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M1SS EMMA V. WHITE, 



SENSITIVE PLANT 



(Mimosa Pudica). 

 A really pretty plant with 

 its divided, fern-like foliage 

 and attractive pink blossoms, 

 but it is cultivated more for 

 its curious habit of closing 

 its leaves at the slightest 

 touch. Children always en- 

 joy it. Tender annual. Pkt.3c. 



SNOWFLAKE STOCKS. 



A superb large-flowered variety with 

 pure white flowers ; also sold as the "Prin- 

 cess Alice," or the "Cut-and-Come-Again" 

 Stock. The flowers are very double and 

 crowded in a compact spike, and the plant 

 being much branched is very showy and 

 beautiful. Sown late in the season, it is 

 fine for winter blooming. Pkt., 6 ds. 

 Dwarf German Stocks. An early flow- 

 ering dwarf variety, in desirable shades, 

 Mixed. Pkt., 3 cts. 



Adams Center, Wis., Nov. 11. 1896.— "I was very much pleased 

 with the seeds purchased of you last spring. They all grew 

 nicely and I had lovely flowers, especially in Pansies and 

 Verhenas." Bertha Carter. 



GIANT PERFECTION STOCKS. 



The Gilliflowers of our grandmothers' time 

 are hardly recognized in the beautiful Ten 

 Weeks Stocks of to-day, so greatly have they 

 been improved. The Giant Perfection is a 

 beautiful strain, unrivaled for out-door plant- 

 ing, with enormous flowers in white, old pink, 

 mauve red, purple, blush, etc. The plants are 

 much branched, each bearing several long, 

 pyramidal spikes, crowded with their fra- 

 grant blossoms. Give them good soil and 

 they will prove abundantly satisfactory 

 From 80 to 90 per cent will come double. An- 

 nual. 2V 3 feet. Pkt., 5 cts. 



SMILAX. 



No climbing plant surpasses 

 the Smilax, not only for the 

 graceful beauty of the vine, 

 but for its value in decora- 

 tion. The seed should be 

 sown in pots or boxes, as it is 

 very slow to germinate, re- 

 quiring a month or more; 

 but it is easy to cultivate. Al- 

 though a perennial, it is bet- 

 ter to start new plants each 

 year, as the florists do, and 

 not try to keep them after the 

 leaves turn yellow. Sown in 

 the spring, it makes elegant 

 trellis plants for the winter. 

 Pkt., 5 cts. 



