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Perpkt. 

 >"E>IOPHILA {Grove Lore). Of neat, compact, uniform habit of growth, comprising 

 varied and beautiful colors; blooming freely all summer; hardy annuals; height 1 ft. 



Ixsigxis. Bright blue flowers with a white centre ". 5 



Maculata. White flowers, blotched with violet purple 5 



Fixe Mixed. All the varieties and colors mixed. Per oz., 50 cts 5 



MGELLA Love in a Mi-it,. A compact, free-flowering plant, with curious-looking flow- 

 ers and seed-pods ; of easy culture, growing in any garden soil ; hardy annual ; 1 foot. 



Damascexa. Light blue, pretty flowers ." ". 5 



Damascexa Alba. A pure white variety of the above 5 



MEREMBERGIA FRITESCEXS. "Half-hardy perennial, blooming the first year 



if sown early ; for the crreen-house or bedding out ; flowers white, tinted with lilac ; 1 ft... I 1 

 OENOTHERA GRANDIFLORA {Ev eni ng Primrose,,. A hardy, perennial garden 



plant, with large, fragrant, showy yellow flowers; 3 feet .*. 5 



OX AT. IS ROSEA. Beautiful plants, suitable for the green-house, rock-work, basket?, 

 or out-door culture ; blooms the first year if sown early, with clusters of rose-colored 



blossoms; half-hardy perennial; 9 inches ." 10 



PANSY ( Viola tricolor maxima). This attractive plant is too well known to require any 

 description, as it is a favorite with all; if grown in beds, ribbons, or massing, they are 

 very effective. The best blooms are obtained from seed sown in the autumn, and" pro- 

 tected during the winter; these flower earlv in the spring. The plants from spring 

 sowing should be planted in a shady border; they produce fine large flowers in the 

 autumn. They require fresh soil, well enriched with decomposed manure ; hardy pe- 

 rennials; 6 inches. Special directions how to cultivate them sent wheu desired. 

 Deeer's Premium: Varieties. Seeds saved from first-class flowers only; beautiful 



shades and colors mixed ." 25 



Emperor William. Large handsome flowers in great profusion, borne well above the 



foliage, brilliant ultra-marine blue, with a purple violet eye 20 



Odier t Five-blotched). A beautiful strain of various colored large handsome flowers, 



with dark spots on each petal, like the Pelargonium 25 



Faust King of the Blacks). The flowers are almost of a black color 20 



Purple. Splendid white-edged flowers 20 



Light Blue. Pure Yellow. Pure White Each 20 



Best Imported Varieties. Mixed of all beautiful colors. Per oz.. $5 20 



Good Varieties. Of all colors mixed. Peroz., $3 10 



PENTSTEMOX, MIXED. A beautiful and attractive herbaceous plant, with an abund- 

 ance of long, graceful spikes of rich-colored flowers; will bloom the first season if sown 

 early in March in a hot-bed, and planted out in May ; half-hardy perennials. Choice 



varieties and colors mixed ; 2 feet 10 



PETUNIA. For out-door decoration or house-culture, few plants are equal to this class. 

 They commence flowering early, and continue a mass of bloom throughout the whole 

 season ; easily cultivated, requiring a rich soil aud sunny situation ; and are of a trail 

 ing habit. Of late years, the striped, mottled, and spotted varieties have been much 

 improved ; half-hardy perennials, blooming the first year, and treated as hardy annuals. 

 For separate colors, see assortments of Petunias, pa^re 7£. 

 Hybrida Flora (the Star;. Beautiful flowers of various shades of red and purple, 



with five white bars, resembling a star 10 



Hybrida Vexosa. Veined varieties, the finest shades of colore beautifully veined 10 



Kermesixa. Very large rich crimson showy flowers 10 



Kermesixa Geaxdiflora. Splendid large crimson flowers, with a white throat 20 



Graxdiflora Supeeblssima. This new variety has very large attractive flowers, of 



rose, crimson, and purple, with a beautifully tiger-spotted throat 20 



Dreeb : - Extra Mottled. The finest mottled, spotted, and striped large-flowering 



varieties, of beautiful shades and colors mixed 20 



Splendid Hybrid Varieties. Mixed of all colors. Per oz., $3 10 



Fixe Mixed. Of good old varieties. Per oz., $ 1.50 5 



Dicker's Double Hybridized. Fecundated with the greatest care, saved from our 



very choice collection; a fair percentage will prove handsome double flowers 25 



Geaxdiflora Fimbriata Flore-Ple'xo Double Fr'u\ged Petunia). This new aud 

 beautiful strain of large, double fringed Petunias, are of the richest and most delicate 

 tints of the finest colors and shades of carnations, and perfect double flowers: the result 

 of most careful fecundation with the largest blooms of the single fringed varieties, 



and cannot fail of giving satisfaction in at least one-fourth of fine double flowers 25 



PHACELIA COXGESTA. A curious and interesting hardy annual plant, good for 

 honey bees. The flowers are produced on one-sided racemes, of a beautiful azure blue 



color; 2 feet. Per oz., 30 cts 5 



PHLOX DRUMMOXDI. An unrivalled, indispensable, constant blooming garden 

 plant, which should occupy a prominent place in every garden for clumps or massing; 

 quite as desirable as the Verbena, for their duration of bloom and display of brilliant 

 rich colors, as well as beautiful-eyed varieties ; hardy annuals ; 18 inches. 



Alba. Pure White. Alba Ocul'ata. White, with a purple eye Each 10 



Atropurpurea. Deep blood purple. Empeess Eugexie. Rose, marbled Each 10 



Leopoldi. Deep pink, with a white eye. Louis Napoleox. Brilliant scarlet. ...Each 10 

 Prixcess Royal. Purple, white striped". Queex Victoria. Violet, with a white eye. Each 10 

 Padowitzi. Rose, striped white. Radowitzi William I. Crimson, striped white.. Each 10 



