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FLOWER SEEDS (Continued) 
FOXGLOVE—Digitalis—A stately border plant producing 
dense spikes of flowers on stems 3 to 5 feet high. The flowers 
are purple, white and brown, bell-shaped, and beautifully spot¬ 
ted. Blooms the second season from seed sown in spring. The 
plants can be divided the first autumn. The seed is small, and 
should be covered lightly and kept moist until plants are estab¬ 
lished. Set plants 2 feet apart. Hardy biennial; 3 to 5 feet 
high. Per pkt., 5c. 
GYPSOPHILA—Small, fragrant flowers, born on long 
feathery stems. No flower adds more of light and grace to a 
bouquet than this, and when once grown will be found indis¬ 
pensable. In bloom through the summer from the first of July 
till frost. 
Baby’s Breath—Perennial. Pkt., 5c. 
HOLLYHOCK—A great variety of brilliant colors, combin¬ 
ing richness and delicacy in a remarkable degree ; flowers large 
and densely double, remaining a long time in bloom. Is one 
of the best and most ornamental of the perennials. Height, 
five feet. Hollyhock, prize double mixed. Per pkt., 6c. 
LARKSPUR—The Larkspur is one of the handsomest and 
most useful of plants, and for large gardens is invaluable. 
The brilliancy of some of the colors is unsurpassed. Easily 
propagated by seed or by dividing the roots ; delights in deep, 
rich soil and should be sown in August or September. 
Larkspur, Dwarf German Rocket, double, extra fine mixed. 
Per pkt., 5c. 
GILIA—Color, azure blue and light blue shaded with yellow 
and white. Pkt., 5c. 
LANTANA—The varieties of the Lantana are almost num¬ 
berless. The flowers are borne in Verbena-like heads, embrac¬ 
ing every shade of pink, purple, orange and white. Finest 
French Hybrid, mixed, all colors. Per pkt., 5c. 
LINUM (Crimson Flax)—Linum grandiflorium rubrum. 
One of the most beautiful annuals known; valuable for bed- 
ing. Per pkt., 6c. 
LOBELIA—A most elegant and useful genius of plants of 
easy culture and well adapted for beding, edging, pots, or rock¬ 
eries. They are applied as universally in general summer 
gardens as scarlet geraniums, to beds of which they form a 
neat and effecting edging. Seeds should be covered lightly. 
Lobelia Brinus, mixed, pkt., 5c. 
MARIGOLD—The marigold has been an inhabitant of the 
flower garden from time immemorial, and where a rich display 
of bloom is desired is almost indispensible. The French varie¬ 
ties are tall, usually two feet or more, while the African are 
more dwarf, of most perfect form and gorgeous beauty; all 
are desirable. Half-hardy annual; bloom till frost. 
Marigold, African, Douuble Dwarf—Very fine mixed. Per 
pkt., 5c. 
Marigold, French, Tall—Very fine mixed. Per pkt., 6c. 
MARVEL OF PERU, or FOUR O’CLOCK—Old-fashioned, 
but none the less beautiful on that account. The plants are 
large and require four feet space; make a pretty hedge. Some 
of the varieties have beautifully variegated leaves. Will grow 
in any common garden soil, from seed sown in open ground. 
Hardy annual, two feet high. Hybrid, finest mixed. Per pkt., 
6 c. 
MIGONETTEi—A well-known hardy annual producing 
dense, semiglobular heads of exceedingly fragrant flowers 
borne on spikes three to six inches long. It is in bloom nearly 
the whole season and the perfume is so fragrant that the whole 
atmosphere around is perfumed. Pkt., 5c. 
PYRETHRUM (Painter Daisy)—One of the most valuable 
of our early summer flowers. Charming color, and wonderful 
lasting properties as a cut fower; flowers in May and June, 
and frequently in August and September; in all shades of rose 
and pink 1-2 ft. 
MOONFLOWER—The true Moonflower is the most vigor¬ 
ous of all the summer climbers ; a single plant can easily be 
made to cover, by August 15th, a trellis thirty to fifty feet high 
and six feet broad, with a dense mass of leaves, studded every 
night or cloudy day with hundreds of beautiful white and 
wax-like flowers four to six inches in diameter. Height, thirty 
to fifty feet. Per pkt., 6c. 
MOURNING BRIDE—One of the best flowers for bou¬ 
quets ; plants of dwarf habit, and compact; the flowers borne 
on long wiry stems. A great variety of colors, from white to 
very dark purple—almost black. In bloom from August till 
after severe frosts. Height, eighteen inches. Tender perennial. 
Scabiosa, dwarf double. Per pkt., 5c. 
Dwarf NASTURTIUM—A bed of Dwarf Nasturtium is 
very desirable for borders, along walks, etc. They are in con¬ 
stant bloom. Grow about one foot high. Mixed colors. Per 
pkt., 5c ; oz., 10c; % lb-, 25c. 
Fire Bush 
KOCHIA—FIRE BUSH—A very attractive and symmetrical 
quick growing foliage or hedge plant. 
The foliage is fine and feathery and of clean, bright green 
color ; early in the Fall the bush takes on a deep carmine blue 
and finally turns to a fiery red. Hardy annual, height 2 to 3 
feet. Pkt., 6c. 
