MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. 



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SPIDER PLANT, Gl 



(Cleome Pungens . 



ANT 



A ver^- hardy, vigorous plant, growing to a 

 height of from four to five feet, and flowering 

 profusely until frost. The peculiar flowers, 

 appearing in immense heads, with their long, 

 slender stamens and single petals measuring 

 an inch across, are of a bright rose color and 

 ver\' showy. The long slender seed pods have 

 theappear'ance of a many-legged spider, with 

 a bright bunch of flowers as the head. It en- 

 dures all sorts of weather, grows freely from 

 seed, and is also said to be one of the best 

 honey producing plants. Packet, 5 ots. , 



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i In a yiinneapolis church last fall a , 



* bouquet made of jrellow coleus and our ♦ 



* dark red, verjr large and full Scabiosa ! 

 ^ blossoms was verj- beautiful and at- ♦ 



* traded much attention. I 



SUNFLOWER 



(Helianthus.i. 



To mix with shrubbery, or for a 

 background for a lawn or to hide 

 unsightly objects, the Sunflower is 

 invaluable. 



<;iobosns Fiistnlosus. By far the 



most desirable. Very double, 

 quilled; splendid. Pkt., 5 cts. 



Xanus. A dwarf variety. Flowers 

 very doub.e and of rich golden 

 hue. Two and one-half feet. 

 Packet, 5 ets. 



Sunflower, Globosus. 



SWEET ALYSSUM. 



Free-flowering pretty little plants 

 for beds, edgings and rock work, 

 their deliciouslj' fragrant, delicate 

 white flowers being in constant 

 bloom. Annual. One-half foot. 



Benthami. The commoa kind. 

 Packet, 4 cts. 



liittle Gem. These plants are very 

 dwarf, spreading, and remarka- 

 bly uniform in growth; they only 

 grow three to four inches high, 

 and each plant spreads so as to 

 completely cover a circular space 

 twelve to twenty inches in diam- 

 eter. The plants begin to flower 

 while quite young, and soon be- 

 come one mass of •white, remain- 

 ing in full bloom from spring to 

 fall. More than four hundred 

 clusters of flowers in full bloom 

 have been counted on a single 

 plant. Packet, 6 cts. 



