m 



MM 



Stoke § ; giANDARR gEEDl7|] flower seeds 



RICINUS (Castor-Oil Plant) 



Makes splendid center for a large bed, with cannas and caladiums 

 planted around it. Excellent for screening unsightly'buildings. Sow 

 the seed in the spring where they are to grow. Per q z 



Zanzibarensis. The leaves of this new variety attain 

 a gigantic size, measuring 2 to 1V1 feet across, and in- 

 clude light and dark green and coppery bronze colors. .$0 05 $0 15 



Gibsoni. Handsome deep red foliage 05 



Mixed. Many choice sorts 05 15 



SCARLET SAGE (Salvia) 



One of the most beautiful bedding plants. To be planted in masses 

 or in borders in front of porticos or around beds of cannas, etc. Sow 

 the seed in boxes or frames in March and set the plants out the 

 latter part of May. Perpkt 



Salvia splendens (Scarlet Sage) $0 10 



" patens (Blue Sage) 10 



Clara Bedman, Bonfire. Very compact, with long, erect 

 spikes of brilliant scarlet flowers. The finest Salvia ever in- 

 troduced, and by far the best for bedding and massing on the 



lawn per oz., $2. . 10 



Farinacea (The Silver Sage). It appears to run altogether to 

 flower, hundreds upon hundreds of tall spikes of silvery lav- 

 ender blooms rising from a dense mass of foliage during the 

 entire season 10 



SALPIGLOSSIS 



Very handsome annual, beautifully veined and penciled flowers, 

 look like velvet. Per pkt 



Superbissima. The finest strain Jfo 10 



Grandiflora. Mixed 05 



STOCKS, TEN WEEKS 



These beautiful plants are unsurpassed for bedding, edgings, pot 

 culture, house and conservatory decoration and for cutting. Sow 

 under glass in March or April, transplanting the seedlings when an 

 inch high, and transfer to garden beds in May in good, deep, rich 

 soil, setting the plants 1 foot apart 



LARGE-FLOWERING GERMAN TEN WEEKS STOCKS 



Per pkt. 



Bright Red $0 10 



Light Blue 10 



Pink 10 



White 10 



Purple 10 



Yellow 10 



Mixed. Brilliant colors 10 



WINTER-FLOWERING STACKS 



Beauty of Nice. Extra-long spikes ; flesh-pink 15 



Queen Alexandra. Delicate rosy lilac 15 



Crimson King .' 20 



Pure White of Nice 15 



VARIOUS STOCKS 



Princess Alice (Cut-and-Come- Again). Double white flowers; 



fine for cutting 10 



Wallflower-leaved. Mixed jo 



Snowflake. Dwarf: for forcing. Pure white 15 



SUNFLOWER (Helianthus) 



Stately decorative plants, their golden yellow disks showing off 

 beautifully among shrubbery, and for backgrounds and screens. 

 Some of the single varieties are exceedingly decorative. Sow the 

 seed in the open ground in the spring, letting the plants stand 3 to 4 

 feet apart each way. 



SINGLE SUNFLOWERS Pcr pkt . z. 



Stella. Beautiful single flowers of purest golden yellow, 

 each with a black disk $0 05 Jo 25 



Seedlings of Stella. Of similar growth, with bright 

 single flowers of several shades per 'Aoz., 20 cts. .. 10 35 



Miniature ( Helianthus cucumeri/olius) . Covered with 

 hundreds of brightest orange, small, single flowers: of 

 pyramidal growth, with bright neat foliage 05 20 



DOUBLE SUNFLOWERS 



Many-flowered H. multiflorus ft. pi.). Very orna- 

 mental. Grows erect, 4 feet high, and at each leaf-joint 

 a short stem is terminated with a handsome double 

 flower 10 20 



Californicus plenissimus. Extra large, double saff- 

 ron-colored flowers 05 



Globosus fistulosus (Dahlia Sunflower). Flowers very 

 double and of medium size 05 



VERBENA 



Exceedingly useful for beds and borders, mounds or vases; well 

 adapted for window-boxes. For early spring bloom, sow the seeds 

 under glass in February, soaking the seeds a few hours in tepid water 

 and sow in seed-boxes, covering one-fourth inch deep and watering 

 rather sparingly. Transplant to the open ground when it is warm. 



FLORACROFT MAMMOTH VERBENAS. My strain of these 

 beautiful flowers is unexcelled. The individual flowers are very 

 frequently larger than a silver quarter. The colors are rich and 

 varied. Perpkt. Oz. 



White, Scarlet, Pink, Purple, Striped. Each $0 io $1 50 



Mammoth Mixed 10 1 25 



Fine Mixed 05 1 00 



Lemon Verbena (Aloysia citriodord) 10 



ZINNIA 



Very popular, easily grown annuals, blooming abundantly and 

 continuously throughout the entire season. Sow seed in the opei 

 ground, in the spring where they are to grow. p er p k t 



Mammoth (Robusta pienissima) . Large flowers, double and 



of striking colors; bushy habit per oz., 4c cts. ..$0 10 



Large-flowering Double Dwarf — Scarlet, Orange, 



White, Canary, Lilac. Each 05 



Striped Zebra. A superb strain; the petals being distinctly 



striped. They run through all shades known to the Zinnia.. 10 

 Curled and Crested. Large flowers with twisted petals; 



great range of color 10 



Dwarf Varieties. Mixed per oz., 35 cts. . . 05 



Tall Varieties " 25 cts .. 05 



Wild Flower Garden Mixture 



These mixed flower seeds embrace more than a hundred varieties 

 of such easy-growing and pretty flowers as are suitable for forming 

 a Wild Flower Garden. They are very useful for woodland walks, 

 roadsides, railroad embankments, and for sowing alongside of fences 

 and on untidy bare spots of ground which are so frequently un- 

 sightly, and which, if properly cared for and kept free from weeds, 

 can be made to produce a continual display of bloomduring the 

 summer. To those who cannot give the care and attention which 

 the planting of special varieties requires, this mixture will give very 

 satisfactory, interesting and pleasing results, with its unusual and 

 varied effects, and for its cheapness and for the small amount of 

 labor necessary for the construction of a bed of this kind. 

 Best Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., #Ib. 30 cts., lb. $1. 



Wild Flower Garden at Floracroft 



65 



