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Eutoca. 



Fenzlia. 



EUTOCA. 



Foliage dull green, covered with hairs ; blossoms blue 

 striped, three-quarters of an inch across, produ::ed 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, net 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 



FEATHIB GRASS-(Stipa). 



Hardy, biennial, ornamental grass of much beauty, 

 used in the formation of winter bouquets. Seed should 

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

 Stipa, pennata (Feather Grass), delicate and 



pretty 10 



FENZLI A-(Dianthoides) . 



Charming little hardy annual, with pink-like flowers ; 

 fine for border, or pots in conservator>-, and well adapted 

 for vases and rock work. Sow in open border in April. 

 Fenzlia, dianthifiora, from California ; purple and 



yellow flowers ; three inches high 20 



FERNS. 



Flowerless plants, too well known to need description. 

 Many of the varieties are exquisitely beautiful. There 



Athyrum Felix Femina. 



are so many sorts, varying so widely in habit, that to 

 gire explicit directions for the culture of each, would 

 require a volume of itself. As a general rule they should 

 be kept in a warm, h-mid atmosphere, and watered 

 abundantly. The soil best adapted to their growth is a 

 turfy, fiWous peat, mixed with sand and leaf mold, and 

 underlaid with pieces of broken crock. Many of the 

 most beautiful sorts are propagated from seed only. 



Stipa, pennata. 





Aspidium Anguiare 



Their exceeding grace and beauty will well repay ad 

 care bestowed upon them. 



Scolopendrium Undulatum. 



