WILLIAM ELLIOTT £y SONS' 



SIXTIETH ANNUAL 



A Treatise Founded on Facts Where to Buy, What to Plant, and How to Grow Vegetable, Flower and Farm Seeds Satisfactorily 



Flower and Vegetable Seed Novelties for 1906 



New Aster Elegance 



i The first really beautiful single Aster. Its preferences are indeed 

 'numerous and prominent, and we beg to mention the following : 

 : The plants are healthy and therefore resisting. Have a strong 

 iand vigorous growth. A nice pyramidal habit, not growing 

 lastride. Very fioriferous. Producing long stalks, each bearing one 

 #ower only. Having a small yellow center. Bearing very long 

 ielegantly waved flower petals. Cut flowers last for weeks. 

 [ All its qualities give this novelty an extremely elegant ap- 

 jpearance, so that we can recommend it as a bedding variety, as 

 iwhich it can be compared very well with the best double Aster. 

 JAdded to this its great value for decoration of any kind, in vases, 

 ! wreaths, etc. We feel sure it will be accepted by the trade as well as 

 >by the amateur as a grand acquisition to the collection of Asters, 

 i White, lavender-blue, dark-blue. Per pkt. 30 cts. 



-Extra Early Aster — Salmon Red 



| This bright color we offer now in this extra early flowering class 

 'of Asters. A very good advance of the Queen of the Market Aster. 

 This strain commences to flower even a few days earlier, also 

 flowers measure about double the size. The flowers are similar in 

 form to a good Giant Comet Aster, pretty good double and borne 

 on long and very stout stems. The plants are of bushy habit. 

 ;We strongly recommend this strain when there are Very large 

 j Aster blooms in demand. Per pkt. 25 cts. 



Asters 



Beet— Drooping Crimson, 

 Willow Leaved 



This is by far the most ornamental foliaged beet for bedding, a 

 s v lection out of the Dracasna Leaved, which we have been im- 

 proving in our grounds for several 3^ears. The leaves are long and 

 narrow like a willow, but of the darkest crimson bronze, of bushy 

 elegant form, with leaves drooping over. We can strongly recom- 

 mend this new improvement as the most suitable crimson foliage 

 for bedding purposes. We have proved this to be very suitable for 

 edging or bedding contrasted with either Pyrethrum, Lobelia 

 or Dactylis Variegata and far superior to Perilla or Iresine. 

 Per pkt. 20 cts. 



Calliopsis bicolor nana "Golden 

 Ray" 



Being one of the most fioriferous and long lasting annuals, this 

 novelty has also quite remarkably pretty flowers. The edge of 

 each flower-leaf is turned downside, thus resembling a small single 

 Cactus Dahlia. From out the dark purplish brown center the 

 leaflets are turning into bright golden yellow rays, thus giving 

 each flower an elegant and graceful appearance. Forming 

 round bushes of about 6 to 8 inches in height, the plant 

 is literally covered with blooms. The striking colora- 

 tion of this pretty Calliopsis, its regular growth, its easy 

 culture and modesty regarding the soil, for all this we 

 can warmly recommend this new introduction. Per 

 pkt. 35 cts. 



Chrysanthemum IVIaximum 

 "King Edward VII." 



This is undoubtedly the finest and handsomest of all the 

 C. maximum varieties — a very large pure white flower with 

 fine form. Per pkt. 20 cts. 



Chrysanthemum Maximum 

 "Robinsoni" 



This new variety we are also able to offer seed of. The 

 flowers have finely cut petals, like a single Japanese Chrys- 

 anthemum, pure white and verv distinct and striking. 

 Per pkt. 20 cts. 



Dianthus Superbissimus 



A lovely new strain of Dianthus. Flowers very large of 

 various colors with crested surface to petals and white 

 throated, giving the flowers a very striking and charming 

 appearance. The finest and largest flowered strain of 

 Dianthus by far for cut bloom. Per pkt. 25 cts. 



