Carnation Perennial. 



CARNATIONS (PERENNIAL 

 VARIETIES). 



Indispensable plants for both pot culture in 

 the greenhouse, window garden and open ground 

 culture in summer ; of innumerable colors and 

 delicious perfume. The plants may be set in the 

 open ground during the summer, where they will 

 flower as profusely as when grown in pots in the 

 house. Ha-f hardy perennials. 



DOUBLE MIXED, producing many double 

 flowers of all shades and colors. Pkt., 50 

 seeds, 6 cts. 



EXTRA FINE DOUBLE MIXED, seeds 

 saved from the finest and choicest German, 

 French, Italian and English stocks. Pkt., 50 

 seeds* 8 cts. 



GRENADIN SCARLET, very early, habit 

 dwarf and compact, brilliant double scarlet 

 flowers. Pkt., 50 seeds, 8 cts. 



GRENADIN WHITE, double early flower- 

 ing, white. Pkt., 50 seeds, 8 cts. 



OOGCINEA IN- 

 DICA. 



A remarkably pretty 

 climber. Ivy-like foliage, 

 bright and luxuriant, nev- 

 er troubled with insects, 

 and admirably adapted 

 for trellises, arbors, etc. 

 The small flowers are soon 

 followed by numerous 

 fruits two inches long, 

 which turn to brilliant 

 scarlet, spotted with 

 white, rendering the vine 

 very pretty. Pkt., 20 

 seeds, 4 cts. 



Laura E. Miller, Bethle- 

 hem, Penn , March 5th, 1898, 

 writes : — The Smilax 6eed 

 which I got from, jou last 

 spring were very satisfactory. 



Mrs. C. E. Taylor, Orlando, 

 Okla. Ter., March 3d, 1898, 

 writes:— The seeds I got from 

 you last year were good and 

 the plants from them will 

 secure you many more cus- 

 tomers. 



Jacob Schwender, Marys- 

 viJle, Mich., March 16th. 1898, 

 writes: — I have used your 

 seeds for the past two years 

 with great satisfaction. My 

 Carnations were beautiful 

 and my wild flower garden 

 was a great success. 



Mrs, John Foster, Grover, 

 Wis., April 16th, 1898, writes:— 

 I have bought seeds of you 

 twice before and must say 

 they are all nearly perfect. 



Mrs. Edwin B. Murray, 

 Charlton, N. Y., April 24th, 

 1898, writes:— I tried last year 

 a bargain collection of your 

 seeds, and was so much 

 pleased that this year I send 

 you my entire order, yet ow- 

 ing to your low prices it ia 

 quite a small one. I think all 

 women should, if practicable, 

 patronize a woman florist. 

 Wishing you every success 

 and luck in your enterprise. 



A magnificent new class of Carnations that will bloom 

 In four months after sowing the seed. They are with- 

 out exception the most abundant bloomers of all the 

 "pinks." The flowers are of brilliant colors, ranging 

 through many beautiful shades of reds, pinks, white, 

 variegated, etc. It is a most valuable acquisition, as 

 Carnation flowers can be had all summer and winter, if 

 consecutive sowings are made. Pkt., 50 seeds. 4 cts. 



CENTROSEMA GRANDIFLORA. 



A hardy perennial vine which will bloom in June or 

 July from seed sown in April, and bears in the greatest 

 profusion inverted, pea-shaped flowers from 1 -4 to 2 1 / 2 

 inches in diameter, ranging in color from a rosy violet 

 to a reddish purple, with a broad feathered white mark- 

 ing through the center, while the large buds and back 

 of the flowers are pure white, making it appear as if 

 one plant bore many different colored flowers at one 

 time. Pkt., 20 seeds, 4 ets. 



