„ r . lATnAnC Heliotrope is a universal favorite on account of its 

 n t L 1 U 1 Kv r C. delightf ul fragrance and duration of bloom, flower- 

 in" equally well as bedding plants in summer, or as pot plants in the house 

 during the winter. Seed sown in the spring makes fine plants for bedding out 

 and are as easily grown as Verbenas. Pkt. 100 seeds, 5c. 



A strikingly beautiful annual climber of exceedingly 

 , ^ . . v . . . ^ . rapid and dense growth, attaining a height of 20 to 30 

 feet in a few weeks' time. The leaves are of rich green, blotched and marked 



HUMULUS 



very fine where a quick growing and densely leaved 

 oer is uesueu. We recommend this extremely handsome and distinct 

 climbing vine as verv valuable for trellis and high places. The choicest strain. 

 Pkt. 5c. 



with gray. This i 

 climber is desired 



HIBISCUS. 



A fast-growing perennial that in one season attains the 

 height and dimensions of a shrub. Exceedingly fine for 

 clumps or an ornamental hedge or screen, as they last always, never winter- 

 kill and in mid-summer, when shrubbery flowers are scarce, they bear tor 

 weeks enormous flowers as large as tea-saucers, white, blush, pale and deep 

 pink, rose, etc.. the most of them with deeper-hued eye. Plants from spring- 

 sown seed will bloom in September of the same year. So perfectly hardy are 

 these Hibiscus we believe they would survive at the North Pole, bo large 

 and showy are its blooms that it has been termed the Giant Flower. Height, 

 4 to 6 feet*. The choicest mixed. Pkt. 5c. 



The perfect doubleness of this magnificent, large 

 flower will please the most critical. All the best 

 colors, from deep vellow, red rose, light buff, carmine scarlet, flesh color, 

 creamv white tinted with rose, purple, yellow on dark ground, crimson flaked with salmon, cherry red. cream on 

 lilac on brown ground, dark crimson, to pure white, also black are embraced in my splendid collection. If sown eat 

 April the plants will bloom the first year. All colors mixed. Pkt. 50 seeds. 5c. 



HOLLYHOCK. 



NEW 



MAMMOTH- - r 



1 HELIOTROPE 



violet ground, 

 lv in March or 



ur->i ir-unucniw One of the most useful of all ever- 

 HbLICrlKYoUlVl. lastings. Plants grow 2 feet high 

 and are very hardv, blooming until late autumn. An easy plant 

 to grow, and flowers are very bright. The white and light col- 

 ored varieties color easily, and are often dyed in shades n<~ 

 otherwise obtainable in everlastings, and used m wrea 

 crosses and winter bouquets. Flowers should be picked bet-re 

 fully expanded, especially for dyeing. Mixed pkt. 125 seeds 4c. 



HORDEUM ££SBS 



grass. Useful to cut and dry 

 for making up winter bouquets, 

 etc. Pkt. 3c. 



IC^PLANT l r Ssome 

 and curious plant for hanging 

 baskets, rock work and vases. 

 The leaves and stems appear as 

 though covered with icy crys- 

 tals and look like rock candy. 

 The whole plant is peculiarly 

 brilliant in the sunshine. Pkt. 

 200 seeds, 3c. 



Commonly called "Hare's Tail Grass.' - A 

 highly ornamental and valuable grass. Very 

 attractive for bedding purposes in summer and for the use of 

 spikes or panicles in a dried state for bouquet use. Pkt. 3c. 



An old and well known hardy annual. Sow' 

 early in open ground. The flowers are] 

 borne in compact spikes and are showy and desirable for any 

 situation. Choicest mixed. Pkt. 4c. 



LAGURUS. 



LARKSPUR. 



KENILWORTH IVY, 



or Linaria. A very pretty and 

 well known hardy perennial 

 trailing plant, for covering rock 

 -work, and very useful for hang- 

 ing baskets. The flowers are 



small, but pretty, and for a drooping plant nothing can 

 ter. as it is easily grown from seed. Pkt. 100 seeds. 3c. 



LOTUS-AMERICAN. 



Beautiful water plant of a sul- 

 phur yellow color; if sown 

 early it will bloom the first 

 season. File a small hole 

 through the shell of the seed 

 and plant in a dish of water or 

 soil, and it will germinate in a 

 few days. Do not fail to in-, 

 elude it ill your order, as it will 

 surelv please vou. Choicest 

 seed." Pkt. 10c. 



LUPIN US. 



decorating purposes, producing 

 long graceful flower spikes of 

 extremelv rich colors. Exqui- I 

 site shape. Finest mixed. 4 

 Pkt. 2c. 



1 a ivtt A IVT A Grows very quickly and blossoms 

 LAIN I AfNA. summer from seed ; exceedingly fine 

 mer beddinsr. and as for pot plants they are everywhere 

 My strain comprises all of the large flowering varieties 

 mixture. Pkt. 25 seeds. 4c. 



the first 

 for sum- 

 popular, 

 in choice 



1 r\ n t~>i w a A verv valuable and beautiful class of mostly 

 LUdcLIA dwarf growing plants : their delicate drooping 

 habit and the profusion of their charming little blue and white 

 flowers render them exceedingly ornamental for vases, or hang- 

 in^ baskets and rockeries, blooming from June to Isovember 

 while for border cultivation they are equally effective. Choices 

 mixed. Pkt. 500 seeds. 5c. 



w -w^uimiC A first-class border plant, growing from 2 to 

 LYCnllNIb. 3feetin height, bearing close, symmetrical 



heads of brilliant scarlet flowers of good size and substance. 

 Sometimes the flowers vary in color, but it is usually of a brill- 

 iant scarlet. If sown earlv in open ground will bloom the firs 



season. 



Choicest mixed. Pkt. 100 seeds. 5c. 



TO DRY FLOWERS, place them in a large shallow pan 

 or box and sift over them gently the finest, driest 

 sand giving them a bed of this sand at first, of 

 ttui course. By sifting it over very gradually and carefully 

 Dry ailU the sand atoms will slowly form about the flower, which, 

 because of the gradual drifting about and piling up of the 

 PrAQS atoms keeps its shape even to the most delicate curving. 



After the flowers are all well covered from sight, keep 

 the pan or box exposed to a gentle heat for some days, 

 r lOWerS after which it is left to cool slowly, and the flowers, 

 ferns grasses, etc.. thus treated are found to have kept 

 their natural forms and with very little perceptable difference in color. 

 This is an old German method, and one that is most successful. You 

 can also press the blossoms between clean blotting paper if you are 

 careful in smoothing out the petals so there will be no creases or wrin- 

 kles but it is advisables to place oiled tissue paper over the tlossom, 

 so that it will not stick to the blotting paper. 



