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JZINNIAS (Youth and Old Age). 



The Zinnia is one of the most brilliant and showy of annnals, and has 

 long been a general favorite. The seed can be sown early in the hotbed 

 and transplanted, or sown later in the open ground. They come into flower 

 early in the summer, and keep on blooming until hard frost. 



COur 

 aware 



bed of Zinnia Jacqueminot, at the St. Louis Exposition, 1904, was 

 ded a Silver Medal. 



Dwarf Double. This is considered the best type for general use, form- 

 ing bushy, compact plants not over 2 feet high, and bearing flowers as large 

 as the tallest growing varieties. (See cut.) We offer them in the following 

 six distinct colors : 



PER PKT 



4415 Dwarf Double White :i 



4443 Orange 5 



4444 Scarlet 5 



4441 Canary 5 



PFR PKT. 



4446 Dwarf Double Salmon 



Rose 5 



4442 Jacqueminot. Rich, 



deep crimson-scarlet 10 



4450 Mixed. Per oz. , 40 cts 5 



4449 Imported Collection of 6 dwarf double varieties 25 



4460 Curled and Crested. A curious but beautiful strain ; the petals 

 being twisted, curled and crested into the most fantastic and grace- 

 ful forms. The colors comprise all the brilliant shades character- 

 istic of the Zinnia 10 



4461 Haageana Fl. Pi. [Mexica^i Zinnia). A splendid miniature- 

 flowering double variety ; flowers deep orange, keeping its color 

 when dried as a winter flower 10 



4462 Queen Victoria. A pure white variety of the 

 mammoth type. The flowers are perfectly double, of 

 fine form, and measure about 4 inches across. This 

 excellent variety comes true from seed 15 



4463 Mammoth {Robusta Plenissimd). Flowers of mam- 

 moth size, perfectly formed, very double and of strik- 

 ing colors ; a fine strain 10 



4464 Double Pompone. Small, very double cone-shaped 

 flowers ; mixed colors 



4465 Tom Thumb Double JTixed. Compact bushes, 

 not over 12 inches high ; all colors 



4466 Zebra. A very pretty strain with striped flowers. As 

 the colors vary on each plant, they present a curious 

 as well as beautiful appearance 



10 

 10 



10 



Dwarf Doublr 

 Zinnias. 



4170 Tall Double. 



30 cts . . . 



Tall varieties : 



PER PKT. 



mixed colors. Perez., 



Double Fringed. A new class; the petals of the 

 perlect-shnped flowers are more or less deeply cut 

 or fringed, a characteristic never before seen in the 

 Zinnia. We can supply these in three colors, viz.: 



4472 White 10 | 4473 Deep carmine 



4174 Bright rose. . lU 



Single Mixed. For bedding these are very effec- 

 tive, and are considered more artistic than the double- 

 flowering sorts 



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SEEDS OF WATER LILIES. 



Raising seedling plants of all kinds has a peculiar charm and fascination, and a 

 few remarks on the growing of Water Lilies from seed may be of service. • 



The soil should be precisely the same as is used for the vast majority of flower 

 seeds; that is, any good garden soil, nicely sifted, with a small addition of sand. 

 The tender Nymphaeas and Victorias should be sown in early spring. It is advisa- 

 ble to sow the hardy sons lale in autumn, the seed usually lying dormant through- 

 out the winter and coming up in the spring. Sow in pots, boxes or pans (the latter 

 is best); fill with soil to within half an inch of the top; sow the seed thinly 

 and cover lightly with sand and stand in water for two days until the seed is 

 thoroughly soaked, which will prevent any from floating when the pots are sub» 

 merged, which they should be in water at a temperature as near 70 as can 

 be maintained. Two inches of water over the pots is sufficient depth. As soon as 

 the seedlings make two or three leives, they should be transplanted into pots or pans ; as soon as floating leaves, one or two inches 

 in diameter, are produced, pot singly into three-inch pots, and when well rooted repot into four-inch pots, from which size they 

 may be planted into their summer flowering quarters. In repotting into the four-inch size, a compost of one-half thoroughly 

 rotted cow manure and one-half good loam should be used. When planted into permanent quarters, the same compost should be 

 used, and the surface covered with clean sand. 



Full descriptions of the various sorts offered below will be found on pages 115 to 121. 

 Euryale Ferox. 20 cts. each ; $2 00 per dozi per pkt. 

 Nelumbium Kermesinum 15 



— Kinshiren 15 



— Luteum 15 



— Roseum plenum 25 



— Shiroman 25 



— Speciosum 15 



Nymphsea Capensis 15 



— Coerulea 15 



— Deaneana 2t) 



— Dentata. 15 



PKR PKT. 



Nymphaea George Huster 15 



— Gracilis 15 



— Hybrida. Mixed sorts 15 



— Kewensis 25 



— Lotus ,. 15 



— OTlarana 15 



— Odorata 15 



— Zanzibariensis. Purple 15 



Azurea. Blue 15 



— — Rosea. Rose ...... 1& 



Victorias. See page 115. ■ ' ' - 



The Collections of Summer Flowering Annuals offered on page 60 will keep the garden gay with flowers from June till frost. 



