. Park's floral guide for 1899. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs. Barnard's Perpetual Lobelia, Machine packed, 3 cents per packet, 4 packets 10 cents. Barnard's Perpetual Lobelia is one of the most beautiful blue-flowered plants we have for a basket, vase or border. The habit is compact, bloom- ing- and spreading as it grows, and showing a mass of rich blue flowers, with large white eye. For an edging where the summer is not too warm it is unsurpassed; and thrifty- plants in pots or baskets will bloom exquisitely in the win- dow in winter. So
. Park's floral guide for 1899. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs. Barnard's Perpetual Lobelia, Machine packed, 3 cents per packet, 4 packets 10 cents. Barnard's Perpetual Lobelia is one of the most beautiful blue-flowered plants we have for a basket, vase or border. The habit is compact, bloom- ing- and spreading as it grows, and showing a mass of rich blue flowers, with large white eye. For an edging where the summer is not too warm it is unsurpassed; and thrifty- plants in pots or baskets will bloom exquisitely in the win- dow in winter. Sow the fine seeds in a box in the house and transplant to four inches apart. I can also supply other choice Lobelias as follows: COMPACT VARIETIES. Grow fivo inches high; compact, free-blooming; fine for pots or edgings. Crystal Palace, rich blue 5 Prima Donna, rich maroon 5 White Gem, fine white 5 Mazarin Gem, light blue 5 Bicolor, blue and -w hite 5 Kermesina, deep crimson 5 Distinction, rosy white 5 Pumila grandiflora 5 Star of Ischl, deep azure 5 Compact sorts mixed, 4 pk. 10c; pk. 3 TAIX VARIETIES. These grow ten inches high, and bear large flowers; excellent for pots and beds. Known as L. Ramosa. Ramosa, white 5 5 Blue 5 Tall mixed, 4 pkts. 10 cts., one pkt. 3 SPREADING VARIETIES. Trailing plants, useful for baskets, vases, edgings, etc. Six to eight inches high. Speciosa, blue with eye 5 j Royal Purple, rich purple with distinct white center 5 Alba, 5 Blue King, fine blue 5 I Pearl, white-flowered, fine 5 Paxtoniana, white, with skv-blne belt 5 Grandiflora,double,50 per cent true 5 Gracilis, rose, white, blue, each 5 Spreading sorts mixed, 4 packets 10 cents, per packet 3 PERENNIAL VARIETIES. These are mostly hybrids of our native Cardinal Flower; very showy and beautiful; like a wet soil; two feet high. Queen Victoria, scarlet, reddish foliage 5 Cardinalis, the Cardinal 5 French Hybrids, mixed colors, fine 5 Complete mixture of all the
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