Choice FloWer Seeds 



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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS 



SEEDSMEN, NEW YORK 



DAHLIA. 



One of our best autumn-flowering plants ; blooms until killed by 

 frost ; half-hardy perennial, blooming the first year from seed if sown 



early. 



Double Varieties. 



Finest Double Pkt. 

 Mixed. Saved 

 from the choicest 

 varieties . . . - $o lo 



Lilliput. Dwarf, 

 choicest mixed . • lo 



Cactus. Distinct 

 and remarkable 

 appearance pet- 

 als quilled and 

 curved, loosely 

 and gracefully ar- 

 ranged in large 

 oval heads of 

 of bloom. Finest 

 mixed lo 



Collection of six double 

 varieties, 50 cts. 



SiuKle "Varieties. 



Finest Single Pkt. 

 Mixed. These 

 DouWe Dahlia. are exceedingly 



beautiful and 

 are highly prized for cut-flowers. The seed we offer was saved 

 from splendid new varieties, which for brilliancy of color can- 

 not be surpassed ; if sown early in spring they will flower in 



August jjo 10 



Oraeilis. Striped and spotted flowers; extra-large, flaked and 



mottled in various brilliant colors lo 



Tom Thuml). Plant compact and bushy, about 12 inches high by 

 24 inches across ; flowers produced in abundance and of the most 



exquisite colors lo 



Comet. Dark scarlet . . . . is 



White Queen. Pure white '. 15 



Pure yellow 15 



Collection of six Sinffle varieties. 50 cts. 



Yellow Oem. 



DATURA (Trumpet Flo'wer). 



Strong-growing ornamental annuals, with large, trumpet-shaped 

 flowers. Fine for flower beds or borders. 

 Cornucopia (Horn of Plenty). A Pkt. 

 grand variety. Flowers measure 

 about 8 inches in length and 5 inches 

 across the mouth ; color white inside 

 and purple outside ; delightfully fra- 

 grant ... $0 10 

 Fine Mixed . . 05 



DIGITALIS, 



or Foxglove. 



Hardy perennial 

 ^ilants of the easiest 

 culture ; long spikes 

 )f large, showy flow- 

 ers, ranging through 

 .shades of purple, 

 white, rose, yellow, 

 some beautifully 

 spotted. 3 to 5 feet. 



MLxed Col- Pkt. 



ors $0 05 



I V e r y ' s New 



Spotted. 



Great improve- 

 ment on the old 

 sort. An end- 

 less variety of 

 prettily spotted 

 flovvei's .... 10 



OIANTHUS, or PINKS. 



A beautiful genus, embracing some of the most popular flowers in 

 cultivation. They are unrivaled for brilliancy and variety of color. 

 Height about i foot. 



Double Annual Varieties. 



Cbinensis (China, or Indian Pink). Very finest double mixed, Pkt. 



all the most brilliant colors ." oz., 40 cts . Jjo 05 



Heddewigii fl. pi. (Double Japan Pink). Very beautiful mixed 



colors H3 



Moarning Cloak. Rich blackish crimson, sharply edged with 



clear white, double and of large size 05 



HeddeAvigii Diadematus (Double Diadem Pink). Largedouble 



flowers in various tints of lilac, crimson and purple, with outer 



edges fringed and nearly white 05 



Laciniatus fl. pi. Doublfe fringed flowers. Mixed colors .... 05 

 lmperialisfl.pl. (Double Imperial Pink). Fine mixed 05 



Single Annual Varieties. 



Heddewigii (Single Japan Pink). A magnificent strain, with Pkt. 



flowers 2 to 3 inches across ; many exquisite colors, blotched 



and spotted in profusion. Mixed colors $0 05 



Queen of Holland. Beautiful Indian Pink, with large, round, 



entire edged single 



flowers of glisten- 

 ing white. Occa- 

 sionally a faint sal- 



mony ring appears 



around the eye, but 



usually the flowers 



are of purest white. 



The plants, about 



I foot high, are 



fairly covered with 



flowers from early 



summer until frost, 



from spring -sown Pkt. 



seed $0 10 



Crimson Belle. As ^ '^ 



its name implies, is 



of a rich crimson 



color ; flowers are |\\ 



very large, evenly 



and finely laciniated. 05 

 TT, „ .^ ^ „ # ^ Dianthus, Mourning 



Eastern Queen. X ^ cloak 



Beautifully marbled ; ■" 



the broad bands of rich mauve upon the paler surface of the Pkt. 



petals are very striking aind pretty $0 05 



The Bride, or Little Gem. Forms a compact plant six inches 



high. Flowers wine red veined with rosy carmine and broadly 



margined with white 10 



Salmon Queen. A very distinct and perfectly new tint, the most 



brilliant salmon color imaginable, changing into a rosy salmon . 10 

 Snow^liake. Pure snow-white flowers of large size, fringed .... 05 

 Liaciniatus. A beautiful fringed variety ; various colors 05 



Hardy Varieties. 



Gardnerianus fl. pi. (Double Hardy Garden Pink). Large Pkt. 

 fringed flowers. Mixed colors $0 05 



Plumarius (Pheasant-eye Pink). Very fragrant large flowers; 

 beautiful colors and finely fringed 05 



Plumarius fl. pi. Double and semi-double varieties in beautiful 

 colors. Very fragrant 10 



Single C.yclops. Entirely distinct, the predominating colors being 

 delicate rose, flesh-pink, copper color, salmon, wine-red, white, 

 crimson, etc : with large eye-like zone of velvety blood-red ; 

 clove-like perfume. The flowers are large and borne in profusion 

 from May until frost. Will bloom first season from seed sown 

 reasonably early. Finest varieties mixed la 



Double Cyclops. Choicest mixed 25 



DICTAMXUS (Durning Busta, or Gas riant). 



Fine hardy herbaceous plants with showy flowers and fragrant foli- 

 age. Mixed colors. Pkt. 5 cts. 



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