Our list has been carefully revised and all inferior varieties discarded. For the convenience of our customers and to facilitate 

 the filling of orders, we use a system of numbering. In ordering it is only necessary to give the number of packets wanted and 

 the corresponding number in the catalogue, viz.; 1 pkt. 1010, 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 1061, 15 cts., means one packet Abutilon, mixed, 

 10 cts.; 3 packets Adonis Flos, 15 cts. 



All Flower Seeds are sent free by mail at prices given. Although we do not offer premiums, we invariably send " extras" with 

 each cash order amounting to §1.00 or over. 



ABROXI A (Sand Verbena). 

 Pretty trailing annuals, producing clusters of sweet scented, Verbena-like flowers, es- 

 pecially fragrant towards evening, lasting in bloom a long time ; effective in beds, rock- 

 work, or hanging-baskets ; doing best in rather poor light soil. Peel off the husk before 

 sowing the seed. Height, 12 inches. 



1001 Arenaria. 



1002 Umbellata. 



PER PKT. 



A beautiful j'ellow variety 5 



R(js}- lilac, with a white eye 5 



ABUTII^ON (Chinese Bell-Flower, or Flowering Maple). 



Elegant flowering perennial shrubs of strong growth and easy cultivation, free-flowering, 

 wath various colored, beautiful drooping bell-shaped flowers. Considered indispensable 

 for flowering indoors during the winter and spring months, and useful for bedding out in 

 the summer. Sown any time before April, in a temperature of 60 degrees, they will pro- 

 duce fine flowering plants the first season. (See cut.) 

 1010 Fine flixed. Of choice varieties and colors 10 



ACACIA. 



Elegant half-hardy shrubs, having fine ornamental foliage, and beautiful racemes of 

 various shades of yellow globular flowers. Soak the seed in warm water before sowing. 

 1020 fiixed. Fine varieties ; 6 to 10 feet 10 



DOCELE .A.CROCLIXIUM. 



ACROCI.INIIJM. 



A pretty annual " Everlasting," 

 growing about 15 inches high, bear- 

 ing lovely white or rosy-pink flowers, 

 which, when cut in the bud state, 

 can be dried and used in winter bou- 

 quets. A nice thing to grow in a 

 mixed border aside from its use as an 

 everlasting. We offer both the single 

 and double flowering tj'pes. (See cut.) 



PER PKT. 



1050 Single Hixed 5 



1040 Double Mixed 5 







Adlumia Cirrhosa. 



ACHILLEA. 



1021 Ptarmica Fl.Pl. (Double 

 lihite Yain-cai:). One of 

 the best hardy white peren- 

 nials in the list. Grows 

 about 2 feet high, and from 

 spring till frost is covered 

 with heads of purest white 

 double flowers. A grand 

 plant for cemeleiy decora- 

 tion. Easily grown from 

 seed,- flowering the first sea- 

 son if sown early 



10 



ACO^ITf ^I Plonk's Hood, or Wolfsbane). 



1031 Napellus. A hardy perennial, growing in any good garden soil, pro- 

 ducing long spikes of curiously shaped blue and white flowers. Well 

 adapted for planting among shrubbery or in shady corners of the garden ; 

 3 to 5 feet '. 



ADLL^IIA. 



(Mountain Fringe, Allegbeny Tine, or Climbing Fumitory.) 

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

 year after year, might be considered perennial; the feathery foliage 

 closely resembles that of the Maiden-hair Fern, the flowers are tub'e- 

 shaped, flesh-colored, and completely cover the plant. For covering 

 trellises, stumps of trees, etc., it is very desirable. (See cut.) ? 



ADOXIS (Pheasant's Eye). 



1061 Flos Adonis. Showy, hardy annuals of easy culture, with pretty fine- 

 cut foliage, and lasting a long time in bloom; dark crimson flowers, 

 with a light centre ; 1 foot. (See cut.) 5 



10 



Abutilon. 



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For collections of Old-fashioned Flowers see preceding page, also page i6o. 



