit, branching close to the ground; green, with orange, crimson and bronze shading; 4 feet ^ — CruentUS (Prince's Feather). Erect flowering, bright scarlet _ ^ — Tricolor (Joseph's Coat). Leaves yellow, red and green. 5 AMMOBIUM. Useful for dried bouquets and winter decorations; a showy border plant. H. A. A. Alatum, white. 2 feet 5 AMPELOPSIS. A. Veitchii. 'Boston Ivy' or (Japanese Ivv), is a most beautiful climber, and is fast becoming a great favorite, cling- ing very firmly to the sides of a house or wall


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