WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK 



Choice Flower Seeds 30 



DAHLIA 



One of our best au- 

 tumn-flowering plants ; 

 blooms until killed by 

 frost ; half-hardy peren- 

 nial, blooming the first- 

 year from seed if sown 

 early. 



Double Varieties 



Finest Double 

 Mixed. Saved from the 

 choicest varieties. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Lilliput. Dwarf, choicest mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Cactus. Distinct and remarkable appearance, 

 petals quilled and curved, loosely and gracefully 

 arranged in large oval heads of bloom. Finest 

 mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Collection of six double varieties, 50 cts. 



Single Varieties 



Finest Single Mixed. These are exceedingly beautiful and are 

 highly prized for cut-flowers. The seed we offer was saved from splen- 

 did new varieties, which for brilliancy of color cannot be surpassed. 

 Pkt. 10c. 



Gracilis. Striped and spotted flowers; extra large, flaked and mot- 

 tled in various brilliant colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Tom Thumb. About 12 inches high by 2± inches across : flowers 

 produced in abundance and of the most exquisite colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Comet. Dark Scarlet. Pkt. 15 cts. White Queen. Pure white 



Yellow Gem. Pure yellow. Pkt. 15 cts. 



Collection of six Single varieties, 50 cts. 



DATURA (Trumpet Flower) 



Strong-growing ornamental annuals, with large, trumpet-shaped flowers. Fine for 

 flower beds or borders. 



■ Cornucopia (Horn of Plenty). Flowers measure about 8 inches in length and 5 

 inches across the mouth ; color white inside and purple outside. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Fine Mixed. Pkt. 15 cts. 



DIGITALIS, or Foxglove 



Hardy perennial plants of the easiest culture ; long spikes of large showy flowers, 

 ranging through shades of purple, white, rose, yellow, some beautifully spotted. 

 3 to 5 feet. 



Mixed Colors. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Ivery's New Spotted. An endless variety of prettily spotted flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 



DIANTHUS, or PINKS 



The Indian and Japan Pinks have been favorite flowers for many years, being of easy culture and graceful bloomers with little attention. The 

 flowers are of a noble shape, large, and the petals frilled and fringed, giving the large flowers a graceful and light appearance. The more the 

 blooms are cut, the more the plant will produce. 



Double Annual Varieties 



Brilliant Violet. Bright blood-red, then shade to carmine and 

 pink and even white. The foliage is grayish blue, sometimes darker. 

 The plant grows vigorously and tall, and gives lots of first-class cut- 

 flowers with long stalks and keeping a full week in water. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Chinensis (China, or Indian Pink). Tery finest double mixed, all 

 the most brilliant colors. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 40 cts. 



Heddewigii fl. pi. (Double Japan Pink). Yery beautiful mixed 

 colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Fire Ball. Eadiant scarlet-red; plants about 1 foot high and of 

 strong growth are thickly covered with these beautifully colored blos- 

 soms. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Mourning Cloak. Bich blackish crimson, sharply edged with 

 clear white, double and of large size. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Dwarf Erfart Double Pink. These are a fine advancement over 

 the other dwarf varieties ; early and a very free flowerer. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Heddewigii Diadematus (Double Diadem Pink). Large double 

 flowers in various tints of lilac, crimson and purple, with outer edges 

 fringed and nearly white. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Liaciniatusfl.pl. Double fringed flowers. Mixed colors. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Imperialisfl.pl. (Double Imperial Pink). Fine mixed. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Single Annual Varieties 



Heddewigii (Single Japan Pink). A magnificent strain, with flow- 

 ers 2 or 3 inches across ; many exquisite colors, blotched and spotted in 

 profusion. Mixed colors. Pk t. 5 cts. 



Queen of Holland. Beautiful Indian Pink with large, round, 

 entire edged single flowers of glistening white. The plants, about 1 foot 

 high, are fairly covered with flowers from early summer until frost, from 

 spring-sown seed. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Crimson Belle. Bich crimson color ; flowers very large. Pkt. Sets. 



Eastern Queen. Beautifully marbled; the broad bands of rich 

 mauve upon the paler surface of the petals are verv striking and prettv. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. 



The Bride, or Little Gem. Forms a compact plant 6 inches high. 

 Flowers wine red veined with rosy carmine and broadlv margined with 

 white. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Salmon Queen. Avery distinct ana perfectly new tint, the most 

 brilliant salmon color, changing into a rosy salmon. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Snowflake. Pure snow-white flowers of large size, fringed. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Laciniatus. A beautiful fringed variety ; various colors. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Hardy Varieties 



Gardnerianus fl. pi. (Double Hardy Garden Pink). Large fringed 

 flowers. Mixed colors. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Plumarius (Pheasant-eye Pink). Very fragrant large flowers; 

 beautiful colors and finely fringed. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Plumarius fl. pi. Double and semi-double varieties in beautiful 

 colors. Very fragrant. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Single Cyclops. Entirely distinct, the predominating colors being 

 delicate rose, flesh-pink, copper color, salmon, wine-red, white, crimson, 

 etc. : with large eye-like zone of velvety blood-red : clove-like perfume. 

 Will bloom first season from seed sown reasonably early. Finest varie- 

 ties mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Double Cyclops. Choicest mixed. Pkt. 25 cts. 



DICTAMNUS (Burning Bush, or Gas Plant) 



Fine hardy herbaceous plants with showy flowers and fragrant 

 foliage. Mixed colors. Pkt. 5 cts. 



