. Vick's floral guide. alarge size. Flowers well in the house, if not kept toohot and dry. Plants, 20 cents each ; $ per dozen,except where , English, dark blue. Neapolitan, light blue. Double White. Marie Louise, light blue, but darker than the Nea-politan. Very fine, indeed, blooming profusely earlyin spring, and late in fall. Easy to force in winter. Belle de Chatenay, double, white; flowers laige. Margeurite de Savoie, new; flowers large, deepblue, and very fragrant. Each 25 cents. Swanley White, new. This is a sport from MarieLouise, blooming as freely, and equally good fo
. Vick's floral guide. alarge size. Flowers well in the house, if not kept toohot and dry. Plants, 20 cents each ; $ per dozen,except where , English, dark blue. Neapolitan, light blue. Double White. Marie Louise, light blue, but darker than the Nea-politan. Very fine, indeed, blooming profusely earlyin spring, and late in fall. Easy to force in winter. Belle de Chatenay, double, white; flowers laige. Margeurite de Savoie, new; flowers large, deepblue, and very fragrant. Each 25 cents. Swanley White, new. This is a sport from MarieLouise, blooming as freely, and equally good forforcing. The flowers are large, pure white, andvery fragrant. Each 30 cents. 53 THYME. The ornamental-leaved varieties of Thyme arc ex-cellent for baskets and pots, or for margins of flower ,beds, while they are equally as good for flavoring as thecommon Thyme. We thus get beauty and , Golden, per dozen, $; each. .... 20 Lemon, per dozen, $ ; each, 20 j WATER LILY, (Nymphaea odorata.) Nymphaea odorata can be grown in any swampy pieceof ground, and even in tubs of water sunk in the ground,or on the surface, and in aquariums in the ponds, if a soft, muddy bottom, tie the root close toa stone large enough to sink it, and drop it in near theshore in two or three feet of water, as the bloom is muchbetter in shallow water. If a hard bottom, dig a smallhole and cover it lightly. For tubs, take any strongbarrel free from oil, tar or salt ^ molasses barrels are best ,saw in two, put in six or eight inches of fine loam, orpond mud, if handy, lay in the roots, being careful tostraighten out the small fibers, and cover two inchesdeep, fill the tub gently with water and keep full. Thisis all the care they need; paint the outside of tubs tosuit your fancy, and set on a brick or plank platform inany locality you may desire. These tubs should be putin a cellar in the winter, to keep from freezing; fill withwater when put away, and they will come ou
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