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Lakeview Seed Farm, Rochester, N. Y. 
PHLOX. 
The Phlox Drummondi, for a splendid mass of colors and 
a constant display, is not excelled by any other annual or per- 
ennial that we are acquainted with. It has every desirable 
quality for this purpose. The colors range from the purest white 
to the deepest blood purple or crimson. Seed may be sown in 
the open ground in May, or in hot-beds or cold-frame earlier ; and 
in either case, after June, during the summer and autumn, they 
make a most brilliant bed of showy yet delicate flowers. In a 
rich soil it will grow 18 inches or more in height, and we know 
of no annual or perennial that will s:ive a more satisfactory re- 
turn for the outlay. Set the plants about one foot apart. A few 
papers of seed, that cost but little, will make a grand bed. 
Phlox Drummondi, all varieties mixed, 10 cents. 
Phlox I>rummondi grandiflora Splendens, larger 
flowers than the old sorts ; choice mixed, 10 cents. 
STOCK, TE]Sr WEEKS. 
The Ten Weeks, or Annual Stock presents 
nearly or quite all the requisites of a very per- 
fect flowering plant— good habit, fine foliage, 
beautiful flowers of almost every desirable tint. 
Seeds of the stock may be sown in the open 
ground, or in the hot-bed or cold-frame; but if 
transplanted, let this be done when the plants 
are quite small, just out of the seed-leaf, or the 
plants become slender, and never make good 
plants nor flower well. A little shade from 
the hottest sun, and water in the evening will 
add much to the size, beauty and durability of the flowers. Set 
a foot apart. Make the soil deep and rich. 
Stock, Liarg-est-flowering Dwarf, a plant of dwarf habit, 
with magnificent large spikes of very large double flowers. 
All colors mixed, 20 cents. 
TROP^OLXJM (Nasturtiums.) 
Tropaeolum minus are dwarf, round-headed plants about a foot 
high, and make very fine beds in the garden. Set the plants 
about a foot apart. 
The Tropaeolum majus is one of our very cleanest and prettiest 
and best climbers. They require but little care, for seed sown in 
the spring of the year in any fair garden soil will produce plants 
ten or twelve feet in height before autumn. They do not require 
even a rich soil, for a rich soil is apt to be productive of leaves 
rather than flowers. 
Tropaeolum minus, mixed varieties, 5 cents. 
Tropaeolum majus, common mixed ; the green seed pods 
used for pickles ; per oz., J 5 cents ; packet 5 cents. 
Tropgeoluiu pereg-rinum (Canary Flower), 15 cents. 
VERBENA. 
Sow verbena seed un- 
der glass early in the 
spring and transplant 
after three or four inches 
of growth. Good, 
healthy plants can be 
produced from seed that 
will cover a space four 
feet in diameter, flower 
well in July and continue 
strong and healthy until 
destroyed by frost. Another strange fact, not generally known, 
is that nearly all Verbenas raised from seed are fragrant, the 
light-colored varieties particularly so. 
Verbena hybrida, choice seed, saved only from the most 
beautiful named flowers ; mixed, 80 cents. 
Your seed was extra good. Am well pleased, and will send 
for more the coming spring. 
E. S. TRACY, Greene, Iowa. 
