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Novelties and Specialties 



IN FLOWER SEEDS. 



IMPERIAL, JAPANESE MORNING GLORIES. 



During a visit to a customer's garden in our city we were surprised and de- 

 lighted at a strain of Morning Glories which he had obtained from a friend in 

 Japan. Indeed, they were a revelation to us. Such foliage and flowers we had 

 never before seen in all the Convolvulus family. The vines are strong and of ro- 

 bust growth, attaining a height of over 30 feet. The foliage is truly magnificent, 

 quite distinct from any of the other sorts of Morning Glories. Some have rich, 

 green leaves, others silvery grey, while many are spotted, striped and mottled in 

 a most quaint and beautiful manner. It is in the flowers, however, that we find 

 the most enchanting sight possible to be found in any of our climbing plants. 

 They are of gigantic size, often measuring 3 to 5 inches across. The colors of 

 the flowers are almost indescribable. It would require a Japanese artist to por- 

 tray their rich colors and quaint markings. The solid or self colors are remark- 

 able for their variety, ranging from the palest shades of pink or rose, down 

 through all the shades of crimson, scarlet, deep red, maroons and purple, light 

 azure blues, dark shades of blue, indigo, pure white and creamy or gray whites. 

 Many are beautifully striped and 

 splashed, while some have beauti- 

 ful zones around the outside edges 

 ■of the flowers. They are of the 

 easiest culture and make a magni- 

 ficent display around verandas, 

 arbors, trellises, etc., or they can be 

 grown with grand effect on poles 

 in the manner of Lima Beans. Sow 

 aarly in a good rich soil, in the 

 sunniest spot you have Jn your 

 garden, and water plentifully dur- 

 ing dry weather. 

 Pkt.,15cts.; 2 for 25 cts. 



Special offer of 6 splendid 

 Novelties for 75 cts. 



One packet each of our 

 two new climbers, 25 cts. new dwarf sweet pea, "cupw." 



IMPERIAL JAPANESE MORNING GLORIES. 



One packet each, Sweet Scented 

 Pansy, Branching Aster, Curled and 

 Crested Zinnias, New Dwarf Sweet 

 Pea "Cupid," for 50 cts. 



HYBRIDS OP MADAME GUNTER 

 NASTURTIUM. 



NASTURTIUM. 



New Climbing Hy- 

 brids of Madame 

 Gunter. 



Amagnificentnew class, 

 the result of years of care- 

 ful hybridizing by a 

 French specialist. The 

 distinguishing features 

 are the dark-colored foli- 

 age, and the remarkable 

 richness and variety of 

 coloring found in the flow- 

 ers. The colors in this 

 variety surpass anything 

 ever offered in the Nastur- 

 tum family, embracing twenty-two differ- 

 ent colors or shades of color, ranging 

 through various shades of rose, salmon, 

 bright red, pale yellow, etc., in self colors, 

 or spotted, mottled, striped and mar- 

 gined. For covering trellises, arbors, 

 rock work, fences, or by carefully peg- 

 ging down the shoots they can also be 

 made into handsome bedding plants. 

 Nothing can surpass the effect of their 

 brilliant flowers borne in such lavish pro- 

 fusion. This, coupled with the dark- 

 colored foliage, produces an effect seldom 

 met with in climbers. They are of the 

 easiest cultivation and continue in flower 

 from early summer till cut down by the 

 first frosts. 



Per pkt., 15 cts. ; 2 pkts. for 25 cts. 



NEW DWARF SWEET PEA, "CUPID." 



A unique, dwarf variety of the now justly popular Sweet Peas. The plant 

 does not grow over five inches in height and never more than twelve to fifteen 

 inches in diameter. The stems are about four inches long, bearing three blos- 

 soms, all very near the end of the stem. It is a very early and wonderfully free 

 bloomer. This remarkable variety can also be grown as a pot plant, and is 

 wonderfully attractive, the pure white flowers being borne gracefully above a car- 

 pet of bright green foliage, forming a pleasing sight for the eye to rest on. The 

 flowers are of a clear waxy white, rivaling in size and of greater substance than 

 those of Emily Henderson. For florists' work we believe this variety will prove 

 of real merit and ought to share the popularity of the Violet and Carnation. 

 Per pkt., 15 cts. 



ASTER— New Branching. 



A new variety flowering very late in the season, of strong branching habit 

 and robust growth, bearing flowers with twisted or wavy petals of remarkable 

 size, exceedingly handsome and graceful. The flowers are borne on very long 

 stiff stems, which makes it extremely valuable for arranging in vases, or work- 

 ing into floral pieces. For florists this is an invaluable variety, coming into 

 flower late in the season, just when good cut flowers are becoming scarce. 

 Owing to its strong branching habit, it should be planted a greater distance 

 apart than usually allowed to the other varieties of Asters. 

 Pkt., 10 cts. ; 3 for 25 cts. 



PANSY— Sweet Scented. 



A grand new class of Pansy, obtained by selecting and crossing Viola Cor- 

 nuta and V. Odorata, retaining all the size and beauty of the former, with the 

 delightful fragrance and long-stemmed habit of the latter. They are more 

 perennial than the ordinary sorts of Violas or Pansies; more tufted in their 

 habit of growth ; if planted out early in the season they will continue to produce 

 blooms all through the season. The flowers are bqrne on long stems as on the 

 Violet, which renders them very valuable for cutting. Although not all sweet 

 scented the greater proportion will be found to be of a very pleasing Violet odor. 

 Pkt., 20 cts.; 2 for 30 cts. 



ZINNIAS-Curled and Crested. 



A class of Zinnias which are an entirely new departure from the conven- 

 tional type of this well-known flower. The plant is of strong bushy habit and 

 produces in remarkable profusion flowers of exquisite beauty with a remarkable 

 range of colors, including pure whites, creamy whites, all shades of pinks, reds 

 and yellows. The flowers are borne well above the foliage and are large, full 

 and very double, the petals being twisted and ourled and crested in a most 

 graceful manner, greatly enhancing the appearance of the flowers. They are 

 certainly the most unique and charming of all the sorts at present in cultivation 

 of this most popular summer-flowering annual. 



10 cts. per pkt, 3 for 25 cts. 



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