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MRS. TttEODOSlft B. StlkPttERD'S ANNUAL TRADE LIST. 



lovely sort. 10c pkt. Laege. fl. Ger- 

 man ten weeks; splendid mixture, 

 10c pkt; all kinds, pkt of each, 60c. 



"My Giant Perfection Stock from 

 your seed is the handsomest and 

 most beautiful I have ever seen. 

 People drive up for the sole purpose 

 of feasting their eyes on my Stocks." 

 — Rev. Phillip Thacher, Santa Bar- 

 bara, Cal. 



SWANSONIA ALBA, a charming 

 shrub just now very popular in the 

 east, with finely divided foliage and 

 long spikes of snowy white pea- 

 shaped blossoms; invaluable for cut 

 flowers and most ornamental in the 

 garden; fine for the conservatory. 

 The seeds germinate very slowly, 

 and should be soaked before plant- 

 ing. 15c pkt. 



RONNEYA COULTERI. Cali- 

 fornia's large white flowering peren- 

 nial poppy, with magnificent crispy, 

 fluted petals; one of the most 

 beautiful of all the native flowers. 

 20c pkt. 



SCHINUS MOLLE, or "Califor- 

 nia Pepper tree." 10c pkt. 



STAPELIA. Choice mxd, 10c pkt. 



TRITOMA NOBILIS. a most 

 splendid Tritoma, easily grown from 

 seed. The flowers are bright scarlet 

 tipped with golden yellow. 10c pkt. 



TECOMA STANS, a fine shrub 

 with golden yellow flowers. 10c pkt. 



TECOMA VELUTINA, a beauti- 

 ful shrub with large gloxinia-like 

 flowers. 15c pkt. 



YUCCA BACATA, native variety. 

 15c pkt. 



VIOLA PEDUNCULATA, wild 

 yellow violet of California. 15c pkt. 



VERBENA. Mammoth. Ch. mxd. 

 10c pkt. 



VERBENA, pure snowy white. 

 15c pkt. 



ZEPHRANTHES ALBA. 5c pkt, 



SEEDS OF GRASSES. 



CYPERUS ALTERNIFOLIA, or 

 "Umbrella Grass." 10c pkt, 



PAPYRUS ANTIQUORUM, or 

 "Egyptian Paper reed." 15c pkt. 



RUBY GRASS, a charming silky 

 red grass. 10c pkt. 



TRYCOLENA ROSEA. 5c pkt, 



CHENILE GRASS, a perfectly 

 charming sort; and like long lovely 

 chenile tassels when dry. 



BRIZAGA GRACILIS. 5cs pkt. 



BROMOS. 5c pkt, 



Native Flower Seeds. 



I offer a splendid mixture of na- 

 tive flower seeds for a wild garden. 

 15c and 25c pkt; 6 pets, 50c and $1. 



Choice Climbers. 



ARISTOLOCHIA ELEGANS. 15c 



C AMPSIDIUM FELI CEFOL- 

 IUM. 15c pkt. (For description see 

 plant list.) 



COBEA SCANDENS. 5c pkt. 



IVY GERANIUM. 15c pkt. 



IPOMEA LEARII. (See plant 

 list.) The "Blue Dawn" flower 10c 

 per pkt. 



IPOMEA. «. Heavenly Blue.,' A 

 beautiful annual morning glory; the 

 foliage is very large, heart-shaped, 

 thick, and of a light-green color; the 

 flowers are in large airy clusters and 

 are of that indescribable heavenly 

 blue so rarely seen in flowers; the 

 throat is yellow inside, spreading 

 softly into blue; the flowers measure 

 4| to 5 inches across, and about 10 

 o'clock in the morning no lovlier 

 sight can be imagined than this love- 

 ly vine, the great profusion of flow- 



