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HENRTADREER -PNIlADElPHIAfA- 



RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS 



AGERATUM. 



(Floss Flower.) 

 One of the very best bedding plants, being literally a sheet of bloom from 

 early summer till frost. Unlike many bedding plants, their flowers are not 

 liable to be spoiled by rain, nor do the colors fade out. The various blue 

 varieties are without doubt the most satisfactory bedding plants of this color 

 for our trying climate. Easily raised from seed, which is usually started in a 

 hotbed or window and transferred to the open ground in May. Can also be 

 sown outdoors in May. A sowing in September will give plants to bloom all 

 winter. (See cut. ) 



PER PKT. 



1071 Blue Perfection. This is the darkest colored of all large-flower- 

 ing Ageratums. Color deep amethyst-blue; compact growth; fine 

 bedder. :[ oz., .30 cts .' 10 



1076 Little Blue Star. A variety of exceedingly dwarf and even 

 growth; the tiny bushes, not over 4 to o inches high, are densely 

 covered with bright blue flowers; a fine variety for edging. 2 

 pkts., 25 cts 15 



1073 Cope's Pet. The best light blue variety for edging. ^ oz., 25 

 cts 10 



1078 Princess Pauline. A beautiful variety of compact, even growth, 

 rarely exceeding 8 inches in height; the flowers are sky-blue with a 

 white centre, the contrast being really exquisite. ^ oz., 30 cts 10 



1074 Imperial Dwarf Blue. 



Clear blue, 8 inches. \ oz. , 

 25 cts 5 



1075 Imperial Dwarf White. 



8 inches. } oz., 25 cts 5 



AMPELOPSIS. 



(Boston, or Japanese Ivy.) 



1131 Veitchi. A hardy perennial 

 climber, with olive-green 

 leaves, which turn to scarlet 

 in the autumn. The best and 

 most popular climber for cov- 

 ering brick or stone walls. 

 Per oz., 50 cts 10 



Amaranthus Tkicolor. 



Ageratum Blue Pekfection. 



ABoRDERt'l ..i-,,.i:l LiTTLeGeM. 



AEYSSUjH (Mad Wort). 



Pretty little plants for beds, vases, baskets, edg- 

 ing or rockwork, blooming profusely all summer; 

 useful also for winter- flowering. Very sweetly 

 scented. 



PER PKT. 



1101 Little Gem, or Carpet of Snow. Of 



dwarf, compact habit, but 4 inches high. 

 It begins to bloom when quite small, and 

 the plants are a solid mass of white from 

 spring to late in autumn, and undoubtedly 

 the best white flowering edging plant in the list. (See cut.) Per } 

 oz. , 25 cts. ; per oz. , 75 cts 5 



1102 Sweet Aiyssum (^A. Martitinvin). Of trailing habit; flowers 

 wliite. Per oz., 25 cts 5 



1103 Tom Thumb (Benthnini Compactum'). Of dwarf, compact, erect 

 growth; excellent for edging; white. Per oz., 50 cts 5 



1104 Saxatile Compactum {"Basket of Ookl). Showy golden-yel- 

 low flowers; hardy perennial; blooms the first season, if sown early 

 indoors; excellent for rock-work; 1 foot. :] oz. , 40 cts 10 



AMARANTHUS. 



Brilliant-foli.iged annuals, growing from 3 to 5 feet high, some of the varieties 

 bearing curious racemes of flowers. All are useful in borders of tall plants or 

 for the centre of large beds. They thrive best in a hot, sunny location, not too 

 rich soil, and given sufficient room to develop their full beauty. 



1111 Caudatus {Love Lies Bleeding). Blood red; drooping 5 



1116 Cruentus (Prince's Fenther). Dark red feathery flowers 5 



1113 Sunrise. The most brilliant of this brilliant family.. The foliage is 

 lironzy crimson, each branch terminnting with a tuft of bright scarlet- 

 carmir.e le.^ves. It has been used with fine efTect in many of the 



public parks. 2 pkfs., 25 cts • • ■ ■ 



11 ]4 Tr'xcoXor [Joseph' s Coat). Leaves red, yellow and green. } oz., 



15 cts • • • • 



1115 Tricolor Splendens 

 brilliant coloring. \ o 



An improvement on the old sort, of more 

 25 cts 



15 



10 



We offer a number of splendid NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES in Flower Seeds. See pages 51 to 60. 



