. George Tait and Sons' price list and descriptive catalogue of field and garden seeds. Nursery stock Virginia Norfolk Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. Helichrysum. HELIOTROPE. For either bedding or house culture Helio- trope is one of the choicest flowers that we have. Its delicately forced and tinted blos- soms are delightfully fragrant; and a few stems make a most charming bouquet. By sowing indoors early in the spring and trans- planting into small pots, plants may be made so strong and stocky that they will be in full bloom soon after be
. George Tait and Sons' price list and descriptive catalogue of field and garden seeds. Nursery stock Virginia Norfolk Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. Helichrysum. HELIOTROPE. For either bedding or house culture Helio- trope is one of the choicest flowers that we have. Its delicately forced and tinted blos- soms are delightfully fragrant; and a few stems make a most charming bouquet. By sowing indoors early in the spring and trans- planting into small pots, plants may be made so strong and stocky that they will be in full bloom soon after being set in the garden. Half-hardy perennial. Height, two feet. Choice mixed, 10 cts. per pkt. HOLLYHOCK. Hollyhocks have been so wonderfully im- proved of late years that those who are familiar with only the old-fashioned kinds would scarcely be able to identify them. A paper of our seed will produce a great num- ber of the most finely selected varieties,- and if sown in the fall, will usually furnish blooming plants the next season. If set in rows as a background or interspersed among shrubbery, they give an effect obtainable in hardly any other way. Tie to stakes if they show a disposition to fall. Half-hardy bien- nial. Height, five to seven feet. Extra fine mixture, 10 cts. per pkt. HYACINTH BEAN. [See Doliehos Lablab.] ICE PLANT. A pretty little trailing plant, the leaves and stems of which are both covered with a remarkable crystalline substance much re- sembling ice. The foliage is, for this reason, often used for garnishing. Half-hardy an- nual, 5 cts; per pkt. [ LARKSPUR. The colors of the Larkspur are extremely beautiful, and in mixed borders its profuse masses of purple, white and red show splen- didly. It is best to sow the seed in the fall or very early in the sprvng. Hardy annual. Height, three feet. Finest mixed, 5 cts. per pkt. LANTANA. A well-known shrub, splendid for bedding, as it is constantly in full bloom. The flower- stem is crowned with a large truss of
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