Blue Grove Love. 
Nigella Damascena. 
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with easy culture, make them favorites 
with every-one. All fine colors mixed. 
One foot high. December till April. 
Phiox Drummondii grandi- 
flora. This is an improvement on the 
above; flowers are larger, with white 
centre, different colors mixed. Very 
_beautiful. One foot high. December 
till April. 
Phiox Drummondii grandi- 
flora alba. Pure White, some with 
purple or violet eve.— 
Phiox Drummondii grandi- 
flora, stellata splendens. (New.) 
This is admitted to be the richest co- 
lored and most effective of all large- 
fiowered Phloxes. It combines all the 
good qualities of the Splendens, with 
the addition of a clearly defined, pure 
white star, which contrasts strikingly 
with the vivid crimson of the flowers. 
Portulaca. A small plant of great 
beauty, and of the easiest culture. 
Does best in a well exposed situation, 
where it has plenty of sun. The flow- 
ers are of various colors, from white to 
bright scarlet and crimson. The plant 
is good for edging vases or pots; or 
where large plants are kept in tubs, the 
surface can be filled with this neat 
little genus of plants. Half foot high. 
February till August. 
Portuiaca grandifiora fi. pl. 
Double Portulaca. The same variety 
of colors with semi-double and double 
flowers. Half foot high. February till 
August. 
Primula veris. Polyanthus. An 
herbaceous plant of various colors, 
highly esteemed in Europe. Half foot 
high. December till April. 
Primula chinensis. Chinese Prim- 
rose. A green-house plant, which flow- 
ers profusely and continues to bloom 
for a long time; should be sown early 
to insure the plant flowering well. Dif- 
ferent colors; mixed, per package, 25 
cents. Oneanda half feet high. Oc- 
tober till February. 
Pyrethrum aurea. Golden Fea- 
ther. The flowers resemble Asters. It 
has bright yellow leaves which make 
it- very showy as a border if massed 
with plants, such as Coleus, ete. 
