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BUsa VERBENA. 



SWEET SULTANS. 



'Favorite annuals of easy culture. Showy for the 

 garden and greatly prized for bouquets. The large 

 heads of bright flowers are very frajrrant. IVj feet. 

 Sweet Sultan, mixed Colors. Purple, white, etc. 



Pkt. 5 



Yellow Saltan. Larce briclit yellow flowers t> 



Manunoth-Flowering' Sweet Saltans. (•SVc pane 



3 00.) 



TECOMA SMITHIL 



A rare and beautiful little shrubby variety of the 

 ■WoodbfcieorTrumpet Creeper family ; growu as a pot 

 plant it averages in height from 18 inches to 2 feet, 

 and flowers most profusely for 9 months In the year; 

 the tubular flowers, about *2 inches long, are borne in 

 massive clusters on the tips of each new growth, and 

 are bright yellow inside, and of brilliant orange 

 flushed with scarlet on tlie outside Pkt. 2.T 



THUNBERGIA ALATA. 



Rapid-growing annual clinibei-s; splendid for trail- 

 ing over trellises, fenics. etc.; beautiful flowers borne 

 in profusion; buff, white, orange, etc. 4 to 6 feet 

 high. Mixed Colors Pkt.v^ 



TORENIA. 



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

 contlnuall.v during the summer in the ojien ground, 

 and also in the winter in the greenhouse. 6 to 12 

 inches. 

 roamieri. Blue nnd violet; yellow throat. ..PAf. 10 



White Wings. White with rosv throat 10 



GIANT-FI.OWEBISrO TOKEITIAS. Immense 

 flowers. 1 Va inches across, or 3 times the size of the 

 older types. 

 "Princess of Uontenegro." Giant lavender and 



velvety purple with yellow throat 15 



"The Bride." tiiant white, grand 15 



"Violetta." Giant flowers of pure white, tinted por- 

 celain blue and spotted violet 15 



TRITOMA. 



"Bed Hot Poker Plant." Splendid, hardy peren- 

 nial plants, for cUiinpson the lawn or among shrub- 

 bery, where the tall spikes of orange-red flowers 

 make an effective display from August until Decem- 

 ber. 4 to 5 feet ....Pkt. 10 



VALERIAN. 



Mixed Colors. Showy, hardy perennials, 1% feet 

 high, with large heads of bright rose, scarlet and 

 white flowers Pkt. 5 



VERBENA. 



For garden beds or massing the Verbena is un- 

 rivaled ; flowers of the most brilliant colors, blooming 

 contlnuall.v from spring until late in the autumn. 

 Although perennials, these form luxuriant plants and 

 bloom ]irofnsely the first season from seed. 



Mixed Colors (!>er 1 .000 seeds, 1.5c.) Pkt. 5 



BUSH VBBBBNAS. Upright, candelabra-branch- 

 ed, con)pact bushes, well covered with oval clusters 

 of flowers of several colors, such as carmine, with 

 white eye; blood red, pink, scarletand white in mix- 

 ture 15 



Maiixmoth Verbenas. (See page 100.) 10 



VINCA, Of PERIWINKLE. 



Handsome bushy plants, producing freel.v round, 

 singleflowers, IV2 inches across, suitable for either pot 

 culture or sunny flower beds; tender perennial, but 

 flowers the first season. IV2 feet. 



Rosea Alba. White, with rose eye Pkt. 5 



Rosea Alba Pura. Pure white 5 



Rosea. Bright rose 5 



Mixed Colors 5 



toi!i;nia. i;iant. 



THtlNBEHGIA. 



VIOLA, LARGE-FLOWEBING, MIXED. 



SINGLE SWEET VIOLETS. 



Favorite li.jrd.v plants, prized for f hcij- long-rontin- 

 ued bloom and delicate odor. G inches. {I/Diihle Vio- 

 let.s do nuts, ■I'll.) 

 Comata White Perfection. I,nrge white. .PA^. 10 



Comata Admiration. Large puri)le 10 



Comuta Perfection. Large lavender flowers 10 



laUtea Grandiflora. Large yellow 10 



Laxgre-flowering-. Mixed Colors. Uelightfuily 

 fragi-ant piinsy-likeblcissonis, 2 to 2'-.; inches across, 

 of beautiful culors and markings 10 



VIRGINIAN STOCK. 



flmrming dwarf annuals, with bright-colored flow- 

 <rs. making the garden gay In earlv summer. V4 foot. 

 Mixed Pkt. 5 



. VISCARIA. 



Annuals, making a splendid show when massed; large 

 round, siugle flowers of white, scarlet, blue, flesh, mar- 

 gined and marked with v.-irious t'olors. 1 foot. 

 Finest, Mixed Colors Pkt.o 



WALLFLOWER. 



Exquisitely fragrant long spikes of single or double 

 flowers, liardy perennials. 



Single laargfe-fiowering. Mixed Pkt. 5 



Doable Large-flowering. Mixed 10 



Ciilleitiiiii 11/ 1! iliiiible.sort.s. .Wv. 

 Single Annual Wallflower. Flowers throughout 



summer and fall, from seed sown the same spring. 



Fragrant ciunamon-colored flowers 10 



WISTAIUA. 



Of luxuriant and rapid growth, bearing In the spring 

 immense panicles of jiurple or white flowers produced 

 in great i)rofusion. 75 feet. 



Wistaria, Chinese, blue Pkt. 10 



Chinese, white. Fragrant 10 



ZINNIAS. 



■Well-known garden annuals, forming bushy plants, 

 2 to 3 feet high, liearing large double flowers In sum- 

 mer and fall. Colors, varied and showv. 



Tall Doable Mixed. Old type, tall Pkt. 5 



I.ARGE-FI.OWERIII'a DWARF DOTTBLi: 

 ZINITIAS. Imi)roved dwarf, compact-growing, 

 hirge-flowerlng Zinnias; growing only 2 feet high 

 and bearing flc )wer8 of immense size, perfectl.y double, 

 showing no centre, and as perfect in form as dahlias. 



Mixed Colors 5 



Culk'ctiun of liwnrf L;irf!e-t1o\vering Zinnias, 



sep.'tr.ife roiors, 2.~tc. 



HBinJERSOK'S " ZBBRA." Largedoubleflowers 



of orange, crimson, pink, yellow, white, etc.. striped 



andblotched with different colors. Mixed Colors. 1 



TOM THUMB ZBBRA ZINNIAS. Plants bushy 



and compact, about 8 inches liigii, bearing perfectly 



formed ver.v double flowers of medium size but In 



great abundance. These flowers are of varied colors, 



striped, such asyellow. striped crimson, white striped 



red. etc 10 



"CURLED AND CRESTED ZINNIAS." Large 

 double flower.s, witli petals twisted, curled and crest- 

 ed into the most fantastic and graceful forms. Usual 



range of colors 10 



IiILLIPUT ZINNIAS. Thickly branching little 

 jilants about 1 foot high, with very double flowers, 

 hardl.v exceeding a large daisy In size. Showy for 

 edgings IhmIs and pot culture. 



Scarlet Iiilliput 10 



White Iiilliput. Double 10 



Zinnia, "Doable Miniature." Thesmallest Zinnia 

 in existence. Plants only4 inches high, and in habit, 

 foliage and bloom are perfeition. Small, perfectly 

 double flowers of white, scarlet, crimson, purple, rose 



and yellow 10 



Mammoth Zinnias. (See page XOO.) 10 



Henderson's "Picturesque Gardens," a New Book of Illustrated Suggestions about Lawns and Gardens. See page 4. 



