MISS MARTHA HISER, URBAN A, OHIO, 



Salvia, Coccinea Grandiflora R.osea— Very beautiful flowers of 

 l orange-rose color; height three feet, pkt 5 cts. 



MAMMOTH FLOWERING VERBENA 



weight. It is one of the most desirable plants for decoration 

 purposes if planted either singly, in groups or with other 

 plants. The flowers are of the most brilliant, dazzling scarlet 

 and produced in endless profusion until late in the Fall. Pkt 

 10 cts, three for 25 cts. ■*® = See cut below. 



Salvia, Splendens, Siiverspot— The most distinct fea- 

 ture of this novelty is its strikingly handsome spotted foliage. 

 Leaves are rich, soft dark green with light sulphur or cream- 

 colored spots of various size, liberally sprinkled over them. 

 The unique and elegant foliage .is very abundant and has an 

 extremely fresh and healthy appearance. The intense bright 

 scarlet flowers are very large, and the plants of neat compact 

 habit and very floriferous. A charming variety of great effect. 

 pkt. 15 cts. 



Schizanthus. or Butterfly or Christmas 

 Orchid Flower — Elegant and very free blooming 

 annuals of much interest and beauty, and when 

 well grown rival in singularity of colors and mark- 

 ings of the orchids. The very large flowers are 

 spotted with crimson lilac, purple and yellow, and 

 the petals are cut in a picturesque manner. In pots 

 in the conservatory or house few plants are more 

 attractive: also elegant in a bouquet or vase and 

 fine for bedding. Choice mixed, pkt 5 cts. 



Scabiosa, Tail German Mourning Bride— 

 The perfectly double flowers are useful for cut- 

 ting; gracefully borne upon long, slender stems, 

 well above the foliage, pkt 5 cts. 



Scabiosa, Snow Ball —Elegant double 

 white flowers, very chaste and charming for 

 bonquets. pkt. 3 cts. 



Scabiosa, New Double Black— A superb 

 variety, with elegant black purple flowers — so 

 deep in color as to appear nearly black, pkt. 

 3 cts. 



Scabiosa, New Large Flowering Dou- 

 ble — New. Round flowers, double. Color, 

 white to pink, crimson to red ; some almost 

 black. Valuable for cutting, pkt. 3 cts. 



Salvia, Splendens — Large Flowering Scarlet Sage. 

 This "flamed-colored beauty" is the most gorgeous of 

 all plants. For months the blaze of flaming scarlet is 

 intensely brilliant, with great spikes of bloom com- 

 pletely concealing the foliage, pkt. 8 cts. 



New Salvia Splendens, Drooping Spikes— This new, large 

 flowering Salvia I Scarlet Sage) has three times the flowering capacity 

 on each spike of the ordinary Salvia Splendens. The flowers are 

 produced iu great numbers, causing the spikes to droop by their 

 New Mammoth Verbena, Famous Mixture —In this 

 grand new strain has been developed a mammoth Verbena 

 that produces uniformly magnificent large trusses, with flow- 

 ers of unusual size and of a wide range of colors. The indi- 

 vidual blossoms are frequently larger than a silver quarter — in 

 fact, many are scarcely covered by a silver half-dollar. Take 

 a silver quarter and try to cover any of the single flowers of 

 the corymb illustrated herewith, and you will realize how 

 magnificent in size are the single floret, as the illustration is 

 natural size. The colors are varied, and embrace all desirable 

 markings. Price, per pkt. 10 cts. three for 25 cts. 



Verbena, Auricula-Flowered— Splendid flowers.of large 

 size, bright colors, large white eye. pkt. 5 cts. 



Verbena, Scarlet Defiance— True, brightest scarlet, in- 

 tensely rich. pkt. 5 cts. 

 Verbena, Pure White— Sea Foam or Candidissima. A 



Smilax— Grown principally for its elegant green foliage, so . 

 ndispensable for floral work. Requires a sunny window and ! fine strain of large flowers, pkt 5 cents. 



free from dust. It grows very quickly from seed. pkt. 5 cts. ! 



Sensitive Plant, Mimosa Pudica — Very chaste and 

 elegant in foliage, the leaves being delicately pinnated. It af- 

 fords much amusement by its sensitive character — even when 

 slightly touched the leaves instantly close and droop; easily 

 grown, pkt. 3 cts. 



Sweet William, Perfection, Single Mixed —A splen- 

 did strain ; flowers of many bright colors, large size, and 

 varied markings, including the finest auricula-eyed varieties. 

 pkt. 3 cts. 



Sweet William, Double Mixed — Fine double flowers. 

 pkt 3 cts. 



Sweet William, Dunetti — Large clusters of beautiful 

 rich crimson florets, brightly marked with stripes and rings of 

 dark contrasting colors, pkt 3 cts. 



Tacoma Smithii— Not new. but a rare and beautiful little 

 shrubby variety' of the Woodbine or Trumpet Creeper family; 

 it is as easily grown as a Chrysanthemum, requiring similar 

 treatment; grown as a pot plant it averages in height from 18 

 ins. to 2 feet and flowers most profusely for Q months in the 

 year; the tubular flowers, about 2 inches long, are borne in 

 massive clusters on the tips of each new growth, and bright 

 yellow inside, and of brilliant orange flushed with scarlet on 

 the outside, pkt. 15 cts, two for 25 cts. 



Thunbergia, Black-eyed Susan, Fine Mixed — Ele- 

 gant growing climbers, rapidly covering wire trellisses, hang- 

 ing baskets, etc., in the house, pkt. 5 cts. 



Tritoma— "Red Hot Poker Plant." or "Torch Flower." 

 Splendid, hardy perennial plants, admirably adapted for sin- 

 gle clumps on the lawn or among shrubbery, where its tall 

 spikes of orange red flowers make an effective display from 

 August until December; 4 to 5 feet high, pkt 5 cts. 



Torenia, Fournierii — Lovely velvety-bine flowers, with 

 three large spots of the darkest blue and a bright yellow 

 throat; covered with bloom until frost, pkt 5 cts. 



Torenia, White Wings —Dainty and distinct flowers, 

 ivory white, delicately tinted rose at throat, pkt 5 cts. 



Verbena, Fine Mixed— The seed, although so cheap, is 

 really good, and embraces all colors, pkt 3 cts. 



Verbena, Hybrida Fine Mixed— From a superb collec- 

 tion of named varieties. Very large iu flower and corymbs, 

 and of the richest and most brilliant colors: is one of the 

 finest strains in cultivation, pkt 5 cts. 



Verbena, Blue with White Eye — Large blue flowers 

 each with large white eye; very showy, pkt 5 cts. 



Verbena, Italian Striped— Very showy striped flowers, 

 of many bright colors, pkt 5 cts. 



Vinca — Madagascar Periwinkle. Splendid house and bed- 

 ding plants, growing 18 inches high, with glossy green leaves 

 and beautiful circular flowers. From seed grown early in the 

 garden they will flower beautifully during the Summer and 

 Autumn, and may be potted for the house before frost; mixed 

 colors, pkt 5 cts. 



Viola Odorata, Sweet Violet — The Popular Sweet Vio- 

 let flowers, being early in Spring, and deliciously fragrant. 

 They he in the ground a long time before germinating. Sev- 

 eral colors mixed, pkt. 5 cts. 



SALVIA. DROOPING SPIKES 



