VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS , ETC. 
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HELIANTHUS [Sunflower]. 
Well-known tall-growing planta, remarkable for their stately growth and bright 
yellow flowers. Prove most effective for dispersing in large shrubbery, borders, etc. 
Seeds may be sown early in spring where the plants are to bloom, or in pots and 
planted out when of sufficient size. Hardy annual. 
Helianthus globosos fistulosus, very large and double, and considered the 
creme de la creme of all the Sunflowers ; oz. 25c. 5 
3Iainmoth Russian, larger than the above, with single flowers ; lb. 30c., oz. 
10c... 5 
ICE PLANT. See Mesembryanthemum . 
LARKSPUR- See Delphi niton. 
LINUM [Flax]. 
A handsome free-flowering hardy annual which deserves a place in every flower 
garden; recommended for its long duration in bloom. Plants should stand one 
foot apart. 
Grandiflorum rubrum, scarlet; splendid— 5 
LOBELIA. 
A most elegant genus, of great utility and 
beauty, when used properly; of easy culture, and 
well adapted for bedding, edging, rockeries, etc.; 
also very attractive in hanging baskets, and for 
similar decorative purposes. Sow’ seed in a hot-bed 
or sheltered situation in the garden ; the seeds being 
very small, great care should be exercised in sow¬ 
ing ; transplant or thin out. Pkt. Cts. 
Erinus, Crystal Palace compacta, flowers 
of a fine ultra-marine blue and produced in 
great abundance ; plants of a compact, bushy 
habit; quite appropriate for pot culture.10 
Erinus, Mixed Colors of the finest and best * 
varieties.10 
LUPINUS. 
LOBELIA. 
Very much admired for their large and beauti 
ful spikes of flowers, and are very de¬ 
sirable for borders. The seeds should 
be sown where the plants are designed 
to bloom, as they will not bear trans¬ 
planting very well. Hardy annuals, 
one to two feet. 
Several beautiful colors mixed. 5 
MARIGOLDS [Tagetes], 
A class of conspicuous, free-flow¬ 
ering plants, with finely-cut foliage ; 
very effective in beds and borders. The 
African is the tallest, growing about 
two feet high, and the French from 8 to 
20 inches. Transplant or thin from 18 
to 20 inches apart. Half-hardy annuals. 
African, tall, mixed varieties.5 
African, dwarf, mixed varieties.... 5 
French, tall varieties mixed.5 
French, dwarf varieties mixed. 5 
Tagetes signata pumila, a beau¬ 
tiful variety, from 10 to 25 inches 
in height, globular in form, a pro¬ 
fuse bloomer, and remains cov¬ 
ered with flowers till late in the fall. 
MARIGOLD. 
Flowers, single, yellow.5 
