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j^lants, make a fine show of bloom until killed by frost. T!?e 

 ficta, Josejohus and grandifiora are especially desirable, growiag 

 eighteen inches high. Give them plenty of room, 



Ipomona quamocUt — (cypress vine) is a universal favorifee,. both 

 on account of its fine, feathery foliage, and its brilliant little 

 trumpet-shaped flowers. They require warm sitoations, and make 

 the finest show when sown in a circle two or three feet from a 

 central stake eight to ten feet high, to the top of which tbey are 

 trained hj means of strings fastened to' the groirnd by pegs. The 

 scarlet or crimson sort makes the finest show. It is well to soak 

 the seeds in warm water for a few hours before planting, aind only 

 put them in the ground when it is warm and dry — aibout the mid- 

 dle of May, if the gn>und has become warm. They do best started 

 in a hot-ljed and transplanted. Some of the other ipomees — as 

 limbata elegantissima (blue with a white belt), ffvandijiora Mexi- 

 cana (large violet blue), etc., are desirable climl>ers. 



Loasa 7iitida — (Chilian nettle plant), is a fine plant for grovf- 

 ing along a street fence, or a border where flowers are picked by 

 passers by. In plucking the prostrate yellow blossom, the band 

 comes in contact with the branches covered with stingisg hairs,, 

 nearly as poisonous as the sting of a bee. It is a tender annual, 

 and should be sown late in May. 



Lychnis. — The common scarlet, and some of the newer varieties, 

 as Hmigeana and Sieholdiiy are desirdble flowers, growing fromj 

 one to two feet high, and though perennial, will usually flower 

 the first season, if started in the house early, so as to transplant 

 in May. 



Mm^gold {Tagetes) is one of the oldest flowers, and not alto- 

 gether a favorite, owino; to its rank odor. Some of the aewer 

 French sorts are quite pretty, and all of the varieties bloom the 

 entire season. A late sort, Tagetes signata pmmla, forms a dense 

 mass of foliage and flowei^, in a globular form,. 18 inches in diam- 

 eter, on one plant of which a thousand flowers are sometimes grown. 

 Sow in May. 



Mignonette {Reseda odoratd) will, of course, have a place io 

 every garden — at least if ladies have aught to <3o with it. Does 

 best in masses, and the inconspicuous flowers give oflf a delightful 

 fragrance during the entire season. It is hardy, may be sowd 

 early in May, thinned out that each plant may have room. 



3Iarvd of Peru, or Four o^elock, {Mirabilis Jalapa):, makes a 

 fine show from the time it begins to bloom uatil frost. Some of 



