LOW’S RETAIL CATALOGUE. 
O PANSY. 
Th3s favorite annual is universally popular with both 
florists and amateurs ; being one of the tirst to greet us 
in the early spring, and the last to bid us adieu when 
autumn is past and gone and winter is at hand, it is a 
source of continual delight to all lovers of flowers. 
It will flower best in summer if placed in a partially 
shaded location, and receives plenty of water. In order 
to get the largest blooms, the plants must be young and 
vigorous, and the ground very rich : seed sown in June or 
J uly. if watered well until up, will give good fall blooming 
plants. 
Of late years this delightful flower has been wonder- 
fully improved ; the best strains lately introduced will be 
found to surpass anything among the older varieties, ex- 
celling them in both size and beauty of blooms; the great 
diversity of colorings and markings lend an intense and 
striking effect to a bed of these favorites. 
459. Giant Trimardeau. — See Novelties. 
460. “Low’s Superb.” — ,A choice strain of 
the Fancy New selected. 
461. Odier, or Five Blotched. 
462. Normandie. — See Novelties. 
463. Imperial German. 
464. “The Giant.” — New and excellent; see 
Floral Novelties. 
465. Pansy, Emperor William. — New ; fine 
large flower, ultramarine blue with violet 
purple eye 15 
466. Lord Beaconsfield. — Deep purple-violet, 
shading off in the upper petals to a white 
hue 15 
467. Violet. — With white border; somewhat 
resembling the fancy Geraniums . . . 15 
468. Dark Purple. — Rich, deep purple; very 
fine 15 
469. Marbled Purple. — New colors . 15 
470. Striped and Mottled. — Extra and very 
showy 15 
471. Y ellow-margined. — Beautiful color, with 
margin or belt of yellow . . . -15 
472. Mahogany-colored. — A very fine va- 
riety 15 
473. Bronze - color. — Very good . . .15 
474. Red. — Bright coppery color: , but not strictly 
red 15 
475. Pure Yellow. — Generally true to color . 15 
476. White. — Sometimes slightly marked with 
purple 15 
477. Snowy White. — A new pure white flower 
of good form and size. Th_ best white we 
have ever seen, and generally coming true 
from seed 25 
Pansies in Colors. — Choice. 
PANSY PLANTS. 
We have a large and fine stock of Pansy plants con- 
stantly on hand during the spring and early summer 
months, grown from best selected seed of the choicest 
strains ; for prices see Plant Catalogue. 
PHLOX. 
The Phlox Drummondii, for a splendid mass of colors 
and long continuance of bloom, is unsurpassed by any of 
the annual or perennial class of flowers ; the flowers 
ranging in color from pure white through all shades of 
yellow, striped, to the deepest blood purple or scarlet, af- 
ford a most dazzling display, very gratifying and pleas- 
ing to look upon. They are particularly desirable for 
massing in beds, or for borders and for ribbon-beds, they 
far excel anything else known ; they come true from seed, 
and are of the easiest culture. Much labor has been 
given to the improvement of this most excellent flower, 
and among the newer varieties will be found flowers of 
surpassing loveliness and rare beauty ; every one having 
a flower garden should devote, at least, a part of it to 
Phlox. 
Seed can be sown in the open ground by May 1 st: 
but, if started in a hot-bed or cold frame the last cf 
March, and transplanted in the open ground in May, they 
will grow much stronger and larger, forming a perfect 
mass of bloom. 
478. Phlox Drummondii Stellata Splen- 
dens. 
479. Alba Flora Pleno. — New double, pure 
white. 
480. Brilliant Scarlet 10 
481. Scarlet Fringed 10 
482. Large Blue. — White eye, the nearest to 
blue of the Phloxes, but really a fine put pie 10 
483. Violet Queen. — Violet, with large, clear 
white eye 10 
484. Carmine Queen. — Beautiful carmine, 
with large, white /eye 10 
485. Radowitzii Kermesina Striata. — 
Crimson, striped with white . .10 
486. Radowitzii Violacea. — Violet, striped 
with white 10 
487. Flore-Albo. — Pure white . .10 
488. Flore-Albo Oculata. — Pure white, with 
purple eye .10 
489. Chamois Rose. — Very delicate and fine . 10 
490. Vick’s New Double White. — A very 
fine, robust half-dwarf, nearly all coming 
double; very desirable for cutting . . 25 
491. All Varieties Mixed 10 
492. Phlox Drummondii Grandiflora 
Splendens. — Bright scarlet, with white 
eye to 
493. Alba Pura. — White, large . . . 10 
494. Elegans. — Margin from rose to crimson, 
with very large, round, white centre, or eye. 10 
495. Atropurpurea Alba-Oculata. —Dark 
purple, with white eye . . . .10 
