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GRIFFITH <a TURNER CO. 



FLOWER SEEDS THAT GROW. 



Ten 5c. Papers Mailed for 25c. 

 or Four 10c. Papers for 25e. 



Sweet wh/LJAM; 



320. SENSITIVE 

 PLANT (Mimosa). 

 Curious and inter- 

 esting plants, with 

 pinkish-white flow- 

 ers ; the leaves 

 close in and droop 

 when touched or 

 shaken; tender an- 

 nual. Packet, 5c. 

 SNAP DRAGON. 

 (See Antirrhinum.) 

 Packet, 5c. 

 230. 

 TEN WEEKS 

 STOCKS. 

 (Gilliflower). 

 A world-wide fa- 

 vorite, brilliant and 

 varied in color, 

 equally well-adapt- 

 ed 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. Our seed of this variety is grown by a specialist, and will 

 produce a large percentage of double flowers. Packet, 10c. 



235. SUNFLOWER (Helianthus) (A). — Remarkable for the 

 stately growth, size and brilliancy of their flowers, making a 

 very good effect among shrubbery and for screens. The seed 

 is also good for feeding poultry. Packet, 5c. 



237. SWEET ROCKET (Hesperls) (A) Very pleasing, 



early spring flowering, profuse blooming plants, with fragrant 

 flowers, growing freely in any light, rich. soil. Packet, 5c. 



240. SWEET WILLIAM (Dianthus Barbatas) (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 popular 

 and useful bedding plants. Verbenas delight in sunny situa- 

 tion, rich soil and thorough cultivation. Packet, 5c. Ounce, $1. 



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



251. VINCA ALBA (A). — White, with crimson eye. Pkt. 5c. 

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



ciously fragrant plants, with large spikes of double flowers, 

 similar to the Gilliflower. Succeed in lig'ht, rich soil, in a 

 moist atmosphere. Perennials. Packet, 10c. 



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, 5c. 



259. ZINNIAS CURLED AND CRESTED (A) New, odd 



and superb. Petals twisted, curled and crested into fantastic 

 contortions and graceful forms. A magnificent variety of 

 colors. Packet, 5c. 



260. ZINNIA — DOUBLE POMPON (A). — Long, cone-shaped 

 flowers, very fine. Packet, 5c. 



261. ZINNIA — ZEBRA FLOWERED (A) Packet, 5c. 



GENERAL LIST OF CUMBERS. 



AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII can be furnished as a plant only. 



(See Nursery pages.) 



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



trailing vines, with ornamental foliage; fruit golden yellow; 

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

 interior. Packet, 5c. Ounce, $1.00. 



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

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

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



275. CANARY BIRD FLOWER (Peregrinnm) (A). — With 



yellow, canary-like flowers; very ornamental and beautiful 

 foliage; half-hardy annual. 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 Qunnioclit) (A). — One 



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

 age, 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 flow- 

 ers and foliage. They are admirably adapted for hanging: 

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



285. MIXED GOURD (Cucurbita) (A). — Rapid growing ir 

 teresting plants, with ornamental foliage and varieties o" 

 singular-shaped fruit; annual. Packet, 5c. 



286. NEST 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. 



301. NEW BRAZILIAN MORNING GLORY.— Packet, SC. 



302. GIANT JAPANESE MORNING GLOHY (See Cut),— 

 This plant has been developed to such a state of perfection 

 tbat it now produces flowers of immense size and almost end- 

 less 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 whiite. Some blossoms 

 are stripped and dotted with blue or red on white or lemon- 

 yellow ground; others clouded with blue and red; in fact, one 

 may expect to And some new and exquisitely beautiful mark- 

 ings every morning. 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. 

 Vines grow 30 to 40 feet high. Packet, 10c, 



305. MOON FLOWER 

 (IpOhioea Noctifldra): 



Charming and. ip'dpus 

 lar blooming Climbers ; 

 of rapid growth and 

 showjfr effects; warm, 

 Hon soil, with a sunny 

 exposure suits them. 



Packet. 



5c. 



310. 



TALL NASTURTIUM 

 (Tropaeoluni Major.) 

 Elegant, profuse flow- 

 ering plants, constant- 

 ly growing in favor for 

 verandas, trellis, etc. 

 The seed pods can be 

 gathered while green 

 and tender for picking. 



Packet 5c. 



Ounce lOe 



320. — SCARLET 

 RUNNERS. 



Very handssme climb- 

 ing Beans, with bright 

 scarlet flowers. 



Packet 5c. 



326.— SIMLAX. 



Charming climber for 

 greenhouse or window 

 gardens. 



Packet 5c. 



K Ounce 25c. 



Ounce 40c. 



JAPANESE MORNING GLORY. 



FOR GENERAL LIST OF PLANTS, FLOWERS AND VEGETABLES, SEE PLANT PAGES. 



