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A FEW FLOWERS 
[General Collection of Hardy Plants—Continued.] 
CENOTHERA. (EVENING PRIMROSES.) 
Leontopodium Alpinum. (Edelweiss.) A curious Alpine species, 
producing heads of flowers enveloped in a soft silky substance like 
cotton wool ; easily grown in light soil in a shady situation. 
30 cents each ; $3 per dozen. 
Lathyrus Latifolius. (Perennial Pea.) The Perennial Peas 
are among the most desirable climbing plants for a low screen, 
or for running over rocks or stumps, producing bright red flowers 
in great abundance. 25 cents each ; $2.25 per dozen. 
Lathyrus Latifolius Albus. One of the most hardy useful 
plants for cutting purposes in cultivation; flowers large, pure 
white, and produced in great abundance. 40 cents each. 
Linara Alpina. (Alpine Snapdragon.) A pretty dwarf plant, 
forming dense tufts of a bluish, silvery tint; very free blooming ; 
six inches ; 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Linum Flavum. An invaluable border plant, forming neat 
bushes a foot in height, and covered most of the summer with 
innumerable golden-yellow flowers; will grow in any soil or 
situation. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Linum Album. Similar to above, but white flowers. 25 cents 
each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Linum Perenne. (Blue Flax.) One of the best ; flowers bright 
blue. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Linum Lewisii. A hardy Flax, with numerous blue flowers. 
20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Myosotis Dissitiflora. (Early Forget-me-not.) A very early- 
flowering, beautiful plant, six to twelve inches high. The flowers 
are large, handsome, deep sky blue, and numerous, and continue 
to bloom till the middle of summer. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Myosotis Palustris Semperflorens. (Water Forget-me-not.) 
A new perennial variety of the Water Forget-me-not ; blooms 
freely all summer; is invaluable for cutting, and exceedingly 
hardy. For planting on the margin of ponds, streams of water, 
along ditches, or in any moist soil, few plants are equal to this. 
20 cents each ; $2 per dozen ; $10 per hundred. 
Malva Moschata. (Musk Mallow.) Forms a branching pyram¬ 
idal bush tw'o feet high, composed of numerous stems, bearing 
abundantly, handsome rose-colored flowers, two inches in diameter. 
The whole plant is slightly musk scented. 25 cents each ; $2.50 
per dozen. 
Malva Moschata Alba. (White Musk Mallow.) Similar to the 
above, but pure white flowers. This and Malva Moschata are ex¬ 
ceedingly effective, especially in dry soils. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per 
dozen. 
Montbretia Crocosmceflora. Bulbous-rooted plants from the 
Cape of Good Hope, growing about two feet high, producing an 
abundance of bright green leaves, which resemble those of the 
Gladiolus ; the flowers are three inches in diameter and are borne 
on branching stems, each stem bearing about three dozen flowers, 
closely arranged, bright orange ied,with spots of 
a darker hue. The bulbs can be treated as Gladiolus, 
or can be left in the ground with protection. 
25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Monarda Didyma. (Bergamot.) A robust native 
plant, three feet high, deep red flowers, in head-like 
whorls, lasting in perfection for a considerable 
period during summer. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Michauxia Campanuloides. A remarkable and 
highly-ornamcntal plant of the Bell-flower family, 
growing from three to six feet high. The flowers 
arc white, tinged with purple, arranged in a pyram¬ 
idal, candelabra-like head, which makes it very 
striking and distinct. It should be planted in a 
sheltered spot, and protected in winter with leaves 
or coarse litter. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
CEnothera Biennis. (Evening Primrose.) A 
handsome tall-growing plant, with large bright 
yellow flowers, three to five feet high. 20 cents 
each ; $2 per dozen. 
CEnothera Taraxacifolia. Forms a prostrate 
mass of deep divided foliage and immense large 
white flowers, changing to deep pink. 20 cents 
each ; $2 per dozen. 4 
CEnothera Taraxacifolia Aurea. Similar to 
CEnothera Taraxacifolia, but yellow. 20 cents each; $2 per 
dozen. 
CEnothera Lamarkiana. Large yellow flowers, in long spikes; 
habit of Biennis. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
CEnothera Missouriensis. Fine trailing species ; large yellow, 
long-tubed flowers. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Orobus Lathyroides. This is a lovely border plant, growing 
from eighteen to twenty-four inches high; its flowers arc bright 
blue, produced in dense racemes, and it is a capital wild garden 
plant, flourishing in any soil. 35 cents each. 
Opuntia Rafinesquei. (Prickly Pear.) A hardy Cactus ; stems 
covered with large strong spines ; flowers large, deep yellow, with 
reddish centre. Excellent for a sunny spot in the rock garden, or 
in dry and barren soil. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Pyrethrum Uliginosum. A pure white, daisy-like flower, three 
inches in diameter, with bronze centre; it forms a bushy plant, 
about four feet high and as wide as high; it blooms during July 
and August, and is covered with a mass of its pretty flowers in 
September. No border should be without it. 25 cents each ; $2.50 
per dozen. 
Pyrethrum Ptchihatchewi. (Turfing Daisy.) A Caucasian 
composite ; chiefly remarkable for its power of resisting drought, 
its foliage retaining its verdure even in dry weather, when planted 
on banks or slopes ; the flower heads closely resemble those of the 
common Ox-Eye Daisy. 10 cents each ; $1 per dozen. 
Pardanthus Sinensis. A very pretty plant, with long lanceo¬ 
late leaves, and panicles two or three feet long, of pretty crimson, 
tigridia-like flowers. Its black seeds, in the form of blackberry, 
remaining all the winter on the plant, has caused it to be called the 
Blackberry Lily. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
P.enstemon Cobsea. Large white flowers shaded with blue ; a 
splendid sort. 30 cents each ; $3 per dozen. 
Penstemon Barbatus Torreyii. (Chelone.) A stately and 
brilliant-flowering perennial, three to four feet high, with long 
spikes of brilliant scarlet flowers. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Penstemon Glaber. A lovely species, about one foot in height, 
producing in early summer long terminal racemes of large open 
flowers varying in shades from light to dark blue ; perfectly hardy. 
40 cents each ; $4 per dozen. 
Polemonium Caerulem. (Valerian, or Jacob’s Ladder.) A blue- 
flowered hardy plant, blooming in July. 20 cents each; $2 per 
dozen. 
Polemonium Alba. A white variety of the above. 20 cents 
each ; $2 per dozen. 
Polemonium Richardsonii. From Arctic North America; the 
flowers are a lovely sky \)lue,with golden anthers forming a striking 
contrast, and are produced in large lax heads eighteen inches high. 
25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
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