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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, SEEDSMEN, NEW YORK. 



STEVIA. 



A useful plant for pot or border culture ; very free flowering. 

 Extensively used by florists for cut flowers. Very easily 

 grown, requiring a light, rich soil. Tender perennials. 



Purpurea. Purple, very fine Pkt. 10 



.Serrata. White, fine for bouquets ..." 10 



SUNFLOWER. 



(helianthds.) 



iA genus of well-known, tall-growing plants, with large, bril- 

 liant yellow flowers. They are very effective in proper 

 situations, in large shrubbery borders, or as screens. 



Tall Double Californa. Orange, 5 ft. Per oz. 25 cts. 



Pkt. 5 



Mammoth Russian. Very large, single. Per oz., 10 cts. 5 



Globe-Shaped Double. Saffron. Finest of all. 6 ft. 



Per oz., 30 cts 5 



"Variegated Foliage. Very ornamental ; 4ft 5 



Oscar Wilde. Single, with small flowers, very handsome ; 



8 ft. Per oz. , 30 cts 5 



\Cucumerifolius. Habit very branching, growing about 

 3 feet high and blooming profusely throughout the 

 season ; flowers 2 inches in diameter, orange-yellow 

 with black center 10 



'Primrose Color. Branching habit blooming profusely 

 until killed by frost. Flowers delicate sulphur yellow 

 with black center. Very attractive 10 



SWEET SULTAN. 



(CENTAUKEA MOSCHATA.) 



Sweet-scented, profuse flowering plants, very effective in 

 mixed or shrubbery borders ; the flowers emit a delicate 

 honey perfume, and are much prized for bouquets ; grow 

 freely in rich soil ; hardy annuals. 



Purple. 13^^ ft Pkt. 5 



White. 1^^ ft 5 



Suaveolens. Beautiful yellow. 1% ft 5 



Mixed Colors 5 



TACSONIA. 



_A. beautiful climber for house or conservatory ; flowers 

 abundantly and nearly the whole season; closely allied to 

 the Passion flower. They require a fine rich loam, plenty of 

 light and moisture ; half-hardy perennial. 



Ignea. Scarlet; 10 ft Pkt. 25 



Von Volxemi. Large flowered ; bright scarlet ..... 25 



TAGETES. 



Beautiful and delicate fern-leaf plants, forming compact bushes 

 covered with neat, bright colored blossoms; half-hardy 

 annuals. 



Pumila. Brown and yellow; very compact grower; 



1 ft Pkt. 10 



Golden Ring. New; color rich orange; an abundant 



bloomer 10 



THUNBERGIA. 



Extremely ornamental climbers, much admired, very free 

 bloomers. Sow in strong hot-bed in April after moistening 

 the seed ; pot first in the sandy loam and peat, afterwards 

 use a good portion of poor lime-rubbish. In flower July to 

 to October ; half-hardy annuals ; 4 ft. 



Alata. Yellow or buff, with dark eye .Pkt. 5 



Aurantiaca. Bright orange, with dark eye 5 



Bakerii. Pure white 5 



Sulphurea. Sulphur yellow, dark eye 5 



Freyerii. Buff 5 



Finest Mixed. Per oz., 40 cts 5 



Greenhouse Varieties. 



Fragrans. White Pkt. 25 



Harrisii. Blue 25 



TYD^EA. 



A beautiful class of dwarf free flowering greenhouse plants, 

 producing a great variety of magnificent colors. Its dwarf 

 habit renders it very valuable for floiists, being equally as 

 pretty as Gloxinias, blooming at the same time if sown early. 

 Choice Mixed. Greenhouse perennial Pkt. 50 



TOKENIA. 



Sown February to April in pots, and kept under glass, it wili 

 thrive equally well if planted out in the summer months in 

 the open ground ; half-hardy annual. 

 Fournierl. Sky-blue flowers, with three spots of a dark 



indigo-blue, and a bright yellow stain in the center. Pkt. 25 

 Baillonii. A very pretty and distinct species, bearing 



bright yellow flowers, with purplish-brown tube ... 25 

 " White Wings." Unusually attractive, being pure white 



witii flush of rose at the throat ........... 25 



TRITOMA. 



Interesting and showy plants, with flower stalk 3 feet high; 

 covered for about a foot with bright orange-scarlet flowers. 

 Very effective if planted in clumps or among shrubbery ; rich 

 soil. Half-hardy perennial. 



Uvaria Grandiflora. (Red Hot Poker.) Pkt. 10 



Saundersi. New magnificent species 25 



VIRGINIAN STOCK. 



Charming dwarf free-flowering plants, extremely effective in 

 small beds, baskets or as edgings. Annuals. 

 Mixed. Bed and white 5 



WAHLENBERGIA. 



(PLATYCODON.) 



A very interesting family of hardy, perennial plants, with 

 Campanula-like flowers of white and blue, which are exceed- 

 ingly beautiful. Sow under glass, or in the house, in April, 

 and transplant to open ground in May. 



Grandiflora. Deep blue, 4 ft Pkt. 10 



Alba. Pure white, 4 ft 10 



Nana. New dwarf, dark blue, 1 ft. ......... 10 



