. The best of flowers and vegetables to date. Nursery stock Indiana New Albany Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock; Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Vegetables. SELECT LIST OF CHOICE PLANTS. 45 Plumbagos. A most useful and distinct class of plants, useful in al- most every way. They grow to a height of two to three feet though they may be kept dwarfer by trimming, and are literally loaded with large trusses of blue and white flowers all summer: in fact, it would be hard to And a much more prolific and'continual bloomer. A bed of t
. The best of flowers and vegetables to date. Nursery stock Indiana New Albany Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock; Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Vegetables. SELECT LIST OF CHOICE PLANTS. 45 Plumbagos. A most useful and distinct class of plants, useful in al- most every way. They grow to a height of two to three feet though they may be kept dwarfer by trimming, and are literally loaded with large trusses of blue and white flowers all summer: in fact, it would be hard to And a much more prolific and'continual bloomer. A bed of them is a continual feast to the eye, and the flowers are simply ex- quisite for bouquet work. They are also unexcelled as vase plants, standing dry and hot weather well, while for winter blooming they are real treasures, blooming incessantly. It is not generally known what splendid winter bloomers , and for this purpose they should be puichased in the spring and watered liberally during the summer, the flowers kept pinched ofT, and potted the first of September. Capensis. Of a lovely tint of pale, delicate blue, entirely distinct from that of f nything^else, and one that grows prettier the longer you look at it. Prico 10c each. Capensis Alba. A snow white variety, identical in every way with the type and as good a bloomer. 10c each. Larpentae. A hardy plant with rich blue flowers, fine. This sort is not a winter bloomer. 15c each. Mnum Trigxjnum. The '• Yellow Flax; " its chief value is as a winter plant, in which capacity it stands at the top of the list. For this purpose the plants should be purchased in the spring and treated as the Plumbago, when by fall they should be com- pact bushy plants a foot or more in height, and in Novem- ber the buds will appear, clustered on every tip, and open- ing into the richest of golden yellow flowers, an inch and a half in diameter, until it becomes a veritable mound of gold, lighting up the window li He a beam of sunshinci
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