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CHOICE FLOWER SEED 



BOLGIANO'S TESTED RELIABLE 

 FLOWER SEEDS. 



2c. a Paper; 12 Papers 25c. 

 FREE BY MAIL. 



WE secure from the most reliable growers of 

 Europe and America the choicest selected 

 varieties of the different kinds of flower 

 seeds and mix them ourselves, so that the purchaser 

 can feel fully assured of getting from us only first-qual- 

 ity, high grade flower seeds. 



Provided the soil is in a proper state, flower 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 frosts have dis- 

 appeared. They may also be sown in prepared beds 

 of light, rich soil, and transplanted into the garden. 

 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 greenhouse, hot-bed or 

 in the house. As to the depth to which seed should 

 be covered, the best general 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 slightly 

 into the soil. We are convined 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. 



1. AGERATTJM. MEXICANCM. (Blue and 

 \Vhite.) — The Ageratums are all very pretty, espe- 

 cially when grown in beds or borders; easy growth, 

 flowers abundantly out of doors in the Summer, or 

 in green houses in Winter; therefore very desirable for 

 bouquet making. Plants, 6x8 inches. 



2. ALYSSEUM. Benthum Procumbent. (Sweet White Car- 

 pet.) Flowers pure white in racemes, and of a peculiar delecate fra- 

 grance. Useful in all kinds of small bouquets. Hardy annuals; grows 

 I foot high. 



ASTERN. 

 BOLGIANO'S BEAUTIFUL ASTERS IN FINEST MIXTURE — 



Attract and delight all lovers of Flowers. They are put up in larga size 

 Floral Packets at 3c. each, or 1 dozen, by mail, 25c. Each package 

 has printed on the back full description of how to grow them. 



3. ASTER. CHINA. — Are surprisingly beautiful annual plants. All shades and colors are represented in 

 our assortment. The seed should be sown under glass or in a seed bed, and transplanted into deeply dug, 

 highly enriched soil, mulching with manure and irrigating. Water during drought is essential to a healthy, 

 vigorous growth. Plants grow 8 to io inches high. 



4. ASTER. German. (Quilled.) — These varieties are from Germany and saved from the finest double 

 sorts. Use rich soil and it "will produce fine, large flowers. Should be transplanted twice. Our Asters contain 

 perfection blue, white and crimson, dwarf Chrysanthemums, white branching quilled mixed, ray (new) comet, 

 white, imbricated yellow. 



5. JOSEPH'S COAT. (Amarantlius Tricolor.) Beautiful foilage plants, 

 invaluable for massing where striking contrasts in color are desired. Succeeds 

 best on light soil. Seed maybe sown out of doors after settled warm weather. 



6. LOVE LIES BLEEDING. (Amarantlius Caudattis.) Graceful, showy 

 flowers of blood-red hue. Good for background. 



7. SNAP DRAGON. (Antirrhirum.)— Dwarf Golden Queen, Queen of the 

 North Pictaratum, blotched, all large flowering. One of our most showy and 

 useful border plants. The more recently improved varieties of this valuable genus 

 have large, finely shaped ilowersof the most brilliant colors, with beautiful marked 

 throats; they succeed in any good garden soil, and are very effective in beds. Hardy 

 perennials, blooming the first year from seed, i to 2 feet. ' 



8. DUTCHMAN'S PIPE TINE. OR ARISTOLOCHIA ELEGANS Rapid, luxuriant, hardy peren- 

 nial climber; large leaves, making dense shade; flowers yellow and brown mottled and curiously shaped; 

 grows 30 feet high. 



9. COLUMBINE OR AQUILEGA.Single, double chrysantha, grandiflora, alba, glandulosa, first quality, 

 mixed. This plant blooms freely early in the Spring and Summer. They do best in moist situations, where 

 they form permanent clumps, growing about 3 feet high, bearing large, unique, spurred flowers, gracefully 

 hung on long stems. Thev make a brilliant effect on the plant and are equally showy as cut flowers. :'" 



10. BALSAM. DOUBLE MIXED. (Lady Slippers.) Improved Camelia flowered prize Balsam, 

 superior mixed. Balsams are among the finest Summer flowering annuals, being free bloomers and highly 

 colored. Useful in floral designs. 



11. BALSAM APPLE. (Vine.) Mormordica. — Very curious climbing vines, with ornamental foliage; 

 fruit golden yellow, warted, and when ripe opens, showing the seed and its brilliant carmine interior; fine for 

 trellises, rock work, stumps, etc.; annual; grows 30 to 50 feet in one season. 



12. BALLOON VINE. — A rapid growing, handsome Summer climber, having small white flowers which 

 are followed by seed vessels shaped like small balloons; grows from 10 to 15 feet high. 



13. EVER-BLOOMING BEDDING BEGONIAS. (Sempernorens.) Finest mixed. Take rank as 

 bedding plants with Geraniums and Colcus, doing equally well in full sunlight, and surpassing both in posi- 

 tions partially or wholly in shade. Furthermore, they are as easily raised from seed as the ordinary annuals 

 and can be started in early Spring in a hotbed or window, and have nice plants ready to set out in May, thus 

 saving all the room usually given to the carrying over of bedding plants. They are of stead}' growth, grow- 

 ing about 1 foot high and forming dense bushes, which from May until frost are completely hidden with 

 flowers. As pot plants for Winter flowering they are superb, remaining a sheet of bloom throughout the 

 entire year. 



14. DAISY DOUBLE. (Bellis Perenus.) Double White, Snowball, Longfellow, Maxima, Flora Plena. 

 The Daisy has been so far improved by selection and careful cultivation that good seed will give at least 80 

 per cent, of flowers, as large and double as any of the named sorts propagated by divisions of the roots and 

 sold at a high price. Splendid plants lor early Spring and Summer flowering, planted in partially shaded 

 situations. Are also excellent bloomers in the house. 



15. CALCEOLARIA HYBRIDA GRANDIFLORA.— Very large flowers, splendid strain, robust and 

 fioriferous. It is an ornamental plant, producing a mass of beautiful pocket flowers earl}' in the Spring, and 

 and a universal favorite for decorating. Our stock can be relied on to produce flowers of largest size and 

 most brilliant colors. 



WILD CUCUMBER This is the Quickest growing climber in our list. Grows wild, self-sown, in many 



parts of the West. It will grow thirty feet in one season. It is thickly dotted over with pretty white fra- 

 grant flowers, followed by an abundance of ornamental and prickly seed pods. For a trellis or pillar, no 

 annual vine is more chaste, and it will quicklv cover an old tree or an unsightlv building. Pkt., 5c. 1/2 

 Oz., 10c. Oz., 15c. 1/4 Lb., 40c. Lb., Si. 50. 



16. CALENDULA. — Dwarf bush annuals, blooming abundantly until frost; of easy culture;indispensable 

 for garden or pot-culture; grows 1 foot high, finest mixed. — 17. CALLIOPISES. — Golden Wave. Showy, beautiful, free-flowering annuals, 

 blooming all summer; excellent for cutting. — 18. CANTERBURY BELL. — Double or single, finest mixed, are new varieties, forming large, 

 pyramidal bushes. 2 ft. in diameter. Each branch producing a great number of large flowers of pale-blue lilac color. The plants in full bloom pre- 

 sent a regular flowering-pyramid of 100 open blossoms. Some of the varieties are hardy herbaceous perennials, thriving best in light, rich soil. 



SNAP DRAGON. 



