Salpiglossis. 



Very showy bedding or 

 border plants with richly 

 folored, erect, funnel-shaped 

 flowers. The colors are beau- 

 tifully marbled and penciled, 

 purple, scarlet, crimson, yel- 

 low, buflf, blue, and almost 

 black. Bloom from Aupust 

 to October. Half hardy 

 annual; one and a-half to 

 two feet high. Pkt. 150 

 seeds 4c. 



Sensitive Plant. 



An interesting and curious 

 plant, with globular heads of 

 pink flowers, well known 

 for the extreme irratibility 

 •of its leaves and foot stalks, which close and droop at the slightest 

 touch, or in cloudy, damp weather, and during the night. Tender 

 annual; height one and one-half feet. Pkt. 4c. 



<i,f^rt(^r\n PlfO-nn<l A beautiful, free-flowering annual; 



ClCgdliJ*. dense heads of bloom and is of a very 

 compact and regular habit of growth, and when planted close to- 

 gether make an effective bed, as the flowers completely cover the 

 plants. The flowers are of a fine lustrous purple-red, bright crim- 

 son, rose colored and pure white, perfectly double and imbricated ; 

 very valuable for bouquets. Pkt. 100 seeds 3c. 



^nl^niim or Jerusalem Cherry. Ornamental fruit bearing 

 juiaiiuin, plants, useful for conservatory or drawing room 

 decorations. The foliage is handsome and contrasts finely with 

 the minature, round, scarlet fruit with which the plant is covered. 

 Tender perennial one and one-half feet high. Pkt. 50 seeds 3c. 



One of the showiest annuals that 

 we possess. Its branching flower 

 spikes, of very bright rose with a crimson shade. Pkt. 100 seeds 4c. 



Elegant and very free 

 blooming annuals, of much interest and 

 beauty, and when well grown rival in singularity of colors and 

 markings of the orchids. Large flowers spotted with crimson, 

 lilac, purple and yellow, and the petals are cut in picturesque 

 manner. In pots in the conservatory or house few plants are more 

 attractive ; also elegant in a bouquet or vase and fine for bedding. 

 Choice mixed, pkt. 150 seeds 4c. 



Sanvitalia Procumbens, Double. Very pretty, dwarf , trail- 

 ja.li V 1 Laiid., plants ; excellent for rock work, borders or 

 edging of beds. It is so completely covered with flowers as to 

 nearly hide the foliage. Double flowers of a brilliant golden yello w, 

 resembling a minature double Zinnia. Hardy annual, six inches 

 1 high. Pkt. 4c. 



^ Scabiosa or Mourning Bride. Often called Sweet Scabius. 

 I jj\,auiyj^a., rpj^^ stock we offer is a wonderful improvement 

 l! over the old and common strains. The plants produce a profusion 

 J of large, double flowers of striking shades of color, which are very 

 5 useful in making bouquets. Hardy annual. 



Double Dwarf MUed Pkt. 75 seeds 4c. 



Double Tall Mixed Pkt. 75 seeds 4c. 



Statice Suwarowi. 



^rhi-yanthiie or Butterfly Flower. 



«:7W11I.£.<3.11 LIIU9, v,i„„™i„„ annuals. 



or Scarlet Sage. 



One of the grandest plants in cultiva- 

 tion ; a bed of them surpassing the finest scarlet Ger- 

 aniums in brilliancy and continuous bloom, the flower spikes often 

 measuring 10 to 12 inches in length, and there are as many as 200 

 spikes on a well grown plant. From the time they first begin to 

 flower the plants areneveroutof bloom until killed by frost. Easily 

 grown ; constant delight to everyone. Pkt. 25 seeds 5c. 



Shell Flower ("■'^oluccaBalm. Although robust and easily 

 ' grown everywhere, this interesting annual 

 from Syria is but 

 little k"own and an- 

 nually excites much 

 attention when 

 growing on our Seed 

 Farms. Grows from 

 two to three feet 

 high, sending up a 

 strong central stem 

 with many branches 

 each of which is so 

 completely covered 

 with flowers as to 

 leave scarcely any 

 room for the leaves. 

 Flower is very curi- 

 ous, its large shell- 

 like calyx is green 

 and veined; corolla 

 white, striped with 

 purple. When cut it 

 emits a fragrance of 

 balm. Pkt. 25 seeds 

 4 cents. 



Sunflower, or Hellanthus. 



New Double Multlflora— Unlike all 

 other sunflowers, instead of 

 branching and bearing the flowers 

 at the ends of the shoots, the 

 plant is pyramidal in shape and 

 the handsome flowers produced at 

 the base of each leaf, which gives 

 it a picturesque and highly orna- 

 mental aspect. Flowers are very 

 double, full centered and sur- 

 rounded by fringe of broad, single 

 petals, the flowers proper which 

 form head being tubular. Pkt. 5c. 



Finest Mixed— Adapted by state- 

 ly growth for a background to a 

 lawn or a screen to hide unsightly 

 places. The seed is often used 

 for feed and oil. Hardy annual. 

 Pkt. 25 seeds 3c, oz. 10c. 



<itnrlir<i Ten Weeks 

 SXOCKS, largest fl 



SUNFLOWER, MULTIFLOllA 



New 

 gest flowering 

 globe t)yramidal stock. A mag- 

 nificent race with immense spikes 

 of perfectly double flowers, the 

 individual bloom often measuring 

 from two to two and one-half in- 

 ches in diameter. The large double flowers are produced in great 

 profusion, the spikes being compactly pyramidal in shape and the 

 plants of neat habit of growth. They are greatly prized for cut 

 flowers on account of their fragrance and diversity of colors. 

 Choicest mixed, pkt, 50 seeds 4c. 



White Perpetual— (Princess Alice or Cut and Come Again.) Of 

 strong growth and fine branching habit; grows to the height of 

 one and one-half feet, and if sown early will produce uninterrupt- 

 edly a great abundance of bloom from June until November. The 

 individual flowers are uncommonly large, of tine rosette-like shape 

 and the purest possible white. The flowers appear on each shoot 

 and the oftener cut the better they like it. Pkt. 50 seeds 5c. 



Dwarf German Mixed— A splendid mixture of the most popular 

 varieties of this charming class. Pkt. 50 seeds 3c. 



T(^ft Pl;int A handsome, half hardy shrub, bearing white 

 * * Kill flo-vyers from November until spring. A native 

 of China and grows two to six feet high. The plant from whose 

 leaves is made the favorite bevei-age "Tea," Pkt. 10c. 



Xorenia Pournierlor Angel's Wings. A fine annual with large 

 till**? sky-blue blossoms, with three spots of Indigo blue, 

 and a yellow stain in the center. Extremely handsome grown in 

 pots or shaded border. Darkest spotted varieties. Pkt. 150 seeds 4c. 



White Wings — A very fine annual, unusually attractive ; flowers 

 white with sometimes a tinge of bluish yellow throat. Very vig- 

 orous and free flowering, forming a splendid plant for pot culture, 

 vases and hanging baskets, or in the open ground in beds or masses. 

 Pkt. 150 seeds 4c. 



Tree Cypress. 



A handsome plant with fine, feathery foli- 

 age somewhat like that of the Cypress Vine, 

 with long spikes of beautiful flowers ; equally desirable for out- 

 door or conservatory cultivation. Half hardy biennial. Pkt. 4c. 



Valerian ^''^^^ — standard border plant, often called Jacob's 

 ^ ' Ladder. Flowers blue, stalks upright. Blooms 



in June , of easy cultivation ; perfectly hardy ; perennial. Pkt. 4c. 



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