Annuals for Bloom the First Season. 



AGERATUM. 



The Ageratums are greatly valued for bedding on account of their 

 neat, vigorous growth and free-blooming habit. They bloom the whole 

 summer through, where sown early, and make fine pot plants for win- 

 ter flowering. For cutting, too, they are much prized because of their 

 soft, fluffy flower-clusters. 



A. Lasseaiixi. Very fine clusters of bright rose, borne long and 

 abundantly ; especially valuable for cutting. Sometimes classed 

 with tender perennials, but blooms the first year from seed. 5 cts. 

 per pkt. 



A. Mexicauum, Little Don-it, Dwarf Blue. Flowers bright blue 

 plant very dwarf and free-blooming. 5 cts. per pkt. 



A. Dwarf White. Large clusters of flowers ; habit like above. 



5 cts. per pkt. 



AGROSXE9IIMIA. 



(Rose Campion, Rose of Heaven, etc.) Exceedingly pretty and 

 graceful flowers. Mixed seed, if sown early, will produce red, white, 

 and red and white flowers combined. 5 cts. per pkt. 



AIvOI^SOA IvINIFOIvIA GRACII.IS. 



( Mask-flower. ) A new and graceful form 

 of an old favorite. The scarlet blossoms 

 come true from seed, and are freely pro- 

 duced upon plants of pyramidal form. 

 5 cts. per pkt. 



ALYSSXJM, SWEET. 



On account of its fragrance and delicate 

 beauty the Sweet Alyssum is a great favor- 

 ite for bouquets and house-culture, as well 

 as for outdoor baskets and border-edging. 

 A. Beutliami (maritimiun). Trailing ; 



flowers white, very sweet. 5 cts. per pkt. 

 A. compactiim erectiim. (Little Gem.) 



Very dwarf and spreading, covering a 



wide circle thickly with its white flowers, 



which appear when the plants are quite 



small. 5 cts. per pkt. 

 A. saxatlle coinpactum. See Perennials. 



ANAGALI.IS. 



(The Pimpernel. ) Pretty little plants for 

 rockwork or sunny borders, covering the 

 ground with a mat of bright red or white, 

 pink or purple flowers. The plants are low- 

 growing, about 6 inches high. Mixed seed, 

 5 cts. per pkt. 



Comet or Plume Aster. 



Ageratnm, Little Dorrit. 



ASTERS. 



Choicest New and Old Varieties. 



The Aster is a royal annual, glorifying the 

 garden with a rich display of bloom until the 

 Chrysanthemum, for which it is a fitting fore- 

 runner, begins to open its buds. As French, 

 German and China Asters the different forms 

 are well-known and grown in gardens every- 

 where. Our seed is choice and true to name, 

 and the collection very large and fine, in- 

 cluding all the most distinct and beautiful 

 forms and every variety of rich colors. A 

 good selection from the different sorts will 

 give elegant flowers for cutting from July, 

 when Queen of the Market begins to bloom, 

 until the later tall show varieties are cut 

 down by frost. 



COMET ASTERS. 



The flowers of this variety, while large and 

 derfect in shape have not that precise regularity in the arrange- 

 ment of petals which is sometimes wearisome in a large collection 

 of Asters The petals are long wavy and twisted, giving to the 

 flower a jaunty, graceful air, and forming a loose, yet dense half- 

 globe, suggestive of a Japanese Chrysanthemum. The flowers 

 average frSm 3 to 4 inches across, and are borne thickly on pyra- 

 midal plants from 12 to 15 inches high. 



Pure White, Rose, Light Blue and Mixed. Each loc. per pkt. 

 ASTER, QUEEPi OF THE' ' 

 MARKET. 



Blooms three weeks earlier than other 

 varieties, and is of dwarf, branching 

 habit. Excellent for growing under 

 glass. 



Pure White, Carmine, Light Blue 

 and Mixed. Each 10 cts. per pkt. 



SEMPI^E'S BRANCHING 

 ASTERS. 



A choice American strain, which by 

 careful selection has been brought to a 

 higli degree of perfection. Plant of 

 branching habit, producing from 10 to 

 20 large, perfect flowers. 

 White, Pink and Laveuder 3Ii.xed 



10 cts. per pkt. 



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