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CALENDULA OFFICINALIS 



Per Pld. 



'Meteor." 



This new Marigold bears in profusion large yellow flowers, 

 which are regularly and distinctly striped with bright 

 orange. As it blooms as freely as any of the other Mari- 

 golds, it will prove to be a distinct and decided acquisition. 50 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA MANDARIN. 



A most beautiful and distinct new variety. The inner side of 

 the petals is of a rich orange color, the outer side being bril- 

 liant scarlet, of the type known in new fabrics as the man- 

 darin scarlet, and when in full bloom the plants of this 

 charming novelty present a gorgeous outline. The inner 

 surface of the flowers has a rich, silk-like appearance, re- 

 sembling the beautiful Bilk of the silkworm. The flowers 

 are of good substance 50 



GODETIA WHITNEYI "Brilliant." 



The flowers of this novelty are rich carmine, shading off to 

 light rose at the points of the petals. The plant is of fine 

 habit, dwarf and compact, and this, with its free-flow'ering 

 character, will make it, for massing, exceedingly showy and 

 effective 25 



GODETIA, Lady Albemarle. 



A hardy plant, growing about one foot in height. The flowers 

 are large, frequently measuring from three and a half to 

 four inches across, and are of an intense carmine crimson 

 shade ; the edges of the petals being slightly suffused with 

 pale lilac. It blooms very profusely, and remains for a long 

 time covered with blossoms . . . 25 



HOLLYHOCK, New Japanese. 



This superb variety is not a novelty of this season — in fact, it 

 is now four years since we first sent it out ; but as it will 

 always be an exceedingly shy seeder, it will probably never 

 attain the general cultivation it so richly merits. It is so 

 entirely distinct from any of the other varieties of Holly- 

 hock, as to make it much sought after on this account alone. 

 It differs from the ordinary sorts in its pyramidal form and 

 dwarf growth, growing only about two feet in height. The 

 flowers are of bright crimson, semi-double, blooming dur- 

 ing the summer months 50 



LARKSPUR, DWARF RANUNCULI- 

 FLOWERED. (Brown- Violet.) 



Of this new variety the plant attains a height of 12 to 15 inches, 

 growing column-shaped, bearing numerous flower stalks, 

 which are thickly studded with brown-violet blossoms 50 



LOBELIA CARDINALIS. 



One of our finest native plants, perfectly hardy, growing to 

 a height of four feet. The flower spikes, eight inches long, 

 are of an intense vermilion scarlet 25 



MATRICARIA EXIMIA, Fl. PL, Var. Crispa. 



A fine double white Feverfew, with foliage curled like the 

 finest double curled Parsley. The effect is said to be very 

 fine 25 



MIGNONETTE, The Prize. 



A most valuable variety, not altogether new, but which has 

 been but little grown in this country. One or two growers 

 of cut flowers, who supply the New York bouquet makers, 



Per Pkt. 

 and who were fortunate to secure some seed of this sort last 

 season, inform us that it is so much superior in every re- 

 spect to the ordinary kinds of Mignonette that it brought 

 them double the price usually paid for bunches of these. It 

 bears a very close, dense spike, entirely free from straggling 

 blooms; fully twice the ordinary size, and is as deliciously 

 fragrant as any 25 



NEWER BEGONIAS. 



Begonia, Incana. The foliage of this variety is covered 

 with a white down, giving it a singular appearance; 

 flowers scarlet 25 



Rubra. A variety of recent introduction of which 



seed is offered for the first time. Foliage of darkest 

 green; the color of the flowers is scarlet-rose, glossy 

 and wax-like 25 



AVasniiigtoniaiia. Also a new variety; winter flow- 



ering, with glossy leaves, and immense clusters of 

 rose-colored flowers 25 t 



NEW MIGNONETTE. 



(Reseda Odorata Compacta Glauca.) 



A new sort, which forms a circular bush eighteen inches in 

 diameter, and not more than nine inches in height; its fra- 

 grant blooms are of a shade entirely distinct in Mignonette, 

 being what might be called a glaucous shade of lilac. One 

 of the best new things we have ever met with 50 



NEW SWEET PEAS. 



It is now several years since any novel form of this old favor- 

 ite has been introduced, and we are sure that the two very 

 striking varieties named below will be universally welcomed. 



Sweet Pea, "Butterfly." The flowers of this beautiful 

 variety have a pure white ground, delicately laced 

 with lavender-blue. It possesses the same robust 

 habit as the older varieties, is deliciously fragrant, 

 and will prove exceedingly valuable for bouquets. .25 



"Violet Cj,iieen." "Violet Queen" is dwarfer 



in habit than any of the other varieties; seed also 

 is quite distinct in appearance. The flowers of this 

 variety are of a deep violet hue 25 



PETUNIAS, New Large-Flowering Single and 

 Double. 



It is almost impossible to believe, without having seen, the 

 wonderful advance that has been made during the past 

 three years in these new classes of Petunias, both in the 

 double and single varieties. The flowers, besides being 

 nearly twice the size of the ordinary sorts, embrace nearly 

 every imaginable shade of carmine, violet, rose, crimson, 

 white and purple, as well as being blotched and mottled in 

 all manner of ways. We offer below of — 



NEW SINGLE SPECIES. 



Petunia Hybrida Granrtiflora Alba. Largo, pure 



white. 



Fimbriata. Beautifully fringed, all shades. 



Kerinesina. Crimson, with white throat. 



Maculata. Spotted violet and purple. 



Purpurea. Fine deep purple. 



Striata. Prettily striped and streaked, in 



all colors. 

 Any of the above Single Species, 75c. per packet, or the collec- 

 tion of 6 species for $4.00. 



