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SWEET PEAS, (Lathyrus). Very beautiful, fragrant and 

 free-flowering climbing plants, flowering all summer. 



** SIX COLORS. Separate or mixed, each 5 



" BROWN'S INVINCIBLE SCARLET. A new intense scarlet 



variety of the sweet pea, very beautiful IG 



TAGETES SIGNATA PUMILA, ( VILMORIN.) This is 

 really an acquisition to our list of annuals — its dwarf habit, 

 compact and bushy growth, with its densely covered, bright 

 yellow flowers, must give it a prominent position, and 

 prove valuable as well for borders as for beds, planted 



either by itself, or alternated with diff'erent colors 10 



THUNBERGIA, desirable climbing plants, constant bloom- 

 ers ; the most desirable are Alata, buff dark eye; Auran- 



TiCA, orange dark eye; Bakerii, pure white, each 10 



"• ALL COLORS. Mixed 10 



TOURNEFORTIA. Summer Heliotrope 6 



TROP.EOLUM. See Nasturtium. 



VALERIANA. Red and white, perennial, each 5 



VERBASCUM PHOENICIA. Hardy perennial 5 



VEKBENA HYBRIDA. Seed saved from our large and 



choice collection of seedlings, extra 25 



*' choice mixed 10 



" AUBLLTIA. Reddish purple, hardy perennial lU 



VERONICA SYRIACA. Bright blue and white... 10 



VINCA ROSEA and ALBA. Ornamental and free blooming — 

 fine for bedding out in summer — known as the Madagascar 



Periwinkle, each 10 



** ROSEA NOV. SPEC. Pure white, without disk, constant 



variety 10 



VIRGINIAN STOCK. {3Ialcomia) Red and white, each T, 



VISCARIA OCULATA. Pink, with rich crimson eye. f 



*< NANA. Dwarf, bright rose ... 5 



VIOLET. {Viola Odorata) Single, sweet violet 10 



WALL-FXiOWER. Fine German, mixed 10 



** Blood-colored 5 



WHITLAVIA GRANDIFLORA. Fine violet-blue, one 



foot high, very effective for bedding 5 



"ALBA. A white variety of the above 10 



ZINNIA ELEGANS, FL., PL., DOUBLE ZINNIA. 

 This proves to be quite an acquisition to our list of annuals. 

 Its splendid double flowers rivalling in beauty, size and 

 form moderate-sized Dahlias. Seed, saved from the best 



double flowers, per paper. 20 



" New double, in packets, eight select colors, each separate 1.00 



«* DOUBLE. Saved from good flowers 10 



ZINNIA ELEGANS. NEW DOUBLE WHITE. At last we 

 have a Pure White Double Zinnia ; all that have here- 

 tofore been offered have been either single or of a dirty 

 cream color. Messrs. Vilmorin, of Paris, to whom we ai-e 

 indebted for this novelty, state they have grown it in 

 their own garden ; that the flowers are large, well shaped, 

 completely double, d^ndi pure white. Price, per packet..., 20 



For Novelties in Flower seeds, see page 68. 



