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The seed may be sown either in the hot-bed, cold-frame or open ground. The plants should 

 stand from nine to twelve inches apart. They commence flowering early and continue to 

 produce an abundance of bloom until towards winter, especially if not allowed to seed. 



HARDY UPRIGHT PHLOXES. These are hardy herbaceous perennials, and among the most 

 useful and showy in cultivation. The flowers are produced in great profusion, on upright stems 

 from one to three feet high, in the summer and fall months. The plants are perfectly hardy, and 

 will thrive in any garden soil. After they have attained some size, the roots may be taken up 

 in the fall or spring, be divided and reset. The following is a desirable list of varieties : 



Alexandriena Varennes, deep rose. Delecata, rich dark purplish crimson. Gloria de Nieully, 

 brilliant salmon red. Harlequin, brilliant crimson, somewhat mottled. Hector Rouillard, dis- 

 tinctly striped crimson and rose. L. Avenir, salmon and red ; very fine. Mad. Amezi Pothier, 

 pink with deep red eye. Mad. Bcllvenuc, deep rose, crimson center. Mad. Bernian, rosy pur- 

 ple, crimson eye. Mad. de Chambrey, large rosy purple, distinct dark eye. Mad. de Wendall, 

 almost pure white, crimson eye. Mad. Masson, crimson, petals edged and striped with purplish 

 rose. Mad. Pepin, rose, with salmon center and crimson eye; distinct. Mad. Van Houtte, 

 light pink with bright crimson eye. Mons. Duffe, brilliant crimson. Napoleon, pure white dis- 

 tinctly striped with purple. Roi des Roses, rosy purple with bright crimson eye. Startler, 

 striped rose. Venus, blush with carmine eye. Victor Hugo, striking purplish crimson. 



HARDY PROCUMBENT PHLOXES (Moss Pink). These differ from the other sections of the 

 family, in being of creeping habit, with small pointed leaves. They produce their pretty flowers 

 in May, at which time the prostrate plants are literally covered with bloom. Of the easiest cul- 

 ture. Propagate by division. 



P. Setacea, pink flowers in immense numbers. P. Setacea alba, pure white, similar in form 

 and growth to the preceding variety, and very attractive. 



PI LEA ARTILLERY PLANT (Greenhouse Perennial, 35, 30, 80). 



Unique plants, with graceful frond-like leaves, which, when in flower, produce a snapping 

 sound if water is thrown upon them. They are useful either as pot plants or for planting in 

 baskets, vases, Ferneries, etc., being in either case easy to manage. Propagate from cuttings. 



PINK, GARDEN OR FLORIST'S (Hardy Perennial). 



A class of hardy plants for the garden that pertain to the Dianthus family. They much 

 resemble Carnations, but are more dwarf. The flowers are perfectly double, clove scented, and 

 embrace numerous colors in the different varieties, including pure white, carmine, pink, etc., 

 in some of which striking deep rose, maroon, deep carmine and other colors appear in the center 

 of the flower or distinctly on each petal. Some are also beautifully fringed. The plants may 

 be propagated by cuttings or by layers, and will thrive in any garden soil. 



PURE WHITE HARDY PINKS. Sarah Howard, a fragrant, double, pure white, free flowering 

 summer and fall Pink, not entirely hardy, but with slight protection, very desirable ; exceedingly 

 valuable for bouquet making. Alba Jimbriata, a double white early spring flowering sort, of 

 good form and substance, being fringed and very fragrant ; grown extensively by florists for bou- 

 quet flowers ; perfectly hardy and unequaled for forcing in pots in winter, for which purpose any 

 of the ordinary plants from the garden may be taken up and potted in the fall without previous 

 treatment. For forcing, 32, 50, 80. 



PLUMBAGO CAPENSIS (Greenhouse Perennial, 35, jo, 85). 



A shrubby greenhouse pot plant, also suitable for window culture, producing large trusses of 

 azure blue flowers, during fall and winter months. It flowers freely in plants six inches high, 

 and as the colors of its flowers is rare, it is a desirable addition to any collection. 



POINSETTIA PULCHERRIMA (Greenhouse Perennial, 35, 55 to 65, zoo ). 

 A tropical plant of remarkable growth, and possessed of gorgeous beauty when in bloom. 

 The flower, or rather the bracts or leaves that surround the flower proper, in well grown speci- 

 mens attain a diameter of one foot, and of the most dazzling scarlet. The plants require a 

 warm place to develop the flower heads, which appear in December and January, but with this 

 requirement supplied, they are of the easiest culture. Sandy soil suits them best. After their 

 flowering season they should receive only enough water to prevent the soil from becoming pow- 

 der dry, and the plants may be set under the staging until spring when they may be repotted, 

 plunging the pots in soil in the open ground, until the time of returning them under glass, 

 which should be in September. 



POLYANTHUS PRIMULA ELATIOR, CUPS AND SAUCERS (Hardy Perennial). 

 Pretty, early flowering, hardy garden plants that are found in many collections. They 

 flower mostly in May. The flowers appear in trusses on erect stems, and embrace various 

 colors, including brown with yellow eye and delicate yellow edge, rich brown, almost black, 

 either shaded or plain, various cortibinations of crimson, yellow, sulphur, etc. May be increased 

 by division, and also from seed. They delight in a light loamy soil and are benefited by a 

 covering of leaves or other material through winter. 



POMEGRANATE, DWARF (Almost -Hardy, Shrubby- Perennial'). 

 The fruit bearing Pomegranate is a native of Asia, and is: much.; cultivated. in warm coun- 



