82 U lUfflRTADREER WIIADELPHIAM-mf RELIABLE f LOWER SEEDS 



HOLLYHOCK. 



One of the most majestic of hardy plants, and a clump or Ime in any garden gives an effect 

 not attainable with any other plant. Fur planting among shrubbery or forming a background 

 for other flowers it is without equal. The seeds offered have been saved from the finest double 

 flowers. (See cut.) perpkt. perpkt. 



2784 Double Bright Red 10 



2783 — Bright Pink 

 2782 — riaroon 



2786 Double White 10 



2787 — Yellow 10 



278.5 — Salmon Rose 10 



2781 "Allegheny." Mammoth fiowcrs, wonderfully formed of loosely arranged fringed 

 petals, which look as if made from the finest China silk, and have none of the for- 

 mality of the ordinary type. The colors vary from the p,-\lcst shrimp pink to deep red. 



The plants are of strong growth, sendmg up spikes 6 to 7 feet high 10 



2790 Extra Choice Double Mixed. Per 02., $1.00 10 



2789 Imported Collection of 12 varieties 75 



278s Imported Collection of 6 varieties 40 



2780 Single. Many prefer the single-flowering Hollyhocks. They are usually of freer 

 growth than the doubles, and present a very handsome appearance when covered with 



their artistic blossoms . 10 



HONESTY (MoonTvort, Satin Flower). 



2801 Hardy biennial, admired for its silvery seed pouches, which are used for house orna- 

 ments, as they present a beautiful and rather curious appearance; 2 feet 5 



HUMULXJS (Japanese Hop). 



2811 Japonicus. A very ornamental and fast-growing climbing plant. The foliage resem- 

 bles ni shape that of the common Hop, is very dense, and in color a lively green ; annual 5 



2812 — VariegatUS. A variegated variety 

 of the above. The leaves are beauti- 

 fully marbled and splashed with silvery- 

 white, light and dark green, very effec- 

 tive for screens, arbors, trellises, etc. As 

 with the green-leaved variety, it is never 

 injured by insects, nor affected by the 

 heat, but retains its fresh and bright va- 

 riegated foliage until frost. (.See cut.) 10 



NOVELTIES and SPECIALTIES 



IN FLOWER SEEDS. 



We have a splendid lot of these this 

 season. All are worthy of extensive cul- 

 tivation. See pages 13 to 20. 



Double Hollyhock. 



PER PKT. 



for several davs. Seed 



Gi.\NT Yellow Tulip Poppy). 



HujiuLus Japonicus Variegatus. 



HUXNE3IANXIA. 



(Giant Xellow Tulip Poppy, or Bush 



Esclischoltzia.) 



2821 Fumari£efolia. This is by far 

 the best of the Poppy family for 

 cutting, remaining in good condition 



sown early in May will, by the middle of July,prodiice plants 

 covered with their large butlercup-yellow poppy-like blossoms, 

 and never out of flower until hard frost. The plants grow about 

 2 feet high, are quite bushy, with beautiful feathery glaucous 

 foliage. (See cut.) 10 



IMPATIENS (Sultan's or Zanzibar Balsam). 



Charming plants for the decoration of the greenhouse or dinner table, 

 producing their bright waxy-looking flowers profusely and almost contin- 

 uously. The young seedlings should be very carefully handled, as they 

 are exceedingly brittle at the outset. 



2842 Sultani. Flowers of a brilliant rosy-scarlet color 15 



2841 — Hybrida. Remarkably beautiful hybrids, in van'ing shades 



of color, from delicate jiink to tlie deepest red 25- 



I03J0PSIDIXJM (Diamond Flower). 



2848 Acaule. A little gem, forming tufts but a few inches high and 



covered with violet flowers in June, and frequently blooming 



again in the autumn ; excellent for sowing on the rockery, also 



'on the top of pots containing large plants, where it soon forms a 



moss-like covering ; sow out of doors in May ; annual 10 



Our " Incomparable " coUection of Sweet Peas is all that its name implies. See page 20. 



