Title: Philips' buyers guide for 1897 : garden, farm and flower seeds
Identifier: CAT31282664 (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: J. M. Philips' Sons; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Pennsylvania Mercersburg Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Mercersburg, Pa. : J. M. Philips' Sons
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Flower Seeds. 49 LANTANA. A remarkable handsome,free flowering plants changing in hue. tt h p, 10c, MORNING GLORY, Splendid climbers. 5c /Vlignonette. The well known Mignonette producing dense, semiglobular heads of exceedingly fragrant flow- ers. It blooms nearly the whole season and the perfume is so fragrant that the whole atmosphere around is perfumed. Sweet Scented. 5c. Nasturtium. The Nasturtium arc amongthe most useful and beautiful annuals for bedding, massing, rock-work, covering trellises or rustic work. They flower most profusely when planted in a poor soil, and remain in bloom a long time. Tall or Dwarf. 5c. MIMULUS. (Musk-Dlant) The flowers are large and brilliant colored, n H v. 10c. NIGELLIA. Known as Devil in a bnsli. 5c. How to grow PANSI6S. Seed may be sown in open g round spring or summer, or very early in hot-bed. The plants should have a cool, part shaded situa- tion. Pansies require soil, enriched with decompos- ed manure. Seed sown in July will bloom in autu- mn ; if sown in October, blooms following spring;
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The Pansy plants a e of a vigorous and even growth, the flowers are large, the colors rich and true. universal favorite with young and old. Every sees the face in the Pansy, and, aside from ;at beauty, we all treasure it as the symbol of modest worth and true affection. The smallest yard must have its Pansies. Not poor, forlorn plants, struggling unaided with heat and drouth and hard baked ground, though even there yielding us handfuls of cheery bloom ; but, rather, strong vigor- ous plants, riotous in the cool, deep mellow beds they love, made rich with fertilizers, kept free from weeds and shaded from the hot afternoon SOU. In such a bed one may gather great velvety handfuls. Although the Pansy loves coolness, and gives it- largest, finest blooms in early spring and late au- tumn. We have imported our seed from the very best English, Erench and German florists and can recommend it highly. See next page.

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