Choice FloWer Seeds 



36 



VVM. ELLIOTT & SONS 



SEEDSMEN, NEW YORK 



I^APAGERIA ROSEA. 



One of the most beautiful greenhouse and conservatory cHmbers yet 

 known; has numerous brilliant carmine-colored, bell-shaped flowers. 

 Pkt. 25 cts. 



LARKSPUR. {» I I i i 



(Annual Delpbiniam.) if i^S it S 



This is one of the best known of English '^ J ^ .& 



garden flowers. A vast improvement has \ j-fs g ^ ^* I 



been effected, by \ ■P«§'t^^^^ </ £ 



Double Dwarf Rocket. Pkt. ^^^^^^^^H^^^M. 



Finest mixed colors, i .^^^^Q^i^^^^'S'ii-j^ 



foot oz. 30 cts. . $0 05 »^^^fe^?^^^'^^"^ 



Double Tall Rocket. Finest '^1^^ v^S^^ 



mixed colors. 2 ft. . oz. 30c. . 05 '5."'^^^- '^^ Jk^^^^S^^^k 



Double Stock -Flowered. '"^^^^^^^alafc^^^ ^^ ^ 



Long spikes of bloom ; finest ^'^^^^^B^m^^^f^^3^^^S;£^\ 



mixed colors, i ft. . oz. 40c. . 05 ^r»^^^a^Hp^l^Bf^^\^^^gf;- ^ 



Emperor. Mixed. A magnifi- >^^S^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 



cent variety, remarkably i^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 



(Poriferous; rich colors. I'A ' '-^--?v^7^:»*-' 



5 Larkspur. 



Candelabra- Flowered. A Pkt. 



fine dwarf branching variety, of a great many colors. Mixed. 



I foot Jo 10 



Collection of Dwarf Rockets, six separate colors, 30 cents. 

 For Perennial Larkspur, see Delphinium, page 31. 



LAXHYRUS (Everlasting Pea). 

 These are splendid hardy perennials, profuse bloomers and excellent 

 for cutting. Flowers are like those of Sweet Peas, not fragrant, but 

 more lasting. Plants live throughout the winter with some protection. 



^ . Pkt. 



Crimson go os 



White .05 



Mixed 05 



I.AYIA EIvEGAXS. 



A pretty hardy annual, growing about i foot high. The flowers 

 measure nearly 2 inches in diameter and are of a golden yellow, tipped 

 with white. Pkt. 5 cts. 



y^ IDv^V Very graceful, free-flowering plants. L. 

 scran dijiorum is one of the handsomest 

 annuals ever introduced, equally recom- 

 mended for its brilliant color and long 

 duration in bloom. 

 ^BjLt. 1^ L. flaviim is a fine 



4^^T«pk^^ft^ifi^/^ 7*A gold-colored variety, 



•^W »iCa«I^ ®'^>wn^ife*US* O^ which may also be 



"^^T ^^^bW SsiJ^i/^^^-V^* grown in pots. 



-*- 1. '^irr.iVT-tr^ ^'^^^-'^^^M^S^ i^^ . ip Grandlflorum . 



^^l5/^ Scarlet, i foot. Pkt. 

 \^^) ^A 5 cts. 

 ^^f^L Grandiflorum 

 i«B«w^\¥]kW ^^B^^'ffi^d^^^^ ^^2^^? J,» flav u m . Yellow. 



' WM^WMW)^ tA VENDER. 



l»:^3^>'^^teM'y^r^ Well-known hardy 



'>^fiy^^^^ perennial, bearing 



~ "^ ' long spikes of fra- 



- -~-. s,<3-a.- "^sf^^^^t?^:^^-^ grant blue flowers. 



-c^r.-» s-f..-^ — :.,.;s^t.asstr?ss^ ' Should be in every 



Linum. garden. Pkt. 5 cts. 



EEMOX VERBENA. 



An old favorite, with lemon-scented foliage. Pkt. 10 cts. 



EISIANTHUS RtlSSEEEIANUS. 



A magnificent greenhouse plant, with tulip-shaped flowers of a fine, 

 rich purple, with a very dark eye in the center. The flower continues 

 perfect for two or three weeks. By forcing it early in the spring and 

 planting out in the open border, it will probably be found to flower as- 

 freely as Phlox Dt2ivirnondii. Pkt. 25 cts. 



EOPHOSPERMUM. 



Exceedingly ornamental climbing plants, with large and handsome- 

 flowers ; very effective for consv;rvatory or garden decoration. Half- 

 hardy annual. „, 



Coccineum. Scarlet $0 10 



Scandens. Rosy purple ' . . . 10 



LOVE-IN-A-MIST. See Nigella. 



EXIPINUS. 



Free-flowering plants with long spikes of flowers, rich and varied in- 

 color. Mixed annual varieties. Pkt. 5 cts. 



EYCHNIS. 



Handsome and highly ornamental plants, of easy culture ; strikingly" 

 effective in mixed flower and shrubbery borders. Hardy perennials. 



Pkt. 

 Chalcedonica. Large heads of brilliant scarlet flowers. 2 feet . $0 05. 



Alba. Pure white, very ornamental. 2 feet 05 



Finest Mixed Varieties 05 



MARIGOI^D. 



The French and African Marigolds are valuable for their flowers in 

 autumn, and can be grown to advantage in little clumps with other 

 plants in the front 

 of shrubberies or 

 in the garden 

 border. The Af- 

 rican varieties ^ J^^SSKb.^, <" 

 are the taller in Mia^^^^WEisPft^^Se 

 growth, and pro- 

 duce large self- 

 colored blos- 

 soms; the French 

 varieties ate 

 smaller, some of 

 them being ele- 

 gantly striped r//(\ /t^^"^ (\ ^ 

 and spotted. The ^^ ^^^^ClSSS^i nt 

 dwarf - growing S^P^ ij^^'^ft JS)iwi^KMoKtJ 

 kind adapt them- « '^^ 

 selves to spots 

 where the taller 

 varieties would 

 be unsuitable. 



AFRICAN 

 VARIETIES. _^ 



Eldorado. -^S^^ 

 Without a doubt : '^^-^^^^^^^fti 

 the finest of the V ^^'^^S^^^^^^ 



African Mari- ^ . ^"""^^^Pfw^t^^^l^^isT^^ '*5i3^'^-' 

 golds. Immense ,».-^:^^^^. ^))^!53^..^W'_=^.U.^^ 



double flowers of ^^^^'' ^*s.^0^i^]^#^?^S^r5 



many beautiful - ^^ 



shades of yellow. Marigold, Legrion d'Honneur. 



Pkt. 10 cts. Pkt. 



Gold Nugset. Dwarf dense growth ; large double flowers of a 



golden yellow color So 10 



African Quilled. Mixed varieties. 2 feet 05 



FRENCH VARIETIES. 



Gold-Striped. Flowers rich maroon, regularly striped with go!- Pkt. 



den yellow ; habit of plant dwarf and compact $0 10 



Dwarf French. Finest mi.xed ; very double, i foot 05 



Legion d'Honneur. A single-flowering Marigold, forming com- 

 pact bushes 6 inches high. Begins flowering extremely early, 

 commencing in June The flowers are golden yellow, marked 



with a large spot of velvety crimson i«' 



See also Calendula and Tagetes. 



