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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, SEEDSMEN, NEW YORK. 



'NA.ST'U-RTIVM— Continued. 



unusually rich and brilliant ; excellent for winter decorations 



in the greenhouse and conservatory. 



Asa Gray. Primrose yellow Pkt. 10 



Lucifer. Very dark scarlet ■. . . 5 



Spitfire. Brilliant scarlet . 5 



Chaixianum. Yellow blotched carmine 5 



Roi des Noirs. Blackish crimson 5 



Lobbianum, Extra Mixed. Per oz., 30 cts 5 



Collection of eight separate colors 40 



NICOTIANA. 



Affinis. A very valuable plant, producing freely deliciously- 

 scented large white tubular flowers ; grows well in a 

 rather rich loam. Tender annual, 3 ft 10 



NIGELLA. 



(liO VE-IN- A-MIST. ) 



Very interesting, free-flowering plants, with curious-looking 

 flowers and seed pods. Hardy annual. 

 Damascena. Finest mixed, 1 ft 5 



NIEREMBEKGIA. 



Beautiful little plants, flowering profusely the whole summer, 

 fine for pots, edgings, hanging baskets, etc. 



Gracilis. Light blue, yellow eye 10 



Frutescens. Lilac, free flowering 10 



OXALIS. 



Charming little plants. O. Tropseoloides has fine dark bronze 

 foliage. All the varieties are verj^ useful for covering rock- 

 work, also for baskets and edgings. Sow in cold frame, and 

 transplant into sandy soil. Half-hardy perennials. 



Rosea. Rose colored, blooms abundantly, % ft 10 



Alba. Pure white 10 



Tropaeoloides. Deep yellow, brown leaves; very inter- 

 esting variety, y^ it 10 



Valdiviana. Pure yellow 10 



CENOTHERA. 



(EVEXIXG PKIMEOSE.) 



(Enotheras are very fine half-hardy annuals, opening their 

 flowers suddenly in the latter part of the day. Some of the 

 large varieties attract much attention. 



Annual Varieties, Mixed 10 



PASSIFLOKA. 



(passion flowkr.) 

 Magnificent ornamental climbers, with beautiful and remark- 

 able flowers, which are produced in the greatest profusion. 

 Tender perennials. 

 Ccerulea. Sky-blue; will bloom in the open ground in 



summer, 20 ft 10 



Coccinea. Vivid scarlet flowers, 15 ft 10 



PENTSTEMON. 



Beautiful and attractive, hardy, herbaceous plants with long, 

 graceful spikes of richly colored flowers. Succeed in a light 

 loam, and should have a dry situation, as they suffer more 

 from wet than cold during the winter. 

 Hybridus. Extra Mixed, 2 ft .Pkt. 10 



PERILLA. 



An ornamental foliage plant which thrives in any soil ; leaves 

 of a deep mulberry or blackish purple, forming a fine con- 

 trast to plants of lighter foliage. 

 Nankinensls. Purplish black leaves, 13^ ft Pkt. 5 



PETUNIA. 



This flower, from its beauty, fragrance and duration in bloom, 

 is a great favorite, and is equally adapted for greenhouse, 

 conservatory or outdoor culture. A great effect may be pro- 

 duced by training them as semi-climbers in a background to 

 an ornamental mixed border. Petunias contrast well in 

 bedding with Scarlet Geraniums, Coleus and Perilla. 



Sin}?le Varieties. 



New Large-Flowering Single-Fringed. An unrivalled strain. 

 Mixed colors Pkt. 25 



Grandiflora. Large flowering varieties, in splendid mix- 

 ture 25 



PETUNIA. 



Dwarf Inimitable. Star Petunia, beautiful compact grow- 

 ing variety Pkt. 10 



Large Throated. New, splendid collection of mixed colors 25 



Argentea. Silvery white 10 



Choice Mixed. Striped and blotched 10 



Fine Mixed 5 



Collection of twelve separate varieties. Large flowering 

 single 1.00 



Double "Varieties. 

 Double Striped and Blotched. Large double variegated 



flowers Pkt. 25 



Double Fringed. Large double, beautifully fringed flowers 50 



Collection of twelve separate varieties, double 1.25 



Collection of six separate varieties, double fringed .... 75 

 Only a small per cent, of double Petunia seeds will produce double 

 flowers. The weaker seedlings should be carefully selected as these 

 always produce double flowers. 



PHASEOLUS CARACALLA. 



A beautiful climber ; may be grown outside in summer and in 

 the greenhouse in winter. Valued by florists for their 

 delicious fragrance and resemblance to orchids ; bluish 

 white flowers. Plant in light, rather rich loam , . . Pkt. 10 



