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KAILFISSIA. 



Beautiful, free blooming little plants of dwarf and 

 compact growth, somewhat resembling the single Asters. 

 Flowers are light blue, pure white, and the most intense 

 violet-purple (the richest color imaginable) of any an- 

 nual in cultivation. A g^ood plant for mixed beds and 

 borders. Hardy annual; six inches high. 

 Kaulfussia, fine mixed 5 



I.ANTANA. 



These plants are rapid growers, forming small, hardy 

 shrubs, and producing their pink, yellow, orange, white, 



Lantana, Hvbrida. 



constantly changing heads of flowers in great abund- 

 ance. They have an agreeable, aromatic perfume. Start 

 under glass. Any loamy soil suits them, and they are 

 readily increased by cuttings, in sand, in heat. 

 Lantana, finest French hybrids mixed, all colors.io 



I^AR.KSI»VR.-(Delpliillium ). 



The Larkspur is one of the handsomest and most use- 

 ful of plants, and for large gardens is invaluable. The 

 leaves are much divided; flowers in terminal spikes. The 

 brilliancy of some of the colors is unsurpassed. Easily 

 propagated by seed, or by dividing the roots; delights 

 in a deep, rich soil, and should be sown in August or 

 September. 



ANNUAL SORT3. 



Delphinium, ajacis (Double Dwarf Rocket 

 Larkspur), hardy annual; ten inches high; 

 twelve kinds mixed 5 



u cardiopetalum, deep blue; heart shaped. 

 Hardy annual; from the Pyrenees; one and a 

 half feet high 5 



" Tall Stock flowered (consolida, fi. pi.), 

 eight brightest and best colors mixed. 

 Spikes of double flowers eighteen inches long, 

 very beautiful; hardy annual; two feet high. 5 



Delphinium, Ajacis. 

 Delphinium, Imperiale, fl. pi., (Double 

 Emperor Larkspur), one and a half 

 feet high, compact and profusely bloom- 

 ing, almost every plant having one hun- 

 dred close, erect spikes of perfectly double 

 flowers, which, in a dried state, are fine 



for winter bouquets. Mixed colors 10 



consolida, candelabrum, fl. pi., a new 

 type of annual Larkspur, growing in the 

 form of a branched candlestick; flowers 

 double and of various colors. Very showy . 10 

 PERENNIAL SORTS. 

 Delphinium, elatum (Bee Larkspur), has 

 hairy petals in the 'center, and a fancied 

 resemblance to a bee. Hardy perennial; 



five feet high 5 



" grandiflorum album, large double white 



flowers. Hardy perennial; four teet high. 10 

 " formosum, rich blue and white. Hardy 



perennial; three feet high 5 



