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Title: 1896 greeting
Identifier: 1896greeting1896miss (find matches)
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Miss C. H. Lippincott (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Minneapolis, Minn. : Miss C. H. Lippincott
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Lobelia. LOBELIA. A very valuable and beau- tiful class of mostly dwarf growing plants; their deli- cate drooping habit, and the profusion of their charming little blue and white flowers, render them exceedingly ornamental for vases or hanging baskets and rockeries, blooming from June to November, while for border cultivation they are equally effective. IVIixed colors. Pkt., 300 seeds, 3 cents. LYCHNIS. A first-class border plant f rowing from two to three eet in height.bearingclose, symmetrical headsof brilli- ant scarlet flowers of good size and substance. If sown e irly in open ground will bloom first season. Pkt., lOO Heeds. 6 cents. Linaria. LINARIA. (Kenilworth Ivy.) A very pretty and well-known hardy perennial trailing plant, for covering rock work, and very useful for hanging baskets. The flowers are small, but pretty, and for a drooping plant noth- ing can be better, as it is easily grown from seed. Pkt., 100 seeds, 3 cents. LINUM. (Crimson Flax.) Excellent for clumps or edgings and one of the best and most showy hardy annuals for bedding. May be raised in any quantity from seeds sown in March or April, where the pi ants are intended to flower. They are not at all fastidious regard- ing soil, doing well in any ordinary garden. Pkt., 50 seeds, 3 cents. Belle Brownelle. Shushan. N. Y., Oct. 7th, 1895, writes: I find >our seeds most excellent. My Verbena and Petunia beds have elicited much admiration. Lantana. LANTANA. Well known shrubby plants, with clusters of verbena-like flowers, and producing their pink, yellow, orange and white heads in great abundance. They have an agreeable aro- matic perfume. Mixed. Pkt., 30 seeds, 4 cts. LATHYRUS. (PERENNIAL PEAS.) They do not have the delicious fragrance of the Sweet Peas, but they are equally as beau- tiful. They are perfectly hardy and live year after year, bearing magnificent clusters of flowers and bloom early in the Spring. Pkt., 85 seeds, 3 cents.

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