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J. STECKLER SEED COMPANY, Ltd., NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 



Steckler's Flower Seeds 



Put up in 10c Packages — 3 for 25c; 12 for $1.00, postpaid, except where noted. 



Flower seeds require a little more car.- in sowing than the vegetable seed. The ground should be well pul- 

 verized and light enough not to bake after a rain. Some of the more delicate and finer varieties are better sown 

 in boxes or seed pans, where they can be handled and protected from hard rains or cold weather, the other kinds 

 do not transplant well, and are better sown at once where they are to remain. 



All flower seeds in packages are mailed free of postage to the purchaser. Where there is more than one color, 

 we generally import them mixed, as we find that most of our customers do not wish to purchase six packages 

 or more of one variety to get all colors. One package of Asters, Zinnia, Phlox, Chinese Pink, Stocks, Petunia, 

 Portulaca and others will always contain an equal mixture of the best colors. 



October till April. Very hardy ; 4 



Asters 



423. ALTHEA Rosea— Hollyhock, 

 to 6 feet high. 



424. ALYSSUM. Little Gem, Sweet Alyssum. Free flowering; six 

 inches high; white flowers; very fragrant. October till April. 



425. ANTIRRHINUM Majus. Snapdragon. Choice mixed. Showy plant 

 of various colors. About two feet high. Sow from October till March. 



42G. AMARANTHUS TRICOLOR. Joseph's Coat. Very showy; culti- 

 vated on account of its leaves, which are green, yellow and red. Two 

 to three feet high. October to April. 



427. AGERATUM (Mexican Mixed). A hardy annual of easy culture, 

 especially valuable for bedding, as it is literally covered with blos- 

 soms all summer. Sow the seed early in the Spring, either in boxes 

 to transplant, or out of doors, and thin to four to six inches. 



428. AMARANTHUS Caudatus. Love Lies Bleeding. Long racemes 

 with blood red flowers. Very graceful ; three feet high. October to 

 April. 



429. AQUILEGIA. Columbine. A showy and beautiful flower of differ- 

 ent colors; two feet high. Sow from October till March. 



430. ASTER. Semple's Branching. Beautiful for cut flowers. The flow- 

 ers are large double, with graceful wavy petals borne on long stiff 

 stems, and the colors are clear and handsome. Excellent for cutting; 

 two feet. December till March. 



431. ASTER. Trufant's Paeony Flowered Perfection. Large double 

 paeony-shaped flowers of fine mixed colors, one of the best varieties. 

 Two feet high ; sow from December till March. 



432. ASTER. Queen Margaret, German Quilled. Perfect double quilled 

 flower, of all shades. One and a half feet high. December till March. 



433. BALSAMINA. Mixed. Improved Camelia-flowered, very double 

 and beautiful colors. February to August. 



434. BALSAMINA CAMELIA FLORA ALBA. Pure white flowers, 

 about two feet high, used for bouquets. Sow all Balsaminas from 

 February till August. 



435. BELLIS PERENNIS. Daisy. Finest double/ mixed variety; 

 four inches high. October till January. 



433. SHASTA DAISY. 



Burbank's New 

 Double Fringed. This 

 new one is an ab- 

 solute p e r p e t u- 

 al bloomer through- 

 out the whole year 

 wherever it has a 

 chance. Oct till April. 



437. CANNA INDICA. 



Indian Shot. Hand- 

 some foliage plants 

 with large spikes of 

 bright crimson, scar- 

 let, bright yellow or- 

 ange and spotted 



Shasta Daisies 



Cosmos 



flowers. Sow in boxes or flower pots from November to March. 



438. CELOSIA CRISTATA. Dwarf Cockscomb. Very ornamental 

 producing large head of crimson and yellow flowers one to two feet 

 high. February till August. 



439. CENTAUREA CYANUS. Cornflower. Bottle Pink. A hardy 

 annual of easy culture; of various colors; two feet high. March 

 and April. 



440. CHRYSANTHEMUM TRICOLOR. (Carinatum). Summer Chrys- 

 anthemum. Showy Summer bloomers of different colors, 12 to 15 

 inches high. March to April. 



141. COLEUS. A well known and beautiful bedding plant which 

 can be easily propagated by seeds which produce different shades 

 of colored plants. March and April. 



142. COSMOS BIP1NNATA HYBRIDA. White, yellow and mixed. 

 A very showy annual similar in shape to the Bright -Eye Daisy or 

 Coreopsis, but taller and more brilliant in color. Dec, till April. 



443. COREOPSIS. (Calliopsis), Bright Eye Daisy. Handsome 

 free blooming plants of the easiest culture, two or three feet high, 

 with yellow and brown daisy-like flowers. Dec. to March. 



