Identifier: springcatalogueo1873hanf (find matches)
Title: Spring catalogue of new and beautiful plants
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Hanford, R. G Columbus Nursery Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Catalogs Plants, Ornamental Catalogs Flowers Catalogs Seeds Catalogs Nursery stock Plants, Ornamental Flowers Seeds
Publisher: Columbus, Oh. : Columbus Nursery
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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on. Price 30 cents each. Reineckia Carnea Fol. Var. A dwarf growing plant, of elegant appearance. Trie peculiar growth, with strik-ing variegation, pure white and green, renders it desirable for pot culture or hangingbaskets. Price 30 cents each. White Oleander. The old pink variety has been a general favorite for many years, and this is a de-sirable companion for it; of the same strong growth and habit, with semi-double purewhite flowers. It is of easy culture, and can be kept over winter in a cellar, even with-out any light. Price 50 cents each. G-olden-Leafed Geranium—Luna. Among the Bronze or Golden-Leafed Geraniums, this is the best which we as yethave tested. The foliage is of a light-golden yellow, with a broad and distinct zone,or horse-shoe, of a bright chesnut brown occasionally shaded with red; flowersbright scarlet; unlike most variegated leafed Geraniums, this variety stands the hotsun quite well, and keeps its marking all summer. Price 35 cents each. 8 Cdialogue of the
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ERIAXTIIUS RAVENNJB Columbus Nursery. 9 Erianthus Ravennse. A very handsome ornamental grass, and a desirable plant for the lawn, somewhatresembling the Pampas Grass, but not as regular, and more loose in its outline ; whenfully grown, which will be the second or third year, its numerous flower stems willattain a hight of from 9 to 12 feet. Will live out over winter if slightly protected.Price 25 cents each; extra size plants, 50 cents each. Bouvardia Davisonii. The flowers of this beautiful Bouvardia are produced in large clusters of pure white,slightly tinted with delicate blush, before being fully expanded. It is valued as abedding plant for the garden, where it will commence blooming in August, and con-tinue until frost; or, as a winter-blooming plant for the conservatory and parlor, whereit will bloom without interruption all winter, if taken up before cold weather andproperly cared for. Price 50 cents each. Arun&o Doaaz Variegata. Among the many variegated foliage plants tha

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