WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK 



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Choice Flower Seeds 



DOUBLE FRINGED CHINESE PRIMROSES 



Alba plena. Double white. Pkt, 50 cts. 

 Rubra plena. Double red. Pkt. 50 cts. 

 Finest Double Mixed. Pkt. 50 cts. 



VARIOUS PRIMROSES 



Obconica. Flowers are very fragrant and of a pale lilac color. Grows easily from seed 

 which, if sown early in spring, will produce blooming plants in May or June. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Floribunda. Lovely yellow flowers, deliciously fragrant. Pine for house culture. 

 Pkt. 25 cts. 



Cortusoides. Bright rosy red. Hardy perennial. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Dean's Hardy Hybrids. Beautiful varieties, all colors mixed. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Japonica. Queen of Primroses. 1 inch in diameter, of an endless variety of color. 

 Finest mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Vulgaris. The Yellow English Primrose. Very fragrant. Pkt. 10 cts. 



PYRETHRUM (Large-Flowering Varieties) 



Handsome herbaceous perennials, bearing large flowers 3 to 4 inches across, ranging in 

 color from light pink to deep crimson. Fine for cutting. 

 Hybridum, Single Mixed. Best sorts. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Hybridum, Double Mixed. Extra choice. Pkt. 25 cts. 



YELLOW-LEAVED VARIETIES 

 Aureum. The well-known Golden Feather. Bright yellow foliage. 



for carpet bedding, edgings etc. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Selaginoides. Beautiful fern-like yellow foliage. 



Extensively used 



Pkt. 10 cts. 



RHODANTHE 



Graceful everlastings, admirably suited for pot culture 

 summer. Succeed best in a 

 light, rich soil. Valuable for 

 dried bouquets. 



Maculata. Bright Bose, 

 with dark center. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Maculata alba. White* 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10c. 



RICINUS 



(Castor Oil Plant) 



For foliage effect in bedding 

 this makes an excellent tropi- 

 cal effect. 



Borboniensis arboreus. 

 Large dark green leaves. 

 15 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Cambodgensis. The 

 finest of the dark foliage vari- 

 eties. Leaves and stems are 

 almost black. 5 ft. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Gibsoni. Dark red foliage. 

 5 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Giganteus. Leaves of 

 immense size. 12 ft. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Sanguineus. Blood-red 

 fruit, very ornamental. 10 

 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Mixed Varieties. In all 

 colors. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20c. 



Zanzibariensis. A new 

 and distinct class with gigan- 

 tic leaves 2 to 2y 2 feet across. 

 Finest mixed. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c. 



in winter and for the garden in 



Ricinus Zanzibariensis 



Pyrethrum Hybridttm 



Rivinia Humilis 



(Rouge Plant) 



A pretty pot-plant, bear- 

 ing racemes of white flow- 

 ers, followed by beautiful 

 bright scarlet berries. Pkt. 

 25 cts. 



SALVIA 



One of the finest of all 

 blooming plants, being liter- 

 ally amass of highly colored 

 flowers from early summer 

 until killed by frost. 



Bonfire, or Clara Bed- 

 man. Without doubt the 

 finest Salvia yet introduced. 

 Very dwarf and compact, 

 growing about 2 feet high 

 and covered with long 

 spikes of dazzling scarlet 

 flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Splendens. Scarlet 

 Sage. Bright scarlet flow- 

 ers borne in long spikes, 

 forming a brilliant blaze of 

 color until frost. Pkt 5 cts. 



Coccinea lactea. 

 White. Very fine. Pkt. 10 

 cts. 



Patens. Exquisite blue. 

 Pkt. 15 cts. 



SOLANUM 



A handsome genus of ornamental foliage and fruit-bearing plants, 

 which grow freely in any good, rich soil. 



Capsicastrum. Scarlet fruits, almost completely covering the 

 plants. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Little Gem. Dwarf habit, 9 inches high. Berries globular, bright 

 scarlet and of the size of a Bed Currant ; highly ornamental. Pkt. 15 cts. 



STEVIA 



Free-flowering plants for pot or border culture; extensively grown by 

 florists for cut-flowers. Bloom from seed the first season. Tender 

 perennials. 



Purpurea. Purple ; very fine. Pkt, 10 cts. 



Serrata. Pure white; sweet-scented. Pkt. 10 cts. 



SALPIGLOSSIS 



Very showy bedding plants, growing about 1% feet high and bearing 

 throughout the season large funnel-shaped flowers, beautifully marked 

 and penciled. Finest mixed. Pkt. 5 cts. 



SANVITALIA PROCUMBENS FL. PL. 



A beautiful little plant, well adapted for small beds and rock-work. 

 The flowers are large in proportion to the size of the plant, and are of a 

 rich golden-yellow color. Thrives best in a light, rich soil, and continues 

 to bloom during the summer and autumn months. Hardy annual. 

 %foot. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Sheep Manure for all fertilizing purposes is the best 



