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FLOWER SEED SPECIALTIES 7 ^ 



SINGLE DAHLIAS FROM SEED. 



Although perennials these will flower the first season from seed if sown early. 

 20TH CENTURY. Immense single flowers, 4 to 6 inches across, white, 



marked carmine and pink ; very handsome Pkt. 15c. 



GIANT PERFECTION, Mixed. Immense single flowers of various colors, in- 

 cluding many beautifully striped and spotted sorts 15c. 



A'COLLERETTE, Mixed Colors. Flowers of various colors, adorned with 



a collar of small petals around the centre, novel and beautiful 20c. 



COLOSSAL. A new French race producing flowers that attain the extraor- 

 dinary dimensions of 6 to 9 inches in diameter or over two feet in circum- 

 ference. The flowers are composed of three or more whorls of wide over- 

 lapping petals — placed one above the other — in the manner of certain Japanese 

 PaBonias. The stems are long and rigid, bearing the flowers well above the 



foliage; the colors are rich and varied. A novelty of great merit 20c. 



LUCIFER. A 

 new black- 

 leaved variety 

 forming com- 

 pact bushes 2J 

 feet high.bear- 

 ing large 

 single dark 

 scarlet flowers. 

 This variety 

 isvaluable 

 not only for 

 its brilliant 

 flowers, but 

 the rich, ma- 

 roo n-b lack 

 foliage renders 

 it a very ef- 

 fective garden 

 plant espe- 

 cially when 

 bedded out, in 

 contrast with 

 C a n n a s or 

 other green- 

 leaved plants. 

 Pkt 15c. 



GLOXINIA-FLOWERED 



DIGITALIS or 

 FOXGLOVE. 



These improved Foxgloves are very 

 showy, hardy perennial plants for 

 the garden and herbaceous border; 

 they are easy to grow and produce 

 freely long spikes, standing 4 to 5 

 feet .high, well furnished with large 

 Gloxinia-like flowers of various colors, 

 including white, cream, rose, red and 

 other shades, all of which have beauti- 

 ful throat markings, spots and blotches 

 of purple, maroon, etc. They are more 

 robust than the ordinary garden Digitalis, 

 have stouter stems and larger flowers. 



Digitalis gloxinoides. Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c. 



Digitalis Montrosa, Mixed Colors. A very 

 unique and beautiful type, producing long spikes 

 of large flowers of various colors, many of which 

 are beautifully spotted, etc., but the striking feature of 

 this strain is the enormous bell-shaped blossom that tops 

 each spike of flowers. (See cut.) lor 



Double Dahlias from Seed. 



They flower the first season if sown early. 

 CHOICE, Large-flowering, Double, Decorative and Show Varieties, Mixed. .Pkt. 10c. 

 CACTUS DAHLIA, Double, Mixed Colors. Saved from the choicest show varieties. 10c. 



Delphinium, or Hardy Larkspur. 



Hardy Double Hybrids. 



A splendid race of these popular hardy garden 

 plants. The seed has been saved from one 

 of the choicest Darned collections in Eng- 

 land, all carefully hybridized, so that 

 plants, spikes and flowers of magnifi- 

 cent proportions will be produced. 

 The individual blossoms are of im- 

 mense size, semi-double and per- 

 fectly double, dressing the grace- 

 ful, towering spikes for from 2 to 

 5 feet of their leDgth. The colors 

 and shades are wonderfully 

 lovely and varied, ranging from 

 pure white and most chaste 

 lavender up through every 

 conceivable shade of blue to 

 deep indigo and purple, sev- 

 eral, shades being blended in 

 some of the varieties. The 

 I lants are tall growers, from 

 6 to 10 feet in height; there 

 are but few plants that con- 

 tribute so much to the beauty 

 of garden or herbaceous bor- 

 der. By cutting off the spikes 

 immediately after flowering, 

 these Delphiniums may be had 

 in bloom for several months. 

 {See cut.) 



DELPHINIUM, GIANT 

 D OUBLE - FLOWERING HY- 

 BRIDS, Mixed Colors. Pkt. 25c. 



DELPHINIUM HYBRIDUM 



NANUM. A new semi-dwarf type 

 of single -flowering hnrdy perennial 

 Larkspurs, each plant producing several 

 well-furnished flower spikes seldom ex- 

 ceeding 3 to 3* feet in height. The flowers 

 are very large and continue long m bloom; 

 ^lors vary from light celestial to deepest 

 indigo. If sown early they will flower the first 

 season 15c- 



FULL CULTURAL INSTRUCTIONS ARE PRINTED ON ALL OF OUR FLOWER SEED PACKETS. 



