LOWS RETAIL CATALOGUE. 
FEVERFEW i Pyrethrum). 
PICOTEE PINK. 
Handsome, free-flowering, highly ornamental plants, 
producing a fine effect in the mixed flower and shrub* 
bery borders. 
603. Feverfew. Double White. — A beauti- 
ful bedding plant, blooming all the sea- 
son. Half-hardy. One foot . . .10 
604. Parthenifolium Aureum. — (Golden 
Feather) ; prized for its yellow foliage . 10 
FORGET-ME-NOT (Myosotis). 
Perennial plants, flowering the first season if sown 
early : small white and blue flowers. Seed may be sown 
in the hot-bed and transplanted, or in the open ground 
in the spring. 
605. Myosotis Alpestris. — Blue : six inches . o> 
606. Alpestris. — White ; six inches . . . 0 ^ 
607. Mixed Colors 05 
HOLLYHOCK. 
The great improvement that has been made in this 
fine flower has placed it among the most popular of the 
day ; its stately growth and magnificent spikes of flowers 
being among th..* most attractive objects of the garden. 
Hardy biennials. 
608. Chater’s Superb. — Foster’s Selection. 
New and Muperior. See Floral Novelties. 
609. Splendid Double. — Extra fine, from a 
splendid collection, — the finest varieties 
and colors in cultivation . . . .10 
Very much like the carnation, as fine, and more deli- 
cate in its coloring. Seed sown in the open ground in 
May or June will flower well the next season. Treat- 
ment like the carnation. Some of the plants grown from 
seed will prove single, but enough plants with good 
flowers will be usually produced to give a very good col- 
lection from a paper or two of seed. Sow seed in spring 
or early summer so as to have good strong plants by 
autumn. Throw a few boughs or straw on the plants to 
shelter them a little from winter storms. 
611 . Picotee. — German seed, from named flow- 
ers only 10 
SWEET WILLIAM. 
IPOMOPSIS. 
The lpomopsis are very beautiful plants, with long, 
elegant spikes of rich orange and scarlet flowers. The 
foliage is very fine, giving great beauty to the plant, 
which grows usually from three to four feet in height, 
and keeps in flower a long time. The plant is a little 
difficult to keep over the winter, but generally proves 
quite hardy in a dry place. 
610. Mixed Varieties . . . . 05 
PEAS, PERENNIAL. 
Perennial Peas are perfectly hardy in this climate, 
die down to the ground every winter, and start again in 
the spring ; grow ten or more feet in height. 
612. Perennial Peas. — All varieties mixed . 05 
0 ROCKET. 
The Sweet Rocket is a very hardy biennial, bearing 
clusters of single flowers, and fragrant during the even- 
ing ; colors are purple and white. The plant will grow 
eighteen inches m height, and seed will germinate readi- 
ly in the open ground. 
613. Rocket, Sweet Purple . . . .on 
614. Sweet White on 
An old and well-known flower, perfectly hardy and 
easily raised from seed. When in full bloom, a bed of the 
improved varieties presents a splendid appearance. 
615. Hunt’s Perfection. — A new and supe- 
rior variety ; flowers of various colors ; 
white edge, mixed colors . . . .05 
616. Mixed Colors 05 
VERBENA. 
617. Montana. — This is another gem, truly; it 
has the habit of the common verbena, but 
it is perfectly hardy, and blooms more pro- 
fusely the second year. The plant literally 
covers itself with bright rose-colored flow- 
ers 
WALL-FLOWER. 
A well-known plant, much esteemed for its fra- 
grance ; half-hardy perennial. 
618. Wall-flower, Double. — Finest mixed; t 
two feet 
619. Single Mixed. — Two and one-half feet . 05 
