SALVIA.— An elegant bedding plant, with abundant 



spikes of dowers ; blooms till frost, Succeeds in a light, 

 neb soil. 



— Coccinea Splendens Scarlet.— Scarlet Sage. Bright 

 scarlet flowers. Pkt , 10c 



CABIOSA.— Morning Bride. One of the most desir- 

 r able border plants : fragrant flowers. 

 — Dwarf Double Mixed.— 1 foot. 5c 

 STOCK.S.— Nothing can excel these large double flow- 

 1 ers, of great oeauty and fragrance. They flower 10 to 12 

 weeks after mowing. 

 — German Ten Weeks. Finest double mixed. 10c. 

 > —Finest Varieties Mixed. 10c. 

 SUNFLOWER. —New Silver Leaved. Its peculiar 

 character consists of its beautiful silvery foliage. It 

 forms a perfect pyramid 6 to 8 feet high, and as com- 

 pletelv covered "with bloom as a Zinnia. Flowers 

 small! of a beiutiful golden yellow coior. aesiraoie for 

 table decorations. On our trial grounds last summer 

 were greatly admired by all who saw them. 10c. 

 VERBENA*— Ac iudisoensabie bedding ulant. Sown 



in tiie spring nowers quite early in the season. 

 — Hrbrida Srariet. \ arious shades. 10c. 

 — Hvbrida White. Fine white bouquet flower. 10c. 

 -Hvbrida >Ii.<ed. Al! colors and shades. 10c. 

 ZINNIA ELEGANS.— Youth and. Old Age. Produces 

 handsome hemispherical flowers in great profusion. 

 Suitable for beds and groups. 

 —New Poinpone. Flowers are remarkably fine, perfect 

 in form and varied in color, embracing all the shades 

 of crimson, yellow, purple, white, rose and orange found 

 in the Zinnia. Some are curiously two-colored, owing 

 to the florets being pale when first expanded, and after- 

 wards changing to a deeper hue. 5c. 

 —Double Mixed. Embracing all the variously colored, 

 tall and dwarf double varieties. 5c. 



From the Home Circle Editor. 



TfELIEVISG that we redeemed our pledge for 1891, we 

 come with confidence to say to all that it is our pur- 

 pose to bring the Home Circle of THE PRACTICAL 

 FARMER up to even a higher plane of excellence during 

 1895. From the man whose latest sun is sinking fast, and 

 whose greatest joy is found in "Bible Talks" to the three- 

 year-old child who gets mamma to pen its baby thoughts, 

 alt are represented, all have a voice. Politics, religion, 

 literature, household science, fashion, flowers, questions 

 of the day, all topics of mutual inieresi in the family, are 

 freely but charitably aiscussed. Betides- there ire little 

 hear', songs for Sit lover of poetry, stories for the story 

 reader, a'ui weeSdy ahai, by ins ed'tr/r.fcr all. That the* 



I Rome Circle alone is worth fl.00 a year is the testimony I 



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'■ VELMA C. MEL VILLE, Editor Home Circle Dept. 



PERENNIALS, 



In the following will be found Biennials and Peren- 

 nials, which live over Winter and flower in the following 

 Spring and Summer. Seed can be sown in Spring or 

 early Autumn ; in the latter ease the beds should be 

 shaded and watered until the plants appear. 

 ACONITCM.— Monk's Hood. A hardy perennial, pro- 

 ducing in abundance its curiously-shaped flowers, succeed 

 in any good garden soil. • 

 — Napellus. White and blue flowers 3 feet. 5c. 

 ALVSSIM. — Gold Dust. Alyssuni Compactum, popularly 

 known as Gold Dust, is well adapted for rockwork : it is 

 compact habit, with golden yellow flowers in masses. 

 — Saxatile Compactum. 5c. 

 AQI ILEGIA.--.DouWe Columbine. This plant produces beautiful, curiously 

 formed and variously colored flowers, blooms freely early in the Spring. 



— Finest Double Mixed. All sorts and shades. 5c. 

 CAMPANULA.— Canterbury Bells. Beautiful, large bell-shaped flowers; 



effective plants for the border or pot culture. 

 —Medium. Splendid mixed. Single and double varieties. 5c. 

 CARNATIONS AND PICOTEES.— Well known to all. The seed I offer 

 has been imported from the best European growers, and will produce 

 many splendid varieties in double and semi-double flowers. All sorts and 

 colors mixed, including manv new sorts and handsome colors. 10c. 

 CHAMyEPECCE.— Ivory Thistle. A beautiful perennial thistle, and quite 

 an ornament for garden decoration, the midrib and spines are ivory white, 

 the leaves glossy green, shaded by a snowy down. 2 feet. 

 — Diacantha. True Ivory Thistle. 5c. 

 DIGITALIS.— Foxglove. Especially useful among shrubbery and half shady 



places. Long racemes of beautiful flowers. 3 feet. 

 --Gloxinoides. Mixed. All shades and markings. 

 (; I. A I) IOLl'S.— Beautiful summer and autumn flowering plants, 

 producing long spikesot pretty flowers, marked, striped, blotched 

 and shaded in various colors, half hardy perennial bulbs. 



— I.emoini Hybrids, Mixed. New types with large round, open 

 bell-shaped flowers, colors new and strikingly beautiful. 15c. 



—Finest Mixed Hvbrids. All shades and colors. 10c. 

 HOLLYHOCK.— "This splendid plant now ranks with the Dahlia 

 for Summer decoration and, from its stately growth and the 

 varied colors of its magnificent large spikes of flowers, may justly 

 claim a place in every garden or pleasure ground. Seed sown in 

 .luly will flower the following Spring. Hardy. 



— Double Fine Mixed. All colors. 10c. 

 PHLOX PERENNIAL. The varieties of Perennial Phlox are 



among the choicest of our flowers for beddine and border plants. 

 They are perfectly hardy, and need no protection ; will flourish in 

 any soil, succeeding better, however, In deep, rich, moist ground, 

 -finest Mixed. 5c. 

 PR I MELA. —Favorite early free flowering plants, should be 

 extensively grown for filling the 

 beds and borders of the Spring- 

 flower-earden ; succeed best in rich 

 soil.— Elatior. Cowslip. Fine 

 mixed. .5c. 



V: NEW SltVER LEAVED -SUNFlPWER; 



PR IMILA -Auricula. The Auricula is a 

 beautiful hardv Primrose blooming early in 

 Spring, and often in Summer. The colors are 

 exceedingly odd and beautilul. 15c 



>W1".ET WILLIAM. Dianlhus Barbatus. A 

 well-known free-flowering plant, which has 

 been greatly improved of late years, producing 

 a splendid effect in beds and shrubbery with 

 their rich and varied flowers. 



—Auricula Flowered Perfection. A hand- 

 some class of single varieties in many striking 

 shades each flower having a clearly defined eye, 

 mixed. 5c 



— Fiue Double Mixed. All colors, splendid 

 strain. 5c. 



— Sinele Finest Mixed. 5c 



THITOMA.— Red Hot Poker. Flowers grow 

 upon spikes 3 feet long, used in beds or masses. 



—I varia. Varies from vellow to scarlet. 5c 



V A L E R I A N A.— Hardy Heliotrope. Showy 

 border plants, or for mixing in shrubbery, pro- 

 ducing large corymbs of beautiful flowers, 

 which are very desirable for bouquets, or floral 

 decoration. 2 feet. 



- Mixed. Rose, red and white. 5c 



VIOLA.— Vioitt. .The popular sweet Violet, 

 flowers very early in the Spring and can be 

 grown easily from seed. 



-Fine Mixed. 10c. 



WALL-FLOWER. -Massive spikes of frag- 

 rant flowers. Ornamental in forming groups, etc 



—Double Mixed. 12 colors. 10c 



DOUBLE HOLLYHOCKS. 



DOUBLE WALLFLOWEB. 



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