. Vick's garden and floral guide . flowers 10 Tom Thumb, about six inches high, mixed colors 5 AGERATUM. gcbetballam. The Ageratum is interesting on account of its neat, erect, bushy habit, and itspretty, brush-like flowers which are produced constantly all through the summerIt is well-to sow the seeds under glass early in the season, but they may also besown in a mellow seed bed in the open. The plants serve well in carpet sown in August will produce plants for winter blooming. Perennial, bloomingthe first season from conspicuum,white, 18 inches . .Mexicanum, blue,
. Vick's garden and floral guide . flowers 10 Tom Thumb, about six inches high, mixed colors 5 AGERATUM. gcbetballam. The Ageratum is interesting on account of its neat, erect, bushy habit, and itspretty, brush-like flowers which are produced constantly all through the summerIt is well-to sow the seeds under glass early in the season, but they may also besown in a mellow seed bed in the open. The plants serve well in carpet sown in August will produce plants for winter blooming. Perennial, bloomingthe first season from conspicuum,white, 18 inches . .Mexicanum, blue, two albifiorum,white flowered, two feet .Lasseauxii, compactplant; flowers pink; 18 inches Swanley Blue, a fine,large flowering, dwarf va-riety, of recent introduc-tion; flowers deep blue .Little Dorrit, a mass ofazure blue flowers, six in-ches high and one foot through Little Dorrit, white, sameas above, except in color of flower Mixed varieties These prices prepaythe goods to your home> except when noted, i. SEEDS 36 JAMES VICES SONS, ROCHESTER, N. Y. ALYSSUM. Stciuiitaut. Every garden should have Sweet Alyssum, and plenty of it; its small white flow-ers, borne in great profusion, are delicately fragrant and valuable for cutting; it is a good basket andpot plant. In theborder the seedsare sown thickly soas to make a massof plants, or theyare placed in linesfor edging ; it is avery valuable plantfor carpet bedding,giving a pure whitesheet as a contrastto colored flowersadjoining. It is de-sirable to sow theseeds early inspring or even inthe previous au-tumn. In a finemellow soil theseeds will germin-ate freely andquickly ; they arevery reliable in thisrespect. To pre-pare a basket of itfor winter bloom-ing, fill with goodrich soil, and sow AQUILEGIA.
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