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HWADREER-PHIiAPmiAfAmRELIABLEf LOWER SEEDS Rfjl 



to raise new, vigorous, 

 the old plants. 



4288 Single White 5 



4iS.S — Crimson 5 



42«5 — Scarlet 5 



S'WEET WILIvIAM (Dianthus Barbatus). 



(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 



young plants from seed every season than to divide 



PEU PKT. 



DniiBLE AND Single Sweet William. 



SVl^EET 



ROCKET 



(Hesperu). 



PER PKT. 



4278 Old-fashioned garden 

 plant; also known as 

 Dame's Rocket and 

 Dame's Violet; grows 

 from 2 to 3 feet high, 

 and bears spikes of 

 showy white, lilac and 

 purple fragrant flowers. 

 Excellent for natural- 

 izing among shrubbery 

 or for planting in a per- 

 manent border; mixed 

 colors. (See cut. ) Oz., 

 30 cts 5 



PF.K PKT. 



4286 Single Velvety Maroon. 5 



4284 — Red, on white i;;round. . 5 



4287 — Violet, on white ground, o 



4289 Collection of a packet each of the above six colors 25 



42'.t_' Single Mixed. .Ml colors. Per oz., 40 cts 5 



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. Strikingly 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. 2 pkts., 

 25 cts 15 



4281 Scarlet Beauty. A very effective rich, 



deep scarlet variety. 2 pkts., 25 cts 15 



4291 Holborn Qlory. This strain is a iarge- 

 flowered selection of the auricula-eyed sec- 

 tion, the most beautiful and admired of all 

 Sweet Williams. The individual flowers 

 and trusses are of extraordinary size, while 

 the range of color, all showing a clear, white 

 eye, is truly superb. ^ oz., 26 cts 10 



4297 Double Mixed. All colors. J oz., 30 cts. 10 



4296 Oiant Double. A decided improvement. 

 The plants are of robust, bushy habit, pro- 

 ducing numerous stems, surmounted by im- 

 mense umbels of full, double flowers, many 

 of the individual flowers measuring over one 

 inch in diameter. The colors are extremely 

 varied. } oz. , 50 cts 15 



2342 Everblooming Hybrid {Diantlius lati- 

 folii/s iitrociiccitieus FL PL). A variety 

 which blooms the first season from seed. 

 Color intense crimson-scarlet; a really fine 

 hardy plant of very easy culture. Per \ 

 oz. , 50 cts. . . 10 



Thunbergia. 



TAGETES. 



PER PKT. 



4301 Signata Pumila. A dwarf, compact, bushy annual Marigold, 

 with beautiful, delicate, fern-like leaves, densely covered with 

 flowers of bright golden yellow; a first-class border plant; illus- 

 trated on page opposite. \ oz., 25 cts .' 5 



THUNBERGIA. 



(Black-eyed Susan.) 

 4310 Beautiful, rapid-growing annual climbers, preferring a warm, 

 sunny situation; used extensively in hanging-baskets, vases, low 

 fences, etc., very pretty flowers in buff, white, orange, etc., with 

 dark eyes; mixed colors; 4 feet. (See cut.) ^ oz., 25 cts 5 



TORENIA. 



4322 Fournieri. A very fine annual; a splendid plant for vases, hang- 

 ing basket, borders, etc.; covered the entire season with a mass 

 of bloom. Sky-blue, with three spots of dark blue, bright yellow 

 centre Iq 



SwEHT Rocket. 



Read the Articles on Growing Flowers from Seed on pages 48 and 49. 



