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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 flewers are of the largest size, most perfect form and brightest and richest colors; 
including the finest shades of 
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blush, lavender, pink, indigo, : CONARD’S 
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Conard’s New Prize Verbena. 
WE WILL PAY $10 for the largest single flower of Conard’s Prize Verbenas, grown from 
our seed this season ; $6 for the second largest flower; $4 for the third 
largest ; $2.50 each for the fourth and fifth largest. Competition open to all. See conditions 
Page 92. Pkt., 100 seeds, 6 cts. each. 
Verbena Odorata. This lovely variety is perfectly hardy 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 Candidissima.) A 
fine strain of large-flowering pure white hybrid. Per pkt. 4 cts. 
Verbena Searlet Defiance. Very fine. Per pkt. 4 cts. 
Verbena Hybrida. Good quality, mixed. Per pkt. 3 cts. 
New Pedigree + CANNAS 
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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 you 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. & J. New Pedigree Canna. Extra choice, saved 
from picked flowers only, including grand Bronze-Leaved, Pink 
and other finest colorings. Per pkt. (20 seeds), 100., 35c. per oz. 
New Pedigree Canna. Good quality mixed. Per. pkt. 
(20 seeds), 6 cts.; 20 cts. per oz. 
New Dwarf Canna. -Canna Hybrid. Good mixed. Pkt. (10 seeds), 3c., 100. per oz. 
