FOR THE CHILDREN. 



" Sweet childish days, that were as long 

 As twenty days are now^ — Wordsworth. 



A love of beautiful flowers and the fresh and 

 tender effects of nature is inherent in all of us, but 

 too often this lingering influence of the original 

 garden upon American children is permitted to 

 fade and perish for lack of encouragement. Give 

 a child the care of even one plant, and his 

 interest is at once aroused in the wondrous growth 

 of leaf and blossom ; his powers of observation 

 strengthened and all the finer qualities of his 

 nature developed ; while at the same time much 

 valuable practical knowledge is acquired. Parents 

 and others can be well associated in the manage- 

 ment of the child's garden and experience much pleasure in doing so. The " Children's 

 Corner " can easily be made the most interesting part of the garden, and with a trifling over- 

 sight induced to yield a wealth of flowers for cutting and decorating the house or church. 



With this end in view we have, with much care and thought, prepared the following 

 collections of easily managed seeds and bulbs. Kindly glance over this list. We are sure 

 all will be readily convinced that in no other way can so much pleasure and profit be secured 

 at such slight cost. The only way it is possible for us to give so much for the money as we 

 do in these collections is by growing the varieties offered in vast quantities and putting them 

 up in lots of hundreds at a time. Therefore no change or alteration can be made in any of 

 them. All will be sent by mail at prices offered, and all the seed packets are full-sized ones 

 — not a few seeds only in a packet, as are so often sent out in collections. - 



Collection No. 1, 25c, Flower Seeds. 



Ten full-sized packets; all choice varieties; viz: Sweet Alyssum; Balsam, finest double mixed; 

 Mignonette; Pansy, a superb strain; Petunia, choice mixture; Phlox, all colors; Garden Pink, 

 very fragrant and showy; Portulacca, a great favorite; Sweet Peas, all varieties mixed; Zinnia, 

 a favorite of the autumn. 



Collection No. 2, 50c. Flower Seeds. 



Ten full-sized packets; finest varieties, viz: Aster, the perfection mixture; Cosmos, the finest 

 autumn flower for cutting; Carnation, the beautiful Marguerite; Campanula (Cup and Saucer), 

 very beautiful and odd; Crimson-eye Hibiscus, a beautiful perennial novelty; Nasturtium, choic- 

 est dwarf mixture; Pansy, giant mixture, all colors; Phlox stellata, the prettiest of all; Tulip 



Poppy, intense scarlet, very beau- 

 tiful; Verbena.grand mammoth. 



Collection No. 3, 151.00. 

 Flower Seeds. 



This consists of Collections Nos. 

 1 and 2 and a full-sized packet 

 each Pink Beauty (Kostelezkya) 

 and Blue Beauty ( Centrosema) . 

 shown on colored plate. 



Collection No. 4, 25c. 

 Vegetable Seeds. 



Selected especially for boys. 

 Ten full-sized packets, viz: Bas- 

 tian*s Early Beet, Early Cu- 

 cumber, Silesian Lettuce, Net- 

 ted Gem Musk Melon, Red 

 Wethersfield Onion, Guern- 

 sey Parsnip, Long' Scarlet 

 Radish, Acme Tomato, Purple 

 Top Turnip, Mapledale Pop 

 Corn. 



