SUPERIOR FLOWER SEEDS J. MANNS 
PETUNIAS (A) 
Very popular because of their free-flowering habit and ease 
of culture; succeeding in almost any soil and giving a mass of 
blooms from June until frost. Beautiful in beds and borders, 
growing 1 to 144 feet high. Our mixtures contain the best 
colors obtainable and are of the highest quality. 
HYBRID. Choice mixture, first quality. Pkt., 10c; 14 oz., 
25c. 
-HOWARD’S STAR. Finest striped colors mixed. PKt., 
10c; \% oz., 60c. 
NANA COMPACTA. Of dwarf habit, excellent for bedding. 
Pkt., 10c; 4 0z., 60c. 
HYBRID FIMBRIATA. Giant flowering fringed varieties, 
extra selected. Pkt., 25c; 1/8 oz., $9.00. 
PHLOX (A and P) 
Phlox makes a magnificent show in beds and masses where 
their brilliant and varied colors produce a gorgeous effect. 
Very easily raised and afford a bright display of flowers all 
through the summer. 
DRUMMONDII. Choice mixture, first quality. Pkt., 10c; 
Y{ oz., 35c. 
STAR PHLOX (Cuspidata). With 
dwarf growth. Pkt., 10c; 14 oz., 50c. 
FIMBRIATA. Fringed flowers of beautiful form and color. 
Pkt., 10c; 14 oz., 50c. 
LARGE FLOWERING DWARF VARIETIES 
DEFIANCE. Deep_ scarlet, very compact, free-flowering. 
Pkt., 10c; 14 oz., $1.50. 
DWARE MIXED. Selected colors, compact habit of growth, 
very effective in beds or borders. Pkt., 10c; Y% oz., 70c. 
HARDY PERENNIAL PHLOX 
DECUSSATA. Quite distinct from the above mentioned 
ieties, being very hardy and producing large heads 
star-shaped flowers 
annual varieties, 
of beautifully colored flowers, blooming in August and Sep- 
tember. Pkt., 10c; 14 oz., $2.00. 
POPPIES (A and P) 
Annual poppies should be planted as early in the spring as pos- 
sible in their permanent places as they will not stand transplanting. 
The Perennial or Oriental varieties should be sown thinly in the 
spring and the plants transplanted in September. They are ex- 
tremely hardy and when once established will remain for years, 
producing immense single flowers 4 inches in diameter. 
TULIP POPPY. One of the most brilliant annuals, the flowers 
are 3 inches in diameter and of a brilliant scarlet color, greatly 
resembling tulips. Pkt., 10c; 14 0z., 15c. 
THE SHIRLEY. Special strain mixed; fine for bedding or cut- 
ing; single annual. Pkt., 5c; }4 oz., 10c. 
Scabiosa 
& CO., Forrest and Hillen Sts., Baltimore, Md. 39 
Annual Poppies—Various Types 
CARNATION FLOWERED. Splendid double fringed flower: 
annual; mixed. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c. 
PEONY FLOWERED. Tall growing annual, very double; mixed 
colors. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c. 
DWARF PEONY FLOWERED. 
bedding. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c. 
HARDY PERENNIAL ORIENTAL POPPIES; ORIENTALE. 
Very charming, producing numerous leafy stems, 2% tt. high, with 
large deep crimson flowers, having a conspicuous black blotch on 
each petal; exceedingly showy. Pkt., 10c; 14 oz., 50c. 
MIXTURE of all the very best Oriental Varieties. 
Y% oz.,70c. 
Dwarf annual very useful for 
Pkt., 10c 
PORTULACA (A) 
Very showy annual, easily grown, and very effective when massed 
in beds or edgings. A profusion of brilliantly colored flowers are pro- 
duced throughout the summer. They thrive best in rather rich soil 
in a sunny situation. 
pe A is EXTRA DOUBLE MIXED.  Pkt., 10c; 
4 OZ., 1. 
LARGE-FLOWERING SINGLE MIXED. All colors. Pkt., 5c; 
4 oz., 20c. 
PRIMROSE (Primula) 
VULGARIS. Old English garden favorite, beautiful shade of yellow. 
Pkt., 10c; 1/8 oz., $1.50. 
AURICULA. Finest mixed, all colors. Pkt., 10c; 1/8 oz., $2.00. 
COWSLIP or OENOTHERA. Evening Primrose; free-flowering 
plants of easy cultivation, producing an abundance of brightly colored 
single flowers, which open on approach of twilight. Pkt., 10c; 14 
oz., 20c. , 
PYRETHRUM (P) 
Hardy extra double and semi-double mixed. Ranging in color from 
white to deep red, with yellow centers, blooming in May and June 
and again in the fall. The flowers are very large and somewhat sim- 
ilar to the Daisy or Cosmos. Pkt., 10c; 1/8 oz., $2.00. 
SENSITIVE PLANT - MIMOSA (A) 
Curious and interesting annuals, with pinkish-white flowers; the 
leaves close and droop when touched or shaken. Pkt., 5c; Y oz., 15c. 
RICINUS - CASTOR OIL BEAN (A) 
Ornamental plants of strong, stately growth, the foliage having 
the appearance of a tropical plant, very effective when planted in 
masses or as centers of Canna or Dahlia beds. 
ZANZIBAR. Extra mixed. Oz., 25c. 
SALVIA SPLENDENS or SCARLET SAGE (A) 
Very popular bedding plant, extensively used for lawn and conser- 
vatory decoration, bearing long spikes of brilliant flowers from July 
to frost. It is preferable to start the plants indoors very early in the 
spring and transplant to the beds when the weather has become warm 
and settled; also planted in the open ground in May with very favor- 
able results. Pkt., 10c; 14 oz., 80c. 
SNAPDRAGON. See Antirrhinum, page 34. 
SWEET ROCKET. See Hesperis. 
STOCKS - 10 WEEKS (A) 
One of the most popular annuals, either for potting or bedding. 
For brilliancy and diversity of color, fragrance, profusion and dura- 
tion of bloom it is unsurpassed. 
DWARF GERMAN DOUBLE MIXED. Pkt., 10c; 14 oz., 80c. 
SCABIOSA or MOURNING BRIDE (A) 
Fine free-flowering plants for mixed borders and highly esteemed 
for cut flowers. The blooms are borne on long, erect stems in globular 
heads in colors ranging from white to dark maroon. Height 2 to 244 
feet. Pkt., 10c; 4 0z., 20c. 
