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LACE VINE. 



A beautiful 

 climbing plant, 

 also called the 

 Mountain Fringe. 

 No climber is 

 more desirable, 

 both on account 

 of its intrinsic 

 beauty and for its 

 value in decora- 

 tion. It is a hardy 

 biennial, bearing 

 curiously shaped 

 clusters of small 

 •white flowers. 

 "The delicate, fine- 

 ly cut foliage of 

 the first year is 

 valuable for green 

 in lK)uquets, and 

 the long sprays of 

 the second year 

 are splendid for 

 decorating. Once 

 started it perpet- 

 uates itself. Fine 

 for porch or trel- 

 lis. Pkt., 125 seeds, 



Imlay, Mioh., 

 June, 1898. 

 was much sur- 

 prised at the 

 amount of seed. If 

 you are so liberal 

 with all you 

 must have many 

 friends." — Miss 

 Althea S. Black. 



eve'nsville, 

 Mont., Oct 

 —"My flowers 

 from your seed 

 fine this year, 

 ially the As- 

 large double 

 las and the 

 lovely CanaryBird 

 Flower." — Mks. 

 John B. Ualet. 



LANTANA HYBRIDA. 



An ornamental plant bearing 

 beautiful clusters of orange, 

 white or pink blossoms. Suit- 

 able for the open bed in the 

 summer ; can be taken up and 

 cut back for house in winter. 

 Perennial. Choice mixed. Pkt., 

 30 seeds, 4 cts. 



LAVATERA. 



The Lavateras 

 are among the old- 

 fashioned annuals 

 that well deserve 

 to be restored to 



more general favor. The plant is some 

 what straggling and the foliage not very 

 ornamental, but so little care in cultiva- 

 tion is needed and the blossoms are so fine 

 for bouquets and the corsage that one is 

 well repaid for giving them room in the 

 annual bed. When used for cutting they 

 are improved by plucking out the foliage 

 DOUBLE STOCK-FLOWERED and massing together. If picked freely, 

 LAR KSPU R °^' ^^^*' ^^<2k occasionally, they will bloom, 



A /1^,,-Ki^ „„^4^<^ w,,-,^v -u^'r, \.r.A „„.i all summer. Colors, pure white, or rich, 



A double variety much branched and soft pink. Mixed. Pkt., 50 seeds, 3 cts. 

 as handsome as the Gilhfiower. The ^ ' ' 



cut, drawn from nature, shows only one 



of the smaller, lower side branches. The spikes are sometimes a foot in length, 

 and closely crowded with the dainty double flowers, in many shades. Those who 

 have seen only the old-fashioned single varieties can have no idea of their beauty. 

 Mixed. Pkt., 100 seeds, 3 cts. 



PERENNIAL LARKSPUR. 

 Stocky plants, with immense spikes, densely crowded with large flowers in rich 

 blues and other shades. The Bee Larkspur, included in this mixture, is interest- 

 ing because of the curious way the petals are folded up in the center of the flow- 

 er so as to resemble a bee. Very hardy. Some wiU. blossom the first year. Pkt., 

 100 seeds, 4 cts. 



