. [Catalog of] the Great Northern Seed Co., 1902. Nursery stock Illinois Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. ICE PLANT—Mesembryanthemum. A handsome and curious plant, for hanging baskets, rock work and va«es. The leaves and stems appear as thou 'h covered with icy crystals, and look like rock candy. The whole plant is peculiarly brilliant in the sunshine. Pkt. 3c. LOBELIA. A very valuable and beautiful class of mostly dwarf-growing plants; their delicate drooping habit and the profusion of their charming Tittle blue and white flowers, render them exceeding ornamental f
. [Catalog of] the Great Northern Seed Co., 1902. Nursery stock Illinois Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. ICE PLANT—Mesembryanthemum. A handsome and curious plant, for hanging baskets, rock work and va«es. The leaves and stems appear as thou 'h covered with icy crystals, and look like rock candy. The whole plant is peculiarly brilliant in the sunshine. Pkt. 3c. LOBELIA. A very valuable and beautiful class of mostly dwarf-growing plants; their delicate drooping habit and the profusion of their charming Tittle blue and white flowers, render them exceeding ornamental for vas- a or hanging baskets and rockeries, blooming from June to November, while for border cultivation they are equally effective. Mixed colors. Pkt. 3c. LINUM, Perenne. A hardy peren- nial, sending up numerous stems which send out wiry branches with large salver shaped blossoms which appear to be floating. Height. 18 inches. Mixed colors. Pkt. 6c. HIBISCUS, Hardy Hybrids, A fast growing perennial that in one season attains the height and dimensions of a shrub. Exceedinglv fine for clumps or an ornamental hedge or screen, as they last always, never winter-kill, and in mid-summ r, when shrubbery flowers are scarce, they bear for weeks enormous flowers as large as tea- saucers, white, blush, pale and deep pink, rose, etc., the most of them with deeper hued eye Plants from spring-sown seed will bloom In September. Height, two feet. Mixed colors. Pkt. sc. HELICHRYSUM. A very popular everlasting, large, full, double flowers of various colors, from bright yellow to scarlet, shaded and tlp- f>ed Handsome bouquets may be formed of tbem for winter, f blossoms are gathered when on the point of expanding. Pkt. 4C. LINUM, Or Crimson Flax. Excellent for clumps or edgings, and one of the best and most showy hardy an- nuals for bedding. May be raised in any quantity from seeds sown in March or April where the plants are intended to flower. Th-y are not at all fastidious re- garding so
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