WM. ELLIOTT & SONS 
SEEDSMEN. NEW YORK 
43 
Choice FloWer Seeds 
DOUBLE FRINGED CHINESE PRIMEOSES. p^^ 
Alba plena. Double white $o 5° 
Rubra plena. Double red 50 
Finest Double Mixed. 50 
VARIOUS PRIMROSES. 
Obconica. A charmins; variety. Flowers are very fragrant and of a pale lilac color. Grows Pkt. 
easily from seed wiiich, if sown early in spring, will produce blooming plants in May or June. 
One of the most useful Primulas for pot culture $o lo 
Ploribunda. Lovely yellow flowers, deliciously fragrant. Fine for house culture 25 
Cortusoides. Bright rosy red. Hardy perennial lo 
Dean's Hardy Hybrids. Beautiful varieties, all colors mixed 25 
Japonica. Queen of Primroses. Handsome flowers i inch in diameter, of an endless variety of 
color. Finest mixed 10 
Vulgaris. The Yellow English Primrose. Very fragrant 10 
PYRETHRUM ( large-flowering varieties). 
Handsome herbaceous perennials, bearing large flowers 3 to 4 inches across, ranging ir 
light pink to deep crimson. Fine for cutting. 
Hybridum, Single Mixed. Best sorts 
Hybridum, Double Mixed. Extra choice 
YELLOW-LEAVED VARIETIES. 
Aiireum. The well-known Golden Pkt. 
Feather. Bright yellow foliage. 
Extensively used for carpet bed- 
ding, edgings, etc $0 10 
Selaginoides. Beautiful fern-like 
yellow foliage 10 
RHODANXHE. 
Graceful everlastings, admirably suited 
for pot culture in winter and for the garden 
in summer. Succeed best in a light, rich 
soil. Valuable for dried bouquets. pj.|. 
Maculata. Bright rose, with dark 
center $0 10 
Maculata alba. White 10 
Mixed Colors 10 
(Rouse Plant.) 
A pretty pot-plant, bearing racemes of 
white flowers, followed by beautiful bright 
scarlet berries. Pkt. 25 cts. 
Salvia Bonfire. 
Riclnns. 
RICINUS. 
(Castor Oil Plant.) 
Magnificent rapid-growing 
foliage plants, with palm-like 
leaves and brilliant colored 
fruit. In centers of beds or 
as single specimens on lawns, 
they produce a fine effect. 
Borboniensis arbor- Pkt. 
eus. Large dark 
green leaves. 15 ft. . $0 05 
Cambodgensis. The 
finest of the dark foli- 
age varieties. Leaves 
and stems are almost 
black. 5 feet 05 
Gibsoni. Dark red foli- 
age. 5 feet OS 
Giganteus. Leaves of 
immense size. 12 feet . 05 
Sanguineus. Blood- 
red fruit, very orna- 
mental. 10 feet .... 05 
Mixed Varieties. In 
all colors . . oz. 20c. . 05 
Zanzibariensis. A new 
and distinct class with 
gigantic leaves 2 to 2K 
feet across. Finest 
mixed . . . oz. 25 cts. . 05 
SAI^VIA. 
One of the finest of all blooming plants, being literally a mass of highly colored flowers 
from early summer until killed by frost. 
Bonfire, or Clara Bedman. With- Pkt. 
out doubt the finest Salvia yet intro- 
duced. Very dwarf and compact, 
growing about 2 feet high and cov- 
ered with long spikes of dazzling 
scarlet flowers $0 10 
Pkt. 
Splendens. Scarlet Sage. Bright 
scarlet flowers borne in long spikes, 
forming a brilliant blaze of color 
until frost $0 05 
Ooccinea lactea. White. Very fine . 10 
Patens. Exquisite blue 15 
Salpiglossis. 
SAI<PIGL,OSSIS. 
Very showy bedding plants, growing about I'A feet high and bearing throughout the 
season large funnel-shaped flowers, beautifully marked and penciled. Finest mixed. Pkt. 
5 cts. 
SANVIXAI.IA PltOCUMBElVS Fl,. Pt,. 
A beautiful little plant, well adapted for small beds and rockwork. The flowers are large 
in proportion to the size of the plant, and are of a rich golden yellow color. Thrives best in 
a light, rich soil, and continues in bloom during the summer and autumn months. Hardy 
annual. % foot. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Elliott's New York Market Mignonette is the finest in cultivation. 
