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SALPIGLOSSIS. New Hybrids. MIGNONETTE. New Golden Gem. | 
The Salpiglossis has long been known as one of the most beautiful The Golden Gem Mignonette, now offered by me for the first time, | 
of our flowering annuals, and in the New Hybrids we have a much| comes from abroad where it is claimed to be the finest yellow flowered 
improved class of this desirable flower, only made possible by years | variety yet introduced. In habit of growth is very similar to the well 
of careful selection and hybridizing. The plants grow about 18 inches | known Red Giant, being of the same regular dwarf pyramidal habit 
high, with slender grass-like foliage, producing an abundance of tlow-| of growth. It is moreover extremely free flowering, while the flowers 
ers Measuring 24% to 3 inches across, of many odd and beautiful vel-| are of a beautiful golden yellow. This novelty is of a very dwarf com- 
vety colors, all exquisitely veined and marbled in a way that must be | pact habit of growth, and quite distinct from the Golden Queen which 
eee eo. be EDrE CAVE I, The Unetralon opposite gives you but a faint | is taller. (See colored plate opposite.) Pkt., 15 cts.; 2 pkts., 25 cts. 
ea of the beauty of this gran ower, it being utterly impossible 
to produce their colors with an artist’s brush. : The Calore range NEW DOUBLE SHIRLEY POPPIES. 
through all shades of red, pink, purple, blue, yellow, white, ete. The This attractive new class of Poppies was acknowledged (by all who 
plants are of graceful habit, bearing their flowers high above the foli- | saw them growing on my trial grounds the past summer) to be a most 
age, producing a most pleasing effect, as they nod to and fro with each | welcome addition to our list of garden favorites. The introducer says: 
passing breeze. As a bouquet flower they have no equal, and should be “The comparitively new strain of Shirley Poppies, though only introduced a 
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in every garden. Packet, 15 cents; 2 packets, 25 cents. few years ago, has become one of the most popular annuals for the summer flow- 
° . er garden that we haveever offered. The absence of black blood gives them 
ASTER. Lady in White. their wonderfully light, bright tissue-paper-like appearance. The colors range from 
, 2 Teter ee ve Shayna 5 - urest white through pinks of all shades to glowing scarlet, but a scarlet without 
two eabures) distinguish this Aster Moun all others, a hitherto piace Someare red itil white edges, and others veined and streaked and flaked 
unapproached freedom of flowering and a perfectly distinct foliage. | som ‘the centre toward the edges in’ the most charming confusion. The New 
Whereas in all known Asters the leayes are broad at the base and | pouple Shirley Poppies retain all of the beauty of colorings, grace of form, large 
tapering slightly towards the top, those of this new variety are of a| size, profusioa of bloom and ease of culture, blooming within a few weeks’ time. 
long and very narrow shape, and a striking light green color. These] The myraids of lovely nodding flowers—almost no two alike—is an inspiring sight.” 
two qualities reo eines give Aes the jplants an extremely graceful | (See colored plate opposite.) Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents, 
appearance and relieve them o at stiffness common to most other . 
classes of Asters. In their free branching habit these plants resemble PHLOX DRUMMONDII GRANDIFLORA. Crimson Bedder. 
the Mignon Aster from which this new variety has been obtained. One of the very best of all bedding annuals is the Phlox Drum- 
The flowers are elegantly borne on very slender stalks and have exactly | mondii, surpassing almost everything else in dazzling brilliancy. We 
the same graceful semi-globular form as the Mignon. No plant pro-| may well be proud of this distinctively American flower, for it is ex- 
duces less than 40 buds, while some bear as many as 70, which come | tremely beautiful, neat in growth and an extraordinary bloomer. In 
into flower gradually and so prolong the blooming period into the late} the crimson bedder we have agrand addition to this most popular 
autumn. We have inthis new Aster a novelty of the first rank and | flower, each plant producing a number of large heads of flowers of the 
the “Lady in White” will doubtless attain a wide popularity; as it is of | most vivid crimsonimaginable. Far superior to Geraniums as an ef- 
inestimable value for bedding, for pots and especially as a cut flower. | fective bedding plant, flowering all summer long in spite of unfavor- 
(See colored plate opposite.) Packet, 15 cents; 2 packets, 25 cents. | able weather. (See colored plate opposite.) Pkt., 10 cts.;3 pkts., 25 cts, 
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New Dwarf Sweet Pea “CUPID 99 Your attention is invited to this New Dwarf Sweet Pea, 
which, unlike all others, grows only 5 inches high. = - 
It is hardly possible in a description, even aided by illustrations from photographs, to properly present this Floral Wonder. Cupid, a 
chance seedling, was discovered in 1893 and comes absolutely true from seed. In acrop of seven acres this season there was not a single plant 
that showed any variation either in habit or color. Cupid excites wonder wherever seen—such a Sweet Pea, yet in habit so unlike a Sweet Pea! 
It is true that its stems are short, but it has all the fragrance of the most favored Eckfords. The flowers are the size of the Emily Henderson, 
but with more substance in the petals of both wings and standards than any other Sweet Pea. It bears two and three blossoms on the end 
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same time, so that it is unnecessary to it 
ick astem with a bud and an open | 
lossom. Itis a free bloomer and be- 
gins to flower as early as May and | 
continues until November. Fancy a 
solid area of deep green—a carpet of 
plants only five inches high, spreading 
out from the roots so as to meet when 
the seed is planted two feet apart in 
rows; then fancy this carpet of deep, 
living green springing into blossom in 
one week, all a mass of white—clear 
waxy white;—Sweet Peas on stems 
only four inches long and a hundred 
on a plant. Indeed, so strongly con- 
trasted with the deep green foliage 
that the purity of the whiteness of 
Cupid’s flowers seem even whiter than j¥ 
snow itself! Cupid grown in a twelve- 
inch pot just fills the top; with its 
blooms of glistening whiteness it is 
wonderfully attractive in the house, 
or the conservatory. In the garden it 
will be used chiefly as a border plant, 
the foliage alone being pretty enough 
for any border, but this is forgotten 
when Cupid bursts into a mass of snow 
white blossoms. Offered in original 
packets containing 10 seeds or more. 
Packet, 15 cents; 2 packets, } 
25 cents; 10 packets, $1.00. 
A field of Cupid Sweet Peas. 
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six packets in all for only 40 cents, postpaid. 
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