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EVERLASTING ^ FLOWERS. 



The Everlasting Flowers are a very popula r class of plants, which retain their form and 

 color for years; are used for winter bouquets. Some of the ornamental grasses make up :nto 

 bouquets, etc., splendidly with Everlastings. The flowers generally should be picked before 

 they are fully open, and hung up in small bunches (not too large, or they will mildew), in a 

 dry, airy shady place, with the flowers downward to keep their stems straight and in good 

 shape. 



ACROCLINIUM. 



One of the most beautiful of the Everlasting 

 family, of easy culture, and bears a great num. 

 ber of bright rose or daisy-like flowers. They 

 should be gathered the first day they open, or 

 even before they fully open, and dried. Half- 

 hardy annual. 



Per Pkt. 



Fine Mixed, double and singe; 1 ft 5 



AMMOBIUM. 



A desirable white Everlasting, with a pretty 

 flower, pure white, therefore being very useful 

 in making up bouquets in summer or winter. 

 Hardy annual. 



Alatum Grandiflorum. Flowers larger and 

 whiter than the old variety; 18 in 4 



GOMPHRENA (Globe Amaranth), 



This is highly prized for the garden, for it 

 makes a good summer hedge, and is indispensa- 

 ble for winter bouquets. Their flowers should 

 not be cut until fully developed, and of full 

 size, near the end of summer. Half-hardy an 

 nual. 



Fine Mixed. All colors; 18 in 5 



RHODANTHE. 



A charming little everlasting. The flowers 

 should be gathered before they fully expand, 

 else they lose their beautiful bell form. Half- 

 hardy annuals. 



Fine Mixed. All colors: 12 in, 5 



HELICHRYSUM, 



This is a very beautiful and valuable -Ever- 

 lasting; it is very effective in the flower garden, 

 and is indispensable for winter bouquets; flow- 

 ers large and of bright and striking colors. Will 

 succeed in any soil, and favorites with every 

 one. Cut just before the flowers fully expand. 

 Even the buds are handsome, and make up 

 beautifully. Hardy annuals. 

 Monstrosnm Mixed. Finest double mixed, 



2 feet 5 



XERANTHEMUM. 



A beautiful easy growing annual. Very desir- 

 able on account of the abundance and long du- 

 ration of the flowers; well adapted for groups or 

 beds. The flowers are produced on long stems 

 and retain their color when dried, making them 

 more valuable for winter bouquets. Hardy 

 annual. 



Fine Mixed. All colors: 1 ft. 5 



MIXED VARIETIES. 



Mixed Everlastings. Our own mixture of seed ; 

 all the best varieties. A single packet will 

 supply in abundance a great variety of the 

 most attractive Everlasting Flowers. No 

 more welcome present can be given to a vis- 

 itor when looking through the flower garden 

 than a small bouquet of these imperishable 

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ORNAMENTAL ^ GRASSES. 



Some of the ornamental grasses are indispensable, and should be grown by all who culti- 

 vate the Everlastings for winter ornaments. They also produce a beautiful and pleasing con- 

 trast when interspersed with flowering plants and to use for summer bouquets. Grasses 

 require to be cut when they are green, before commencing to turn yellow, and strong looking 

 m appearance. Tie in small bunches and dry the same as Everlastings. 



Agrostis Nebulosa. The most elegant of all: 

 line and feathery, very delicate; cannot 

 be surpassed; 10 in-; h. a 5 



Briza Maxima (Quaking Grass). An elegant 

 Shaking grass; a most beautiful variety, 

 useful in bouquets. Large racemes or 

 beautiful rattles; 1 ft.; h. a 5 



Eululia Japonica Zebrina. A most magnifi- 

 cent Grass, exceedingly graceful, with long 

 narrow leaves, striped with white and 

 green. A single plant often makes 30 ele- 

 gant recurved flower spikes of a light 

 violet color, resembling curled Ostrich 

 plumes. Beautiful for vases and bou- 

 quets. Plant entirely hardy, of easy cul- 

 ture; 6 ft.; h. p 5 



Erianthus Ravennae. Extremely elegant, like 

 the Pampas (jrrass,which it resembles in ap- 

 pearance and habit of growth, but it is 

 more hardy; its noble plumes of silvery 

 flowers are pure and white and most de- 

 cidedly beautiful; blooms the second sea- 

 son; 7 ft.; h. p 5 



Gynerium Argenteum (Pampas Grass). This 

 is the most ornamental, stately-growing 

 and profusely flowering grass known Bear- 

 ing large, feathery-like plumes 10 to 24 

 inches long, of silvery white and silky 

 color. In northern lattitudes it should 

 be protected in winter; 6 ft.; b. h. p 5 



Tricholaena Rosa. A handsome rose tinted 

 Grass; 2 ft.; h. p 5 



MIXED VARIETIES. 



MIXED ANNUAL VARIETIES of Orna- 

 mental Grasses. All our customers 

 should at least have a packet of this mix- 

 ture—it is prepared by ourselves and 

 contains seed of all the annual varie- 

 ties named above and many others, 

 thus furnifebing ample material for home 

 decoration in winter 5 



