Purple Featlier Grass. 



PDRPLE FESTHER GRSSS. 



This is undoubtedly one of the most ornamental ^*w Salvia Splendens 



decorative grasses ever introduced, and will be found as useful for 

 room, hall or table decoration as many a palm, while having the advan- 

 tage of rapid and vigorous growth, and being easier to manage. 



Its graceful, narrow, recurving leaves, produced by the hundreds In 

 succession, are overtopped by most elegant purple feathery plumes a 

 foot long, which by themselves are quite ornamental as vase decorations 

 and can also be used for dry grass bouquets. 



Sown as late as March, it makes a bold plant, unlike any other in the 

 garden, always a feature of attraction. If grown in pots, no one could 

 wish for anything more graceful. This novelty has been greatly admired 

 wherever shown. Seeds should be started in shallow boxes in the house 

 and set out when danger of frost is past. 



Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, Z5 cents. 



PnSSIPLORTl. Incarnata. 

 The Rainbow or May Apple Passion Flower. 



This Is one of the most desirable of hardy climbing plants, and is stead- 

 ily advancing in popularity with all admirers of flowering plant life. 

 Its colors are peculiarly rich and delicate, comprising a combination of 

 blue, pink and white, which blend together with a most beautiful effect. 

 Vines will throw out blossoms when only one or two feet high, and will 

 often produce a dozen or more blooms at one time, measuring from 3 to 



4 inches in diameter, and followed in the fall by a golden fruit about the / 

 size of a hen's egg, with a sweetish yellow pulp, claimed by botanists to t 

 be edible and of a most delicious flavor. If the winter is very severe, it '*■ 

 will die down to the ground, but will shoot up early in the spring and put 

 forth blossoms in a few weeks. 



Packet, 15 cents; H packets, ^5 cents. 



SDIVPL0WER. Globe of Gold or Many^FIowered Double. 



They form erect, well branched plants, not exceeding JO inches in 

 height. Each of the numerous branches produce a large, densely double, 

 globe shaped flower of deep, rich, golden yellow color. The flowers are 

 also produced from the base of each leaf from the main stalk, forming 

 one perfect pyramid of gold. Many of the flowers measure from 4 to 8 

 Inches across, each oue bordered or surrounded by a fringe of single 

 petals, forming a unique conti-ast to the large double yellow centres, few 

 believing a sunflower could be so beautiful. In addition to being orna- 

 mental, they will produce a good crop of seed, which is excellent for 

 feeding to poultry, keeping them in fine condition during winter. 

 Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents. 



RBW SnLVm SPLBNDENS. Drooping Spikes. 



This magnificent new large flowering Kalvia, or scarlet Sage, has three times the flowering 

 capacity on each spike, of the ordinary Salvia Splendens. The flowers are produced in such 

 great numbers that they .cause the spike to droop gracefully with their weight, suggesting 

 the name of Drooping Spikes, the eflect being most attractive and showy. It is one of the 

 most desirable plants for decorative purposes, if planted singly, in groups or with other 

 plants in mixed borders. The flowers are brilliant dazzling scarlet and borne in endless pro- 

 fusion all summer and fall. Sow the seeds iu boxes in the house and set the plants out after 

 all danger of frost is past. Packet, lli cents; 3 packets, 35 cents. 



Just at this time I think 

 it would be Avell to remind 

 my friends that my Spe- 

 cial Discount on Seeds in 

 Packets and Ounces ap- 

 plies to both Vegetable and 

 Flower Seeds as follows: 



$1.00 buys $1.30. 

 $2.00 buys $2.75. 

 $3.00 buys $4.25. 



$4.00 buys $5.70. 



$5.00 buys $7.50. 

 Worth of both Flower 

 and Vegetable Seeds in 

 Packets and Ounces. Re-= 

 member, however, that 

 this Special Discount ap= 

 plies to Packets and 

 Ounces only. 



Drooping Spikes. 



Passlflora Incarnata. 



VERBENA, 



Briar Crest, 



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Fancy. 



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VBRBEN71. Briar erest Mammoth Fancy. 



I take pleasure in offering an improved strain of Mammoth Verbe- 

 nas, embracing a large percentage of striped and mottled flowers, to- 

 gether with the very best and largest of the solid colors, which for size 

 of flowers and diversity of shades are unequalled; many single florets 

 are as large as a silver twenty-five cent piece; clusters of blooms are 

 enormous. In coloring they excel the old varieties of Verbena, embrac- 

 ing many distinct sbades and markings, of vigorous habit and free 

 bloomers. For bedding they are far superior to the ordinary Verbena, 

 and also desirable for pot culture. My field of this grand mixture of 

 Mammoth Verbenas at Briar Crest the past summer was an object of 

 beauty, and greatly admired by all who saw them. 



Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 35 cents; ounce, $1.75. 



