ROSES, SEEDS, AND BULBS FOR 1895. 



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New Imperial German Pansies. 



Magnificent Large=f lowering Strain. 



The Imperial German Pansies are noted for their strong, vigorous growth, which enables 

 them to stand our hot, dry summers, and produce an abundance of splendid flowers all through 

 the season ; the flowers are large and beautiful, and the great variet}' and intense brightness of 

 their colors is really wonderlul. Some are lovely solid or self colors of exquisite shades, others 

 curiously spotted with rims of white, yellow, and blue ; light and dark marbled varieties, 

 flowers with clear, distinct eyes, striped and variegated flowers, gayly colored fancy varieties, 

 blotched, veined, and marbled in countless beautiful combinations. The seed I ofier includes 

 the finest selected strains and is of the very best quality. 



IMPERIAL GERMAN, SPLENDID MIXED. This mixture is very 



• carefully made irom 



seeds of the largest and brightest strains, and includes more than fifty different shades and 

 colorings, representing all the finest and best types of German Pansies. Per pkt. 8 cts.; 

 two pkts. 15 cts. ; three pkts. for 20 cts. 



4@='The following separate varieties of Imperial German Pansies are each 10 cts. per pkt. of fifty seeds ; 

 three pkts. for 25 cts.; six pkts. for 50 cts.; set of ten separate varieties for 75 cts., postpaid. 



BLACK PRINCE. The finest black ; magnificent flow- 

 ers of largest size, very deep, rich, and velvety. 



DARK MAHOGANY. Rich, dark mahogany, with 

 clear-cut edge. 



EMPEROR WILLIAM. Improved. Extra large 

 flowers ; lovely ultramarine blue, with deep violet eye. 



SNOW FAIRY. Beautiful, large flowers, pure snow 

 white. 



IMPROVED FANCY STRIPED. Flowers of large 

 size; very striking and beautiful ; handsomely flamed 



and striped in the most brilliant and exquisite colors, 



g@^ Good quality mixed Pansies for bedding, per pkt. 5 

 cts.: ^ oz. 25 cts. 



RAINBOW PANSY. Reddish-blue, with white and 

 pink edge of surpassing beauty ; well named Rainbow. 



LARGE SPOTTED, MIXED. Elegantly spotted and 

 blotched ; ground colors red, yellow, and white. 



RED RIDING-HOOD. Many brilliant shades of red 

 and maroon, with crimson colorings. 



FANCY VARIETIES. Splendid mixed; saved from 

 the most rare and beautiful fancy, striped, spotted, 

 and marbled varieties; a strikingly brilliant strain. 



SHOW VARIETIES, SPLENDID MIXED, Best 

 solid or self colors ; exquisitely beautiful. 



Cts.; three pkts. 12 



NEW CACTUS DAHLIA, NYMPH^EA. 



THE PINK WATER LILY DAHLIA. 



An entirely novel and distinct new Dahlia of elegant form and wonderful beauty. The 

 flowers are of large size, full and regular form, with broad, heavy petals and somewhat cupped 

 or incurved center ; the color is clear, bright coral-pink with rosy amai-anth shading, and 

 closely resembling the ideal pink water lily, always so greatly admired. The flowers are of 

 exquisite texture, soft, delicate, and graceful, and give forth a rich and delightful perfume. 

 It is the only sweet=scented Dahlia that we know of The plant grows erect and branch- 

 ing, has remarkably handsome foliage, and is literally loaded with large, perfect flowers all 

 through the blooming season. Taken altogether, it is certainly a plant of rare and exquisite 

 beauty, and a most charming novelty that we are sure many of our friends will like to have. 

 Price, strong plants, 25 cts. each ; five for $1.00. 



THE NEW SPANISH IRIS is sure to bloom beautifully; large, gayly-colored flowers, elegantly variegated; 

 fine for beds and borders. Three nice bulbs for 10 cts.; 30 cts. per doz., postpaid. Be sure to try them. 



