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KAiLFlSSIA. 
Beautiful, free blooming little plants of dwarf and 
compact growth, somewhat resembling the single Asters. 
Flowers are light blue, pure white, and the most intense 
violet-purple (the richest color imaginable) of any an¬ 
nual in cultivation. A good plant for mixed beds and 
borders. Hardy annual; six inches high. 
Kaulfussia, fine mixed. 5 
I.AXTAXA. 
These plants are rapid growers, forming small, hardy 
shrubs, and producing their pink, yellow, orange, white, 
Lantana, Hybrida. 
constantly changing heads of flowers in great abund¬ 
ance. They have an agreeable, aromatic perfume. Start 
under glass. Any loamy soil suits them, and they are 
readily increased by cuttings, in sand, in heat. 
Lantana, finest French hybrids mixed, all colors.io 
1.ARKSPVR—(Oelpliiiiium). 
The Larkspur is one of the handsomest and most use¬ 
ful of plants, and for large gardens is invaluable. The 
leaves are much divided; flowers in terminal spikes. The 
brilliancy of some of the colors is unsurpassed. Easily 
propagated by seed, or by dividing the roots; delights 
in a deep, rich soil, and should be sown in August or 
September. 
ANNUAL SORTS. 
Delphinium, ajacis (Double Dwarf Rocket 
Larkspur), hardy annual; ten inches high; 
twelve kinds mixed . 5 
* 4 cardiopetalum, deep blue; heart shaped. 
Hardy annual; from the Pyrenees; one and a 
half feet high. 5 
44 Tall Stock flowered (consolida, fl. pi.), 
eight brightest and best colors mixed. 
Spikes of double flowers eighteen inches long, 
very beautiful; hardy annual; two feet high. 5 
Delphinium, Ajacis. 
Delphinium, Imperiale, fl. pi., (Double 
Emperor Larkspur), one and a half 
feet high, compact and profusely bloom¬ 
ing, almost every plant having one hun¬ 
dred close, erect spikes of perfectly double 
flowers, which, in a dried state, are fine 
for winter bouquets. Mixed colors. to 
consolida, candelabrum, fl. pi., a new 
type of annual Larkspur, growing in the 
form of a branched candlestick; flowers 
double and of various colors. Very showy. 10 
PERENNIAL SORTS. 
Delphinium, elatum (Bee Larkspur), has 
hairy petals in the center, and a fancied 
resemblance to a bee. Hardy perennial; 
five feet high . 5 
“ grandiflorum album, large double white 
flowers. Hardy perennial; four feet high. 10 
“ formosum, rich blue and white. Hardy 
perennial; three feet high . 5 
Delphinium, Zalil 
