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SCABIOSA. 



SCABIOSA (Moiiruing Bride). 



A cla&s of popular, showy plants, with elegant 

 fragrant flowers of different colors and shades; 

 their flowers are borne on long stems, making 

 them very suitable for cut flowers or bouquets. 

 Fine* for bedding, mixed borders, etc. ; blooms 

 profusely until frost. Hardy annuals. 



Snowball- The flowers of this pretty Sca- 

 biosa are large, of purest white and very 

 double. The stems are very strong and the 

 foliage luxuriant. This plant comes quite 

 true from seed and is sure to be liked for 

 vases and bouquets 5 



Nana- Fl. PI. Habit more dwarf, flowers 

 quite double, all colors mixed; 1 ft 4 



SALVIA (Flowering Sage). 



The Salvia is one of the most beautiful of all 

 flowers; the brilliant spikes of the scarlet flow- 

 ers produce for months a dazzling effect. Of 

 easy culture and fine for massing and bouquets. 

 Half-hardy annual. 



New Dwarf, or Bonfire. {Large Floicering 

 Scarlet Sage). A splendid new sort bloom- 

 ing much earlier than old variety. The 

 plants are dwarfer and more compact in 

 habit, while the flowers are larger and 

 more numerous and are of the brightest 

 scarlet imaginable, lasting until late in the 

 fall; 2 ft. .. 10 



Coccinea Splendens. (Small Floivering Scar- 

 let Sage). Spikes of scarlet flowers; 2 ft.... 5 



SALPIOLOSSIS (Yelvet Flower). 



Flowers resembling the petunia in shape and 

 size;_ but singularly marked and beautifully 

 penciled. Of the easiest culture and such 

 beauty that it deserves a place in every gar- 

 den. It is very free flowering and makes a 

 grand show for months. Hardy annual. 



Finest Mixed, of all shades and colors; 18 in.. 5 



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SCHIZANTHUS. 



A splendid class of plants, combining elegance 

 of growth with a profusion of rich and vari- 

 ous, colored flowers. Fine for the flower gar- 

 den; of easy culture. Half-hardy annuals. 

 Fine Mixed, all colors: 2 ft 4 



TORENIA. 



Charming plants for pot culture, vases or 

 hanging baskets. They succeed well in the 

 open ground in summer; are exceedingly free 

 bloomers, and the flowers of great beauty. Ten- 

 der annual. 



Fournieri. Lovely velvet-blue flowers, with 

 three large spots of darkest blue and a 

 bright yellow throat f> 



VENUS LOOKING GLASS. 

 (Campauiila Speculum.) 



A free-flowering pretty little plant, especially 

 adapted for beds, ribbons, or edgings; grows 

 well in any garden soil. Hardy annual. 

 Fine Mixed, all colors: 6 in 4 



yiNCA fPeriwiukle). 



Free blooming plants of great beauty, with 

 shining green foliage and handsome flowers, 

 either adapted for bedding or pot culture for 

 v/inter blooming in the house. Tender peren- 

 nial. 



Fine Mixed; 2 ft. .. 5 



VIRGINIAN STOCK. 



A class of pretty little profuse flowering, 

 sweet scented, hardy annuals, well adapted for 

 small beds, edgings or masses; flne for bou- 

 quets. 



Fine Mixed, all colors: 6 in 4 



VISCARIA. 



Handsome annuals, making a splendid show 

 when massed; large, round, single flowers of 

 white, scarlet, blue, flesh, margined and marked 

 with various colors. Hardy annuals. 

 Fine Mixed, all colors; 18 in 4 



WHITLAVIA. 



Charming hardy annual, with delicate foliage 

 and clusters of beautiful bell-shaped flowers, 

 fine for mixed borders, or shady spots; growing 

 freely in any garden soil. 



Grandiflora Mixed, many colors: 12 in 4 



A WILD FLOWER GARDEN. 

 (Choice Mixed Hardy Flowers. ) 



The introduction of these has proved a most 

 marked success, and becoming more popular 

 every year. The "Wild Garden." for its unu:.- 

 ual and varied effects, cheapness, and the small 

 Jmount of labor necessary for its construction, 

 has no rival. The -'Wild Garden Seeds" are ^ 

 -fixture of the different hardy flowers, thus 

 insuring, on account of the different seasons of 

 bloom, something new almost every day. Sow 

 thinly. Per pkt. 15 cts., 6 pkts. 25 cts., oz. '60 cts. 



