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may apply. The statistics given herewith are the actual records 

 of how the plants behaved at Ithaca, under such fair and common 

 conditions as ninety-nine out of every hundred persons are able 

 and willing to give. A very important part of this record is the 

 fact that the results are comparable : that is, all the plants were 

 grown at the same place and most of them in the same year, 

 whereas statistics of this kind are usuall}^ compiled from records 

 made in different places and in different years. Our records are 

 all made directly from the plants themselves, with no consulta- 

 tion of other sources of information. 



These lists emphasize the riches which are now at the disposal 

 of every home-maker, and which the enterprising seedsmen have 

 brought from the ends of the earth. A dollar's selection is suffi- 

 cient to brighten the home from June until snow. We believe 

 that all the flowers mentioned in the table are suitable for genera- 

 cultivation in this State. 



Explanation of table. — The first column gives the names of 

 plants, the second, date of first bloom, the third, date of full 

 bloom, the fourth, date of last bloom. Plants marked with an 

 asterisk (*) were grown in 1898 ; all others were grown in 1897. 

 Ju. stands for June, Jl., July, A., August, S., September, O., 

 October. A cross (+) means still in bloom after a hard frost. 

 The fifth column gives average height and habit of plants : 



in. = inches. t. = trailing on ground. 



s. = strict or erect. c. = tendril climbing. 



sp. = spreading on ground. tw.= twiner. 

 The sixth column gives colors of flowers in the following 

 abbreviations : 



r. = red. b. = blue. w. = white. 



y. = yellow. o. = orange. 1. = light. 



d. = dark. s. = striped or spotted. e. = eye. 



Body of color is mentioned first : r. y. e. = red with yellow 

 eye. d. r. == dark red. 



Of some varieties, several samples, from different packets, were 

 grown, and these appear as duplicates in the list. The abbre- 

 viation fi. pi. stands iox flore pleno, "flowers double." 



