6 MRS. THEODOSIA B. SHEPHERD'S ANNUAL CATALOGUE. 



HIMALAYA FAIRY GRASS. Charming, a Eulalia, native of the Him- 

 alaya mountains; named "Fairy Grass" by the English children, owing to the 

 airy, fairy- like appearance of its beautiful plumes. It is very lovely, either 

 green or dried. The plants grow rapidly, and form large clumps, 3 feet high: 

 they send up long, slender stems, crowned by long, silken fringe: when dried 

 they are a bright, golden yellow, fluffy and airy, very dainty and pretty : they 

 keep their beautiful appearance for years. Pkt 10c. 



RUFFLED AND FRILLED JAPANESE MORNING GLORIES. 



The perfection of morning glories. A type of the Imperial Japanese varieties 

 which have given such great satisfaction. They have immense flowers, often 

 as big as saucers. All wavy, ruffled, and folded from throat to margin, like 

 crumpled velvet. They are simply magnificent; the vines are strong, healthy 

 growers, usually with beautifully mottled foliage, white and green, and come 

 to perfection the first summer from spring- sown seed. Pkt 15c. 



TWO BEAUTIFUL GIANT- FLOWERED NASURTIUMS. 



Sunligrlit . This beautiful new nasturtium has handsome, dark green foliage 

 litup by myriads of clear, rich, golden-yellow fiowers, borne so profusely as almost 

 to conceal the foliage. The petals are large and round, measuring more than l x 4 

 inches across, and are daintily crinkled, which gives a very pretty effect. The 

 two upper petals have a few delicate brown lines at their base, and the three 

 lower ones are more distinctly bearded or fringed at the throat than is usual. The 

 flowers measure nearly three inches across. It is a splendid climber, and its 

 glowing color makes it wonderfully effective. Pkt 5c; oz 20c. 



Moonlight. This new nasturtium is the counlerpart of " Sunlight," except in 

 color. It is of an exquisite pale straw color, and, if possible, even more beauti- 

 fully shaped than its brilliant companion and has the same lovely, crinkled effect 

 in the petals. No one should fail to have these two lovely novelties which con- 

 trast finely together. Pkt 5c; oz 20e. 



These two lovely Nasturtiums, named above, were introduced by Mr. TV. Atlee 

 Burpee, who purchased them of me. They are very beautiful and cannot fail 

 to please all lovers of these attractive fiowers. 



MRS. SHEPHERD'S NEW GIANT WHITE- FRINGED 



POPPY. 



44 Maid of the Mist. , ' , A magnificent, new, single, peony-flowered, white 

 poppy that rivals even the lovely Romneya Coulterii in beauty. Flowers from 7 to 

 9 inches across: the petals are very large, overlapping, daintily incurved, deeply 

 and irregularly fringed. The ovary is a beautiful, silvery, pea-green; the sta- 

 mens long, with light, tan-colored anthers. The flowers are borne on long stems, 

 and instead of looking upward, as do most poppies, turn their faces outward. 

 The ovary, encircled with its fringe of stamens, and white, fluffy petals, suggests 

 a pretty face looking out from a mist. A row of these giaceful poppies in full 

 bloom is a picture to linger long in the mind. Pkt 15c. 



VIOLA cornuta Lotliriiigen. A beautiful new variety, very suitable 

 for bedding, the plants being densely covered with blooms the whole summer. 

 The upper petals are sky-blue and the lower ones white. Very handsome. Pkt 10c 



GENERAL LIST OF FLOWER SEEDS. 



AGATHA Celeste*. Blue Daisy. Pkt 10c. 



ASTER. "Peony-Flowered Perfection." Splendid mixed, pkt 10c. "Victo- 

 ria." Splendid mixed, pkt 10c. Tsvo sorts, pkt 15c. 



