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NEW FLORAL GUIDE-SPRING 1900 



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CALCEOLARIA HYBRIDA-One of the most beautiful 

 house and conservatory plants ; universally admired 

 for their large, curiously shaped, pocket-like flowers. 

 The colors and markings are wonderfully rich and 

 varied, including the rarest shades of velvety crimson, 

 rich maroon, brown and yellow, with brilliant, tiger- 

 like spots. Seed saved from the choicest, selected 

 flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 



EVERLASTING FLOWERS— Finest sorts mixed. 

 These everlasting flowers are of many brilliant colors 

 and forms. Very handsome while growing and highly 

 valued for making la.sting and durable bouquets for par- 

 lor and sitting room decorations in Winter. The .seed 

 we offer contains all the most desirable varieties and 

 colors in finest mixture. Pkt. i cts. 



NEW JAPAN IRIS, (Iris Kaempferi,") The.se grand 

 new Japanese Iris are among the most magnificent 

 flowers we have. They grow two to three feet high 

 and bear splendid trusses of lovely, orchid-like flow- 

 ers of exqui.site colors ; royal purple, sky blue, pearl 

 white, blush, lavender, yellow, etc., in endless variety 

 and combinations. Finest mixed, pkt., 8 cts. 



NIGELLA. (Love in a Mist.) A curious and pretty, 

 hardy annual known as Lady in Green, Devil in Bush, 

 etc. The flowers and foliage are both handsome, and 

 require but little care. Pkt. 3 cts. 



New Marguerite Centaur ea. 



NE\V MARGUERITE CENTAUREA— This is one of the 

 choicest new flowers of the season. The plants grow about 

 one foot high and begin blooming in July, from seed sown 

 in open ground. The flowers are the size of medium car- 

 nations, pure white and very fragrant, fine for cutting. 

 They bloom so quickly, and are so handsome and satis- 

 factory that all should try them. Pkt. 50 seeds, 6 cts. 



Superb New Dwarf 



Marguerite Carnations. 



This splendid new class of Carnations bloom abundantly 

 ixi three or four months after sowing the seed. Most of the 

 flowers are as large and double as the finest named carna- 

 tions, they are very fragrant and elegantly fringed, and 

 come in many beautiful shades of crimson, rose,3irik, 

 white, variegated, etc. By sowing the seeds at different 

 times, one can have the finest carnations all the year round. 

 Pkt. 6 cts.; % oz., 25 cts.; oz., $1.25. 



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Perennial Carnations. 



Perennial Carnations. 



Highly valued for their large, very beautiful and fragrant 

 flowers. Seeds sown in open ground in May or June, bloom 

 splendidly the next season. They are nearly hardv, but a 

 light covering of garden litter is advisable in cold situations. 



GERMAN CARNATIONS, Double Mixed— Pkt. 6 cts. 

 EXTRA CHOICE, " Pkt. lo cts. 



EARLY VIENNA CARNATION— Extra fine for open 

 ground culture, easy to grow, blooms early in the season, 

 should be in every garden. Pkt. 6 cts. 



PERPETUAL or TRE© CARNATIQN-FiBest mixed. 

 ^Kt. 10 cts. 



Eucharidium Breweri. 



EUCHARIDIUM BREWERI— A very pretty and showy 

 dwarf summer-flowering annual ; flowers purplish rose 

 shading to white ; grows easily, begins to flower quickly 

 and continues to bloom profusely all through the season 

 a very elegant and distinct plant. Pkt. 6 cts. 



Cyclamen Porsicum. 



CYCLAMEN PERSICUM— Charming, bulbous-rooted 

 plants, with beautiful variegated foliage and richly colored, 

 orchid-like flowers; they are highly esteemed as pot plants 

 for winter and spring blooming. .Seed sown earl^^ in sandy 

 loam makes bulbs that will bloom the following winter. 

 After flowering the bulbs should rest in a dry state over 

 summer. Pkt. 8 cts. 



CYCLAMEN GIGANTEUM— Beautifully mottled leaves 

 and ver\' large flowers of rich color.s, Finest Jui^ed, pfeU 

 10 CIS. 



