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69. CLIMBING NASTURTIUM. 

 (For Description, see Page 50.) 



MARIGOLDS. 



garden plants. Their neat, compact growth, 

 ored flowers and free-blooming and long-lasting qualities, to- 

 gether with their adaptability to almost any soil or situation, 

 make them unsurpassed for garden decorations; 1 foot. Finest 

 mixed. Oz., lOc. 1/4 Lb., 25e. 1/2 L,b., 40c. Lb., 75c. 



57. LARKSPUR. (Kmperor Imperial Branching; 

 and Tall Brancbing, or StocUfloTpered.) — This ls= 

 one of the best known of garden flowers. A vast im- 

 provement has been effected by careful selection and at- 

 tentive cultivation in size and color of the blossoms and', 

 the general habit of the plant. For large gardens, shrub- 

 beries, etc., the branching varieties will be found pecu- 

 liarly well fitted hardy annuals. (For Perennial Lark- 

 spur, see Delphinium, page 47.) 



58. EVERLASTING, OR HARDY SW^EET PEA, 

 Lathyrus Latilnlins.) — Showy, free-flowering, hardy 

 perennial climbers for covering old stumps, fences, etc. ^ 

 continually in bloom; fine for cutting. 



59. LOBELIA. (Erinas. Finest Mixed.)— The follow- 

 ing dwarf and trailing varieties of this popular and 

 beautiful flowering plant will be found most desirable 

 for pot culture, edgings, hanging baskets, etc., blooming 

 profusely from June to November. The hardy perenniati 

 in our mixture Is among the most attractive of our 

 garden favorites, producing beautiful spikes of hand- 

 some flowers. 



60. LUPINUS. — Ornamental, free-flowering, easily 

 grown garden plants, with long, graceful spikes of ricb 

 and various colored pea-shaped flowers; valuable for 

 ■nixed flower borders and beds. 



61. MAURAIVDIA, VINE.— Beautiful, rapid, slender 

 growing climbers, blooming profusely until late in Au- 

 tumn, also fine for the conservatory or greenhouse; If 

 desired for the house, take up before the approach of 



frost. A half hardy perennial, flowering for season if sown early; grows 10 feet> 



62. MARVEL OF PERU, OR FOUR O'CLOCK.— Handsome, free-flowering, 

 sweet-scented. Blossoms variegated, striped and various colors, blooming ini 

 profusion, simultaneously, about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Perennial. 



63. MARIGOLD.— The African and French Marigolds are old favorites, free- 

 flowering annuals of easy culture; both are extremely effective. The former 

 have uniformly large yellow or orange-colored flowers, and are well adapted 

 for large beds or mixed borders. The latter are dwarfer in growth, with beau- 

 tiful striped flowers, and better suited for bedding purposes or for pot cul- 

 ture; they succeed best in a light soil with full exposure to the sun; half 

 hardy annuals. Our mixed Marigold contains dwarf bi-color Legion of Honor. 



64. SENSITIVE PLANT. (Mimosa.)— Curious and interesting annuals, witb 

 pinkish-white flowers; the leaves close and droop when touched or shaken. 



65. MIGNONETTE. (Machet's " Perfection.")— The Best of All Mignon- 

 ettes for Garden Culture. — This new Mignonette is a perfect beauty in every 

 respect, and will put every lover of flowers in ecstasy by its perfectly graceful 

 stems, dressed with vigorous foliage, equally branched and crowned witb 

 flowers of an enormous size and of a continuous blooming habit, rich color 

 and an intense perfume rendered this Reseda so much the superior of Its 

 class that we felt it deserving of special mention, for the perfection and 

 beauty of this flower we have never seen equaled before. 



66. MIGNONETTE. (Defiance.)— The Largest Flower of All Mignonettes. 

 Annual. When grown under favorable conditions and with proper care, 

 spikes will not only be of remarkable size— from 12 to 15 inches long— but deli- 

 ciously fragrant, much more so than any other variety. The individual 

 florets are of immense size, forming a graceful as well as compact spike. Its 

 great strength is accompanied by extraordinary keeping qualities; the spikes 

 have been kept three weeks after cutting, retaining their grace and fragrance 

 until every bud opens. 



67. FORGET- 

 ME-NOTS. (My- 

 osotis) (Alpes- 

 tris Victoria, 

 Dissiflora.) — 

 Popular " For- 

 get-Me - Nots." 

 Bushy plants, 6 

 to 10 inches high, 

 bearing clusters 

 of lovely small 

 flowers. They 

 are perennials, 

 hardy enough to 

 remain in the 

 open ground, ex- 

 cepting in very 



'cold latitudes, 

 where they 

 should be well 

 protected. But 

 they are gener- 

 ally sown in the 

 Fall and Win- 

 tered over in 

 cold frames, 

 when they will 

 flower early in 

 the Spring. If 

 sown early in the 

 house they will 

 flower the first 

 season. 



68. DWARF 

 NASTURTIUMS 

 The Finest Va- 

 rieties Mixed. 

 Improved Dwarf 

 Nasturtiums are 

 among the most 

 popular and 

 beautiful of our 



with their col- 



65. MATCHET'S MIGNONETTE. 



