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Oxalis Trop^oloides. 



NlCOTIANA AFFINIS. 



NIGEI.L.A (Love in the Mist, or Devil in the Bush). 



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

 finely-cut foliage, curious- 

 looking flowers and seedpods ; 

 of easy culture, growing in 

 any garden soil ; hardy an- 

 nuals; blue and white mixed; 

 1 foot. (See cut.) 5 



NEMOPHILA. 



(Love-grove.) 



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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. 

 Beautiful mixed 

 varieties. (See 

 cut.) Oz.,25cts.. 5 



NIEREMBERGIA (Cu P riower). 



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

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

 or bedding out ; 1 foot. 

 3421 Frutescens. White, tinted with lilac - 10 



NlCOTIANA. 



3411 Affinis {Tuberose-flozvered Tobacco"). Delightfully sweet-scented, 

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



feet. (See cut) 5 



3413 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 



OXALIS. 



Beautiful small plants, suitable for 

 the greenhouse, rock-work, or outdoor 

 culture ; flowering the first year; half- 

 hardy perennials; 9 inches. 



3441 Alba. White 10 



3442 Rosea. Rose-colored 10 



3443 Tropaeoloides. Very de- 

 sirable border plant ; flowers 

 deep yellow; foliage dark 

 brown. (See cut.) 10 



PENTSTEMON. 



(Beard-tongue.) 



One of our most beautiful and at- 

 tractive herbaceous plants ; bearing 



long, graceful spikes of rich-colored Nemophila 



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. 



3536 Digitalis {Foxglove Pen/stemon). Spikes. of white 

 flowers, with purple throat, during Tuly and. August. . 5 



3537 Oloxinioldes. Distinct in point of size of flower, individual flowers 



measuring 2 inches across, variety 



loose heads. A most effec- 

 tive plant either used in con- 

 junction with other plants 

 in beds or as single speci- 

 mens 10 



PASSIFLORA. 



(Passion Flower.) 



3530 Indispensable .climbing 

 plants, for the garden or 

 greenhouse, bearing a pro- • 

 fusion of attractive flowers. 

 Mixed colors 10 



PERILLA. 



3551 Nankinensis. The foli- 

 age of this plant is of a very 

 dark purple color, and pro- 

 duces a charming contrast 

 with silvery-leaved plants ; 

 grows freely in any soil ; 

 annual ; 2 feet 5 



PHYSALIS. 



(Chinese Lantern Plant.) 



3651 Francheti. A variety of 

 the Winter Cherry, forming dense bushes about 2 feet high, 

 producing freely its bright orange- scarlet, lantern-like fruits; 

 highly ornamental either in beds or in pots 10 



Nigella Damascena. 



and brilliancy of color and profusion 

 of bloom. It has been named be- 

 cause of the resemblance of the 

 flowers to Gloxinias, in their sub- 

 stance, form and variety of coloring. 



(See cut.) 



3538 Pulchellus hybrid- 

 US. A new hybrid 

 of this beautiful peren- 

 nial, forming pyramidal 

 bushes 2 to 3 feet high, 

 with erect branches 

 thickly set with flow- 

 ers, 1£ inches long, 

 varying in all shades 

 from rosy-white and 

 g chamois to purple and 

 : violet, with pure white 



l or veined throats 



3540 flixed. A great 

 variety of kinds 

 and colors 5 



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Pentstemon Gloxinioides. 



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