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RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS, 



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Cupid, Dwarf or Bedding Sweet Peas 



4063 Cupid, Dwarf or Bedding Sweet Peas. These form a line of emerald- 

 green foliage a little over a foot wide and 6 inches high, and from June until 

 late summer are literally a sheet of bloom; the mixture contains all the colors. 

 10 cts. per pkt.; 20 cts. per oz.; 60 cts. per I lb.; $2.00 per lb. 



Sweet William (Dianthus Barbatus) 



A well-known, attractive, free-flowering hardy perennial, producing a splendid 



effect in beds and borders with their rich and varied flowers. It is much better to 



raise new vigorous young plants from seed every season than to divide the old plants; 



18 inches. per pkt. 



4282 Newport Pink. A distinct new color which 

 originated in one of the far-famed gardens at New- 

 port, R. I. In color it is what florists call water- 

 melon-pink or salmony-rose. Strikingly brilliant 

 and beautiful; the flowers are borne in massive heads 

 on stems 18 inches high. For mid-season mass 

 bedding it has no equal. It is also very effective 

 for cutting. 2 pkts., 25 cts $0 15 



4281 Scarlet Beauty. A very effective, rich deep 

 scarlet variety, a rare color in hardy plants. 2 

 pkts., 25 cts 



4291 Holborn Glory. This strain is a large-flowered 

 selection of the auricula-eyed section, the most 

 beautiful and admired of all Sweet Williams. 

 The individual flowers and trusses are of extra- 

 ordinary size, while the range of color, all showing 

 a clear, white eye, is truly superb. \ oz., 30 cts.. . 



4286 Single Velvety Dark Maroon 



4288 Single Pure White 



4290 Single Mixed. All colors. \ oz., 25 cts.; oz., 75 cts. . . 



4297 Double Mixed. All colors. \ oz., 30 cts 



4296 Giant Double. A decided improvement. The plants 

 are of robust, bushy habit, producing numerous stems, 

 surmounted by immense umbels of full, double flowers, 

 many of the individual flowers measuring 

 over one inch in diameter. The colors are 

 extremely varied, \ oz., 50 cts 15 



Double and Single 

 Sweet William 



Sweet Rocket 



Sweet William 



2342 Latifolius Atrococ- 

 Cineus, PI. PI. {Ever- 

 blooming Hybrid Sweet 

 William) . A brilliant crim- 

 son scarlet variety that is 

 very effective in any posi- 

 tion, and one of the best 

 perennials in the list, j oz., 

 50 cts Per pkt. §0 15 



Stokesia 



(Cornflower Aster) 



PER PKT. 



4051 Cyanea. A beau- 

 tiful hardy perennial. 

 The plant grows 

 about 24 inches high, 



each bearing from 20 

 Stokesia (Cornflower Aster) -, r , , , 



to 30 handsome 



lavender-blue cornflower-like blossoms; in bloom from July till 



frost. One of the choicest subjects for the hardy border and 



indispensable for cutting. J oz., 50 cts $0 10 



4060 Cyanea Mixed. Containing a number of colors. J oz., 60 cts. 15 



Sweet Rocket (Hesperis) 



4280 Old-fashioned garden plants; also known as Dame's Rocket and 

 Dame's Violet; grows about 3 feet high, and bears spikes of 

 showy white, lilac and purple fragrant Howers. Excellent . for 

 naturalizing among shrubbery or for planting in a permanent 

 border; mixed colors. (See cut.) i oz., 20 cts.; oz., 60 cts 10 



Every flower garden should have a bed of the brilliant Shirley Poppies. See Page 104 



