. Vick's floral guide. A fine half-hardy annual, with bright crimson and slender habit, like all the Flax family, andgrows eighteen inches or more in height. Seeds ger-minate best in the hot-bed, but do well if sown in thegarden in a light soil. Set plants a foot grandiflorum rubrum, 5 To obtain good flowers the first summer, start seedsunder glass and transplant as early as the weather willpermit. Plants live for several Chalcedonica, bright scarlet; has a fine appearance when grown in masses; 2 feet, . 5 Chalcedonica , white; 2 feet, .
. Vick's floral guide. A fine half-hardy annual, with bright crimson and slender habit, like all the Flax family, andgrows eighteen inches or more in height. Seeds ger-minate best in the hot-bed, but do well if sown in thegarden in a light soil. Set plants a foot grandiflorum rubrum, 5 To obtain good flowers the first summer, start seedsunder glass and transplant as early as the weather willpermit. Plants live for several Chalcedonica, bright scarlet; has a fine appearance when grown in masses; 2 feet, . 5 Chalcedonica , white; 2 feet, .... 5 Haageana, vermillion colored flowers, 1 foot, . 10Haageana hybrida, large flowers, white, rose, red, etc., 1 foot, 10 fulgens, very brilliant; 18 inches, . 10 grandiflora gigantea, flowers very large, of various colors, 10 20 LUPINUS. Lupins are a well knowngenus of very conspicu-ous plants, called, com-monly, Sun Dials. Theyare hardy, and seed mustbe sown in the openground, having a tap rootand not transplantingwell. The flowers are peaformed, in long spikes;the leaves compound andvery pretty. Prevailingcolor blue, though thereare white and yellow va-rieties. There are, also,many perennial kinds.
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