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J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD., ALMANAC AND 



PLANT DEPARTMENT 



ABUTILON. 



Singularly beautiful flowering Maples and 

 worthy a place in any garden, producing their 

 flowers in ^reat abundance the entiie year, 

 beginning to bloom when quitesmall. Ours 

 include the best varieties. Price 10 cents 

 each, $1.00 per dozen. 



Robert George— A free and continuous 

 bloomer. Flowers are broad, their large, 

 overlapping petals incurved, color orange, 

 veined with crimson. 



Shower of Gold— A beautiful, dwarf- 

 growing variety, the whole plant being 

 covered with a profusion of beautiful golden 

 yellow blossoms. 



Thomsoni Plena— New. Has perfectly 

 double flowers that resemble in form a 

 double Hollyhock. Color a rich, deep 

 orange, shaded and streaked with crimson. 

 The foliage is delightfully variegated. 



SplENDENS — A beautiful velvety crimson. 



Scarlet Gem — A rich, bright scarlet. 



Eclipse — This is an elegant foliage plant, 

 and one of the prettiest we know. It is 

 new, and the flowers, which are produced 

 in profusion, set the plant off to good ad- 

 vantage. 



Souvenir de Bonne — New. This is a 

 charming plant. The body of the leaf is a 

 deep, rich green, bordered and edged with 

 purest white. It is a lovely plant to go with 

 Palms or other decorative plants. 



AGERATUM. 



Neat growing plants with soft, delicate 

 flowers, produced the entire season, will 

 grow anywhere. 



Reine des Bleau — Bright blue flowers, 

 very free bloomers the entire year, 10 cents 

 each. 75 cents per dozen. 



Pearl Blue— Lighter than the above, of 

 same good qualities, 10 cents each, 75 cents 

 per dozen. 



Princess Pauline— A beautiful shade of 



Lavender* blue, very neat and attractive, 

 strong and vigorous, 10 cents each, $1.00 

 per dozen. 



Tapis Blanc— A fine carpet bedding 

 variety of snow white, the best of its color, 

 10 cents each, $1.00 per dozen. 



ACAlvYPHA SAND3RII. 



The most sensational introduction of the 

 century. 



Under a variety of names this remarkable 

 new plant has been praised by experts the 

 world over. It has been called the "Philip- 

 pine Medusa,*' "Dewey's Favorite Plant," 

 •'Chenille Plant," "Blazing Cat Tail" and 

 many other names of similar character. 

 We know of no plant so unique and sensa- 

 tional iu appearance. It is an absolutely 

 new departure totally unlike any other plant 

 now known. At the great exhibition which 

 is held at Ghent, Belgium, every five years, 

 to which the plantsmen of Europe bring 

 their finest novelties, this great plant won 

 the distinction of being the most striking 

 novelty exhibited. It is an extroardinary 

 free grower and bloomer, small plants 

 blooming from January to December. As 

 an ornamental plant, it is the most striking 

 ever seen. Of branching habit, the branches 

 spread widely and throw out their long, 

 dazzling crimson, fluffy spikes 12 to 18 

 inches long (not 20 to 30 inches, as has 

 been described), between the large, bright 

 green leaves, in the most effective manner. 

 A large plant presents a sight that baffles 



