“ The lily is all in white , like a saint , 
And so is no male for me." —Hood. 
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LOBELIA CRYSTAL PALACE COMPACTA. 
LOBELIA HYBRID A GRANDIFLORA. 
LOBELIA. 
Some of the Lobelias are hardy perennials, like the Cardinal Flower. 
Annual varieties are of various styles of growth; some of them are of 
trailing habit; others make low-growing, branching plants; while others 
form dwarf, compact, little plants, fine for edgings, etc. 
Lobelia cardinal is, our native Cardinal Flower; spikes of 
brilliant scarlet; blooms first year if well started with heat . 10 
ANNUAL VARIETIES. 
Crystal Palace com pacta, dark-blue, the best for edgings 
and carpet-bedding .. 10 
Emperor William, light blue, compact, very fine . 10 
erinus com pacta, deep, rich blue . . 10 
erinus compacta alba, white . 10 
hybrida gra nd ifl ora, large, dark-blue flowers, with white eye 10 
One package of each of the above . 60 
Mixed va r I eties for baskets, etc. 10 
MARIGOLD. 
Here's flowers for you; 
Hot lavender , mints , savory , marjoram, 
The marigold , that goes to bed with the sun, 
And with him rises weeping. 
—Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale. 
FRENCH MARIGOLD. AFRICAN MARIGOLD. 
The French and African Marigolds are valu¬ 
able for their flowers in Autumn, and can be 
grown to advantage in little clumps with other 
plants in the front of shrubberies or in the gar¬ 
den border. The Af rican varieties are the taller 
in growth, the French produce the best flowers. 
The dwarf growing kinds adapt themselves to 
spots where the taller varieties would be unsuit¬ 
able. Seeds can be sown in a cold frame or in 
a seed-bed in the open border and the young 
plants transplanted late in spring where they 
tagetes s. p. are to remain. — Annuals. 
African Marigold, mixed varieties. 5 
French Marigold; striped, yellow and brown. 5 
Tall varieties, mixed.-. 5 
Dwarf varieties, mixed. 5 
tagetes signata pumila, a beautiful plant, forming a 
globular, dense mass; fine for bedding and borders. 5 
One package of each of the above . 20 
MIMULUS 
The M i m u 1 u s, or 
Monkey Flowers, are 
beautiful, tender look¬ 
ing plants, with almost 
transparent branches. 
Fine for baskets, vases, 
and house culture, and 
do well planted out 
where they will be 
somewhat shaded. Per¬ 
ennial, but bloom the 
first season. 
M i m u I us cu - 
mimulus. preus, beauti¬ 
ful, orange and crimson. 10 
Mimulus hybrid us tigrinus, beautifully spotted as the 
Calceolarias. 10 
hybrid us tigrinus, with beautiful double llowers. 10 
Musk Plant. 10 
quinquevulnerus maxim us, from best varieties. 10 
One package of each of the above . 40 
Mixed varieties. 10 
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. 
The Mesembryanthemums are pretty, half-hardy annuals, with deli¬ 
cate, succulent, almost transparent branches-and leaves. The most 
popular are known as Ice Plant and Dew Plant. Both are of drooping 
habit, and adapted to Iniskets, vase work, and rockeries. The flowers of 
the Ice Plant are small and white. The Dew Plant has a smooth, light 
green, dewy-looking leaf, and a very pretty pink flower. 
Ice Plant, prized for its singular icy foliage. 5 
Dew Plant, reddish violet. 5 
MIRABILIS. 
FOUR O’CLOCK. 
The Mirabilis, or Four 
O’Clock, grows two ft. high, 
bright foliage, fragrant flow¬ 
ers and desirable colors. Set 
plants two feet apart. Makes 
a nice summer hedge if set a 
foot apart. Seed should be 
planted in the open ground 
where the plants are desired. 
Opens in t he afternoon. Per¬ 
ennial, blooming the first 
season. 
Mirabilis, Marvel 
of Peru, mixed col¬ 
ors . 5 
Variegated Foli¬ 
age, flowers of a va¬ 
riety of colors. 5 
Long Flowered, 
white, sweet-scented; 
flower3 to 4 in. long.. 5 
Long Flowered 
violet, 8aino as 
above, except color.. 5 
Tom Thumb, very 
dwarf, covered with pure white flowers 
One package of each of the above . 
MIRABILIS, 
MOLUCCA BALM 
The Molucca Balm is commonly known as the Shell Flower, becauseof 
the resemblance of the calyx to a shell. It is a strong annual, 2 or 3 feet 
in height, having but few leaves. Very curious and attractive. 
Molucca Balm, or Shell Flower 
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