MISS MARY E. MARTIN, FLORAL PARK, NEW YORK. 



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MEMESIA ELEGAWS GRANPIFLORA. 



A very pretty, hardy annual, with 

 an abundance of pretty little flowers 

 of a soft lavender or ])ale rose color. 

 The flowers are produced through 

 almost the entire summer and the 

 plants are very well suited to beds 

 and borders. 



Pkt., 120 seeds, 5c. 



NEMESIA ELEGANS GRANDIFLORA. 



HEW NICOTIANA SYLVESTRIS. 



An exceedingly handsome plant, strictly 

 ncAV, just discovered in 

 the Andes. The plants 

 grow from four to 

 six feet high, are 

 well branched; the 

 foliage is very large 

 and ornamental. 

 The flowers are 

 snow-white, 4 

 inches long 

 and very fra- 

 grant. Mr. Bur- 

 bank, the well- 

 known horticul- 

 turist, "writes us: — 

 "I am very much 

 pleased with it." 



Pkt., 200 seeds, 

 8c.; 3 pkts. for 

 20c. 



NEW NICOTIANA SYLVESTRIS. 



NICOTIANA AFFiWIS. 



Large, open, star-like flowers on a very long 

 trumpet stem. Evening and morning emit a 

 soft, delicious perfume. Plants cut back in the 

 fall will bloom m the house all winter. 



Pkt., 200 seeds, 4c. 



NEIWOPKILLA- Love Grove. 



A splendid, free blooming annual, 

 bright, richly colored flowers. Blue, 

 white and velvet. Pkt, , 100 seeds, 3c. 



NIGELLA-LOVE-IN-A-MIST. 



A charming, easy-growing annual, making a 

 compact plant 1 to 2 feet high. Large double 

 porcelain, blue and white flowers completely 

 cover the plants, beautifullv set off with the 

 feathery foliage. Pkt,, 100 seeds, H: 



NlERESWBEaGiA GRACILIS. 



One of the very best vase and basket 

 plants we have', also a lovely plant 

 for beds. Blooms all summer. Very 

 delicate lavender. Pkt., 150 seeds, itc. 



NYMPH^A ZANZIBARENSIS. 



Red, White and Blue Ever- 

 blooming Water Lilies. 



The groAvth of these three African "Water Lilies is so wonderful and 

 rapid that seeds sown in February or March Avill make nice little plants 

 by June, and if planted out then Avill begin blooming in July and con- 

 tinue to produce a profusion of flowers ere;'!/ day until frozen up in the 

 fall. They are as easily grown from seeds as are the Balsams or Asters, 

 and are best treated as annuals. 



To Grow Them from Seed. — In February or March take old tea- 

 cups and iill them about two-thirds full with fine, rich garden soil, press 

 it down firm and scatter the seeds on the surface, half a packet or a full 

 packet to each cup, covering them to a depth of an eighth or a quarter of 

 an inch with clean sand. Fill up carefully with water, so as not to dis- 

 turb the seeds, and place where they will keep at a temperature of 70 to 

 80 degrees, until they germinate, which will be from six to fifteen days. 

 After the plants have made leaves a quarter of an inch across, transplant 

 them to two-inch pots, or other cups. Set one plant to each pot or cup, 

 press the soil do^\^l firm, and set them in a pan of water deep enough to 

 cover the plants about an inch. They can be kept in greenhouse, hot 

 bed or Avarm sunny Avindow in the liouse until time to plant out in the 

 tubs. Do not put them in the open air until the weather has become 

 quite warm, but thej^ may be planted out several weeks earlier if the 

 tubs are covered with glass. 



Pkt, 50 seeds, Red, White and Blue, Mixed, 5c. 



