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TAGETES Patula.—French or Dwarf 
Marigold.—Covered with yellow and brown 
flowers. One and a half feet high. Janu- 
ary till April. 
VERBENA. 
VERBENA Candidissima.—White Ver- 
bena.—Pure white Verbena of more or less 
fragrance. One and a half feet high. 
January till April. 
VERBENA Hybrida. — (Mixed.) — Ver- 
bena.—Their long flowering and _ great 
diversity of color makes them valuable 
for every garden, however small. All 
colors mixed. 1% feet high. January till 
April. 
VINCA Rosea and Alba.—Red and White 
Periwinkle.—Plants of shining foliage, with 
white and dark rose colored flowers. Two 
feet high. February till April. 
VIOLETS AND PANSIES. 
VIOLA Cdorata.— Sweet Violet. — Well 
known edging plant. Half foot high. Sow 
from January till March. 
VIOLA Tricolor Maxima. — (Mixed). — 
Large Flowering English Pansy.—This is 
one of the finest little plants in cultivation 
for pots or the open ground. They are of 
endless colors and markings. Half foot 
high. October till March. s 
BUGNOT’S IMPROVED BLOTCHED 
PANSY.—This variety is certainly the 
handsomest of all the pansies, and, like 
the Odiers, are five blotched and generally 
yellow or white edged. The) flowers are 
of the most perfect form and beautiful 
coloring. October to March. . Price, per 
packet, 25 cents. 
LARGE TRIMARODEAUVU PANSY.— 
(Mixed.)—This is the largest variety in 
cultivation, the flowers are well formed, 
generally three-spotted, quite distinct; the 
plants grow compact. October to March. 
ZINNIAS. 
ZINNIA Elegans Pumila, fl. pl.—Dwarf 
double mixed. A dwarf seleetion especial- 
ly desirable. The compact, bushy plants 
rarely grow over two feet high, and are 
covered with large flowers of great beauty. 
February to August. 
ZINNIA Elegans, fl. pl.—Tall Double 
Zinnia.—Plants of very easy culture, flow- 
ering very profusely through the whole 
Summer and Fall; producing double flow- 
ers of all colors, almost as large as the 
flowers of a Dahlia. Three feet high. 
February to August. 
STECKLER’S GIANT ZINNIA. — This 
Zinnia iS without doubt the largest and 
finest thus far introduced. It is a cross 
between the Elegans Pumila, fl. pl., and 
the Hlegans Grandiflora Robusta varieties. 
The flowers measure from tip to tip fully 
6% inches; half early; semi-high and per- 
fectly double. Each package contains a fine 
selection of beautiful colors. February to 
August. 15 cents per packet. 
CLIMBING PLANTS. 
These Seeds are all put up in 10c. Packages, 
ANTIGONON LEPTOPUS.—Rosa Mon- 
tana, Mountain Vine.—One of the finest 
perennial climbers of rapid growth with 
long racemes of beautiful deep pink flow- 
ers. Sow in February or March in flower 
pots, and transplant into the open ground 
in May. Will flower freely the first year. 
CASA BANANA.—Wax Gourd.—A strong 
growing vine with long shaped, dark crim- 
son fruit, which looks: very ornamental. 
It is used for preserves. March to May. 
CONVOLVULUS MAJOR.—Morning 
Glory. (Mixed.)—A well known vine with 
various handsomely colored flowers of easy 
culture. Grows almost anywhere: Ten 
feet high. February till July. 
DOLICHOS LABLAB. — (Mixed). — Hya- 
cinth Beans Free growing plant, with pur-" 
ple and white flowers. March till April. 
IPOMAEA BONA NOX.—Large Flower- 
ing Evening Glory.—(The White Moon- 
flower.)—-A vine of rapid growth with 
beautiful white flowers which open in the 
evening. Twenty feet high. February till 
June. 
IPOMAEA QUAMCCLIT ROSEA.—Red 
Cypress Vine.—Very beautiful, delicate 
foliage of rapid growth with scarlet star- 
shaped flowers. February to June. 
IPOMAEA QUAMOCLIT ALBA.—White 
Cypress Vine.—The same‘ as the _ Red 
variety. February to June. 
IPOMAEA LAERI.—The Blue Moonflow- 
er. This distinet and charming novelty 
is valuable on account of being in beau- 
tiful and striking contrast with the true 
White Moonflower. 
MAMORDICA BALSAMINA.—Balsam 
Apple.—A climbing plant of very rapid 
growth, producing Cucumber-like fruits, 
with warts on them. They are believed 
to contain medicinal virtues. They are put 
in jars with alcohol and are used aS a 
dressing for cuts, bruises, ete. February 
till July. 
GIANT IMPERIAL JAPANESE MORN- 
ING GLORY.—The vines are of robust 
growth, attaining a height of from 30 to 
40 feet. The foliage varies greatly, some 
plants having yellow or silvery foliage, 
while others are blotched and mottled, 
February till July. 
WISTERIA.—Blue and White.—This is 
one of the most popular of our hardy 
vines, growing rapid; in bloom is truly 
magnificent, bearing long pendulous clust- 
ers of blue flowers; growing to height of 
fifty feet or more. February to May. 
All of our Seeds are secured 
from the most reliable sources 
of supply and are carefully 
tested to , 
growth. 
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