Choice Flower Seeds 



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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK 



CERASTIUM 



Dwarf-growing, white foliage plants, well 

 adapted for edgings or for mixing with plants 

 with dark foliage. 



Biebersteini. Silvery foliage. x /, foot. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



Tomentosum. Very pretty ; white leaves, 

 small white flowers. Pkt. 25 cts. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM 



Easily grown and make fine pot plants. 

 Single Annual Varieties 



Lencanthemnm hybridum "Spring 

 Marguerite." Up to the present time 

 none would come into bloom in May. New 

 variety Will stand in full bloom in the first 

 days of May, already popular as it is for its 

 fine wide-shining flowers. Pkt. 25 ets. 



Golden 'Wheel. In this new and pretty 

 group of annual golden yellow Chrysanthe- 

 mums we have flowers assuming a peculiar 

 form, the quill-shaped ray florets standing 

 out all around the disc like the spokes of a 

 wheel. Pkt. 20 cts. 



Segetum grandiflorum. The Golden 

 Marguerite. Large, bright yellow flowers. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



Multicaule. Dwarf bedding variety 3 to 



4 inches high ; golden yellow flowers. Pkt. 

 15 cts. 



Lord Beaconsfteld. Crimson-maroon, 

 edged and striped gold, brown eye, ringed 

 yellow. Pkt. 10 cts. 



The Sultan. Crimson, maroon-center ; a 

 wide gold ring. Pkt. 10 cts. 



W. E. Gladstone. Pure, brilliant, rich 

 crimson. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Tricolor. White, with yellow band. Pkt. 



5 cts. 



Burridgeanum. White center, crimson 

 band. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Eclipse. Pure golden, with a bright 

 purplish scarlet ring and dark brown disc ; 

 very striking. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Venustum. Crimson center, white band ; 

 lovely. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Mixed Single Annual Varieties. 

 Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 50 cts. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM— Continued 

 Double Varieties 

 Coronarium. Double Yellow. Hand- 

 some border plant. 2 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Double White. Very showy. 2 feet. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. 



Mixed Double Annual Varieties. 

 Pkt. 5 ets., oz. 50 cts. 



Varieties for Pot Culture and 

 Florists' Bouquets 



Indicum fl. pi. Half-hardy perennial: 

 very double. Mixed colors. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Japonicum fl. pi. Flowers of peculiar 

 form and much beauty, combining numerous 

 shades of color ; very interesting. Half-hardy 

 perennial. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Inodorum plenissimum. Dwarf grow- 

 ing, double, white variety ; very free-flowering, 

 and beautiful for pot culture. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Frutescens grandiflorum. The Mar- 

 guerite, or Paris Daisy. Produces freely its 

 white, star-like flowers under the most un- 

 favorable conditions. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Comtesse de Chambord. Large yel- 

 low flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Choice Hybrids. Raised from the fin- 

 est Japanese and Chinese sorts, and produce 

 a choice assortment of rich and varied hues. 

 Pkt. 50 cts. 



CLEMATIS (Virgin's Bower) 



Eapid-growing climbing plants ; fine for 

 verandas, trellises, etc. 



Flam inula. White, sweet-scented. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. 



Jackmanni Hybrids. Saved from a 

 collection of all the richest and best colors. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



Paniculata. A remarkably beautiful va- 

 riety ; flowers are pure white, star-shaped, 

 and deliciously fragrant. Pkt. 10 cts. 



COLEUS 



Splendid bedding plants, remarkable for 

 their richly colored foliage. Easily grown from 

 seed, which frequently produces new and dis- 

 tinct varieties. Choicest mixture. Pkt. 25c. 



CINERARIA 



Williams' Extra Choice Strain. Imported in original pacitages. Produces extremely fine flowers of diverse colors and magnificent form. 

 Pkt. 75 cts. 

 Grandiflora Kermesina. New ; intense, glowing, velvety dark crimson : double petals. Pkt. 50 cts. 

 Fine. Mixed. Striking colors. 1% feet. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Extra Mixed. From magnificent large-flowered varieties. 1% feet. Pkt. 50 cts. 



Double Flowering. The flowers are perfectly double, comprising all shades of color peculiar to the Cineraria. Pkt. 50 cts. 

 Maritima candidissiraa. Extremely handsome, silvery white foliage; or for bedding purposes. Pkt. 10 cts. 



NEW STAR CINERARIA 



Cineraria Hybrida Stellata. This new type of Cineraria grows to a height of three to four 

 feet. The plants branch freely and produce their little star-shaped flowers in countless numbers. 

 They are borne on long stems and the colors range from white to pink, rose, carmine and blue. Pkt 35c. 



CLARKIA PULCHELLA 



A very desirable annual of easy culture, blooming profusely all summer, and thriving well in any 

 garden soil. Fine mixed. Pkt. 5 cts. 



CLEOME PUNGENS (Giant Spider Plant) 



Very curious rose-colored flowers, the stamens of which look like spider legs. Thrives best in 

 a sandy soil. Pkt. 10 cts. 



CLIANTHUS DAMPIERI (Australian Glory Pea) 



One of the handsomest plants in cultivation ; grows about 3 feet in height, with neat, compound 

 leaves and drooping clusters of large, rich scarlet, pea-shaped flowers 3 inches in length ; similar to 

 the splendid blossoms of the coral tree, each flower being picturesquely marked with a large black 

 blotch in the center. Pkt. 15 ets. 



COBAEA 



Attains a height of 20 to 30 feet. In sowing always place seeds edgewise. 

 Scandens Purple. Large, bell-shaped flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Scandens alba. Pure white. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Macrostemma. San Salvador Cobeea. The foliage is a bright vivid green, the flowers strik- 

 ingly effective, with their long stamens. Pkt. 15 ets. 



COLLINSIA 



An exceedingly pretty free-flowering annual, excellent for massing and mixed borders. Seed sown 

 in autumn will produce flowers early in spring. Finest varieties mixed. Pkt. 5 cts. Japanese Chrysanthemum 



