. Vick's floral guide. 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 v
. Vick's floral guide. 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
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