WILLIAM ELLIOTT €^ SONS' 



FIFTY-NINTH ANNUAL 



A Treatise Founded on Facts Where to Buy, What to Plant, and 

 HoNV to Grow Vegetable, Flo^^er and Farm Seeds Satisfactorily 



Flower and Vegetable Seed Novelties for 1905 



Nicotiana "Sanderae" 



This is a charming new annual suited to the million, and in the near future it 

 will doubtless be largeh' grown. The plant is about 2 feet high, freely 

 liranched from base to summit, and covered with carmine-red flowers. The 



whole plant 



is laden -with 

 flowers, liter- 

 ally ablaze 

 with most 

 handsome 

 carmine-red 

 blossoms, 

 thousands of 

 which are 

 produced on a 

 single plant. 

 This hardy 

 plant, with 

 its car mi ne- 

 red flowers, 

 produces a 

 startlingl y 

 b e a u t i f u 1 ef- 

 fect on the 

 garden. Such 

 an i n t e n s ely 

 glowing color 

 is unknown in any plant of its character 



Gloxinia hybrida grandiflora 



Grand Duchesse of Saxony 



■Weimar 



Pkt. 25 cts. 



New Miniature Asters, Waldersee 



MANY-FLOWERED 



This new t3'pe forms compact globular bushes 8 to 10 inches high 

 by 8 to 10 inches in diameter. They branch densely, are well fur- 

 nished with small, deep green foliage, and resemble, belore flowering, 

 little mounds of well-kept box, thus rendering them of exceptional 

 value for garden edgings even before blooming. They are especially 

 effective for bedding out in masses, as they remain in bloom for a 

 long period. Rose-pink, edged blush. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Chrysanthemum, 

 Wheel" 



"Golden 



Double Dwarf Erfurt Clove Pinks 



In this new and pretty group of annual golden-j-ellow Chrysanthe- 

 mums we have fl(jwers assuming a peculi<ir torm, the f|uill-shaped 

 ray florets standing out all around the di.sc like the spokes ol awheel. 

 The profusion of blooms makes it a valuable flower for cutting 

 purposes. Pkt. 15 cts. 



Princess Alice Stock 



After 3'ears of experimenting, we have finally secured a strain of 

 Stock seed which is absolutely pure white, and when cut comes 

 again in flower. It has a place with the ioremost., Pkt. 10 cts. 



