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Rudbeckia. 



The Bicolor Superba, a 

 new annual variety of 

 Rudbeckia, well known in 

 its wild form as "Black- 

 Eyed-Susan." The plant 

 grows about two feet in 

 height, is much branched, and bears 

 an abundance of long-stemmed, 

 brilliant yellow flowers. The disc 

 is brown, the ray florets are yellow, 

 with large velvety-brown spots at 

 the base, much like the Coreopsis 

 in coloring. A very effective an- 

 nual and very useful for cutting. 

 New. Pkt , 5ct5. 



Summittville. la., 1899. "T think your 

 catalog the nicest arranged of any I ever 

 saw." ALes. James M^ckie. 



PYRETHRUM HVBRIDUIVI. J 



• A beautiful, early-flowering, hardy perennial. 

 The foliage is finely cut and quite ornamental; 

 the flowers are in vivid shades of rose and pink, as 

 large as an Aster, and remarkable for the length 

 of time they remain perfect. Perfectly hardy 

 and easily raised from seed. Devote some odd cor- 

 ner of the garden to them and grow amass of them. 

 They come in time for Decoration and Children s 

 Days and are splendid for all cut flower purposes, 

 very -howy and pretty, and entirely hardy anywhere, 

 even in the North. Pkt., 3 cts. 



SALPIGLOSSIS, "The Emperor." 



"The Emperor" is a new strain of this beautiful, orchid- 

 like flower. In habit it is more vigorous, its main stocky 

 stem being crowned with a bouquet of most beautiful flowers, 

 much larger than those of the old type. The colors are innumer- 

 able, ranging through yellow, orange, crimson, lilac, blue, purple 

 and almost black, all richly veined with gold. Annual, of easy 

 cultivation. Mixed. Pkt., 5 cts. 





Cht.tsworth,Ill.. 1899 

 — "I planted some of 

 your seeds last year, 

 with good results. I 

 likeyourvay of adver- 

 tising. I have several 

 catalogs much larger 

 and showier than 

 yours, butsoa have re- 

 ceived n?y first order." 



MliS. J. E. Bhown. 



FREE. —Every 

 customer receives a 

 copy of my "Culture 

 of Flowers," giving 

 practical directions. 



"BABY" 



ROSE. 



Rosa Polyantha Multiflora Nana, or 

 "Little Midget" Rose, is a charming 

 little plant about ten inches high, bear- 

 ing clusters of minute roses only an inch 

 across, double, semi-double or some- 

 times single. The many-flowered clus- 

 ters look like a mass of double crab-apple 

 blossoms. I can assure my customers 

 who wish to try this recent novelty 

 that I have taken pains to secure 

 the best seed and true to name. Not 

 all the Rosa Polyantha seed offered is of this 

 dwarf, early-flowering variety. It blooms in a 

 few weeks from planting, though not attaining 

 perfection until the second year. Pkt., 6 cts. 



Woodbine, la., April, 1899.— "Most of the seeds I sent 

 for before are up splendidly. The Heliotrope began to 

 come up on the eighth day." Maggik Mendenhall. 



