Our list has been carefully revised and all inferior varieties discarded. For the convenience of our customers an 

 the filling of orders, it is only necessary in ordering to give the number of packets wanted and the corresponding n 

 catalogue, viz.: 1 pkt. 1010, 10 cts.; 3 pkis. 1020, 30 cts., means one pacliet Abutilon, mi.xed, 10 cts.; 3 packets Acacia, 



All Flower Seeds are sent free by mail at prices given. 



Although we do not ofifer premiums, we invariably send '• extras '' with each ca>h order amounling to ^1.00 or ov 



COLLECTIOISS OF FI.O^ ER SEEDS. 



OId=fashioned Annuals. 12 distinct sorts. §0 50 



Old-fashioned Hardy Perennials. 12 distinct sorts 50 



Quick=growing Annual Climbers, 12 " " 50 



Fragrant Flowers. 10 " " 40 



Summer Flowering Annuals. 12 varieties 50 



25 " 1 00 



Imported Collections of Asters, Balsams, Dian'.hus, Marigolds, etc., 

 are offered under their respective heads. 



ABROXIA (Sanrt Verbena). 



Pretty trailing annuals, producing clusters of sweet-scemed Verbena- 

 ike flowers, especially fragrant towards evening, lasting in bloom a long 

 time ; efifeclive in beds, rock-work or hanging-baskets ; doing best in 

 Aeutilon. rather poor, light soil. Height, 12 inches. pfr pkt. 



1001 Arenaria. A beautiful yellow variety ; 5 



1002 Umbellata. Rosy lilac, with a white eye 5 



ABUTILOIV. 



(Chinese Bell-Flower, or Flowering 

 Maple.) Per Pkt. 



Elegant flowe ing perennial shrubs 

 of strong growth and easy culiivation, 

 free-flowering, vith various colored, 

 beautiful drooping bell-shaped flowers. 

 Considered indispensable for flowering 

 indoors during the winter and sprino- 

 months, and useful for bedding out in 

 the summer. Sown any time before 

 April, in a temperature of 60 degrees, 

 they will produce fine flowering plants 



d to facilitate 

 umber in the 

 mixed, 30 CIS. 



the first season 

 1010 Fine Mixed 

 ties and colors 



Of choice varie- 

 10 



10 



ACHIEI.EA. 



1021 Ptarmica FI. P\. {Double iVhite 

 Yarrj-j'). One of the best hardy 

 white perennials in the list. Grows 



about 2 feet high, and from spring till frost is covered with heads of purest white 

 double flowers. A grand plant for cemetery decoration. Easily grown from seed, 

 flowering the first season if sown early \ . 



ACO^IXUM^ (Monk's Hood, or Wolfsbane). 

 1031 Napellus. A hardy perennial, growing in any good garden soil, producing long 

 spikes of curiously-shaped blue and white flowers. Well adapted for planting 

 among shrubbery or in shady corners of the garden ; 3 to 5 feet 



ACROCEIIVIUM. 



A pretty annual " Everlasting," growing about 15 inches high, bearing lovely white '.r 

 rosy-pink flowers, which, when cut in the bud state, can be dried and used in winter bou- 

 quets. A nice thing to grow in a mixed border aside from its use as an everlasting. \Ve 

 ofFer both single and double flowering types. (See cut.) 

 1040 Double Hixed 5 | 1050 Single Mixed 5 



AULUMIA CiRKHOSA. 



See page Gl.) 



ACACIA. Per Pkt. 



Elegant half-hardy .^hrubs, having fine 

 ornamental foliage, and beautiful ra- 

 cemes of various shades of yellow globu- 

 lar flowers. Soak the seed in warm 

 water before sowing. 

 1020 nixed. Fine varieties; 6 to 



10 feet. 10 



ACANTHUS Bear's Breecli). 



1017 Mollis latifolius. Handsome 

 and interesting hardy plants with fine 

 foliage and curious flowers in August 

 and September. Grows from 2 to 4 

 feet high, according to soil and loca- 

 tion. Valuable alike for planting as 

 single specimens, in groups or in the 

 border ID 



Double Ackoclinium. 



(60) 



The new Giant Snapdragons shown on the back coTer of this book are offered on page 13. 



