MANNS’ SUPERIOR 
Our constant aim is to supply our customers with/[the very best 
domestic and imported strains obtainable. We spare no expense 
in our efforts to maintain the highest standard of quality. Our 
list contains those varieties which are most popular because of 
their beauty, usefulness, and ease of cultivation. 
Annuals are those which attain full growth, bloom and die the 
same year, and are raised from seed exclusively. 
FLOWER SEEDS 
Biennials attain full growth, bloom and die the second year 
from the planting of seed. 
Perennials produce plants the first year, which with a few ex- 
ceptions do not flower until the second year from planting of seed, 
after which they bloom every year and last several years. 
The class to which each variety belongs is indicated as follows: 
(A) for Annuals; (B) for Biennials; (P) for Perennials. 
ACHILLEA (P) 
PTARMICA, fi. pl. Small double white flower in great profusion. 
perennial for cutting, and very fine for the foreground of shrubs and for borders. 
geraniums. 
oz., 75c. 
4 inches. 
flower heads. 
until frost. 
(OZ=; 7 5Ce 
Sweet Alyssum. 
weeks after planting seed and requiring the least attention of all flowers. 
and dwarf, its white flowers greatly enhancing the beauty of any bed or border. Height 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 50c. 
Very useful in borders of tall plants, among shrubs, e a 1 
type has large feathery plumes or sprays of rich crimson coloring while the other is 
grown exclusively for the brilliant-colored leaves. 
CAUDATUS. (Love Lies Bleeding). Plants of erect growth three to four feet high 
producing numerous feather sprays of rich crimson color. 
SALICIFOLIUS. 
high, with long hanging flower heads and foliage of a deep purple coloring. 
10c; 14 oz., 40c. 
SPLENDENS. 
Pkt., 10c; 14 oz., 25c. 
TRICOLOR. (Joseph’s Coat). 
brilliantly colored foliage. 
One of the finest blue flowered plants growing 4 ft. tall. 
An excellent plant for the background to hide walls or fences. Pkt., 10c; 
ANTIRRHINUM or Snapdragon (P) 
This border and bedding plant of long blooming season is now one of the best per- 
ennials suitable for flowering as an annual. 
tubular flowers with spreading lobes and finely marked throats are fragrant as well 
as brilliantly-colored. 
above the dark glossy leaves and keep fresh for a long time. 
For flowers the first season outdoors, sow seed very early under glass and transplant 
to open border as soon as the ground is warm and dry, in rich loamy soil in a sunny situ- 
ation, setting one foot apart each way and giving them plenty of water: or sow the 
2 ft. tall. Blooms freely during July and August. An excellent 
Pkt., 10c; 7; oz., 60c. 
AGERATUM (A) 
Splendid for bedding or pot culture, covered from June until frost with a mass of 
very attractive flowers of a tufted appearance. 
Large-flowered White, large-flowered Blue or Mixed. Pkt., 10c; 
Very effective when contrasted with 
ALYSSUM (A) 
Little Gem. Very popular border flower, coming into bloom six 
Very erect 
AMARANTHUS (A) 
or in centers of large beds. One 
Pkt., 10c; 4 Ib., 35c. 
Grows two to three feet 
Pkt., 
(Willow-Leaved or Fountain Plant). 
(Rainbow Plant). Beautiful variegated foliage with large crimson 
Similar to Splendens, having a single erect stalk of 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c. 
ANCHUSA ITALICA (P) 
Magnificent spikes from June 
The long showy spikes of curiously-shaped 
hey are very desirable for cutting as the blooms are borne well 
seed in August or September and cover the plants with a mulch on approach of cold 
Antirrhinum 
weather. 
in this case give them the same temperature and 
These fall-sown plants may be transplanted into pots and flowered, and 
treatment as geraniums and car- 
nations. Tender perennial, often treated as an annual or biennial, attains a growth of one and one-half to two feet high. Special mixtures 
of the very best delicate colors. Giant Mixed, pkt. 10c; 14 oz. 60c; oz., $2.00. 
Tall Mixed and Semi-Dwarfed Mixed, pkt. 10c; 
Yj oz. 50c; oz. $1.50. SEPARATE COLORS: Giant Type, pkt. 10c; oz. $3.00. Tall and Semi-Dwarf types, pkt. 10c; oz. $1.50. 
