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•FLOWER SEED SPECIALTIES 



:: AFRICAN GOLDEN DAISY. 



IMPROVED VARIETIES OF 



Sweet Alyssum. 



LITTLE DORRIT. Forms perfect little bushes 

 fairly smothered with miniature white flowers; 

 a gem for edgings and beds. Annual, 4 inches 

 high Pkt. 10c. 



"Carpet of Snow." The old-fashioned Sweet 

 Alyssum has been too long a favorite to need 

 any introduction here. This new variety emits 

 the same honey-like perfume, is of purer white, 

 and grows only 2 to 3 inches high and flowers 

 even more profusely; in fact, it is a perfect 

 carpet of snow throughout the season. We 

 have counted as many as 300 heads of pure 

 white flowers open on one plant at one time. 

 For edgings and bedding this is a very satis- 

 factory little annual. Per ounce, 50c. Pkt. 10c. 



Tom Thumb or Little Gem Sweet Alyssum. 

 This is one of the finest plants for edgings and 

 low beds, flowering in unparalleled profusion 

 for months. * foot. (See cut.) Per ounce, 

 30c T Pkt. 5c. 



Antirrhinum, flovveSng. 



These form brilliant garden beds, flowering 

 profusely and continuously the first season 

 from seed. Unusually effective bedding displays 

 are made from these noble plants; they grow 

 about 2 feet high, are healthy and stocky, and 

 completely enveloped with large snap-dragon 

 flowers of splendid texture and substance, render- 

 ing them very durable under all conditions of 

 weather; their continuous-blooming qualities, 

 ease of culture and independence of heat and 

 drought, and pure, bright colors, should entitle 

 them to a permanent plpce in gardens. Although 

 perennials, they do splendidly when grown as 

 annuals; spring-sown seed produces flowering 

 plants by July, which continue to bloom in 

 increasing profusion until frost. The flowers are 

 nearly double the size of the older sorts- (See cut.) 

 Giant-flowering. Mixed Colors . .Pkt. lOe. 



Giant Yellow Queen. Pure yellow lOe. 



Giant Scarlet. Brightest scarlet 10c. 



Giant Niobe. Garnet, with white throat. . 10c. 



Giant Rose. Delicate rosy-pink 10c. 



Giant Striped. Yellow, striped red 10c. 



Giant White. Pure snow-white 10c. 



The collection of above 6 separate colors. . 50e. 



A U DWARF, LARGE- 



Antirrhinum, flowering 



Stocky plants, 6 inches high; enveloped with 

 flowers during the summer; especially fine for 

 garden bedding. 

 Dwarf, large-flowering. White Pkt. lOe. 



" " Yellow 10c 



" '* Scarlet 10c. 



" " Coral-rose. . . . 10c. 



" " Mixed Colors. 10c. 



The collection, 1 pkt. each of above five separate 

 colors 40c. 



(Dimorphotheca Aurantiaca.) 



Rare and extremely showy 

 annual from South Africa, 

 destined to become a great 

 favorite on account of its very 

 easy culture and its beautiful 

 'flowers. The plants, of neat 

 : bran^hing habit, grow about 

 12 inches high, and flower in 

 exceeding profusion. The 

 single daisy-like blossoms, 2i 

 to 2| inches in diameter, are 

 of a unique shade of glossy 

 terra-cotta orange, which bril- 

 liant coloring is rendered the 

 more conspicuous by the dark- 

 colored disc surrounded by a 

 black zone. This splendid an- 

 nual is well adapted for groups 

 or borders; it stands the heat 

 finely and produces its pretty 

 flowers very early in sunny 

 situations and will continue to 

 flower during the summer 

 months. A bed in full bloom 

 is a magnificent sight on bright 

 days. This novelty gained an 

 award of merit at the Temple 

 Show, London Pkt. 25c. 



ARCTOTIS 



GRANDIS. 



Handsome new annual, forming 

 branched bushes about 2 to 2i feet 

 in height and breadth. Leaves whit- 

 ish. The flowers are borne on long 

 stems well above the foliage, are 

 large and showy, 2$ to 3 inches 

 across; pure white on the upper sur- 

 face, embellished by a yellow zone 

 at their centre; reverse of petals pale 

 lilac. Under the influence of bright 

 sunlight the flowers spread out almost 

 flat, and the pure white of the ray 

 florets contrasts beautifully with the 

 light blue disc with its slightly pro- 

 jecting white stamens, a lovely com- 

 bination of colors. Of easy culture; 

 flowers abundantly from early sum- 

 mer to autumn. (See cut.) Pkt. 10c. 



Henderson's Choice Collections of Flower Seeds ° P ag e 72" will furnish a Complete Garden Supply at a saving of one-third. 



