NEW FLORAL GUIDE—SPRING 1899. 112 
GERANIUMS—Fine Geraniums are 
perhaps more in demand for bedding 
and house culture than any other 
flowers, and as it is found that they 
bloom finely from seed the first sea- 
19; as gon, many people prefer to raise 
BND) them, as it is much the cheapest and 
: Ay. aN NA 1/4 AN there is always a chance of getting 
| ay SS ANG Rh some Valuable New sorts, for the 
\ “s finest new varieties have been ob- 
tained from this quality of seed. 
The geed we offer is saved from a 
large collection of the finest named 
sorts, grown under 
particularly fy py 
favorable conditions of soil and cli- 
mate, and should produce flowers of 
the highest grade and _ greatest 
variety of richest colors. Finest 
mixed. Pkt. 10 ects. 
GERANIUM (Good Mixed)—Pkt. 6 cts. - 
APPLE SCENTED GERANIUM— 
Leaves delightfully scented like rich, 
luscious apples; the best plants are grown from seed. Pkt. 8 cts. 
PELARGONIUMS or LADY WASHINGTON GERANIUMS-The 
finest of the Geranium family; elegant for house culture. Seed very 
searce and costly. Pkt. 25 cts. 
Geraniums. 
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New Double Gaillardia. 
NEW DOUBLE GAILLARDIA, ( Picta Lorensiana )— 
Large, gay-colored double flowers, produced abundantly 
all through the season; valuable for beds and cutting. 
The colors include golden yellow, orange, amaranth and 
shades of purple. Pkt. 4 cts. 
GAILLARDIA, (Blanket Flower )—The single Gaillardia 
or Blanket Flowers, are greatly admired for their fine 
form and bright, handsome colors. They thrive every- 
where and bloom abundantly all the season Pkt. 8 cts. 
HOLLYHOCK, (Superb Double Mixed)—This grand strain 
will produce splendid large double flowers of perfect 
form, and the most brilliant colors and shades imaginable. 
If sown early in March or April they bloom the same 
season. Pkt. 6 cts. 
NEW VARIEGATED JAPANESE HOP—One of thc hand 
somest and most rapid climbing vines known; leaves 
finely striped and marked with white; grows easily from 
seed, and will climb twenty-five or thirty feet, and make 
a thick, dense shade in a very shorttime. Nothing better 
orauice ly covering porches, back-buildings, arbors, &c. 
. 5 cts. 
Gloxinia Hybrida. 
GLOXINIA HYBRIDA,—The Gloxinias are splendid, bule- 
bous-rooted plants highly valued for house and conserva- 
tory culture, and blooming in great profusion during 
the summer months. The handsome bell-shaped flowers. 
show a great variety of the richest and most beautiful 
colors, and many superb spotted and blotched strains. 
Keep bulbs warm and dry during winter. Pkt. 10 cts. 
THE FREESIA is 
one of the most 
beautiful winter 
flowering bulbs. 
Seeds sown in 
the Spring make 
nice bulbs in 
time for Winter 
bloom. They are 
easily grown and 
ive great satis- 
action. Pure 
white, very frag- 
rant. Pkt. 5 cts. 
MINA LOBATA— 
—4 rs == ———— —— 
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Forget-Me-Not, (Victoria). 
FORGET-ME-NOT, (Victoria)—This is the finest variety 
of the beautiful old favorite Forget-Me-Not. Makes low 
bushy plants, six to eight inches high and the same in 
width, and bears a profusion of lovely azure blue flowers; 
fine for the hair and button-hole, and always greatly ad- 
mired. Nice for carpet bedding and edging outside, and 
for pots and window gardensindoors. Pkt. 4 cts. 
BALLOON VINE—The Balloon Vine, or Love in a Puff, is 
of rapid growth, with pretty foliage and curious balloon- 
oy peed vessels; nice for windows, rockeries, etc. 
. & cts. 
SEED FOR VASES, BASKETS and ROCKERIES—A 
earefully prepared mixture of the choicest and best seeds 
- for vases, baskets and rockeries, including lovely Dwarf 
Morning Glories, Summer Blooming Oxalis, &c.; war- 
Tanted to please. Pkt. 6 sta. 
A pretty climb- 
ing vine from 
Mexico; grows 
eighteen to 
twenty feet high, 
and is covered 
with flowers 
from top to bot 
tom, red, then 
Orange, and 
when fully open creamy-white. Pkt. 4 cts. 
The Freesia. 
MAURANDYA—A pretty, rapid, and graceful climber for 
greenhouse, parlor, basket, or out-door planting; bloom. 
profusely during the whole season; fine, tubular, belk- 
shaped flowers. white, purple and rose. Pkt, 3 cta. 
