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J. STECKLER SEED CO , LTD., ALMANAC AND 



and possess the true primrose fragrance. It 

 is in bloom fully nine months of the year 

 and some plants have kept up a succession 

 of bloom during the entire season. 25 

 cents each. 



POINSETTIAS 



DOUBLE - FLOWERING — The bracts of this 

 new kind are gaihered into clusters, which 

 fill up the center. It Is strikingly gorgeous, 

 of a most brilliant and vivid scarlet color. 

 25 to 50 cents each. 



PULCHERRIMA — A tropical plant of gor- 

 geous beauty, the bracts or leaves that sur- 

 round the flower being in well-known speci- 

 mens one foot in diameter and of the most 

 dazzling scarlet. 25 cents to $1.00. 



RUDBECKIA. 



'-Golden Glow.'''' 



Grows 8 feet high, branching freely and 

 bearing by the hundreds, on long, graceful 

 stems, exquisite double flowers of the 

 brightest golden color and as large as a 

 Cactus Dahlia. As cut flowers the blooms 

 last well. Perfectly hardy and blooms con- 

 tinuously throughout the summer months. 

 Strong plants, 15c. each, larger plants 30c. 



RUSSEIilA. 



TWO NEW RUSSELIAS. 



Russelias are our finest basket and vase 

 plants, and these two new varieties are 

 worthy of special attention. 



RUSSELIA MULTIFLORA. — Strong and vig- 

 orous grower, of graceful drooping habit. 

 Flowers bright coral red, produced freely 

 all over the plant. 15c. 



RUSSELIA EleGantissima. — Somewhat 

 finer stemmed than Multifiora, but fully as 

 graceful in growth. Flowers soft red com- 

 pletely enveloping the plant. 15c 



RUSSELIA JUNCEA.— A most useful basket 

 or vase plant, producing numerous long, 

 wiry stems, which are virtually leafless. 

 Upon these stems and branches the flowers 



are borne, which are about 1 inch long, 

 tubular and of brilliant scarlet color, and 

 are produced in the greatest freedom. 15c. 



SWAINSONIA OR SWANFLOWER 



A SUPERB EVER BLOOMING PLANT. 



Just imagine a plant that is fully as pretty- 

 as a Fern bearing the utmost profusion of 

 flowers in elegant sprays of 30 to 40 flowers 

 each, which in form and fragrance are 

 equal to Sweet Peas, which it strongly re- 

 sembles! You can then form an idea of the 

 Svvainsonia. Of vigorous, healthy habit of 

 growth, it blooms the year around. It will 

 thrive in anv situation — if a trifle shaded so 

 much the better. These new Svvainsonias 

 are particularly good, and we want our cus- 

 tomers to try them because of the satisfac- 

 tion they are sure to give. 



Alba '(White) .—Magnificent large satiny- 

 white flowers just like Sweet Peas. When 

 you see them you will agree with us that 

 they are simply exquisite. 



SPLENDENS (Pink). — An exceedingly 

 rare and beautiful variety, identical with 

 Alba, except the flowers, which are a deep, 

 shiny pink. The contrast between the two 

 varieties is strikingly beautiful. Be sure 

 to try both. 



Strong plants, price 15 and 25 cents each- 



NEW SCARXET SAGE. 



SALVIA. DROOPING SPIKES. 



This magnificent scarlet sage or salvia 

 has three tpes the flowering capacity of 

 ordinary scarlet sages. The flowers are pro- 

 duced so abundantl}* as to bend the branches 

 and suggest the name Drooping Spikes for 

 this superb type. It is altogether attrac- 

 tive and showy, and one of the best for 

 decorative purposes, whether used singly or 

 in mixed groups. The plant blazes out in 

 dazzling scarlet, and the color lasts all sum- 

 mer and fall. Price, 15 cents each; 2 for 

 25 cents. 



STROBII^ANTHUS DYERIANUS- 



An excellent bedding plant as well as a 

 beautiful foliage plant for pot culture. It 

 forms a compact bush 18 inches high, with 

 leaves 6 to 9 inches long; of a beautiful me- 

 tallic purple, shading into light rose, with 

 a light green margin, a combination unap- 

 proached by any other plant. The flowers 

 are violet blue, borne in immense racemes. 

 15 cts. 



STOCKS. 



Nothing can excel Stocks for beauty and 

 fragrance. The flowers are large and double, 

 and are freely produced in ten to twelve 

 weeks after the sowing of the seed. The 

 newer stocks are great improvements over 

 the old-time gilliflowers. A good soil is 

 essential to best results. The colors include 

 white, red, blue, lavender and violet. Nice 

 joung plants, 40 cts. per dozen. 



