Our list has again been carefully revised, a number of meritorious sorts added and all inferior varieties discarded. For the 

 convenience of our customers and to facilitate the filling of orders, it is only necessary in ordering to give the number of packets 

 wanted and the corresponding number in the catalogue, viz.: 1 pkt. 1010, 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 1020, 30 cts., means one packet Abu- 

 tilon, mixed, 10 cts.; 3 pkts. .Acacia, mi.xed, 30 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. 



COI.I.ECTIOISS OF FI.OWER SEEDS. 



1134 Summer Flowering Annuals. 12 sorts, our selection $0 50 



113.1 " " " 25 " " " 1 00 



1136 Old-fashioned Annuals. 12 " " " .... 50 



11X3 Annuals for cutting. 12 '• " " 50 



3.549 Old=fashioned Hardy Perennials. 12 " " " 50 



2019 Quick^growing Annual Climbers. 12 " " " 50 



2479 Fragrant Flowers. 10 " " " .... 40 



Collections of Asters, Balsams, Dianthus, Marigolds, etc., are offered under 

 their respective heads. 



A BUXIL,0]S Flowering Maple). per pkt. 



1010 Fine nixed. Elegant flowering perennial shrubs of strong growth and 

 easy cultivation; free-flowering, with various colored, beautiful, droop- 

 ing bell-shaped flowers. Considered indispensable for flowering indoors 

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

 summer. Sown indoors any time before April, they will produce plants 

 thatwillfloweroutdoorsthefirst season and indoors all winter. Mixed colors. 



ACACIA. 



Eleganthalf-hardy Shrubs, having fine ornamental 

 foliage and beautiful racemes of yellow globular 

 flowers. Soak the seed in warm water for 24 

 hours before sowing. 

 1020 Mixed. Fine varieties, 6 to 10 feet 10 



Ari'tilon. 



ACROCLINIUM. 



Ann LM A " The Pearl." 

 ACANXHUS (Bear's Breech), per pkt. 

 1017 Latifolius. Handsome and interesting 

 hardy plants with fine foliage and curious 

 rosy-white flowers in August and Sep- 

 tember. Grows from 2 to 4 feet high, 

 according to soil and location. Valuable alike for planting as single 

 specimens, in groups or in the border 10 



ACIIIL.L,£A (Milfoil, or Yarrow). 

 1021 Ptarmica "The Pearl." One of the best hardy white perennials. 

 Grows aljout two feet high, and from .spring till frost is covered with 

 heads of purest white double flowers. A grand plant for cemetery dec- 

 oration. Easily grown from seed, flowering the first season if sown early. 15 



ACONITUM (Monk'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 gar- 

 den ; 3 to 5 feet. J oz. , 25 cts 5 



ACROCI^INIUM. 



A pretty annual "Everlasting," growing about 15 inches high, bearing lovely 

 white or rosy-pink flowers, which, when cut in the bud state, can be dried and 

 used in winter bouquets. A nice thing to grow in a mixed border aside from its 

 use as an everlasting. 



1040 Double Mixed. J oz, 15 cts 5 



1050 Single Mixed. J oz., 15 cts 5 



HOW TO GROW FLOWERS FROM SEED. This subject is fuUy covered by the articles on pages 55 to 57, 



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