WM. ELLIOTT & SONS 



SEEDSMEN. NEW YORK 



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Choice FloWer Seeds 



DOUBLI! FRINGED CHINESE PRIMROSES. p^^ 



Alba plena. Double white $o 50 



Rubra plena. Double red 50 



Finest Double Mixed 50 



VARIOUS PRIMROSES. 



Obconica. A charming; variety. Flowers are very fragrant and of a pale lilac color. Grows Pkt. 



easily from seed which, if sown early in spring, will produce blooming plants in May or June. 



One of the most useful Primulas for pot culture $0 10 



Ploribunda. Lovely yellow flowers, deliciously fragrant. Fine for house culture 25 



Cortusoiiles. Bright rosy red. Hardy perennial 10 



Dean's Hardy Hybrids. Beautiful varieties, all colors mixed 25 



Japonica. Queen of Primroses. Handsome flowers i inch in diameter, of an endless variety of 



color. Finest mixed 10 



Vulgaris. The Yellow English Primrose. Very fragrant 10 



PYRETHRUM ( large-flowering varieties). 



Handsome herbaceous perennials, bearing large flowers 3 to 4 inches across, ranging 

 light pink to deep crimson. Fine for cutting. 



in color from 

 Pkt. 



Hybridum, Single Mixed. Best sorts $0 10 ^ 



Hybridum, Double Mixed. Extra choice 25 



YELLOW-LEAVED VARIETIES. 



Aureuni. The well-known Golden Pkt. 

 Feather. Bright yellow foliage. 

 Extensively used for carpet bed- 

 ding, edgings, etc $0 10 



Selaginoides. Beautiful fern-like 

 yellow foliage 10 



RHODAIVTHE. 



Graceful everlastings, admirably suited 

 for pot culture in winter and for the garden 

 in summer. Succeed best in a light, rich 

 soil. Valuable for dried bouquets. pj.^ 



Maculata. Bright rose, with dark 



center $0 10 



Maculata alba. White 10 



Mixed Colors 10 



RIVINIA HUMIlrlS. 



(R.onse Plant.) 



A pretty pot-plant, bearing racemes of 

 white Hoivers, followed by beautiful bright 

 scarlet berries. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Salvia Bonfire. 



Ricinus. 



RICINUS. 



(Castor Oil Plant.) 



Magnificent rapid-growing 

 foliage phinls, wilh palm-like 

 leaves and brilliant colored 

 fruit. In centers of beds or 

 as single specimens on lawns, 

 they produce a fine effect. 

 Borboniciisis arbor- Pkt. 

 eus. Large dark 

 green leaves. 15 ft. . $0 05 

 Canibodgensis. The 

 finest of the dark foli- 

 age varieties. Leaves 

 and stems are almost 



black. 5 feet 05 



Gibsoui. Dark red foli- 

 age. 5 feet 05 



Giyanteus. Leaves of 



immense size. 12 feet . 05 

 Sanguin«"us. Blood - 

 red fruit, very orna- 

 mental. 10 feet .... 05 

 Mixed Variei ies. In 



all colors . . oz. 20c. . 05 

 Zanzibariensis. Anew 

 and distinct class with 

 gigantic leaves 2 in 7% 

 feet across. Finest 

 mixed . . . oz. 25 cts. . 05 



SAI.VIA. 



One of the finest of all blooming plants, being literally a mass of highly colored flowers 



Pkt. 



from early summer until killed by frost 



Bonfire, or Clara Bed man. With- Pkt. 

 out doubt the finest Salvia yet intro- 

 duced. Very dwarf and compact, 

 growing about 2 feet high and cov- 

 ered with long spikes of dazzling 

 scarlet flowers $0 10 



Splendens. Scarlet Sage. Bright 

 scarlet flowers borne in long spikes, 

 forming a brilliant blaze of color 



until frost $0 05 



Coccinea lact.ea. White. Very fine . 10 

 Patens. Exquisite blue ~ 15 



Salpigrlossis 



sal,pic;l,ossis. 



Very showy bedding plants, growing about i!4 feet high and bearing throushout the 

 season large funnel-shaped flowers, beautifully marked and penciled. Finest mixed. Pkt. 

 5 cts. 



SANVITAHA PROCXJMBENS Fl,. PI,. 



A beautiful little plant, well adapted for small beds and rockwork. The flowers are large 

 in proportion to the size of the plant, and are of a rich golden yellow color. Thrives best in 

 a light, rich soil, and continues in bloom during the summer and autumn months. Hardy 

 annual. K foot. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Elliott's tie-w York Market Mignonette is the finest in cultivation. 



