Flower Seed Novelties for 1899. 



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SNAPDRAGON. NEW GIANT WHITE, SCENTED. 



SNaPDRaCON. 

 New Giant White Scented. 



A perpetual bloomer, com- 

 pact and brauchiug in habit, 

 sending up flower spikes by the 

 dozen, one or two feet in length, 

 almost as large and more beau- 

 tiful than Gladiolus. Color, 

 pure white, with lemon tinged 

 throat, and of lovely fragrance. 

 Excellent for cutting. 

 Pkt., 10 ctg.; 3 pkts., 25 cts. 



5 Brilliant Tom Thumb 

 NASTURTIUMS. 



NaSTURTIUM. 

 Owarf California 



Giant Flowering. 



This superb strain of Tom 

 Thumb Nasturtiums has been 

 developed through several 

 years of careful culture and se- 

 lection under California's sun- 

 ny skies. Not only have the 

 flowers increased in size, but a 

 great variety of new, charming 

 combinations of colors have 

 been produced. 

 Pkt., 10 cts.; 3 pkts., 25 eta. 



NaSTURTIUM 



eaRAiaTION. New Giant Flowered Marguerite. I 



A wonderfully improved strain, the flowers measuring 8 inches across, and as double as ? 

 double can be. The variety of color is also much greater in this strain. There are white, S 

 blush, deep pink, salmon, carmine, scarlet, dark crimson, maroon and many beautifully g 

 variegated flowers. There are picotee-edged, spotted, striped, tinted, etc. The vigorous t> 

 stalks usually grow 6 to 8 inches high, the buds and flowers, much crowded together form- '" 

 ing many large tufts. They are most valuable for pot culture, bedding, groups and borders; fl 

 and any one in want of flue flowering plants is ottered in the beautiful Marguerite Carna- ^ 

 tions, a new race that cannot be excelled, all the more remarkable in the fact that they ff 

 can be planted at any season of the year and will bloom In four mouths after sowing the J* 

 seed. Sown about May 1st in the open ground they require but little different cultivation, d? 

 other than that given to the ordinary annual. If potted in thefall, they will flower all winter. S 

 Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, i25 cents; ounce, $2.50. * 



PHL0X QRUMMOIVOII. Grandiflora Star of Quedlinburg. S* 



This floral novelty is of an e.xtraordinary character. The pointed centre teeth of the "* 

 petals — five in number — are three or four times as large as the lateral ones, and project JJ 

 beyond them like little spines, making them appear to have a star-like form, the eflect to i 

 of which is remarkable. The flowers are bordered with white, which, with the bright <o\ 

 eye of the centre, picturesquely contrast with the magnificent velvety colors, violet- e 

 blue, all shades of purple, bright red, etc., comprising many splendid and distinct colors. H 

 They bloom profusely, and for cutting for bouquets are unequaled. The plants grow in g. 

 compact, bushy form, about 12 to l(i in. high, and are one mass of bloom all summer. p 



Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents; ounce, $1.50. 6 



aXTIGONON LEPT0PUS. "The Mountain Beauty." * 



This is truly a wonderful climber; absolutely hardy and when once planted is practically ' 

 everlasting. The foliage and habit of growth resembles Ampelopsis Veitchii, oue of the 'i 

 most popular hardy climbers. The flowers are borne in profusion, a well grown vine, * 

 loaded with its gorgeous clusters of carmine flowers, producing a most brilliant effect. The ^ 

 vines are freely furnished wiih tendrils, which attach themselves firmly to walls or trel- ■ 

 Uses. Seeds should be sown in boxes and when about six Inches high, set them out where ^', 

 they are to remain. The vines bloom the second year after planting. p '- 



Packet, 20 cents; 3 packets, 50 cents. H| 



SWEET WILLiaM. Mammoth Holborn Glory. 2'. 



For display in the garden the Sweet \V illiam is unsurpassed. This beautiful new strain 



I offer is a decided improvement over the ordi- j 

 nary form of this grand old garden favorite. The » 

 plants are of robust bushy habit, growing about m 

 23^ feet high. They produce numerous stems sur- m 

 mounted by immense clusters of large, extremely >^ 

 varied and vivid colored flowers, the single florets m 

 naeasuring over one inch in diameter. I offer C, 

 this beautiful strain in mixture. Sow in spring g 

 and summer in prepared bedsof light loam iu the ji 

 open ground, cover the seeds about a quarter of w,^ 

 an inch, transplant when in the third or fourth y.' 

 leaf where they are intended to flower the follow- m1{ 

 ing season. '^ 



Pkt., 10 cts.; 3 pkts., 25 cts.; oz., $1.25. ^ 



aSTER, Improved Giant Emperor. g^ 



This magnificent strain must be seen in order 0:; 

 j to get any adequate idea of the possibilities of *'' 

 Aster culture. The plants form large compact 

 bushes about two feet high, which are literally >' 

 co\ered with large, extremely double, perfectly On 

 shaped flowers, so full and double in fact as to 0"; 

 foi m an almost perfect ball. 1 offer this strain in » 

 mixture, embracing all the colors usually found g 



in the Aster. 

 Pkt., 15 cts.i 



a pkts., 25 cts.; OZ., S3.00. 



NASrUHTIUM. 



DWARF CALIFORNIA GIANT FLOWERING 



Tom Thumb. Empress of India. 



The plant is of dwarf, bushy habit, with dark tinted foliage, while 



One packet of each of the above 

 5 Floral Novelties, 

 only 33 cents, postpaid. 

 See colored plate opposite. 







Ihe flowers are of the most brilliant crimson color, so freely produced 

 that no other annual in cultivation can approach it in effectiveness. 

 Packet, 10 cents ; 3 packets, 25 cents. 



NaSTURTIUM. Tom Thumb, Prince Henry. 



A most beautiful new variety, producing large flowers two inches 

 mcross, color cream, marbled and spotted with bright crimson scarlet, 

 and frequently tipped with wine red. 



Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 



NaSTURTIUM. Tom Thumb. Chameleon. 



An attractive new variety, its special feature being its tendency to 

 produce various colored and marked flowers on the same plant. Its 

 compact, bright green foliage, set oft' by its numerous and attractive 

 flowers, produces a most pleasing effect. 



Packet, 15 cents; 2 packets, 25 cents. 



NaSTURTIUM. Tom Thumb. Liliput. 



The plant is in every respect smaller than the ordinary Tom Thumb 

 section, and the dainty little flowers produced iu the greatest profu- 

 sion, well above the small cut and bushy foliage, make it one of the 

 prettiest annuals imaginable. The blossoms appear in various and 

 showy colors. 



Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 



^nt^riftl Offfl* ^"^ packet of each of the above s New Tom 

 OpCCldl V/llCI . Thumb Nasturtiums only 30 cents, postpaid. 



PETUNia. Selected Ruffled Giants. 



An entirely new strain of single fringed, large flowered Petunias, 

 which are simply the acme of perfection. The (lowers are exquisitely 

 ruffled or fringed on the edges, and are of enormous dimensions, many 

 measuring five inches across, while the colors are indescribably rich 

 and varied, marked, veined and blotched iu the most grotesque and 

 beautiful manner, giving the throat the appearance of great depth. 

 The colors range through all shades of yellow, rose, velvety crimson, 

 green, black and white, running off into intricate veins, or exquisitely 

 penciled combinations, heretofore unknown in Petunias. 

 Packet, 20 cents; 3 packets, 50 cents. 



