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GRIFFITH TURNER CO. 



HIGH-GRADE FLOWER SEEDS 



Ten 5e. Papers mailed for 25 cts„, or 

 Four 10c. Papers for 25c. 



220. SENSITIVE PLANT (Mimosa). — Curious and inter- 

 esting plants, with pinkish-white liowers; the leaves close 

 in and droop when touched or shaken; tender annual. Packet, 

 5 cents. 



230. TEN "WEEKS STOCKS (Gilliflower). — A world-wide 

 favorite, brilliant and varied in color, equally well-adapted 

 for massing, bedding, edging or pot culture. Very profuse 

 bloomers. Should be grown in rich soil. Packet, 5c. 



231. STOCKS — SNOWFLAKE IMPROVED. — A beautiful 

 dwarf -growing variety; very large, double, snow-white flow- 

 ers. Packet, 10 cents. 



237. SWEET ROCKET (Hesperis) (A). — Very pleasing, 

 early spring flowering, profuse blooming plants, with frag- 

 rant flowers, growing freely in any light, rich soil. Packet, 

 5 cents. 



240. SWEET WILLIAM (Dianthus Barbatus) (P). — A well- 

 known free-flowering, popular favorite; the great improve- 

 ments upon the old varieties made within the last few years 

 have rendered it still more desirable. Hardy perennials. 

 Packet, 5c. 



243. SWEET VIOLET (A). — Deservedly much in demand, 

 because of their profusion of bloom and delicate, sweet odor. 

 Packet, 10c. 



244. TORENIA (A). — Charming plants for pot-culture, 



vases or hanging baskets. They succeed well also in the open 

 ground in summer, and are very attractive in beds or masses. 

 Packet, 5c. 



245. MAMMOTH VERBENA (A). — One of the most popu- 

 lar and useful bedding plants. Verbenas delight in sunny 

 situation, rich soil and thorough cultivation. Packet, 5c. 

 One-half ounce, 25c. 



VINCA (Periwinkle). — Very attractive bushy plants, with 

 glossv green foliage, producing in abundance handsome round 

 or salver shaped single flowers, suitable either for culture in 

 pots or boxes or for summer bedding and borders. 



250. VINCA ROSA (A). — Rose with dark eye. Packet, 5c. 



251. VINCA ALBA (A). — White, with crimson eye. Packet, 

 5 cents. 



255. WALLFLOWER, DOUBLE (A). — Well-known, deli- 

 ciously fragrant plants, with large spikes of double flowers, 

 similar to the Gilliflov er. Succeed in light, rich soil, in a 

 moist atmosphere. Perennials. Packet, 10c. 



Genera! List of CLIMBERS 



270. BALSAM APPLE (Momordica) (A). — Very curious 

 trailing vines, with ornamental foliage; fruit golden yellow;": 

 when ripe, opens, showing the seeds and its brilliant carmine 

 interior. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 30c. 



272. BALLOON VINE (Love in a Puff) (A). — A rapid grow- 

 ing plant; succeeds' best in light soil and warm situation; 

 liowers white; half-hardy annual. Packet, 5c. 



275. CANARY BIRD FLOWER (Fereg-rinum) (A). — With 

 yellow, canary-like flowers; very ornamental and beautiful 

 foliage; half-hardy. Packet, 5c. 



276. COBEA SCANDENS (P). — A beautiful, rapid-growing 

 climber, with handsome foliage and large bell-shaped flowers; 

 blue; half-hardy perennial; grows 20 to 30 feet high. Packet, 

 10c. Ounce, 40c. 



278. CYPRESS VINE, RED (Ipomea Quamoclit) (A). — One 

 of our most popular vines, with very delicate fern-like foliage, 

 and masses of beautiful, small, star-shaped flowers. Sow last 

 of May; 15 feet. Packet, 5c. 



279. CYPRESS VINE, WHITE (A). — Usually grown with 

 the red, making a handsome effect. Packet, 5c. 



282. MAURANDIA (Barclayana) (A). — These charming 

 climbers cannot be too highly praised for their beautiful 

 flowers and foliage. They are admirably adapted for hanging 

 baskets, vases or trellis work. Packet, 5c. 



ORNAMENTAL 



MIXED GOURDS 



ZINNIA 



Very showy plants with large, double imbricated flowers, 

 which, when fully expanded, might easily be mistaken for 

 dwarf dahlias. There is much satisfaction in a bed of Zin- 

 nias, for when nearly every other 

 flower has been killed by frost, 

 this plant is still in full bloom 

 more abundantly throughout the 

 season. Sow the seed early in 

 spring, in open ground, and trans- 

 plant to one and one-half feet 

 apart in good, rich soil. Half- 

 hardy annual; about eighteen 

 inches high. 



258. ZINNIA ELEGANS (Youth 

 and old Age) (A). — This is one of 

 the most brilliant of annuals, and 

 has long been a general favorite. 

 The flowers are large, finely 

 formed, in great variety of colors, 

 and continue to bloom the entire 

 season. Half-hardy annuals. 



Packet, 5 cents. 



259. ZINNIAS CURLED AND 

 CRESTED (A). — New, odd and 

 superb. Petals twisted, curled 

 and crested into fantastic con- 

 tortions and graceful forms. A 

 magnificent variety of colors. 



Packet, 5 cents. 



260. ZINNIA — DOUBLE POM- 

 PON (A). — Long, cone-shaped 

 flowers, very fine. 



Packet, 5 cents. 

 2G1. ZINNIA — ZEBRA FLOW- 

 ERED (A). — Double striped, pro- 

 fuse bearer of fine double flowers 

 In many colors. 



Packet, 5 cents. 



GOURDS, 

 Ornamental. 



Rapid grow- 

 ing, annual 

 climber, very 

 useful for 

 covering ar- 

 bors, trellis- 

 es, etc. The 

 fruits are 

 curio usly 

 shaped and 

 often highly 

 colored. 



285. MIXED GOURD (Cucurbita) (A). — 



2b6. KiiST EGG GOURD (A). — White fruit, shaped like an 

 egg. Used as a substitute for nest eggs. Packet, 5c. 



287. DISH CLOTH GOURD (A). — Packet, 5c. 



288. DIPPER GOURD (A). — Packet, 5c. 



290. MOCK ORANGE (P). — Fruit shaped like an orange. 

 Packet, 5c. 



295. HEAVENLY BLUE IPOMEA (A). — The flowers are in 

 large, airy clusters, and of that lovely blue so rarely seen. 

 Flowers four to five inches across. Packet, 5c. 



300. MORNING GLORY (Convolvulus Major). — One of the 



most free-flowering and rapidly-growing plants in cultivation, 

 thriving in almost any situation. The beauty and delicacy 

 of their brilliant flowers are unsurpassed; hardy annuals. 

 Packet, 5c. 



302. GIANT JAPANESE MORNING GLORY (See Cut). — 

 This plant has been developed to such a state of perfection 

 that it now produces flowers of 

 immense size and almost endless 

 variety of color and markings. 

 Some of the flowers are brilliant 

 red, or rich blue self-colored; 

 others are equally brilliant, with 

 broad margins of clear white. 

 Not only are the flowers varied, 

 but the foliage is equally so; 

 some of it comes plain green, and 

 part is mottled with white and 

 shades of yellow or yellowish 

 green. 



Packet, 10 cents. 

 305. MOON FLOWER (Ipom- 



oea Noctiflora). — Charming and 

 popular blooming climbers; of 

 rapid growth and showy effects; 

 warm, rich soil, with a sunny ex- 

 posure, suits them. 



Packet, 5 cents. 

 162. PASSION FLOWER 

 (Southern Beauty.) — A most in- 

 teresting and well-known order of 

 climbers, bearing singularly beau- 

 tiful flowers. 



Packet, 10 cents. 

 320. SCARLET RUNNERS. — 

 Very handsome climbing Beans, 

 with bright scarlet flowers. 

 "Packet, 5 cents. 

 326. SMILAX. — Charming 

 climber for greenhouses or win- 

 dow gardens. 



Packet, 5 cents. 



