J. MANNS & CO.’S SELECTED FLOWER SEEDS. 
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Portulaca.—Continued. 
Double Rose Flowered, Mixed.—This strain 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. 
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(a) The two varieties of single Petunias 
ly are very distinct, one producing numer- 
f ous small flowers, and the other, the 
i 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. They are very hardy, 
free-flowering, and bloom from June until frost. 
Hybrida, Mixed.—This includes the brightest 
striped and blotched colorings of the regular small fowered 
Petunias. It makes a fine display when sown broadcast 
_ and allowed to grow thickly. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 50. 
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., I('c.; % oz., $1.00. 
New Giant 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 strip- 
ings; some of the colors are rich and gorgeous, and others 
of lovely delicate shades. 
Splendid Mixed, Choicest Varieties. Pkt., lic. 
Poppy .—Papa ver, 
(a) Tulip Flowered.—Pro- 
duces 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 
M\each petal. Strikingly beautiful, 
p teminding one of a dazzling bed of 
, tulips; hardy annnal; about one foot 
eS high. Pkt., 5c.; 0z.,20c. 
: [Improved Double Carna- 
<5 tion.—A grand strain, embracing 
xe 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. 
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Pansy. 
This well known favorite is, without doubt, one of the 
most satisfactory flowers to grow, especially now that culti- 
vation has brought forth such a bewildering variety 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 ear'y as possible, and 
| keep the ground well watered and thoroughly 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 sum- 
| mer 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 hand- 
| some returns. 
Bugpbot’s Giant Blotched.—Flowers of enormous 
| size, nearly circular in form, and in a great variety of the 
| handsomest and rarest colors, including some shades found 
| in no other variety. Each petal has a distinct, deeply col- 
| ored broad blotch. Pkt., 10c.; % oz, $1.00 
Giant President Carnot.—Similarto preceding, 
| in large size and splendid form, but the margin of petals is 
| a clear snowy white, while centers are heavily blotched 
| with a soft rich shade of violet blue. Pkt., 1c. 
Giant Emperor William.—Large flowers of a 
soft ultramarine-blue, with large distinct dark blue eye. 
Pkt., 10c. 
Giant Beaconsfield.—Extra large flowers of deep 
violet-blue, shading to white at the edges of the upper 
petals. Pkt., 10c.; % oz., $1.00. 
Peacock.—Large flowers of most beautiful coloring. 
| The underlying tint is a lovely ultramarine-blue, which 1s 
| framed and streaked with rosy carmine tints in a manner 
| whichresembles the brilliant eye of a peacock feather. The 
name is further justified by beautiful iridescent blending 
| of rich shadings. Pkt., 5c. 
Emperor Frederick.—Velvety brown, shaded toa 
narrow band of deep golden-yellow bordering each petal; 
the rich central portion is finely rayed with bright gold 
lines. Pkt., 5c. 
King of the Blacks.—Magnificent large flowers of 
| arich glossy black, having a peculiarly soft velvety appear- 
ance; distinct from the dead black of Faust. Pkt., dc. 
Jet Black.—Dr. Faust or ‘“‘ Black Knight.’’—Flowers 
| of large size and deepest dead black, being free from any 
glossy tint Pkt., dc. 
Large Flowering Parisian, Mixed. — The 
enormous, conspicuously blotched and stained flowers 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 bestsort for florists. 
Pkg., 5c.; \ oz., Toc. 
Passiflora.— (See Climbers. 
