PETEt* HETifcE^SOri & CO., JlEW YOP^.— piiOWEt* SEED fiOVEIiTIES. 



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The Flowers shown on preceding Colored Plates. 



SIX SELECT NASTURTIUMS. 



Shown in colors on page 60. 



The varieties shown are of the improved climbing Lobbianum 

 hybrids, differing from the ordinary tall Nasturtiums by blooming 

 much more profusely and with greater brilliancy of coloring. For 

 covering trellises, fences, arbors, piazzas, trailing from vases, over 

 rock-work, etc., nothing can equal the gorgeous effect produced 

 by their marvelous quantities of bloom borne in uninterrupted 

 splendor from early summer until cut down by frost. Their ease 

 of culture and the few weeks of time required to bring them into 

 bloom, the rapidity of growth, luxuriant and dense, to a height of 

 12 to 15 feet, and their freedom from insects, render them worthy 

 of great popularity. 



Mercier Lacomb. ( See No. 17 on colored plate.) Dark purplish 

 crimson, rich and velvety. Per packet, 10 cts. 



Lilli Schmidt. (See No. 18 on colored plate.) Bright orange 

 scarlet ; splendid. Per packet, 10 cts. 



Asa Gray. (See No. 19 on colored plate.) Cream white, blotched 

 crimson maroon. Per packet, 10 cts. 



Napoleon III. (See No. 20 on colored plate.) Orange yellow, 

 occasionally flamed rosy scarlet, maroon blotches. Pkt. , 10 cts. 



Giant of Battle. (See No. 21 on colored plate.) Blood red, rich 

 and brilliant. Per packet, 10 cts. 



Ruby Rose. (See No. 22 on colored plate.) A charming and 

 unique color. Per packet, 10 cts. 



The collection, one pkt. of each, free by mail, for 50 cts. 



SWEET-SCENTED PANSIES. 



See No. 23 on colored plate, page 60. 



The perfume of the Violet : the beauty of the Pansy. 



DESTINED TO UNBOUNDED POPULARITY. 



This new class is the result of crossing the pansy (viola tricolor) 

 with the sweet violet (viola cornuta) ; the resulting hybrids, in 

 addition to retaining the delightful violet perfume, produce the 

 most beautiful pansy-like blossoms, 2 to 2^' inches across, of great 

 substance and of an endless variety of colors. The solid or selfs 

 are of remarkable purity, and include white, lemon, orange, claret, 

 crimson, maroon, lavender, purple, silver gray, rose, black, blue, 

 etc., etc. The fancy varieties are exquisitely tinted, striped, 

 blotched, feathered, picotee-edged, etc. Their combinations and 

 blendings of color are more chaste and harmonious than ordinary 

 pansies and more varied than the rainbow. 



The plants are of easy culture, of hardy, vigorous growth, form- 

 ing deep rooting, compact tufted clumps. Planted in masses or 

 lines, they form perfect mats covered with myriads of flowers. 

 They are more perennial in character than pansies, throwing out 

 new roots annually, adapting them, where situation and soil are 

 congenial, to permanent beds, edgings, etc., where they begin to 

 make our garden gay in spring almost when surrounded by snow, 

 and continue to bloom with marvelous freedom until autumn. 

 The flowers are borne on long stems which shoot up like the 

 violet directly from the roots, rendering the flowers of special 

 value for cutting purposes. They are not all equally fragrant, 

 though the majority are as highly scented as the sweetest violet, 

 and the other high merits of this new strain, aside from their per- 

 fume, destine them to wide popularity. 



This season we shall only offer "Sweet-scented Pansies" in 

 Mixed Colors. Price, per packet, 25 cts. 



Sweet Sixteen " Collection of Sweet Peas. 



Price, for collection, $1.00. 

 See descriptions and colored plate, pages 58 and 59. 



SIX GORGEOUS POPPIES. 



Slwwn on colored plate, page 61. 



These six poppies were selected at our trial grounds from over 

 one hundred varieties and species as the most beautiful and distinct, 

 and they certainly were gorgeous. The plants stand up strong and 

 luxuriant, 2 to "1% ft. high, each bearing from 6 to 12 enormous 

 flowers, 3 to 4 inches across, full and double, with buds still to 

 develop, thus keeping up a succession of bloom for several weeks. 

 They are of the easiest possible culture ; seeds sown in the open 

 ground in May will produce blooming plants by July. 



Rosy Morn. (See No. 24 on colored plate.) Exquisite rosy pink, 

 shading to salmon pink and white at the centre. Pkt., 10 cts. 



Lady in White. (See No. 25 on colored plate.) Large pure satiny 

 white. Per packet, 10 cts. 



Firebrand. (See No. 26 on colored plate.) Fiery bright orange 

 scarlet. Per packet, 10 cts. 



American Flag. (See No. 27 on colored plate.) A pure white 

 ground, margined dark orange scarlet. Per packet, 15 cts. 



El Dorado. (See No. 28 on colored plate.) Light yellow. Per 

 packet, 15 cts. 



Lavender Beauty. (See No. 29 on colored plate.) Kich, deep 

 lavender, shading to silvery lavender. Per packet, 10 cts. 



The collection, one pkt. of each, free by mail, for 50 cts. 



NEW PETUNIAS, 



"GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA." 



See colored plate opposite. 



A Californian strain of incomparable beauty, size and luxuriance. 

 Most of the flowers are exquisitely ruffled or fringed on the edges, 

 and are of enormous dimensions (4 to 5 inches across), but their 

 great merits lie in the tremendous varieties of colors, markings, 

 veinings, blotchings and stripings, in the most grotesque and 

 beautiful combinations; some with charming deep throats of 

 yellow, white, black, green or maroon, running off into intricate 

 veins. Some of the colors are rich and gorgeous and others of 

 lovely delicate shades. 



Giant "Rainbow." (See No. 30 on colored plate opposite.) Deep 

 throat of intense yellow with radiating veins and pencilings over- 

 laying rich ground colors of various tints. Per packet, 25 cts. 



Giant "Titania." (See No. 31 on colored plate opposite.) Boyal 

 violet purple, rich and velvety ; broad white margin. Per packet, 

 25 cts. 



Giant " Midnight." (See No. 32 on colored plate opposite.) The 

 coloring of this variety is rich beyond description ; dark claret 

 crimson with a surface bloom like that of a purple plum. In the 

 sunlight it looks like crumpled velvet. Immense flowers 4 to 5 

 inches across, with fringed edges and deep intricately veined 

 throats. Per packet, 25 cts. 



Giant "Harlequin." (See No. 33 on colored plate opposite.) A 

 beautiful strain, the flowers of large size and of different colors and 

 are all hieroglyphically blotched, spotted or striped with other 

 colors in charming confusion. Per packet, 25 cts. 



Giant " Ring of Emerald." (See No. 34 on colored plate opposite.) 

 Rich blood crimson curiously edged with light green. Per packet, 

 25 cts. 



Giant "Aurora." (See No. 35 on colored plate opposite.) The 

 handsomest of all Petunias, a particularly lovely shade of rosy 

 pink, with a distinct red band around the deep, exquisitely 

 penciled white throat ; the flowers are of immense size and perfect 

 shape. Per packet, 25 cts. 



Giant "Snowstorm." (See No. 36 on colored plate opposite.) 

 Extra large flowers, 4 to 5 inches in diameter, of splendid 

 substance ; purest glistening white with ruffled or fringed edges ; 

 deep yellow throat. Per packet, 25 cts. 

 The collection, one pkt. each of the seven varieties, free by mail, for $1.50. 



Giants of California. Mixed varieties, including many exquisite 

 sorts, per packet, 25 cts. 



m copibpti OFFER 



of the Flowers shown on the four preceding colored plates, 

 one packet each of 16 Sweet Peas, 6 Nasturtiums, 1 Pansy, 6 

 pies and 7 Petunias— 36 packets in all— free by mail, 



* FOB 



$3.00. 



