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Choice FloWer Seeds 



36 



■WM. ELLIOTT & SONS 



SEEDSMEN. NEW^ YORK 



I^APAGERIA ROSBA. 



One of the most beautiful greenhouse and conservatory climbers yet 

 known; has numerous brilliant carmine-colored, bell-shaped flowers. 

 Pkt. 25 cts. 



LARKSPUR. Il 1/ J I 



This is one of the best known of English '^ J M ^M 



garden flowers. A vast improvement has \ -'is § ^ ^S 4 



been effected, by % -P^^i.^^^^ ./ a 



careful selection and ^^^feia-^ ^#^fe^il^^^ ^ 



attend ve cultivation, ^^^^^^^^ ^ns-^S"^?^ l^fc « 



in the size and color ~^-"j — --^-^^^^^^ ri^UT^'' V-Stlf//'^ If 



of the blossoms and ^^^j^^^^^^l^^*©' "Al^USMi^ ^i2.pAf/rV>T« 



large gardens, shrub- ^^^L*]^^^^ '^'^P^-fe^^^^^FP^T^ 



branching; varieties ^^^^^S^X '^^^^^^^^^^^^ 



Double Dwarf Rocket. Pkt. ^1^^^^^^^^^ 



Finest mixed colors. 1 J^^^^^^S^-^$^Q''^*f^-!^^^ 



foot oz. 30 cts. . $0 05 v^^&^k'^i^V?'- 



Double Tall Rocket. Finest ■^^^^^^^^ 



mixed colors. 2 ft. . oz. 30c. . 05 «5^^^^ '^^^'^S?^^R^*\,-~^ 



Double Stock -Flowered. if'^^^^^^m^^^^^^^^ 



Long spikes of bloom ; finest '^^^^^^^^^^^S^^^^^^^ 



mixed colors, i ft. . oz. 40c. . 05 ''*'-'*-• '?^^^^^i^^^^^^^^^^ 

 Emperor. Mixed. A maghifi- ./— ^ ' J; ; ----^^^^^^^^^^ 



cent variety, remarkably ^ -■ii'':SrijM^^^^^^^^^ 



floriferous; rich colors. iM ' " ^^-Jv-^'ir^^- 



Candelabra- Flowered. A ^^^ ' Pkt. 



fine dwarf branching variety, of a great many colors. Mixed. 



I foot $0 10 



Collection of Dwarf Eockets, six separate colors, 30 cents. 



For Perennial Larkspur, see Delphinium, page 31. 



LAXHYRUS (Everlasting Pea). 



These are splendid hardy perennials, profuse bloomers and excellent 

 for cutting. Flowers are like those of Sweet Peas, not fragrant, but 

 more lasting. Plants live throughout the winter with some protection. 



Pkt. 



Crimson go o"; 



White .05 



Mixed 05 



I.AYIA EI^EGANS. 



A pretty hardy annual, growing about 1 foot high. The flowers 

 nteasure nearly 2 inches in diameter and are of a golden yellow, lipped 

 ^ jCSfev with white. Pkt. 5 cts. 



0^ Ir (y^^B LINUM. 



V ^ i^fe^^fc '^&ry graceful, free-flowering plants. L. 



fj J^ ^^^^^m Si^a'ndiJlorii7n is one of the handsomest 



uLf >^ ^a^^ annuals ever introduced, equally recom- 



RyL,'^^ mended for its bri.liant color and long 



M/^ duration in bloom. 



ll/ /S£> «..«, lfli/> ••. L. flavinn is a fine 



W » ^^£i ^^:^!^^^ ^^ gold-colored variety, 



/ .^ 4lraK^®^^^Ta^j' '^fc. which may also be 



/ '*^'il^?^J^k)jt3^f'^^«^>r^^ grown in pots. 



/ ^^i^Wffi^1a^i¥"^''of^V(' W/ Grandiflorum. 



^S^^ki.^^'f^^^^AM^r"'ii^^)!f^ Grandiflorum 

 '^^^^f^mWf'^Mf^ ?kr"o"cts^'''''''- 



VS^^^wfMw^ffel:^ I.AVENDER. 



^--^C^^M^^W^''>W^^> Well-known hardy 



^^^=^^^&Hwi^^^^^^^''^>J^r^ perennial, bearing 



^^^^J^^KiTr^nT I "" "^^^' "'" ^°"^ spikes of fra- 



■^k^^SW^es^^^^^^^^^i:^^^ grant blue flowers. 



-*«i'?W5*rs*^-^«*^i!g^Si^^?^ Should be in every 



Linum. garden. Pkt. 5 cts. 



I.EM03V VERBENA. 



An old favorite, with lemon-scented foliage. Pkt. 10 cts. 



I^ISIANXHUS RUSSEEL-IANUS. 



A magnificent greenhouse plant, with tulip-shaped flowers of a fine, 

 rich purple, with a very dark eye in the center. The flower continues 

 perfect for two or three weeks. By forcing it early in the spring and 

 planting out in the open border, it will probably be found to flower as 

 freely as Phlox Driinihiondii. Pkt. 25 cts. 



LOPHOSPERMUM. 



Exceedingly ornamental climbing plants, with large and handsome 

 flowers ; very effective for conservatory or garden decoration. Half- 

 hardy annual. ~ p. 



Coccineum. Scarlet $0 10 



Scandens. Rosy purple 10 



L1OVE-IX-A-3IIST. See Nigella. 



1.UPINXJS. 



Free-flowering plants with long spikes of flowers, rich and varied in 

 color. Mixed annual varieties. Pkt. 5 cts. 



LYCHNIS. 



Handsome and highly ornamental plants, of easy culture ; strikingly 

 effective in mixed flower and shrubbery borders. Hardy perennials. 



Pkt. 

 Chalcedonica. Large heads of brilliant scarlet flowers. 2 feet . $0 05 



Alba. Pure white, very ornamental. 2 feet 05 



Finest 31ixed Varieties 05 



MARIGOLD. 



The French and African Marigolds are valuable for their flowers ia 

 autumn, and can be grown to advantage in little clumps with other 

 plants in the front 

 of shrubberies or 

 in the garden 



border. The Af- .^Fv sk^'lfti^fl /^Ito^^ 

 rican varieties ^^ aiik. -iim rrlW / ^^«,« 

 are the taller in 

 growth, and pro- 

 duce large self- 

 colored blos- 

 soms; the French 

 varieties are 

 smaller, some of ^- 



them being ele- // ^ 



gantly striped <j'\ c^^^S Q f^' 



and spotted. The (W^-' j^'^^^^SisY Pii-j r ij 



dwarf - growing ^'^^ ^^y^ ^sAt^Sj^vUr L^'^- 

 kind adapt them- / ,^^^S^S^^^^^^^^,J 



selves to spots 

 where the taller 

 varieties would 

 be unsuitable. 



AFRICAN 

 VAKIETIES. 

 Eldorado. 



Without a doubt '•JJ'^^^B^^^fe^ft'i 



the finest of the '^^^f^^^^^^^^^ 



African Mari- "■'•^^^^^^J^J^e^mi^a'^Ami^^^.^s^s^' 



golds. Immense 'f?^^^^^^ ^^*^^^;'?'vVr_^S**^^^<^ 



double flowers of ' *«^''' ' ^'i^GZ^^^^^feF^^'*^'''^ 



many beautiful --- _— - '3>. ' . -- _ 



shades of yellow. Marigold, Legion d'Honneur. 



Pkt. 10 cts. Pkt. 



Gold NujjffPt. Dwarf dense growth ; large double flowers of a 



golden yellow color $0 10 



African Quilled. Mixed varieties. 2 feet 05 



FEENCH VAEIETIES. 



Gold-Striped. Flovi'ers rich maroon, regularly striped with gol- Pkt 

 den yellow ; habit of plant dwarf and compact . ........ $0 10 



Dwa if French. Finest mixed ; very double, i foot 05 



Liojjion d'Koniieiir. A single-flowering Marigold, forming com- 

 pact bushes 6 inches high. Begins flowering extremely early, 

 commencing in June. The flowers are golden yellow, marked 



with a larjje spot of velvety crimson to 



See also Calendula and Tagetes. 



