7 RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS |I{/ 
SWEET WILLIAM (vianthus Barbatus) 
é (London Tufts) 
A well-known, attractive, free-flowering hardy perennial, producing a splendid 
effect in beds and borders with their rich and varied flowers. It is much better 
to raise new, vigorous, young plants from seed every season than to divide the 
old plants. PER PKT. 
4286 Single Velvety Maroon.................6.000 cece ee ee eee 
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4285 — Scarlet......... ASE AIAG b SS AOE E © DOR te RRR ST Lae te SESE oe 
4290 Single Mixed. All colors. Per } oz., 20 cts.......... Bd Sasson 
4282 Newport Pink. A distinct new color which 
originated in one of the far-famed gardens at 
Newport, R. I. In color it is what florists 
call watermelon-pink or salmony-rose. Strik- 
ingly brilliant and beautiful; the flowers are 
borne in massive heads on stems 18 inches 
high. For mid-season mass bedding it has no 
equal. It is also very effective for cutting. 
Dipktss p20 Clsmon cet. n setae eens leerles e 15 
4281 Scarlet Beauty. A very effective rich, deep 
scarlet variety. 2 pkts., 25-cts..... ene ie 15 
‘4291 Holborn Glory. This strain is a large-flowered 
selection of the auricula-eyed section, the most beauti- 
ful and admiied of all Sweet Williams. The indi- 
vidual flowers and trusses are of extraordinary size, 
while the range of color, all showing a clear, white 
eye, is truly superb. $ oz., 25 cts. ............-> Healers 10 
4297 Double Mixed. Allcolors. }0z., 30 cts............ 10 
4296 Giant Double. A decided improvement. The plants are 
of robust, bushy habit, producing numerous stems, sur- ee 
mounted by immense umbels of full, double flowers, many ES ey 
of the individual flowers measuring over one inch in diam- 
: eter. The colors are extremely varied. }0z., 50 cts...... 
_ 2342 Latifolius Atrococcin= 
15 Dousre Axp SINGLE Sweet WILLIAM 
THUNBERGIA 
eus, FI.Pl. (Hverbloom- 
tag Hybrid Sweet Wil- 
' tam). A brilliant crim- (Black-eyed Susan) 
PER PKT. 
& son-scarlet variety that is 
a very effective in any posi- 4310 Beautiful, rapid grow- 
tion, and one of the best — ~ ing annual climbers, 
perennials in the list..... 15 preferring a warm, 
sunny situation; used 
extensively in hanging- 
baskets, vases, low 
2 TAGETES 
_ 4301 Signata Pumila. A 
dwarf, compact, bushy an- 
-nual Marigold, with beau- 
tiful, delicate; fern-like 
leaves, : densely covered 
- with flowers of bright gol- 
den-yellow; a first-class’ 
fences, etc., very pretty 
flowers in buff, white, 
orange, etc., with dark 
eyes; mixed colors; 4 
- border plant. (See cut.) TEARS GREG ERT . feet. (See cut.) 4 0z., 
2 SS eaGrer Bil) Cite aa ansboe oer 10 , 3 AD EBs ke sGocAb nooo. 10 
ee aes | TORENIA 
4322 Fournieri. A very fine annual; a splendid plant for vases, hanging- 
baskets, borders, etc.; covered the entire season with a mass of bloom. 
Sky-blue, with three spots of dark blue, bright yellow centre......-.... 15 
TRITOMA 
(Red-hot Poker, Flame Flower, or Torch Lily) 
4330 Hybrida. The introduction of new, continuous flowering Tritomas has 
given them a prominent place among hardy bedding plants. It is not 
generally known that they are readily grown from seed, many flowering 
the first year if sown early. The seed we offer has been saved from our 
own collection, which is undoubtedly the finest in this country. Of course, 
for immediate results it will be better to get plants,, but raising them from 
seed is highly interesting. 2 pkts., 25 cts.............-- eee esses: 15 
TUNICA 
4335 Saxifraga, A neat, tufted hardy perennial plant, growing but a few 
inches high, and bearing throughout the entire season numerous elegant 
pink flowers. Will thrive anywhere, but is especially adapted for the 
rockery or the margin of the hardy border; blooms the first season...... 10 
"Read the General Culture Notes on Raising Flowers from Seeds on page 51 
