WM. ELLIOn & SONS, NEW YORK 



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Choice Flower Seeds 



ALYSSUM 



The Sweet Alyssum has pretty little white flowers, useful in making up in all kinds of 

 bouquets, and its fragrance, while sufficiently pronounced, is very delicate. The Alyssum 

 grows freely from seed, either under glass or in the open ground. 



Carpet of Snow. The most dwarf of 

 varieties ; excellent for beds, borders or pots. 

 2 to 3 inches. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Little Gem. Distinct, fragrant variety. 



4 inches. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Sweet. Hardy annual. 1 foot. Pkt. 



5 cts., oz. 40 cts. 



Benthami compaetum. This variety 

 grows about six inches high, and is thickly 

 studded with pure white flower spikes. Pkt. 

 5 cts. 



Saxatile compaetum. Rock or Golden 

 Alyssum. Showy yellow. Hardy perennial. 

 9 inches. Pkt. 5 cts. 



AMARANTHUS 



These plants are strong-growing and highly ornamental. A. salicifoUus, A. ffenderi and 

 Princess of AVales form splendid pot-plants, and are also very effective for centers of beds and 

 backgrounds of borders. A. melancliolicus i-ubei' is a vei-y excellent bedding plant, contrast- 

 ing well with Golden Feather, Cineraria maritima. etc. Sow the seed in a hotbed in April, and 

 set out the latter part of May. Annuals. 



Bicolor ruber. Scarlet and orange foliage. 2 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Caudatus (Love-Lies-Bleeding). Crim- 



son. 3 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Cruentus (Prince's Feather). Scarlet. 

 3 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Henderi. Very brilliant foliage ; splen- 

 did. 3 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Marguerite. Flowers rich purple. Pkt. 

 10 cts. 



Melancholieus ruber. Dark crimson 

 foliage. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Princess of Wales. Carmine, orange- 

 green and bright yellow. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Salicifolius (Fountain Plant). Scarlet 

 and purple ; one of the handsomest. 3 

 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Tricolor (Joseph's Coat). Eed, yellow 

 and green foliage. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 40 cts. 



Ammobium Alatum 



A showy border annual with white flowers ; 

 much used for dried bouquets. Succeeds 

 well in any soil. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Ampelopsis Veitchii 



(Japan or Boston Ivy) 

 A hardy perennial climber with glossy 

 green leaves which change to scarlet in the 

 autumn. The most valuable climber for 

 covering walls. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Anemone Coronaria 



(Wind-Flo'wer) 

 Garden Anemone. Beauti- 

 ful hardy perennial, easily grown 

 from seed, flowering early in 

 spring ; fine for bouquets. Mixed 

 colors. 1 foot. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Alyssum 



Anthemis Arabica 



A pretty free-flowering annual ; flowers 

 golden yellow ; constantly in flower. Pkt. 

 5 cts. 



Angelonia Grandiflora 



A handsome plant for greenhouse culture 

 in winter or the open border in summer, 

 having long spikes of cup-shaped, very sweet- 

 scented flowers. It blossoms the flrst sea- 

 son. Yiolet, spotted white. 1% feet. Pkt. 

 25 cts. 



AQUILEGIA 



(Columbine) 



This pretty and interestingly varied genus 

 of plants scarcely meets with the amount of 

 consideration it deserves. When fully estab- 

 lished the Aquilegias will .stand frost well, 

 and the earliness and abundance of their 

 blooms ought to render them general favor- 

 ites. Many of the varieties are extremely- 

 beautiful. Hardy perennials. 



Californica Hybrida. Large, pale-yel- 

 low flowers, dark orange spurs. Pkt. 15 cts. 



Chrysantha. Golden yellow ; fine. Pkt,. 

 10 cts. 



Coernlea Hybrida. One of the most 

 beautiful species. Pkt. 15 cts. 



Glandulosa Vera. Very large, erect, 

 dark blue flowers, tipped white ; beautiful. 

 Pkt. 15 cts. 



Skinneri. Scarlet, tipped with yellow ; very handsome species. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Vulgaris fl. pi. Fine double varieties, mixed. Pkt. 5 cts. 



ANTIRRHINUM (snapdragon) 



Old garden favorites, with odd-shaped flowers of brilliant colorings and very prettily spotted 

 throats. Of easiest culture, blooming the flrst season from seed and thriving in any soil. The talL 

 sorts are most desirable for cut-flowers, while the dwarf make the best plants for edgings or pots. 



Aquilegia 



MAJUS. TALL SORTS 



Album. Pure white. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Albo-roseum. White, with rose lip. Pkt. 

 5 ots. 



Brilliant. 



5 cts. 



Firefly. Scarlet, white throat. 

 Lilacinum. Lilac. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Nigrescens. Dark purple. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Striatum. Fine striped varieties. Pkt. 

 5 cts. 

 Mixed. All varieties. 



Scarlet, gold and white. Pkt. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. 



Pkt. 5 cts. 



Collection of one packet each of above seven 

 sorts, 25 cts. 



TOM THUMB, DWARF SORTS 

 Album. Pure white. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Album rubro striatum. White, striped 

 rose. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Brilliant. Scarlet, gold and white. Pkt. 

 5 cts. 



Firefly. Scarlet, white throat. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Kermesinum. Brilliant crimson. Pkt. 5 cts. 



liuteum. Yellow. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Striatum. Finest striped varieties. Pkt. 

 5 cts. 



Mixed. All varieties. Pkt. 5 cts. 



One packet each of above seven sorts, 25 cts. 



For those unable to make their O'wn selection we have special collections of seeds, flo'i^'erini; the first season. 12 pkts. 50 cts. 



