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Poppy, Improved Double Carnation 



Mixed— For dazzling- richness and variety 



of colors the flowers are unequaled. 

 5 cts. 



pkt. 



New Emperor Salpiglossis 



The ease of culture is the first qual- 

 ity that commends the Salpiglossis 

 to all amateur gardeners. It thrives 

 in any good garden soil and in almost 

 any situation, though like other flow- 

 ers it responds readily to good treat- 

 ment. This New Emperor strain is a 

 very great improvement on the older 

 type in its Increased size of flowers, 

 their improved shape and larger va- 

 riety of colors, and more than all else 

 in their singularly beautiful veinings 

 of gold. See cut above, pkt. 10 cts, 

 three for 25 cts. 



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Poppy, Snowdrift — A grand variety. 

 Large, pure white flowers, perfectly round 

 and double, pkt. 5 cts. 



Poppy, Tulip — A new and distinct 

 Poppy, of brilliant red color and very free- 

 blooming, pkt. 5 cts. 



Poppy, Paeony Flowered — Double. 

 The flowers are equal to Paeonies in size, 

 brilliancy and variety of color, pkt. 5 cts. 



Poppy, Improved Double Mixed — 



For dazzling richness and great variety of 

 colors they are unequaled. pkt. 5 cts. 



Poppy, Fairy Blush — Immense globu- 

 lar flowers, perfectly double, and measuring 

 from ten to thirteen inches in circumfer- 

 ence; the petals are elegantly fringed and 

 pure white, except at the tips, where they 

 are distinctly colored with rosy cream. 

 pkt. 5 cts. 



Golden Gate Poppies — Every conceiv- 

 able combination of colors; striped, blotch- 

 ed, edged and bordered, on both single, 

 semi-double and double flowers.wonderously 

 varied and beautiful, pkt. 5 cts. 



The following two varieties are 

 Hardy Perennials: 



Orientale— Immense flowers of brilliant 

 scarlet, with a fine purple center, pkt. 

 5 cts. 



Nudicaule— Iceland Poppy. More dwarf 

 than the preceding. Flowers varying from 

 white to the deepest and most orange yel- 

 low. Very free blooming and admirable for 

 pots; mixed colors, pkt. 5 cts. 



Portulacca, Single — Brilliant and 

 beautiful colors. They delight in sunny 

 situations, where they rapidly carpet the 

 ground. Finest mixed, pkt. 3 cts. 



Portulacca, Double Flowering Mix- 

 ed—Unsurpassed for brilliancy and beauty. 

 One-half of the plants will produce magnifi- 

 cent double flowers, pkt. 5 cts. 



Paeony, Double Mixed— Grand, hardy 

 plants, well known ornaments of our gar- 

 dens, with large, double flowers of various 

 shades, pkt. 10 cts. 



Picotee — (Pinks)— Hardy fancy, double; 

 mixed superb flowers of various shades. 

 pkt 5 cts. 



Pens temon, Mixed — All varieties. 

 Flowers resemble Gloxinias in shape. Mot- 

 tled in crimson, pink, blue and white, pkt 

 Sets. 



Pyrethrum, Hardy Flowering Va- 

 rieties — Valuable for permanent beds, 

 bearing large, bright-colored flowers of 

 rose, flesh, pink, white, crimson, etc., 

 which remain in bloom a long time. pkt. 

 5 cts. 



SCHIZANTHUS— SEE PAGE 18 



Platycodon, Grandiflorum — It grows 

 upright, producing very handsome, bright 

 deep blue and white flowers of extra large 

 size. It flowers freely the first year from 

 seed and is perfectly hardy ; one of the 

 I finest border plants known, .pkt 5 cts. 



Ricinus Zanzibarensis, Giant Cas- 

 tor Bean— Leaves measure nearly four feet 

 across. From seed sown in the open ground 

 in May the plants are in full foliage early in 

 July, and attain a height of twelve to four- 

 teen feet. The enormous leaves beautifully 

 lobed, measure from two and a halfto nearly 

 four feet across. Planted as a solitary plant 

 on the lawn, it makes a perfect pyramid of 

 foliage, thickly set from top to bottom with 

 gigantic leaves. A dozen plants in a large 

 bed make a most picturesque sight, to be 

 admired from a long distance. The differ- 

 ence between the varieties in the coloring of 

 the grand bamboolike stems and long, slen- 

 der leaf stalks is most admirable. Mixed 

 varieties, pkt. 10 cts, oz. 25 cts. 



Ricinus— Castor Oil Beau. Noble plants 

 for Summer subtropical decoration. Height 

 five to fifteen feet, with imposing foliage 

 and flowers. Mixed varieties, pkt 5 cts. 



R.ocket Sweet— Mixed colors; fragrant 

 purple and white flowers, pkt 3 cts. 



Stock, Giant Perfection — A splendid 

 race, growing two and one-half feet high, 

 with large spikes of perfectly double flow- 

 ers of great substance. Mixed, pkt 8 

 cents. 



Stock, Ten W e e k s— Desirable pot 

 plants, as well as in the open garden. They 

 are greatly prized for cut flowers on account 

 of their fragrance and diversity of color. 

 To have a continuous succession of bloom; 

 sow at intervals from the beginning of 

 March to the end of May. Fine mixed. 

 pkt. 5 cts. 



New Large Flowering Globe Pyra- 

 midal Stock— A magnificent race, with 

 immense spikes of perfectly double flowers, 

 the individual blooms frequently measuring 

 from two to two and one-half inches in di- 

 ameter. In great variety of color, pkt 

 8 cts. 



Stock, New White Perpetual— Prin- 

 cess Alice, or "Cut and Come Again." Of 

 strong growth and fine branching habit, it 

 grows to the height of one and one-half 

 feet, and if sown early will produce unin- 

 terruptedly a great abundance of bloom 

 from June until November. The individual 

 flowers are uncommonly large, of the purest 

 possible white. The oftener they are cut 

 the better they seem to like it. pkt 

 10 cts. 



Stevia Serrata — Produces a mass of 

 tiny, star-shaped, pure white flowers. 

 Most excellent for bouquets. The plants 

 grow about eighteen inches high, the stems 

 branching freely and almost completely 

 covered with the corymbs of flowers; very 

 pretty in beds; unequaled for cutting. 

 pkt 5 cts. 



