66 I HENKTADREER-PHliADaPHIAWiaj^fllABlEf LOWER SEEDS 



Delphinium CjOld Medal Hybrids. 



PER PKT. 



CINERAKIA. Seed should be sown from May to September for 

 succession. Where only one sowing is made, July should be pre- 

 ferred. Our Prize strains are justly celebrated for all good quali- 

 ties, being especially noted for size, coloring and texture. 



Dreer's Prize Dwarf.. 

 Dreer's Prize Tall 



Stellata {Star Cinerayia\. A charming variety, with large, 

 spreading panicles of starry flowers in the same variety of colors 

 as the ordinary Cineraria : the extreme grace and elegance of the 

 plant and flowers make them wonderfully eff"ective for the dec- 

 oration of the house or conservatory, and especially so for church 

 decoration: also useful for cutting 



COKKOPSIS. Lanceolata Grancliflora. This is one of the 

 finest of hardy plants, with large, showy, bright yellow flowers, 

 produced in the greatest abundance from June till frost. As a cut 

 flower they stand near the head among hardy plants, having 

 long stems and lasting in good condition a week or more. Per ^ 



OZ., 20 CtS 



COATSLIP (Primula Veris). A beautiful hardy spring-flower- 

 ing perennial: flowers of diflerent colors, such as yellow, brown- 

 edged yellow, etc 



CLYCLAHEN. Persicuin. Choicest mixed: easier to grow 



than the Giants, but not so large. Per loo seeds, 60 cts 



Giant Pure White. Per 100 seeds, £1.00 



— White, with carmine eye. Per 100 seeds. $t.oo 



— Dark Blood-red. Per 100 seeds, $1.00 



— Delicate Rose, with deep crimson eye. Per ico seeds. $1.00 



— Salmon. A new color. Per 100 seeds. $2.co 



— Eine.st i^Iixed, Saved from a superb collection. Per 100 

 seeds, $1.00 



Wonder of Wandsbek. A new giant-flowering variety, with 

 flowers of various shades of rose suffused with salmon, which 

 adds .a brightness heretofore unknown in this splendid winter- 

 blooming plant. 3 pkts. for $1 00 



Butterfly. In this new type the edges of the flowers are beauti- 

 fully fringed or waved For hou'^e or conservatory decoration 

 they are of surpassing beauty. Mixed colors 



Double-flowering. A really double-flowering Cyclamen:, com- 

 ing quite true from seed ; the flowers are produced with the same 

 freedom and in the same beautiful colors as in the single-flower- 

 ing sorts 



DELPHINIUM or Havd.v Perennial Larkspur. One of our 



most showy and useful hardy perennial plants, possessing almost 

 every requisite for the adornment of the garden, pioducing 

 splendid spikes of flowers in profusion throughout the summer. 



DELPHINIUM— Continued per pkt.. 



Gold Medal Hybrids. This, we believe, is the finest strain of 

 Delphiniums in e.xistence. The original stock came from Eng- 

 land, many of the plants being worth $10. co each. It has been 

 grown for several years in this country, and has been awarded the 

 highest honors wherever exhibited. The plants arc of strong, 

 \'igorous habit, with immense spikes from 2 to 3 feet long of large 

 flowers, mostly in fine shades of light blue. 5 pkts. for 31.00 25, 



I'^ormosum. Spikes of rich blue flowers, with white cent4*e. Per 

 14 OZ., 25 cts 5 



— Ccelestinum. An exquisite celestial-blue variety. Per V^ oz., 



50 cts 15 



Elatum {Bee Larkspur). Rich blue of various shades, with 

 black centres ; grows 3 to 5 feet high, according to soil and loca- 

 tion 10- 



— Coalestiuum, Sky blue, with dark centre ; very effective 15 



Cliinense. A distinct and neat variety, growing about 18 inches 



high, with fine feathery foliage, and producing freely panicles of 



large blossoms of bright gentian blue. Per ^4 oz. , 20 cts 5. 



— Album. The whue-flowered form of the preceding. Per ^ 



02., 20 cts 5, 



Nudicaule. Dwarf, compact growth, with spikes of bright scar- 

 let flowers ID- 



Cashinerianum, A beautiful dark blue, blossom^ in corymbs of 



6 or more J5 



Zalil. A lovely shade of sulphur-yellow lo- 



Grandiflorum IT. PI. Finest double mixed, in great variety 



of cliarming colors. Per l{ 02., 50 cts 15 



Hybiidum. Fine Blixed, Single varieties. Oz., 40 cts 5, 



HJIANTHCS (Hardy Garden Pinks). These varieties are well 

 adapted for beds and borders : delightful, refreshing, spicy odor; 

 should be in every garden where cut flowers are wanted, 



Plumarius {pheasani-eye Pink). Beautiful single flowers. Per 



oz., 40 cts 5 



Fl. PI. {Double Hardy Garden Pinks). Double and semi- 

 double varieties in beautiful colors. Per 14 oz., 50 cts 10 



Double Dwarf Erfurt. This new strain is of compact growth 

 and early flowering. They possess the spicy clove fragrance of 

 the old-fashioned pink, and have a much richer variety of color- 

 ing. 2 pkts., 25 cts 15 



Semperflorens {Everblooming Hardy Garden Pinks). Very 

 beautiful, sweet-scented, double, semi-double and single flowers in 

 great diversity of color 25 



Latifolius Fl. PI. {Hybrid Sweet William). A hybrid between 

 the China Pink and Sweet William : the brilliant flowers are 

 quite double, borne in large heads, blooming throughout the sum- 

 mer. Mixed colors 'C- 



— Atrococcineus Fl. PI. A brilliant crimson-scarlet variety 

 that is very effective in any position, and one of the best peren- 

 nials in the list. 2 pkts., 25 cts IS 



DIGITALIS (Foxglove). Handsome and highly ornamental 

 hardy plants of stately growth, succeeding under almost all con- 

 ditions, and with but little attention will give a wealth of flowers 

 durinn June and July. They are now used extensively with good 

 effect°for naturalizing in shrubberies, the edge of woods and other 

 half shaded places ; 3 to 5 feet. 



Gloxinifsflora. This is a fine strain of the ordinary Foxglove, 

 D fnrpurea. with handsome Gloxinia-like flowers on long 

 spikes. We offer the following colors, also mixed: 



White. PerV^oz., 20 cts 10 



Rose. Per '/ oz., 20 cts it> 



Purple. Per 14 oz, 20 cts 10 



Lilac. Per 14 oz., 20 cts Jo 



A packet each of the above four colors, 30 cts. 



Finest Mixed. Contains all the finest spotted sorts. Per ■% 



oz., 15 cts 5 



Macnlata Superba. An extra choice strain of beautifully spot- 

 ted sorts. Per 5^ oz., 25 cts I" 



Giandiflora. Light yellow. Per i^ oz., 20 cts 5 



Monstrosa {Mammoth Foxglove). Long spikes, surmounted by 

 one enormous flower; very odd ; all colors mixed. Per 14: oz., 

 30 cts '° 



ECHINOPS. SpbperocephaUis (Globe Thistle). A striking 

 hardy perennial plant, ea<*ilv raised from seed ; grows 4 feet high, 

 with globular heads of pale-blue flowers in July and August ; 



excellent for the back of the hardy border 10 



Ruthenicus. Steel-blue; fine for cutting 10 



ERTXGICM. Amethvstinum {Sea Holly). Handsome orna- 

 mental hardy plants, growirg 2 to 3 feet high, w-ith finely-cut 

 spiny foliage and beautiful thistle-like heads of amethystine-blue ; 

 fine for wiriter bouquets • '^ 



EUPATORiniM (Thorough-wort). Stron.g-growing, hardy 

 perennials well suited for naturalizing. All of the sorts offered be- 

 low deserve a olace in every hardy border; they thrive in any 

 kind of soil and in almost any position. 

 Ao-eratoides. A verv usefiil variety, growing 3 to 4 feet high, 

 with dense heads of minute white flowers from August until Oc- 

 tober • '° 



Ccelestinum. One of the best blue perennials, 18 to 24 inches 

 hi^h and bears from August till frost an abundance of clear, 

 laveiider-blue, flossy flowers ; splendid for cutting - 10 



