Annuals for Bloom the First Season. 



1892 



STOCKS. 



Ten-Weeks Stock. 



MAXHIOI.A BICORIVIS. 



Another prett)' relative of the Stock, 

 with delightfully fragrant lilac flowers. 

 A capital edging plant for dry and sunny 

 exposures. 5 cts. per pkt. 



POI.YGOTVU1ME ORIENTATE. 



(Persicaria.) Fine and showy for backgrounds. VVilh slight protection 

 the plants live and bloom from year to year. They grow about 2 feet tall, 

 and their red flowers open late in the se'ason. to cts. per pkt. 



For an Early and Profuse Display of Brilliant Flowers. 



We offer a fine selection of varieties of this favorite old-fashioned flower, so fragrant and free- 

 blooming, and so easy to grow, either in beds or pots. Almost all the species and varieties have 

 long, handsome spikes of flowers, which are admirable for cutting, and remain fresh a long while. 

 The Ten-Weeks Stocks are especially popular, because they bloom so soon after the seed is sown. 

 Dwarf Queen. Dark blood-red ; same habit as Snowflake. 10 cts. per pkt. 



Suowflake. Very earlv flowering, and indispensable for 

 forcing. Vigorous dwarfs of the Wallflower-leaved section ; pro- 

 duce long spikes of large, double, snow white flowers. 10 

 cts. per pkt. 



I.ARGH-PI.OWERIB(G XEN- WEEKS 

 STOCKS. 



The plants flower 10 or 12 weeks after the seed is sown. We 

 offer a magnificent strain of this in separate colors : Pure White. 

 Flesh-Colored, Chamois-Buff, Carmine, Dark Crimson, Dark Blood 

 Bed, Light Blue, Chestnut-Brown, Pink, Scarlet, Dark Blue. 10 

 cts. each ; Mixed, 10 cts. per pkt. 



Cnt-and-Come-Again Stocks. A popular name for an 

 unusually free-blooming species. The plants grow about 2 feet 

 high, if the seed is sown early, and send out numerous side- 

 branches, each of which bears a cluster of pure white, fragrant 

 flowers, beautifully shaped and very double. They are very 

 useful for cutting, and this 

 only seems to make the 

 blooms come thicker. From 

 spring until late in fall the 

 plants are covered with flow- 

 ers, and they thrive equally 

 well in pots or beds. 10 cts. 

 per pkt. 



VIRGINIAN 

 STOCKS. 



(Malcolmia). Pretty, pro- 

 fuse-flowering little plants, 

 about 3 inches tall, with 

 clusters of red and white 

 flowers. They are very useful 

 for borders and edgings, and 

 grow well anywhere. 5 cts. 

 per pkt. 



PORXULACA. 



Sturdy, little trailing plants, that bloom brightest 

 during our warmest, dryest weather. Beds of them 

 fcrm brilliant rainbows of color on sunshiny mornings. 



Sing-le 3Ii.\ed. Large flowers, in many rich, „ , • , , 



bright colors. 5 cts. per pkt. Salpig-lossis grandiflora. 



Double Mixed. A large percentage of the flowers will be as double as little Roses ; single ones should be weeded 

 out as soon as they bloom. 10 cts. per pkt. 



SAI^PIGLOSSIS GRANDIFLORA. 



This elegant half-hardy annual flowers in late summer and autumn. The blossoms are velvety, with deep veins 

 and markings, lily-shaped, and quaintly lovely. Our seed will give flowers in all rich, 

 deep and delicate colors. 5 cts. per pkt. 



SALVIA. 



(Flowering Sage.) Magnificent bedding plants, all ablaze with long spikes of blue 

 or scarlet flowers from June until October ; i to 2 feet tall. 



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

 S. sf>le}idens. 25 cts. per pkt. 



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



SANVIXAI.IA PROCUMBENS. 



A dwarf-growing plant, continually bright with single golden-yellow flowers. It 

 thrives well in all soils, and is very popular for edgings and rockeries. 5 cts. per pkt. 



SAPONARIA CAI.ABRICA. 



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

 ducing masses of fragrant red, cruciform flowers. 5 cts. per pkt. 



SCABIOSA GRAXDIPLORA. 



(Mourning Bride.) The tufted, double flowers of the Scabiosa are curious and 

 pretty, and abundant until frost. It is an old-fashioned flower, still deservedly popular ; 

 indeed, it has all the charms of novelty to many of the younger flower-lovers. Mi.\ed 

 seed of different varieties, 5 cts. per pkt. 



The Index 



Salvia splendens. 



are looking. 



on the third page of cover will help 

 you to find any plant for which you 

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