SE,LE,CT FLOWER SEEDS 



A R.evised List of the Best and most Popular Sorts, including Seeds 

 of Annuals, Biennials, Perennials, and Stove and Greenhouse 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 range 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 lithographed in colors, with directions for 

 culture printed on one side ; they are well filled with tested seeds of strong germinating power. 



THE HEADINGS OF THE VARIOUS DIVISIONS which follow— Choice Annuals for Bloom the First 

 Season, Perennials for Permanent Planting, Ornamental Climbers, Seeds of Greenhouse Plants — make so clear 

 the nature of each class of seeds offered that the usual puzzling and arbitary signs and abbreviations 

 aie unnecessary. The copious index on the last page of the Catalogue will be found helpful to all who, 

 without understanding plant habits and classifications, wish to turn quickly to any species. 



Annuals, Blooming First Season 



ABRONIA 



Pretty trailers, producing profusely 

 clusters of sweet-scented flowers in ver- 

 bena-like clusters all season. 



Arenaria. Pine yellow. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Umbellata grandiflora. Pure rose. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. 



ADONISi Blossoms large and bril- 

 liant scarlet, lasting a long while; foliage 

 beautifully feathered. 1 foot. Pkt. 5 cts. 



AGR.OSTEMMA (R ose of 



Heaven), Dwarf Fringed. Charming free- 

 flowering plant, finely fringed bright rose 

 flowers. Pkt. 5 cts. 



AGERATUM 



Of neat, vigorous growth and free-bloom- 

 ing habit. They bloom the whole summer 

 if sown early, and are easily grown. 



Lasseauxi. Pine clusters of bright rose, 

 borne long and abundantly. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Imperial Dwarf Blue. Flowers bright 

 blue; plant dwarf, free-blooming and hand- 

 some. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Imperial Dwarf White. Large clusters 

 of flowers; habit like above. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Blue Perfection. Flowers very large 

 and deep amethyst-blue; one of the best. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



Princess Victoria Louisa. Dwarf and 

 compact; flowers light blue with white 

 center; very floriferous. Pkt. 10 ets. 



ANAGALLIS, Large - flowering 



(Pimpernel). Low-growing; forms a mat 

 of bright red, white, pink and purple flow- 

 ers. Pkt. 5 cts. 



ARCTOTIS gran- 



dis. A very bushy, free- 

 flowering plant, with 

 whitish foliage and ray- 

 formed, pure white flow- 

 ers tinged with a yellow 

 zone at the base; blooms 

 all summer. Pkt. 10 cts. 



ARNEBIA cor- 



nuta (Arabian Primrose). 

 Produces innumerable 

 golden yellow flowers with 

 dark brown spots; plant 2 

 feet high and bushy. Pkt. 

 10 cts. 



ALYSSUM 



A great favorite for bouquets and house 

 culture, as well as for outdoor baskets and 

 border edging. 



Benthami (Sweet Alyssum). Trailing; 

 flowers white, very sweet. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 25 cts. 



Little Gem. Dwarf, spreading, covered 

 thickly with very fragrant white flowers 

 that appear when the plants are quite 

 small. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 35 cts. 



White Carpet. Blooms profusely the 

 whole season; plants only 2 to 3 inches 

 high; flowers snow-white. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 40 cts 



AMARANTUS 



Tall, with showy, variegated leaves and 

 long racemes of flowers. 



Caudatus (Love - lies - bleeding). 

 Blood-red. 3 feet tall. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Cruentus. The well-known Prince's 

 Feather. 3 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Henderi. Of beautiful habit; brown, 

 dark red and bronze. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Nobilis pyramidalis. Very ornamental. 

 3 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Tricolor giganteum (Joseph's Coat). 

 Foliage scarlet, yellow and green. 4 feet. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. 



Brilliant. Foliage bright red at theends, 

 carmine, rose, red and yellow, producing a 

 fine effect. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Sulpherine. Lower leaves dark green; 

 toward the middle they are sulphur-yellow 

 with green points, heads and side shoots 

 pure yellow. Pkt. 10 cts. 



AGERATUAI, PRINCESS VICTORIA LOUISA. 



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