LIST OF FLOWER SEEDS. 



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GRASSES.— Ornamental. 



Effective for mixed flower borders and shrubberies; 

 when dried and tastefully arranged they make fine winter 

 bouquets, and are much used for this purpose. 



ANNUAL SORTS. 

 Agrostis Nebulosa. Light, feathery and graceful. 1 ft. 



5 cts. 



Avena Sterilis. (Animated Oats.) Large drooping 

 heads. 2 ft. 5 cts. 



Briza Maxima. (Quaking Grass.) Large pendulous 

 seeds. 1 ft. 5 cts. 



Bromus Brizseformis. Large drooping heads. 1ft. 5 cts. 



Chrysurus Aureus. Feathery golden spikes. 3^ ft. 5 cts. 



Coix Lachrymae. (Job's Tears.) Numerous round 

 drooping seeds. 5 cts. 



Eragrostis Elegans. (Love Grass.) Feathery and ele- 

 gant. cts. 



Lagurus Ovatus. (Hare's Tail.) Woolly, cone-shaped 

 heads. 1 ft. 5 cts. 



Panicum Salcatum. Feathery spikes. 3 ft. 5 cts. 

 Tricholcena Rosea. Rose colored. 1 ft. 10 cts. 



PERENNIAL VARIETIES. 

 Arundo Donax. (Giant Reed.) Resembles a small 

 bamboo; leaves green, margined with white, hhp. 12 ft. 

 10 cts. 



Erianthus Ravennas. Fine hardy variety, suitable for 

 lawn specimens. 10 ft. 10 cts. 



Eulalia Zebrina. (Zebra Grass.) Leaves striped across 

 instead of lengthwise; fine for clumps or lawns. 7ft. lOcts. 



Gymnothrix Latifolia. Cone or bamboo-like stalks; 

 handsome for lawns. 10 ft. 10 cts. 



Gynerium Argenteum. (Pampas Grass.) Very fine for 

 clumps on lawn; plumes silvery white and very beautiful. 



6 to 8 ft. 10 cts. 



Stipa Pinnata. (Feather Grass.) Long silvery white 

 feathers. 2 ft. 10 cts. 



Assortment of twelve distinct varieties of grasses. 50 cts. 



GREVILLEA ROBUSTA. 



Greenhouse plant; elegant finely pinnated foliage; easy 

 of culture, tp. 2.5 cts. 



HELIOTROPE. 



Well-known deliciously fragrant plants; excellent for 

 bedding purposes or pot culture, hhp. 



Finest Mixed. 10 cts. 



HELIOHRYSUM. (Everlasting Flower.) 



Beautiful everlasting flowers; excellent for winter 

 bouquets; easily grown in ordinary garden soil. Annuals. 

 2 ft. 



Large Flowering, Double. Mixed. 5 cts. 

 HELIANTHUS- (Sunflower.) 



Stately in growth and size; very useful among shrubbery 

 and for screening unsightly objects, ha. 



Californicus, H. pi. Large double orange flowers. 5 cts. 



Globosus Fistulosus. Very double. Saffron colored 

 perfectlj' round flower. 5 cts. 



Macrophyllus Giganteus. Plant branching pyramidal 

 shape; flowers single ; yellow. r> cts. 



Nanus Folies Variegatis. Green and yellow variegated 

 foliage; very ornamental. .5 cts. 



Giant Russian. Grown principally for the seeds; flowers 

 18 to 20 inches across. Oz. 5 cts. Pound 2.t cts. Postpaid. 



HIBISCUS. 



Showy, ornamental plants; for mixed beds or shrubberj', 

 borders, or are fine grown in pots as single specimen plants. 



Africanus. Large cream colored flowers, with a brown 

 center, ha. 'i}4 feet. 5 cts. 



HELIPTURUM SANFORDI. 



A pretty little plant, producing large clusters of small^ 

 rich yellow flowers. 10 cts. 



HOLLYHOCK. (Althea Rosea.) 

 Most magnificent hardy herbaceous perennials, producing 

 grand spikes of flowers of the greatest perfection in form, 

 and beautiful colors. The Hollyhock has been greatly 

 improved of late years. 



Chater's Superb. Choicest mixture of many double 

 varieties. 1.5 cts. 



Chater's Superb. Pure white, double. 10 cts. 

 Chater's Superb. Yellow, double. 10 cts. 

 Chater's Superb. Rose, double. 10 cts. 

 Chater's Superb. Crimson, double. 10 cts. 



HONESTY. (Lunaria.) 

 Produces seed pouches of silvery and rather curious 

 appearance, and double white blossoms, hb. 5 cts. 



HUMEA ELEGANS. 



Of pyramidal shape and with beautiful suspended pani- 

 cles of sweet scented flowers; one of the best ornamental 

 plants as solitary specimens on the lawn or in masses, hhb. 

 10 cts. 



HUMULUS JAPONICUS. 



A Japanese variety of hops, of extremely rapid growth. 

 The foliage is somewhat rough and hairy and retains its 

 fresh, vigorous green color until late in the fall. ha. 10 cts. 



IPOMEA. 



These charming climbers are great favorites, of very 

 graceful appearance and rapid growth; used for covering 

 arbors, walls, balconies, windows, etc. Splendid living 

 pillars or pyramids may be created with them by covering 

 poles with them placed in the proper position, ha. 



Coccinea. (Star Ipomea.) Small scarlet flowers. Sets. 



Bono Nox. (Good Night or Evening Glory). Large 

 blue flowers, expanding in the evening. 10 cts. 



Noctiflora. (Moon Flower.) 

 Flowers of immense size, pure 

 white, expanding in the evening. 

 10 cts.= 



Huberi Variegata. New 

 Japanese hybrids, with silverv 

 white marbled foliage; large 

 trumpet shaped flowers. All 

 colors, mixed. 10 cts. 



Limbata. Violet margined 

 with white; large and handsome. 

 5 cts. 



Heavenly Blue. (Novelty.) 

 A cross between I. Leari and 

 Mina Lobata. Color an out 

 and out sky blue, the lovely 

 blue so rarely seen in flowers; 

 resembling Salvia Patens, but 

 lighter. Center of flower shad- 

 ed lighter, rayed with a glow of yellow deep in the throat.. 

 Pkt. 15 cts. 



IPOMOPSIS. (Standing Cypress.) 

 A half-hardy biennial, producing large spikes of brilliant 

 colored flowers ; free flowering and attractive; blooms the 

 first year if sown early. 5 cts. 



ICE PLANT. 



Trailing annual for vases, rockeries and beds The 

 leaves and stems are covered with little ice-like drops, which 

 glisten in the sun; very pretty half-hardy annual. Height, 

 3^ foot. 5 cts. 



IMPATIENS5SULTANI. 



Produces almost incessantly bright rose flowers; one of 

 the best recent introductions. Tender annual. 25 cts. 



