Annuals for Bloom the First Season. 



I,UPfAR.IA (Honesty). Hardy biennial, and must be sown 



autumn or early spring for flowers the first ; 

 double. Will grow in almost any soil. 5 cts 



Lobelia erinns. 



Flowers white 

 per pkt. 



LINUM( Scar- 

 let Flax). Of great 

 beauty : free-flow- 

 ering and easy to 

 grow. Blossoms 

 bright scarlet, 

 stems and foliage 

 fine. 5 cts. per pkt. 



LOBELIA 

 ERINUS. 



' fli^ The Erinus foi-ms 



of Lobelia are quite 

 showy and free- 

 , blooming. The 

 dwarf fonns are 

 used for edgings, 

 vases, etc., other 

 sorts for beds. All 

 are of easy culture. 

 Ei'inus (Crystal 

 Palace Speciosa). 

 Ultramine-blue. Trailing, handsome. r> cts. per pkt. 

 Erinus speciosa superba. Dark blue, with white eye. Trailing. 

 5 cts. per pkt. 



— gracilis (light blue) and albus (pure white). Trailing. Each, 

 5 cts. per pkt. 



Compacta varieties. Alba (pure white). Crystal Palace com- 

 pacta (dark blue), and Prima Donna (rich crimson). Each, 

 10 cts. per pkt. 



1,X7I*IXUS (Sun-Dial). Grows about 2 feet tall: very effective 

 in mixed borders. The seed should be sown where the plants are to 

 stand. Mixed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



I,AR.KSI*XJR.. Rocket Larkspurs are very showy. Flower- 

 spikes of bright colors. 



Dwarf Double and Tall Double. Mixed colors of each, 5 cts. per 

 pkt. 



MARIGOLD. 



Showy plants for midsummer and autumn bloom. 1 to 2 feet tall, 

 free-flowering and easy to grow. 



Eldorado. Finest of the double African Marigolds. Flowers from 

 10 to 14 inches around, very double, of bright golden orange and 

 primrose shades. 5 cts. per pkt. 



Tall Double French Marigold. Mixed, producing flowers of va- 

 rious bright colors. 5 cts. per pkt. 



Dwarf Double French Marigold. Plants low and compact. Mixed, 

 5 cts. per pkt. 



Signata pumila. Dwarf plants, which form a true " gilt edge " for 

 beds. 5 cts. per pkt. 

 M AlrOPE (Mallows') . Robust, branching plants, usually about 



2 feet high, with 

 large, mallow-like 

 red or white flow- 

 ers ; very pretty. 

 Mixed, 5c. per pkt. 

 MAXHIOI^A 

 BICORXIS. 

 Delightfully fra- 

 grant lilac flowers. 

 A capital edging 

 plant for dry and 

 sunny exposures. 

 5 cts. per pkt. 



MAXRICA- 

 R I A fDouble 

 White Feverfew ) . 

 For cutting and 

 pot-culture, as well 

 as for beds and 

 borders. Thrives 

 well in all soils; 

 blooms until frost. 

 Flowers pure white, 

 double. 18 to 20 in. 

 tall, 5c. per pkt. 



MIGNONETTE. 



DoaUe African Marigold. 



The matchless perfume of this modest flower renders it one of the 

 most popular annuals grown. In form and color the flower spikes 

 have been greatly improved, but it is for their delicate, subtle fra- 

 grance that they will always be chiefly valued for garden and window 

 culture, and for the costliest as well as the simplest bouquets. 

 Defiance. New, and specially adapted for pot-culture. 10c. per pkt. 

 Machet. The best variety for pots; is dwarf and free-blooming; 



flower-spikes bright, reddish maroon; very sweet. 10 cts. per pkt. 

 Golden Machet. Distinct new variety of the well-known Machet; 

 of the same compact and robust habit, but differing from the type 

 by its heavy spikes of golden yellow blossoms. 10 cts. per pkt. 

 Golden Queen. Plants dwarf ; flowers bright golden yellow. 5 cts. 



per pkt., 20 cts. per oz. 

 Miles' Spiral. Dwarf and branching; white flower spikes. 5 cts. 



per pkt., 20 cts. per oz. 

 Victoria. Flowers dark red and very fragrant. 10 cts. per pkt. 

 Parson's White. Long, well-formed spikes of strongly-scented, 



handsome flowers. 5 cts. per pkt.. 30 cts. per oz. 

 Gabrielle. Very pretty sort, bearing large spikes of red flowers. 



10 cts. per pkt. 

 L a r g e-flowering. 

 The old and well- 

 known Mignon- 

 ette, still as sweet 

 as any. 5 cts. per 

 pkt., 15c. per oz. 



MIRABII.IS 



(Four O'clock). Old 

 favorites, with sweet- 

 scented flowers of 

 many different col- 

 ors. They open m 

 the afternoon, and 

 wither in th^ morn- 

 ing. Mixed, 5 cts. 

 per pkt. 



M I M XJ U S 



(Monkey Flower). 



Flowers showy and 



oddly marked : 



ground-color white 



or yellow, flaked and 



spotted with maroon. 



scai'let or crimson. 



Moschatus. The 

 well-known musk 

 plant, with strong- 

 ly-scented yellow 

 flowers. 10 cts. 

 per pkt. 



Tigrinus grandiflo- 

 rus. Large-flow- 

 ering new tigered 

 and spotted varie- 

 ties in many rich 

 colors. 20 cts. per pkt 



MESEMBRYANXHEMUM (Ice Plant). Glistening 

 waxen leaves and stems, covered with a shining granular coat. Flow- 

 ers quite pretty, and of various colors; plant trailing: adapted for 

 baskets, vases, borders. Mixed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



NOlrANA. Beautiful, trailing border plants, with flowers in 

 all shades of blue, yellow and white. Mixed. 5 cts. per pkt. 



XYCXERIXIA. A dainty little edging plant, growing in 

 dwarfish masses, brightened by a profusion of small, star-shaped, 

 white or lilac flowers. 5 cts. per pkt. 



NICOXIANA. A stately plant, growing about 3 feet high, 

 and producing fine etf ects with its broad, tropical foliage and clusters 

 of large, tubular, fragrant flowers. 5 cts. per pkt. 



XIEREMBERGIA. For baskets and edgings. Flowers 

 white, tinted lilac. 5 cts. per pkt. 



NIGEIvIvA (Love-in-a-Mist). A delicately pretty plant; light 

 blue or white flowers, set in a mist of feathery green foliage, and 

 bearing curious seed-pods. Mixed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



Our PAXSIES, PHI^OXES and PEXUXIAS 

 are extra selected strains. 



Ml^noaette, Defiance. 



^ 36 € 



