Richard Frotscher’s Almanac and Garden Manual 
Striped Italian Verbena. 
Viola tricolor maxi- 
ma. Large flowering 
choicest Pansy. Thisisone 
of the finest little plants in 
cultivation, for pots or the 
open ground. They are of 
endless colors and mark- 
ings. When planted inthe 
garden, they will show bet- 
terif planted in masses, and 
a little elevated above the 
level of the garden. Half 
foot high. October until 
March. 
Zinnia elegans fi. pi. 
Double Zinnia. Plants of 
very easy culture, flowering 
very profusely through the 
whole summer and fall: 
producing double fiowers of 
all colors, almost as large 
as the flower of a Dahlia. 
Three feet high. February 
till August. 
- OLIMBING PLANTS. 
Beninecasa cerifera. Wax Gourd. 
A strong growing vine 
with long shaped dark crimson fruit, which looks very ornamental. 
Tt is used for preserves. 
Balloon Vine. 
Cardiospermum. 
fore the name. 
Balloon Vine. 
Climbing Cobra. 
A quick-growing climber, 
the seeds of which are in a pod shaped like a miniature balloon, there- 
