JAMES VICK ,; ROCHESTER , yV. K 
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PENTSTEMON. 
1 he Pentstemon is one of the best of the perennial 
border plants. Ihe very pretty long tubed flowers grow 
in panicles, and are purple, blue, scarlet, rose and white. 
Seeds may be sown in May, in a cool, shady place, or 
tinder glass. Flowers of different var.eties present a 
great difference in appearance, some being very open 
and others tubular. 
Pentstemon Wrightii, splendid scarlet, .... 15 
Murrayanus, magnificent vermilion,. 25 
grandiflorus, lilac-purple; 3 to 4 feet in height, 10 
barbatus Torreyii, fine; crimson and yellow. . 1 > 
Mixed varieties,. to 
PICOTEE 
Very much like the Carnation, as fine, and more deli¬ 
cate in its coloring. Seed sown in the open ground in 
May or June will flower well the next season; started 
under glass earlier, by fall will make strong plants. 
Treatment like the Carnation. Some of the plants grown 
from seed will prove single, and these can be pulled up 
and thrown away as soon as they show their flowers; 
but enough plants with good flowers will be usually pro¬ 
duced to give a very good collection from a paper or two 
of seed. Sow seed in spring or early summer, so as to 
have good strong plants by autumn. Throw a few 
boughs or straw on the plants to shelter them a little 
from winter storms. 
Picotee, German seed, from named flowers only, . 25 
Italian seed, saved from prize flowers only, . 50 
Good plants, $3.00 per dozen ; 30 cents each. 
See List of Hardy plants. 
PYRETHRUM. 
PEAS, PERENNIAL. 
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Perennial Peas are perfectly hardy in this climate, 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,. 10 
Good roots, each 30 cents. 
PRIMULA. 
We have found the Pyrcthrum 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 
In this country Primulas do well in a cold house, but 
in the open ground succeed best in a Northern border. 
P. vulgaris is the sweet and beauiful English Wild Prim¬ 
rose, and P. veris is the English Cowslip. Seed in our 
country mu« sown under glass 
