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JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA 



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PANSIES— The Favorite Flower 



NKW GIANT PASSY, '■ HERO. " 

 SPECIAL OFFER 



FIVE GRAND NEW PANSIES, 75c. 



NEW GIANT PANSY "HERO" 



2313. No more beautiful pansy has ever been introduced 

 than "Hero." It is a very large, well-shaped flower, of great 

 substance; has beautiful regularly crimpled and curled edges, 

 as shown in the illustration. Its color is an exquisite deep 

 blue, shading to white on the upper petals. Price, pkt., '20c. 



GIANT MME. PERRET 



2309. A new French strain of pansies particularly rich in 

 shades of red, but of the largest size and borne erect on long 

 stems. Price, pkt., 20c. 



PANSY GIANT " PRETIOSA" 



2312. This flower is similar to the new "Masterpiece" 

 Pansy introduced two years ago, and has the same frilled 

 edges, but it is of the true giant five-spotted sort. Each petal 

 marked with a large blotch of deep violet on a ground color 

 of brilliant crimson rose, and each petal margined with a 

 pure white edge. Price, pkt., 20c. 



PANSY GIANT " INDIGO KING" 



2310. The brightest blue pansy ever offered. The old 

 variety, " Emperor William," looks a dull color when com- 

 pared with this grand new sort. Price, pkt., 20c. 



PANSY PRINCE HENRY 



2311. A new giant variety of vigorous habit, the flowers 

 often attaining 3 j^ inches across, of a brilliant dark indigo, 

 with velvet lustre, each petal having a large black-brown 

 veined blotch, like the Bugnot race, with slightly undulated 

 edges. Price, pkt., 20c. 



GIANT NOVELTY PANSY COLLECTION 



Price, one packet each of the above five choice new 

 varieties, 76c. 



JOHNSON & STOKES' 

 KINGLY COLLECTION 



OF GIANT PANSIES 



2299. This superb strain cannot be sur- 

 passed for size, texture, shape, markings or 

 richnessof coloring of the flowers. Itembraces 

 all of the solid or self-colored varieties, 

 the 5-spotted on backgrounds of every color, 

 the white-edged or bordered flowers of Various 

 colors, each with a distinct rim around each 

 petal, also the light marbled varieties. Some 

 have flowers with clear distinct eyes. Others 

 are striped flowers of great beauty. Others 

 still are veined, blotched and mottled in end- 

 less markings and colors. No pains are spared 

 in making this strain absolutely perfect in 

 form, firmness of texture, size and freedom of 

 bloom, and it can be purchased with every 

 confidence that it will produce the very finest 

 results obtainable from this popular flower. 

 Price, pkt., 25c.; ^g oz., 81.00; oz., 85.00. 



WHAT IS SAID OF THE ABOVE 

 COLLECTION 



G. Fleischer, Pueblo, Colorado, writing in 

 the spring of 1905, says : 



"I know you have the finest Pansies, be- 

 cause I had them before, and beat everyone 

 in Colorado with your strain." 



2281. Bugnot's Large Stained. This 

 is a celebrated French strain in which each 

 petal is blotched, either 3 or 5-spotted, with 

 the color radiating on the margin of the 

 petals. Price, pkt., 20c.; % oz., 75c. 



2294. Cas.sier's Five Blotched. These 

 are round flowers of great substance and size; 

 all either 3 or 5-spotted, and are very striking 

 and beautiful. Price, pkt., 20c.; y^oz.. 75c. 



2273. Masterpiece. The chief peculiarity 

 of this grand new Pansy is that the border or 

 edge of each petal is frilled and curled. The 

 flowers are large, borne very freely well above 

 the plant. Price, pkt., 15c.'; 2 pkts., 25c. 



2279. Odier Blotched. Rich colors. 

 Pkt., loc. 



2276. English Sliow Mixture. Pkt., lOc. 



I 2308. Azure blue, very fine 



2261. Belgian Striped 



I 2286. Black . . Pkt,. $0 05 2306. Mahogany . . . 



2274. Bronze . . " 5 2297. White 



j 2,303. Blue ..." 5 2298. Yellow .... 



I 2262. Kmperor Frederick (New), dark red 



j 2275. Emperor William, ultramarine blue 



2277. Fire Dragon, fiery orange and bronze 



2288. Giant White, Pkt .$0 10 2291. Giant Black . . 



2289. Giant Yellow, " 10 2290. Giant Azure Blue 

 2263. Giant Black-Blue, 10 2292. Giant Striped . . 



I 2309. Madame Perret (grown by Lucien Perret, the in- 

 troducer), a magnificent giant strain of rare 

 excellence, very early, vigorous and rich com- 

 bination of colors 



Improved Giant Trimardeau, mixed 



Lord Beaconsfietd, deep purple violet 



Meteor (New), bright brown 



Peacock, ultramarine blue.deep claret and white. 



Prince Bismarck, beautiful golden bronze . . . 



Quadricolor, or Pheasant's Eye (Rainbow) . . . 



Red Victoria (New), very fine 



Snow Queen, satiny white 



Striped and Mottled, large flowered 



Fine German, mixed 



PKT. 



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2282. 

 2'278. 

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 2265. 

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 2284. 

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HOW TO GROW THIS POPULAR FLOWER 



For very early outdoor bedding, Pansy seed should be 

 sown in the fall, in a cold frame, or in rich, moist garden 

 beds, from which the plants can be transferred to a cold 

 frame, setting them 2 or 3 inches apart each way, before 

 severe winter weather begins. In spring three-fourths of 

 them can be lifted out for bedding and the rest left to bloom 

 in the frame. For winter bloom in a frame, set the plants 

 about twice as far apart, and thin out half of them in spring. 

 Cover the blooming plants with sashes, adding a covering of 

 matting or straw in very cold weather. In mild -B'eather 

 remove the mats and tilt the sashes to admit light, heat and 

 fresh air. Spring sowings should be made early, so as to 

 secure good flowers during the early rains. Seed sown in a 

 cool, moist place in June and July, and well tended, will give 

 good flowering plants for fall. Through summer heat the 

 flowers are finer in a somewhat shaded place, but in almost 

 any situation good Pansy seed will give fine flowers in spring 

 and fall. Early fall sowings, made in a cold frame, with a 

 southern exposure, give the finest flowers. 



