Vick's illustrated catalogue and floral guide for 1868 . alba, pure white, 5 MARIGOLD (Tagetes), Nat. Ord. effective half-hardy annuals, extremely showy in the garden, and continuing inflower from early in summer until frost. No possible objection to tins class of flowers,but their peculiar fragrance. The African are the tallest, generally growing two feet, andare very showy; the French are more rich and perfect, and are from 6 to 18 inches high. Tagetes erecta, (African Marigold,) Tall Orange, double, 5 Tall Sulphur, light yellow, double, 5 Tall Quilled Orange, double, 5 Tall Q
Vick's illustrated catalogue and floral guide for 1868 . alba, pure white, 5 MARIGOLD (Tagetes), Nat. Ord. effective half-hardy annuals, extremely showy in the garden, and continuing inflower from early in summer until frost. No possible objection to tins class of flowers,but their peculiar fragrance. The African are the tallest, generally growing two feet, andare very showy; the French are more rich and perfect, and are from 6 to 18 inches high. Tagetes erecta, (African Marigold,) Tall Orange, double, 5 Tall Sulphur, light yellow, double, 5 Tall Quilled Orange, double, 5 Tall Quilled Sulphur, light yellow, double, 5 All the above mixed, 5 patula, (French Marigold,) Tall Orange, double, 5 Tall Brown, double ; branching; 18 inches, 5 Tall Striped, yellow and brown striped; beauti-ful; 18 inches, 10 * Dwarf Sulphur, double, 5 Dwarf Brown, double, 5 Striped Dwarf, double, yellow and brown, 5 Dunetts New Orange, very superior, new,.... 10 Tall varieties mixed, 5 Dwarf varieties mixed, 5 pulchra punctata, spotted, double, fine, 5. TAGETES SIGNATA PUMILA—PLANT IN BLOOM. Tagetes signata pumila, a beautiful plant, from 12 to ,18 inches in height, forming aglobular, dense mass of about the same diameter, as round as a ball. Theflowers are single, bright yellow, marked with brown. The plant is verypretty, and late in the season is covered with flowers. We have counted athousand on a plant. They are beautiful as single plants, and form adelightful bed on the lawn 15 MESEMBRYANTHEMUM, Nat. Ord. and tender annuals, of dwarf habit and fine foliage ; good for baskets, etc. Mesembryanthemum crystalhnum, (Ice Plant,) prized for its singular icy foliage, 10 tricolor, pink, with purple center, 10 album, white, 10 glabrum, light yellow, 5 MIGNONETTE (Reseda), Nat. Ord. odorata, (Sweet Mignonette,) a well-known, fragrant, little hardy annual, essential in every garden ; per oz. 25c, 5 grandiflora, large-flowTered; with larger flowers
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