. Vick's floral guide. We have found the Pyrethrum to be entirely hardy inthis section. It would be well to sow seed under glass,but we have grown it by sowing seed in the open good double Pyrethrum is as desirable as a good Aster,quite as large and as double. Pyrethrum hybridum, double varieties mixed, . 25Parthenium flore-pleno, the double Feverfew, 10parthenifolium aureum, Golden Feather,prized for its yellow foliage, 10 The Sweet Rocketis a very hardy bien-nial, bearing clustersof single flowers, andfragrant during theevening. The bestcolors are purple andwhite. The plant
. Vick's floral guide. We have found the Pyrethrum to be entirely hardy inthis section. It would be well to sow seed under glass,but we have grown it by sowing seed in the open good double Pyrethrum is as desirable as a good Aster,quite as large and as double. Pyrethrum hybridum, double varieties mixed, . 25Parthenium flore-pleno, the double Feverfew, 10parthenifolium aureum, Golden Feather,prized for its yellow foliage, 10 The Sweet Rocketis a very hardy bien-nial, bearing clustersof single flowers, andfragrant during theevening. The bestcolors are purple andwhite. The plant,with fair culture, willgrow eighteen inchesin height, and seedwill germinate readilyin the open ground. Rocket, Sweet Purple,Sweet White, .... J? The best varieties of SweetWilliam are of exceedinglybeautiful colors, very large, and almost perfect inform, 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 gooddouble varieties. It is well to raise new plants everyfew years from seed, for old plants become debilitatedand unsightly. The Sweet William is a very old andonce 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.
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