WM. ELLIOTT & SONS' GENERAL CATALOGUE FOR 1897. 



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VARIOUS AST'ERS— Continued. 



Per Pkt. 



Lillipnt. Pure white. Small flowers in great abundance, 

 excellent for cutting 15 



Giant Emperor. Flowers of great size, very double, fine 

 form, brilliant colors, robust growth. 



Mixed Colors 10 



Dahlia Flowered Snowball. (White Princess.) A very 

 popular white variety of recent introduction, the flowers 

 of which closely resemble those of the Liliput Dahlia. 

 Excellent for pot culture and a good bedding variety . . 15 



Triumph. The most beautiful and perfect of all Dwarf 



Asters. 

 Scarlet 10 Scarlet Edged White 10 



White Branching. This Aster is a strong grower of branch- 

 ing habit and continues to bloom later in the season 

 than any other variety. Flowers white, large, loose 

 and graceful, resembling Chrysanthemums 10 



Cocardeau or Crown. Finest mixed. Center of flowers 



white, with brilliant colors outside. (Cnt 2.) 10 



Betteridge's Quilled. Finest mixed. Perfectly double 



quilled flowers, 13^ feet 5 



Boltze's Dwarf Bonquet. Finest mixed. Very pro- 



fuse in bloom, % ft 10 



German and French. Finest double mixed from the 



best imported varieties. Per oz. , $1.00 10 



China. Fine mixed. Per oz. , 75 cts 5 



COLLECTIONS OF GERMAN ASTERS. 



(AS IMPORTED.) 



Victoria, in twelve separate colors 85 



TrnlTaut's Pseony Perfection, twelve separate colors 75 



Comet, eight separate colors 60 



Washington, six separate colors 50 



Betteridge's Quilled, twelve separate colors 50 



Dwarf Chrysanthemum-Flowered, twelve separate colors. .75 

 Cocardeau or Crown, six separate colors 40 



ASPERULA. 



A profuse blooming hardy plant, well adapted for shaded 

 situations among trees, bearing clusters of fragrant 

 flowers. Admirable for bouquets. 



Asperula Azurea Setosa. Light blue. Annual, 1 ft 5 



Odorata. (Woodruff.) White, very fragrant. Peren- 



nial, 1 ft 25 



AURICULA. 



Charming spring out-door and pot plants, succeeding best 

 in partial shade. Half-hardy perennial, J^ ft. 



Auricula. (Primula Auricula.) Finest mixed. ... 25 



AZALEA. 



Evergreen shrubs, universally admired for their beautiful 

 flowers, which are produced in great profusion. 



Azalea Indica. Finest mixed. Greenhouse evergreen 

 shrubs; flowers very beautiful 25 



BALLOON VINE. 



(CARDIOSPERMUM.) 



A very pretty and rapid growing climber, succeeding best 

 in a warm situation. It produces a very curious in- 

 flated capsule, from which it derives the name of Bal- 

 loon Vine. 



Cardiospermum Halicacabum. White, 6 ft 5 



BALSAM. 



(LADY'S SLIPPER.) 



Very showy and attractive, producing, in profusion, masses 

 of most beautiful and brilliant colored flowers. They 

 require an exceedingly rich soil to be grown to per- 

 fection. 



Per Pkt. 



Balsam, Double. Splendid mixture of choicest varieties. 



Per oz., $1.50 10 



Fine mixed. Per oz., 50 cts 5 



Pnre White. Well adapted for florists, for 



bouquets; nearly every flower is perfectly double, 

 and pure white 10 



Elliot's Double White Perfection. A special strain 



of perfectly double, round, large blossoms of great 

 solidity 25 



Double Dark Red. A very double dark red variety, 



highly recommended. ... 10 



Solferino. Satiny white, streaked and spotted 



with crimson and lilac 10 



Collection of twelve separate colors 1.00 



Collection of six separate colors 50 



BARTONIA. 



A showy flowering plant, producing a profusion of fine, 

 bright metallic-yellow blossoms, about two and a half 

 inches across. The leaves are thistle-like, and dark 

 green, covered with down. Annual, 1 ft.. 



Bartonia Aurea. Golden yellow 5 



BIDENS. 



A beautiful composite, producing rich purple-black flowers 



in great profusion. 

 Bideus Atrosanguinea. Purple- black, 2 ft 10 



BRACHYCOME. 



(SWAN RIVER DAISY.) 



Very pretty low growing plants, flne for borders, rustic 

 work or pot culture, covered during summer with a 

 profusion of Cineraria-like flowers. Half-hardy annual. 



Brachycome Iberidifolia. (Swan River Daisy.) Mixed 



blue and white, 3^ ft 10 



