EVERLASTING 

 FLOWERS. 



olored varieties color easily, and are often _ 

 ■therwise obtainable in Everlastin°:s, and used in wreaths, crosses 



nd other emblem?. Hardy annual. Grows six inches to two feet 



igh :— 



Monstrosuin— Brightest colors, very large, mixed. Pkt. 4c. 

 Golden Ball— Rich, golden yellow; new. Pkt. 7c. 

 Snow Ball— Beautiful pure white. Pkt. 7c. 

 Dwarf — Finest mixed. Pkt. 4c. 

 tHODANTHE — 4— One of the finest and most beautiful of the many 

 varieties of Everlastings. Retains its brilliancy of colors for 

 1 years. Tender annual. One foot high. Best mixed. Pkt. 4c. 

 I lERANTHEMUM— Of compact habit, free flowering and of the eas- 

 ^ iest cultivation. The leaves are covered with a silvery down 

 and the flowers are of the prettiest colors. Hardy annual. One 

 foot high. Choicest mixed. Pkt. 4c. 



Flowers of eternal beauty— those which never 

 fade— arc offered on this page. 'I'hcy arc unsur- 

 pa.sscd for winter decoration, and may be made up 

 into bou(iuets, baskets, vases, etc. Every one can 

 be successful in growing them. .Seed to be sown as 

 soon as ground is warm and weather is settled, in 

 good, rich soil, and thinned out or transplanted to 

 twelve inches apart. The flowers should be cut as soon 

 as thoy come into full bloom, tied in snnill bunches and 

 dried slowly in the shade with the heads downward, to 

 keep the stems straight. The following varieties are 

 exceptionally beautiful, and you will do well to include 

 them in your order. 



ACROCLINlDM—l— Probably the most beautiful everlasting 

 known. Flowers pure pearly white, or an exquisite soft, clear 

 shade of pink, with bright golden center. Half hardy annual. Height 

 one foot: — 

 Mixed Colors— Verv fine. Pkt. 4c. 



New Double Mixed Colors— Larger and fuller than the above. Pkt. 7c. 

 AMMOBIUM. Alatum— A very useful Everlasting. Plant robust and great 

 bloomers. Flowers pure white and very double. Be sure to cut plenty of 

 buds, as they dry beautifully and are useful to contrast with the full blown 

 flowers. Hardy annual. Height two feet. Pkt. 3c. 



GOMPHRENA, or Globe Amaranth— 2— Remove cottony covering before plant- 

 ing. Plants bear great quantities of clover like blooms, altogether different 

 from any other variety, and very attractive buds as well as full blown flowers. 

 Tender annual. Height two feet. Finest mixed. Pkt. 3c. 

 HELICHRYSUM, often called the "Eternal Flower."— 3— One of the most useful of all 

 Everlastings to grow. Very hardy, blooming until late Autumn. The white and light 

 dved in shades not 



SPECIAL MIXTURE OF EVERLASTING FLOWERS. 



A single packet will give in abundance a great variety of the 

 most attractive Everlasting Flowers. No more welcome present 

 can be given a visitor or a friend than a bouquet of these imper- 

 ishable flower;.. Mv '-Special Mixture" contains the above and 

 the cream of all other varieties, Liberal pkts, 10c, or 3 pkts. for 2.=5c, 



SPECFAL OFFER. 

 For only 35c I will send prepaid one liberal packet each of the above 

 Eleven Varieties of Everlasting Flowers. 



....eRNHMENTHL GRASSES.... 



The Everlastings would be quite useless without their setting of soft, pretty grasses in winter bouquets and otlier ornaments. Grow 

 . gwd quantity of the elegant grasses. Many of them are quite ornamental in the garden, and all are usefiJl for cuttmg for summer 

 louqucts, as well as drying for winter, or for dyeing. The same culture, etc., as for Everlasting Flowers will apply to Ornamental Grasses 

 vGROSTlS, Nebulosa— Elegant fine feathery ^rariety. Hardy annual. Height eighteen inches. Pkt. 3c. 

 ^VENA. Sterilis— Often called Animated Oat. Afinevarietv. Hardy annual. Height thirty inches. 

 it^ROMUS. Brizaeformis -Handsome variety, with beautiful drooping panicles. Hardy annual. Height 

 eicrhteen inches. Pkt. 3c. 

 ^RIZA, Gracilis— Beautiful variety, with small graceful racemes. Hardy annual. Height twelve 

 inches. Pkt. 4c. 



ra*lRIZA. Maxiraa—1— Often called Quaking Grass. Very Ornamental variety, with large racemes 



of beautiful rattles. Hardy annual. Height fifteen'inches. Pkt. 3c. \ 

 ^J:HRYSURUS. Cynosuroides— 4— Magnificent variety, with yellowish feathery spikes. Hardy 



annual. Heia-ht twelve inches. - Pkt. 4c. " 

 OIX. LACRY.MA— Often called Job's Tears. Well known favorite. Pkt. 3c. 

 j-tlAMTHUS. RAVENNAE-.Fineas Pamnas grass. Tender annual ; thirty inches high. Pkt. 4c. 

 ULALIA, JAPOMCA ZEBRINA— Often called Zebra Grass. Magnificent variety, with^ 

 striped leaves. Hardy perennial. Height five to six feet. Pkt. 13c. 

 lYNERIUM, ArgentiumorPampasGrass— 3— Magnificent ornamental grass, produc- 

 tflf iiig numerous flower stems surmounted by plumes of silver infloresence. 

 Half hai-dv perennial ; ten feet high. Pkt. 5c. 

 lORDEUM, JUBATUM -Often called Squirrel-Tail Grass. Very fine. Hardy 

 annual. Height eighteen inches. Pkt. 4c. " 

 if.AGURUS. Ovatus— Often called Hare's-Tail Grass. Splendid variety. w 

 Hardy annual. Height eiffh teen inches. Pkt. 3c. 

 'ENNISETUM, Longistylum— Soft, fuzz flowerheads of gi-cat beauty 

 Hardy annual. Heicht eighteen inches. Pkt. 7c. 

 TIPA PENNATA, or Feather Grass— 3— .-Vn excee dingly graceful * 

 sort. Half bardv perennial ; twelve inches high. Pkt. 4c. 

 rRICHOLAENA, ROSEA— Most beautiful ros? tinted grass. 

 I Hardy annual. Height twelve inches. Pkt., 4C. 



Hi 



SPLENDID MIXTURE OF ORNAMENTAL GRASSES. 



Contains seeds of the above named varieties and 

 nanv more of the fineso sorts. Liberal pkt. 10c, or 3 

 ')kts 2.").' 



SPECIAL OFFER. 



j ifror only SOc I will send prepaid one liberal packet each of 

 the above Fifteen Varieties of Ornamental Grasses. 



