CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS 



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PANSIES- The Favorite Flower 



NEW GIANT PANSY, " HERO." 



SPECIAL OFFER 



FIVE GRAND NEW PANSIES, 75c. 



NEW GIANT PANSY "HERO" 



2313. No more beautiful pansy lias ever been introduced 

 than "Hero." It is a very large, well-shaped flower, of great 

 substance; lias beautiful regularly crimpled and curled edges, 

 as shown in the illustration. Its color is an exquisite deep 

 blue, shading to white on the upper petals. Price, pkt., 20c. 



GIANT MME. PERRET 



2309. A new French strain of pansies particularly rich In 

 shades of red, but of the largest size and borne erect on long 

 stems. Price, pkt., 20c. 



PANSY GIANT " PRETIOSA" 



2312. This flower is similar to the new "Masterpiece" 

 Pansy Introduced two years ago, and has the same frilled 

 edges, but it is of the true giant live-spotted sort. Each petal 

 marked with a large blotch of deep violet on a ground color 

 of brilliant crimson rose, and each petal margined with a 

 pure white edge. Price, pkt., 20c. 



2276. 

 2308. 

 2261. 

 2-286. 

 2274. 

 2303. 

 2262. 

 2275. 

 2277. 

 2 S88. 

 2289. 

 2268. 

 2309. 



2282. 

 2278. 

 2264. 

 2265. 



2283. 

 22H4. 

 2266. 

 2285. 

 2287. 

 2301. 



JOHNSON'S KINGLY 



COLLECTION OF 

 PRIZE-WINNER PANSIES 



2299. This superb strain cannot be sur- 

 passed for size, texture, shape, markings or 

 richness of coloring of tin- flowers. It embraces 

 all of the solid or self-colored varieties, 

 the 5-spotted on backgrounds of every color 

 the white-edged or bordered flowers of various 

 colors, each with a distinct run around each 

 petal, also the light marbled varieties. Some 

 Lave flowers with clear distinct eyes, Others 

 are striped Bowers of great beauty. Others 

 still are veined, blotched ami mottled in end- 

 less markings and colors. No pains are spared 

 in making this strain absolutely perfect in 

 form, firmness of texture, size and freedom of 

 bloom, and it can be purchased with every 

 confidence that it will produce the very finest 

 results obtainable from this popular flower. 

 Price, pkt., 25c.| '^oz., 81.00; oz., 85.00. 



WHAT IS SAID OK THK AISOVE 



COLLECTION 

 G. Fleischer, Pueblo, Colorado, writes us 

 as follows: 



" I know you have the finest Pansies. be- 

 cause I had them before, and beat everyone 

 in Colorado with your strain." 



2281. Bngnot's Large Stained. This 

 is a celebrated French strain in which each 

 petal is blotched, either 3 or 5-spotted. with 

 the color radiating on the margin of the 

 petals. Price, pkt., 20c; % oz., 75c. 



2294. Cassier's Five Blotched. These 

 are round flowers of great substance and size ; 

 all either 3 or 5-spotted, and are very striking 

 and beautiful. Price, pkt., 20c. ; V»oz.. 75c. 



2273. Masterpiece. Tnechief peculiarity 

 of this grand new Pansy is that the border or 

 edge of each petal is frilled and curled. The 

 flowers are large, borne very freely well above 

 the plant. Price, pkt., 15c.; 2 pkts.. 26c. 



2279. Odier Blotched. Klch colors. 

 Pkt., 10c. 

 English Show Mixture. Pkt., 10c. PKT. 



Azure blue, very fine ... $0 05 



Belgian Striped io 



Black . . Pkt., 80 05 2306. Mahogany ... 5 



Bronze . . " 5 2297. White 5 



Blue ..." 5 2298. Yellow .... 6 



Emperor Frederick (New), dark red 10 



Emperor William, ultramarine blue 10 



Fire Dragon, fiery orange and bronze 10 



Giant White. Pkt ,80 10 2291. Giant Black . . 10 

 OiantYellow. " 10 2290. (iiant Azure Blue 10 

 (iiant Black-Blue, 10 2292 (iiantStriped . . 10 

 Madame Perret (grown by Lucien Ferret, the in- 

 troducer), a magnificent giant strain of rare 

 excellence, very early, vigorous and rich com- 

 bination of colors 20 



Improved Giant Trimardeau, mixed 10 



Lord Beaconsfield, deep purple violet 10 



Meteor (New), bright brown 10 



Peacock, ultramarine blue. deep claret and white. 10 

 Prince Bismarck, beautiful golden bronze ... 10 

 Quadricolor, or Pheasant's Eye (Rainbow) ... 10 



lted Victoria (New ), very tine 10 



Snow tjueen, satiny white 10 



Striped and Mottled, large flowered 10 



Fine Herman, mixed 5 



PANSY GIANT 



INDIGO KING' 



pansy ever offered. The old 



2310. The brightest bin 

 variety, " Emperor William," looks a dull color when com 

 pared with this grand new sort. Price, pkt., 20c. 



PANSY PRINCE HENRY 



2311. A new giant variety of vigorous habit, the flowers 

 often attaining 3'^ inches across, of a brilliant dark indigo 

 with velvet lustre, each petal having a large black brown 

 veined blotch, like the Bugnot race, with slightly undulated 

 edges. Price, pkt., 20c. 



GIANT NOVELTY PANSY COLLECTION 



Price, one packet each of the above live choice new- 

 varieties, 75c. 



HOW TO GROW THIS POPULAR FLOWER 



For very early outdoor bedding, l'ansy seed should be 

 sown in the fall, in a cold frame, or in rich, moist garden 

 beds, from which the plants can be transferred to a cold 

 frame, setting them 2 or 8 inches apart each way, before 

 severe winter weather begins In Spring three fourths ol 

 them can be lifted out for bedding and the rest left to I loom 

 ill the frame. For winter bloom in a frame set the plants 

 atxnit tw Ice as far apart, and thin out half of them m spring 

 Cover the blooming plants w ith BMb.es, adding a Covering of 

 matting or straw in very cold weather In mild weather 



remove the mate and Hit the sashes to admit light, heart and 

 fresh sir, Spring sowings, should be made earlj so as to 

 secure good Bowers during the earl] rains Seed sown in a 



cool, moist place m June and .hil> .and well tended, w ill give 

 good Dowering planti for fall Through summer heat the 

 (lowers are tiller in a wnu'ii hat shaded place but in almost 

 any situation good l'ansy seed will give One flowers in spring 

 and fall Early fall sowing* made In a cold frame, with a 

 southern exposure, give the finest flowers. 



