SALVIA, or Scarlet Sage. 



One of the grandest plants in cultivation — a bed of them sur- 

 passing 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 theyfii-st begin to flower the plants are never out of bloom 

 until killed by the frosts. It is easily grown from seed and will 

 prove a constant delight to every one. Pkt. 25 seeds 5c. 



SALPIQLOSSIS. 



Very showy bedding or border plants with richly colored, erect, 

 funnel-shaped flowers. The colors are beautifully marbled and 

 penciled, purple, scarlet, crimson, yellow, buff, blue and almost 

 black. Bloom from August to October. Half hardy annual; one 

 and a-half to two feet high. Pkt. 150 seeds 4c. 



SCABIOSA, or Mourning Bride. 



Often called Sweet Scabius. The stock we offer is a wonderful 

 improvement over the old and common strains. The plants pro- 

 duce a profusion of large double flowers of striking shades of 

 color, which are very useful in making bouquets. Hardy annual. 



Double Dwarf Mixed Pkt. 7 5 seeds 4c. 



Double Tall Mixed Pkt. 75 seeds 4c. 



SCHFZANTHUS, or Butterfly Flower. 



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 a 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 Mised. Pkt. 150 seeds 4c. 



SENSITIVE PLANT. 



(Mimosa Pudica.) An interesting and curious plant, w^ith glob- 

 ular 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 

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



SHELL FLOWER, 



or Molucca Balm. 



SCXFLOWEB, SIDLTIFLORA. 



Although robust and easily grown 

 everywhere, this iateresting annual 

 from Syria is but little known and 

 annually excites much attention 

 when growing on our Seed Farms. It 

 gi'ows from two to three feet high, 

 sending up a strong central stem with 

 numerous bi\inches, each of which 

 is so completely surrounded by flow- 

 ers as to leave scarcely any room for 

 th^eavos. The flower is very curi- 

 ous, unlike anything else , its' large 

 shell-like calyx is green and deli- 

 cately veined, containing within it 

 the very smaU corolla, which is 

 white, striped with purple. When 

 cut or broken it emits a delightfully 

 strong fragrance of balm. Pkt. 35- 

 seeds 4c. 



If you sh'iuld receive an extra Cata- 

 logae. kindly hand the extra copy to 

 some friend who has a Flower Garden 



SUNFLOWER, or Helianthus. 



New Double Multiflora. 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 are pro- 

 duced at the base of each leaf, which gives it a picturesque and 

 highly ornamental aspect. Flowers very double, full centered and 

 are surrounded by a fringe of broad, sinele petals, the flowers 

 proper which form the head being tubular. ~Pkt. 5c. 



Finest Mixed — Adapted by stately 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. 



TEA PLANT, 



A handsome half hardy shrub, bearing white flowers from Nov 

 ember till spring. A native of China, and grows two to six feci 

 high. The plant from whose leaves is made the favorite beverage 

 "Tea." Pkt. 10c. ____________ 



TEN WEEKS STOCKS. 



Indispensable where a tine display of flowers is wanted. To such 

 perfection has selection brought them that good seed will give a 

 large proportion of flowers as double and as large as the name<f 

 sorts grown from cuttings. Choicest mixed, pkt. 50 seeds 5c. 



TORENIA, or Angel's Wings. 



A lovely little annual. Blooms profusely all summer. Itssnow>- 

 colored blossoms, pretty foliage and neat habit of growth are always 

 greatly admired. It is a gem. Clioioest mixed, pkt. 150 seeds 5c." 



VINCA. 



Lovely garden or pot plants producing a profusion of bright blos- 

 soms at all times. Seeds started early in pots make lovely bloom- 

 ing plants by early summer. Mixed colors, pkt. 100 'Seeds 5c. 



WALLFLOWER. 



A favorite English flower somewhat like Ten "Weeks Stocks 

 Half hardy perennial; vei-y fragrant and fine for cutting or for 

 pots. Where winters are not very severe, the Wallflower will live 

 outside with protection and will bloom very early in spring 

 Finest mixed, pkt. 5a ' 



WATER LILLIES. 



Many persons have been deterred from attempting the culture 

 nf water plants by the idea that a special greenhouse and water 

 tank must be built for their accommodation. True the various 

 varieties may be had in flower almost all the year round in such a 

 structure, yet they can be grown with equal success out of doors 

 in ponds or shallow streams of water having muddy bottoms or in 

 acquariums or tanks in the house. Pkt. 10 seeds Sc.' 



WHITLAVIA. 



A plant with delicately handsome foliage producing beautiful 

 violet-blue bell-shaped flowers in drooping clusters half an inch in 

 length. Hardy annual. Mixed, pkt. 2c. 



WILD OR MIXED FLOWER GARDEN. 



A mixture of many varieties of easily grown flowers. Pkt. 300 

 seeds 5e, oz. 2oc, }4 '<^c- 1^- S'- OO. 



YUCCA FILAMENTOSA. 



The grandest evergreen plant we have for the lawn. The stately 

 clumps of bayonet-like leaves, bristling out from the center in 

 every direction, are extremely ornamental, but in mid-summer they 

 take on an added glory. Thick, woody, flower stalks are thrown 

 up, and bear at their summit immense panicles of creamy, beU- 

 shaped flowers. A panicle will contain 300 florets. Pkt. 6c. 



TEN WEEKS STOCKS. 



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