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SCABIOSA. 



(MOUENING BBIDE.) 



Very showy plants, with beauti- 

 fully variegated flowers ; very 

 valuable for cutting for bou- 

 quets and other ornaments. 

 They embrace nearly all 

 colors, from very dark to 

 white. Sow quite early in 

 the spring, in the open bor- 

 der. 



Nana Fl Pleno. Flowers 

 quite double and globu- 

 lar, varying in all the 

 shades of white, carmine, 

 maroon, lilac, etc. ; a 

 valuable flower to use 

 in bouquets or vases of 

 cut flowers ; 1 ft. . Pkt. 5 



Tall German. Mixed, 2 ft. 5 



SEDUM. 



(STONECEOP.) 



J. very interesting and useful little plant, growing freely on 

 rock or rustic work, ornamental mounds, old walls, etc. 

 Hardy annual. 

 Coeruleum. Blue, % ft Pkt. 10 



SENSITIVE PliANT. (See Mimosa Pudica.) 



SMILAX. (See Myrsiphyllum.) 



SOLANUM. 



A beautiful genus of ornamental foliage and fr'uit-bearing 

 plants, which grow freely in any good, rich soil. 

 Capslcastrum. Covered all over with a profusion of 



scarlet fruit, 1% ft Pkt. 10 



Little Gem. New. Dwarf habit, 9 inches high. Berries 

 globular, bright scarlet and of the size of a Eed Cur- 

 rant ; highly ornamental 25 



Cabiliense Argenteum, Silvery leaves, yellow fruit ... 10 

 STOCKS. 



(GILLrFLOWEK.) 



A world-wide favorite, brilliant and varied in color, equally 

 well adapted for massing, bedding, edging or pot culture. 

 Very profuse bloomers ; should be grown in rich soil with an 

 admixture of lime rubbish, which all stocks delight in. Sow 

 the seed in February or March in the hot-bed, or May and 

 June in the open border. 



Large Flowering Dwarf Ten Weeks Stocks. 



Pure White Pkt. 10 Canary-Yellow.. . .Pkt. 10 



Blood Red 10 Briglit Rose. 10 



Violet 10 Chamois (iDuff) 10 



Double Mixed Large Flowering Dwarf. . . 10 



Boston Market. Handsome, pure white; the perfume is 

 unsurpassed for fragrance 15 



Snowflake. A beautiful dwarf growing variety, with very 

 large double snow-white flowers. Very early and excellent 

 for forcing 15 



Princess Alice. (Cut and come again.) A perpetual flow- 

 ering variety, growing about 2 feet high, and produces 

 from spring to late fall beautifully shaped double pure 

 white flowers. It throws out numerous side branches 

 which bear clusters of bloom, and thrives best when freely 

 cut 10 



Wallflower-Leaved. Pure white, extra fine, very desirable 

 for bouquets 15 



Crimson Pkt. 15 



Finest mixed 15 



Giant Perfection. Splendid variety of pyramidal growth; 



height, 2% ft. ; finest mixed 15 



Crimson, White. Each 15 



Dwarf German Ten Weeks. Fine mixed 5 



Intermediate Stock. 



(atjtumn flowering.) 



Purple Pkt. 10 Scarlet Pkt. 10 



White 10 Mixed 10 



Biennial Stocks- 

 Emperor or Perpetual. Finest mixed Pkt. 10 



Brompton or Winter. Finest mixed 10 



STOCKS. 



Imported Collections of Stocks. 



Large-flowering Dwarf Ten Weeks. 12 varieties 75 



Wallflower-leaved Ten Weeks. 10 varieties . 60 



East Lothian. (Autumn flowering.) 4 varieties 50 



Brompton or Winter. 12 varieties 75 



Emperor or Perpetual. 6 varieties 50 



SWEET WILLIAM. 



(DIANTHUS BABBATUS.) 



A well-known free- flowering popular favorite; the great im- 

 provements upon the old varieties .made within the last few 

 years have rendered it still more desirable ; hardy perennials. 

 Auricula-Flowered. A very handsome variety, producing 



immense trusses of bloom Pkt. 10 



Double Flowering. Mixed. 13^ ft 10 



Nigricans. Dark crimson. 1% ft • 10 



White. Useful for bouquets. 1% ft • 10 



Fine Mixed. Peroz.,40cts 5 



