VENTURA-BY-THE-SEA, CALIFORNIA. 



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ASTER, Peony Flowered Perfection. Splendid mxd. 10 cts. pkt. 

 Victoria. Splendid mxd. 10 cts. pkt. Two sorts 15 cts. 



ALGERIAN STRANGER. A stately plant of the mullein family, with large dark 

 green wrinkled foliage, growing to the height of 4 or 5 feet. It sends up long 

 spikes with numerous flower-buds, at first of a reddish yellow, and afterwards a 

 pretty canary color, shining like satin and folded like squares. The fully 

 opened flowers are saucer shaped, and have velvety brown spots in the center. 

 It blooms for months without intermission and is very decorative and showy. 

 5 cts. pkt. 



ABUTILON. Choice mixed. 10 cts. pkt. 



AGAPANTHUS Umbellatus, or Blue African Lilly. 10 cts. pkt. 



AMARYLLIS. Defiance, 20 cts. pkt. Formossissima, 10 cts. pkt. Splendid 

 mixed seedlings, 15 cts. pkt. Belladonna Major, 10 cts. pkt. Belladonna 

 Minor, 10 cts. pkt. A collection of the mixed seeds, large pkt. 25 cts. As these 

 seeds lose their vitality soon, I offer them only from June to January. 



AQUILEGIA Cereulea. Double blue Columbine, 10 cts. pkt. Crysantha, golden 

 yellow, with long spurs, 10 cts. pkt. New White, very beautiful, with long 

 spurs, 10 cts. pkt. Three sorts, 20 cts. Splendid mixed, 10 cents. 



BEGONIA, Fibrous Varieties. Lovers of Begonias will take the greatest pleasure 

 in growing them from seed, as they are intensely interesting from the time the 

 tiny things sprout till they become blooming plants. This seed is raised from a 

 splendid collection. 20 cts. pkt. 



B. Semperflorens Hybrida. Any one can succeed with these Begonias. The 

 seeds germinate readily, and plants begin blooming when only two inches high. 

 They form beautiful round plants, about eighteen inches high, and are a perfect 

 mass of bloom from one year's end to the other. The foliage is shining and 

 glossy, frequently tinged with bright red, and the flowers are of various lovely 

 shades; some pure white, some blush, others light pink, white with a pink edge, 

 white center and margin flushed with red, and other charming combinations. 

 They are beautiful for bouquets, and fine for pots and for bedding plants. 10 cts. 

 pkt. 



B. Sem. Vernon. Brilliant scarlet flowers with leaves tinged bronzy red. 10 cts. pkt. 



B. Rubra. Tall and stately with coral red flowers. 10 cts. pkt. 



CRYSANTHEMUM Latifolium Maximum. The 'Great White Moon Penny 

 Daisy." One of the finest hardy perennials, forming bushy plants two to four 

 feet high, with large pure white flowers three inches across; splendid for deco- 

 rative purposes and fine for bouquets. 5 cts. pkt. 



CINERARIA. Very choice mixed. 10 cts. pkt. 



CALLIOPSIS Lanceolata Grandiflora. Beautiful perennial Calliopsis, a perpetual 

 bloomer, with large yellow flowers. 5 cts. pkt. 



C. "Golden Wave." Very bushy and compact, covered with hundreds of beautiful 



golden flowers with small dark centers. Annual. 5 cts. pkt. 



C. Splendid mixed annual varieties. 5 cts. pkt. 



