. Dreer's autumn catalogue : 1896 bulbs, plants, seeds. Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. JUSTICIA VeLUTINA. Justicia "; This new dwarf variety, so highly praised by Mr. Louis de Vilmorin in the Revue Horticole, is really a much finer and dwarfer plant than our en- graving, made from an imported speci- men, suggests. Everyone knows the tall, lanky, straggling habit of the old Justicia Rosea. This new sort, which is now grown so extensively by Pari- sian florists
. Dreer's autumn catalogue : 1896 bulbs, plants, seeds. Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. JUSTICIA VeLUTINA. Justicia "; This new dwarf variety, so highly praised by Mr. Louis de Vilmorin in the Revue Horticole, is really a much finer and dwarfer plant than our en- graving, made from an imported speci- men, suggests. Everyone knows the tall, lanky, straggling habit of the old Justicia Rosea. This new sort, which is now grown so extensively by Pari- sian florists, begins to bloom when the plant has only three or four leaves, and is never out of flower afterward. If pinched back occasionally it makes a very dwarf, stocky plant, frequently w- .: j=^=-^^ covered with 20 to 50 large pink flower- heads, lasting a long time. The foliage is also more persistent and highly orna- Farfugium Grande. mental, being heavy in texture and very velvety. 30 cts. each, § per doz. Jasminum. Jasmiimm Gracillimum. Exceedingly floriferous; a flowering shoot is produced from every joint, which terminates in a dense cluster of pure white, fragrant flowers ; in bloom from October to February. 30 cts. each. Jasminum Grandiflorum (Star Jasmine or Catalonian Jasmine). This variety is an old favorite and undoubtedly the most satisfactory for general culture; it flowers almost the entire season, and is especially val- ued as a house plant in winter; pure white, deliciously scented. 25 cts. each. Jasminum, Grand Duke. Large, double white, imbricated flowers; fragrant. 30 cts. each. Jasminum Sambac Creamy white, fragrant flowers. 30 cts. each. The set of four varieties, one of each, § Lapageria. Most beautiful greenhouse climbers, bearing large, pendent waxy flowers. Lapag-eria Rosea. Rich crimson. § each. Lapageria Alba. Pure waxy white. §4 00 each. Linum Trigynum. An old plant which should receive more attention. As an early winter- flowering plant
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