MISS MARY E. MARTIN. FLORAL PARK, NEW YORK 



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The New Red Sunflower 



"The plants vary in height from five to eight feet and throw 

 out many side branches. The .flowers are very numerous, 

 of good form, usually having large long rays and small discs. 

 The heads vary greatly in size — some are only two or three 

 inches across while others are a foot or more. The color 

 varies greatly — some plants produce flowers of a rich chestnut 

 red, others red flowers tipped with yellow, others washed 

 with red. This variety in size and color makes a hedge or 

 border of this annual especially interesting and attractive. 

 Some few seeds will produce plants bearing yellow flowers, 

 for, though the seeds came from carefully selected stock, 

 they were grown in a region where yellow sunflowers abound 

 and the wild bees, doubtless, have crossed some with pollen 

 from the wild yellows. The plants likely to produce yellow 

 flowers have no purple in stem or leaf and can be destroyed 

 when seedlings." Packet, 10c. ; 3 packets for 25c. 



LupinUS (Lupine) 



Annual Sorts. Free-flowering, easily-grown annuals, 

 ■jyith long, graceful spikes of rich and various colored pea- 

 shaped flowers; \^aluable for mixed borders, beds, and for 

 cutting; prefers a little shade; 2 feet. 



Rich blue. 5c. per packet. 



White. 5c. per packet. 



Polyphyllus Sorts. Effective hardy perennials, suc- 

 ceeding in any good garden soil; blooms in May and June; 3 

 feet. 



Rich blue. 10c. per packet. 



White. 10c. per packet. 



Coleus Trailing Queen 



A very strong trailing variety. The foliage is highly 

 colored with a cherry red to the centre of the leaf, bordered 

 with mottled brown and green. This variety is used exten- 

 sively for window boxes and hanging baskets. A very popu- 

 lar plant in the far south on account of its being able to with- 

 stand the hottest rays of sun. Price, 15c each; 2 for 25c. 



Coleus May Levering 



One of the most striking Coleus to date. Leaves are very 

 .irregularly blotched and striped with maroon, green, bright 

 red and yellow. This variety on account of its highly colored 

 leaves and sturdy robust growth has become very popular for 

 hanging baskets and porch boxes. Price, 15c. each; 2 for 

 25c. 



WEIGELIA 



These shrubs bloom after the lilacs, in June and July. 

 They make a strong growth, erect when young, gradually 

 spreading and drooping into the most graceful shapes with 

 age. Their large flowers are of wide trumpet-shape, colors 

 from white to red, and borne in clusters thickly along the 

 branches. 



Eva Rathke. One of the best deep red flowering Weigelias. 

 Medium dwarf in habit. Foliage rich in color and blooms 

 produced in great abundance of the deepest red. This 

 shrub when vigorous produces more or less flowers through- 

 out the entire summer. Excellent as a foreground plant. 

 2 to 3 ft, .35c. 



Nana Variegata. One of the most conspicuous shrubs; 

 leaves beautifully margined, creamy white; flowers pink. 

 A dwarf grower and admirably adapted to small lawns or 

 gardens. 2 to 3 ft., 40c. 



DEUTZIA 

 Pride of Rochester. A variety of Deutzia Crenata Flore 

 Pleno, and producing large double white flowers, back of 

 the petals slightly tinted with rose. It excels all the older 

 sorts in size of flower, length of panicle, profuseness of bloom 

 and vigorous habit; blooms nearly a week earlier. 2 to 3 

 ft., 35c. 



Crenata Rosea fl. p. Very similar to Crenata fl. pi. but 

 very showy with its outer petals a handsome rosy purple. 

 2 to 3 ft., each 40c. 



Bedding Lantanas 



Michael Schmidt. Flowers yellow passing to a purple- 

 vermilion. 



Grand Sultan. The best of the deep red varieties. 



Alba Perfecta. Pure white; compact habit. 



Aurora. Flowers of clear pink. 



Tephys. A fine, strong growing yellow. 



Radiation. Plant semi-dwarf; brillant red, centre 

 orange-yellow. 



These Lantanas are fine for porch boxes, 15c. each; 2 

 for 25c. 



Trailing Fuchsia Procumhens 



One of the very best trailing plants we have for house, 

 basket, vase, or window. Foliage small and thick. Flowers 

 curious in shape; color red, with blue anthers. Mixed with 

 the blooms in great quantities, appear bright red berries 

 a little larger than cherries, which stay on for nearly six 

 months. Packet, 10c. 



