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HIBISCUS. 



Strong growing, showy, ornamental plant of easy cultivation. 

 Excellent for mixed beds or shrubbery borders. 

 Africanus. Large cream colored flower with brown 



center. Hardy annual. 13^ ft Pict. 5 



Coccineus, Bright scarlet 10 



Caiifornicus. White with deep carmine center 10 



Crimson Eye. Robust growth, with dark red stems and 

 foliage. Flowers large size, pure white with large 

 velv'^'^-T^ crimson spot in the center. Perfectly liardy and 

 will ..^lOom the first year from seed sown in the open 

 ground. (See cut.) 10 



HELIANTHUS. (See Sunflower.) 



HEL,1CHRYSUM. 



(EVEBIiASTINGS.) 



Known as Everlasting Flowers or Immortelles, and as cut 

 dried blooms are almost universally used for church or 

 house decoration at Christmas and other festivals and im- 

 .• . portant occasions, also for winter bouquets. It is necessary, 

 when cutting the flowers for drying for winter use, to pluck 

 them before the flower bud is expanded, otherwise they may 

 have a tendency to seed, and present a somewhat ragged ap- 

 pearance. The Helichrysums will stand drought well, but 

 if bushy plants are required, it is desirable to give them a 



generous soil and abundance of air. They may also be suc- 

 cessfully and easily cultivated as pot plants. 



Double White Pkt. 5 



Red 5 



Yellow 5 



Mixed. 13/2 ft 5 



Collection of (2 Varieties 50 



HELIPTERUM. (Everlasting.) 



Sandfordi. A very desirable and distinct dwarf everlast- 

 ing, with small foliage, and large, globular clusters, 

 bright golden, .and pure white, star-like flowers, and 

 will retain their brilliancy for years. Hardy annual, 1 

 ft. high Pkt. 10 



HOLLYHOCK. 



The Hollyhock In its present state of perfection is very unlike 

 its parent of olden time ; it now ranks with the Dahlia, 

 Aster, Camelia, etc. For background to a flower garden, 

 perhaps no plant is so useful. The flowers are as double as 

 a rose, of many shades of color, from deep yellow, red, 

 purple, to pure white. Plant the seed in June or July, in 

 open ground, and in the autumn, when the plants have made 

 five leaves, transplant to permanent position, three feet 

 apart. The following summer they will bloom. Each plant 

 should be supported-by a stake. Hardy perennial, 5 to 8 ft. 

 high. 

 Double White .... Pkt. 10 



Canary Yellow .... 10 



Lilac Rose 10 



Salmon 10 



Double Crimson . . . Pkt. 10 



Lavender 10 



Pink 10 



Fine Mixed • .... 10 



Chater's Mixed. Splendid varieties 15 



Dwarf White. An excellent variety, growing 3 to 4 feet 



high 15 



Collection of 8 Varieties. Superb double 75 



HONESTY, or SATIN FLOWER. 



(lunaeia.) 



Lunaria biennis. Early, free flowering plants, interesting 

 for the silver-like tissue of the seed pods in their matured 

 state. The flower is purple, not very conspicuous. The 

 seed pods are fine for skeletonising and working in with 

 other everlasting flowers for winter bouquets. Blossoms 

 the second year from seed, and then dies. Hardy bi- 

 ennial, 2 feet higii 5 



