NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES IN FLOWER SEEDS.! 
This superb || 
Types of Single a Mg) it aR), 5 Mies Ips wo Gi) Verbena is one || 
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of my leading 
Verbena Briar specialties. Un- || 
Crest Mammoth 
Fancy. 
The improved giant-flowered verbenas which I send out under the 
name of Briar Crest Mammoth Fancy are unexcelled far size. beauty 
and diversity of markings. They cannot be surpassed for richness of 
colors or profusion of bloom. Accurate illustrations of individual | 
florets are shown on this page. They are true to nature in size and 
design. The heads or clusters of blooms are enormous. Some of the 
florets equal a twenty-five cent piece in dimensions. As to hue, 
some are of solid colors, Some striped, some mottled and some with 
eyes or zones. They excel the old varieties in all respects, and are more 
vigorous. They are very desirable for bedding or for pot culture. 
Separate colors; White, Pink, Scarletor Purple. Pkt., 10c.; 3 pkts., 25e. 
Briar Crest Mammoth Fancy Verbenas, Finest Mixed.—All | 
types as illustrated. Pkt., 10 cts.; 2 pkts., 25 cts.; 14 oz., 50 cts.; oz. $1.50, 
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CARNATION. MYOSOTIS. ° 
Chabaud’s Perpetual Early Flowering. | FORGET-ME-NOT. — : 
Although this charming carnation may be|_ Distinction.—A new, everblooming strain. 
classed and treated as an annual, itis quite hardy | Plants 5 to 7 inches high and 8 to 10 inches in 
and may be carried through the winter in the | diameter, covered with flowers of the most ex- 
open ground. It resembles the Marguerite Car- | quisite azure blue. Blooms in 8 to 10 weeks 
nation in exquisite beauty and in early bloom-| from seed. May be treated as an annual, or 
ing habit, and the so-called perpetual carna-| may be wintered out of doors. An intensely 
tions in size and character of flower. It blooms | interesting variety. Pkt., 10 cts.; 3 pkts., 25 cts. 
about five months after the sowing of the seed. Royal Blue.—Unlike Distinction, which is 
This strain of annual carnation is very strongly | low and spreading, this splendid Forget-me-not 
scented and in France is grown especially for | assumes an upright or pillar-like shape, reach- 
extracts. It will, 1am sure, find enthusiastic | ing a height of 6 to 12 inches. The flowers are 
admirers everywhere among people who love | of a larger size and a deeper blue color than 
the carnation. Packet, 15 cts.; 2 packets, 25 cts. | any other variety. Pkt., 10 cts.; 3 pKts., 25 cts. 
F The Japanese Kudzu Vine. 
An Ornamental and Rapid Growing Climber. 
Iam quite sure this will be found a highly interesting novelty. It 
comes from Japan, the land so productive of curious and orna- 
mental flowers. It is a beautiful climber, remarkable for its great 
vigor of growth and its handsome flowers. The blossoms are large 
and in panicles somewhat like Wistaria but much larger in size and 
better clusters. ‘The color is of a pleasing shade of 
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purple. The foliage is large, shaped somewhat like Zinnia, N 
une leaf ofa bean, ihe Nine Js extremely rapic aad NEW RRINGED ZINNIA. 
ense in growt making the Japanese Kudzu Vine g 
‘nimi of great value where a quickly produced shade is| A NOVEL AND BEAUTIFUL STRAIN. 
gy wanted. An eminent horticulturist and prominent As shown in the illustration, each petal is | 
i: landscape designer has it growing over the front of | regularly fringed or toothed in an exquisite | 
his house, and pronounces it a veritable ‘Jack and | manner, thus relieving the flower from the old | 
the Bean Stalk Vine” having reference to its quick | criticism of being too stiff or rigid. The fringed | 
growth. It has been grown and commended by | Zinnia is as robust, as floriferous and as easy of | 
other reliable persons, and I would | culture as the ordinary sorts, and is quite sure ] 
like my friends who have a place for | to win universal favor. The colors are pink, 
an ornamental shade vine to give it a} white, etc., and will ultimately no doubtextend §& 
trial. It is perfectly hardy increasing | through the whole range of zinnia shades, as | 
Ss in size and beauty year after year. | experts are developing this fine fringed strain 
SS Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. as rapidly as possible. The zinnia is so widely 
SS ee that arn ane. Improved type cannol 
ail to win e interested attention of thous- 
PLEASE READ, f ands of people. Packet, 10 cts.;8 packets, 25 cts. 
No person, however inexperienced, || dwarf Snowball Zinnia.—A pretty dwarf 
need fail in foriculture. Plain instruc variety suitable for edgeing and peuaine: Plants 
grow only 8 to 12 inches high producing in great . 
profusion, dainty, pure white, round, double } 
flowers. A free flowering annual suitable for 
cemetery planting and for cut flowers. Pkt., 10c. 
3 New Sunflowers. 
(Ornamental Sorts.) 
Helianthus, Perkeo.—A 
charming new sunflower, only 
10to12inches high and 14 to 16 
inches in diameter; leaves dark 
green. The long-stemmed yel- 
low tlowers have black centres. 
Valuable for cutting. Bloom- 
ing season long. Packet, 10 
cents.; 8 packets, 25 cents. 
Helianthus, Polar Star. — 
Creamy white petals; the light- 
est colored of ajl the sunfliow- 
ers. Centre of flower black; 
height of plant, 5 to 6 feet. 
Packet, 10 cts.; 8 packets, 25 cts. 
Helianthus, Ray Sun.— 
Quite new. Height 4 feet. Flow- 
ers 3 inches across, of bright 
yellow color, Somewhat resem- 
bling a single dahlia in shape. 
A highly ornamental sunflow- 
er and one well adapted for 
back ground effects in flower g : = 
beds. Pkt., 10 cts.; 3 pkts., 25 cts. HELIANTHUS, PERKEO. 
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tions printed on every seed envelope. 
A free packet of Maule’s Anniver- 
sary Mixture of Sweet Peas with every 
flower seed order, when requested. 
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