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soms being larger and more brilliant than the old- 
fashioned sorts. When planted in poor soil they flower 
profusely, and remain in flower a long time. Set plants 
about one foot apart. 
Tropseolum minus. Dark Crimson,. 5 
Crystal Palace Gem, sulphur, spotted with 
maroon, . 5 
Dwarf Spotted, yellow, spotted with crimson, 5 
Tom Thumb Beauty, orange and vermilion, . 5 
Tom Thumb Yellow,. 5 
Carter’s Tom Thumb, scarlet,. 5 
Tom Thumb Rose, new color in Nasturtiums, 5 
King of Tom Thumbs, foliage dark bluish 
green ; flowers brilliant scarlet,. 10 
King Theodore, flowers very dark,. 15 
Ruby King, foliage very dark,. 10 
Mixed varieties,. 5 
VERBENA. 
WHI TLA VI A. 
I he Whitlavia is a pretty annual, with delicate foliage 
and drooping clusters of blue and white bells. Plants 
are perfectly hardy, proof against cold and wet, but 
suffer often in hot, dry weather. For a shady spot there 
are few flowers that give more pleasure. The Whit¬ 
lavia is a good plant for baskets, vases and pots. 
Whitlavia grandifiora, hardy annual,10 inches 
high, violet blue, bell-shaped flowers,. 5 
grandifiora alba, similar to grandifiora, but 
white, . 5. 
gloxinoides, an excellent variety of the same 
habit as W. grandifiora, but larger flowers; 
tube of the corolla pure white, limb delicate 
light blue,. 5. 
Mixed varieties,. c 
Sow Verbena seed under glass early in the spring, and 
transplant after three or four inches of growth. Good 
healthy plants can be produced from seed as readily as 
almost any tender annual, plants that will perfectly 
cover a space four feet in diameter, flower well in July, 
and continue strong and healthy until destroyed by frost. 
Very few annuals will make the gorgeous display during 
the summer months, or furnish more flowers for cutting, 
than the Verbena. Another strange fact, not generally 
known, is that nearly all Verbenas raised from seed are 
fragrant, the light-colored varieties particularly so. 
Verbena hybrida, choice seed, saved only from 
the most beautiful named flowers,. 20 
Striped, excellent flowers, with broad Carnation 
like stripes. Inclined to sport,. 20 
Scarlet, brightest scarlet, quite true,. 20 
Pure White, new,quite true from seed, .... 20 
VINCA. 
A genus of beautiful greenhouse perennials, may be 
treated as tender annuals for the garden. If sown under 
glass, and strong plants arc set out early, in a warm 
situation, they will flower in the summer and autumn, 
and may be potted for the house before frost. Not suit¬ 
able for out-door sowing in northern latitudes. Plants 
about eighteen inches high. 
Vinca rosea, rose ; 2 feet,. 10 
rosea alba, white, red eye,. 10 
rosea nova spec., pure white,. 10 
Mixed varieties,.. IO 
The Zinnia is a large, free-growing flower, so easily 
grown, and so handsome that it will always be popular. 
It is in flower all summer. The Double Zinnias usually- 
grow about two feet in height, giving flowers quite as 
double as the Dahlia. The Zinnia makes an excellent 
border or summer hedge plant, and for this purpose set 
plants twelve to fifteen inches apart,.so as to make a con¬ 
tinuous row or border. The scaxls grow easily, and 
young plants can be moved as safely as Cabbage plants. 
Zinnias must be familiar to all our aged readers, for, as 
far back as we can recollect, the old single variety was 
grown under the name of Youth and Old Age in almost 
every garden. Having taken particular pains in im¬ 
proving the Zinnia, we think our strain is excellent; 
indeed, our Zinnias have been pronounced by florists 
from England, France, and Germany, the best in the 
world. 
Zinnia, Double, Choicest, best colors mixed, . 10 
Eight separate colors—scarlet, yellow, orange, 
purple, salmon, pure white, etc.,—each color, 10 
