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QUEEN MARGARETS. 
See Asters. 
RHODANTHE. 
A very pretty annual, about 1 foot 
high, belonging to the everlasting group. 
Colors are white, pink, crimson, etc. 
Flowers bell shaped; beautiful when 
'& dried. Suitable for pot culture. Finest 
mixed, embracing all the best and most 
| @, prolific varieties. Packet, 5 cents. 
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RICINUS. 
Castor Oil Bean. A stately and highly 
ornamental tree-like annual plant; 6 to 
12 feet high. Very effective as a foliage 
plant. Highly desirable for centres of 
beds or for backgrounds. 
Zanzibaremsis. The handsomest 
strain of castor oil bean. Leaf some- 
times 2 feet across, with stem rising 10 
to 14 feet. Four verieties in a mixture— 
green, copper brown, brownish purple 
and bronze. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 40 cts. 
Mixed. All the best plain and fancy 
varieties. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 20 cts. 
ROSE SEED. 
Midget roses. Only an inch across; 
mostly double. They are borne in clus- 
ters, and embrace all the. tints of the 
larger roses. The blossoms are followed 
by bright red hips or seed pods that are 
very pretty. The bush grows only 10 
inches high, and begins to bloom a few 
weeks after the seed is sown. Hardy. 
Little Midget, Packet, 15 cents. 
RUDBECHIA. Bicolor superba. 
A charming addition to the list of 
yellow annuals. It has a daisy-like 
bloom, with brown central disk and 
golden rays. A free bloomer; available 
asa cut flower. Packet, 5 cents. 
Golden Glow. See plants. 
SAINTPAULIEIA. 
Saintpaulia ionanthe. 
African Violet. Leaves shaped like 
gloxinia, growing in a flat rosette. Flow- 
ers deep blue. A good house or stove 
plant. Packet, 25 cents. 
SALPIGLOSSIS. 
Painted Tongue. Among.the most 
beautiful of flowering annuals. Height, 
18 inches to 2 feet. Foliage pretty. Flow- 
ers 2 to 234 inches across, with odd and 
beautiful velvety colors, exquisitely 
veined and marbled. The colors range 
through all shades of red, pink, purple, 
The plants are 
blue, yellow, white, etc. 

SatpicLossis, NEw Hyerips. 
high above the foliage. 
New Hybrids Mixed. 
SALVIA. 
Scarlet Sage, etc. See novelties. A 
famous and fashionable annual bedding 
Pkt., 5c. 
the finest for bedding. Compact, oval 
scarlet flowers. The spikes stand stiff 
and erect. Over 200 spikes to a bush is 
not rare; and the spikes bear from 20 to 
39 flowers each. Packet, 10 cents, 
Sanvitalia Procumbens. 
A very pretty yellow flowering trailing 
annual, highly recommended for bor- 
ders and rock work. Packet, 5 cents 
SCABIOSA. 
Mourning Bride or Sweet Scabious. 
One of the most desirable border plants. 
Flowers fragrant. Colors, white, lilac, 
maroon, ete. Hardy annual. One foot. 
Dwarf Double Mixed. Pkt., 5c. 
SCARLET FLAX, 
See Linum. . 
of graceful habit, bearing their flowers | 



plant. Blooms in lavish profusion until | 
frost. Prefers light soil. 
Coccinea Splendens. Scarlet 
sage. Bright scarlet flowers. Packet, 
10 cents; 14 ounce, 50 cents. 
Bonfire. New Dwarf. One of 
bushes, 244 feet high, with long spikes of | 


SCARLET SAGE, 
See Salvia. 
SCHIZANTHUS. 
See Butterfly Flower. 
SILENE. 
See Catchfiy. 
SMILAX. 
Asparagus medeoloides. 
A popular indoor climber. Leaves a 
deep, glossy green. Flowers white and 
fragrant. Habit of growth extremely 
graceful. Soak the seed in water for a 
day, and keep the plant rather moist. 
Perennial. Packet, 10 cents. 
SNAPDRAGON. 
See Antirrhinum. 
STEVIA. Stevia serrata. 
A tender perennial growing 18 inches 
high. Easy to propagate; in favor for 
cutting. Bears large heads of small 
white flowers. Packet, 5 cents. 
STOCKS. 
Ten weeks stocks. Annual, Nothing 
can excel stocks for beauty and fra- 
grance, The flowers are large and dou- 
ble, and quite superior to the old gilli- 
flowers. ‘The plants bloom freely in 10 
or 12 weeks after the sowing of the seed. 
The colors include white, yellow, red, 
blue, lavender.and violet. All are deli- 
ciously sweet scented. 
Cut and Come Again; Prin- 
eess Alice. A pure white double 
variety, about 2 feet high, producing 
endless numbers of side branches. 
Every branch bears a cluster of delight- 
















Stocks, GLoBe PYRAMIDAL. 
fully fragrant flowers, and new ones are 
produced to replace those which are re- 
moved. Packet, 10 cts.; 3 packets, 25 cts. 
Globe Pyramidal. Spikes and 
flowers very large, the individual blooms 
frequently measuring 2 to 24 inches in 
diameter. The large double and perfect 
flowers are produced in great profusion, 
the spikes being compactly pyramidal, 
and the plant of pretty shape. Seeds 
saved from named sorts, of various col- 
ors. Grand mixture. Packet, 10 cents. 
German Ten Weeks. Finest 
| double mixed; about 20 distinct colors. 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, $1.00. 
Finest Varieties Wixed, Em- 
bracing all varieties. Packet, 10 cents. 
STRAW FLOWER. 
See Helichrysum. 
SUNFLOWER. 
Helianthus. See farm seeds for the 
common types. The sunflowers are of 
easy culture, and the newer sorts are 
among the most ornamental and effect- 
ive of all the garden annuals. 
Chrysanthemum Flowered. 
Fine, perfectly double golden flowers, 
resembling Japanese chrysanthemums, 
Height, 5 to 6 feet. Pkt., 5c.; 0z., 25c. 
Stella. Height, 3to 4feet. Flowers 
star shaped, of brightest golden yellow, | 
| with dark centres. 
They are borne on 
long stems, and are suitable for cutting. 
Bloom continues from June until frost. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 25 cents. 
Silver Leaved. Grows about 5 
feet high, and has large, shining, silvery 
leaves and single flowers. Packet, 5 cts.; 
ounce, 15 cts. 
Globe of Gold. Dahlia Sunflower, 
Golden Quilled Sunflower. A double 
sunflower, attaining a height of but little | 
over 3 feet. Each branch carries a globe- 
Shaped flower of richest golden color. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 25 cents. 
Orion. <A new sort. Height, 4 
feet. Flowers 3 inches across, of bright 
yellow color, somewhat resembling a 
single cactus dahlia in shape. A highly 
ornamental sunflower. 
SWAN RIVER DAISY. 
See Bachycome. 
Packet, 5 cents. | 

SW AINSONIA., 
A tender perennial, 1 to 4 feet bigh, 
with graceful foliage; a favorite for 
house culture, Flowers resemble sweet 
peas, and are borne in sprays or racemes, 
Of easy culture. 
Grandiflora Alba. 
Packet, 20 cents. 
Carmimea. Carmine red. Pkt., 35c. 
SWEET ALYSSUM. 
See Alyssum, 
SWEET PEAS. 
See Novelties. Page 110. 
Pure white. 
SWEET SULTANS, 
See Centaurea imperialis. 

Sweet WILLIAM, HoLsorRN GLORY. 
SWEET WILLIAM, 
known, free blooming, hardy 
perennial plants. Old-fashioned favor- 
ites, now greatly improved. They pro- 
duce masses of lovely, brilliant, sweet 
scented flowers through a long period, 
making a splendid effect In beds. One 
foot high. Flowers borne on heads or 
umbels, with individual florets nearly an 
inch across. Colors, white, pink, crim- 
son, carmine, purple, etc., with eyes and 
rich markings. Perfectly hardy, but 
should be moved occasionally. 
Mammoth Holborn Glory. A 
beautiful new strain with large flowers 
and bushy compact habit of growth. 
Single florets have measured over 1 inch 
across. Embraces many shades and 
markings. 24 feet high. Pkt., 10 cts. 
Fine Double Mixed. A splendid 
Strain. All colors. Packet, 5 cents. 
Auricula Eyed. A highly orna- 
Well 
mental strain, with large eyes. All 
colors. Packet, 5 cents. 
Fine Single Mixed, Various 
beautiful shades and markings, Pkt., 5c. 
SWEET ROCKET. 
Hesperis matronalis. 
Hardy perennials, bearing purple or 
white flowers. Plants 2 or 3 feet high. 
Flowers fragrant. This is an old-fash- 
ioned favorite. Double fine mixed. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
SWEET WOODRUFF. 
See Asperula. 
THUNBERGIA. 
Black-Eyed Susan. An ornamental, 
rapid growing annual climber; an old 
favorite. Excellent for vases, trellises, 
rustic work or greenhouse decoration. 
Flowers buff, orange, white, etc.; height, 
6 feet. Fine mixed. Packet, 5 cents. 
TORENIA. 
A tender annual available for vases, 
hanging baskets or out of door purposes; 
6 to 12 inches. Very free flowering. 
Start in window or greenhouse. 
Miixed. Colors, blue with yellow 
centre, white with rose centre, etc. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
TROP ZOLUM™M. 
See Nasturtium. 
TRITOMA. 
Red Hot Poker. Torch Flower. Hardy 
perennial plant, producing tall spikes of 
orange red flowers 3 to 4 feet high. 
Blooms from August until late autumn. 
Very showy in beds or masses. 
UWvaria. Varies from yellow to scar- 
let. Packet, 5 cents. 
VALERIANA. 
Hardy heliotrope. A showy perennial 
border plant, producing large corymbs 
of red and white flowers suitable for bou- 
quets or decorations. Very fragrant, re- 
sembling heliotrope. Two to three feet. 
Should be largely grown, as it succeeds 
almost everywhere. 
Mixed. Rose and white. Pkt., 5 cts. 
VIRGINIA CREEPER. 
See Ampelopsis quinquefolia. 
VEIRGIN’S BOWER. 
See Clematis 




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