ENRTADREER -PHILADELPHIA-PA' 



RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS 



75 



GREVILLEA (snuoam. 



PER PKT. 



2681 Robusta. A very beautiful and 

 graceful decorative plant with fern- 

 like foliage ; excellent for table 

 decoration ; easily raised from seed, 

 producing good-sized plants in a 

 short time. (See cut.) . 10 



GYPSOPHILA. 



Pretty free-flowering, elegant plants for 

 rock- work, baskets, edgings and borders; 

 succeeding in any garden soil. 

 2692 Paniculata {Baby's Breath). 



White flowers, fine for bouquets ; 



hardy perennial; 2 feet. Per oz., 



30 cts 



2691 Elegans, Mixed. Hardy annual 



MEEICMRYSUM 



2720 nonstrosum Pi. PI. One of the best of" Everlasting" Flowers. Ex- 

 ceedingly effective double flowers, making a fine display in beds or 

 borders ; they succeed in any rich garden soil ; hardy annuals ; 2 feet. 

 Mixed. (See cut) 5 



2719 Imported Collection. 10 varieties 50 



HELIOTROPE (Cherry Pie). 



A half-hardy perennial, flowering during the whole season; its delightful 

 perfume makes it a most desirable bouquet flower ; a splendid bedding plant, or 



can be trained as a greenhouse 



Gypsophila Paniculata. 

 (Straw Flower). 



Grevillea Robusta. 



2736 



2641 



2642 



2644 



2646 



2647 



exquisite 



ORNAMENTAL 



GRASSES. 



The Ornamental Grasses serve the double 

 purpose of rendering the mixed flower-bed 

 or border attractive during the summer 

 and for the use of the spikes or panicles in 

 a dried state in winter bouquets. 



For large beds or groups on lawns noth- 

 ing gives a finer effect, and they are now 

 largely used in prominent positions in many 

 of the finest public parks, etc. The follow- 

 ing are the most popular varieties : PER PKT . 

 2640 Arundo Donax {Great Reed). 

 Magnificent hardy perennial sort. 

 Briza Haxima (Qua At n g 

 Grass). In great demand for 



grass bouquets 



Bromus Brizaeformis. A 

 graceful variety, with drooping 



panicles ; perennial 



Coix Lachrymae [Job's 

 Tears). Broad, corn-like leaves and 



hard, shining, pearly seeds; annual. Per oz., 15 cts,. 

 Erianthus Ravenna; (Hardy Pampas). Perennial 

 plumes resembling the Pampas; flowers first season if sown early. . 

 Eulalia Zebrina {Zebra Grass). Light green, barred with 

 creamy white. Variegation runs across 



the foliage 10 



2648 Eulalia Variegata. Long, narrow, 

 green leaves, striped with white; fine 

 feathery plumes; very ornamental. . . 

 Qynerium Argenteum (Pampas 

 Grass). White silvery plumes; per- 

 ennial ; blooms the second season. . . . 

 Lagurus OvatUS (Hare's Ta i I 

 Grass). Beautiful small white heads or 

 spikes of bloom, excellent for bouquets 

 Pennisetum Longistylum. Ex- 

 tremely graceful greenish-white 

 plumes; excellent for beds or dried 



bouquets ; annual ; 2 feet .... 



Pennisetum Rueppelianum ( Pur- 

 ple Fountain Grass). Beautiful and 

 graceful spikes of purple ; whether for 

 border decoration or for bouquets, this 

 is one of the best; 2 feet. (See cut.). 

 2658 Stipa Pennata (Feather Grass). 

 Perennial, beautiful, delicate white, 

 feathery bloom; flowering the second 



season ; 2 feet 5 



Collection of Grasses. 12 varieties 50 



imber. Seed sown in the spring 

 will make fine plants for summer 

 blooming. 



2737 Lemoine's Giant. Of 

 robusl growth, and pro- 

 duces heads of flowers 

 double the size of the old 

 sort; mixed colors. (See 



cut ) ' 10 



Regal. A new variety 

 with immense flower heads 

 of the Giant type, but of 

 dwarf, compact growth; 



all shades 25 



Mixed. All colors of the 

 regular type 5 



2738 Imported Collection of 

 6 sorts 40 



2740 



2651 



2653 



265-1 



2655 



Helichrysum. 



2669 



Lemoine's Giant Heliotrope. 



Collections of Everlasting Flowers and other special collections are offered on page 56. 



