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MISS MARTHA HISER, URBANA, OHIO, 





MAMMOTH FLOWERING VERBENA 



SENSITIVE PLANT MIMOSA PUDCIA— Very chaste and 

 elegant in foliage, the leaves being delicately pinnated. 

 It affords much amusement bv its sensitive character — 

 even when slightly touched the'leaves instantly close and 

 droop; easily grown, pit. 3 cts. 



SWEET WILLIAM, PERFECTION. SINGLE MIXED — A 

 splendid strain: flowers of manv bright colors, large size 

 and varied markings, including" the finest auricula-eyed 

 varieties, pkt. 3 cts. 



SWEET WILLIAM, DOUBLE MIXED— Fine double flow- 

 ers, pkt. 3 cts. 



TECOMA SMITHII— Xot 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 a similar treatment: grown as a pot plant it 

 averages in height from 18 ins. to 2 ft. and flowers most 

 prof usely f or 9 months in the year; the tubular flowers, 

 about 2 inches long, are borne in massive clusters on the 

 tips of each new growth, and are bright yellow inside, 

 and of brilliant orange, flushed with scarlet on the out- 

 side, pkt. 15 cts, 2 for 25 cts. 



THUNBERGIA, FINE MIXED— Elegant, slender growing 

 climbers, rapidly covering wire tresses, hanging baskets, 

 etc., in the house, pkt 5 cts. 



TRITOMA— •■Red Hot Poker Plant," or "Torch Flower." 

 Splendid, hardy perennial plants, admirablv adapted for 

 single 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. 



TOREN1A, FOURN I ERIi— Lovely velvety-blue 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, delicatly 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. 



SALVIA COCCINEA GRANDiFLORA ROSEA— Very beautiful flow- 

 ers of an orange-rose color; height three feet. pkt. S cts. 



SCHIZANTHUS, OR BUTTERFLY OR CHRIST- 

 MAS ORCHID FLOWER— Elegant and very free 

 blooming annuals. of much interest and beauty, 

 and when well grown rival in singularity of 

 colors and markings of the orchids. Large 

 flowers spotted with crimson, lilac, purple and 

 yellow, and the petals are cut in 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, TALL GERMAN — Mourning 

 Bride. The perfectly double flowers are 

 useful for cutting; gracefully borne upon 

 lone, slender stems, well above the foliage, 

 pkt 3 cts. 



SCABIOSA SNOW BALL— Elegant double 

 white flowers, very chaste and charming 

 for bouquets, pkt 5 cts. 



SCABIOSA. NEW DOUBLE BLACK— A su- 

 perb varietv, with elegant black purple 

 flowers— so deep in color as to appear nearly 

 black, pkt 5 cts. 



SCABIOSA, NEW LARGE FLOWERING 

 DOUBLE, New— Round flowers, double. Col- 

 or, white to pink, crimson to red; some al- 

 most black. Valuable for cutting, pkt 6c. 

 SALVIA SPLEN DENS— Large Flowering Scarlet 

 Sage. This '-flame-colored beauty" is the most 

 gorgeous of all plants. For months the blaze of 

 flaming scarlet is intensely brilliant, with great 

 spikes of bloom completely concealing the foliage, 

 pkt. 8 cts. 

 SMILAX— Grown principally for its elegant green foliage, so in- 

 dispensable for floral work. Requires a sunny window and free 

 from dust. It grows very quickly from the seed. pkt. 5 cts. 



I NEW MAMMOTH VERBENA, FAMOUS MIXTURE— In 



this grand new strain has been developed a mammoth 

 Verbena that produces uniformly magnificent. large 

 trusses, with flowers of unusual size and of a wide range 

 of colors. The individual blossoms are frequently larger 

 than a silver quarter— in fact, manv are scarcely covered 

 by a silver half-dollar. Take a silver quarter and try to 

 cover anv of the single flowers of the corymb illustrated 

 herewith, and vou will realize how magnificent in size 

 are the single floret, as the illustration has beenaccu- 

 ratelv reproduced from a photograph, natural size. The 

 colors are varied, and embrace all desirable markings. 

 It is so grand that I want all my friends to have it, and 

 hence offer the seed at a very moderate price. Price per 

 pkt 10 cts; 3 pkts25 cts. 



VERBENA, HYBR1DA FINE MIXED— From a superb col- 

 lection of named varieties. Very large in flower and 

 corvmbs. and of the richest and most brilliant colors; is 

 one" of the finest strains in cultivation, pkt 5 cts. 



VERBENA, AURICULA-FLOWERED— Splendid flowers, of 

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



VERBENA, SCARLET DEF1AECE. True, brightest scar- 

 let, intensely rich, pkt 5 cts. 



VERBENA, PURE WHITE— Sea Foam or Candidissima. 

 A fine strain of large flowers, pkt 5 cts. 



VERBENA BLUE WITH WHITE EYE— Large blue flow- 

 ers, each with large white eye; very showy, pkt 6 cts. 



VERBENA, ITALIAN STRIPED— Very showy striped 

 flowers, of many bright colors, pkt 5 cts. 



V1NCA— Madagascar Periwinkle. Splendid house and 

 bedding plants. 'growing 18 inches high, with glossy green 

 leaves and beautiful circular flowers. From seed grown 

 earlv in the garden they will flower beautifully during 

 the "Summer and Autumn, and may be potted for the 

 bouse before frost. Mixed colors, pkt 5 cts. 



VIOLA ODROATA, SWEET VIOLET— The Popular Sweet 

 Violet flowers. being early in Spring, deliciously fragrant. 

 Thev lie in the ground a long time before germinating. 

 Several colors mixed, pkt 3 cts. 





SALVIA SPLENDENS 



SWEET VIOLET 



STEVIA SERRATA 



TORENIA 



