1900 



Book of Flowers 



MISS MARTHA HISER, 



Seedswonian and Florist, 



URBANA, OHIO. 



MY SEEDS ARE ALL NEW AND FRESHJHIS YEAR'S CROP. 



SURE TO GROW AND BLOOM WHERE OTHERS FAIL. 

 I DO NOT SELL CHEAP SEEDS. I DO SELL SEEDS CHEAP. 



HflW tn ^Pllfl Ma ke y° ur remittance by Postoffice 



llUlf IU OGIIU Money Order, Express Money Order 



MflNPY ° r New York or Chicago Bank Draft; 



III U II L I these three methods are absolutely safe. 



If lost a duplicate can be had from the issuing office; you 

 may select any packet of Seed to cover the cost of your re- 

 mittance. Do not send personal checks on your local bank, it 

 costs 15 to 25 cents to collect them. The proper remittance 

 must in all cases accompany the order. It will save me time 

 and you worry. 



New Ever-Blooming 



Allegheny Fringed Hollyhocks 



Blooms the First Year From Seed. 



A New Type of Hollyhocks. 



HIS grand new new flower is a decided improvement in 

 more than one particular over the old-fashioned va- 

 riety. Its first point of merit is the fine transparent, 

 fringed Chrysanthemum-shaped flowers ; which look as 

 though they were made up of crushed silk ; so fine are these 

 flowers in texture that one would never suspect they were 

 related to the old-style Hollyhock. 



; One has to see this plant in bloom to appreciate its clear, 

 transparent colors, which make a row shine with rainbow 

 effect. We advise everybody who has a garden no matter 

 how large or small to sow a packet of seed of this beautiful 

 plant. 



The "Allegheny" is a perpetual bloomer, as it has from two 

 to four buds at base of each leaf where the old style has only 

 one. All of these buds develope into flowers in rotation, the 

 largest buds first, then the smaller ones, and so on until they 

 have all opened up to beautiful flowers. This is the greatest 

 novelty among flowers for years. The great height of the 

 column, like pyramidal spikes, thickly studded with flowers, 

 adds materially to the decorative value, and unless one has 

 seen this new plant in front of a porch one would never sus- 

 pect the ornamental possibilities of the Allegheny. If water- 

 ed well they grow wonderfully high, if watered scantily or 

 not at all they grow to a less height. As cut flowers they are 

 immense. A plate filled with these flowers is a handsome 

 thing to look at, and as flowers to wear they are wonderfully 

 lasting. The colors are shell pink, rose and ruby red, a shade 

 or two deeper at the center, and exquisitely tinted towards 

 the edge. The flowers do not, as on the other double Holly- 

 hocks, rot on the stems, but drop as soon as they fade. The 

 illustration gives an idea of these flowers, but does not near- 

 ly do them justice, as the fine graceful appearance and peer- 

 less shading cannot be reproduced; such colors are found 

 only in silks. Extra choice mixed seeds. Price, 10 cents per 

 pkt.. 3 pkts. for 25 cents. 



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