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J. riANNS & CO.'S CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS. 



JYfarigolds. 



-{Dwarf French.) 



Well-known garden favorite of quick growth and very free- 

 flowering habit. Seed can be sown thinly in shallow drills when 

 trees are starting out in leaf, or the young plants may be started 

 in boxes of light earth in the sunny window of a warm room and 

 set in the flowerbed when danger of frost is over, thus producing 

 flowers earlier in the summer. This Dwarf French class forms ball- 

 like bushes twelve to fifteen inches in height, with finely cut fern- 

 like foliage of deepest green. 



Double Dwarf Mixed, — Fine double flowers in a 

 grand assortment of brightest colorings and markings. 

 Pkt., 5c.; oz., 20c. 



Marigolds— {African, or Tall.) 



Plants grow two and a half feet high, producing large, 

 very double, full-centered flowers two and a half to three 

 inches in diameter. Rich and glowing in color, double 

 mixed. All shades of large double flowers. Pkt., 5c.; 

 oz., 20c. 



JYasturtium, ^warf. 



-{TropcEolum.) 



Nasturtium. 



One of the most satisfact 

 flowers in the whole list to grow, 

 for they will thrive in any situation 

 and in any kind of soil; in fact, the 

 poorer the soil the more profusely 

 will they bloom, as rich soil tends 

 to increase the growth of the fol- 

 iage rather than that of the flow- 

 ers. Great improvement has been 

 made of late in the size and color 

 of the flowers. They run the en- 

 tire gamut of colors from white to 

 black, and some of the combina- 

 tions are most beautiful. One 

 great advantage they have is that 

 the oftener the flowers are pluck- 

 the more profusely will they 

 bloom. All colors, fine mixed. Pkt., oc ; oz., 15c. 



Tall Nasturtium.— (See Climbers.) 



Moonflower- — (See Climbers.) 



Itiarvel of Peru, or 4 0' Clock -{^i^rabius.) 



Handsome, free flowering, sweet scented. Blossom 

 variegated, striped and various colors, blooming in profusion 

 simultaneously about 4 o'clock in the afternoon Perennial 



Fine mixed. Variegated leaved, 



mixed. Pkt., 5c. 



JYicotiana. 



(Or Tobacco Plant.) 

 Affiuls. — A handsome genus 

 of garden plants of the Tobacco 

 family, which are noted for the 

 freedom and fragrance of their 

 bloom. Half-hardy annuals, three 

 feet high. Flowers white, salver- 

 shaped, having long, tubular cor- 

 ollas, and are of exquisite fra- 

 grance. Deserve a place in every 

 garden. Pkg.,5c. 



phlox, — ^rummondii. 



Fine Mixed. — An excellent 

 strain, containing all colors of the 

 original well-known Drummond 

 Phlox. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 50c. 



Starred and Fring'ed 

 Phlox. — These are the most dis- 

 tinct and striking Phlox we have. 

 The flowers have a most distinct 

 and star-like appearance, their at- 

 tractiveness being greatly enhanc- 

 ed by the broad, white margins 

 which border the edges of the 

 petals. Mixed. Pkt., 5c. 



Star of Quedlinburg.— 

 Star Phlox, extra choice mixed. 

 Pkt., 5c. 



pOttulaca, or Mexican Rose. 



There are scarcely any flowers in cultivation that make such a 

 dazzling display of colors as a bed of Portulacas. They are in 

 bloom from about the first of .July till killed by frost in autumn. 

 Tender annual; about six or eight inches high. They will stand 

 any amount of dry weather. 



Finest Single, Mixed.— This embraces the great- 

 est variety of colors and markings. Flowers are self-color- 

 ed in rich glowing shades, and the plants are brightly strip- 

 ed and flaked with contrasting colorings. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 35c. 



Double Rose Flowered, Mixed.— This straiii is 

 unsurpassed for brilliancy and beauty. From our choice 

 strain more than half the plants will produce magnificent 

 double flowers; single flowered plants can be pulled out, 

 leaving the double ones to spread over the entire surface of 

 the bed. Pkt., 5c.; oz., $1.50. 



Petunia. 



The two varieties of single Petunias are very 

 distinct, one producing numerous small fiowers, and 

 the other, the Grandiflora section, bearing immense 

 flowers four to five inches in diameter. For bed- 

 ding the former variety is the better, but for single 

 specimens the latter gives the greatest satisfaction. 



They are very hardy, free-Uowering, and bloom from June until 



frost. 



Hybrida, Mixed. — This includes the brightest 

 striped and blotched colorings of the regular small flowered 

 Petunias It makes a fine display when sown broadcast 

 and allowed to grow thickly. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 50c. 



Extra Large Flowering Mixed. — Plants of 

 strong, vigorous growth and great freedom of flower. The 

 flowers are of larger size, with larger and more spreading 

 throat than those of the common varieties, and come in 

 many bright shades of coloring. Pkt., 10c. ; >^ oz., $1.00. 



//ew Cjiant of California Petunias, 



The flowers are exquisitely ruffled and fringed and of enormous 

 size, often measuring five inches across, but their great merits lie 

 in the innumerable blotchings and stripings; some of the colors 

 are ricn and gorgeous, and others of lovely delicate shades. 



Splendid Mixed, Choicest Varieties. Pkt. 15c. 



poppy, —Papaifer. 



Tnlip Flowered. — Produces 

 large, splendid bright scarlet flow- 

 ers well above the foliage. The 

 two outer petals of the flower form 

 a tulip cup, and after a time black 

 spots appear at the base of each 

 petal. Strikingly beautiful, re- 

 minding one of a dazzling bed of 

 tulips; hardy annual; about one foot 

 high. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 20c. 



Improved Double Carna- 

 tion. — A grand strain, embracing 

 a wide range of distinct shadings 

 and colors in these beautiful flow- 

 ers all of which are wonderfully 

 double and petals beautifully 

 fringed. Pkt , 5c ; oz., 20c. 



