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RICHARD FROTSCHER’S ALMANAC AND GARDEN MANUAL 
Hyacinth Bean. 
Ipomva Quamoclit alba. White 
Cypress Vine. The same as the red 
variety. tee ie 
Ipomza Bona Nox. Large Flow- 
ering Evening Glory. A vine of rapid 
growth, with beautiful blue and white 
flowers which open in the evening. 
Twenty feet high. February till June. 
Lathyrus odoratus. Sweet Peas. 
Beautiful flowers of all colors, very 
showy. Good for cut flowers, § 
high. December till April. 
Maurandia Barclayana, 
Maurandia. A slender growing vine of 
rapid growth. Rose purple and white 
ecolorsmixed. Tenfeet high. February 
till April. 
Mamordica Balsamina. Bal- 
sam Apple. A climbing plant of very 
rapid growth, producing Cucumber-like 
fruits, with warts on them. They are 
believed to contain some medicinal vir- 
tues. 
Six feet | 
Mixed | 
They are put in jars with alcohol, | 
Maurandia Barelayana. 
and are used as a dressing for cuts, 
bruises, ete. 
Luffa acutangula. Dish Rag Vine. 
A very rapid growing vine of the Gourd 
family. When the fruit is dry, the fibrous 
substance, which covers the seeds, can 
be used asarag. February till April 
Sechium edule. Vegetable Pear or 
Mirliton. A rapid growing vine. with 
erape-like leaves, of which the fruit is 
eaten; there are two varieties, white and 
green. It has only one seed, and the 
whole fruit has to be planted. 
Tropzolum majus. Nasturtium. 
Trailing plants with elegant fiowers of 
different shades, mostly yellow and 
crimson, which are produced in great 
abundance. Four feet high. February 
till April. : ies 
Thunbergia. Mixed Thunbergia. 
Very ornamental vines, with yellow 
bell-shaped flowers, with dark eye. Six 
feet high. February till May. 
BULBOUS ROOTS. 
Anemones. Double flowering. 
Planted and treated the same as the 
Ranuneulus. They are of great varie- 
ties in color. 
Double Dutch, 40cts. per dozen. 
Dahlias. 
ties. -Plants so well known for their 
brillianey, diversity of colors and pro- 
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Fine double-named varie- | 
fuse flowering qualities, that they re-- 
quire no recommendation. They can be 
planted from February till May; they 
thrive best in rich loamy soil. They 
should be tied up tostakes, which ought 
to be driven into the ground before or 
when planting them. To have them 
flower late in the season they should be 
planted late in the spring, and the 
flower buds nipped off when they ap- 
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