Select Flower Seeds 



A REVISED LIST OF THE BEST AND MOST POPULAR SORTS, INCLUDING SEEDS 

 OF ANNUALS, BIENNIALS, PERENNIALS, AND STOVE AND CREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



IN THE following pages we offer a careful and choice selection of fresh and pure Flower Seeds, 

 including the best old and new varieties. No need of the flower garden has been neglected, for 

 seeds of plants adaptable for every ornamental purpose, covering a wide i-ange of form and color, 

 height and habit, and the whole season with their bloom, may be found here. 

 Our Flower Seed Packets are large and beautifully litho- 

 graphed in colors, with directions for culture printed on one side; they are 

 well filled with tested seeds of strong germinating power. 



THE HEADINCS OF THE DEPARTMENTS which follow-Choice Annuals for Bloom the First 

 Season, Perennials for Permanent Planting, Seeds 

 of Plants with Fine Foliage, Ornamental Climbers, Seeds of Greenhouse Plants— make so clear the 

 nature of each class of seeds offered that the usual puzzling and arbitrary Mgns and abbreviations are unneces- 

 sary. The copious index on the last page of the Catalogue will be found helpful to all who, without under- 

 standing plant habits and classifications, wish to turn quickly to any species. 



PRICE OF ALL PACKETS, 5 CENTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE QUOTED 



Choice Annuals, Blooming First Season 



ABRONIA 



Pretty trailers, producing profusely clusters of sweet-scented flowers i 



all the season. 



"bena-like cluster 



ADONIS, A showy, free 

 blooming border plant. Bloss 

 large and brilliant scarlet, lasting 

 a long while; foliage beautifully 

 feathered. 1 foot. 



AGROSTEMMA. Bright- 

 colored flowers, on long, slender 

 stems, produced very freely. Mixed 

 varieties. 1 to 2 feet. 



Arenaria. Fine yellow. 

 Umbellata grandlflora. Pure rose. 



AGERATUM 



Valued for bedding on account of Arnebia eormita. 



their neat, vigorous growth and free- 

 blooming habit. They bloom the whole summer if sown early, and are eas'ly 

 grown anywhere. 



Lasseauxi. Fine clusters of bright rose, borne long and abundantly, 

 nperial Dwarf Blue. Flowers bright blue; the plant is very dwarf, free- 

 blooming and handsome. 



Imperial Dwarf White. Large clusters of flowers ; habit like above. 



ANAGALLIS, Large-Flowering (Pimpernel). Low-grow- 

 ing; forms a mat of bright red, white, pink or purple flowers. 



ALYSSUM 



well as for out- 



weet Alyssum, Little Gem. 



A great favorite for bouquets and house culture, 

 door baskets and border edging. 



Benthami (Sweet Alyssum). Trailing; flowers white, very sweet. 

 Little Gem. Dwarf, spreading, covered thickly with very fragrant 



white flowers that appear when the plants are quite small. 

 White Carpet. Blooms profusely the whole season; plants only 



2 to 3 inches high ; flowers snow-white. 



ARNEBIA cornuta. Produces innumerable golden yellow 

 flowers, spotted dark brown, changing to rich maroon; blooms all 

 summer. 2 feet; bushy. Pkt. 10 ets. 



