CARNATIONS. (Dtanthm Camophyllus.) 



An indispensable feature in every collection of house or con- 

 •ervatory plants, as their wide range of colors, perfectly shaped 

 and highly perfumed flowers on long stems makes it the very best 



for cat flowers, etc. The plants may be set in the open ground 

 during the summer, where they will flower as prof usely as when 

 grown in pots in the house during the winter. Half hardy peren- 

 nlaL Twelve to eighteen inches high. 



MARGUERITE— In the flowers of recent introduction there has 

 not been one that is more of an advance in certain features over 

 existing forms of its species than this. The gain in time is simply 

 marvelous, producing flowering plants in four to five months ; the 

 old kind require at least a year. The flowers are large, double, 

 very fragrant, and borne in great abundance. Height about fifteen 

 liicb^s Pkt lUO s6Gcls 5c 



EXTRA CHOICEST DOUBLE MIXED— Saved from the finest 

 greenhouse varieties. Pkt. 100 seeds 8c. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



CJhrysanthemum seed sown in the spring will produce large 

 And vigorous plants in the fall, which wiU give a profusion of fine 

 flowers, even more than old plants. The seed we hereoffer is from 

 ft prize collection of over two hundred varieties, including all the 

 latest novelties in all the classes— Japanese, Chinese, Incurved, 

 Anemone-flowered, Pompons, etc., and will produce a magnificent 

 array of varieties. It matters not how many plants you raise no 

 two vrill be alike, and some are likely to be very valuable. All 

 colors, shapes, sizes and varieties will be produced. The great 

 beauty of a collection of seeding Chrysanthemums cannot be ap- 

 preciated until it is seen. They are grand and are easily raised. 

 Seeds germinate freely and quickly, and the plants being of a hardy 

 and robust nature make rapid growth. Buckbee's prize mixed. 

 Pkt. 76 seeds 10c. 



COLEUS. 



probably there is no other kind of ornamental fol- 

 iage plant so well known and universally admired as the 

 Coleus. The leaves are of many shapes, shades and 

 colors, and nearly all have a rich velvety appearance of 

 extraordkiary beauty. Indispensable for ribbon and car- 

 pet bedding, or as single specimens. Choicest mixed. 



Pkt. 150 seeds 8c. 



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CUPHEA. 



Fine genus of plants. Beautiful ornamental and free 

 blooming both in the window collection and in the gar- 

 den. The plant is literally covered with large numbers 

 of smaU, fascinating tubular-like flowers of a very bright 

 red color. Cupheas are very easily grown, and admira- 

 bly adapted for house culture during the winter. Be 

 sure to include this handsome plant in your collection. 

 It will certainly de' ^ht you. Tender peVeanial. Extra 

 fine mixed. Pkt. be. 



one time, and the plants remain in bloom for months together. 

 Tender perennial ; one foot high. 



PERSICUM— Persian. Splendid mixed. Pkt. 20 seeds 5c. 



CICANTEUM— Beautifully mottled leaves and very large flow 

 ers of all colors. Pkt. 15 seeds 8c. 



CYCLAMEN. 



One of *he very best window plants in cultivation. Very easily 

 grown 'ii-om seed, and everyone who grows house plants should try 

 a packet. Every seed will grow, but will take from three to six 

 weeks to germinate. Seed should therefor^ be started early in 

 hot-beds or house, to give plants a long period of growth, that they 

 may be ready for winter blooming. There are few handsomer 

 plants than Cyclamen. The heart-shaped foliage is vei-y beauti- 

 fully marked, and the charming flowers borne on long footstalks 

 above the crown of foliage show exquisite shades of white, crim- 

 son, blush and pink, most flowers showing two colors. A good 

 specimen will have from twenty to fifty flowers in full bloom at 



CINERARIA. 



A wondrously beautiful greenhouse plant, and not at all hard 

 to grow. Seeds germinate quickly and easily, and young plants 

 grow without any trouble. Keepinashadyplaceoversummerand 

 remove to house in fall. Use insecticides to keep free from aphis, 

 and as flower buds show give a good light. A beautiful plant, the 

 large luxuriant leaves surmounted in late winter and spring by 

 large quantities of Aster-like flowers of the most brilliant colors. 

 Nothing could be moreeffeciive in the window. Tender perennial. 

 One foot high. Double extra choice mixed. Pkt. 75 seeds lOc. 



FERNS. 



Perns are exquisite for table or drawing room decoration, war- 

 dian cases, hanging baskets or rockeries. Spores are very fine and 

 should be surface sown on sifted soil and covered with glass. _ If 

 sown in ordinary pot saucers, necessary moisture can be supplied 

 by placing a saucer of soil inside of a larger saucer that has been 

 filled with tepid water. The water will filter through and will 

 not wash the soil over the spores as surface watering is apt to do. 

 Finest species mixed. Pkt. 10c. 



FUCHSIA. 



The Fuchsia is as easily grown from seed as cuttings. From 

 seed many new varieties are obtained. Flowers freely the first 

 year in the open ground, while the plants can betaken in the house 

 in the winter, where they will flower still more freely. The seed 

 I ofter has been saved from the very finest single and double var- 

 ieties. Half hardy perennial. Pkt. 20 seeds 10c. 



GLOXINIA. 



The Gloxinia is a grand flower and makes a lovely pot plant aa 

 easy to grow and care for as many of the common flowers. The 

 handsome bell-shaped flowers embrace a great variety of the rich- 

 est and most beautiful colors, ranging from pure white to dark, 

 blood red, pink, blush, lavender, indigo-bluei marbled and spotted. 

 They will bloom in four or five months from time seed is sowu. 

 Tender perennial. Mixed pkt. 75 seeds 10c. 



GERANIUM. 



The most popular plant grown for pot culture in the winter or 

 bedding out in summer. There are no flowering plants more 

 grown, and cestainly none are more suitable for large beds where 

 a mass of bloom is desired, or for single specimens in pots for the 

 house. But few are aware that they can be grown easily from^ 

 seed and flower the first season if sown early, and will frequently 

 reward the cultivator with charming new varieties ; in fact, pro- 



pogation by seed 

 is the only sure 

 way to obtain new 

 varieties. The 

 seed I offer this 

 season has been 

 saved from 25 of 

 the finest varieties 

 grown, including 

 Madam Thebault, 

 Mrs. Garfleld,Gen. 

 Grant, Capt. Ains- 

 worth, Little Gem,, 

 Cloth ofGold,Hap- 

 py Thought, Snow 

 on Mountain, Bea- 

 consfield and 

 Adonis; also in- 

 cluded in this •mix- 

 ture are seven var- 

 ieties of Pelargon- 

 iums, or Lady 

 Washington, and 

 two Ivy Leaved 

 varieties. There 

 can be no finer 

 mixed Geranium, 

 and it cannot fail 

 i.LKANTUM. to bring forth some 



splendid new varieties. Half hardy perennial. Single and double 

 mixed. Pkt. 50 seeds 10c. 



GERANIUM, APPLE SCENTED— A beautiful basket plant of 

 luxuriant trailing growth and handsome round leaves, that exhale 

 a perfume like rieh luscious apples. A favorite with all who grow 

 it, and a grand foliage plant. Pkt. 10c. 



LEHON VERBENA. 



Everybody knows the Lemon Verbena, and all should have a 

 few specimens of it for its fragrant foliage is very fine to use in> 

 bouquets and other floral work. Pkt. 50 seeds 4c. 



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