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Title: Washburn & Co.'s amateur cultivator's guide to the flower and kitchen garden : containing a descriptive list of two thousand varieties of flower and vegetable seeds : also a list of French hybrid gladiolus,
Year: 1869 (1860s)
Authors: Washburn & Co Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Flowers Seeds Catalogs Vegetables Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : The Company
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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el-like tufts of beauti- ful rosy flowers ; from Persia. 5 feet 10 23 Longifolia. Yellow, foliage long and slender ; from New South Wales. 5 feet . .25 24 Lophantha. Yellow, beautiful foliage ; from New South Wales. 5 feet . . .10 25 Nematophyila. Bright yellow ; a splendid acquisition, called one of the best of its class, flowering freely nearly the whole year ; fine habit 6 feet 25 26 Trinervata. Fine yellow ; from New Holland. 5 feet 25 27 Xylophylloides. (New.) The most splendid of all the Acacias, producing rich clusters of golden blossoms, light-green lanceolated foliage; from New Holland.6 feet 25 AC AIVTIITJ^. Nat. Ord., Acantkace*. These deserve a place in even1 collection, from their stately appearance, and the lege»d cftheir leaves having given the first idea of the capital of the Corinthian order of architecture.They requiie a good sandy loam, and plenty of room. Hardy perennials. 28 Acanthus Mollis. White ; from Italy. 3 feet 05 29 Spinosus. White; from Europe. 3 feet 05
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ABOBRA VIRIDIFLORA. See page 14. TO THE FLOWER GARDEN. 15 >Ol priceACHILLEA. Nat. Ord., Composite*. Belonging to the genus known under their English name of Milfoil Hardy perennial 30 Achillea Filipendula. Yellow; from Caspian Sea. 5 feet $0.05 ACHIMENE8. Nat. Ord., Gesneracece. These are among the most beautiful plants for the decoration of a greenhouse or conserva-tory during the summer, being of dwarf, compact, branching habit, and flowering abundantlythroughout the whole season. Grown in masses, in large pots or pans, they form superbobjects for exhibition. Their culture is simple. After flowering, water should be graduallywithheld, and allowed to remain in a dry state until they commence growing again. 31 Achimenes. Mixed. Saved from one of the largest collections in Europe . . . .25 ACROCLINIUM. Nat. Ord., Composite. An elegant new annual from Swan River, producing beautiful everlasting flowers resem-bling the Rhodanthe Manglesii, but much larger ; should be grown in every co

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