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| red shades. 
| Stems; good for cutting. 
ABRONIA. 
Charming annua! trai.er,with verbena- 
like clusters of fragrant rosy pink fiow- 
ers. Suitable for the border, for rock 
work or for hanging baskets and vases. 
Blooms a long time. 
Umbellata. Rosy pink, white eye. 
Excellent sort. Packet, 5 cents. 
ABRUS. 
Preeatorius. An ornamental but 
very delicate indoor ciimber. Pkt., 5c. 
ACACKA, 
Beautiful shrubs with ornamental fo- 
liage; 3 to 6 feet high; haif hardy. Yel- 
low, white, red, etc. Mixed. Pkt., 5c. 


ANTIRRHINUM, MAJus. 
ABUTILON. 
California Bell Flower. Flowering 
Maple. Tender perennial, 1 to 3 feet, 
easily grown, and -always in bloom. 
Pretty, drooping bell shaped flowers, on 
slender, thread-like stems. Some blos- 
soms are large and fiaring, others 
crinkled like crepe or shining like satin, 
and some so full as to be almost double. 
The colors are white, lemon, rose, scar- 
let and crimson, as well as yellow and 
On some plants there appear 
to be more blossoms than leaves. These 
abutilons make handsome house piants. 
Choicest Hybrids. Pkt., 15 cts. 
ACHILLEA. 
The Pearl. A hardy perennial, 1 
or 2 feet high, bearing double white flow- 
ers in summer and autumn on erect 
Packet, 10 cts. 
ACONITUM. 
Monk’s Hood. A hardy perennial, 
3 feet tall, producing its curiously shaped 
flowers in abundance. Thrives in any 
good garden soil. 
Napellus. White and blue flowers. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
ACROCLINIUM. 
One of the so-called everlasting flowers. 
A graceful annual border plant, 1 foot 
high. Valuable for winter bouquets and 
decorations. Finest mixed colors; rose 
and white. Packet, 5 cents. 
ADLUM™MIA. 
Allegheny Vine or Mountain Fringe. 
A hardy and beautiful climbing vine, 
which sows its own seeds, and is there- 
fore in practice a perennial, since it 
comes up voluntarily year after year. 
It has fern-like foliage and pretty rose 
colored flowers. A favorite wherever 
known. 10to15feet. Packet, 10 cts. 
ADONIS. 
Pheasant’s Eye. A showy hardy an- 
nual, of easy culture, with pretty, fine 
cutfoliage. Blooms profusely. One foot. 
JEstivalis. Brightscarlet. PkKt., dc. 
AGERATUM. 
A plant c* the greatest beauty and 
value for g.;den or window, unexcelled 
for cut flowers. Free and continuous in 
blooming habit, with exquisite, feathery 
clusters. Colors, blue, white and rose. 
Prineess Pauline. Blue and 
white, the color combination highly at- 
tractive. Dwarf, compact growth; only 
5 or 6 inches high. A profuse bloomer. 
} | Flowers have a peculiarly soft appear- 
ance, from blending of blue and white. 
Packet, 10 cents. 
Purity. Large, pure white flowers 
of exceptionalform. Plant of medium 
size. Blooming pericd. July until frost. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
Finest Varieties Mixed. 
All sorts and types. Packet, 5 cents. 
ALTHEA. Rose of Sharon. 
Hardy perennial shrub, suitable for 
lawn or hedge. White, lilac, rose, ete. 
Mixed. Packet, 10 cents; 0z., 50 cents. 
ALYSSUM. 
Commonly known as Sweet Alyssum, 
on account of its pleasant fragrance. A 
free flowering annual of great utility and 
beauty; easily grown and everywhere 



popular. It is an early and ceaseless 
bloomer, and is one of the best and most 
Teliable of all bedding plants. It thrives 
in almost every soil and situation, pro- 
ducing dense clusters or mats of growth, 
and a wealth of bloom. The flowers 
mmay be cut constantly, and others will 
be formed. No bouquet is complete 
without several spikes of alyssum. 
Little Gem. Very dwarf; only 3 or 
4 inches in height. A single plant will 
cover a space a foot in diameter. 
Densely studded from spring until fall 
with beautiful spikes of deliciously fra- 
grant flowers. A single plant has borne 
over 400 clusters of flowers at one time. 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 35 cents. 
Sweet. Taller than the above; the 
popular sort. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts. 
Saxatile Compactum. Hardy 
perennial, about 9 inches high; desirable 
for permanent beds. Enjoys sun and 
not too much moisture. Spring bloom- 
ing with golden yellow flowers. Some- 
times called Gold Dust. Packet, 5 cents. 
AMARANTHUS. 
Annual plants with highly ornamental 
foliage; extremely graceful and interest- 
ing; 3 to 5 feet high. Useful for centres 
of flower beds, or for tall borders. May 
also be grown as window plants. 
Salicifolius. Fountain plant. 
Highly decorative, graceful, drooping 
willow - shaped leaves. Handsomely 
marked with orange, carmine and 
bronze. Packet. 5 cents. 
Tricolor Splendens. Joseph’s 
Coat. Many colored; fine sort. Pkt., 10c. 
Miixed. All varieties. Pkt.. 5 cts. 

AMARANTHUS, TRICOLOR SPLENDENS. 
AGROSTEMMA. 
Herbaceous perennial, 1 to 2 feet high. 
Single pink flowers of great beauty. 
Culture easy. Packet, 5 cents. 
AMBROSIA. 
A hardy annual, with long spiral 
stems, covered with beautiful green foli- 
age and seed buds. which are exceedingly 
fragrant. It takes its name from the 
fragrance of its foliage. Packet, 10 cts. 
AMMOBIU MM. 
One of the so-called everlastings. Stiff 
and angular in appearance; hardy an- 
nual; 18 inches. 
Alatum Grandifiorum. The 
largest flowering sort, produces an enor- 
mous crop of white flowers. PEt., 4 cts. 
ANEMONE. 
St. Brigid, or Poppy anemone. Hardy 
perennial. See description among sum- 
mer flowering bulbs, as per index. 
All cclors mixed. Packet, 10 cents. 
Czn. Finest Mixed. Perennial, 
blooming year after year. A beautiful 
strain. Height1foot. Packet, 10 cents. 
AMPELOPSIS. 
Japanese Ivy. Boston Ivy. An in- 
troduction from Japan which is perfectly 
hardy. It grows very rapidly and at- 
tains a height of 50 feet. It clings firmly 
and permanently to walls, trees, etc. In 
great favor in the cities for covering 
bare brick walls. Leaves deciduous. 
Weitehii. As above described. 
Packet, 10 cents. 
Quingquefolia. 
Creeper. Packet, 10 cents. 
ANTIBEBHINUM. 
Snapdragon. See novelties. One of 
the most charming of all the so-called 
old-fashioned flowers. Colors, white, 
scarlet, yellow, etc. The antirrhinum or 
snapdragon is a perennial, and blooms 
well the second season, but succeeds also 
when treated as an annual, coming into 
flower in July and producing beautiful, 
showy heads until after frost. 
Tom Thumb. Finest dwarf, 
mixed. One foot. Packet, 5 cents. 
True Virginia 
Majus. Tall, mixed; 2feet. PkKt., 5c. 
AQUILEGIA. 
Columbine. Hardy perennial, luxuri- 
ating in good moist soil; suitable for the 
open garden or for rock work. They 
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| perennials; the plant attaining a height 
| of not over 6 inches. 
| climber, with large, heart shaped leaves. 
| casts a dense shade. 
more, 
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make permanent clumps, and bloom in 
spring and early summer. Flowers of 7 
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various colors, long spurred and showy. '@mv 
Plants 1 to 3 feet high. Culture easy. 
Double White. Packet, 10 cents. 
Finest Double Flowering. | 
Mixed; all sorts. Packet, 10 cents. 
Finest Single Flowering. 
Mixed; allsorts. Packet, 5 cents. 
ANTIGONON. 
See Mountain Beauty. 
ARABIS. 
One of the earliest spring flowering © 
Grows in a spread- 
ing tuft. Flowers white. Packet, 5 cts. 
ARISTOLOCHEA SIPHO. 
Dutchman’s Pipe. A rapid growing 
Curious flowers thought to resemble 
pipes. Grows 20 feet or more in a sea- 
son. <A _ perfectly hardy perennial. 
Flowers brown purple. This climber 
Packet, 10 cents. 
ARNEBIA. <Arnebia cornuta. 
A thrifty annual, about 2 feet high, 
blooming profusely the whole summer. 
Flowers three-fourths of an inch in 
diameter; primrose yellow with black 
spots. Spots change color and vanish 
in a day ortwo. Packet, 5 cents. 
ASPERULA, 
Hardy annual, with clusters of small, 
sweet flowers. The bloom is profuse and 
continuous. A beautiful bouquet flower. 
Grow in partial shade. 
Odorata. Sweet Woodruff. White. 
with a delicious odor when dried that 
imparts an agreeable perfume to cloth- 
ing; 8to12inches. Packet, 5 cents. 
ASPARAGUS. 
Ornamental. Extremely pretty stove 
and greenhouse plants, of highest decor- 
ative value. Grown for the grace and 
beauty of the foliage, which is light and 
delicate and much used in bouquets. 
Easily raised from seed. 
Sprengerii. Emerald Feather. 
Adapted to suspended baskets; J to 4 
feet. An excellent trailing house plant, 
as it withstands a dry atmosphere and 
succeeds everywhere. Remains fresh a 
long time after cutting. Packet, 15 ets. 
Plumosus Nanus. A greenhouse 
perennial climber, of wonderful beauty. 
It has largely replaced the famous 
smilax in the floral world, and is much 
used for cutting and decoration. Bright, 
cheerful green. Packet, 20 cents. 
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AURICULA. 
See Primula. 
AZALEA. 
Charming, free flowering shrubby 
greenhouse plants, bearing a mass of 
exquisite bloom, of various shades of 
red, pink, white, etc. 
Indiea. Chinese Azalea. Pkt., 25c. 
BACHELOR’S BUTTON. 
See Globe Amaranth. 
BALLOON VINE. 
Cardiospermum. A Tapid growing 
annual climber, attaining a height of 
ten to sixteen feet. Bears small white 
flowers, followed by inflated seed pods; 
whence the name. PEt., dc.; 0z., 20c. 
NOT For the benefit of florists 
* and others who plant 
largely of flower seeds, I offer, in many 
cases, seeds by the ounce. If any variety 
is wished in quantity, not offered by the 
ounce, I will be pleased to quote price on 
request. 
I do not sell less than 1 ounce where 
the price is 25 cents per ounce; but I will 
sell 44 ounce where the price is 30 cents 
or more per ounce, 34 ounce when priced « 
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