LIST OF CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS FOR 1918. 



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ROSES. 

 Little Midgets, Bloom the first season from Seed. Pkt' 



Polyantha Multiflora (Little Midgets) — Altiiough blooming freely the first season, begin- 

 ning about six weeks after the seed germinates, they do not attain their best until the second 

 year, when they are a perfect mass of bloom. The seed germinates very slowly. 3 pkts. 25c 10 



French Hybrids— Finest mixed; 2 pkts. 25c 15 



Tea Scented — Finest mixed; 2 pkts. 25c 15 



RUDBECKIA (Texas Cone Flower). 



These robust-growing plants are becoming very popular for border decoration. They are of 

 very easy culture and produce showy flowers during summer and autumn. 



Bicolor Superba — H. A. 1 H feet. Bright yellow with black-purple center 10 



Fulgida — H. P. Small yellow flowers; very free 10 



Purpurea (Echinacea) — H. P. Hardy Purple Sunflower 15 



SALVIA. 



Handsome plants, excellent for beds or borders, with long spikes of flowers, which continue 

 in bloom until late in the fall. For early flowering sow the Seed indoors in March or Aprli, or out- 

 side as soon as the warm weather appears. H. H. P. Pkt. 

 Ball of Fire — A compact, dwarf-flowering variety unequalled for bedding. Begins to bloom 



two weeks ahead of other sorts and continues until late fall. Height 18 inches; J^ oz. $1.00 10 

 Bonfire — The plants are dwarf and compact in habit, growing about 2 ^/2 feet high, bearing 



in great profusion long spikes of brilliant scarlet flowers; \i oz. 75e 10 



Drooping Spikes — Immense, gracefully bending flower spikes. A recent valuable addition 

 to the Salvia family 10 



Little Lord Fauntleroy, or Precocity — A dwarf, .compact growing Salvia, forming plants 

 about 12 inches in height and producing continuously an abundance of bright scarlet flower 

 spikes; J^ oz. 50c 10 



Ostrich Plume — The name aptly describes this novelty. Flowers in immense plumes. See 

 page 5 15 



Patens — Flowers of a delightful blue 10 



Splendens (Scarlet Sage) — The long spikes of vivid scarlet are borne in such profusion as 

 to fairly hide the foliage; ^i oz. 50c 5 



Zurich — A dwarf, compact Salvia, coming into bloom very early, and producing large, bril- 

 liant scarlet flowers 10 



SILENE. Pkt. 

 Pendula Compacta (Catchfly) — Beautiful free-flowering plants, very attractive for rock- 

 work, etc. H. A. Mixed : 5 



SMILAX — Myrsiphyllum Asparagoides — Oz. 35c 5 



SOLANUM — A very useful ornamental pot plant for winter decoration, bearing in the greatest 

 profusion, bright scarlet globular berries. 



Capsicastrum (Jerusalem Cherry) 10 



Capsicastrum Nanum — A dwarf variety of the above 10 



Salv 



Stocks — Beauty of Nice. 



STOCK OR GILLIFLOWERS. 



Sown in heat in the early spring and afterwards in the open 

 ground as soon as nice weather has set in, a continuation of bloom 

 can be had all season. They are of delightful fragrance, and are 

 much used as cut flowers. Our strains of stocks are all that can 

 be desired. H. H. A. 



LARGE FLOWERING DWARF 10-WEEK STOCKS. 



Of dwarf habit, with large spikes of very large double flowers. 

 Blood Red, Rose, Canary Yellow, Dark Violet 

 Chamois, Light Blue, White, 

 Choice Mixed, J^ oz. 75c. 

 All of the above, pkt. 10c. ; 3 pkts. 25c; 8 pkts. 50c. 

 Dwarf German, Ten Weeks, Mixed, Second Quality, 

 J4 oz. 50c Pkt. 5 



CUT-AND-COME-AGAIN STOCK. 



(Perpetual Giant). 



This is a valuable Stock for cutting, branching out as fast as 

 cut, and every shoot bears a cluster of flowers, which are finely 

 shaped and very fragrant. 



Pure White, pkt. 10c; Mixed, Ys, oz. 50c; pkt. 10c. 

 Beauty of Nice — An attractive Stock for early and late flowering. 

 The plant throws up a gigantic main flower spike, bearing blooms 

 of large size, beautiful in form and of delightful shades of color. 

 It is exceptionally early and can be had in flower 12 to 15 weeks, 

 from time of sowing. We offer the following varieties and colors 



Pkf 

 Abundance (Carmine-rose) — A wonderfully free-flowering 

 new type. Flowers largely double and very fragrant. The 

 plant grows to an immense size, branching remarkably.... 15 



Canary Yellow — yk oz. 50c 10 



Crimson King — J'i oz. 50c 10 



Peach Blossom — J'g oz. 50c 10 



Pink (Daybreak shade) — }^ oz. 50c 10 



Queen Alexandra (Rosy Lilac) — J^ oz. 50c 10 



Violet (Purple) — J^ oz. 50c 10 



White— J^ oz. 50c 10 



Mixed — H oz. 50c 10 



STOCKS — Intermediate. 



Valuable on account of their flowering latt in autumn or as 

 pot plants for early spring blooming, for which purpose the Seeds 

 should be sown in July or August. Pkfc. 



Emperor, Finest Mixed — H. H. B 10 



Early Autumn Flowering — H. H. A 10 



Brompton, Finest Mixed — H. H. B 10 



