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VICK'S FLORAL GUIDE. 
Primula auricula, fine mixed,. 25 
auricula, from named flowers, . 50 
elatior, (Polyanthus,) fine mixed, .. 10 
vulgaris, common wild English Primrose, . . . 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 seed 
will germinate readily 
in the open ground. 
Rocket, Sweet Purple, 
Sweet White, 
STOCK. 
The Brompton Stock cannot endure our winters, but if 
plants are grown in the open ground during the summer, 
in autumn they can be removed to the house, where they 
will flower well if not kept too hot and dry. In the spring 
they can again be transferred to the garden. 
Stock, Brompton, Best mixed colors,. 25 
Emperor, hybrid between Brompton and Annual, 25 
Tree Giant Cape Winter,. 2*, 
SWEET WILLIAM. 
The best varieties of Sweet William are of exceeding¬ 
ly beautiful colors, very large, and almost perfect in 
form, with trusses of great size. Treatment as for Car¬ 
nation. The plants are perfectly hardy, and maybe in¬ 
creased by division of the roots. There are very good 
double varieties. It is well to raise new plants every few 
years from seed, for old plants become debilitated and 
unsightly. The Sweet William is a very old and one : 
popular flower, and its merits will be again appreciated 
when people get tired of bedding plants. 
Sweet William, Perfection. 5 
Common Double, .. 5 
Dunetti, blood red : velvety texture,. 5 
VALERIANA. 
The Valerian is a beautiful border plant. The im¬ 
proved or garden varieties are beautiful, be? .ng large 
corymbs of small flowers, scarlet, white and red, the 
plant from two to three feet in height. The Valerian 
will bear shade and moisture. We found it wild 
throughout Europe, and no where more beautiful than 
on the chalk hills of England. 
Valeriana, scarlet, white, red, or mixed, each, . . 5 
WALLFLOWER. 
By growing Wallflower plants in the ground and trans¬ 
planting to pots in the autumn, or better, by placing 
plants in pots when taken from the seed-bed, and sink¬ 
ing the pots to the rim in earth, good plants will be se¬ 
cured for winter flowering in the house. Give a cool 
room and plenty of water. By placing the pots in a pit 
or cold cellar, with a little light, plants will live during 
the winter. Where winters are not very severe the Wall¬ 
flower must make a most desirable plant, giving plenty 
of early spring flowers. 
Wallflower, Fine mixed colors ; double, .... 20 
SEEDS OF BULBS. 
There are a few Bulbs which do not come to perfec¬ 
tion very rapidly from seed, and therefore amateurs 
have seldom patience to wait for this slow process, but 
obtain plants or bulbs that will flower the first season 
DAHLIA. 
they are put out. A few, however, derive pleasure in 
watching the development from the tiny seed to the per¬ 
fect plant. For the benefit of such we always keep a 
stock of these seeds, a few of which we will mention. 
Dahlia, . 2 o 
Gladiolus,. 20 
Yucca,. 20 
