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PETEH HH^DE^SOH & CO.— FliOWE^ SEED fiOVEIiTIES. 



Jieua Striped 



Begonia. 



WHITE COMET ASTER. 



Tuberous rooted Begonias are now fairly launched upon the tidal -wave of popularity ; 

 their great merit of abundant bloom for both bedding purposes and pot culture, ease of 

 culture and magnificent colors, is gaining for them great favor. In this new striped class 

 ■will be found many handsome and unique combinations of color, such as yellow, orange, 

 scarlet, crimson, etc, all of •which "will be more or less striped and flecked with somet 

 other color. The seed we offer will produce 40 per cent, of 6triped sorts, but those that 

 do not come striped will be of unusual excellence. (See cut.) Price, per packet, 50 eta. 



SWEET PEfl, 

 "JfllSS BLANCHE fe^Y." 



Probably the finest "pink and 

 white " Sweet Pea in existence ; 

 the flowers are large, of perfect 

 form and of deep, rich color- 

 ing and of enchanting fra- ..i.;- 

 grance. It blooms early, r-Jj -^ 

 long and profusely, 

 has long stems and 

 is therefore of much 

 value for cutting; 

 and- the plants are 

 dwarf and compact. 

 Price, per j>acket, 10c. 



GUhite Comet flster. 



A surprisingly beautiful new pure white Aster, the flowers being 

 -Very large — 3 to 4 inches across — and very double, composed of long 

 petals grotesquely twisted and intermingled, suggestive of a Japa- 

 nese chrvsanthemum ; they are freely borne on bushy plants, grow- 

 ing about 15 inches high. (See cut.) Price, per packet, 25 cts. 



fierju Tom Thumb Rcjefatum, 



"LARGE FLOWERING ROSE." 



This beautiful variety forms bushy compact rlants about 12 in- 

 ches high, bearing 

 large trusses of 

 rose-colored flow- 

 ers in such abun- 

 dance as to almost 

 cover the plant. 

 LikeallAgeratums 

 this blooms con- 

 tinuously, and for 

 beds, in the flower 

 garden, either as 

 edgings, ribbon 

 planting or for 

 masses, it is very 

 effeetiveuntil frost 

 —and is equally as 

 desirable for pot 

 culture, or as a 

 basket, or vase 

 plant. (See cut.) 

 25c.perpkt. 





KEW TOM THUMB AGEEATUM, LABGE FLOWEETNQ BOSK. 



BEGONIA, VE$f40^. 



A grand novelty. The color of the flowers is a waxy blood scarlet, 

 and being borne in immense quantities make an exceedingly bril- 

 liant effect. The foliage is also remarkable ; it is at first green, but 

 when the plants are about two months old the leaves begin to turn 

 red on the margins and gradually the whole leaf and stem are 

 suffused. 



Seed 60wn in spring will produce blooming plants early in the 

 summer which will continue in unparalleled profusion until killed 

 by frost, and is of scarcely less value for growing in pots for winter, 

 blooming. Price, per packet, 25 cts. 



