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JOHNSON SEED COMPANY 



GYPSOPHILA PANICULATA. 



PURPLE FOUNTAIN 

 GRASS 



(Pennisetum 

 Rueppelianum) 

 1451. Decidedly the 

 most ornamental decora- 

 tive grass ever intro- 

 duced, and will be found 

 as useful for room, hall 

 or table decoration as 

 many a palm, Fine pur- 

 ple plumes a foot long. 

 Pkt., 10c. 



GREVILLEA 



ROBUSTA 



1460. (Silk Oak.) 

 Beautiful and graceful 

 fern-leaved foliage plant. 

 Pkt,, 10c. 



GYPSOPHILA 



Dainty free flowering 

 plants of easy culture. 

 Fine for mixing in bou- 

 quets, giving them an 

 airy fairy look that is 

 charming ; 1% feet high. 

 Star-shaped, white and pink flowers. 



1480. Elegans. 

 Pkt., 5c. 



1481. Paniculata. Produces numerous panicles of 

 small, white, handsome flowers ; fine for bouquets. Pkt., 5c. 



HELIANTHUS 



(See Sunflower) 



HIBISCUS (Marsh Mallow) 



1540. Africanus. Creamy yellow, with purple centre. 

 Pkt., 5c. 



1541. Palustris. Large pink flowers. Pkt., 5c. 



1542. Californicus. Large white carmine centre. 

 Pkt., 10c. 



1543. Sunset. Very large, yellow., fine. Pkt., 10c. 



HELIOTROPE 



Deliriously fragrant 

 flowering plants, 1 to 2 

 feet high. Favorites for 

 pot culture in winter and 

 bedding in summer. 



1520. Finest Mixed. 

 Pkt., 5c. 



1521. 

 Blacks. 

 Pkt., 10c 



1522. 



HELIOTROPE. 



King of the 



Rich purple. 



Lemoin e' 8 

 Giant Hybrids. Im- 

 mense clusters; very fra- 

 grant, Pkt., 10c. 



HOLLYHOCK 



Grand summer and 

 autumn flowering plants. 

 Old inhabitants of our 

 garden, but marvelously 

 improved of late years 

 both in doubleness and 

 enlarged size. 



Chaters. Prize Double, Red. Pkt., 10c. 



1562. •• " " Pink. Pkt., 10c. 



1560. " " White. Pkt., 10c. 



1561. * " " Yellow. Pkt., 10c. 



1558. " " " Salmon. Pkt., 10c. 



1559. " " " Crimson. Pkt., 10c. 



1563. " " " Mixed. Pkt,, 10c. 



New Mammoth Flowering "Allegheny Hollyhocks" 



1564. The flowers of this new variety are so different 

 from the old conventional ones that but for the similar habit 

 of the plant it would not be taken for a Hollyhock. 



They are from 4 to 6 inches in diameter, ranging from 

 semi-double to double, and finely fringed and curled. 



The colors are shell pink, rose and ruby red, a shade or 

 two deeper at the centre, and exquisitely tinted towards the 

 edge. Price, per pkt., 10c; 3 pkts., 25c. 



Our Fall Catalogue of DUTCH BULBS, 

 HYACINTHS, NARCISSUS, TULIPS, ETC., 

 will be ready SEPTEMBER FIRST. If inter= 

 ested, send in your name and a copy will be 

 mailed to you. 



Hyacinth-flowered 



HUMULUS JAPONICUS OR JAPANESE 

 HOP 



1620. Very ornamen- 

 tal and fast growing an- 

 nual climber from Japan. 

 Pkt., 5c. 



1621. Huiualua 

 Japonicus Varie- 

 gatus. A beautiful vari- 

 ety with variegated foli- 

 age, resisting heat and 

 the ravages of insects. 

 Pkt., 10c. 



KENILWORTH 

 IVY 



1780. A very neat 

 climber, clings to walls 

 and is a valuable plant 

 for hanging- baskets, 

 vases, etc. Pkt., 10c. 



LANTAIMA 



1720. Rapid-growing, 

 constant-blooming, ten- 

 der perennial plants for 

 pot culture in the winter 

 or garden decoration in 

 the summer ; clusters of 

 orange, white, pink, etc. ; 

 mixed colors; 1 to 3 feet. 



Pkt., IOC HUMULUS OR JAP HOP. 



LARKSPUR 



Quick-growing, free-flowering annuals. 



1065. Dwarf German Rocket 

 Larkspur; mixed. Pkt., 5c. 



1063. Emperor 

 Larkspur. Has beauti- 

 ful, long spikes of bril- 

 liant dark blue, tricolor 

 and red striped; double 

 flowers. Pkt., 5c. 



LATHYRUS 

 Everlasting or 

 Hardy Sweet Peas. 



Hardy climbers, grow- 

 ing 6 to 8 feet high when 

 trained on a trellis. The 

 flowers are borne in large 

 clusters; but have no fra- 

 grance, a beautiful plant. 



1740. Latifolius 

 Red. A handsome free- 

 flowering plant ; useful 

 for covering trellises, old 

 stumps, fences, etc 

 Flowers a beautiful 

 scarlet. Pkt., 10c. 



1741. Latifollus 

 A lb us. Large clusters 

 of pure white ; grand, 

 hardy, low climber. 

 Pkt., 10c. 



1742. Splendens. 

 A fine novelty from 

 California, bearing dense 

 clusters of brilliant deep 

 rose flowers Pkt., 10c. LAKivsr-uu.. 



No. 1743. Pink Beauty. We have here an entirely new 

 variety, the color of whict is a delicately shaded pink on the 

 standard, the lacing on the edge being paler than the 

 centre ; the wings are deeper pink, of a very rich shade, 

 giving it a very striking appearance. Price, pkt., 5c; per 

 oz., 20c. 



No. 1744. 

 ing Pea- 

 Pkt., 5c. 



Everlast- 

 Crimson. 



LOBELIA (Compocta 

 Varieties) 



Compact plants, 4 to 6 

 inches high, forming 

 little mounds of bloom. 



1840. Crystal Fal- 

 ace. Rich blue. Pkt., 10c. 



1845. Mixed Com- 

 pacta Varieties. Pkt., 

 5c. 

 Erinus, or Trailing 

 Varieties. 



Useful for vases oi 

 hanging baskets or 

 rockeries. 



1844. Mixed, Trail- 

 ing Varieties. Pkt., 5c 



