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BOLGIANO'S TESTED RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS.-2c 

 a Paper, 12 papers 25c all Varieties Free by Hail except 

 Nicotiana Sanderae which is 25c PKt 



ANNUALS attain fall growth from seed, flower and die 

 in one year. 



BIENNIALS grow from seed one year, bloom and die 

 the next, though some varieties bloom the first season 

 when sown early. 



PERENNIALS last for several years, blooming annu- 

 ally after the first season, though some varieties will 

 bloom the first season if sown early. 



The Greatest Flowering Novelty 

 of the New Century. 



SCARLET NICOTIANA 9j 



(SANDERAE 



A gorgeous plant with large bright carmine 

 flower. PKts. 25c each. 



Nicotiana Sanderse bears large, brilliant carmine 

 red flowers on bushy, many branching plants 2 

 feet high; the shape of the flower resembles that 

 of affinis, but having a short, stout tube, and it 

 comes true from seed. 



Plants raised in spring by the same manner 

 and method as any of the hardy annuals will 

 flower in May, and will give a continuous display 

 of bloom all the summer and autumn in the open 

 ground, and will make extraordinary branched 

 specimens, retaining their leaves to the base, as 

 shown in the photograph. 



It is the hardy 

 annual of the cen- 

 tury. Among Nico- 

 tiana we know 

 nothing approach- 

 ing it in point of 

 floriferousness, nor 

 in its graceful and 

 copiously branch- 

 ing habit. The 

 whole plant is laden 

 with flowers from 

 base to summit — ■ 

 literally ablaze 

 with most hand- 

 some carmine - red 

 blossoms, thous- 

 ands of which are 

 produced on a sin- 

 gle plant. 



The photograph 

 shows a plant 

 grown in the open 

 ground at St. Al- 

 bans last year. Its 

 combined hardi- 

 ness and character 

 of producing flow- 

 ers continuously in 

 all kinds of soil 

 and situation under 

 all circumstances 

 are undeniable rec- 

 ommendations ; 

 and we certainly 

 know of no plant 

 that produces such 



an abundance of blossoms for the little care 

 that is necessary to bestow on it. This valua- 

 ble novelty is undoubtedly destined for uni- 

 versal use, and every one can grow it success- 

 fully. It is a plantforthe millions, possessing 

 all the best qualities of Nicotiana affinis, with 

 myriads of lovely Calanthe-like blossoms. It 

 is decidedly much more branching in habit, 

 and of far greater floriferousness than any 

 other Nicotiana. Although the odour of N. Sanderse is not so 

 powerful as that of its white parent, yet there is a decidedly 

 delicious, sweet scent. 



This hardy plant, with its rosy-carmine flowers, produces a 

 startlingly beautiful effect in the gardem Such an intensely glow- 

 ing rosy-carmine color is unknown in any plant of similar 

 character; and either in flowerbeds, shrubbery borders, or in the 

 wild garden— in fact, in any position among annuals of any color 

 or kind of foliage, whether in the background or in the open, 

 this incomparably beautiful plant is charming. Seed sown in 

 January, pricked out in the ordinary way that hardy annuals are 

 treated, transplanted in May in the position where itis intended 

 to flower, is all that is necessary. There is no plant that is easier 

 to grow. The care given to the most ordinary annual will suit 

 this new Nicotiana admirably, and for a minimum of care a 

 maximum wealth of its Calanthe-like blossoms can be had in 

 the garden all the summer and autumn. 



We sell packets at a very low price, so our 

 humblest customer may purchase and enjoy the 

 greatest variety of Beautiful Flowers. A millionaire 

 cannot buy better Flower Seed than these we 

 offer, though he be willing to pay $100 a packet. 

 CULTURE OF FLOWER SEEDS. 

 Provided the soil is in a proper state, flow- 

 er seeds may be sown in the open border in 

 the months of April and May, or as soon 

 as the soil becomes dry and easily crumbled, 

 after the spring frost has disappeared. 

 They may also be sown in prepared beds of 

 light, rich soil, and transplanted into the gar- 

 den. The former is the more simple method, 

 but not always as satisfactory. The better plan 

 is to sow all fine seeds under glass in a green- 

 house, hot-bed or in the house. As to the depth 

 to which seed should be covered, the best gen- 

 eral rule is to cover fine seeds very lightly, just 

 enough to protect them from the sun; and in 

 extremely dry weather a sprinkling of damp 

 moss is very useful. With very fine seeds it is 

 best to sow on the surface, and press them light- 

 ly into the soil. We are convinced that one of 

 the most frequent causes of failure is in sowing 

 the seed too deep, and seedsmen are unjustly 

 censured, when fault lies with the cultivator. 



Bolgiano 



&Son:( 

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 exception thei 

 finest I have( 

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 bloomingC 

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 entire season. ( 

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 ^pleasure. 

 Robert 

 A. Welsh. 1 



October 10, 1904. 

 J. Bolgiano & Son: 

 i Baltimore, Md. 



C Gentlemen — I have better success with 



C your Flower Seed than any I have ever used. 



Mrs. J. A. Wilson, 



Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. 



