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Smilax. 



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SWEET PEAS. 



PEK FOT. 



Very beautiful, fragrant, and free-flowering climbing plants; continuing in bloom all sum- 

 mer; supported by common pea-sticks, they form admirable screens for protecting ij&ore 

 tender plants, or excluding unsightly objects; valuable for training on trellis -work, cov- 

 ering rough fences, etc. Hardy Annuals. 

 Sweet Peas, Scarlet Invincible. Remarkably fragrant, with bright scarlet crimson 



flowers; an unusually prolific bloomer 5 



Striped » 5 



Painted Lady 5 



Purple 5 



"White 5 



Fairy Queen. (New.) 5 



- • Mixed, all colors. Per ounce, 15 cents; per pound, $1 5 



STATICE. 



Exceedingly interesting plants of easy culture. They are all very free-flowering, and remain 

 a long time in beauty, the flowers being valuable for winter bouquets. 



Statice Bonduelli. Deep golden yellow. Half-hardy Annual, 1| f t 10 



Spicata. Forms a beautiful bouquet of rosy-pink flowers. Annual 10 



- — - Incana Hybrida. Fine mixed. Perennial , 10 



TAGETES. 



Tagetes Signata Pumila. A beautiful delicate fern-leaved plant, forming a compact 

 globular bush, and covered with bright yellow blossoms, with a reddish-brown stripe 

 through the centre of each petal. Half-hardy Annual, 1 ft 10 



TACSONIA. 



Tacsonia Von Volxemi. This beautiful climber was found in New Granada, It is a plant 

 that flowers most abundantly, and for "almost the whole year: the flowers individually 

 are about five inches in diameter, and of the richest scarlet. Half-hardy Sknd) 25 



STOCKS (Mathiola). 



The Stock is one of our most important and best-known annuals; for brilliancy and diversity 

 of color, for fine foliage and compact habit, and for profusion and duration of bloom, it 

 is unsurpassed, while as a decorative plant for the garden, whether for bedding, mass- 

 ing, edging or ribboning, it is invaluable. 



