VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS , ETC. 
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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 shel¬ 
tered situation in the garden; the seeds being very 
small, great care should be exercised in sowing; 
transplant or thin out. p kt cts. 
Crystal Palace compacta, flowers of a fine 
ultra-marine blue, and produced in great abun¬ 
dance; plants of a compact, bushy habit; quite 
appropriate for pot culture.10 
Mixed colors of the finest and best varieties.. .10 
LUPINUS. 
Lupinus are very much admired for their large 
lobelia. and beautiful spikes of flowers, and are very desira¬ 
ble for borders. The seeds should be sown where 
the plants are designed to bloom, as they will not bear transplanting very well. 
Hardy annuals; 1 to 2 feet. 
Several beautiful colors mixed.. 5 
TAGETES SIGNATA PUMILA. 
MARIGOLD. ( Tagetes.) 
A class of conspicuous, free-flowering 
plants, with finely-cut foliage; very 
effective in beds and borders. The 
African is the tallest, growing about 
2 feet high, and the French from 8 to 20 
inches. Transplant or thin from 18 to 
20 inches apart. Half-hardy annuals. 
[See Illustraticm.] 
African, 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 profuse 
bloomer, and remains covered with 
flowers till late in the fall. Flowers 
single, yellow. [See Illustration .] . 5 
MARTYNIA, See Vegetable List. 
MIMULUS. 
Very pretty free-flowering plants, not showy for 
the garden but very effective in baskets, also for 
flowering greenhouse plants. Seed is very fine and 
care should be taken in sowing. Transplant or thin 
plants to stand 8 to 10 inches apart. Sow under 
glass if possible. 
Hybridus tigrinus grandiflorus, splendid 
tigered and spotted varieties.10 
Moscliatus compactus, (Musk Plant), highly 
esteemed ; yellow ; 6 inches.10 
MOON-FLOWER. 
See Ipomcea, among the Climbers. 
MIMULUS HYBRIDUS 
