CATALOGUE. 
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DESC RIP i I V 
Eutoca. 
Fenzlia. 
Stipa. pennata. 
EUTOCA. 
Foliage dull green, covered with hairs ; blossoms blue 
striped, three-quarters of an inch across, produced in 
terminal racemes. Excellent for cutting, because a 
branch placed in water will bloom many days, and the 
blue is intense in color. Succeeds best in warm, sandy 
soil, not over rich. Sow in open ground early in spring, 
and thin to one foot apart. Hardy annual ; one foot 
high. 
Eutoca, viscida, blue. 5 
u 44 alba striata, striped.. 5 
** w 44 mixed. 5 
FEATHER GRASS (Stipa). 
Hardy, biennial, ornamental grass of much beauty, 
used in the formation of winter bouquets. Seed should 
be started in hot-bed, as they germinate slowly. 
Stipa, pennata (Feather Grass), delicate and 
pretty. .. 10 
FENZLIA—(Diantlioides). 
Charming little hardy annual, with pink-like flowers; 
fine for border, or pots in conservatory, and well adapted 
for vases and rock work. Sow in open border in April. 
Fenzlia, dianthiflora, from California ; purple and 
yellow flowers; three inches high.20 
FERNS. 
Floweriess plants, too well known to need description. 
Many of the varieties are exquisitely beautiful. There 
Athyrum Felix Femina. 
are so many swrts, varying so widely in habit, that to 
give explicit directions for the culture of each, would 
require a volume of itself. As a general rule they should 
be kept in a warm. If mid atmosphere, and watered 
abundantly. The soil best adapted to their growth is a 
turfy, f.brous peat, mixed with sand and leaf mold, and 
underlaid with pieces of broken crock. Many of the 
most beautiful sorts are propagated from seed only. 
Aspidium Angulare. 
Their exceeding grace and beauty will well repay all 
care bestowed upon them. 
Scolopendrium Undulatum. 
