126 The Conard & Jones Company, Surpassing Flower Seeds 
NE VW 
SALVIA SPLENDENS 
“ DROOPING SPIKES ” 
A splendid new large flowering Salvia 
(Searlet Sage) ; bears three times as many 
flowers as the ordinary Salvia Splendens, the 
flower spikes being so heavily laden they droop 
gracefully with their own weight. It is exceed- 
ingly handsome and desirable for lawn or gar- 
den, whether planted singly or in groups with 
other flowers. The flowers are intense 
dazzling scarlet, and are borne in endless 
profusion until late in the Fall—one of the most 
beautiful Autumn-blooming flowers you can 
plant. Pkt. 75 seeds, 8 cts. ; % oz. 40 cts. 
Large-Flowering Scarlet Sage (Salvia Splendens)— 
NEW SALVIA SPLENDENS ‘ Drooping Spikes.” Highly valued as one of the very finest and most beauti- 
ful flowers of late Summer and Fall when it surpasses everything else in brilliant color and continuous bloom, grows easily 
and makes grand stately plants, 2 to 3 feet high, completely covered with intense bright scarlet flowers—a dazzling mass of 
color when other flowers are gone. Pkt.4cts. and 10cts.; 4% oz. 40 cts. 
Salvia Farinacea—This is the lovely blue salvia, forming dense, 
bushy plants with long spikes of beautiful blue fowers, making 
a charming contrast when grown with the scarlet variety des- 
cribed above. Pkt. 6cts. 
Salpiglossis Grandiflora—(Painted Tongue)—Very pretty, 
graceful flowers, borne on long stems in great profusion; the 
colors range from light blue and straw color to deepest purple 
and maroon. A beautiful bedding plant ; no trouble to grow ; 
large flowering. Mixed colors, packet, 4 cts. 
Scarlet Runner Beans—Beautiful ornamental climbers with 
bright scarlet pea-shaped flowers ; they grow 10 to 12 feet high 
and make a quick shade. Pkt. 4cts.; oz. 15 cts. 
Schizanthus, or Christmas Orchid 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. 
Seeds for Baskets, Vases and Rockeries—A carefully prepared 
mixture of the choicest and best seeds for vases, baskets and 
rockeries including lovely Dwarf Morning Glories, Summer 
Blooming Oxalis, etc. ; warranted toplease. Pkt. 6cts. 
Smilax (usually called Boston Smilax)—One of the most de- 
sirable window vines highly valued for its elegant glossy green 
foliage and graceful climbing habit ; grows several feet high the 
first season and is largely used inall kinds of floral decorations. 
Pkt. 4 cts. 
Solanum—(Jerusalem Cherry)—A charming plant for a pot, | YY) 
resembling a miniature orange tree; covered all Winter with a 
profusion of scarlet fruit which is the chief attraction. Pkt. 4c. 
Sweet Scabiosa— (Mourning Bride)—Bears a profusion of fine, 
large, double Powers: scarlet, white and ee pu euy red, 
edged and bordered with white; very sweet and fine for cutting. 
Fine mixed colors. Packet, 4 cts. each. SALPIGLOSSIS GRANDIFLORA 
Sweet Sultan (Centaurea Suaveolens)—Petals are finely fringed and very showy. 
Flowers are of brightest yellow and delightful fragrance. Pkt. 4 cts. 
Sweet William (Dianthus Barbatus)—These are exceedingly beautiful, twice as 
large as they used to be, and of many rich and brilliant colors ; they deserve a 
place in every garden, but donot always bloom the first season ; immense clusters 
of flowers, very sweet. Single and double, finest mixed. Pkt. 4 cts. 
Thunbergia, Black-Eyed Susan—Handsome, slender growing climbers, suitable 
for low trellises, vases, hanging baskets, etc.; pure white, yellow and deep orange, 
MSH [POC some with black eyes and some with white. They bloom all Summer and are among 
VARS LR DN Ee the prettiest old-fashioned flowers. Pkt.4 cts. 
x WZ New Torenia White Wings—Fully equal in beauty to the Blue Torenia, which it 
closely resembles; flowers pearly white ; extra fine for bedding and house culture; 
blooms allthe time. Pkt. 6 cts. 
Torenia, New Large Flowering—A most charming plant equally valuable for 
beds, baskets and pots ; a profuse bloomer, covered with deep blue flowers most all 
the time. Pkt. 6 cts. 
Umbrella Plant (Cyperus Alternifolia)—This new and very pretty house plant 
resembles a palm in habit and form, and is easily grown and keeps green all the 
year; grows nicely in a bowl, dish or vase half filled with rich soil and then filled 
with water. Inthis way it will grow luxuriantly, throwing up a great number of 
flowering shoots, and requiring no other attention than occasionally. filling the 
vessel with water. Pkt. 6cts. 
Vinca—splendid house and bedding plants, eighteen inches high with glossy green 
leaves and pretty white flowers, fiae mixed. Pkt. 4 cts. 
Violet—Everyone loves sweet violets. Their charming color and delicious fragrance 
endear them to all; they grow easily from seed and bloom finely if givena moderately 
cool, sheltered place and they will do well planted among shrubbery. Pkt. 4 cts. 
Violet, White Czar—Pure snow-white; splendid large bold flowers borne on tall 
Umbrella Plant, CYPERUS ALTERNIFOLIA stems; very handsome. Pkt. 6 cts. 
