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LAVENDER. 



The old-fashioned, sweet-scent- 

 ed Lavender. The long stems 

 ^, ^ may be \voven ^vith "baby" rib- 

 "J^ bori into pretty wand-like favors 

 for the handkerchief box 

 -^ dainty gift for a friend. Hardy 

 perennial. Pkt., 100 seeds, 3 cts. 



LOBELIA, Crystal Palace. -^ 



Ko plant is finer for edgings or for massing in a bed : 

 verv effective also for the hanging basket, rockery, 

 porch 1x)x, or it makes charming little pots of blue to 

 fill in the niches in the conservatory window. Blooms 

 in four or five weeks after planting, Pkt., 200 seeds, 3c. 



LEPTOSIPHON, 

 New French Hybrids. 

 A charming little plant, 

 a rival of the Lobelia for 

 edgings or rockwork. It 

 grows" to a height of three 

 inches and is thickly 

 studded with bright flow- 

 ers of various colors. 

 Hardv annual. Mixed. 

 Pkt., loo seeds, 3 cts. 



Osceola, Wis.— 'My stocks and 

 Veroenas last jear were fine." 



Thbresa Bebg. 



Arl'cgton, HI., February, 1S9S.— 

 "Mt Pausies were grand la^t y ear."' 

 Mbs. Asn E. Booth, 



Alexandria, Minn., Oct., 1898 — 

 "All of the seeds proved very satis- 

 factory. My Ver'ena bed was 

 beauiifttl," Mss. H. C. Schakel. 



LYCHNIS CHALCEDONICA. 



Every Ust of desirable perennials contains the Lych- 

 nis. It blooms the first year, and if kept from seeding 

 will be covered for months with its brilliant scarlet 

 flowers. Very striking. Pkt., 100 seeds, 3 cts. 





MINA LOBATA. 



A rapid and luxuriant 

 climber. The flowers ap- 

 pear in the bud a bright 

 red, then change to or- 

 ange yellow, while the 

 blossoms are a still Lighter 

 tint. For northern sec- 

 tions start in February 

 and let it become pot- 

 bound before setting out. 

 Annual. Height fifteen 

 to twenty feet. Pkt., 12 

 seeds, 4 cts. 



MARGUERITE CAR- 

 NATION. 



Many beautiful varieties of 

 Carnations may be obtained 

 from seed, equaling the green- 

 house-grown blooms in fullne.ss and fragrance. 

 These new favorites are a great advance over 

 the old varieties, as they ^^-ill be in blossom in 

 from two to four months from seed so^vn in the 

 open ground. If taken up and cut back they 

 make fljie plants for the window in winter, or 

 seed may be so^vn at any time in pots for in- 

 door blooming. Fxilly eighty per cent will 

 come double. 



Pure AVMte. Pkt., 40 seeds, 6 cts. 



Striped. Pkt., 40 seeds, 6 cts. 



Flaked YeUow. Xew. Pkt., 40 seeds, 8 cts. 



Finest Mixed. Pkt., 60 seeds, 5 cts. 



Middletown, N. Y.. January, 1S93.— "My Carnations from 

 your seed did snlendidlv. From the two packets I had about 

 forty plants, mostly double." Mes. E. M. Mapes. 



