NEW FLORAL GUIDE— SPRING 1898. 



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Chinese and Japanese Pinks. (Dianttius). 



CONARD'S FINEST SORTS MIX^D. 



THESE beautiful Chinese and Japanese Pinks are among 

 our prettiest flowers for bedding; they grow easily and 

 bloom profusely the whole season. Some are double and 

 others single, with beautiful fringed petals. The colors are 

 very bright and handsome, ranging from pure white to 

 deepest crimson, in endless combinations and markings ; 

 many have the delightful clove fragrance so much prized, 

 and all are greatly admired for cutting and bouquets. The 

 seed we offer is a special selection of the most beautiful 

 varieties, and a great improvement on any heretofore of- 

 fered, and we are sure will give the greatest satisfaction. 

 Pkt. 6 cts. ; l4 oz. 25 cts.; ^ oz. 40 cts. ; oz. 75 cts. 



New Dwarf German Double Hybrid Pinks. 



A splendid new strain of superb Dwarf Hybrid Pinks, gnrowing 

 only nine or ten inches high, and bearing extra large double flow- 

 ers of perfect form and rich and beautiful colors. The flowers Ire- 

 quently measure three inches across, and are of all shades of pink, 

 crimson, white and variegated. Elegantly fringed and very beau< 

 tiful. Pkt. 6 cts. 



SCHIZANTHUS, BUTTERFLY FLOWER. An elegant free- 

 blooming annual, large, curiously shaped flowers, beautifully 

 spotted with crimson, lilac, purple and orange; makes pretty 

 house plants, also fine for beds and cutting. Pkt. 4 cts. 



New Chinese Pinks. 



FUCHSIA. The Fuchsias are easily grown from seed, and in this 

 way many new and beautiful varieties are obtained; they flower 

 freely the first year in open ground, and when taken in the house 

 will bloom all Winter. Fine double and single mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 



fuchsia! PROCUMBENS. The trailing Fuchsia. A most graceful 

 and beautiful vine, with pretty leaves and bright red fruits about the 

 size of robins' eggs; which are very ornamental, and remain perfect 

 a long time ; fine for baskets, vases and pots. Pkt. 6 cts. 



MIGNONETTE, C. & J. FINEST i:.AKGE-FI.OWEKING MIXED. 



A Special Mixture of all the choicest colors and sweetest sorts, 

 for beds and cutting. Pkt. 6 cts.; y^ oz. 36 cts. 



MIGNONETTE, NEW QUAKER CITY. A new and extra fine 

 variety, large, full flower spikes, rounded at the top, handsome, gold 

 red color, deliciously sweet. Pkt. 4 cts. 

 MIGNONETTE, COMMON SWEET, (Reseda Odorata). Very fra- 

 grant, largely used. Pkt. 3 cts.; oz. 10 cts. 

 MIGNONETTE, NEW GIANT WHITE. Large full spikes, pure 



white flowers ; very sweet. Pkt. 4 cts. 

 MIGNONETTE, IMPROVED GOLDEN QUEEN. Very handsome 

 and attractive, and exceedingly sweet; light, golden yellow, excel- 

 lent free-blooming sort. Pkt. 4 cts. 

 MIGNONETTE, THE MACHET (Pure). Well known as one of the 

 finest sorts ; vigorous, pyramidical plants, with thick, dark green 

 leaves; blooms constantly and bears large spikes of deliciously 

 sweet flowers. Pkt. 4 cts.; 3^ oz. 20 cts. 

 THUNBERGIA, BLACK-EYED SUSAN. Handsome, slender grow- 

 ing climbers, suitable for low trellises, vases, hanging baskets, etc., 

 pure white, yellow and deep orange, some with black eyes and some 



with white. 

 They bloom all 

 summer and are 

 among the pret- 

 tiest of old-fash- 

 ioned flowers. 

 Pkt. 4 cts. 



I<arge Flowering Scarlet Sage 



LARGE-FLOW- Fuchsia. 



ERING SCARLET SAGE. ( Salvia splendens ). Highly valued as 

 one of the very finest and most beautiful flowers of late summer 

 and fall, when it surpasses everything else in brilliant color and 

 continuous bloom, grows easily, and makes grand, stately plants, 

 two to three feet high, completely covered Avith intense bright-scar- 

 let flowers— a dazzling mass of color when other flowers are gone. 

 Pkt. 4 cts.; extra large pkts., 6 cts. 



SALVIA FARINACEA. This is the lovely blue Salvia, forming 

 dense, bushy plants with long spikes of beautiful blue flowers, mak 

 ing a charming contrast when grown with the scarlet, variety de- 

 scribed above. Pkt. 6 cts. 



SWEET SULTAN (Centaurea Suaveolens). The Yellow Sweet 

 Sultan produces its handsome, brush-like yellow flowers in great 

 profusion. The flowers have long stems; they keep well and are 

 much used as cut flowers, finding a ready sale. Pkt. 3 cts. 



NEW LARGE FLOWERING TORENIA. A most charmicg plan! 

 equally valuable for beds, baskets and pots, a profuse bloomer, cot- 

 ered with deep blue flowers most all the time. Pkt. 6 eta. 



NEW TORENIA "WHITE WINGS." Fully equal in beauty to 

 the Blue Torenia, which it closely resembles which are pearly- 

 white : extra fine both tor bedding and bouse culture, blooms all the 

 Pkt.6cfc8u 



