Annuals for Bloom the First Season. 



Ten-Weeks Stocks. 



^STOCKS. £Er 



For an Early and Profuse Display of Brilliant Flowers. 

 Fragrant and free-blooming, and easy to grow, either in beds or 

 pots. Almost all the va- 

 rieties have long, hand- 

 some spikes of flowers, 

 which are admirable for 

 cutting, and remain fresh 

 a long while. The Ten- 

 Weeks Stocks are espe- 

 cially popular, because ! 

 they bloom so soon after 

 the seed is sown. 

 Dwarf Queen. Dark 

 blood-red ; same habit i 

 as Snowflake. 10 cts. j 

 per pkt. 

 Snowflake. Very early 

 flowering, and indis- 

 pensable for forcing. J 

 Vigorous dwarfs of the i 

 Wallflower-leaved sec- 

 tion ; produce long I 

 spikes of large, double, 

 snow-white flowers. 10 j 

 cts. per pkt. 



LARGE- FLOWERING 

 TEN-WEEKS STOCKS. 



The plants flower 10 or j 

 12 weeks after the seed is 

 sown. We offer a mag- 

 nificent strain of this in separate colors : Pure White, Flesh-Col- 1 

 ored, Chamois-Buff, Carmine, Dark Crimson, Dark Blood-Bed, Light 

 Blue, Chestnut-Brown, Pink, Scarlet, Dark Blue. 10 cts. each ; 

 Mixed, 10 cts. per pkt. 



Cut-and-Come-Again Stocks. An unusually free-blooming 

 species. The plants grow about 2 feet high, and send out nu- 

 merous side branches, each of which bears a cluster of pure 

 white, fragrant flowers, beautifully shaped and very double. 

 From spring until late in fall the plants are covered with flowers, 

 and they thrive equally well in pots or beds. 10 cts. per pkt. 



VIRGINIAN STOCKS. 



(Malcolmia.) Pretty, profuse- flowering little plants, about 3 

 inches tall, with clusters of red and white flowers. 5 cts. per pkt. 



SALPIGLOSSIS GRAN Dl FLORA. 



This elegant half-hardy annual flowers in late summer and au- 

 tumn. The blossoms are velvety, with deep veins and markings, 

 lily-shaped, and quaintly lovely. Mixed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



SALVIA. 



(Flowering Sage.) Magnificent bedding plants, all ablaze with 

 long spikes of blue or scarlet flowers from June until October. 1 

 to 2 feet tall. 



S. splendens. Flowers bright scarlet ; a general favorite. 10 cts. 

 per pkt. 



S. patens. Leaves silvery ; flowers large, and beautiful sky-blue. 

 25 cts. per pkt. 



SANVITALIA PROCUMBENS. 



A dwarf-growing plant, continually blight with single golden 

 yellow flowers. 5 cts. per pkt. 



SAPONARIA CALABRICA. 



(Bouncing Bet.) A hardy annual, growing into thick clumps, and 

 producing masses of fragrant red, cruciform flowers. 5c. per pkt. 



SCABIOSA GRANDIFLORA. 



(Mourning Bride.) Curious and pretty ; an old-fashioned flower, 

 still deservedly popular. Mixed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



VENIDIUM CALENDULACEUM. 



Compact, bushy little plants, about 6 inches high, with long, 

 wooly leaves, and a profusion of large, bright yellow flowers, 

 shaded with orange. 5 cts. per pkt. 



49-The Index on the third page of cover will help you to 

 find any plant for which you are looking-. We have about 

 everything- good ! 



VERBENAS. 



Seedling Verbenas are more robust in growth and produce larger 

 and finer flowers than those grown from cuttings, and the light- 

 colored varieties frequently have fragrant flowers when grown from 

 seed. This is one of our brightest and best bedding plants, and its 

 fine trusses of flowers represent every shade of every color except 

 yellow. Plants from seed sown early in spring keep their beds gay 

 with flowers from midsummer until frost ; they are trailing in habit, 

 and wide-spreading, loving a rich, sandy soil, plenty of room and 

 full sunshine. No finer seed than ours can be procured anywhere. 

 Verbena (Mammoth Varieties). This superb strain is a great 

 improvement on the older varieties, both in size and color of 

 flowers and habit of plants. The florets average an inch in di- 

 ameter, and have clearly defined margins and large white centers. 

 The trusses are large in proportion, and borne in great profusion 

 upon robust, vigorous plants. Seed from finest flowers. "White, 

 Scarlet, Pink and Mixed, each 10 cts. per pkt. 

 V. nana compacta (New Dwarf Varieties). Of very dwarf and 

 spreading habit, requiring no pegging down. Mixed seed, 10 cts. 

 per pkt. 



V. Choice Mixed. Seed saved from finest flowers. 5 cts. per pkt. 

 V. coerulea. Large, sky-blue flowers, with white centers ; very 



bright and true from seed. 10 cts. per pkt. 

 V. Defiance. Bright scarlet flowers; brilliant bedder. 10c. per pkt. 

 V. Italian Striped. 10 cts. per pkt. 

 V. Auricula-flowered. Mixed, 5 cts. per pkt. 

 V. Candidissima. Pure white. 10 cts. per pkt. 



VI SCAR I A. 



Abundant bloomers. Plants about a foot in height ; flowers all 

 tints and shades of red, from scarlet to pale rose and pure white. 

 5 cts. per pkt. 



ZINNIA ELEGANS. 



(Youth and Old Age. ) All of them, but especially the d warf sorts, 

 give gay effects in bedding. The taller sorts are very useful for 

 mixed borders or massing in large clumps. 



Zinnia grandiflora plenissima. (The new Giant Zinnia.) Very 

 large and double flowers of handsome form, in all the rich Zinnia 

 colors ; plants strong, erect and branching. 5 cts. per pkt. 



Z. — parviflora. (The Lilliput-flowered Zinnias.) Tiny flowers 

 of double, perfect form ; unique and charming for bouquets. All 

 colors. 5 cts. per pkt. 



Z. elegans, Double Mixed. Many kinds and colors. 5c. per pkt. 



Z. — Curled and Crested. Finely varied flowers. 10c. per pkt. 

 ^g~Try a package of New Mammoth Verbena, which is far 



superior to the older varieties. 



WHITLAVIA. 



Beautiful bell-shaped flowers of white or blue, borne in clusters 

 adapted to baskets, borders, etc. Mixed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



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