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PAPAVER. 
SWEET WILLIAM. 
All the perennial Pop¬ 
pies are perfectly hardy, 
and seed may be sown in 
the open ground. The 
single large perennial 
Poppies are a great ad¬ 
dition to the herbaceous 
border, and are of great 
value among shrubbery, 
as they tend to relieve 
and lighten up the 
usual dark and sombre 
character of clumps of shrubbery. 
Papaver bracteatum, scarlet: 3 feet, . 5 
croceum, orange ; 1 foot, . 5 
orientale, very large red ; 3 feet. 5 
involucratum maximum, fine large flowers, . 10 
PRIMULA. 
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 beautiful English Wild 
Primrose, so ardently loved 
by all who spent their child¬ 
hood days among the green 
lanes of England, and P. 
veris is the English Cowslip. 
Seed in our country must be 
sown under glass. 
Primula auricula, fine mixed,. 25 
auricula, from named flowers, . 50 
elatior, (Polyanthus , fine mixed,. 10 
vulgaris, common Wild English Primrose, . . 10 
PYRETHRUM. 
We have found the Pyrethrum 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 hybridum, double varieties mixed, . 25 
Parthenium flore-pleno, the double Feverfew, 10 
parthenifolium aureum. Golden Feather, 
prized for its yellow foliage,. o 
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,. 5 
Sweet White,. 5 
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 may be in¬ 
creased by a 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 
once popular flower, and its merits will be again appre¬ 
ciated when people get tired of bedding plants. 
Sweet William, Perfection, . 5 
Common Double,. 5 
Dunetti, blood red : velvety texture, . 5 
STOCK. 
STOCK. 
Brompton Stock cannot endure our winters, but plants 
grown in open ground can be removed to the house in 
autumn, where they will flower well if not kept too hot 
and dry. In spring they can be transferred to the garden. 
, Stock, Brompton, best mixed colors. 25 
Emperor, hybrid between Brompton and Annual, 25 
Tree Giant Cape Winter, . 25 
VALERIANA. 
The Valerian is a beautiful border 
plant. The improved varieties bear 
large corymbs of small flowers, scarlet, 
white, and red. Plant from two to 
three feet in height. The Valerian 
will hear shade and moisture. We 
found it wild throughout Europe. 
Valeriana, scarlet, white, red, or mixed, each, . . 5 
WALLFLOWER. 
By growing Wall¬ 
flower plants in the 
ground and trans¬ 
planting to pots in 
the autumn, or bet¬ 
ter, by placing plants 
in pots when taken 
from the seed-bed, 
and sinking the pots 
to the rim in earth, 
good plants will be 
secured 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 Wallflower must make a 
most desirable plant, giving plenty of early spring flowers. 
Wallflower, fine mixed colors ; double, .. .. 20 
