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re Florets of for the 12 
™ Verbena Briar Largest and Best 
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fit aeace tt of this Verbena. 
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2 Briar Crest Mammoth Fancy. 
D. The improved strain of Mammoth Verbenas which I send out under 
the trade name of Briar Crest Mammoth Fancy is unexcelled for size, BR od 
5 beauty and diversity of markings, richness of colors and profusion of Bey 
2 flowers. Types of individual florets shown in the illustration, and the 

clusters of bloom are enormous. Some of the florets are as large as a 
Silver twenty-five cent piece; some are of solid colors, some striped, B 
some mottled, some witheyes or zones of color. They excel the old vari- Bex) 
eties of verbenas in every respect, and are more vigorous growers. 
They are very desirable for bedding or for pot culture. 
Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents; ounce, $1.75. 

























I WILL PAY $50.00, Nov. Ist, 1900, to the customer sending me fu 
- on or before that date the 12 largest and finest pressed single florets of JAR 
z Briar Crest Mammoth Fancy Verbena purchased of me this year. ‘ 


New Large Flowering Cannas. 
French and American Varieties. 
The new large-flowering cannas are rapidly 
making their way into popular favor for bedding 
purposes in summer and also for winter bloom- 
ing. The plants are comparatively dwarf (not 
as tall as the old foliage sorts), though the growth 
is still heavy and luxuriant. The abundant, 
brilliant flowers are the charm of this new group 
of cannas; flowers which are large, bright and 
of many dazzling hues, ranging through all 
shades of yellow and orange to richest crimson, 
searlet and vermillion; some plain, some 
spotted. Seed sown in shallow boxes in winter 
(January to April) will produce flowers in July. 
Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 
A CASH PRIZE OF $50. 
Inasmuch as canna seed does not “ come 
true,” and is likely to produce new varieties 
superior to the parent forms, I offer a cash 
prize of fifty dollars for the best canna grown 
from my mixture of seeds, as above described, 
the flower to reach me on or before Nov. 1, 
1900; the new seedling to become my property, 
with the privilege of naming it. 
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New Larce FLOWERING CANNAS. 
. NEW EVER=-BLOOMING 
FORGET=-ME-NOT. 
Distinction. 
This desirable strain produces 
plants five to seven inches in 
height and eight or ten inches in Vl i A 
diameter, which at maturity are y 
entirely covered with clusters of 
@ flowers of the most exquisite 
© bright azure blue. The seed may 
7 be sown at any time of year,and 
flowers will be produced in eight 
to ten weeks from the seed. This 
= elegant forget-me-not,. may be 
, treated as an annual, for summer 
blooming, or may be carried 
= through the winter as a window 
~ or greenhouse plant. It may be 
= Wintered out of doors, like other 
forget-me-nots, and will bloom 
5 freely the following spring. 
Packet, 10 cts.; 3 packets, 25 cts. 
10 New Sweet Peas for 20 cts. 
This astonishing offer embraces 
10 separate packets of the choicest 
= New Sweet Peas. See page 76. RiciNuS ZANZIBARENSIS. CASTOR O1L BEAN. 
F RICINUS ZANZIBARENSIS. Castor Oil Bean. 
This new African giant castor oil plant Surpasses in size and beauty any variety hitherto 
known. The leaf is sometimes two feet or more across, and the strong stem rises ten to 
> fourteen feet into the air. Leaf, stem, flower and seed pod are alike ornamental. | offer four 
strains of this giant species in mixture; one with light green leaves, with whitish ribs, 
another with coppery brown leaves, another with brownish purple leaves and another with 
bronze leaves with reddish ribs. The castor oil plant is largely grown in America for com- 
3 mercial purposes as well as forornament. It yields a valuable oil. Sow in May. The 
seeds show many variations in color and marking. Packet, 10 cents; 8 packets, 25 cents. 
MEXICAN PRIMROSE. 
This free-blooming plant is available for many purposes, as it will thrive in almost any 
Situation, either in-doors or out. It is one of the perpetual blooming primroses, bearing 
, Saucer-shaped blossoms about three inches across, of superb colors. t begins to bloom 
» When very young, and as soon as a blossom drops there is another to take its place. It 
is as desirable for window culture as it is for the garden, and | bespeak for it a fair trial 
everywhere. Packet, 10 cents; 8 packets, 25 cents. MEXICAN PRIMROSE. 
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PURPLE FEATHER GRAss. 
PURPLE FEATHER GRASS. 
_ One of the most ornamental decorative grasses ever 
introduced, as useful for hall or table adornment as 
many a palm, and having the advantage of rapid and 
vigorous growth. The graceful, narrow recurving 
Z atts Z, &\ leaves are produced in succession by hundreds, and 
ih j he ‘ : “A - are overtopped by elegant feathery plumes a foot 
ly S a ANS SZ » long. These plumes or feathers are available for vase 
decorations or for dry grass bouquets. Seeds should 
be sown indoors, in March, in pots or shallow boxes, 
and the plants set out when danger of frost is past. 
The heads will be produced from July until frost, 
and the whole plant is eventually veiled ina purple 
cloud. This novelty has been greatly admired wher- 
ever shown. Packet, 10 cents ; 3 packets, 25 cents. 

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