LIST OF NEW VARIETIES. 



'ringed Annual. 



New Double Fringed Annual Hybrid. This new chrysan- 

 themum has been produced by careful cultivation extending 

 over a period of many years. It surpasses all other double 

 annual chrysanthemums on account of the perfection and 

 brilliancy of coloring of the flowers. This sti-ainis the high- 

 est perfection in its class that can be attained. It contains all 

 colors and shades from white, yellow, rose up to blood red 

 and purple, but the dark brilliant colors prevail. The flower 

 is very double, and the florets, which lie scale-like, one upon 

 the other, are fringed and beautifully pencilled. Per pkt. 25c. 



CANNA. 



nd. Crozy. 



Flowers flaming 

 scarlet, bordered 

 with gold, a mar- 

 velous combina- 

 tion «f colors 

 having all the 

 delicacy and 

 beautifulness of 

 the rarest orchid. 

 As a rule, the 

 more valuable 

 the variety, and 

 the nearer it 

 reaches perfec- 

 tion, the less vig- 

 orous it is, but in 

 this case we have 

 one of the strong 

 est and most vig- 

 or o u s growing 

 plants that has 

 been produced in 

 the canna line so 

 far. This canna 

 is one that every 

 one can succeed 

 with, as it will 

 grow in the open ground 



varieties of cannas, which have been so largely used in sub- 

 tropical gai-dening. These plants produce all the wealth and 

 richness, and the tropical luxuriance of foliage of the com- 

 mon kind, added to which is the gorgeousness of their flam- 

 ing panicles of bloom, which are borne in immense heads at 

 the terminus of every shoot. They produce a very much 

 greater effect than gladiolus, being very much larger. When 

 the large size of the flowers and the large heads of bloom are 

 taken in connection with the freedom with which it blooms, 

 it makes one of the most attractive plants for bedding that it 

 can be possible to conceive of. Strong dormant roots, 

 each 50c. seed per pkt. 20c. 



Viola Tricolor flaxima, "Emperor Frederick." Showy 

 new pansy of a novel and attractive tint, the ground colors a 

 deep purplish red with a gold bronze center, changing into 

 scarlet and yellow towards the broad edge. Pkt. 25c. 



Canna, Md. Crozy. 

 readily and easily as the common 



Spinach, Bcckeri s Hardy Winier. 



Spinach, Beckert's Hardy Winter. The distinctive and 

 valuable characteristic of this new spinach is its hardiness 

 and ability to successfully withstand the severity and oft re- 

 peated subjection to alternate freezing and thawing of our 

 uncertain and changeable winters. It is a well known fact 

 that plants of a semi-hardy character will withstand con- 

 tinued severe cold more successfully than repeated freezing 

 and thawing. This hardy variety has been controlled and 

 grown by a few of our local market gardeners for quite a 

 number of years, who have during the early spring invariably 

 realized large prices for their crops of spinach, when other 

 sorts were an entire failure. The plant has a long fibrous top 

 root, which to a great measure prevents it from being drawn 



out by frost. The leaves are also of a more firm texture 

 than other sorts. In quality it is equal to any other va- 

 riety; color very deep green and large. The seed should 

 be sown in the fall, so the plant develops, about forms the 

 leaves, before cold weather sets in. It is also a desirable 

 sort for early spring sowing, being a rapid grower and 

 long standing variety. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, %. lb. 20c, lb. 60c. 



riAMMOTH SUGAR PEA. 



This new variety is a novelty of great value. In size and 

 flavor they are superior to any other sort either as a shelled 

 pea or sugar pea. A few pods gathered quickly from a 

 small plot of ground are sufficient for an ordinary family. 

 The pods can be sliced and boiled in lifteen minutes. The 

 pods are of mammoth size, six to seven inches long, and an 

 inch and a half broad, which are entirely free from mem- 

 braneous lining and strings, and they combine flavor, brittle- 

 ness and succulence far ahead of all other kinds. They con- 

 tinue long in bearing, and even when they ai-e getting old 

 they boil down as tender and nice as when young. The vines 

 grow six feet long, and require sticks. The pods are so long 

 and broad that they should be sliced, boiled about ten min- 

 utes, or fifteen if old, and have a little butter or white sauce 

 put over them, when they will be ready to supply the table 

 of the most fastidious epicure, and as they contain so much 

 sugar, starch and gluten, are very nutritious for family use. 

 Pkt. 25c. 



