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J. MANNS & CO.'S CHOICE SEEDS. 



PANSY. 



THIS well-known favorite is, without doubt, one of the 

 most satisfactory flowers to grow, especially now that 

 cultivation has brought forth such a bewildering va- 

 riety of forms, sizes and colors. If large flowers are wanted 

 in early Spring, the seeds should be sown in Autumn in a 

 frame. For Spring sowing, get the seed in as early as 

 possible, and keep the ground well watered and thor- 

 oughly stirred up to kill weeds. The Pansy delights in a 

 rich, moist soil, and the largest flowers are borne upon 

 young plants. While they require plenty of sunshine in 

 the Spring, the hot Summer sun is apt to dry them up and 

 cause the flowers to become small. Our seed is all from 

 carefully selected large flowers, and with proper care in 

 growing will yield handsome returns. 



BUGNOT'S VERY LARGE STAINED, MIXED. 



An extra large flowering beautiful five-blotched race; 

 plants vigorous, with short stalks bearing well above the 

 foliage immense flowers of fine form and substance. Extra 

 fine mixed. Package, 20c. 



LARGE FLOWERING PARISIAN, MIXED. 



The enormous, conspicuously blotched and stained flow- 

 ers of this strain are as large as the Trimardeau and have 

 a wide range of magnificent colors. They are borne on 

 stout stems which show their beauty to perfection and the 

 plant is very strong growing and hardy. The best sort for 

 florists. Package, 5c. 



LARGE FLOWERING PARISIAN — Very large 

 stained. Package, 5c. 



VIOLET, WHITE EDGED — Large flowering. 5c. 



PURE WHITE — Large flowering, 5c. 



LARGE BLACK AND BLUE Package 5c. 



EMPEROR FREDERICK — Velvety brown, shaded 

 into a narrow band of deep golden-yellow, which borders 

 each petal. Per package, 5c. 



EMPEROR WILLIAM — Large, handsome flowers, 

 brilliant ultra-marine blue, with purple violet eye, borne in 

 great profusion. Package, 5c. 



BLACK BLUE — Very rich and constant. Packet, 5c. 



LORD BEACONSFIELD — A highly attractive vari- 

 ety: deep violet, shading to heliotrope, and white on the 

 upper petals. Packet, 5c. 



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(Mimosa Pudica.) 



Sensitive Plant. 



An interesting and curious plant, with globular heads of 

 pink flowers, well known for the extreme irritability of its 

 leaves and foot stalks, which close and droop at the slight- 

 est touch, or in cloudy, damp weather, and during the 

 night. Tender annual; height, one and a half feet. Pack- 

 age, 5c. 



=PETUNIA.^ 



(a) The two varieties of single Petunias are very dis- 

 tinct, one producing numerous small flowers, and the other, 

 the Grandiflora section, bearing immense flowers four to 

 five inches in diameter. For bedding the former variety is 

 the better, but for single specimens the latter gives the 

 greatest satisfaction. The seeds of the double varieties are 

 not as strong as those of the single, and much care is 

 needed to get them to germinate. Seeds can be sown in 

 a cold frame, hot-bed, or open ground, and few flowers will 

 give greater pleasure. The}' are very hardy, free-flowering, 

 and bloom from June until frost. 



LARGE=FL0WER1NG SINGLE >ARIETIES. 



HYBRID (Large Flowering). — Striped and mixed. 5c. 

 per package. 



HYBRID (Large Flowering). — Fringed and stained. 

 5c. per package. 



GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA — Immense flowers of a 

 wonderful variety of colors, with deep throats and beauti- 

 ful veins. 10c. per package. 



SPOTTED AND STRIPED VARIETIES —Mixed. 

 5c. per package. 



LARGE=FLOWERING DOUBLE \ARJETIES. 



DOUBLE GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA In color 



and size the same as the single, but a beautiful mass of 

 petals. 20c. per package. 



DOUBLE FRINGED WHITE A splendid flower of 



immense size, and pure white velvety petals, being deli- 

 cately fringed. 20c. per package. 



CHOICE DOUBLE MIXED All colors. 10c. per 



package. 



RICINUS. (See Castor Bean.) 



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Portulaca. 



There are scarcely any flowers in cultivation that make 

 such a dazzling display of color 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. Not all the plants will come double, but the 

 single ones can be pulled out. They will stand any amount 

 of dry weather. 



GRANDIFLORA.—Mixed. Packet, 5c. 



GRANDIFLORA — Flora pleno mixed. Packet, 5c. 



GRANDIFLORA, DOUBLE FLOWERED Mixed. 



Packet, 5c. 



EIGHT LARGE 5c PACKAGES FLOWER SEEDS, 25c. 



