July 13, 1912 



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Boddington's Gigantic Pansies 



Can be produced only from the Riant strains. Our CHAI.EXtiE PANSY seed confMins only the ciant self-colors the eiant 

 X?'tr<,«^'"'^^*^'^ and the u-.ant blotched, etc., all carefully lui.-ied in proportion. You c^i.u'l not buv better leld if 

 vou paid $100 per oiiDce. Our Challenge Pansy seed during the past season gave unprecedented satisfaction nnd ererv or 

 der booked last year was duplicated and Increased this year. All the testimonials received ii en nedspe'ciinv the hl°-^^ 

 grade of Howers-color, form and size of the individual blossoms. This year, by adding imi'roedtvDerintendin' cus 

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Pansy— Boddington's " Challenge "—All Giasts. 



This mixture contains all the finest Giant strains— 

 of the leading Pansy Specialists in the world— the 

 r.iant self-colors, the Giant striped and margined, and 

 the Giant blotched, etc., all carefully mixed in pro- 

 portion — the finest that money can" buy— the finest 

 your money can buy. A florist who has grown it 

 said: "Why don't you call It Defiance." 

 ■4 trade pkt. 25c., trade pkt. SOc., V» oz. 76c., Vt o^- 

 $1.50, V2 oz. $2.75. oz. $5.00. 



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BODDINGTON'S QUALITY "ENGLISH" PANSY. 



A superb strain of highly colored flowers in great variety 

 and Immense size. 



Our Mr. Bunyard, while visiting the Royal International 

 IC.Khibltion in London, was much Impressed with these 

 blooms and secured as much seed as possible — but only suffi- 

 cient to offer same in pacl;ets which we do as follows:— 

 Trade Packet (500 seeds) for $1.00 

 V2 Trade Packet (2.30 seeds) for .50 



OTHER CHOICE VARIETIES OF 6IANT PANSIES. 



Triumph of the Giants. Extrenielv large 

 flower of beautiful coloring. Should Tr. pkt. H oz. % oz. 



be grown by every florist SO .30 $2 75 $5 00 



Tr. pkt. 



Boddinston's "Challenge" Mixture $0 50 



Giant Trimardeau. Mammoth-flowering, 

 and in a good range of color 



Giant Masterpiece (Frilled Pansy). Petals 

 beautifully waved; exquisite colors 



-Cassier's Giant. A fine strain of large, 

 highly colored flowers 



Giant Bugnot's Stained. Extra choice 

 flowers, large and pleuty of light colors 



Giant Madame Ferret. A recent intro- 

 duction by a celebrated French special- 

 ist ; of strong, free irrowth 



Giant Fire King. Brilliant reddish yel- 

 low, with large brown e.ves 



Giant Lord Beaconsfleld. ' Deep purple- 

 violet, top petals light blue 



Giant Canary Bird. Ground color is a 

 bright golden yellow and each petal is 

 marked with a darker blotch 



Giant Orchidaeflora, or Orchid-flowered 

 Pansy. Splendid variety; benitiful 

 shades of pink, lilac, orange, rjse, terra 

 cotta. chamois, etc 



Giant Emperor William. Ultiamarine- 

 blue, purple eye 



Giant Golden Queen. Bright vellow, no 

 eye 



Giant Golden Yellow. Yellow, brown eye 



Giant King of the Blacks (Faust). Black. 



Giant President McKinley. Golden yel- 

 low, large dark blotch ! . . . 



Giant Prince Bismarck. Yellowish bronze 

 dark eye 



Giant Pretiosa. CrImson-ro.se, white mar- 

 gin, violet blotch 



Giant Rosy Lilac 



Giant White. Violet spot ......'.'. 





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CH.4LLENGK 

 PANSY 



NOVELTY PANSIES 



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ADONIS. Light blue, with white center. . . 



ANDBOMED.*. Rosy, with lavender tints 



BBIDESM.\ID. Giant flowers of rusy white.. 

 EMPEROR FRANCIS .JOSEPH. Pure White, large 



violet sp'its 



MAUVE QCEEN. A delicate mauve Pansy, the lower 



three petals marked with a large ijlotch o"f carmine . 

 PSYCHE. Violet, bordered white; beautifully waved 



petals _ 



PEACOCK. All the name implies; a most beautiful 



vari-colored variety; peacock blue, edged white 

 RCBY' KING. Superb crimson and red shades.. '>5 



SNOWFLAKE. Pure white ; immense flower ^5 



^'VJ'9^'*- Giant brilliant dark red, with five "black 



blotches ; unique 05 



Collection of the above 10 varieties, one packet each, for $2.00 



BODDINGTON'S GIANT PANSIES TO COLOR. 



Named Varieties IMixed 



For our customers who desire special shades in Pansies 

 we have pleasure in offering the following- 



^'S,*'^,?^,'"^^''- ,'''''1'.°"' •'"">'•<■«• Spotted Shades, Striped and 

 Mottled, Dark Shades. Blue Shades. Bronze Shades, Bed 

 and Brown Shades, trade pkt. 23 cts., ".^ oz, .$1.00, % oz 

 •M.iO. oz. $0.00. 



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Me.— Descriptive list of Herbaceous 

 Peonies. This is a judicious selection 

 of the most desirable sorts in the 

 respective classes. 



V. Lemoine & Son, Nancy, France, 

 have sent out a sheet with picture and 

 description of their new double yellow- 

 Tree Peony La Lorraine— the result 

 of a cross between P. lutea and P. 

 Moutan. The price of plants is $40 

 each! 



Union Nurseries, Oudenbosch. Hol- 

 land.— Wholesale Catalogue for 1912- 

 1913. A business-like catalogue, illus- 



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trated and giving cable code for every- 

 thing listed. McHutchison & Co., New 

 York, are sole American agents for 

 this concern. 



Peter Henderson & Co.. New York. 

 — Mid-summer Catalogue for 1912. 

 Cover illustrations of New Pall-Fruit- 

 ing Strawberry Americus on front and 

 Strawberries Great Ruby, Glen Mary, 

 E.xcelsior. Success, Commonwealth 

 and Gandy on back. 



Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J.— 

 Classified and Descriptive List of Or- 

 chids. This catalogue, issued by this 



well-know^n firm of orchid specialists, 

 is finely illustrated and the covers 

 show beautiful portraits in colors of 

 Vanda teres and Vanda Sanderiana. 



Yokohama Nursery Co., Yokohama, 

 Japan— 1912-1913 Descriptive List of 

 Bulbs, Plants and Seeds. Wistarias 

 form an appropriate cover illustration 

 for this interesting oriental publica- 

 tion. There are plenty of pictures, 

 several of which are in colors and the 

 list comprehensively covers the cate- 

 gory of Japan specialties in seeds, 

 bulbs, plants and trees. 



