iDatura Cornucopia, p^eTty"- 



Discovered in South America in 1892 bj' 

 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. 

 Flowers 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 mouth of corolla 

 Is a most delicate white, beautifully 

 marbled with royal purple. A single 

 jlplant 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, and produces a striking effect. 

 Pkt. 13 seeds 4c. 



FvAtlitKy PrimrnCA or Oenothera. Large, saucer-sbapeo 

 LVClllllS n 11111 now, blooms of the purest white, or the 

 softest richest shades of yellow and deliciously fragrant. 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 

 150 seeds 3e. 



Ppnylifl The plants do not grow over three inches high, 

 rCIILIia* 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. 5o. 



Pni*(yAf Ma NAf or Myosotis. One of the most charming 

 rUlgCl-inc-llUl, a.nd 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 



perennial. Pkt. 100 seeds 4c. 



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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 verj 

 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 BelledeJfuit 

 " Beauty of Night." Will grow in 

 any garden soil, from seed sown ir 

 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. 



Four O'clock,-?! ™a 



MB. J. W WILLIAMS, Barviell,Mo._ 

 writes : The seedn which I pureiiased of 

 you have given perfect satisfaction. 



T\nf\\rrt or Trumpet Flower. A large, branching, 



UAVIXI At 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. 23 

 seeds 3c. 



Diamond Flower, ISfnS 



A dainty 

 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 height 

 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 j'ou 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. 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA 



CnnfiArKi'l Heterophylla, or Annual Poinsettia. This plant isoftencalled Mexican 

 CUpiiUl ulAf pire 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 

 sufQcient time to develope its bi-illiant colors. Pkt. 40 seeds 4c. 



I7iirs1lArK{{l VariAjyilt!! Hardy annual; foliage beautifully veined and mar 

 EUlJllUl Did TaIIC6<ll4« gined with white ; very showy. Sometimes known 



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



CcrhcrllAl+Ti^ G'^nt California Poppy. The Eschscholtzia is one of the most 

 EoCllbCIIUl l-^ld,i}af(^y and easily 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 finelv cut and handsome and the flowers exceedingly show y, large and 

 freely produced, it is a fine flower for blooming in pots, especially in winter. For 

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

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



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