. Annual descriptive catalogue of seeds, & c : February 1st, 1886. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. Catalogue of Flower Seeds. 75 SENSITIVE PLANT (Mimosa). Very curious and interesting plant, its leaves closing if touched or shaken. Thrives best in the parlor or greenhouse. For the open ground, start under glass and transplant when the weather is warm. Pkt. Sensitive Plant, pinkish white ; 1)2 ft., . .05 SCHIZANTHUS. Few plants are more attractive than these when well grown, whether in pots or in th
. Annual descriptive catalogue of seeds, & c : February 1st, 1886. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. Catalogue of Flower Seeds. 75 SENSITIVE PLANT (Mimosa). Very curious and interesting plant, its leaves closing if touched or shaken. Thrives best in the parlor or greenhouse. For the open ground, start under glass and transplant when the weather is warm. Pkt. Sensitive Plant, pinkish white ; 1)2 ft., . .05 SCHIZANTHUS. Few plants are more attractive than these when well grown, whether in pots or in the border; they are of a branching, elegant habit, and well covered, with peculiar-shaped flowers. Start in heat and set out when the ground is warm. Mixed, best varieties, Pkt. SEDUM (Stonecrop).. Pretty little plants, growing freely on rock or rustic work; also on ornamental mounds, etc., where they flower in great profusion. ft., Cceruleum, blue; Fine mixed, Pkt. SPRAGUEA. A charming plant, with Amaranthus-like flowers; extremely graceful and beautiful; very effective as an edging, or for rock-work. Start cither in heat or as early as possible in a shel- tered situation. Umbellata, white, shaded and spotted purple; ^ft., Pkt. STEVIA. A useful plant, either for pot-cul{ure or the borde Lindleyana, reddish white, Purpurea, purple, STOCKS. The Stock, or Gilly-flower, is one of the most popular, beautiful, and important of our garden favorites, and whether for bedding, massing, edging, ribboning, or pot culture, it is unsurpassed either for brilliancy and diversity of color, or profusion and duration of bloom, and this combined with its spicy fragrance ren- ders it an object of universal admiration. Seeds may be sown in a hot-bed or cold frame, or in the open ground in May; will transplant easily when small; set plants twelve inches apart in deep rich soil. We offer only the very best imported seed saved from one of the finest collections in the world. Pkt. German dwarf, ten week
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