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fWHENRrADRKR MADELPNIAfivI l t RELIABLE PLOWtRSEEDS QTH 



AQUIL,EGIA (Columbine.) 



Miss Ida D Bennett, the well-known horticultural author, has 

 written the following expressly for this book: 



"No hardy plant grown from seed is more easily handled 

 than the Columbine, as the seeds possess great vitality, and, 

 given any sort of chance, every one may be expected to grow. 



" Seed may be planted in the open ground early in spring, 

 and will, in the case of the single varieties, bloom the same sea- 

 son; or they may be planted in August or September, and will 

 come up early in spring and make vigorous plants, which will 

 bloom abundantly during late spring and early summer. Many 

 volunteer plants appear where the plants have bloomed the pre- 

 ceding year, and these may be lifted and moved to any desired 

 position; but it is better in moving large established plants that 

 the work should be done in the autumn, as spring transplanting 

 frequently interferes witli the perfection of the blooms. 



"Columbines should be planted wherever their presence will 

 serve to lighten up a too stiff and formal planting, for no other 

 plant has so airy a grace as the Columbine, is more generous of 

 its blooms, or more effectively adapted for cut flowers." PB b ikt. 



1181 Californica hybrida. Kxquisite flowers, in yellow 

 and orange shades, all with long spurs. | oz., 50 cts. 10 



1182 Canadensis. This is the scarlet and yellow native 

 species, and one of the brightest of all. } oz., 30 cts. 5 



1183 Chrysantha ( Golden Spurred). Golden yellow. 



J oz. , 30 cts :> 



1184 — alba. Beautiful pure white. J oz., 50 cts 10 



L185 Coerulea {Rocky Mount, tin Columbine). Violet- 

 blue and white; 2 feet. \ oz., 50 cts 10 



1 1 >>; Coerulea hybrida. Beautiful hybrids, bearing 



large flowers in a great variety of colors. \ oz., 40 Cts. 10 



1187 Flabellata nana alba. A dwarf variety from 

 Japan, with fine, glaucous foliage and large white 

 flowers. \ oz., 40 cts 10 



1192 Haylodgensis Delicatissima. A new hybrid, bear- 

 ing large, long-spurred flowers, the spurs being a ten- 

 der satin-rose, passing imperceptibly to a delicate 

 light yellow at the crown . '_' pkts., 25 cts 1") 



1195 Helenas. Of strong, robust growth, attaining a 

 height of 15 to 20 inches, and bearing numerous 

 flowers of a lovely shade of blue and pure white 25 



1197 Nivea Grandiflora. A beautiful large pure white. 



\ oz. , 1 5 cts 5 



1199 Collection containing a packet of each of the above 



10 sorts 75 



1207 Double, all colors mixed. -40 els. per oz 5 



1210 Single, all colors mixed. 30 CtS, per oz ."> 



Arctotis Gkandis. 



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ARAIJIS I Rod". Cress'. 



PBB PKT. 



1211 Alpina. A hardy perennial and one of the earliest 

 and prettiest spring flowers. The spreading tufts are 

 covered with a sheet of pure white flowers as soon as 

 the snow disappears. Unequalled for rockeries or 

 g; withstands the drought, and is always neat; fi inches. \ oz., 25 els. . 5 



ARCTOTIS (African Daisy). 



1216 Qrandis. A remarkably handsome annual from Southwest Africa. It 

 forms much-branched bushes 2 to 3 feet high; its flowers are large and 

 showy, being pure white on the upper surface, the reverse of petals pale 

 lilac-blue. Miss Ida D. Bennett, the well-known horticultural author, 

 says: "There are few annual flowers grown in the garden more valuable 

 for cut flower work than the Arctolis. Daisy-shaped flowers of all kinds are 

 always popular with flower lovers, and in the Arctotis we have one of 

 the very best. It is easily grown from seed, and may be started in hot- 

 bed, in the house, or in the open ground, the seed germinating in about 

 five days, and the plants may be expected to come into bloom early in 

 July and continue until quite hard frost, being one of the rare flowers not 

 injured by light frost, and will be a mass of bloom long after the more 

 tender flowers of the garden have passed away. It delights in a sunny 

 situation. As a cut flower it is especially valuable, the blooms lasting a 

 week or ten days in water, and if undeveloped buds are cut and placed 

 in a sunny window, every one will open and produce as fine flowers as 

 though left on the plant. This is a most valuable characteristic." \ 

 oz., 30 cts 10 



ARMERIA (Sea Pink or Thrift). 

 1221 Formosa. A very pretty edging plant, bearing rosy-pink flowers; 



hardy perennial. \ oz. , 30 cts 10 



We offer an attractive list of Novelties and Specialties in Flower Seeds this season. See pages 58 to 68. 



