3 2 
Fred’k H. Horsford, Charlotte, Vermont. 
; . -Not prepaid- 
^ VIOLA primulifolia (Primrose-leaved). Light blue Each Doz. 
flowers.{o io |i oo 
V. rostrata. (Long-beaked Violet). Pale blue and violet 
„ flow . e rs in May ...15 
US2 V. striata. May and June.15 
PANSIES. 
VIOLA tricolor (Pansy). This is one of the most gener- 
Viola tricolor. ally popular of cultivated flowers. Easy of culture in 
(Pansy.) most any garden soil, it prefers a cool, moist bottom, 
and in such a place will give larger flowers. It has a 
longer season for blooming than most plants, beginning in early spring and 
continuing until frost. Mixed seeds, 10 cts. per pkt. 
-—Prepaid—s 
Each Doz. 
$0 12 $1 15 
17 
18 
Mixed Pansies. 
White-flowered. 
Fawn-colored. 
Yellow. 
VICIA tenuifolia. Pretty trailing vine, with dark green foliage and nearly 
white flowers.. 
YUCCA angustifolia (Pursh). A handsome and hardy species, having shorter 
and narrower leaves than the following. These number 100 or more in a 
dense, rigid rosette near the ground ; flowers greenish outside, 2 to 2^ inches 
long; 30 to 40 in a terminal raceme . . . .. 
Y. filamentosa (Adam’s Needle, or Bear Grass). Four to 8 feet high when in 
flower. Leaves form a rosette at the base 1 to 2 feet long; flowers in long, 
branching panicles, creamy white ; often 200 on one plant. Is well suited to 
city dooryards or for the lawn. 
ZYCADENUS muscaetoxicum ( Amianthium musccBtoxicum , Fly Poison). 
Handsome racemose heads of white flowers in June. 
05 
35 
06 
45 
05 
35 
06 
45 
06 
40 
07 
50 
05 
35 
06 
45 
20 
25 
15 
1 50 
20 
2 00 
20 
25 
15 
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Hardy Terrestrial Orchids. 
This charming 
pediums, 
in flower. 
group contains some of the most showy hardy plants in cultivation. The Cypri- 
f °r e x am ple , Eire among them. They are very easy to manage, and exceedingly attractive when 
Lo class ol plants has moie admirers, and all who have had the pleasure of seeing them ^row¬ 
ing well have been struck with the lovely and varied coloring of some of this family. To see them 
giowmg in then habitat, wheie natuie has placed them, is a treat which comparatively few can enjoy, but 
.1 * * 1 ' ’ “ worth 
with a little trouble we may have the pleasure of their flowers at home in our gardens—a treat well 
its cost. 1 he Cypri pediums and some others are suited to pot-culture, and, with now and then an 
tion, force well. 
excep- 
TREATMENT. 
w Means plenty of moisture, in peat and loam and in the shade; answer very well for bo^-plants 
x Means always moist loam, peat and leaf-mold ; well-drained, shady situations 
z Means good yellow, sandy loam, leaf-molcl, partly shaded and moderately moist 
APLECTRUM hyemale (Adam and Eve, or Putty Root-z). One of our native Orchids, which is not so 
showy as some, but quite interesting on account of its manner of growth. The root is composed of 
two or more connected bulbs, from which comes, late in autumn, a single dark green leaf. This lasts 
flTL 16 ne f t Spnng ’ and dl( r s down , about the time of flowering, or soon after; very hardy. The 
n,Li alC bolne . on s J; ems about a foot high. They are greenish brown, flecked until wlnte and 
$i 3o per doz e CUH0US than showy ' Not P re P ald , *5 cts. each, $1.10 per doz. ; prepaid, 18 cts. each, 
CA cmfmdvhbeTmwn £ the m< ? s J char ming little Orchids, native to cool and old cedar swamps. It 
came from t C ° o1 frames - and would bloom but once under cultivation. My plants 
came nom Oiegon, where they are very common. Early spring. Not prepaid 20 cts each t\ so 
per doz.; prepaid, 21 cts. each, $1.60 per doz. piepaici, 20 cts. eacli, #1.50 
CYPRIPEDIUM arietinum (Ram’s-head Lady’s-slipper-w). A pretty little native of our northern 
reef' 11 Needs TveR er f verg ^ eens ., Pet:ds , and sepals brown ; lip veined with white and 
deliverv Tune^ Noi m-inniH ! sandy soil, in shade ; a mixture of peat is beneficial. Autumn 
uenvery. June. JNot piepaid, 20 cts. each ; prepaid, 23 cts. 
