VICK'S FL ORA L G VIDE. 
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PANSY. 
The Pansy is a popular flower with both florists and 
amateurs, giving abundance of bloom until after severe 
frosts, enduring our hard winters with safety, and greet¬ 
ing us in the earliest spring with a profusion of bright 
blossoms. It will flower better in the middle of the sum¬ 
mer, if planted where it is somewhat shaded from the 
hot sun, and especially if furnished with a good supply 
of water, but in almost any situation will give fine flow¬ 
ers in the spring and autumn. Pansy seed may be sown 
in the hot-bed or open ground; if sown in the spring, 
get it in as early as possible, so as to have plants in blos¬ 
som during the early rains. Seed sown in a cool place 
in June or July, and well-watered until up, will produce 
fall-flowering plants. To have good flowers, the plant 
must he vigorous, and make a rapid growth. Young 
plants give the largest flowers. Old worn-out plants 
should be replaced. 
Pansy, King of the Blacks, almost coal black, 
coming true from seed, . 15 
Emperor William, new; fine, 1 arge flower ; 
ultramarine blue with purple-violet eye, ... 15 
Dark Blue, very rich and constant,. 15 
Azure Blue, extra fine,. 13 
L.ight Blue, lovely shades of light, nearly sky- 
blue, . I5 
Violet, with white border; somewhat resem- 
onng me mucy ueramums, . 15 
Dark Purple, rich, deep purple ; very fu.e, . . 15 
’Marbled Purple, new colors,. 15 
Striped and Mottled, extra, and very showy, . 15 
Yellow Margined, beautiful color, with margin 
or belt of yellow,. 15 
Mahogany-colored, a very fine variety, ... 15 
Bronze-color, very good, . 75 
Red, bright coppery colors, but not strictly red, 15 
Pure Yellow, generally true to color,. 15 
White, sometimes slightly marked with purple, 15 
Snowy White, a new pure white flower of good 
form and size. The best white we have ever 
seen, and generally coming true from seed, . . 25 
Odier, or Large-Eyed, darkspotson each petal, 
and large eyes,. 25 
Mixed seed of above sorts,. 15 
PERILLA. 
Pcrilla Nankincn- 
sis is a very fine 
and dark ornamental- 
leaved annual. It 
has a broad, serrated 
leaf, of a purplish mul¬ 
berry color, and eight¬ 
een inches or more i:i 
height. Very desir¬ 
able for the center ( f 
a bed of ornamental 
leaved plants, and 
also for a low screen 
or hedge. 
Perilla Nankinensis, 
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PHLOX DRUMMONDII. 
The Phlox Drummondii lor a brilliant mass of colors 
and a constant display, is not excelled by any other an¬ 
nual or perennial that we are acquainted with. It has 
| every desirable quality for this purpose. The colors 
j range from the purest white to the deepest blood purple 
| or crimson. Seed may be sown in the open ground or 
in hot-bed or cold-frame. For a cheap ribbon bed there 
is nothing so good as the different colors of Phlox. A 
, good ribbon bed of the Phlox is a dazzling sight. Set 
the plants about one foot apart. In selecting plants for 
! a ribbon bed get good contrasts of color, as white, scar¬ 
let, rose and blue. Our New Double White is an ac¬ 
quisition ; excellent for small bouquets; flowers like 
| miniature roses. 
Phlox Drummondii, Deep Blood Purple,. n 
Brilliant Scarlet,. 
Large Blue, white eye, the nearest to blue of the 
Phloxes, but really a fine purple,. n 
rosea, beautiful rose color,. : 5 
rosea albo-oculata, beautiful rose, with distinct 
white eye, . 1 > 
Leopoldii, splendid deep pink, with white eye, 1.7 
Radowitzii, rose, striped with white,. 10 
Radowitzii Kermesina striata, crimson, 
striped with white,. 10 
Radowitzii violacea, violet, striped with white, : :> 
florc-albo, pure white. 10 
