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AMARANTHUS. 



If you want something striking 

 along a fence or at the side of a 

 house, plant a row of Aniaran- 

 thus, alternating with Stella 

 Sunflower or Eldorado Marigold, 

 and you will have a gorgeous 

 coloring of yellow and dark ma- 

 roon red for two or three months 

 that ^vill brighten the whole gar- 

 den. Fine varieties — Joseph's 

 Coat, Giant Prince's Feather, 

 Love-lies-bleeding, Melancholi- 

 cus Ruber, etc., mixed. Annual. 

 Pkt., 200 seeds, 3 cts. 



ABRONIA 



UBMELLATA. 



Beautiful trailing plant 

 introduced from Califor- 

 nia. The prostrate 

 branches bear clusters of 

 sweet-scented, rose lilac 

 flowers, -with white cen- 

 ters, sometliing Like the 

 Verbena, only much more 

 delicate. The blossom is 

 especially fragrant to- 

 wards evening. Remove 

 the husky covering from 

 the seeds and they will 

 germinate readily. An- 

 nual. Pkt., 25 seeds, 4 cts. 



ANCHUSA 



CAPENSIS. 



A rare plant of great 

 beauty , thriving in shady, 

 out-of-the-way places 

 where nothing else will 

 grow. The flowers are 

 borne in great abund- 

 ance and somewhat resemble the 

 Forget-me-not, though more showy 

 and desirable for cutting, and are of 

 a lovely, clear deep blue, with white 

 center. It commences to bloom 

 early and continues late. Hardy 

 perennial, blooming the first year. 

 Twenty inches. Pkt., 100 seeds, 3 cts. 



ACHILLEA PTARMICA. 



A beautiful plant, bearing in great 

 profusion large clusters of double 

 flowers, pure white, giving the plant 

 appropriately the name of "The 

 Pearl.^' Invaluable for floral pieces, 

 bouquets, and fijie for cemetery 

 planting, as it is perfectly hardy 

 anywhere and readily takes care of it- 

 self. Perennial. Pkt.,200seeds,6ct8. 





LITTLE GEM ALYSSUM. 



Splendid for cemetery planting or for edgings. The 

 plants are dwarf and compact, a single plant covering 

 a space from 15 to 20 inches in diameter. The single 

 florets are larger and more closely crowded on tne 

 flower spike than in the common Alyssum, making a 

 showier blossom and converting the plant into a mass 

 of whdte, w^hich remains in full bloom throughout the 

 season. Pkt., 200 seeds, 4 cts.; 34 oz., 16 cts. 



SWEET ALYSSUM (Benthami). 

 This, the common Alyssum, can never be displaced 

 from favor, even by the very desirable "Little Gem." 

 "While the latter is perhaps better for edgings, this is 

 unsurpassed for cutting. The long spikes of deHcate 

 white touch off a bouquet of Nasturtiums, Pansies or 

 other coarser flowers, giving them a finish and deUcate- 

 ness they do not have when massed alone. Pkt., 200 

 seeds, 3 cts.; 3^ oz., 10 cts. 



