MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. 
Scott, Ind., Feb. 2, 1S97.—“The seeds from your firm lust year did uiccly. 
My Lace Vine, Cannas, Smilax, E\erlastinj; Sweet Peas, Powpone Zinnias and 
Panslesnvere admired by all who saw them." Eva Aixix. 
LAVATERA. 
The Lavateras are among the 
old-fashioned annuals that well 
deserve to be restored to more 
general favor. The blossoms are 
large and cup-shaped, measuring 
i% to 2 inches across, and appear 
in showy clusters. The plant is 
somewhat straggling and the fol¬ 
iage not very ornamental, but so 
little care in cultivation is needed 
and the blossoms are so fine for 
bouquets and the corsage that one 
is well repaid for giving them 
room in the annual bed. When 
used for cutting they are improv¬ 
ed by plucking out the foliage 
and massing together. If picked 
freely, or cut back occasionally, 
they will bloom all summer. The 
flowers come in pure white, or a 
rich, soft pink. Mixed. Pkt., 8c. 
LANTANA HYBRIDA. 
An ornamental plnnt in 
structure and in flowering, 
bearing beautiful clusters of 
orange, white or pink blos¬ 
soms. Suitable for the open 
bed in the summer; can be tak¬ 
en up and cut back for house 
in winter. Perennial, i to 3 ft. 
Choice mixed. Pkt., 4 ctN. 
LACE VINE. 
A beautiful climbing plant, 
also called the M o u n t a i 11 
Fringe. No climber is more 
desirable, both 011 account of 
its intrinsic beauty and for its 
value in decoration. It is n 
hardy biennial, bearing cur¬ 
iously shaped clusters ol small 
white flowers. The delicate, 
finely cut foliage of the first 
ear is valuable for green in 
ouquets, and the long sprays 
of the second year are splen¬ 
did^ for decorating. Once start¬ 
ed it perpetuates itself. Fine 
for porch or trellis. Pkt., 8c. 
DOUBLE STOCK-FLOWERED LARKSPUR. 
A double variety much branched and ns handsome ns the Gilllflower. 
The cut, drawn from nnture, shows only one of the smaller, lower side 
branches. The spikes are sometimes a foot in length, and closely 
crowded with the dainty double flowers, in many shades. Those who 
hnve seen only the old-fashioned single varieties can have no idea of 
their beauty. Mixed. Pkt., 8 ctH. 
PERENNIAL LARKSPUR. 
Stocky plants, with immense spikes, densely crowded with large 
flowers in rich blues nnd other shades. The Ilee Larkspur, included 
in this mixture, is interesting because of the curious way the petals arc 
folded up in the center of the flower so ns to resemble a bee. Very 
hardy. Some will blossom the first year. Pkt., 4 ct8. 
