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 GKANDI- 
FLORA VARIETIES. 
These are a great improvement on 
the older sorts, producing flowers almost 
double the size. 
rkt. 
Alba. Pure white $0 10 
Alba oculata. White, with claret 
eye 10 
Coccinea. Brilliant scarlet ; excel- 
lent for bedding 10 
Rosea. Beautiful rose 10 
Leopoldi. 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 splendens. Vivid 
crimson, white eye 10 
Iiarge-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. pj^^ 
Fireball. Brilliant scarlet . . . jjSo 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 Quedlinburg, Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 
DOUBLE-FLOWERING PHLOX. 
Very desirable on account of the durability of the flowers, which last 
I much longer than those of the single sorts. Pl^^. 
I Double White $0 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. 
Collection of Phloxes. 
P01,YCAL,YMNA STUARTI. 
Pretty everlasting, with white and yellow flowers. Half-hardy 
annual. feet. Pkt. 10 cts. 
POI^Y ANXH U S. 
Splendid spring-flowering plants ; fine for pot culture or the 
open border. Hardy perennials. pj^^. 
Mixed. All colors .... $0 10 
Extra Choice Mixed. From the finest named varieties . 25 
POlrEMOmUM (Jacob's I^adaer). 
Fine hardy herbaceous perennials, bearing large heads of 
exceedingly beautiful flowers. Very desirable. Mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
PHASEOIyUS CAIIACAI<L,A. 
A beautiful climber ; may be 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. 
PHYSA1,IS FRA3VCHETI. 
(Chinese Lantern 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 bailoon-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. 10 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 of which 
are cut and fringed in a most attractive manner. 2l4 ft. high 
Pkt. 
White $0 05 
White, Striped Scarlet . 05 
Light Yellow 05 
Rose 05 
Pkt. 
Scarlet $00$ 
Ash Gray 05 
Dark Liilac 05 
Purple on Black-Brown . 05 
Mixed. All colors 05 
Eiderdown. Robust plants lYi 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-Flowered. Double mixed. 2 feet ... 05 
Paeony-Flowered. Large flowers, resembling a double Pseony. 
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. 
Slilrley Poppies. 
