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SELECT FLOWER SEEDS. 



A G)mplete List of the Best and Most Popular Sorts, Including Seeds of Annuals, Biennials, Perennials, 



and Stove and Greenhouse Plants. 



"j^^- ^^/V^^"^ j^^L^ '■^■'^ following pages we offer a careful and choice selec- 



^yrfr '^^n\^^<^.,^^^^^^^^^^%^ I tion of fresh and pure Flower Seeds, including all the 



I — ^^^^ ^^'^ varieties which have been introduced 



1 / \ [s'^^^^^T^ " ' ~ up to date, and omitting all which have proved unsatis- 



factor}', or have been superseded by better sorts. No possible 

 i ~W_ need of the flower garden has been neglected, for seeds of plants adaptable for 

 every ornamental purpose, covering the whole range of form and color, height and 

 habit, and the whole season with their bloom, maj' be found here. 

 Our Flower Seed Packets are large, -beautifully lithographed in colors, with direc- 

 tions- for culture printed on one side, and well filled with tested seeds of strong 

 germinating power. 



COLLECTIONS OF FLOWER SEEDS. | see our fine assort- I 



Alore seeds for less mone)-, with the benefit of our years of experience in selection thrown ^ mpnt nf Ppa<; on ^ 



in as a premium, can be supplied in these Seed collections than in an}' other form or way. We ^ "''^"^ :>weei redi on |. 

 make them up carefullj', before the hurr\' of spring sales comes on, of full packets from the * page 63. The very ^ 

 best and most popular sorts of seeds, such as will give a succession of bloom throughout the i * x 



season. All are fresh, and from our regular stock. Friends and neighbors who club together ^ best varieties at moder- ^ 

 and divide packets, will find this an inexpensive and most satisfactory wav of securing a fine flower garden. A: ^ ■ ^ 



^ ate prices. ^ 



Collection of lO packets of Choice Flower Seeds, 10 varieties price, 40 cts. ^ 



" 13 " " " " "15 " " 60 cts. f - X - ^ «K » -i"^-^"^^ 



" 25 " " " '• "25 " " $1.00. 



^^^^iTsTaJ^lT^ DISCOUNTS ON FLOWER SEEDS BY MAIL. 



j£ f ~, . a Our liberal discounts, or premiums, on Flower Seeds in packets (purchaser's selection) really 



^ 01 aStCXS, Ctneratia, reduce the cost to wholesale prices. These discounts are given onlj- on seeds sold in packets, for which, 



C Galceolaria, Cosmos, '£ in all cases, the cash must accompany orders. 



m r'M^raMi^>H TTSriMiMla' Tl .BS-Tiiis discount do9s not apply to assortments or collections, nor to seeds by the 02. Or lb. 



I . ? IPnmula, g^^^^^ amounting to $1.25 



I Ipetunfa, iPansg, % ForS2; " " " 2.50 



J Stocft ano Uerbena. 'is Forss, " " " " 3.75 



ForS4, " " " " • 5.00 



THR HRnniNfm HP THR nRPUnTmPWTQ which follow— Choice Annuals for Bloom the Pirst Season, Perennials for Perma- 

 1 riU nuflUlflUQ Ur 1 UDrfllT l • U nent Planting, Seeds of Plants with Fine Foliag-e, Ornamental Climbers, Seeds 



of Greenhouse Plants — make so clear the nature of each class of seeds offered that the usual puzzling and arbitrarj- signs and abbreviations are unneces- 

 sary. The copious index on the third page of cover will be found helpful to all who, without understanding plant habits and classifications, wish to turn 

 quickly to any species. 



CBOmE iPLS FOB BlDOPl I BE F1B8T SEBSOK. 



ABROT<(IA. 



Pretty, trailing plants, with prostrate branches several feet long, and clusters of ^^SiSiS^^^t^^^^^*^'^2^''' 

 sweet-scented flowers, somewhat like the verbenas. Their habit well adapts them for ^'^^^-■+*'*»^^*^ » 

 baskets, rockwork and borders, and they are of easy culture, blooming most profusely 

 in midsummer. 



A. arenaria. Bright waxen yellow flowers. 5 cts. per pkt. 



A. iimbellata graudiflora. Very large, fine clusters, of pure rose. 5 cts. per pkt 

 ADOXIS. 



Showy, free-blooming plants, usually about a foot tall, with feathery foliage and 

 large, brilliant flowers, appearing in early spring and lasting a long while. 

 A. autumnalis. (Pheasant's Eye.) Intense dark red, with black center. 5 cts, per pkt. 



A. vernalis. See Perennials. '5 cts. per pkt. Abronia. 



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