NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES IN FLOWER SEEDS. 



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Dahlia, Tom Thumb. 



^nW TOIW[ THUMB 

 DAHI.IAS. 



No. 5698. New single varieties in 

 beautiful mixed colors; a highly in- 

 teresting class of neat, compact and 

 dwarf habit, growing about one foot 

 in lieight,very free-flowering, invaluable 

 for cutting purposes, and admirably 

 adapted for planting in masses and for 

 border decoration. They bloom the 

 first season from spring sown seed. 

 Per pkt., 20 cts. 



IMPATIENS SULTAN I 



" QUEEN CABOLA." 



No. 5976. This is a charming 

 variety, with salmon-rose colored flow- 

 ers, which are produced very freely, the 

 plant remaining a long time in bloom; 

 a charming companion to the King 

 Albert variety introduced last year. 

 Per pi<t., 25 cts. 



IMPATIENS SULTANI 

 HYBRIDA. 



No. 4012. Remarkably beautiful 

 hybrids of this much admired plant in 

 varying shades of color, from delicate 

 pink to the deepest red. The Impatiens 

 is admirably suited to greenhouse or 

 window decoration on account of its 

 easy culture as a pot plant. Per pkt., 25 cts. 



Clianthus Oampicri Gcrmanicus. 



No. 5585. The seed supplied of this magnificent but little known plant has 

 heretofore been of Australian growth, and has generally given unsatisfactory results 

 unlesii grown under glass. By careful selection for many years in a colder climale, 

 the plant has been gradually hardened, and we now offer a strain of seed that if sown 

 in the open border n\ May will produce plants that will flower freely all summer. The 

 Clianthus, or Glory Pea, is a .strikingly beautiful plant, with its clusters of drooping 

 brilliant scarlet pea-shaped flowers, each one boldly marked with a shining black spot 

 in its centre. Per pkt., 25 cts. 



COCKSCOMB, QUEEN OF D^WARFS. 



No. 5441. This we consider the finest of the dwarf-growing Cockscombs. The 

 plants grow only about eight inches high, with beautiful dark rose-colored combs of 

 immense size, measuring under good cultivation two feet across and one foot in 

 breadth. It is an interesting plant for growing in pots. Per pkt., 10 cts. 



ChrysaiitheMiuin, 



Japanese Hybrids. 



No. 5490. The seed here offered has 

 been saved from a magnificent collection, 

 from blooms thnt have been carefully 

 crossed, and may be expected to produce 

 some rare novelties in this popular flower. 

 Chrysanthemum seed sown in spring will 

 produce vigorous flowering plants by fall, 

 and do better than old plants. Per pkt., 

 25 cts. 



Corn Flower, Dwarf Victoria 



No. 5465. A charming miniature form 

 of this popular flower, rarely exceeding 8 

 inches in height, the plants forming 

 very pretty globular' bushes, which 

 are profusely covered with dark blue 

 flowers. 

 Per pkt., 15 cts. ; 2 pkts., 25 cts. 



New Double Annual 

 Chrysantlienium. 



No. 5491. I'hese beautiful varieties 

 have been obtained by carefully hy- 

 bridizing and selecting for several 

 years the semi-double varieties of 

 this useful annu^il until a high degree 

 of doubleness has been attained. 

 They are extremely variable in color, 

 including innumerable shades of red 

 and rose, purple, yellow, white, etc. 

 Per pkt., 25 cts. 



I.OBEI.IA ERINXJS, 



GOLDEN QUEEN. 



No. 6026. A new Lobelia with 

 golden yellow leaves and brilliant 

 blue flowers. This striking n-ovelty 



most valuable variety for bedding or edgings 



, 20 cts. 



Clianthus Dampieri Germanicus. 



is entirely distinct, and will prove a 

 as well as for pot culture. Per pkt. 



Impatiens Sultani King Albert. 



No. 4013. This is decidedly the finest of the new hybrids, with 



flowers of an exquisite rosy crimson shade. It is a most charming and [ 



beautiful plant for pot culture, lasting a long time in bloom. < 



Per pkt., 25 cts. , 



VARIEGATED JAPANESE HOP. 



iHumulus daponicus Variegafus.) 



No. 5960. The green-leaved Japanese Hop introduced a few years 

 ago has become very popular as a rapid-growing, hardy, ornamental 

 climber. The variegated variety, now offered for the first time, is a great 

 improvement, the leaves being beautifully and distinctly marked with 

 silvery-white, yellowish-white and light and dark green. As with the 

 green-leaved variety, it is never injured by insects nor affected by the 

 heat, but retains its fresh and bright variegated foliage until late in the 

 autumn. It is an admirable decorative plant, well suited for covering 

 fences, rustic arches and the like, forming a most attractive and agree- 

 able sight. Per pkt., 25 cts. 



LOBEuI« Lkhmum, Gui-uEN QtEEN. 



