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Ammobium Alatum. Polycolymna Stuartii. 



(xnaphalium Foetidum Rhodanthe Manglesii, 10 cts. 



Gomphrena Globosa, Purple, Statice Bonduelli, 10 cts 



" ' Alba. " Sinuata. 



" Orange. Xeranthemum, purple. 



" Striped. " white. 



Helichrysum Album. " yellow. 



Helichrysura Monstrosum^ dwarf, 10 cts. 

 Tall, 10 cts. 

 " Compositiim Maximum, 10 cts. 



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Descriptive List of Mew and Eare Rocky Mountain 

 and Frairie Flower Seeds, 



Price 25 cents per paper. 



Astragalus Cakyocarpus. — A dwarf trailing plant, blooming early 

 in Spring; flowers in dense spikes, of a bright rose color. The flowers 

 are succeeded by clusters of pods resembling red plums, which are also 

 quite ornamental. 



Abronia Fbagrans. — This beautiful plant is a native of the Rocky 

 Mountain country, and can hardly be surpassed for beauty and eleg- 

 ance. It is a hardy perennial, of trailing habit, sending up immense 

 numbers of flowers of a pure white color, in clusters resembling the 

 Snowball. It also possesses a delightful fragrance. In bloom June to 

 September. 



Bartonia Nuda. — This is a perfect gem; it grows two to three feet 

 high, and is literally covered with its large white flowers of the most 

 delicate texture, surpassing even the finest lace-work. The flowers are 

 two and a half inches in diameter, and produced in great abundance 

 all the season ; a perfectly hardy perennial. 



Callibhoe Involucrata. — A trailing hardy perennial, of great 

 beauty ; from the Rocky Mountains. In bloom from May to September, 

 the flowers rise singly, on stems six to ten inches high, and vary in 

 color from bright rose to the deepest crimson. In size and color re- 

 sembles the Portulaccas. 



Cleome Integrifolia. — A splendid annual growing three to four 

 feet high, much branched and producing immense quantities of rich 

 violet Purple flowers from July to October. 



Cassia Chamaeonita. — A hardy annual with foliage like the sensitive 

 plant, but with bright yellow flowers with a dark brown centre — very 

 pretty. 



Delphinium Azureus. — A hardy perennial variety, growing two to 

 three feet high, with spikes of delicate white flowers, tinged with pale 

 blue. Native of Western Iowa and Nebraska. 



Delphinium Menziesii. — A very fine variety, growing one to two feet 

 high, with dense spikes of flowers of the deepest blue. Perfectly hardy. 

 Native of Nebraska. * 



Desmanthus Brachtlobus. — A hardy perennial with beautiful fern- 

 like foilage, and white globular clusturs of flowers of considerable 

 beauty. New and rare. 



