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LOASA. 
The Loasa is a good climber, with curious yellow and 
red flowers. The branches arc covered with stinging 
hairs that give pain when touched. Blooms abundantly. 
Loasa nitida, yellowish, light green leaves, ... 5 
lateritia. large, yellow flowers in abundance, . . 10 
Herbertii, fine scarlet, . 10 
MAURANDYA. 
Maurandya plants should be grown in the hot-bed or 
greenhouse. Growth of plant, five or six feet, and the 
foliage abundant. The flowers of the Maurandya are 
of good size and form and color, being about the size 
and appearance of Digitalis, and the colors different 
shades of blue, white and mauve. Good for baskets, 
vases, or for verandas. 
Maurandya Barclayana, blue and white, ... 10 
Barclayana purpurea grandiflora, purple, . 10 
Barclayana Scarlet, mauve,. 10 
Finest mixed,. 10 
IPOMCEA. 
Ipomccas succeed best if started in the hot-bed. 
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sirable for pots, baskets, etc., for the house, also for 
greenhouse decoration they are very good. 
Ipomcea limbata elegantissima, large, blossoms 
rich, mazarine blue, with a showy white margin, 5 
grandiflora superba, fine, large flowers, sky- 
blue, with broad border of white,. 5 
Bona Nox Good Night, or Evening Glory , 
flowers large, white,. 10 
coccinea, sometimes called Star Ipomcea, with 
small, scarlet flowers,. 5 
Quamoclit Cypress Vine, tender; flowers 
elegant ; foliage beautiful; mixed colors, ... 5 
Scarlet, white, rose, each color, . 5 
PEAS, FLOWERING. 
Flowering Peas are among the most useful and beau- 
! tiful of all our hardy annuals. Nothing can be better 
I for large bouquets, as the flowers are lively and delicate, 
i varying in color from the darkest purple imaginable, and 
i including the brightest pinks; as fragrant as Mignonette. 
The Pea luxuriates in a cool, moist soil, and in a damp 
season. 
Peas should be shown tour inches deep, and as early 
in the spring as possible. Don’t wait for fair weather. 
Use plenty of seed, so that they will not be more than 
an inch apart. Hoc the earth toward the plant a little, 
but do not form a ridge, add furnish support early. The 
Flowering Sweet Peas are the sweetest of our climbing 
annuals, and as beautiful as any. 
