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ALFRED F. CONARD, WEST GROVE, PA. 



GIANT VERBENA. 



LARKSPUR, DELPHINUM. Fine, handsome au- 

 uuals of great beauty, noted for their rich, handsome 

 colors. All finest kiiids mixed, plct. 3 cts. 



SOLANUM Jerusalem Cherry). A charming plant 

 for a pot, re-embliug a minature orange tree; covered 

 all winter with a profusion of scarlet fruit, which is 

 the chief attraction. Pkt. 4 cts. 



SWEET SCABIOSA. Bears a profusion of fine, large. 

 double flowers, purple, scarlet, white, and rich mul- 

 berry-red, edged and borefered with white; very sweet 

 and "fine for cutting. Fine mixed colors, pkt! 4 cts. 



SALPIGLOSSIS GRANDIFLORA. These are 

 very pretty and graceful flowers, borne on long 

 stems and in great profusion ; the colors range from 

 light-blue and straw color to the deejiest purple 

 and maroon. A beautiful bedding plant ; no 

 trouble to grow ; large flowering. Mixed, 4 cts. 



SMILAX (usually called Boston Smilax). One 

 of the most desirable window vines, highly valued 

 for its elegant, glossy, green foliage, aud graceful, 

 climbing habit ; grows several feet high the first 

 season, and is largely tised in aU kinds of floral 

 decorations. Pkt. 6 cts. 



NEW SWEET WILLIAMS (Dianthus barba- 

 tus). These are exceedingly beautiful, twice as 

 laige as they used to be, aud of many rich and bril- 

 liant colors; they deserve a jilace in every garden, 

 but do not always bloom the first season ; immen.se 

 clusters of flowei-s. very sweet. Single and double, 

 finest mixed, pkt. 4 cts. 



STOCKS. TEN WEEKS-NEW LARGEST 

 FLOWERING GLOBE PYRAMIDAL 

 STOCK. Immense spikes of perfectly double 

 flowers, pyramid form, individual blooms fre- 

 quently measuring two to two aud a half inches 

 in diameter: colors range through crimson, rose, 

 white, blue, lilac, brown, and yellow ; greatly prized 

 for cut flowers on account of their fragrance and 

 diversity of colore. Pkt. Gets. 



STOCKS, DWARF GERMAN. TEN WEEKS. 

 The German Stocks make beatitiful masses of bloom. 

 Fine mixed, pkt. 4 cts. 



MIXTURE OF FRAGRANT ANNUALS. Care- 

 fully made up from seeds of fraerant flowers only. 

 A bed of these will give rich perfume throughout the 

 day and evening, and many are suitable for cutting 

 and vases. Pkts. 6 cts. 



GIANT VERBENA (Verbena Hy- 

 brida). One of the finest strains of 

 Verbena in existence— larger and 

 more beautiful than the Mammoth. 

 They are easily grown from seeds, 

 and the seedling plants are more 

 vigorous and healthy and bloom 

 better than those grown from cut- 

 tings—they are also sweet scented. 

 Sown in the spring, they bloom 

 quite early, and single plants in 

 good, rith soil, will soon cover a 

 space tMo to three feet across, and 

 produce a sheet of brilliant color all 

 through the season. We offer extra 

 fine seed saved from flowers of the 

 best types and most brilliant colors, 

 including the beautiful auricula- 

 eyed types, as shown in cut. Finest 

 mixed, pkt. 6 cts.; extra large pkts. 

 10 cts. 



SCARLET DEFIANCE. Very 

 tine. Pkt. 10 cts. 



PURE WHITE (Sea Foam, or 

 Candidissima). A fine strain of 

 large-flowering pure white hvbrid 

 Verbena. Pkt. 6 cts. 



VERBENA HYBRIDA. Good 



quality, mixed. Pkt. 3 cts. 



VERBENA ODORATA, This 

 lovely variety is perfectly hardy and 

 dififerent from all others; seed sown 

 in the open ground commences to 

 bloom very quickly, and gives an 

 abundance of beautiful flowers all 

 summer ; pure white, and blooms 

 in spikes instead of flat clusters; 

 very fragrant and sweet. Pkt. 4 

 cts.' 

 HELIOTROPE. A universal favor- 

 ite on account of its de'ightful fra- 

 grance aud constant bloom ; equally 

 desirable for bedding in summer and pot plants during 

 winter; grows easily and blooms quickly. Many fine 

 varieties mixed, pkt. 6 cts. 

 CENTROSEMA GRANDIFLORA. An entirely new 

 climbing vine of rare beauty; bears large clusters of 

 pea-shaped flov>ers from early June till cut down by 

 frost. The flowers are quite "large, very fragrant, and 

 borne in profusion from June to October; the color is 

 rosy-purple and creamy-white; very handsome and 

 attractive ; six to eight feet. Seed should be soaked in 

 water over night. Pkt. 6 cts. 



SALPIGLOSSIS GRANDIFLORA. 



FLOWERS FOR CUTTING AND BOUQUETS. 



This mixture is carefully made up and includes the 

 best annuals for cutting and making bouquets. They 

 are of all colors, and most have long stems and produce 

 a profusion of flowers all the season. Pkts. 6 cts. 



