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Delphinium Gold Medal Hybrids. 



PEK PKT. 



CYCLA3IEN. Persicum. Choicest mixed; easier to grow 



than the Giants, but not so large. Per ioo seeds, 6o cts 15 



Giant Pure "White. Per ico seeds, $1.00 ... 25 



— White, with carmine eye. Per 100 seeds, $1.00 25 



— Dark Klood-red. Per 100 seeds, $x.oo 25 



— Delicate Rose, with deep crimson eye. Per 100 seeds, j&i.oo 25 



— Finest Mixed. Saved from a superb collection. Per 100 

 seeds, $1.00 25 



Wonder of Wandsbek. A new giant-flowering variety, with 

 flowers of various shades of rose suffused with salmon, which 

 adds a brightness heretofore unknown in this splendid winter- 

 blooming plant. 3 pkts. for $1.00 35 



liutterliy {Papilio). In this new type the edges of the flowers are 

 beautifully fringed or waved. For house or conservatory dec- 

 oration they are of surpassing beauty. Mixed colors 50 



Double-llowering. A really double-flowering Cyclamen, com- 

 ing quite true from seed ; the flowers are produced with the same 

 freedom and in the same beautiful colors as in the single-flower- 

 ing sorts 35 



DELPHINIUM or Hardy Perennial Larkspur. One of our 

 most showy and useful hardy perennial plants, possessing almost 

 every requisite for the adornment of the garden, pioducing 

 splendid spikes of flowers in profusion throughout the summer. 

 Burbank's Hybrids. A magnificent strain, clearly showing the 

 results of painstaking care; splendid range of colors. 5 pkts., 



£1.00 25 



Belladonna. Exquisite turquoisc-biue 25 



Alfred Henderson. Oxford-blue, white eye 15 



Duke of Connaught. Sky-blue, white centre 15 



Geneva. Light blue 15 



King of Delphiniums. Deep blue, large while eye 15 



Mine. Violet Geslin. Blue, plum and lilac 15 



Sir Geo. Newnes. Gentian-blue, plum and white 15 



Thos. Haines. Sky-blue, veined rose; black eye 15 



Gold Medal Hybrids. An extra fine strain. The plants are 

 of strong, vigorous habit, with immense spikes, from 2 to 3 feet 



long, of large flowers, mostly in fine shades of light blue 15 



I'm riim.su n 1. Spikes of rich blue flowers, with white centre. Per 

 J4 oz., 25 cts 5 



— Ccelestinum. Exquisite celestial-blue, with white eye. Per 



l£ oz., 50 cts *5 



Klatum {Bee Larkspur). Rich blue of various shades, with 

 black centres ; grows 3 to 5 feet high, according to soil and loca- 

 tion .*. • 10 



— Coelewtiiiuui, Sky-blue, with dark centre ; very effective 15 



Chiuense. A distinct and neat variety, growing about 18 inches 



high, with fine feathery foliage, and producing freely panicles of 

 large blossoms of bright gcniian-bluc. Per X A oz., 20 cts 5 



— Album. The white-flowered form. Per %oz.,2utb 5 



Nudicaule. Dwarf, compact growth, with spikes of bright s« ar- 

 te! flowers >o 



Cashmerianum. A beautiful dark blue, blossoms in corymbs 



of 6 or more 1 S 



Zalil. A lovely shade of sulphur-yellow 10 



Orandillorum FL PI, Finest double mixed, in great variety of 



charming colors. Per ^ oz., 50 cts *5 



PER PKT. 



DIANTHt'S (Hardy Garden Finks). These varieties are well 

 adapted for beds and borders ; delightful, refre>hing. spicy odor; 

 should be in every garden where cut flowers are wanted. 

 Flumarius {Pheasant-eye Pink). Beautiful single flowers. Per 

 oz., 40 cts 5 



— Fl. PI. {Double Haray Garden Pinks). Double and semi- 

 double varieties in beautiful colors. Per]^ oz., 50 cts 10 



Double Dwarf Erfurt. This new strain is of compact growth 

 and early flowering.. They possess the spicy clove fragrance of 

 the old-fashioned pink, and have a much richer variety of color- 

 ing. 2 pkts., 25 cts 15 



Semperflorens {Ever blooming Hardy Garden Pinks). Very 

 beautiful, sweet-scented, double, semi-double and single flowers in 

 great diversity of color 25 



Latifolius Fl. PI. f Hy Arid Sweet William). A hybrid between 

 the China Pink and Sweet William; the brilliant flowers are 

 quite double, borne in large heads, blooming throughout ihe sum- 

 mer. Mixed colors jo 



— Atrococcineus Fl. Fl. A brilliant crimson-scarlet variety 

 that is very effective in any position, and one of the best peren- 

 nials in the list. 2 pkts., 25 cts 15 



DIGITALIS (Foxglove). Handsome and highly ornamental 

 hardy plants of stately growth, succeeding under almost all con- 

 ditions, and with but little attention will give a wealth of flowers 

 during June and July. They are now used extensively, with good 

 effect, for naturalizing in shrubberies, the edge of woods and other 

 half-shaded places ; 3 to 5 feet. 

 Gloxiniteflora. This is a fine srtain of the ordinary Foxglove, 

 D. purpurea, with handsome Gloxinia-like flowers on long 

 spikes. We offer the following colors, also mixed: 



White. Per % oz., 25 cts 10 



Rose. Per */£ oz., 25 cts 10 



Purple. Per ^ oz , 25 cts 10 



Lilac. Per \£ oz., 25 cts 10 



A packet each of the above four colors, 30 cts. 

 Finest Mixed. Contains all the finest spotted sorts. Per ^ 



oz., 15 cts 5 



Maculata Superba, An extra choice strain of beautifully-spot- 

 ted sorts. Per 3^ oz., 25 cts 10 



Grandiflora. Light yellows Per J^ oz., 20 cts 5 



Monstrosa {Mammoth Foxglove). Long spikes, surmounted by 

 one enormous flower; very odd; all colors mixed. Per \\ oz., 



30 cts 10 



ECHINOPS. Sphaerocephalud (GUbe Thistle). A striking 

 hardy perennial plant, easily raised from seed ; grows 4 feet high, 

 with glqbular heads of pale-blue flowers in July and August; 



excellent for the back of the hardy border 10 



Ruthenieus. Steel-blue; fine for cutting 10 



ERYNGIFM. Amethystinum (Sea Holly . Handsome orna- 

 mental hardy plants, growing 2 to 3 feet high, with finely-cut 

 spiny foliage and beautiful thistle-like heads of amethystine-blue ; 



fine for winter bouquets 10 



EUPATORIUM. (Thorough-wort). Strong-growing, hardy 

 perennials, well suited for naturalizing. The sorts offered be- 

 low deserve a place in every hardy bonier ; they thrive in any 

 kind of soil and in almost any position. 

 Ageratoides. A very useful variety, growing 3 to 4 teet high, 

 with dense heads of minute white flowers from August until Oc- 

 tober 10 



Coelestinum. One of the best blue perennials, 18 to 24 inches 

 high, and bears from August till frost an abundance of clear, 



lavender-blue, flossy flowers ; splendid for cutting io- 



GAHXARDIA (Blanket Flower). These are among the 

 showiest and most effective hardy perennial plants, and should find 

 a place in every hardy border. They begin flowering in June, 

 continuing a mass of bloom until frost. 

 Kerniesina Splendens. Centre rich crimson, narrow canary- 

 yellow border : 5 



Sulphiirea Ocillata. Pale sulphur, bright maroon eye 15 



Grandiflora Compacta. A compact variety, bearing its long- 

 stemmed, rich and varied flowers well above the foliage 15 



— Superba. Our own saving. Splendid mixed varieties. Per 

 :., 20 cts lo * 



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