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Novelties in Flower Seeds 



NEWEST ASTERS 



329 New Sunset. T° -''PP'^eciate 



— ^— this new Aster 

 it must be seen. It may be called a 

 sister to the Daybreak and Purity, ex- 

 cept being several days earlier than the 

 Daybreak. The habit of the plant is 

 identical with the Daybreak and Purity. 

 The color is a delicate shade of liiiht 

 pink, shading to a deep rich pink in tlie 

 center. The globe-shaped flowers are 

 borne on long stems in great profu- 

 sion. Pkt. 10 cts. 



300 Violet King. This Aster is 

 ° entirely new 

 and distinct from any other variety. The 

 long slender petals are curled so that 

 they form large, full and round flowers, 

 a beautiful shade of rich violet-purple, 

 measuring from 4 to 5 inches in diame- 

 ter, borne on long wiry stems. This is 

 not only one of the prettiest Asters, but it 

 is unsurpassable for florists' use. It is 

 about ten days earlier than the Branch- 

 ing Aster. Pkt. 10 cts. 



330 New Upright White. 



This 

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New White Spe: 

 upright Aster has an entirely different 



growth from any other variety. The plants grow very bushj', not 

 over 8 inches in diameter, but directly upright. The long, strong 

 stems are also of an upright gro-.vth, making it a valuable cut-flower 

 variety. The flowers very much resemble the Branching Aster ; thoy 

 are very double and full to the center. The color is a clear white. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



One pkt. each of above 3 beautiful new Asters, 25 cts. 



242 Aquilegia, Long-Spurred Hybrids 



These elegant and graceful Columbines are more effective and beau- 

 tiful than any other variety. Long-spurred flowers of various 

 colors. The seed that I offer has 

 been saved from a superb col- 

 lection. The hardy herbaceous 

 plants are highly valued for their 

 very early summer blooming. 

 Of easy cultivation and are propa- 

 gated by seed or by division of 

 the roots. Pkt. 15 cts., 2 pkts. 25c. 



New Giant-Flowering 

 Cosmos, "Lady Lenox" 



This is an entirely new race of 

 Cosmos, of extraordinary size 

 and beauty. The flower is a 

 beautiful shell-pink, with oval 

 petals of splendid substance. 

 Each bloom is from 6 to 7 inches 

 in diameter. The habit of the 

 plant is strong and vigorous, 

 growing 6 to 7 feet high. Pkt 

 25 cts., 5 pkts. $1. 



Wild Cucumber 



A very rapid-gi owing climber 

 which reaches a height of 30 feet 

 in one season. It is covered with 

 beautiful clusters of white sweet- 

 scented flowers, followed by an 

 abundance of ornamental prickly 

 seed-pods and will reproduce it- 

 self from self-sown seed every 

 year. Hardy annual. Pkt. sets., 

 oz. 25 cts. 



NOVELTY SWEET PEAS 



2747 White Spencer. J^e finest 



^ Sweet Pea 



ever offered. This novelty produces 

 enormous pure white crinkled and 

 waved flowers. The standard measures 

 2 inches across, i % inches in depth. 

 The stems are long and strong. The 

 strong, vigorous vines are nearly cov- 

 ered with bloom the entire season. 

 Pkt. (10 seeds) 15 cts. 



2748 Primrose Spencer. ^. 



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companion for White Spencer. The 

 strong stems never have less than 

 three very large flowers to the stem. 

 The color is a true primrose. Pkt. (10 

 seeds) 15 cts. 



2743 Queen Alexandra. This 



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Sweet Pea is a very vigorous grower 

 and must have plentj' of room. The 

 color of the flower is a bright scarlet-red 

 self-colored. This and Henry Eckford 

 are two choice varieties for exhibition. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



2744 Henry Eckford. This is a 



1 handsome 



and distinct variety. The color is almost a clean orange self, the 

 nearest to orange-yellow in any Sweet Pea. Pkt. 10 cts. 



The flower of this charming variety is 

 not so large, but the plant is very rotSust 

 and free-flowering. The color of the flower is a rich apricot, shading 

 to a delicate blush pink. Pkt. 10 cts. 



One pkt. each of above 5 beautiful new Sweet Peas, 40 cts. 



1 185 Burbank's Crimson-Flowering Eschscholtzia 



ncer Sweet Pea 



2745 Sibyl Eckford. 



This was 'raised from a common 



New Giant-flowering Cosmos, "Lady Lenox" {'A natural size) 

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' California Poppy " by the magic 

 horticulturist, Luther Burbank. 

 The first selection was a yellow 

 flower, with a thread of crimson 

 on the inside of the petals. After 

 careful selections for nine years 

 he has produced this beautiful 

 Eschscholtzia. The plant is a con- 

 stant bloomer, grows about i foot 

 high and produces large clear 

 rosy crimson flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Salvia Farinacea 



(The Silver Sage) 



It appears to run altogether to 

 flower, hundreds upon hundreds 

 of tall spikes of silvery lavender 

 blooms rising from a dense mass 

 of foliage during the entire sea- 

 son. Far handsomer is it indeed 

 than almost any bedding plant 

 we know of — there being no other 

 of this color grown. As isolated 

 specimens it is also very showy. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



Petunia, Canary Bird 



(p. grandiflora fimbriata aarea) 

 The Petunia "Canary Bird" is 

 the realization of a long effort to 

 produce a true yellow -colored 

 Petunia. The flowers are of me- 

 dium size, with finely fringed and 

 curled edges of a distinct yellow 

 color, which deepens in the 

 throat. Pkt. 25 cts., 3 pkts. 6oc. 



