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sowing; bears an enormous number of long racemes covered with rosy- 

 purple spurred flowers. Thrives in full sun in stiff poor soil. 



LUPINE (Lupinus affinis). An annual variety with deep-blue flowers. 

 Sow seed where the plants are to grow as they do not transplant very well. 



LUPINE (L. nanus). A bluish-purple variety. 



LUPINE (L. mutabilis). 2 ft. A sweet-scented violet-purple variety. 

 Give a rich light soil, full sun and water. 



MARTYNIA, UNICORN PLANT (M. fragrans). 3 ft. A coarse shrubby 

 plant with large foliage and vanilla-scented violet-purple or mauve tub- 

 ular flowers with beautiful yellow lyre-shaped markings in the throat. 

 Grows in any good soil. Seed-vessels used for pickling. 



NASTURTIUM. Tall (Tropadum majus, var. regelianum). A violet- 

 purple variety of this common favorite. 



NASTURTIUM (T. Lobbianum, var. Lacombe Mercier). A purplish- 

 violet variety of Lobb's Nasturtium which is considered the best species 

 for rich coloring. For culture, see Nasturtium, White An., July. 



NIGELLA, FENNEL FLOWER (N. Damascena). i ft. A sky-blue 

 variety of this charming annual. Autumn-sown seed make the strong- 

 est plants. Make successive sowings in the spring to get flowers through- 

 out the summer; does not transplant well; thrives in almost any situa- 

 tion in any good soil. For culture see Nigella, White An., July. 



PANSY (Viola tricolor). Many hybrid varieties in rich tones of lav- 

 ender, purple, violet and blue; blooms as an annual in six to eight weeks 

 from seed, and continues as a perennial the second year. For culture 

 see Pansy, White Per., April. 



PETUNIA (P. violacea, var. Ruffled Giants). 2 ft. A purple-violet 

 variety with enormous flowers with ruffled margins; also many hybrid 

 varieties, both single and double, and fringed. See Petunia, White An., 

 July. 



PHLOX (P. Drummondii, var. grandiflora). Many named varieties 

 in lavender and violet shades. For culture see Phlox, White An., July. 



POPPY. Opium (Papaver somniferum). 3 ft. A single variety that 

 comes in rich purple, lavender and a soft grayish-lavender with ex- 

 quisite pale green stamens. 



POPPY. Paeony (P. somniferum, var. p<zoni<zftorum). 3 ft. Comes 

 in clear tones of pinkish-lilac and purple; a magnificent plant to grow 

 at the edge of a vegetable garden where there is plenty of room, and 

 makes no gap when done blooming. Bloom lasts two weeks. For cul- 

 ture see Poppy, White An., June. 



