Vick's illustrated catalogue and floral guide for 1868 . -soms are extremely delicate as well as beautiful. They do best if sown in a frame andtransplanted early, as the hot sun injures the flowers. They do finely all the summer, ifplanted in a rather cool, shady place. Set about six inches apart. A few plants set earlyamong spring-flowering bulbs, such as Tulips, etc., flower splendidly. A few seeds scat- tered over beds of bulbs in the Fall have always flowered beautifully with me. Someof my customers, particularly at the West, report great success with these beautiful anddelicate flowers. N
Vick's illustrated catalogue and floral guide for 1868 . -soms are extremely delicate as well as beautiful. They do best if sown in a frame andtransplanted early, as the hot sun injures the flowers. They do finely all the summer, ifplanted in a rather cool, shady place. Set about six inches apart. A few plants set earlyamong spring-flowering bulbs, such as Tulips, etc., flower splendidly. A few seeds scat- tered over beds of bulbs in the Fall have always flowered beautifully with me. Someof my customers, particularly at the West, report great success with these beautiful anddelicate flowers. Nemophila insignis, beautiful light blue, 5 striata, white and blue striped, 5 marginata, celestial blue, edged with white, 5 maculata, large, white flower, blotched with violet, 5 grandiflora, flowers very large and showy, 15 atomaria, white, spotted,. 5 oculata, very pretty light blue, with large, dark eye, 10 discoidalis elegans, rich velvety maroon, bordered with white; new and fine, 5 marmorata, 5 The above mixed, 5 NIGELLA, Nat. Ord. NIGELLA HISPANICA. Curious hardy annuals, with finely cut leaves, very singular flowers, and quite leaves and seeds of most species are aromatic. Seed may be sown directly in theflowering beds, or they may be transplanted with care. 42 VICES ILLUSTRATED SEED CATALOGUE NIGELLA — Continued. pkt. cts. Nigella Damascena, light blue ; double ; about 1 foot, , 5 nana, dwarf: variety of colors : 6 inches 5 Hispanica alba, large-flowered; very fine ; 18 inches, 5 atropurpurea, purplisb-blue; fine; 18 inches, 10 Fontanesiana, very much like JSf. atropurpurea, but blooms two months earlier, 25 NOLANO, Nat. Ord. hardy annuals; flowers resembling Convolvulus minor. Fine for hangingbaskets, rock-work, etc. Prefer a light soil. Nolano atriplicifolia, blue, white, and yellow, 5 grandinora, large ; variety of colors, 5 alba, 5 paradoxa violacea, violet, with white center; splendid, 5 NYCTERINIA, Nat, Ord. Scrophul
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