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VIC ICS FLORAL GUIDE. 
The Ipomopsis are very i>eautiful plants, with long, ele¬ 
gant spikes of rich orange and scarlet flowers, excellent 
for conservatory and out-door decoration. The foliage is 
very fine, giving great beauty to the plant, which grows 
usually from three to four feet in height, and keeps in 
flower a long time. The plant is a little difficult to 
keep over the winter, but generally proves quite hardy in 
a dry place. A wet situation is sure to destroy them in 
winter, causing decay at the surface of the ground. With 
this exception, there are few plants easier of culture. 
Ipomopsis aurantiaca, orange,. 5 
Beyrichii, scarlet,. 5 
elegans superba, orange scarlet. 5 
rosea, fine, . 5 
Jaune Canarie, canary yellow.. 5 
Mixed varieties,. 5 
linum. 
Every one is acquainted with our common Flax, which 
is a Linum. There are several varieties of ornamental 
Very closely related to the Picotee and Carnation, but 
smaller flowers and more hardy. Flowers very beauti¬ 
ful and very fragrant. Seed may be sown under glass or 
in the garden. Nothing prettier for a button-hole flow¬ 
er. Plants are hardy until they become old. It is best 
to keep a few young plants coming on. Treatment same 
as Carnation. 
Pink, best double, mixed colors . 25 
Good plants, $3.00 per dozen ; 30 cents each. 
See List of Hardy Plants. 
HONESTY. 
Flax well worthy of culture, however, which few people 
know. The plants are very graceful, the foliage and 
stems delicate, and the flowers seem floating in the air. 
Seeds may be sown either under glass or in the garden. 
Linum perenne, blue,. 
perenne album, white,. 5 
perenne roseum, beautiful rose colored. ... 5 
luteum, yellow,. 10 
Narbonense, splendid,. 10 
Mixed varieties,. 5 
PAPAVER. 
All the perennial Poppies are perfectly hardy, and 
seed may be sown in the open ground. The single large 
perennial Poppies arc a great addition to the herbaceous 
border, and are of great value anong shrubbery, as they 
tend to relieve and lighten up the usual dark and sombre 
character of clumps of shrubbery. 
Papaver bracteatum, carlet ; 3 feet,. 5 
croceum, orange; 1 foot,. 5 
orientale, very large, red ; 3 feet,. 5 
involucratum maximum, fine large flowers, . 10 
PINK. 
Lunaria biennis is what is known as Honesty in all our 
gardens, and by all florists. Honesty, the cultivated 
variety, bears racemes of pretty, single, purple flowers. 
The silvery seed pouches are curious and pretty, and 
very desirable for house ornaments. Indeed, the plants 
are principally cultivated for these winter ornaments, 
and the form of them we have endeavored to show in 
the engraving. The plant is very hardy ; two feet high. 
Honesty, Purple,.. 10 
IPOMOPSIS. 
