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gg|^ JOHNSON & STOKES. PHILADELPHIA ^^ 



No. i5&i. NEW AlAMMOTH 



FLOWERING 



'* Allegheny Hollyhocks" 



NEW MAMMOTH AliEGHENT HOLLVHOCK. SHOWrKG TVPE OF FXOWER 



A NEW TYPE OF HOLLYHOCKS 



The flowers of this new variety 

 are so different from the old con- 

 ventional 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 

 wiih the old ones, they have the 

 look of a flower from Fairyland. 



The colors xre shell pink, rose 

 and ruby red, a shade or two 

 deeper at the centre, and ex- 

 quisitely tinted toward the edge. 



The flowers do not. as on the 

 other double Hollyhocks, rot on 

 the stems, but drop as soon ae 

 they fade. 



Every bud to the top of the 

 plant is developed into flowers, 

 making the flowering season con- 

 siderably 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 reproduced : such colors 

 are found only in silks. 



Price, per pkt., 20c.; 3 pkte., 

 60c. 



West India 



Rattle Box 



CROTOL.4JlL\ KETrSA. 



It is a low growing, profuselv 

 branching plant, having large, gol- 

 den yellow, sweet-pea-like flowers. 

 The*e are followed by clusters of 

 short, smooth pods, in which, when 

 shaken, the seeds sound like a rat- 

 tle, hence ils name. Pkt., 10c; 3 

 pkts.,25c. 



♦ ♦ ♦ New ♦ ♦ . 



CUT-AND-COME-.AGAIN 



Sunflower ^^ Stella ^^ 



" Helianthus Cucutnerifolius 

 Stella" 



No. 1513. Additions to long-stemmed 

 flowers forcutting are always welcome. This 

 new Sunflower on thatae<ountshould become 

 a general favorite. It attains a height of 3 to 4 

 feet, and differs from the Helianthus Cucuni- 

 erifolius, or Miiriature Sunflower, by its 

 larger and better-formed flowers of the purest 

 golden yellow with black disc. The individ- 

 ual flowers are from 234 to 3 inches acres*, 

 and are borne on long stems well above tl]e 

 lively green foliage. Sown on a sunny spot, 

 in April or May, flo^vers may be cut daily 

 from the end of June until cut down b.v frost. 

 Its regular growth and free-flowering habit 

 make it useful for flower groups or as single 

 specimens. Price, 10c. per pkt. 



New Picotee Poppy 



No. 2393. This choice new Poppy is dwarf 

 in habit, and the flowers are more than semi- 

 double, but its petals are not too crowded to 

 divest them of their loose, graceful character. 

 In color, every imaginable shade of self is in- 

 cluded, not losing the delicate tints of Shirley, 

 whereas a good percentage show the most 

 delicate pencilings and flakes, giving the 

 ■whole bed a character not hitherto seen in 

 Poppies. Price. 10c. per pkt. 



:rJEW EtTNrLowER ■stexi.a." Pkt., 10c. 



