. Vick's floral guide. A fine plant, with fragrant leaves, and long spikes ofpurplish flowers; a longtime in bloom ; 2 feet in cana, purple, fragrant, 5 DIGITALIS. The most magnificent of all the Dianthus family. ;Flowers large, beautiful, and delightfullv fragrant; arival of the Rose. Seed may be sown under glass in thespring, or in the open ground, and the second summerthey will flower. Some will prove single, others semi-double, and these can be pulled up as soon as they showflower. Young plants are perfectly hardy ; but whenold, they are injured in the winter. A successio
. Vick's floral guide. A fine plant, with fragrant leaves, and long spikes ofpurplish flowers; a longtime in bloom ; 2 feet in cana, purple, fragrant, 5 DIGITALIS. The most magnificent of all the Dianthus family. ;Flowers large, beautiful, and delightfullv fragrant; arival of the Rose. Seed may be sown under glass in thespring, or in the open ground, and the second summerthey will flower. Some will prove single, others semi-double, and these can be pulled up as soon as they showflower. Young plants are perfectly hardy ; but whenold, they are injured in the winter. A succession ofyoung plants should be procured, either from seeds orfrom layers, every year. Carnation, German seed from named flowers,. 25Extra Italian seed, saved from prize flowers only, 50 Choicest, with white ground, 5° Choicest, with yellow ground, 5°. The Digitalis is quite a stately plant, whenwith flower stems at least three feet in heighcemes of flowers, as shown in the engravir well grown,t. The ra-ff, are often two feet in length, containing scores of the prettily spot-ted, thimble-shaped flowers. Perfectly hardy, and seedmay be sown in the spring in the garden, and transplant-ed as desired. In the autumn large plants can be divid-ed, and thus plants may be increased indefinitely, but itis well to secure a few fresh plants from seed occasion-ally, as in this way new varieties are obtained. Digitalis purpurea, purple flowers ; 3 feet, ... 5 purpurea alba, white, 5 Nevadensis, red. purple spots ; 3 feet, .... 5 gloxinaeflora, new; beautifully spotted; 4 feet, 5 Mixed varieties, 5 DELPHINIUM.
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