NEW FLORAL GUIDE-SPRING 1898. 



^ NEW PRIZE 



^ VERBENA 



^ "We cordially recommend our NEW PRIZE VERBENA as the finest and most beautiful strain now known, 

 the plants are remarkably strong and vigorous and enormous bloomers, producing great sheets of bloom dur- 

 ing the whole season; the flowers are of the largest size, most perfect form and brightest and richest colors; 

 including the finest shades of /UlSSS&^ififeit i»'«.M,»>.in,»«„M.»»w»»,> 



blush, lavender, pink, indigo, 

 scarlet, white, mottled, striped 



and variegated in exquisite "S^P^ '^^SHK^^^B^^ T '« ' . ) ^ 



combinations ; they are also 



CONARD'S I 



SUPERB 

 PRIZE ^ 



VERBENAS ) 



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delightfully sweet 

 we believe this 

 splendid strain 

 absolutely un- 

 equaled in 

 uniform large 

 size of flowers, 

 beauty and 

 delicacy of col- 

 oring and won- 

 derful profu- 

 sion of bloom, 

 and in order to 

 encourage our 

 friends to give 

 them a liberal 

 trial this sea- 

 son 



Conard's New Prize Verbena. 



WE WILL PAY $10 for the largest single flower of Conard's Prize Verbenas, grown from 

 i«-»i^-«»»-ii— i... our seed this season ; $6 for the second larg^est flower ; $4 for the third 

 largest ; $2.50 each for the fourth and fifth largest. Competition open to all. See conditions 

 Page 60. Pkt., 60 seeds, 6 cts. each. 



Verbena Odorata. This lovely variety is perfectly hardv and different from all others ; seeds sown in 

 the open ground commence to bloom very quickly, and give an abundance of beautiful flowers all summer ; 

 pure white. They bloom in spikes instead of flat clusters ; very fragrant and sweet. Per pkt. 4 cts. 



Verbena Pure White. (Sea Foam or Candid issi ma.) A 



fine strain of large-flowering pure white hybrid. Per pkt. 4 cts. 

 Verbena Scarlet Defiance. Very fine. Per pkt. 4 cts. 

 Verbena Hybricla. Good quality, mixed. Per pkt. 3 cts. 



New_Pedjgi^^ 



^ ^ ^ FROM SEED ji ji Jt 



OUR GRAND NEW PEDIGREE CANNAS bloom splendidly 

 from seed sown in the open ground, and if started in pots in- 

 doors, and set out when ground is warm j^ou will have splendid 

 flowers about as soon as from roots or plants. The plants grow 

 two or three feet high, and are remarkable for their handsome 

 foliage and gorgeous colored flowers, orange crimson and gold in 

 many beautiful combinations. They bloom all through the 

 Summer and Fall and make a grand display. This Seed is saved 

 from our own splendid collection of finest hybrid varieties and 

 will produce flowers of the largest size and many gorgeous colors, 

 some fully equal to named kinds. We offer' three qualities 

 of Seeds— 



C. & eJ. New Pedigree Canna. Extra choice, saved 



from picked flowers only, including grand Bronze-Leaved, Pink 



and other finest colorings. Per pkt. (12 seeds), 10c. ; 35c. per oz. 



New Pedigree Canna. Good quality mixed. Per pkt. 



(12 seeds), 6 ots. ; 25 ota. per oz. 

 Cann A Hybrid. Good mixed. Pkt. (lOseadi), 3o.; IOcpmtm. 



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