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Steckler's Flower Seeds 



Put up in 10c Packages — 3 for 25c; 14 for $1.00, postpaid, except where noted. 



Flower seeds require a little more carj 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 boxe.s 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 to 6 



AL.THEA Rosea— Hollyhock, 

 feet high. 



AL.YSSUM. Little Gem. Bweet Alyssum. Free flowering; six inches 

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



AMARANTHUS TRICOLOR. Joseph's Coat. Very showy: cultivated 

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

 three feet high. April till August. 



ANTIRRHINUM Majos. Snapdragon. Choice mixed. Showy plant of 

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



AMARANTHUS Caudatus. Love Lies Bleeding. Long racemes with 

 blood red flowers. Very graceful; three feet high. April till August. 



AQUILEGIA. Columbine. A showy and beautiful flower of different 

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



ASTER. Semple's Branching Mixed. Beautiful for cut flowers. The 

 flowers are large double, with graceful wavy petals borne on long 

 stiff stems, and the colors are clear and handsome. Excellent for cut- 

 ting : two feet. December till March. 



ASTER. Queen Margaret, German Quilled Mixed. | Perfect double 

 quilled tlower, of all shades. One and a half feet high. December 

 till March. 



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. 



BALrSAMINA. Mixed. Improved. Camelia-flowered, very double and 

 beautiful colors. February to August. 



Pure white flowers, about 

 1 Balsaminas from Februarv 



Asters 



BALSAMINA C AMELIA FLORA ALBA. 



two feet high, used for bouquets. Sow 

 till August. 



BELLIS PERENNIS. English Daisy. Finest double mixed varietv ; 

 four inches high. October till January. 



CALENDULA. The Ball. It has fine stems, immense double flowers 

 of brilliant glistenv orange. A great favorite. Planted October ■ 

 to March. Grow IVa ft. high. 



CALENDULA. Orange King. Outer petals are slightly imbricated, 

 while those of the center are curved like those of a peony. Color 

 glowing orange. Planted October to March, grows 1% ft. high. 



CALENDULA "Sensation, 

 stout stems, blooms are 

 and full yellow center. 



" Vigorous growth, flowers borne on 

 flat, brilliant orange with a scarlet sheen 

 Planted October to March. Pkt. 35c. 



CANNA INDICA Indian Shot. Handsome foliage plants with large 



spikes of bright crimson, scarlet, bright yellow orange and spot- 

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



CELOSIA CRISTATA. Dwarf Cockscomb. Very ornamental produc- 

 ing large head of crimson and yellow flowers one to two feet high. 

 February till August. 



CENTAUREA CYANUS. Cornflower. A hardy annual of easy cul- 

 ture; of various colors; two feet high. March to May. 



THE CHIN'ESE WOOLFLOWER (Celosia ChUdissi.)— Produces scores 

 of branches bearing ball-shaped flowerheads of crimson color re- 

 sembling a ball of wool. Planted February to August. 



CHRYSANTHE3IUM TRICOLOR. (Carinatum). Summer Chrysan- 

 ' themum Showy Summer bloomers of different colors, 12 to 15 

 inches high. March to May. 



COSMOS BIPANNATA 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. 



COLEUS. A well known and beautiful bedding plant which can be 

 easily propagated by seeds which produce different shades of col- 

 ored plants. March to May. 



CALLIOPSIS. Bright Eye Daisy. Handsome free blooming plants 

 of the easiest culture, two or three feet high, with vellow and 

 brown daisy-like flowers. Dec. to March. 



SHASTA DAISY. This is an absolute perpetual bloomer throughout 

 the whole year wherever it has a chance. Oct. till April. 



Cosmos 



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