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men's catalogues include such names as White 

 Rocket, Giant White, Giant Snowflake, Em- 

 press, Snow Queen, and Hyacinth-flowered, 

 all being probably only diflferent names for what 

 is practically the same flower. Dwarf varieties 

 are Tom Thumb and the Little Prince, grow- 

 ing from four to six inches high. I do not care 

 for I. umhellata, and of the Rocket varieties I 

 much prefer the large Giant-flowered or Em- 

 press strain. It blooms from June 20th to 

 frost, and its cultivation is the same as Sweet 

 Alyssum, though the results are not always as 

 satisfactory, the seed apparently not germinating 

 as freely nor as certainly. 



Zinnia elegans, coming originally from Mexico, 

 is a striking flower when grown in masses on the 

 lawn. It comes double and single, but in 

 the anxiety to produce striking double forms, 

 the single blossoms have been almost lost sight 

 of by the seedsmen. This is a pity, as when in 

 a mixed lot of seed you sometimes get a large 

 single flower of yellow, orange, scarlet, or crim- 

 son, it is often more attractive than the double 

 forms, though few of the dealers offer the seeds 

 of single varieties. The colors of the double 

 forms embrace white, sulphur-yellow, canary- 



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