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makes a blaze of color. As the stalks and branches are 

 delicate they will do better if supported by small sticks. 

 Sow where the plants are wanted to bloom, as they do 

 not bear transplanting. Thin to six inches apart. Hardy 

 annual; one foot high. 



Eschscholtzia, mandarin, a very beautiful variety. 



The outer side of the petals is brilliant 



scarlet, the inner side rich orange 15 



" Californica, bright yellow 5 



" crocea, alba, fl. pi., creamy white, double.... 5 



" " striata, beautifully striped 5 



" mixed 5 



EI I.AIJA JAPOMCA. 



A most magnificent ornamental grass from Japan, 

 growing five to six feet high, and exceedingly graceful. 

 A single plant often makes thirty to forty elegant, re- 

 curved flower spikes of light violet color, resembling 

 ostrich plumes. Beautiful for vases in the winter. 

 Transplant from hot-bed, ten feet apart. 

 Eulalia, Japonica, light violet, beautiful 10 



EIPHORBIA. 



Euphorbia, variegata, hardy annual; foliage 

 beautifully veined and margined with white; 

 very showy. Sometimes known as Mountain 

 of Snow 5 



Euphorbia. 



K IT OCA. 



Foliage dull green, covered with hairs; blossoms blue, 

 striped, three quarters of an inch across, produced in 

 terminal racemes. Excellent for cutting, because a 

 branch placed in water will bloom many days, and the 

 blue is intense in color. Succeeds best in warm, sandy 

 soil, not over rich. Sow in open ground early in spring, 

 and thin to one foot apart. Hardy annual; one foot 

 high. 



Eutoca, viscida, blue 5 



" " alba striata, striped 5 



" " mixed 5 



FEATHER GRASS-(Stipa). 



Hardy, perennial, ornamental grass of much beauty, 

 used in the formation of winter bouquets. Seeds should 

 be started in hot-bed, as they germinate slowly. 

 Stipa, pennata (Feather Grass), delicate and 



pretty 10 



FERNS. 



Flowerless plants, too well known to need description. 

 Many of the varieties are exquisitely beautiful. The 

 plants should be kept in a warm, humid atmosphere, and 



watered abundantly. The soil best adapted to their 

 growth is a turfy, fibrous peat, mixed with sand and 

 leaf mold, and underlaid with pieces of broken crock. 



Fern. 



Many of the most beautiful softs are propagated from 



seed only. Their exceeding grace and beauty will well 



repay all care bestowed upon them. 



Ferns, fine mixed, an almost endless variety 25 



" fifty finest species mixed, very beautiful 25 



|3P°° Our packet of fifty species mixed contains all 



the newest and most desirable kinds of ferns. 



FEVERFEW.-(See Matricaria and Pyrethrum). 



FORGET-ME-NOT-KMyosotis). 



The Forget-Me-Not is an old favorite plant, bearing 

 clusters of star shaped, delicate blue flowers with white 

 and yellow eyes. It flourishes best in a moist, shady, 

 situation, and it is in constant bloom nearly the whole 

 season. If the seed be sown in autumn, it will succeed 

 best, and flower early in spring. Hardy perennial ; six 

 inches high. 



Myosotis, palustris, blue flowers, with white and 



yellow eyes 10 



" Alpestris nana ccerulea, plant of dwarf, com- 

 pact habit, flowers bright blue ; very fine ; 

 four to six inches high 10 



Forget- Me- Not. 



