p. MANN & CO., Washington, D. C. 



316 Ninth Street, N. W. 

 Vi Block North Penna. Ave. 



MANN'S SUPERIOR FLOWER SEEDS 



Aster. 



Our constant aim is to supply our customers with the very best domestic 

 and imported strains obtainable. We spare no expense in our efforts to main- 

 tain the highest standard of quality. Our list contains those varieties which 

 are most popular because of their beauty, usefulness, and ease of cultivation. 



Annuals are those which attain full growth, bloom and die the same year, 

 and are raised from seed exclusively. 



Biennials attain full growth, bloom and die the second year from the plant- 

 ing of seed. 



Perennials produce plants the first year, which with a few exceptions do not 

 flower until the second year from planting of seed, after which they bloom every 

 year and last several years. 



The class to which each variety belongs is indicated as follows : 

 A. for Annuals, B. for Biennials, P. for Perennials. 



10c PACKET. 12 PACKETS $1.00 POSTPAID, UNLESS OTHERWISE 

 NOTED. 



Candytuft. 

 COREOPSIS.— Very 



ASTERS (VICK'S). A.— Mixed. Of all BALLOON VINE— Remarkable for its CALLIOPSIS, 



garden flowers from seed, there is none inflated membraneous capsules containing showy border plants, producing in great 



that gives more satisfaction than the Aster, the seed. It is sometimes called "Love-in- profusion and for a long time flowers 



There is an early, medium and late sort a-Puff." A rapid and graceful climber, which are bright yellow and rich brown, 



now of rare beauty, so that you can have Flowers white. Tender annual ; 6 feet either self-colored or with these colors and 



flowers from June until frost. Our sorts high. Pkt. 10c. red contrasted. Pkt. 10c, oz. 35c. 



are the best. Pkt. 10c, oz. $1.00. -datoatut /-tativic oTTDuirr. 



BALSAM (LADY'S SLIPPER, or CANARY BIRD FLOWER.— A beautiful 



ALYSSUM, SWEET (LITTLE GEM). TOUCH-ME-NOT). A. — Our Camellia- climber with curiously-shaped little canary- 



A.— Of dwarf, compact habit, 4 to 6 inches flowered stram produces the finest double colored blossoms. Will blossom freely 



in height. It begins to bloom when quite blossoms, and is quite a revelation com- from July until killed by frost. Tender 



small, and the plants are a solid mass of P^red with the old varieties. Sow in rich annual. Pkt. 10c. 



white from spring to late in autumn, soil for the finest blooms. Pkt. 10c, oz. 60c. 



BALSAM APPLE (MOMORDICA 

 BALSAMINA). A. — A rapid-growing vine 

 producing apple-shaped fruits. Pkt. 10c, 

 oz. 50c. 



Pkt. 10c, oz. 60c. 



AMARANTHUS (JOSEPH'S COAT). 



A. — Tricolor ; a hardy annual with leaves 

 of red and green ; well known as "Joseph's 

 Coat," the colors being especially brilliant 

 if grown in rather poor soi 

 oz. 60c. 



ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI (EMER- 

 ALD FEATHER).— One of the best plants 

 to grow in suspended baskets, window 

 boxes, vases, etc. ; for the greenhouse in 

 winter and outside in the summer. Pkt. 10c, 

 oz. $3.00. 



ACROCLINIUM ROSEUM. A. — A 

 pretty annual "Everlasting," growing about 

 IS inches high, bearing lovely white or 

 rosy-pink flowers, which, when cut in the 

 bud state, can be dried and used in winter 

 bouquets. A nice thing to grow in a mixed 

 border aside from its use as an everlasting. 

 Double Mixed. Pkt. 10c, oz. 50c. 



AGERATUM (FLOSS FLOWER). A.— 



One of the best bedding plants, being 

 literally a sheet of bloom from early sum- 

 mer till frost. Unlike many bedding 

 plants, their flowers are not liable to be 

 spoiled by rain, nor do the colors fade out. 

 The various blue varieties are without 

 doubt the most satisfactory bedding plants 

 of this color for our trying climate. Easily 

 raised from seed, which is usually started 

 in a hotbed or window and transferred to 

 the open ground in May. Can also be 

 sown outdoors in May. A sowing in 

 September will give plants to bloom all 

 winter. Dwarf Mixed. Pkt. 10c, oz. 50c. 



BRACHYCOME (SWAN 



Pkt. 10c, DAISY). A.— Free-flowering, dwarf 

 growing annuals ; covered during the 

 greater part of the summer with a pro- 

 fusion of pretty blue or white flowers, 



CANDYTUFT. A.— Showy, branching 

 plants, 6 to 18 inches high. Indispensable 

 for cutting and very effective in beds or 

 masses. If sown in spring will blossom 

 from July to September, or in the fall will 

 RIVER blossom from May to July. Hardy annual. 

 ^- '^'' ' -^^ ^ loc, oz. 40c. 



Fine Mixed. Pkt. 



CARNATION, MARGUERITE. P.- 



The plants of this wonderfully fine strain 

 may be made to flower in 4 months. The 



suitable for edgings, small beds or pot flowers are large, double and very fra 

 culture ; 9 inches. Pkt. 10c, oz. $3.00. grant, and appear in very attractive shades 



of color. One of the best "pinks" in cul- 

 tivation. Pkt. 10c, oz. $1.00. 



CALENDULA (POT MARIGOLD). A. 



— This is the "Marygold" of Shakespeare's 

 time ; one of the best and showiest free- 

 flowering hardy annuals, growing in any 

 good garden soil, producing a fine effect 

 in beds or mixed borders, particularly 

 bright in late fall, continuing to bloom 

 from early summer until killed by frost; 

 valuable also for pot culture ; blooming 

 freely in winter and early spring. Pkt. 10c, 

 oz. 25c. 



CENTAUREA (BACHELOR'S BUT- 

 TONS). A.— Popular Everlastings, bear- 

 ing hundreds of cloverlike heads of differ- 

 ent colors. Useful also for bedding and 

 borders. Pkt. 10c, oz. 35c. 



CASTOR BEAN, or RICINUS. A.— 



Tall, majestic plants for lawns, with 

 leaves of glossy green, brown or bronzed 

 metallic hue and long spikes of scarlet, or 

 of green, prickly fruit. Of very quick 

 growth in rich soil. Tender annual. 6 to 

 Alyssum 15 feet high. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c. 



