WM. ELLIOTT & SONS 



SEEDSMEN, NEW YORK 



41 



Choice FloWer Seeds 



PHLOX. 



The different varieties of Phlox are 

 noted for extreme richness of color, 

 profuseness and duration of bloom. 

 They rank among our finest annuals, 

 and whether planted in clumps or 

 masses always look beautiful. 



Phlox Drummondi. Choice 

 mixed. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 50 cts. 



LARGE-FLOWERING, or GRANDI- ' 

 FLORA VARIETIES. 



These are a great improvement on 

 the older sorts, producing Howers almost 



double the size. „, 



Pkt. 



Alba. Pure white $0 10 



Alba oculata. White, with claret 

 eye 10 



Coecinea. Brilliant scarlet; excel- 

 lent for bedding 10 



Rosea. Beautiful rose 10 



Leopold!. Rose, white eye . ... 10 



Atropurpurea. Deep purplish 

 blood color, rich and velvety ... 10 



Chamois Rose. Salmon -pink, 

 with dark orange-scarlet eye ... 10 



Isabellina. Lemon-yellow, garnet 

 eye 10 



Kermesina eplendens. Vivid 

 crimson, white eye 10 



Large-Flowering Mixed. Extra 

 large-flowered varieties in all the 

 favorite colors . . . . oz. 75 cts. . 10 



DWARF, or NANA COMPACTA. 



Very desirable for ribbon bedding and 

 useful for pot culture. They grow about 

 8 inches in height and are covered with 

 flowers all summer and fall. p. 



Fireball. Brilliant scarlet ... $0 10 



Snowball. Pure white 10 



Rosea. Beautiful rose 10 



Nana compacta. Mixed. All colors 10 



STAR PHLOX. 



This is the most distinct and striking Phlox we have. The plants are 

 of dwarf habit and produce beautiful star-like flowers. 

 Star of Quedllnburg, Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 



DOUBLE-FLOWERING PHLOX. 



Very desirable on account of the durability of the flowers, which last 

 much longer than those of the single sorts. pj^^. 



Double "White So 15 



" Yellow 15 



'• Scarlet 15 



" Mixed ■ " ■ 10 



HARDY PHLOX (Phlox Decussata). 

 One of the finest herbaceous plants for beds or massing ; grows about 

 2 feet in height and bears immense heads of beautiful flowers. Finest 

 mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 



CoUection of Fliloxes. 



POL,YCAt,YMIVA SXUARXI. 



Pretty everlasting, with white and yellow flowers. Half-hardy 

 annual. 1% feet. Pkt. 10 cts. 



POLY AN XflU S. 



Splendid spring-flowering plants ; fine for pot culture or the 

 open border. Hardy perennials. „, 



Mixed. All colors $010 



Kxtra Choice Mixed. From the finest named varieties . 25 



POI^EMONIUM (Jacob's Ladder). 



Fine hardy herbaceous perennials, bearing large heads of 

 exceedingly beautiful flowers. Very desirable. Mixed. Pkt. 5c. 



PHASEOr,US CARACAl,r,A. 



A beautiful climber; maybe grown outside in summer and 

 in the greenhouse in winter. Valued by florists for their deli- 

 cious fragrance and resemblance to orchids ; bluish white flowers. 

 Plant in light, rather rich loam. Pkt. 10 cts. 



PHYSAL,IS FRANCHEXI. 



(Chinese I.anterii Plant.) 



A remarkably showy variety of the Winter Cherry. The plants are 

 well covered with handsome green foliage, studded with large cherry- 

 like fruit, enclosed in an enormous balloon-like semi-transparent calyx 

 of bright crimson color; very effective in the autumn garden, or excel- 

 lent when grown as pot-plants for winter decoration. Pkt. lo cts. 



POPPY. 



Showy, free-blooming, old-fashioned flowers. Very effective in 

 mixed borders. Seed of the annual varieties should be sown early in 

 the spring where the plants are to remain, as they are difficult to 

 transplant. 



DOUBLE ANNUAL POPPIES. 



Carnation-Flowered. Large, globular flowers, the petals 01 which 

 arecut and fringed in a most attractive manner. 2K ft. high. p.^ 



Scarlet $0 05 



Ash Gray 05 



Dark Lilac 05 



Purple on Black-Brown . 05 

 Mixed. All colors 05 



Pkt. 



"White $0 05 



White, Striped Scarlet . 05 



Light "JTello-w 05 



Rose 05 



Eiderdown. Robust plants iK to 2 feet high; the flowers are 



elegantly fringed, and form round balls of the purest white ... 05 

 The Mikado. Large double flowers, pure white, with fringed 



edges of crimson-scarlet 05 



Snowdrift. Pure white, extremely double flowers, perfect form ; 



very large size 05 



French Ranunculus-Plow^ered. Double mixed. 2 feet ... 05 

 Peeony-Flowered. Large flowers, resembling a double Paeony. 



Mixed colors 05 



SINGLE ANNUAL POPPIES. 



Shirley. A strain of marvelous beauty, with single and semi-double 



flowers ranging in color from pure white through the most delicate 



shades of pink, rose and carmine to the deepest crimson, while many 



are delicately 



edged and 



striped ; there 



is such a wide 



variety among 



this class that 



scarcely two 



will be found 



alike. If the 



flowers are gath- 

 ered in the 



morning while 



the dew is on 



them and placed 



in water, they 



will retain their 



freshness 48 



hours. Pkt. IOC. 

 English Scarlet. 



The common 



Field Poppy of 



Great Britain. 



Pkt. 5 cts. 



Shirley Poppies. 



