IV 



NOVELTIES IN FLOWER SEEDS. 



NOVELTIES IN FLOWER SEEDS. 



In our General List of Flower Seeds, pages 40 to 75, will be found many worthy novelties 

 of recent introduction that have proved to be desirable acquisitions. 

 A material reduction in prices has been made in our Flower Seeds this year. 



Vick's Branching Aster 



kick's New White 

 Branching Aster. 



No. 5222. This new A^ter has 

 some valuable characteristics. The 

 plant is a strong grower of branch- 

 ing habit, and continues to grow and 

 bloom later in the season than any 

 other variety, yielding an abundance 

 of flowers late in the fall, at a time 

 when flowers are becoming scarce. 

 The flowers are pure white, four 

 inches and more in diameter, and 

 borne on long stems ; petals broad, 

 long, and many of them more or 

 less tinted—and curled in such a 

 measure as to give the blooms the 

 appearance of a Chrysanthemum. 

 It will prove of great value to the 

 flower trade, anticipating, as it does, 

 the Chrysanthemum season by a 

 month or six weeks. Per pkt., 25 cts. 



NEW YELLOW 

 QUILLED ASTER. 



No. 5225. A remarkably hand- 

 some variety of this free-blooming 

 class of Asters. The flowers are 

 globular, quilled and very double, 

 produced on long stems and of the 

 most clearly pronounced yellow yet 

 iseen amongst Asters. Per pkt., 1-5 cts. 



SEMPLE'S 



Branching Asters. 



No. 5223. A choice strain of 

 American grown Asters which has 

 by careful selection been brought to 

 a high degree of excellence. The 

 plants are of branching habit, pro- 

 ducing from ten to twenty perfect 

 flowers from four to six inches in 

 diameter on stems from ten to 

 twenty-four inches in length, the 

 plants growing from two to three 

 feet in height. Pink and white 

 mixed. Per pkt., 20 cts. 



Celosia, Thomson's Superb Feathered. 



Cockscomb Vesuvius. 



Striped Tuberous Begonia. 



New Striped 



Flowered 

 Tuberous Begonias. 



No. 5283. An entirely distinct 

 class of Striped Tuberous Begonias, 

 combining both attractiveness and 

 originality. It includes nearly all 

 the colors common to the older 

 varieties, and in addition a rich 

 chrome yellow. The flowers are 

 marked or striped after the manner 

 of a Carnation, with a great variety 

 of pleasing shades of white, yellow 

 and red, which is conspicuous even 

 in the flower buds. Per pkt., 25 cts. 



Celosia, Thomson's 

 Superb Feathered. 



No. 5444. This new variety has 

 attracted general attention in the 

 public gardens of Paris. The plant 

 is pyramidal in growth, attaining a 

 height of little more than two feet, 

 and produces a number of beautiful 

 large spikes of the most brilliant 

 crimson color imaginable. In full 

 sunlight it makes a magnificent dis- , 

 play when the rich color of the 

 flower spikes is beautifully contrasted 

 with the bronze-colored foliage. Per 

 pkt., 25 cts. 



COCKSCOMB, 



VESUVIUS. 



No. 5448. This novelty is the 

 result of careful cultivation for many 

 years. The plant is of dwarf habit, 

 and above the bright green foliage is 

 raised the beautiful comb of a mag- 

 nificent fiery-red on a golden yellow 

 ground. The contrast between the 

 golden ground and the brilliant red 

 of the upper part of the comb is 

 intensified by a line of fiery-gold 

 which runs over the whole length of 

 the head. Per pkt., 25 cts. 



