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RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS, 



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STOCKS 



(Gilliflower) 



Cut and Come Again 10 Week Stocks 



STOKESIA (Cornflower Aster) 



PER PKT. 



4051 Cyanea. This is not new, but is a rare and beautiful 

 hardy perennial. The plant grows about 24 inches high, 

 each bearing from 20 to 30 handsome lavender-blue 

 cornflower-like blossoms: in bloom from July till frost. 

 One of the choicest subjects for the hardy border and 

 indispensable for cutting. (See cut.) i oz., 40 cts 



4052 Cyanea alba. A pure white-flowering form, identical 

 to the popular blue variety in every way except color, 

 i oz., 50 cts 



4060 Cyanea Mixed. Containing many new colors, i oz., 

 50 cts 



The Stock is one of the most popular annuals, either for bedding or pot 

 culture; for brilliancy and diversity of color, fragrance, profusion and 

 duration of bloom it is unsurpassed. 



Improved Large Flowering 

 10 Week Stocks 



This is the leading class for bedding out for summer blooming, coming 

 into flower quicker than the other types. per pkt. 

 4011 Blood-red $0 10 I 4015 Purple $0 10 



4013 Light Blue 10 | 4016 Pure White 10 



4014 Bright Pink 10 | 4017 Canary-yellow 10 



4018 Collection. A packet each of the above 6 colors 50 



4020 Mixed. Double large flowering, j oz., 50 cts 5 



Cut-and -Come- Again 10- Week Stocks 



Splendid perpetual-blooming class; sown in March or April they begin flower- 

 ing in July, continuing till frost, and are especially valuable during September and 

 October, when other flowers are scarce; they throw out numerous side branches, 

 all bearing very double, fragrant flowers. 



4031 Princess Alice. White 15 



4032 La France. Rose , 15 



4033 Brilliant. Blood-red 15 



4034 Sapphire. Dark blue 15 



4035 Creole. Creamy-yellow 15 



4036 May Queen. Delicate lilac 15 



4039 Collection of a packet each of the 6 colors 60 



4040 Finest Mixed. All colors. J oz., 75 cts 10 



Mammoth Flowering Beauty Stocks 



A magnificent recently developed strain of early-flowering Winter or Brompton 

 Stocks, forming much-branched plants about 2 feet high and having numerous 

 spikes of very large, double, delightfully fragrant flowers, they are of special value 

 as pot plants for greenhouse decoration and for cutting during the dull winter 

 months; for this purpose seed should be sown from July to September; if sown in 



February or March will produce plants that will bloom out of 



doors from mid summer till frost. 



4043 Beauty of Nice. Delicate flesh-pink 



4044 Crimson King. Rich blood-crimson 



4045 Mont Blanc. Purest white 



4046 Monte Carlo. Canary-yellow 



4047 Queen Alexandra. Soft rosy-lilac 



4048 Summer Night. Rich deep blue 



4049 Collection of 6 colors 



4050 Choicest Mixed. AU colors, i oz., 60 cts 



$0 10 



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Sweet Rocket 



(Hesperis) 



4280 Old-fahioned gar- 

 den plants; 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 frag- 

 rant flowers. Ex- 

 cellent for natural- 

 izing among shrub- 

 bery or for plant- 

 ing in a permanent 

 border; mixed 

 colors. (See cut.) 

 Oz., 50 cts $0 05 



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