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— PAPAVER. 



mown hardy annuals, 

 iii g reat profusion 



Well 



^ti||S|8|g&%. flowering 



5^6. throughout the Summer 



THE SHIRLEY. 



(</) Everyone knows the old 

 common corn poppy, or red weed, 

 with its bright scarlet flowers. 

 This is a strain of this magnificent 

 species, which sports to number- 

 less shades of color, from pure 

 white to rose, pink, carmine and 

 deepest crimson. If cut when the 

 Sowers first open, they may be 

 kept many days in bouquets. 

 Package, 5c. 



PAEONY — Flowered, mixed. 

 Packet. 5c. 



TULIP FLOWERED. — Produces large, splendid 

 bright scarlet flowers 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 beauti- 

 ful, reminding one of a dazzling bed of tulips; hardy 

 annual; about one foot high. Package, 5c. 



STOCK, TEN WEEKS. 



ALL the varieties are desirable as pot plants, as well as 

 in the open garden. They are greatly prized for cut 

 flowers on account of their fragrance and colors. 



GIANT PERFECTION — A splendid race, growing 

 two and a half feet high, with large spikes of perfectly 

 double flowers of great substance and beauty. Mixed. 

 Per package, 5c. 



DWARF GERMAN TEN-WEEKS Fine mixed. 



Package, 5c. 



VICTORIA LARGE-FLOWERING Choice mixed. 



Package, 5c. 



VICTORIA LARGE-FLOWERING. — Blood-red, 

 pure white and purple-violet. Each color, per package, 5c. 



WHITE PERPETUAL (Princess Alice; or, "Cut and 

 Come Again",) .—Of strong growth and fine branching 

 habit, it grows to the height of one and a half feet, and if 

 sown early will produce uninterruptedly a great abundance 

 of bloom from June until November. The individual 

 flowers are uncommonly large, of a fine, rosette-like shape, 

 and the purest possible white. The flowers appear on each 

 little shoot, and the oftener they are cut the better they 

 seem to like it. Per package, 10c. 



PRIMROSE, EVENING. 



(Enothera.) 

 (p2) The Primrose is chiefly 

 valuable as a greenhouse or win- 

 dow plant, and is fine for Winter 

 and Spring blooming, being as 

 easily grown as a geranium. It 

 delights in a cool place and a rich 

 soil composed of two parts of 

 loam to one of decayed manure 

 and leaf-mold. If intended for 

 outdoor culture, the seed must be 

 sown under glass and shaded dur- 

 ing the hot weather, keeping the 

 plants well watered. Packet, 5c. 



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SALVIA-SPLENDENS. 



(Large-Flowering Scarlet Sage). 

 Under our hot Summer sun, "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. A 

 single plant will carry as many as two hundred spikes of 

 flowers, each spike ten to twelve inches in length. A 

 " packet " contains more than one hundred seeds. Pkt, 5c. 



IMPROVED SCARLET. 



Packet, ioc. 



SNAPDRAGON.- (See Antirrhinium.) 



SWEET WILLIAM. 



(Dianthus Barbatus.) 

 For display in the garden 

 the Sweet William is unsur- 

 passed. The seed can 

 be planted very early 

 in the Spring, in open 

 ground, and will blos- 

 som the following 

 Summer, or it can be 

 sown i n Au- 

 gust, and will 

 make fine 

 bloomingplants 

 for Spring. 



Hardy peren- 

 nial; one and a 

 half feet high. 



Fine Mixed, 

 Packet, 5c. 



Mixed Double, 



many colors. 



Packet, 5c. 





WALL FLOWER.— (Cheiranthus Cheiri). 



The large, massive spikes of the Wall Flower are very 

 conspicuous in beds and borders, and very useful in mak- 

 ing bouquets. Sow the seed early in hot-beds, and while 

 the plants are small, prick them out into pots, and sink the 

 pots in the earth. On approach of cold weather, remove 

 the pots to the house, and they will bloom all Winter. 

 Tender perennial; one and a half feet high. 



EARLY BROWN — Brownish-red, fragrant flowers; 

 large, thick spikes; early. Tender biennial. Package, 5c. 



GOLDEN TOM THUMB — Free flowering, of dwarf 

 and compact habit; recommended for Spring bedding. 

 Package, 5c. 



MIXED DOUBLE Package, 5c. 



SUNFLOWER, TALL.-(Helianthus). 



Stately growing plants, with immense golden yellow 

 flowers. Showy for backgrounds and shrubberies. Good 

 to absorb the miasma of low grounds. The seed is also 

 healthful food for poultry. 



SWEET ROCKET.-(Hesperis). 

 This is a profuse bloomer, fragrant and attractive. Pe- 

 rennial. 5c. a package. 



EIGHT LARGE 5c PACKAGES FLOWER SEEDS, 25c. 



