LINUM, 
Every one is acquainted with 
our common Flax, which is a 
Linum. There are several va¬ 
rieties of ornamental Flax well 
worthy of culture, however, 
which few people know. The 
plants are very graceful, the foli¬ 
age and stems delicate, and the 
flowers seem floating in the air. 
Seeds may he sown cither under 
glass or in the garden. 
Linum perenne, blue . 10 
perenne album, white, . 10 
perenne roseum, beautiful rose colored, ... 10 
luteum, yellow,. 10 
Narbonense, splendid,. 10 
Mixed varieties,. 10 
PAPAVER. 
All the perennial Poppies 
are perfectly hardy, and seed 
may be sown in the open 
ground. The single large per¬ 
ennial Poppies are a great ad¬ 
dition to the herbaceous bor¬ 
der, and are of great value 
among shrubbery, as they tend 
to relieve and lighten up the 
’ usual dark and sombre charac- 
___- ter of clumps of shrubbery. 
Papaver bracteatum, scarlet ; 3 feet, . 10 
croceum, orange; 1 foot, . 10 
orientale, very large, red; 3 feet, . 10 
involucratum maximum, fine large flowers, . io 
PEAS, PERENNIAL. 
Perennial 
Peas are per¬ 
fectly hardy 
in this cli- 
- mate, die 
'down to the 
' ground every 
winter and 
start again in 
the spring. 
Grow ten or 
more feet‘in 
height. 
Perennial Peas, all varieties mixed, . 15 
PENTSTEMON. 
The Pentstcmon is 
one of the best of the 
perennial border plants. 
The very pretty long 
tubed flowers grow in 
panicles, and are pur¬ 
ple, blue, scarlet, rose 
* and white. Seeds may 
s0wn m * n a 
r i 1 ® ^ / cool, shady place, or 
under glass. Flowers 
of different varieties 
present a great differ¬ 
ence in appearance, 
some being very open 
and others tubular. 
Pentstcmon Wrightii, splendid scarlet, .... 15 
Murrayanus, magnificent vermilion, . 25 
Pentstemon cordifolius, scarlet; fine for con¬ 
servatory, . 25 
gentianoides coccinea, splendid scarlet, ... 25 
grandiflorus, lilac-purple; 3 to 4 feet in height, 10 
barbatus Torreyii, fine; crimson and yellow, . 10 
Mixed varieties, . 15 
PRIMULA. 
The Primulas do not flour¬ 
ish in our climate, either 
North, South, East or West. 
In this country all do well in 
a cold house, but in Ihe open 
ground succeed best in a 
Northern border. P. vul¬ 
garis is the sweet and beau¬ 
tiful English Wild Primrose, 
and P. veris is the English 
Cowslip. Seed in our coun¬ 
try must be sown under 
glass. 
Primula auricula, fine mixed,. 25 
auricula, from named flowers, . 50 
elatior, (Polyanthus,) fine mixed,. 10 
vulgaris, common wild English Primrose, ... 10 
PYRETHRUM, 
We have found the Py- 
rethrum to be entirely 
hardy in this section. It 
would be well to sow seed 
under glass, but we have 
grown it by sowing seed 
in the open ground. A 
good double Pyrethrum is 
as desirable as a good 
Aster, quite as large and 
as double. 
Pyrethrum hybrida, double varieties mixed, . . 25 
Parthenium flore-pleno, the double Feverfew, 10 
parthenifolium aureum, Golden Feather, 
prized for its yellow foliage,. 10 
ROCKET. 
The Sweet Rocket 
is a very hardy bien¬ 
nial, bearing clusters 
of single flowers, and 
fragrant during the 
evening. The best 
colors are purple and 
white. The plant, 
with fair culture, will 
grow eighteen inches 
in height, and 
will germinate readily 
in the open ground. 
Rocket, Sweet Purple,. 5 
Sweet White,. 5 
STOCK. 
The Brompton Stock can¬ 
not endure our winters, but 
if plants are grown in the 
open ground during the 
summer, in autumn they 
caiv be removed to the 
house, where they will 
flower well if not kept too 
hot and dry. In the spring 
they can again be transfer¬ 
red to the garden. 
