SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1891 
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MIMULU8. 
Beautiful free-flowering plants which succeed admirably 
when grown in pots and plunged in a shady place. The flow¬ 
ers are spotted and marked in a very beautiful way. 
Mixed Sorts, (Monkey Flower). G 
Moschatus, (Musk Plant,) delightful musk odor from 
the foliage. Flowers bright yellow. 6 
Myosotis, (Forget -rae-not.) 
These are admirable for 
E ot culture for winter 
looming, as well as for 
growing in the open 
ground. Nothing is finer 
for bouquets than the 
charming Forget-me-not.. 
The tradition, which tells 
how the name Forget-me- 
not came to be applied to 
this plant, is told in a back 
number of the Mayflower. 
It is said that a Knight 
and a lady were walking 
by the side of the Danube 
interchanging vows of 
devotion and affection, 
when the lady saw, on the 
other side of the stream, 
the bright blue flowers of 
the Myosotis, and expres¬ 
sed a desire for them. The 
Knight, eager to gratify 
her, plunged into the riv¬ 
er, and reaching the oppo¬ 
site bank,gathered abunch 
of flowers. On his return 
the current proved too 
strong for him, and after 
many etforts to reach the 
land he was borne away. 
MvoaoTis. With a last effort he flung 
the fatal blossoms upon the land, exclaiming as he did so, 
“ Forget-me-not 1” Per pkt. 
Palustrls, new; large flowering blue; elegant. 
5 
Alpestrls, white. •' 
Rosea, line rose color, (elivenden pink). G 
Clegantlsslma, beautiful pyramidal growth; mixed col¬ 
d's . 
Dwarf, Mixed Colors, small bushy plants, large blossoms 10 
Fairy Cem. This is an annual, and not a perennial, like 
all other Myosotis. Consequently, when it is sown in 
the garden early in the spring it is soon out of the 
ground, and blooming freely by July. The plants 
make a compact mass of foliage and flowers. No My- 
osotis will bloom so quickly and profusely as this, and 
its tiny spray of blue flowers are charming for the 
hair or button-hole, and for working in with all kinds 
of floral decorations . 10 
For so cents we will send one packet each of the 6 sorts. 
Rigella. 
This old favorite garden annual has become almost un¬ 
known. In widen times it was as popular as the Hollyhock 
or Poppy, and like those flowers it has since been greatly im¬ 
proved, and is entitled to a place in every garden in the land, 
and we are offering it so cheap we hope all our customers will 
plant It; for the same amountof money you can get nothing 
which will be so greatly pleasing. The sorts here offered are 
of dwarf, compact growth and very showy either in foliage, 
flower or seed pods. The blossoms are double and surround¬ 
ed by a mist like veiling of finely cut foliage, on account of 
which they used to be called “Xove-in-a-Mist.” These im¬ 
proved sorts are so dwarf, compact and free flowering that 
each plant is in itself a beautiful bouquet of charming foliage 
and flowers. 
Dwarf Mixed, double; blueand white. 5 
Nasttirtitiii). 
Flame-colored blossoms on slender stems— 
Yellow and scarlet, and deep maroon— 
Holding erect their graceful heads 
That nod and glow in the sun of noon. 
Beautiful blossoms so bright and gay. 
You teach a lesson we should not forget; 
For however dreary and dark the day. 
You do your best to brighten it. 
For showy and constant bloom few garden flowers equal 
the old Nasturtium, which, by the wav,lias been greatly im¬ 
proved during the past few years, in colors aud habit of 
growth. They are sure to bloom in any situation, hot or cold, 
wet or dry, and no garden can be complete without a fair 
representation of them. Per pkt. 
Scarlet, good bright color. 5 
Pure Yellow . 5 
Pearl, white, very fine. 10 
Spotted.;. 5 
Rose, fine rose color. 5 
Lady Bird, new and very fine; bright yellow, marked 
with stripes and blotches of ruby crimson. 10 
Empress of India, a grand new sort; very dwarf and 
compact in habit, the leaves being of a dark purplish 
color, while the flowers are of a deep brilliant crim¬ 
son. A grand thing for edging or massing, both the 
foliage and flowers being very ornamental. 10 
Mixed Seed, of many colors (Dwarf Tom Thumb), per 
ounce, 20 cents. 6 
One paper each of above s kinds , ho cents. 
Oxalis. 
Few are aware that there 
are beautiful varieties of 
Oxalis, which are grown 
from seeds, and which bloom 
early and profusely all sum¬ 
mer., Such is, however, a 
fact, and they are well 
worthy a place in every gar¬ 
den. 
Mixed Sorts, various 
oxalis colors.. W 
