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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, SEEDSMEN. NEW YORK. 



SCABIOSA. 



(MOURNING BEIDE.) 



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. ) 



i 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 PLANT, (See Mimosa Pudica.) 



SMILAX. (See Myrsiphyllum.) 



SOLANUM. 



A beautiful genus of ornamental foliage and fruit-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 Bed Cur- 

 rant ; highly ornamental 25 



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

 STOCKS. 



(GIIiLIFIiOWEE.) 



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 Bright Rose 10 



Violet 10 Chamois (buff) 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. 



(autumn 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 



Imported Collections of- Stocks. 



Large-flowering Dwarf Ten Weeks, l^'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 baebatus.) 

 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. 1% ft 10 



Nigricans. Dark crimson. 1% ft • . . . . 10 



White. Useful for bouquets. 1% ft • 10 



Fine Mixed. Peroz.,40cts 5 



