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]VA.STXJIiTITJM: (Trop^olum Majus). Nat. Ord., TropsolaceiB. 



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 flowers makes 

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

 sometimes eaten as salads. Half-hardy annuals. 



1020 Nasiuriium Carneum. Flesh-color. lo feet #0.05 



102 1 Majus. Bright-orange. 10 feet 05 



1022 Atrosanguineum. Dark-crimson. 10 feet 03 



1023 Shillingii. 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.) 



NASTUK-TIUar (Trop^olum Minor). Nat. Ord., Tropaolacecs. 



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, x foot 05 



1027 Spotted. Yellow, with dark spots. 1 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 10 



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

 ers. I foot 10 



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



103 1 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 fi-om the finest-named varieties, producing 



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

 beautifully blotched and marbled 25 



lN"Ii:3£ESIA.. Nat. Ord-, Scrophidariacem. 



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 



1038 —^ La Superbe. Light-rose; fine. Three-quarters foot . . . .25 



INETlITJlVr (Oleander). Nat. Ord., Apocyttacece. 



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; fi-om Italy. 6 feet 10 



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



WICOTIA.DVA. (Tobacco-Plant). Nat. Ord., Solatiacece. 



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 fiiinigating purposes. Tender 

 annuals. 



1041 Nicotiana Glauca. Yellow; native of America 10 



1042 Glutinosa. Scarlet; fi-om Peru. 3 feet 10 



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



IVIGELX^A. (Love-in-a-Mist). Nat. Ord., Ranunculacece. 



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

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



