WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK 
ALYSSUM 
The Sweet Alyssum has pretty little white flowers, useful in making up in all kinds of 
bouquets, and its fragrance, while sufficiently pronounced, is very delicate. The Alyssum 
grows freely from seed, either under glass or in the open ground. 
Carpet of Snow. The most dwarf of 
varieties ; excellent for beds, borders or pots. 
2to38inches. Pkt. 10 cts. ; 
Little Gem. Distinct, fragrant variety. 
4 inches. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Sweet. Hardy annual. 1 foot. Pkt. 
5 ets., 02. 40 ets. 
backgrounds of borders. 
ing well with Golden Feather, Cineraria maritima, ete. 
set out the latter part of May. Annuals. 
Bicolor ruber. 
Caudatus (Love-Lies-Bleeding). Crim- 
son. 38feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Cruentus (Prince’s Feather). Scarlet. 
3 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Henderi. Very brilliant foliage; splen- 
did. 3feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Marguerite. Flowers rich purple. Pkt. 
10 cts. i 
Melancholicus ruber. Dark crimson 
foliage. Pkt. 5 cts. : 
Princess of Wales. Carmine, orange- 
green and bright yellow. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Salicifolius (Fountain Plant). Scarlet 
and purple; one of the handsomest. 3 
feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Tricolor (Joseph’s Coat). Red, yellow 
and green foliage. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 40 cts. 
Ammobium Alatum 
A showy border annual with white flowers ; 
much used for dried bouquets. Succeeds 
well in any soil. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Ampelopsis Veitchii 
(Japan or Boston Ivy) 
A hardy perennial climber with glossy 
green leaves which change to scarlet in the 
autumn. The most valuable climber for 
covering walls. Pkt. 10 cts. 
a 
Anemone 
Anemone Coronaria 
(Wind-=Flower) 
Garden Anemone. Beauti- 
ful hardy perennial, easily grown 
from seed, flowering early in 
spring; fine for bouquets. Mixed 
eolors. 1foot. Pkt. 5 cts. ; 
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grows about six inches high, and is thickly 
studded with pure white flower spikes. 
5 ets. 
Alyssum. Showy yellow. 
9 inches. 
AMARANTHUS 
These plants are strong-growing and highly ornamental. A. salicifolius, A. Henderi and 
Princess of Wales form splendid pot-plants, and are also very effective for centers of beds and 
A, melancholicus ruber is a very excellent bedding plant, contrast- 
Searlet and orange foliage. 
throats. 
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Benthami compactum. This variety 
Pkt. 
Saxatile compactum. Rock or Golden 
Hardy perennial. 
Pkt. 5 ets. 
Sow the seed in a hotbed in April, and 
2feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Aquilegia 
Skinneri. 
Vulgaris fi. pl. 
Scarlet, tipped with yellow; very handsome species. 
Fine double varieties, mixed. Pkt. 5 ets. 
ANTIRRHINUM 
Choice Flower Seeds 
Alyssum 
Anthemis Arabica 
A pretty free-flowering annual; flowers 
golden yellow; constantly in flower. Pkt. 
cts. 
Angelonia Grandiflora 
A handsome plant for greenhouse culturs 
in winter or the open border in summer, 
having long spikes of cup-shaped, very sweet- 
scented flowers. It blossoms the first sea- 
son. Violet, spotted white. 114 feet. Pkt. 
25 ets. 
AQUILEGIA 
(Columbine) 
This pretty and interestingly varied genus 
of plants scarcely meets with the amount of 
consideration it deserves. When fully estab- 
lished the Aquilegias will stand frost well, 
and the earliness and abundance of their 
blooms ought to render them general favor- 
ites. Many of the varieties are extremely 
beautiful. Hardy perennials. 
Californica Hybrida. Large, pale-yel- 
low flowers, dark orange spurs. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Chrysantha. Golden yellow; fine. Pkt, 
10 cts. 
Coerulea Hybrida. One of the most 
beautiful species. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Glandulosa Vera. Very large, erect, 
dark blue flowers, tipped white; beautiful. 
Pkt. 15 cts. 
Pkt. 15 cts. 
(SNAPDRAGON) 
Old garden favorites, with odd-shaped flowers of brilliant colorings and very prettily spotted 
MAJUS, TALL SORTS 
Album. Pure white. Pkt. 5 ets. 
Albo-roseum. White, with rose lip. Pkt. 
5 ets. 
s Brilliant. Searlet, gold and white. Pkt. 
ets. 
Firefly. Scarlet, white throat. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Lilacinum. Lilac. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Nigrescens. Dark purple. Pkt. 5 cts. 
6 striavan: Fine striped varieties. Pkt. 
ets. 
Mixed. All varieties. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Collection of one packet each of above seven 
sorts, 30 cts. 
Of easiest culture, blooming the first season from seed and thriving in any soil. 
sorts are most desirable for cut-flowers, while the dwarf make the best plants for edgings or pots. 
The tall 
TOM THUMB, DWARF SORTS 
Album. Pure white. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Album rubro striatum. White, striped 
rose. Pkt. 5 cts. 
F Brilliant. Searlet, gold and white. Pkt. 
ets. 
Firefly. Scarlet, white throat. Pkt. 5 ets. 
Kermesinum. Brilliant crimson. Pkt.5 cts. 
Luteum, Yellow. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Queen of the North. Pure white. P:. 
5 ets. 
Mixed. All varieties. Pkt. 5 cts. 
One packet each of above seven sorts, 30 cts. 
For those unable to make their own selection we have special collections of seeds, flowering the first se4*an. 
12 pkts. 50 cts. 
