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Pyrethrum parthenifolium aureum (Golden 

 Feather), beautiful, gold leaved bedding 

 plant, retaining its ornamental character until 

 late in autumn. One of the finest recent 

 acquisitions for geometrical design; flower 



white 10 



Pyrethrum roseum, {Insect Powder Piant). Prac- 

 tical entomologists have long been looking for some 

 effective, safe and cheap insecticide, and now tell us 

 they have found it in the Persian Insect Pozvder. 

 This is the dried and powdered flowers of the Pyreth- 

 rum Roseum, and is certain death to Plant Lice, Flies, 

 Cabbage Worms, and nearly every form of insect life. 

 It is harmless to man, but when diluted with ten times 

 its bulk of flour, kills every cabbage worm or other in- 

 sect it touches. Hitherto the high cost of the powder 

 and the difficulty of securing a pure and fresh article 

 has prevented its coming into general use, but experi- 

 ments made by Prof. Riley, of the United States En- 

 tomological Commission and others, showed that it can 

 be grown successfully in all of the Southern and many 

 of the Northern States. 



Culture. — Sow in boxes of prepared soil, as early as 

 the season will permit, and transplant to sixteen inches 

 apart whenever the plants are large enough. The 

 young seedlings are small and of slow growth, but the 

 older plants are hardy and vigorous. The largest crop 

 of flowers is produced the second season. They should 

 be gathered when in full bloom, dried carefully, and 

 stored in paper bags. Before using, the flowers should 

 be powdered as fine as possible. Per pkt. ioc, oz. $1.00. 



QUAKING GRASS. -(See Briza). 



RHODANTHE (Everlasting). 



Of all the many varieties of everlastings, we think the 

 Rhodanthe the finest and most beautiful. The flowers 

 are of various colors, pure silvery white with yellow disc, 

 rosy crimson and bright purple, rose suffused with white, 

 etc. For winter bouquets, the blossoms should be gath- 

 ered before they are fully expanded, and if dried in the 

 shade, they will retain their brilliancy for years. The 

 leaves are heart shaped and lustrous, and the calyx 

 long, scaly and shining. The seeds should be started in 

 hot-bed, and the plants transplanted to a warm situation, 

 one foot apart. Tender annual; one foot high. 

 Rhodanthe, Manglesi, rich rose color, suffused with 



white 10 



" Manglesi, double, a novelty and curiosity ; 

 produces ten to fifteen per cent, of double 



blossoms 25 



" maculata, rosy crimson, bright purple or white 

 with golden center, surrounded by a velvety 



band 10 



" maculata, alba, pure white, with yellow disc ; 



elegant 10 



" mixed 10 



RICXNUS.- (See Castor Bean). 



ROCKET-(Hesperis). 



The Sweet Rocket produces clusters of flowers which 

 are very fragrant during the evening. The seed readily 

 germinates in the open ground with very little care. 

 Hardy perennial; one and a half feet high. 

 Rocket, Sweet, purple 5 



" " white 5 



ROSE CAMPION-(See Agros- 

 temma Coronaria). 



ROSE OF" HEAVEN-(See Agros- 

 temma Cceli-rosa). 



SALPIGLOSSIS. 



Very showy bedding or border plants, with 

 richly colored, erect, funnel shaped flowers. 

 The colors are beautifully marbled and pen- 

 ciled, purple, scarlet, crimson, yellow, buff, blue, 

 and almost black. They are biennial in green- 

 house, but annual in open ground. Start seed 

 in hot-bed, and transplant one foot apart into 



Rhodanthe Maculata 



Salpiglossis. 



