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RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS 



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ADONIS (Pheasant's Eye). per 



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 5 



AGERATUM («<>M Flower). 



One of the very best bedding plants, being literally a sheet of bloom 

 from early summer till frost. Unlike many bedding plants, their 

 flowers are not liabie to be spoiled by rain, nor do the colors fade 

 out. The various blue varieties are without doubt the most satis- 

 factory bedding plants of this color for our trying climate — easily 

 raised from seed, which should be sown in March or earlier in a hot- 

 bed or window and transferred to the open ground in June; also 

 valuable for winter flowering in the window or conservatory. 

 1071 Blue Perfection. This is the darkest colored of all 

 large flowering Ageratums. Color deep amethyst-blue ; 



compact growth ; fine bedder. (See cut.) 10 



1073 Cope's Pet. Lovely azure-blue ; 6 inches ; this is con- 

 sidered the best light-blue variety for edging 10 



1078 Dwarf Princess Pauline. A beautiful and useful va- 

 riety, of dwarf, compact, even growth, rarely exceeding 8 

 inches in height ; the flowers are sky-blue, with a white 



centre, the contrast being really exquisite. 



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1077 flexicanum. Lavender blue; 1^ feet «. . 5 



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1074 Imperial Dwarf Blue. 8 inches. . . 



1075 Imperial Dwarf White. 8 inches. 



1076 Lasseauxi. Rose ; 15 inches 



3lue Perfection 



(Rose of Heaven). 



AEYSSUM (Mad-Wort). 



Pretty little plants for beds, vases, baskets, 

 edgings or rock-work ; blooming profusely all 

 summer; useful also for winter flower- 

 ing. Very sweetly scented. 



PER PKT. 



1102 Sweet Alyssum (A. 



Maritimum). Of trailing 

 habit ; flowers white. Per 

 oz., 25 cts 5 



1103 Tom Thumb (Benthami 

 Compdctiuri). Of dwarf, 

 compact, erect growth ; ex- 

 cellent for edging; white. 

 Per oz., 30 cts 5 



1101 Little Gem, or Carpet of 

 Snow. Of dwarf, compact 

 habit, 4 to 6 inches in height, 

 each plant covering a circle 

 15 to 30 inches in diameter. 

 It begins to bloom when 

 quite small, and the plants 

 are a solid mass of white 

 from spring till late in au- 

 tumn. (See cut.) Per oz., 50 cts 5 



1104 Saxatile Compactum. " Basket of Gold." Showy 

 golden-yellow flowers; hardy perennial, blooms the 

 first season; excellent for rock-work; 1 foot 5 



Agrostemma. 



AGROSTEMMA 



PER PKT. 



1090 An attractive free-flowering hardy perennial of easy 

 culture, producing bright colored flowers on long, slen- 

 der stems like a single pink ; blooms the first season; 

 fine for cutting ; 1 to 2 feet. Mixed varieties. (See cut.) 5 



AMARANTHDS. 



Brilliant foliaged annuals, growing from 3 

 to 5 feet high, some of the varieties bear- 

 ing curious racemes of flowers. All 

 are useful in borders of tall plants or 

 for the centres of large beds. In every 

 case they should not be grown too 

 closely together, but should be given 

 sufficient room to develop their full 

 beauty. 



1116 Brilliant. Foliage bright 

 red ; the ends of the branches 

 being a combination or car- 

 mine-rose, red and yellow 10 



1111 Caudatus {Love Lies 

 Bleeaing). Blood -red, 

 drooping ; 3 feet 5 



1112 Salicifolius (Fountain 

 Plant'). Of pyramidal, 

 drooping habit, branching 

 close to the ground 5 



1113 Sunrise. Bronzy crimson 

 foliage, shading off to bril- 

 liant scarlet tufts of leaves on 



top of the stalk, the lower leaves having a scarlet band 

 through the centre ; 3 feet. This variety has been used for 

 the past two seasons in the public parks of Washington, and 

 has been greatly admired by many visitors 10 



PER PKT. 



1117 Sulphurine. Leaves dark green; 

 the ends of the branches bright 

 sulphur-yellow 15 



1114 Tricolor (Joseph's Coat). Leaves 

 red, yellow and green ; 3 feet. Per 

 oz., 30 cts 5 



1115 Tricolor Splendens. An im- 

 provement on the old sort, of more 

 brilliant coloring ; a beautiful orna- 

 mental plant. (See cut.) 5 



1118 Tricolor Marmoratus. A hydrid 

 between Brilliant and Sulphurine, 

 combining the colorings of both, the 

 green and yellow ground color being 

 suffused or marbled with carmine ; 

 very showy 



1119 Collection of one each of the above 

 8 varieties 50 Amaranthus Tricolor Splendens. 



Little Gem 



rpet of Snow. 



We make a specialty of Nasturtiums. See colored plate and collections offered on page II. 



