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PETEH HErifcERSOfi 8t CO., NEW YOP^.— FI±OWE$ SEEDS. 



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WALLFLOWER. 



WHtTLAVIA. 



For a Select List of 

 Flower Seeds, see pages 

 69 to 91, and for Novelties, 

 see pages 60 to 68, 



Per pkt. 



Rocket, Sweet, mixed colors. Fragrant purple and 

 ■white flowers ; hardy perennial, 2 to 3 ft 5c. 



Romneya Coulteri (" Great White California Poppy"). 

 Of stately beauty, flowering from July until November. 

 The flowers are large (4 to 5 inches across), pure white, 

 with yellow stamens, and of delicate primrose-like 

 perfume. Valuable for cutting, lasting well in water, 

 6 to 8 ft 10c. 



Rudbeckia bicolor ("Black-Eyed Susan" or "Texas 

 Cone Flower "). An annual variety, 1% ft. high ; bright 

 yellow flowers, with black-purple centre, very showy 



for borders 10c. 



Newmanii, This robust growing perennial grows 2 ft. 

 high; is very popular for border decoration. It is of 

 the easiest possible culture, and bears very large golden 

 yellow flowers, 3 to 4 inches across, with velvety 

 maroon centre cone > 26c. 



Sabbatia campestris. Charming rose-colored flowers, 

 fine garden annual, 1 ft 15c. 



Saintpaulia ionantha (African Violet). A new genus 

 recently discovered in Central Africa. It is only suit- 

 able for pot culture in the greenhouse or warm window; 

 the plants are very dwarf and spreading and produce 

 very freely and continuously flowers 2>4 inches across, 

 violet-like both in shape and color. They are grace- 

 fully borne on stems 2 to 3 inches high ; the seed is 

 very fine ; the plants commence to bloom when very 

 small 50c. 



Sanvitalia procumbens fl. pi. Beautiful dwarf and 

 compact trailing annual, for flower garden ; the double 

 flowers are large and of a rich brown and yellow 6c. 



Saponaria Calabrica, mixed. Dwarf continuous- 

 blooming annuals for beds and edgings, pink, white, 

 etc., Hit 6c. 



Silene pendula compacta, double mixed. Dwarf 

 bushy plants, bearing flowers of white, pink or red in 

 great profusion throughout the summer, y x f 1 6c. 



Silene Tom Thumb, "Amelia." An exceedingly 

 effective garden annual, forming regular, compact, 

 round bushes, 4 to 6 inches high, which, during the 

 early summer months, are covered densely with delicate 

 rose-colored flowers in such numbers that the plant and 

 foliage can scarcely be seen. For low beds, borders or 

 edgings it is very pretty 25c. 



Smilax. Charming tender perennial climber for green- 

 house or window gardens. The foliage and stems are 

 of a pleasing light green, very graceful ; excellent for 

 decoration. (See cut.) 10c. 



Solanum capsicastrum ("Jerusalem Cherry"). A 

 miniature tree-like plant, suitable for either garden 

 decoration or pot culture ; round orange scarlet fruits 

 in autumn and winter, 1 to 2 feet 6c. 



Spraguea umbellata ("Chenille Flower"). A very 

 curious and pretty plant for garden culture ; large heads 

 of bloom, resembling knotted chenille ; color, white, 

 blush and pink, % ft 15c. 



Stevia serrata. A tender perennial, in great favor for 

 cutting purposes ; large heads of small white flowers of 

 very graceful effect ; suitable for pot culture, flowering 

 in winter, or, if sown early, will bloom in the garden 

 the first summer, \)i feet 10c. 



Streptocarpus, mixed ("Cape Primrose"). A dwarf 

 greenhouse perennial. The flowers are borne in re- 

 markable abundance forabout four months in summer 

 and autumn. The colors range through white, red, 

 violet, blue, rose, and all are blotched with, purple and 

 white, g ft 35c. 



Sweet Sultan, mixed. Purple, white, etc., IK ft 5c. 



Yellow. Showy garden annual, much prized for sum- 

 mer bouquets ; large heads of bright yellow flowers, 

 very fragrant, 1>^ ft 10c. 



Tagetes signata pumila. Charming dwarf garden 

 annual, flowering in greatest profusion throughout the 

 summer and autumn ; color bright yellow ; very 

 effective for low beds, 1 ft 6c. 



Thunbergia alata, mixed colors. Eapid growing 

 annual climbers ; splendid for trailing over trellises, 

 fences, etc., beautiful flowers borne in profusion ; buff, 

 white, orange, etc., 4 to 6 ft. high. (See cut.) 5c. 



Torenia. Beautiful plants for vases, baskets, etc.; they 



bloom continually during the summer in the open 



ground and also in the winter in the greenhouse, 6 to 



12 inches. 



Pournieri. Porcelain blue and rich violet ; throat 



bright yellow ; very free flowering 



Bailloni^ Deep yellow and maroon 



White Wing's. This variety is unusually attractive, 



being pure white, with flush of rose at the throat 



Tritoma Uvaria ("Bed Hot Poker Plant" or "Torch 

 Flower "). Splendid hardy perennial plants, admirably 

 adapted for single clumps on the lawn or among 

 shrubbery, where its tall spikes of orange-red flowers 

 make an effective display from August until December, 



4 to 5 feet. (See cut.) 



New Remontant, mixed colors. Distinct and 

 beautiful hybrids, very dwarf-growing and flower 

 most freely from July until cut down by frost. Their 

 beautiful heads of bloom vary in color from coral red, 



straw yellow, blood-red, orange and scarlet 



The roots ofTritomas will need protection in cold climates, 



or, better yet, winter them over in frames north of Washington. 



Valerian, mixed colors. Showy hardy perennials, 1 % 



ft. high, with large heads of bright rose, scarlet and 



white flowers , 



Venidium calendulaceum. A round, compact bush ; 

 leaves large and woolly, covering the ground, and 

 bringing out in strong contrast the flowers of bright 

 yellow shaded with orange, and borne profusely, 

 nearly covering the ground, making veritable " mounds 



of gold," }£ft 



Veronica, mixed annual varieties. Dwarf garden 

 annuals, carpeting the ground with a profusion of 



blue and white flowers, y z ft ." 



Vinca. Handsome bushy plants, producing freely round 

 single flowers 1 %. inches across, suitable for pot culture 

 and sunny flower beds ; tender perennial, IX ft. 



Rosea. Bright rose 



Rosea alba. White, with rose eye - 



Alba pura. Pure white 



Mixed, above varieties 



Violet, single (The " English Sweet Violet"). A favorite 



hardy little plant; prized for its long-continued bloom 



and its delicate odor, 6 in. (Double Violets do not seed.) 



Light Blue, 10c. White, 10c. Purple, 10c. Mixed, 



Virginian Stock, mixed. Charming dwarf annuals, 



with bright colored flowers, making the garden gay in 



early summer, J^ ft 



Viscaria, finest, mixed colors. Handsome annuals, 

 making a splendid show when massed ; large round 

 single flowers of white, scarlet, blue, flesh, margined 



and marked with various colors, 1 ft 



New dwarf large flowering, mixed. Splendid 



Wallflower. Exquisitely fragrant long spike3 of single 

 or double flowers. 



Single large flowering, mixed. (See cut.) 



Double large flowering, mixed 



Imported collection of 6 double sorts, 50c. 



Whitlavia, mixed. Free blooming hardy annuals, 



large bell-shaped flowers of blue, white, violet, etc., 1 ft. 



Wigandia Caracasana. Noble foliage plant for lawn, 



leaves 3 feet long by 1}£ wide, richly veined, tender 



annual, 7 ft 



Wistara. Of luxuriant and rapid growth, bearing in the 

 spring immense panicles of purple or white flowers 

 produced in great profusion, 50 to 75 ft. (See cut.) 



Chinese, blue 10c. Chinese, white. Fragrant, 



.Xeranthemum, mixed. Showy, hardy annuals, of the 

 easiest culture, and the flowers, of various colors, from 

 their peculiar dry character, may be preserved for a 



long time, 2 ft 



superbissima, mixed. A new variety of dwarfer 



habit and very double flowers of various colors 



Yucca fllamentosa ("Adam's Needle" or "Spanish 

 Bayonet"). A very desirable hardy perennial, of 

 picturesque and showy effectwhen grown as specimens 

 on the lawn or in borders. The flowers are creamy 

 white, very large, bell-shaped, borne sometimes as 

 many as 300 on a single spike ; grows freely in any soil, 

 4 to 6 ft 



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