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NASTURTIUM (TROPJEOLUM MAJUS). NAT. ORD., Tropceolacea. 



This is a well-known ornamental annual, of easy cultivation. It flowers best in a light 

 soil. It looks well, trained to a trellis or over a wall. The flowers are rich orange, shaded 

 with crimson and various colors. The variety with crimson or blood-colored flrwers makes 

 a fine contrast with orange. The seeds are used as a substitute for capers, ar.J the flowers 

 sometimes eaten as salads. Half-hardy annuals. 



1020 Nasturtium Carneum. Flesh-color. lofeet ....... $00$ 



1021 - Majus. Bright-orange. 10 feet .......... S 



1022 - Atrosanguineum. Dark-crimson. 10 feet ........ S 



1023 - Shilling!!. Spotted-yellow, with dark spots on each petal. 10 feet . . . .10 



1024 - Schenermanni. Straw-color, striped with brown ; fine ...... 05 



(The above are all tall varieties.) 



NASTURTIUM" (TROP^OLUM MINOR). NAT. ORD., Tropeeolaceee. 



The dwarf-improved varieties of the Nasturtium are among the most useful and beautiful 

 of garden favorites for bedding, massing, or ribboning, and rank with the Geranium, Verbena, 

 and Calceolaria. Their close compact growth, rich-colored flowers, and the freedom with 

 which they bloom, all combine to place them in the category of first-class bedding-plants. 

 The Tom Thumb varieties are distinguished favorites, as are also.the old crimson and the 

 new Crystal-palace Gem. Half-hardy annuals. 



1025 Nasturtium Dwarf Crimson. Very fine for groups, i foot ...... 05 



1026 - - Scarlet. Brilliant, i foot ........... 05 



1027 - - Spotted. Yellow, with dark spots, i foot ........ 05 



1028 - Tom Thumb, Scarlet. A beautiful variety, dwarf and compact; quite as rich 



in color and as effective as the Tom Thumb Geraniums ; fine for pots or vases. 

 i foot ................ i 



1029 - - - Yellow. A variety similar to the last mentioned, with yellow flow- 



ers. i foot ............... 10 



1030 - - - Beauty. Yellow, blotched with crimson ; fine, i^ feet . . . .10 



1031 - - - Crystal-palace Gem. A new sulphur-color, spotted with maroon; 



a splendid bedding variety, i foot .......... 10 



1032 - - - Pearl. Creamy-white; a fine variety ....... 10 



1033 - - - New Hybrid. Saved from the finest-named varieties, producing 



flowers of various shades, buff, yellow, crimson, maroon, in great profusion ; 

 beautifully blotched and marbled ........... 25 



NAT. ORD., Scrophulariaceee. 



Exceedingly pretty and profuse-blooming plants. Nemesia Compacta and Alba should 

 be grown in every garden. Half-hardy annual. 



1034 Nemesia Floribunda. White and yellow ; sweet-scented ....... 05 



1035 - Versicolor Compacta. Blue and white. 3 feet. ........ 10 



1036 - - - Alba. Pure white. Three-quarters foot ....... 10 



1037 - - - Insignis. New; light-blue. Three-quarters foot ..... 25 

 1033 - - - La Superbe. Light-rose ; fine. Three-quarters foot . . . .25 



INTERIUM! (OLEANDER). NAT. ORD., Apocynaceee. 



A class of splendid double-flowering evergreen shrubs, of a highly ornamental character; 

 fine for conservatory decoration, or placing on lawns and terraces during the summer ; grow- 

 ing in any light, rich soil. Half-hardy shrubs. 



1039 Nerium Oleander. Rosy-pink ; double ; from Italy. 6 feet ...... 10 



1040 - Variegata. Scarlet and white ; from Italy. 6 feet ....... 10 



iNTOOTIAJVJL (TOBACCO-PLANT). NAT. ORD., Solanaceee. 



These are strong-growing, fine-foliaged plants. They are very effective for large shrub- 

 bery borders, and the leaves of some varieties are valuable for fumigating purposes. Tender 

 annuals. 



1041 Nicotiana Glauca. Yellow ; native of America ......... o 



1042 - Glutinosa. Scarlet ; from Peru. 3 feet ......... 10 



1043 - Vincaeflora. White ; very pretty ; from South America. 2 feet ..... 10 



NTGIEH~LA. (LOVE-IN-A-MIST). NAT. ORD., Ranunculacea. 



A genus of very interesting, compact-growing, free-flowering plants, with curious-looking 

 flowers and seed-pods. From the extraordinary motion manifested by the stamens, this 



