WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK 



25 



Choice Flower Seeds 



BALSAM (Lady's Slipper) 



Showy and easily grown tender annuals, succeeding best in sunny sit- 

 uations where there is rich loam and moisture ; July to Sept. 1 to 1% ft. 



Elliott's Double White Perfection. Perfect form, large blos- 

 soms of great substance. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Solferino. Satiny white, streaked and spotted with crimson and 

 lilac. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Improved Double Rose-Flowered Balsams 



These varieties embrace the cream of the class. 



White. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Pale Yellow. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Flesh Color. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Rose- Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Scarlet. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Crimson. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Lilac. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Violet. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Extra Choice Double Mixed from 

 choice varieties. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. $1.50. 



Fine Double Mixed. 



50 cts. 



Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 



BELLIS (Double Daisy) 



Charming little plants, admirably adapted for borders and edgings. 

 Sow early in the house, and when large enough transplant to partially 

 shady situation. 



Alba fl. pi. Pure white. Pkt. 10c. 

 Rubra fl. pi. Bed. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Snowball. Large flo we r i n g, 

 pure white. Pkt. 15 cts. 



Longfellow. Large-flowering, 



dark rose. Pkt. 15 cts. 

 Finest Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Imported collections of twelve sepa- 

 rate colors, $1.00 ; six separate colors, 

 50 cts. 



Aristolochia Sipho 



(Dutchman's Pipe) 



Rapid-growing, hardy perennial 

 climber, with large green leaves, mak- 

 ing a dense shade. Flowers are very 

 curiously shaped. Pkt. 10 cts. 



ARNEBIA CORNUTA 



A charming annual with exceedingly 

 beautiful flowers of a rich yellow color, 

 marked with five black spots. These 

 spots change on the second day to a deep 

 maroon, and disappear on the third day, 

 leaving the flower a pure yellow. Pkt. 

 10 cts. 



AURICULA 



(Primula auricula) 



A well-known favorite of great beauty. 

 Half-hardy perennial. Finest mixed, 

 saved from choicest varieties. Pkt. 25c. 



ASPARAGUS 



Broussoneti. One of the finest 

 hardy perennial climbers ; feathery 

 foliage and bright red berries, 10 feet. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



Plumosus nanus. A graceful 

 greenhouse climber, having feathery, 

 lace-like foliage finer than the most 

 delicate fern. Makes a fine house plant. 

 Pkt. 25 cts. 



Sprengeri. A most desirable va- Balsam 



riety, invaluable for hanging baskets. 



The fronds frequently grow four feet long, and are covered with leaves 

 of a rich shade of green. Pkt. 10 cts. 



BEGONIA 



The value of the single-flowered Tuberous Begonias for bedding pur- 

 poses has been fully established, and the gorgeous effects they have pro- 

 duced have readily given them precedence over the more ordinary bedding 

 plants. Seed sown in February or March will produce nice plants for 

 planting out in June. 



Laing's Gold Medal Hybrid. These tuberous-rooted Begonias 

 have attained a world-wide reputation. Seed of this unrivaled collection 

 procured direct. 



Single. Choicest mixed. Pkt. 50 cts. 



Double. Choicest mixed. Pkt. 75 cts. 



Double Mixed. Saved from the very 

 finest hybrids. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Single Mixed. From finest single 

 varieties. Pkt. 15 cts. 



Erfordia. A dwarf hybrid variety 

 with small, glossy, dark green leaves, 

 and delicate rosy-carmine flowers ; one 

 of the best bedding sorts. Begonia 

 Erfordia, being a hybrid, has a tendency 

 to revert and cannot be depended upon 

 to come always true from seed. 6 

 inches. Pkt. 50 cts. 



Vernon. This variety is of unusual 

 value as a bedding plant, as it will stand 

 our hot summer sun. Easily raised from 

 seed, and if started in spring will pro- 

 duce flowering plants early in the sum- 

 mer. Also a most satisfactory house 

 plant, being literally a mass of bloom 

 the entire winter; carmine flowers. 

 Pkt. 10c. 



Ornamental-Leaved, Rex Va- 

 rieties. Large, handsome leaves, dark 

 green, variegated with red-bronze, red, 

 and silver- white ; greenhouse perennial. 

 1 foot. Pkt. 25 cts. 



BARTONIA AUREA 



Producing showy golden-yellow flow- 

 ers above its gray and downy thistle- 

 like foliage, which is exceedingly bril- 

 liant in the sunshine. Sow it where it 

 is to remain, as it does not bear trans- 

 planting ; annual. 2 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 



ASPERULA 



Profuse-blooming hardy plants, thriving best among shrubbery or any 

 partially shady places. 



Azurea Setosa. Light blue. Annual. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Odorata (Sweet Woodruff). White. Very fragrant. Perennial. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. 



BALLOON VINE 



Eapid-growing annual climber, succeeding best in a warm situation. 

 Small, white flowers, followed by inflated seed vessels, which look like 

 minature balloons. Pkt. 5 cts. 



BIDENS ATROSANGUINEA 



Showy annual, with flowers of a dark blood-red color ; fine for cutting. 

 Pkt 5 cts 



BOCCONIA JAPONICA 



Stately evergreen shrub, with ornamental foliage ; very effective for 

 single specimens or groups on lawns ; long spikes of creamy white flow- 

 ers. Pkt. 5 cts. 



BRACHYCOME (Swan River Daisy) 



Very pretty low-growing annuals, suitable for edgings or pot culture; 

 blooms profusely throughout the summer. 

 Iberidifolia, White. Pkt. 5c. Iberidifolia, Mixed. Pkt. 5c. 

 Iberidifolia, Blue. Pkt. 5c. 



Elliott's Concentrated Plant Fertilizer produces an abundance of blossoms and healthy foliage 



