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THYME. 
The ornamental leaved varieties of Thyme are very 
beautiful for baskets and pots, or for margins of flower 
beds, while they are equally as good for flavoring as the 
common Thyme. We thus get beauty and usefulness. 
Golden, Silver, Lemon, dozen $2.00 ; each 20 cents. 
VIOLETS. 
The little, sweet-scented, uouble Violet is perfectly 
hardy and flowers freely very early in the spring. 
Plants may be set out either in the spring or autumn, 
and can be increased by division when they attain a 
large size. Flowers well in the house, if not kept too 
hot and dry. 20 cents each ; $2.00 per dozen. 
Violets, Belle de Chatenay, new; double white. 
Flowers an inch in diameter. 
English Dark Blue. 
Neapolitan, light blue. 
Double White. 
Maria Louise, light blue, but darker than the Nca. 
politan. Very fine indeed, blooming profusely early 
in the spring, and late in the fall. Easy to force 
in winter. 
Victoria Regina, a single flowering Violet, with 
dark purple flowers ; very fragrant; perfectly hardy. 
WATER LILY, (Nymphaea odorata.) 
Nympluea odorata can be grown in any swampy piece 
of ground, and even in tubs of water sunk in the ground, 
or on the surface, and even in aquariums in the house. 
For ponds, if a soft, muddy bottom, tie the root close to 
a stone large enough to sink it, drop it in near the shore 
in two or three feet of water, as the bloom is much bet¬ 
ter in shallow water. If a hard bottom, dig a small hole 
and cover lightly. For tubs, take any strong barrel free 
from oil, tar, or salt (molasses barrels are best,) saw in 
two, put in six or eight inches of fine loam or pond mud, 
if handy, lay in the roots, being careful to straighten out 
the small fibers, and cover two inches deep, fill the tub 
gently with water, and keep full. This Is all the care 
they need ; paint the outside of tubs to suit your fancy, 
and set on a brick or plank platform in any locality you 
desire. These tubs should be put in a cellar in the win¬ 
ter, to keep from freezing, fill with water when put 
away, and they will come out all right in the spring. In 
warm climates, where the surface of the water will not 
| freeze more than an inch or two they can remain out of 
; doors the year round. For an aquarium, take a common 
: stone or earthen flower pot half gallon size, put in two 
or three inches of line loam, put in the root in an upright 
position, leaving the top or crown end a Mtlc below the 
top of the pot, (if the root is too long cut off the lower 
end,) now fill in fine loam, straightening out the fibers 
as you fill in, cover the root up, leaving the stems and 
leaves above the dirt. Place it in the aquarium and 
your work is done. On obtaining the roots, if you arc 
not ready to plant them, put them into a dish of water 
and they will keep several days. 
Good roots, per dozen, $4.00; each,. 40 
WISTARIA. 
Wistaria Sinensis, Chinese Wistaria, a rapid, 
strong grower, when well established grows 20 
feet in a season, with long racemes of light pur¬ 
ple flowers ; a large plant in bloom is a most 
gorgeous sight; each,. 50 
YAM. 
The Chinese Yam, (Dioscoreci batata ,) may never be 
desirable for food, but it certainly makes a very pretty 
running vine, often called Cinnamon Vine, because its 
flowers arc thought to have a cinnamon fragrance. It is 
very desirable for baskets or vases. The tubers are hardy, 
and may remain in the ground for several years. The 
engraving shows the appearance of a tuber. Tubers 
$1.50 per dozen’; each 20 cents. 
YUCCA. 
The Yuccas arc 
a striking class of 
plants, with long, 
narrow, strong, 
sharp-pointed 
leaves, with a pe¬ 
culiar tropical as¬ 
pect. Filamen- 
iosa, shown in the 
engraving, is the 
hardiest, and we 
think will endure 
almost any of our 
northern winters. 
It sends up a 
strong flower-stem 
in the middle of 
the summer, bear¬ 
ing a large spike 
of whitish flowers. 
Yucca filamentosa, strong 1 year old roots, 30 
cents ; strong 2 year old roots. 6 ^ 
Seeds of Yucca, per packet,. 20 
