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RICHARD FROTSCHER’S ALMANAC AND GARDEN MANUAL 
cially adapted to, and will yield more 
on thin soil than any other known 
variety of Field Corn, and if planted on 
good soil, will bear much closer plant- 
ing than other varieties, as the stalks are 
of medium growth. I nope that every 
one of my customers, who plant corn, 
will give the Hickory King a trial, as it 
is undoubtedly the most promising 
White Field Corn ever introduced. 
Price, 75e. per gallon; 25c. per quart. 
Mina Lobata. This novelty, which 
is supposed to have first originated in 
Mexico, is one of the most beautiful 
climbing vines for ornamenting the 
garden. It closely resembles in growth 
and its three-lobed foliage the several 
species of the family of Ipomca; but 
the flowers are altogether different. 
The flowers appear on fork-like racemes 
bearing themselves upright or almost 
erect out of the dense and luxuriant 
foliage, and with their bright colors 
they present an extraordinary striking 
aspect. The buds are at first bright red, 
but change tu orange yellow, and when 
in full bloom, to yellowish white. The 
most singular feature of this plant is, 
that it retains the racemes developed at 
first during the whole flowering season, 
the buds continuing to grow success- 
Mina Lobata. 
ively at the top of the racemes. while 
the lower flowers, after blooming for 
some time, fade, bearing thus con- 
tinually clusters of flowers from the 
bottom up to the highest vine of the 
plant. The oldest racemes attain a 
length of 15 to 18 inches, and at the end 
of the time of blooming, they have pro- 
duced from 30 to 40 individual fiowers on 
each raceme, of which 6 to 10 had been 
in full bloom atatime. This plant isa 
very rapid growing climber; within 
three months the vine attains a height 
of 18 to 20 feet. It does well on sunny 
situations, and cannot be surpassed for 
covering arbors, trellises, ete., on ac- 
count of its rapid growth and great 
dimensions. 
Do not fail to give it a trial. 
Price, per packet, 25e. 
Zinnia, elegans grandifiora ro- 
Dusta piemissimia. A new variety 
recently introduced here from Germany. 
The plants of this new class of showy 
and attractive annuals, are of very 
robust growth and produce very large 
and extremely double flowers; meas- 
uring from 4 to 5 inches in diameter. 
The seed I offer for sale, come direct 
from the originator, and contain about 
eight different beautiful colors, mostly 
very bright. 
Price, per packet, 10e. 
Phiox Drummondii Alba, @. pl. 
This is really the first double flowering 
Phlox introduced. Fully two-thirds of 
the plants raised from this seed will give 
pure double white flowers. They can be 
used for bouquets, at the same time they 
are ornamental in the garden. 
Price, per packet, 20c. 
Phlox Drummondii, Alba fl pl. 
