PvAtlitny PriTtirftCA or Oenothera. Large, saucer-shapedi 

 CVCmUS rililllUOC, blooms of the purest white, or the 

 softest richest shades of j'ellovv and deliciously fraprant. The- 

 swollen buds expand at dusk with a sudden '•snap"that always- 

 delights the children and interests the adults. Seed can be 

 sown in the open ground, and plants will soon be in bloom. Pkt. 

 ISO seeds 3c. 



Fenzlia. 



The plants do not grow over three inches high, 

 but spread out like a Portulaca, in this way form- 

 ing a perfect mat of fine foliage and branches, which are thickly 

 covered at all times with perfectly charming blossoms of lovely 

 colors. Fine for growing in pots. Pkt. 5c. 



Datura Cornucopia, p,e„ty. ■ 



Discovered in South America in 189^ by 

 a collector of Orchids. The plant is of 

 robust habit, with thick, dark brown- 

 purple, shining stem. The branches are 

 numerous, spreading three or four feet ; 

 thick, large, dark green colored leaves. 

 Flcfwers are trumpet shaped, measuring 

 eight to ten inches in length and five to 

 seven inches across the mouth and form 

 three distinct flowers, growing each 

 within the other, the month of corolla 

 is a most delicate white, beautifully 

 marbled with royal purple. A single 

 plant gives from two hundred to three 

 hundred fragrant blooms during the 

 season, followed by a large thorny seed 

 vessel, which adds to its beauty Is of 

 the easiest culture. Plant at the end of 

 May in a warm, rich soil. Can be culti- 

 vated as an isolated specimen, in masses, 

 for centers of beds or to fill large barren 

 places, aiid produces a striking effect. 

 Pkt. 12 seeds 4c. 



PnrCTAf Ma Nnt orWyosotis. One of the most charming 

 rui gCl-ITlC-llUl, and beautiful of all plants, either for 

 open ground culture or for the house ; the foliage is light and 

 graceful, while the dainty little flowers, star-like in form, are 

 of the most delicate shade of blue, a reflection of the heaven 

 itself. There are so few blue flowers, and these are so inde- 

 scribably dainty, they should be in every collection. Hardy 



pei-ennial. Pkt. 100 seeds 4c. 



Four O'clock 



» is often called 

 the "Marvel of Peru." The plants 

 are large and require four feet of 

 space; flowers are funnel shaped, 

 white, red and striped and are very 

 fragrant, and open about four o'clock 

 in the afternoon, remain open all 

 night and perish before noon the next 

 day. The French call it Bdle de Nuit 

 " Beauty of Night." Will grow in. 

 any garden soil, from seed sown in 

 the open ground. It is a beautiful 

 hardy annual two feet in height. Be 

 sure to order this beautiful plant. 

 Finest mixed. Pkt. 20 seeds 3c. 



H/ltlir/l or Trumpet Flower. A large, branching, 

 UAIU-IA, plant, producing handsome double and 

 single trumpet-shaped blossoms, white, blue, yellow 

 and lilac of exquisite fragrance. The blossoms open 

 during the night, remaining open one night and then 

 perish. Blooms very freely from seed sown in open 

 ground the first season. Roots can be taken up and 

 kept over winter the same as the Dahlias Pkt. 22 

 seeds 3c. 



ni^ltnnnfl FlnWPr ConoPsidium ) a dainty 

 LI14111U1IU nUYVCl , little annual with tufts of 

 tiny foliage and beautiful little white and violet blue 

 flowers that bloom within a month from the time seed 

 is sown. It will grow in the open ground, over rock 

 work or in pots, never exceeding three inches in heigh t 

 and rarely two. The tiny flowers have a glistening 

 sheen that has given them their name of Diamond 

 Flower, and. being surrounded by a wreath of bright 

 green foliage, they show to wonderful advantage. 

 For pot culture in winter it is just superb. Sprinkle 

 a few seeds in a small pot or saucer, or in pots where 

 other plants are growing, and within a month you will 

 have the most charming mat of foliage and flowers, 

 covering the surface of the soil like moss, that you ever saw. In the garden it will 

 grow and seed all summer, covering the ground with a perfect carpet of beauty. In 

 the fall the self sown seed will come up and bloom profusely from October until 

 spring, regardless of ice and snow, making a lovely bed of flowers all winter. Pkt. 8c. 



MB. J. W. WILLIAMS, BarvieU, Mo. , 

 t writes : The seedn which I purchased of' 

 you have given perfect satisfaction. 



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ESCHSCHOLTZIA 



Flirhnrhijl Heteropfiylla, or Annual Poinsettia. This plant isoften called Mexican 

 E:.U1J1IUI Uia, pji-e Plant, Painted Leaf, or Fire on the Mountain. Grows two to 

 three feet high in a branching, bush-like form, with smooth, glossy, fiddle-shaped 

 leaves, which are at first entirely green, but about mid-summer at the end of each 

 branch appear greenish-white flowers enveloped in beautiful orange-scarlet bracts, 

 and the surrounding leaves are either blotched with vivid carmine, or are carmine 

 with green tips. It is an annual plant but should be started early, so it will have 

 sufficient time to develope its brilliant colors. Pkt. 40 seeds 4c. 



Euphorbia Variegata. 



Hardy annual ; foliage beautifully veined and mar- 

 gined with white; very showy. Sometimes known 

 as Snow on the Mountain. Pkt. 40 seeds 3c. 



Fcrfl^rholtzi/l ""^ Giant California Poppy, 

 LrOLIIdLllUl l£l<l,j^QP(;iy and easily grown ( 



The Eschscholtzia is one of the most 

 sily grown of our annuals. It is also a very showy 

 one, growing rapidly and coming into bloom soon after the plants are above" ground. 

 The foliage is finely cut and handsome and the flowers exceedingly shovv y, large and 

 freely produced. It is a fine flower for bloominjj in pots, especially in winter. For 

 winter blooming sow seed in November or December in pots of light, rich, soil. 

 They vs'ill bloom in thirty to forty days and last all winter. Pkt. 150 seeds 4c. 



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