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Boreatton. One of the darkest and richest colored. Rich satin-like maroon, wings 

 same color with a sligiit tingue of blue. 



Butterfly. A combination of shades of violet and lavender, wings deeper at the 

 edge. Plant dwarf and abundant bloomer. 



Captain of the Blues. Bright purple blue, wings lighter and brighter blue. 

 Flow-er stems long and usually producing three blossoms each. 



Cardinal. Intense crimson scarlet, wings large, broad and deeper in color. A fine 

 bloomer. 



Countess of I/adnor. Beautiful shade of lavender; flowers large and perfect. 



Deligfht. Small but graceful flower, delicately shaded pink. 



Dorothy Tennant. Warm violet shaded flowers with incurved standard and very 

 large rounded wdngs. Very effective. 



Duchess of Edinburgh. Deep rosy carmine; wings darker than standard and very 

 large. 



Duke of Clanrece. Rosy claret; very fine. 



Emilie Henderson. Pure white; large flower of perfect form. The best of the 

 whites. 



Fairy Queen. White, shaded with rose and marked with delicate violet lines. 



Firefly. Very bright and intense crimson scarlet, of good size and form. 



Gaiety. Striped with purple pink on light pink ground. Very fine. 



Her Majesty. Standard and wings beautifully curved and of bright rose pink 

 color. / 



Igfnea. Rich magenta rose, wings darker. Ver}' brilliant. 



IndigfO King. Rich purplish maroon, wings lighter blue. 



Invincible Scarlet. An old variety of bright scarlet color; a very profuse bloomer. 



Invincible White. Similar to the above, but pure white. 



Katherine Tracy, The largest flowering variety. Delicate shade of light vermil- 

 lion rose. 



I^ady Beaconfield. Bright salmon pink, wings primrose yellow. 



I/ady Pensjance. Rosy pink with a slight tinge of orange. Very beautiful. 



I/Cmon Queen. Delicate shade of very light rosy pink, with primrose yellow in 

 the back. 



I/Ottie Eckford. Delicate shade of magenta blue, wirgs lavender deepenning to 

 violet. 



Monarch. Rich maroon; wings very large, shaded with. blue. Rich color. 



Mrs. Eckford. Flowers primrose j^ellow, changing to white when fully open. 



Mrs. Gladstone. Brilliant, but soft rosy pink; wings large. Plants of dwarf habit. 



Mrs. I/ankey. Delicate shell pink; wings of find form and a little lighter than 

 standard. 



Orange Prince. Pink suffused with yellow; wings bright light pink. 



Primrose. Yellowish white in front and primrose yellow in back; wings nearly 

 white. 



Princess Beatrice. Bright rosy pink; wings ver}' large and well expanded. 



Princess of Wales. Striped purple on nearly white ground; wings lighter 

 colored. 



Queen of England, Flowers clear white. Plant is a free bloomer. 



Queen of the Isles. Rose white, covered with stripes and splashes of deep rose 

 red; wings striped with purple. 



Senator. Delicate lavender, striped with purplish maroon, wings striped with 

 blue. 



Splendour. Rich purplish red, wings large, light blue. The finest and most effective 

 variety. 



Venus. Delicate 5'et brilliant rosy pink. Plant a vigorous grower. Verj^ fine. 



Waverly. Rose pink and lavender, beautifully blended. Flowers large and well 

 formed. 



Eckford'S Hybrids. Composed of the best varieties of Kckford's collection, and 

 we doubt w'ether a better collection can be found. 



Our Own Collection is composed of the above 43 varieties, combined in such a 

 manner as to give the best results. They will never fail to give satisfaction. 



Separate varieties, any of the above collection, loc. per package. 



The entire collection, |;2.oo. 



Our own mixture, loc. per package; per pound, 75c. 



The Improved Lone Star Water Melon is one of the best for our climate 

 and deserves well to be cultivated. For description see page 55. 



