Sensitive Plant 



An intorestina and curious 

 plant, witli 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. 



A beautiful, free-fiowering an- 

 nual ; dense heads of bloom and is 

 of a very compact and regular habit of growth, and when planted 

 close together make an effective bed, as the flowers completely 

 cover the plants. The flowers are of a fine lustrous purple-red, 

 bright crimson, rose colored and pure white, perfectly double and 

 imbricated ; vei-y valuable for bouquets. Pkt. 100 seeds 3c. 



Salpiglossis. 



Very showy bedding or 

 iborder plants with richly 

 colored, erect, funnel-shaped 

 flowers. The colors are beau- 

 tifully marbled and penciled, 

 purple, scarlet, crimson, yel- 

 tlow, buff, blue, and almost 

 iblack. Bloom from August 

 to October. Half hardy 

 annual; one and a-half to 

 Itwo feet high. Pkt. 150 

 seeds 4c. 



Senecio Elegans. 



Solanum, 



Statice Suwarowi. 



or Jerusalem Cherry. Ornamental fruit bear- 

 ing jilants. 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 branch- 

 inar flower spikes, of very bright rose with a crimson shade. Pkt. 



100 seeds 4c. • 



^chiyjlflthUS or Butterfly Flower. Elegant and very 

 *'"*"^» free blooming annuals, of much interest 

 and beauty, and when full gi-own rival iu singularity of colors and 

 markings of the orchias. Large flowers spotted with crimson, 

 lilac, purple and yellow, and the petals are cut in pictuz-esque 

 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. 



^^nvit^li^l Procumtens, Double. Very pi-etty, dwarf, 

 trailing plants; excellent for rock work, 

 borders or edgingof beds. It is so completely covered with flowers 

 as to nearly hide the foliage. Double flowers of a brilliant golden 

 yellow, resembling a minature double Zinnia. Hardy annual, six 

 inches high. Pkt. 4c. 



^Cilhin^il or Mourning Bride. Often called Sweet Scabius. 



The stock we offer is a wonderful improvement 

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

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

 useful in making bouquets. Hardy annual. 



Double Dwarf Mixed Pkt. 75 seeds 4c. 



Double Tall Mixed Pkt. 75 seeds 4c. 



or Scarlet Sage. One of the grandest plants in culti- 

 vation ; a bed of them surpassing the finest scarlet 

 Geraniums 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 are never out of bloom until killed by frost. 

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



Shell I'inwer Molucca Balm. Although robust and 

 *^ ^ ■ * easily grown everywhere, this interest- 



ing anci'ril from Svr- 

 ia is but litt"le 

 known and annually 

 excites much atten- 

 tion when growing 

 on our Seed Farms. 

 Grows from 2 to 3 

 feet high, sending up 

 a strong central 

 stem with many 

 branches each of 

 which is so complete- 

 ly covered with 

 flowers as to leave 

 scarcely any room 

 fortheleaves. Flow- 

 er is very curious, its 

 large shell-like ca- 

 lyx is green and vein- 

 ed; corolla white, 

 striped with purple. 

 When cut it emits a 

 fragrance of balm. 

 Pkt. 25 seeds 4c. 



Salvia, 



SunflOWeV Hellanthus. 



New Double Multiflora— Unlike all 

 other sunflowers, instead of 

 branching and bearing the flowers 

 at the ends of the shoots, tho 

 plant is pyramidal in shape and 

 the handsome flowei's 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 

 I)laces. The seed is often used 

 for feed and oil. Hardy annual. 

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



Stnolf^ Weeks — New 



^I.UV,lV9y largest flowering 

 globe pyramidal 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. 



SUNFLOWER, MDLTirLORA. 



The large double flowers are produced in great 

 profusion, the spikes being compactly pyramidal in shape and the 

 plant 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— (Priilcess Alice or Cut and Come Again.) Of 

 strong growth and flne 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 fine 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 most charming class. Pkt. 50 seeds 3c. 



TPil fPljUlt -A- handsome, half hardy shrub, bearing whit© 

 B. ca iriaill.* flowers from November until spring. A native 

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

 leaves is made the favorite beverage "Tea." Pkt. 10c. 



"VfW^nist Fournierior Angel's Wings. A fine annual with large 

 £ \fS. ClSfiC.- '.;-j.';-,;.,3 blosEcms. 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. ' 



ft"**** iP'vtH'f*** A handsome plant with fine feathery fo- 

 1 I CC CSS. liage somewhat like that of the Cypress 



Vine, with long spikes of beautiful flowers; equally desirable for 

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



\r j» I ckfi '» M Greek-Standard border plant, often called Jacob's 

 » Ladder. Flowers blue, stalks upright. Blooms 



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



TEN WEEKS STOCKS. 



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