. Curtis, Cobb & Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower and kitchen garden for 1878. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Kitchen gardens Catalogs. i HIBISCUS. Nat. Okd., Malvacea. One of the most ornamental, beautiful, and showy tribes of plants cultivated. Whether the hardy sorts be planted in mixed or shrubbery border, or the more tender varieties be grown lor in-doors decoration, they are all alike characterized by the size and varied beautiful colors of their flowers. T19 liibiscus. Greeuhouse Mixed .26 . KENNEDYA. Nat. Obd., Leguminosa. T
. Curtis, Cobb & Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower and kitchen garden for 1878. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Kitchen gardens Catalogs. i HIBISCUS. Nat. Okd., Malvacea. One of the most ornamental, beautiful, and showy tribes of plants cultivated. Whether the hardy sorts be planted in mixed or shrubbery border, or the more tender varieties be grown lor in-doors decoration, they are all alike characterized by the size and varied beautiful colors of their flowers. T19 liibiscus. Greeuhouse Mixed .26 . KENNEDYA. Nat. Obd., Leguminosa. These climbers are among tlic most striking of greenhouse ornaments, and de- serve more extensive cultivation than has hitherto been extended to them, as few plants are more serviceable for greenhouse decoration. Their bright colors impart a most cheerful appearance: and, if trained round fanciful wire shapes, a pecu- liarly interesting ellect is produced. Greenhouse shrub. 723 Kennedya. Splendid mixture 25 LAGERSTRfEIttlA. Nat. Ord., Lythracea. A splendid greenhouse shrub, with exceedingly handsome flowers, sometimes called the Bride of India. 724 Lagerstroemia Indiea, Finest Mixed 25 LISIANTIILS. Nat. Obd., Geniiantce. When well grown, this is a splendid plant for greenhouse or conservatory deco- ration. Its flowers are extremely handsome, and pf rich dark-blue, which few greenhouse plants possess. Succeeds best in a sanBy peat, with very little loam. Winter in a warm greenhouse, and re-pot in spring. 725 Lisianthus Russellianus. Rich-blue, shaded with purple; from Mexico. 2 ft. .25 MANDEVILLEA. Nat. Ord., Apocynacax. Well-known as a most elegant and beautiful pure white, large, open, highly fra- grant, tnitnpet-shaped flower, freely produced in a profusion of racemes, which renders it extremely attractive either in greenhouse or garden. From Buenos Ayres. 720 Mandevillea Suavcolens. White. Greenhouse shrub. 10 feet . . .26 MELAXEUCA. Nat. Obd., Mijrtacece. A genus of very des
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