OVELTIES IN FLOWER SEEDS 
pLowering.. “Allegheny Hollyhocks”’ 
New Mammoth Allegheny Hollyhock, showing Type of Flower. 
A New Type of Hollyhocks. 
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 
so finely fringed and curled 
that, compared with the old 
ones, they have the look of a 
flower from Fairyland. 
The colors are shell pink, 
rose and ruby red, a shade or 
two deeper at the centre, and 
exquisitely tinted toward the 
edge. 
‘Lhe flowers do not, as on the 
other double Hollyhocks, rot 
on the stems, but drop as soon 
as they fade. 
Every bud to the top of the 
plant is developed into flow- 
ers, making the flowering sea- 
son considerably longer. 
The cut gives an idea of 
these flowers, but does not by 
far do them justice, as the 
fine, graceful appearance and 
peerless shading cannot be re- 
produced; such colors are 
found only in silks. 
Retail price, per pkt., 20c. 
Trade price, $10.00 per 100 
pkts.; $7.50 per oz. 
Above half-tone cut free 
with orders for 1oo pkts. or 1 oz. of seed. Can also supply Electros of large cut on page 72 of our 1897 
“ Garden and Farm Manual.’’ 
GRAND NEW STRAIN OF ANNUAL PINKS 
Dianthus Laciniatus Nanus, New Hybrids 
This grand new strain of the annual 
Pinks, with laciniated or fringed petals, 
gained and fixed out of the D. Laciniatus 
‘‘Salmon Queen,’’ introduced in 1895. 
This novelty differs from the well-known 
D. Laciniatus by its lower growth and 
much finer colored flowers. The latter, 
varying in all shades from white to deep 
rose and even to purplish red, are all 
tinged more or less with bright 
salmon red or salmony scarlet, and 
are distinguished by a dark ring around 
the centre. A group of this new tribe in 
full bloom presents a beautiful and 
distinct aspect on account of these 
charming salmon colorings and of the 
great diversity of designs. The plants 
grow only about to inches high and are 
remarkable for their free flowering 
character. Atour ‘‘ Floracroft Gardens,’’ 
where this seed was grown, there were 
no two plants alike, and they were a mass 
of bloom all summer, and are at this 
writing (October 14th) still throwing up 
their charming flowers. Retail price, 
toc. per pkt. ‘Trade price, $5.00 per 100 
pkts.; $2.50 per oz. Half-tones,furnished 
free with too pkts. or 2 ozs. of seed. 
A better illustration in half-tone is being prepared. 
