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PORTULACA. — A popular hardy annual creeper that delights in warm sun 

 and sandy soil. Sow early and it will bloom from June to frost, literally cov- 

 ering the ground with blooms of gayest colors. Packet, 3 cents. 



PRIMULA or PRIMROSE.— They are among the most important winter- 

 blooming pot plants. Charming and beautiful, producing a magnificently 

 beautiful large head of flowers of different shades. The heads are some- 

 times as much as 10 inches in diameter. Packet, 3 cents. 



PYRETHRUM or GOLDEN FEATHER.— Is fine for edging and makes 

 a moss-like tuft. Packet, 3 cents. 



RICINUS (Castor Oil Beans).— Ornamental plants of stately growth and 

 picturesque foliage, with brilliant colored fruit, producing a sub-tropical ef- 

 fect; fine for lawns, massing or center plants for beds. Packets, 3 cents. 



SALVIA or SCARLET SAGE.— For brilliant effect there is nothing better 

 than a bed of this bright-red flower, bearing long spikes of flowers in great 

 profusion from July till frost. Seed should be sown early and transplanted 

 to permanent beds as soon as danger of frost is past. Packet, 3 cents. 



SENSITIVE PLANT.— A pretty plant whose leaves fold up if touched by 

 a human being. Packet, 3 cents. 



STOCKS or GILLIFLOWER.— The stock is one of the most popular an- 

 nuals, either for bedding or pot culture. For brilliancy and diversity of color, 

 fragrance, profusion and duration of bloom it is unsurpassed. Pkt., 3 cents. 



SUNFLOWER (Large Russian).— Remarkable for the stately growth and 

 size of its flower, making a good effect as background. Packet, 3 cents. 



SWEET ROCKET (Hesperis).— Old-fashioned garden plant and one of the 

 most desirable of hardy plants. Bears spikes of showy white, lilac and purple 

 fragrant flowers. Packets, 3 cents. 



SWEET WILLIAM. — Our mixture contains both double and single flow- 

 ers, free blooming, hardy perennial, fine for bedding and bouquets. The 

 splendid variety of colors that are in our seeds is unsurpassed. Pkt., 3 cts. 



SWEET PEAS.— See page 31. 



VERBENA. — This lovely flower produces a mass of flowers from spring 

 until late fall. Our strain is as fine as the world produces. Packet, 3 cents. 



WALL FLOWERS.— A half hardy annual. Deliciously fragrant; bloom- 

 ing early in the spring with spikes of beautiful flowers, they should be pro- 

 tected in the winter and planted in April. Packet, 3 cents. 



ZINNIA (Youth and Old Age). — One of the most beautiful and brilliant 

 annuals, it has long been a favorite. A bed planted with this fine plant, as a 

 center cannot fail to give pleasure and satisfaction. Seed should be sown 

 early and young plants planted out as soon as the season will permit; they 

 bloom early and continuously. Packet, 3 cents. 



BALSAM APPLE. — An annual of merit, bearing a long yellow fruit, which 

 is both attractive and odd. Price, 3 cents. 



CLEMATIS. — A beautiful tender perennial shrub, bearing clusters of droop- 

 ing brilliant rich scarlet pea-shaped flowers, 3 inches in length. Each flower 

 picturesquely marked with a large black blotch in center. Packet, 3 cents. 



CANARY BIRD VINE (Tropaelum).— A beautiful rapid annual climber, 

 the charming little canary-colored blossoms, bearing a fancied resemblance 

 to a bird with wing half expanded. Packet, 3 cents 



COBEA (Cup and Saucer Vine). — A climber of rapid growth, valuable for 

 covering trellises, arbors and trunks of trees. Seed should be planted edge- 

 wise and merely covered with light soil. Packet, 3 cents. 



CYPRESS VINE (Ipomoea Quamoclit). — One of the most popular vines, 

 with delicate fern-like foliage, and masses of beautiful, small star-shaped 

 flowers. Packet, 3 cents. 



MOON FLOWER (Ipomea Grandiflora). — At night and dark days the 

 plants are covered with an abundance of large, pure white fragrant flowers, 

 5 to 6 inches in diameter. It grows very rapidly, and will cover a very 

 large surface. Packet, 3 cents. 



MORNING GLORY.— Climbers of rapid growth, bearing flowers of all the 

 possible shades. So well known it needs no description. Packet, 3 cents. 



MORNING GLORY (Imperial Japanese). — They are unquestionably the 

 handsomest climber vine in existence. Easily cultivated, can be sown in open 

 ground in a sunny situation as soon as the weather is warm. The flowers 

 are very large and most beautiful. Packet, 3 cents. 



SCARLET RUNNER BEANS. — A great favorite because of its merit. Not 

 only ornamental, but it produces a delicious edible bean; succeeds in warm 

 sunny places best. It bears its flowers in clusters of bright colors. Pkt., 3 cents. 



THUMBERGIA (Mixed) BLACK-EYED SUSAN.— Beautiful rapid grow- 

 ing annual climber, preferring a warm, sunny situation, used for hanging 

 baskets, vases, and to climb over low fences. Very pretty flowers in buff, 

 white, orange, etc., with dark eyes. Packet, 3 cents. 



WISTERIA. — Seed should be planted in boxes, plants transplanted into pots 

 and then when the season is well advanced, plant in a warm, sunny place 

 where the plant has plenty of room. The flowers are borne in great bunches, 

 in shape of a bunch of grapes, the flowers are of a light blue, and remain in 

 flower for weeks. One can hardly give a description of its beauty. Pkt., 3c. 

 Add 8c per doz. if Bulbs are to go by Mail. 



GLADIOLUS BULBS. — One of the most beautiful summer blooming 

 bulbs in cultivation. 15c per dozen. 



TUBEROSE ROOTS. — One of the most fragrant and popular of the sum- 

 mer flowers. Starts early in boxes in the house or plant early in May in 

 open ground. 15c per dozen. 

 This is one of the old-time favorites; plant in May in open ground. 10c each; 3 for 25c. 



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