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FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES 



It is our practice each season to test on our " Floracroft" Trial Grounds all Floral Novelties, and in this 

 way vre become, l>.v personal positive knowledge, acquainted with all the best that is offered both tu this 

 country and abroad. Of many of tlie finer sorts, we grow our full stock of seed on our own ground, thus 

 being enabled to kno^v that fbo typ»^ is kfpt piir«» iiiid true. 



DIANTHUS SNOWDRIFT 



No 1070. Tins i>, one of the most beautiful Double Dian- 

 tlius ever introduced. The plant is veiy robust, blanching 

 ticel), glowing about afoot liif;h,and throwing up a quantity 

 of most exquisitely beautiful tloweis 3 to 4 inches a<ross, 

 perteellv double and with the finest fringed petals of the 

 purest white. The effect in single plants is ver% pleasing, 

 but in massing tliem it lb veiy showy indeed. Price, pkt., 

 20c each , 3 pkts., 50c 



HERCULES W HI It ASfEK 



HERCULES WHITE ASTER 



No 317. This new aster has a most imposing aspect. The 

 plan ts throw up strong >.teinsl"> to ^0 inches high, which biancli 

 about 4 inches from the giound, bciriiig at their summit 

 many central flowers, while on the side shoots appear 4 to 6 

 secondarv blooms The flowers are of the puiest white, with 

 very long petals, and att.iin the enormous di imeter of 6 to 7 

 inches, and can be compared to the large exhibition flowers 

 of the Giant Ohry.santhemum. It is excellent either for cut 

 flowers or for planting in borders in the open ground. 

 Price, pkt., 20c. each; 3 pkts., 50o. 



DIAKTHUS L\CINIATUS PAKAGON. 



DIANTHUS SKOWDBIFT. 



DIANTHUS LACINIATUS PARAGON 



No. 1071. Some years ago we introduced and are still sell- 

 ing Dianthus LacinialusNew Hybrids. Thissort that we are 

 now introducing, Paragon, is selected from these New 

 Hybrids, and has been brought to very great perfection. 

 Its color is of a delicate deep claret, which shows a wonder- 

 fully beautiful effect, either in the individual flower or when 

 massed together either as cut flowers or when planted out- 

 doors in groups or borders. It is highly recommended, and 

 we offer it with every confidence that it will please everyone 

 who tries it. Price, pkt., I5c.; 4 pkts., 50c. 



GIANT SHASTA DAISY 



No. 1025. The Shasta Daisy is one of the most marvel- 

 ous productions in the flower line that has ever been 

 brought to the notice of floriculturists. It is the first of a 

 new tvpe, which has been obtained by first combining the 

 free-flowering American species with the large but coarse 

 European species and the Japanese species, Nipponicum, 

 after which rigid selection through a series of years has 

 produced the present wonderfully beautiful and useful 

 strain. Its first qualifieatioii is hariliness ; it can be grown 

 out of doors l)y anybody, where it is not cold enough to 

 kill oak trees. It is perennial, blooming better and more 

 abundautlv each season. It can be multiplied rapidly by 

 simple division, and it is not particular as to soil, and it 

 blooms for several months. The flowers are extremely 

 large and graceful, averaging about 4 to 5 inches in diame- 

 ter. Pkt., )5c.; 4 pkts., 50c. 



