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RELIABLE-FLOWER SEEDS 



Agukatum Blub Perfection 



AGERATHM. 



I Floss Flower, 



One of the very best bedding plants 



Agkostbmma Coronaria 

 (See cut.) 



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 ^lay. A sowing in 



September will give plants to bloom all winter 



PBR pier. 



107] Blue Perfection. This is the darkest colored of all 

 large-flowering 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 5 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. 



J- oz. , 25 cts 10 



1078 Princess Pauline. A beautiful variety of campact, 

 even growth, rarely exceeding 8 inches in height; the 

 flowers are sky-blue with a white centre, the contrast be- 

 ing really exquisite 10 



1074 Imperial Dwarf Blue. Clear blue, 8 inches. } oz., 



25 cts 5 



1075 Imperial Dwarf White. 8 inches. J oz., 25 cts. 5 



AGROSTEMMA Rose of Heaven. Mullein Pink). 

 1090 Coronaria. An attractive free-flowering hardy peren- 

 nial of easy culture, producing glowing crimson flowers 

 like a single pink and silvery white foliage; blooms the 

 first season; fine for cutting; 2 feet. \ oz., 15 cts 5 



ADLIMIA. 



(Mountain Fringe, Allegheny Vine, or Climbing Fumitory.) 



PI'.K HKT. 



1051 Cirrhosa. A graceful hardy biennial climber, but as it resows 

 itself year after year, it might be considered perennial. The feathery 

 foliage closely resembles that of the Maiden-hair Fern. The flowers 

 are tube-shaped, flesh-colored, somewhat like the Bleeding Heart, 

 and completely cover the plant. For covering trellises, stumps of 

 trees, etc., it is very desirable. Fowers the first year from seed. . . . 15 



AI/VSSUJI (Mad Wort). , 



Pretty little plants for beds, vases, baskets, edging or rockwork, blooming 

 profusely all summer; useful also for winter-flowering. Very sweetly scented. 

 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 un- 

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

 Per J oz. , 20 cts. ; per oz. , 60 cts 5 



110'J Sweet Alyssum (A. Marti- 

 tinum). Of trailing habit; flow- 

 ers white. Peroz. , 25 cts. . . . 5 



1103 Tom Thumb (Benthami 



Compactnm). Of dwarf, com- 

 pact, erect growth; excellent for 

 edging; white. Per oz., 50 cts. 5 



1104 Saxatile Compactum 

 (■•Banket of Gold "). Showy 

 golden-yellow flowers; hardy 

 perennial; blooms the first sea- 

 son, if sown early indoors; ex- 

 cellent for rock-work; 1 foot. 

 i oz., 25 cts 5 



A Border of Alyssum Littlk Gem. 



We offer a number of splendid NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES in Flower Seeds. See pages 58 to 68. 



