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NEMOPHILA. 



Love-grove.) 



Per PKi. 

 3400 Of neat, compact habit ; blooming 

 freely all summer, if planted in a rather 

 cool, shady place, and 

 in not too rich a soil ; 

 hardy annuals. Beau- 

 tiful mixed varieties. 

 (See cut.) Oz., 25 cts. 5 



OxALis Trop;eoloides. 



NIBREMBCRGIA (Cup Flo^ver). 



A half-hardy perennial, slender-growing plant, perpetually in bloom, flower- 

 ing the first year if sown early ; desirable for tlie greenhouse, baskets, vases, 

 or l)edding out ; 1 foot, 

 3421 Frutescens. While, tinted with lilac 



10 



NlGELLA DaMASCENAC 



(Love in a Mist, or Devil in the IJush). 



NIGEI.I.A 



3430 Damascena. A compact, free-flowering plant, with 

 linely-cut foliage, curious- 

 looking flowers and seed- 

 pods; of easy culture, grow- 

 ing in any garden soil ; hardy 

 annuals ; blue and white 

 mixed; 1 foot. (See cut,).. . 5 



OXAEIS. 



Beautiful small plants, suitable for 

 the greenhouse, rock-v/ork, or outdoor 

 culture; flowering the first year; half- 

 hardy perennials; 9 inches. 



3441 Alba. White 10 



3442 Rosea. Rose-colored 10 



3443 Trop^eoloides. Very de- 

 sirable border plant ; flowers 

 deep yellow; foliage dark 

 brown. (See cut.) 10 



PASSIFLORA. 



(Fa.ssion Flower.) 

 3530 Indispensable climbing 

 plants, for the garden or 

 greenhouse, bearing a pro- 

 fusion of attractive flowers. 

 Mixed colors 10 



PERILI.A. 



Nanklnensis. The foliage of this plant is of a very 

 dark purple color, and produces a charming contrast; 

 with silvery-feaved plants; grows freely in any soil 

 annual ; 2 feet 5 



NICOTIANA. 



3411 Affinis ( Tuberosejloweyed l^obacco). Delightfully sweet-soented, 

 pure white tubular flowers, blooming continually ; annuals ; 2 to 3 



(See cut.) 



3418 Sylvestris. Perhaps the most ornamental of all 



Tobaccos; plants of pyramidal growth, 4 feet high, 



with fine deep green foliage ; pure white, fragrant, 



drooping flowers, borne in loose 



feet. 



10 



NlCOllANA AfUNIS. 



3551 



heads. A most effective plant either 

 used in conjunction with other plants 

 in beds or as single specimens 



PENTSTEMON. 



(Bearil-tongue.) 



One of our most beautiful and at- 

 tractive herbaceous plants ; bearing 

 ong, graceful spikes of rich-colored 

 flowers; if sown early and planted out 

 in May, they come into bloom in July 

 and continue a blaze until frost; half- 

 hardy perennials; 2 feet. 

 3.i36 Digitalis [Foxglove Feiitste- 

 iiioit). Spikes of white flowers, 

 with purple throat, during 



July and August 5 



Gloxinioides. Distinct in 

 point of size of flower, indi- 

 vidual flowers measuring 2 

 inches across, variety and bril- 

 liancy of color and profusion 

 of bloom. It has been named 

 because of the resemblance of 

 the flowers to Gloxinias, in 

 their substance, form and variety of coloring. (See cut.) 

 3538 Pulchellus hybridus. A new hybrid of this beau- 

 tiful perennial, forming pyramidal bushes 2 to 3 feet 

 high, with erect branches thickly set with flowers, li 

 shades from rosy-white and 



3537 







inches long, varying in a 

 chamois to purple and violet, with 

 pure white or veined throats.. .... 15 



3540 nixed. A great variety of kinds 



and colors 5 



PHYSAEIS. 



(Chinese Lantern I'lant.) 



3651 Francheti. A 



variety of the Winter 

 Cherry, forming 

 dense bushes about 

 2 feet high, produc- 

 ing freely its bright 

 orange-scarlet, lan- 

 tern-like fruits; 

 highly ornamental 

 either in beds or in 

 pots 



$20o.oo Cash for 



Photographs of Flowers, 



etc., etc. 



See page 4. 



Nemophila. 



Pentstemon Gloxinioides. 



Collections of Old-Fashioned Annuals and Perennials, etc., etc., are offered on page 56. 



