Preiiiiuiiis 



OFFERED 



TO MY 

 PATRONS 



Royal GHallenoe Pansu 

 Mixture. 



I have spared no pains or ex- 

 pense to make my special pansy 

 mixture, the Royal Challenge, 

 the best collection offered. It 

 contains the most desirable 

 strains gro-wn, and I wish it could 

 be included in the order of every 

 one of my patrons. Price per 

 packet. 15'cents. 



Are You a L.over of the 

 Pansy* 

 You will be delighted with the 

 blooms this will give. 



To encourage the cultivation 

 of this mixture. I have decided 

 to offer this vear 



25 SEED PREMIUMS 



of one dollar each, your choice 

 from my 1S97 catalogue, to be 

 sent to the t wenty-fivepersoiis 

 who send me the largest and 

 handsomest specimen f]o"«'- 

 ers grown from this mixture. 

 Each person should send on- 

 ly one bloom, which should 

 be dried between blotting 

 papers and mailed carefully 

 secured between stout paste- 

 boards.marked on the outside 

 of the envelope, " Pansy 

 bloom,'' in plain letters. The 

 result of this competition 

 will be announced December 

 1st, next, by mail, to all com- 

 petitors, successful or not. 

 and the addresses of those to 

 whom awards have been 

 made will be published also 

 in the 1S97 catalogue. Try it ! 

 If you do not win a prem- 

 ium, you will at least grow 

 some BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS. 



EXCELSIOR WEEDER. 



With its five outstretched fingers in imi- 

 tation of the human hand, you will find 

 this a very easy tool to loosen the earth 

 with about your flowers, and with it you 

 can work very close to them \sithout in- 

 jury. I know' this by experience. It will 

 be sent by mail FREE as a premium for a 

 60-cent seed order. 



f\ Splendid Rose 



Free by Mail. 



As a Premium for a 50-cent 

 seed order. A strong, potted 

 plant of any of the following 

 varieties, your choice: 



LaFrarce, Duchess of 



Albany, Hermosa, 



Bridesmaid, Clo- 



tilde Soupert. 



