FLOWER-SEED NOVELTIES. 



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FOR some years past we have steadily advised our 

 friends and customers to grow their Verbenas 

 from fresh seed each season. This is a matter 

 of the greatest importance, as plants raised from 

 cuttings seem to be more subject to disease and rust 

 than ever, while plants raised from our SUPERFINE 

 MIXED SEED, sown in March, are a mass of healthy 

 flowers and foliage, almost as dense as Sweet Alyssum 

 Little Gem, and nearly as fragrant. To easily grow 

 the best Verbenas from seed it is of prime necessity to 

 have fresh seed, saved from perfectly fertilized flowers. 

 We have given this point our most exacting attention, 

 and are satisfied that in our " VERBENA SUPER- 

 FINE MIXED COLORS " here offered, we have the 

 best and most carefully selected strain of Verbenas 

 ever sent out. This superb race of Verbenas embraces 

 a remarkably large number of colors, shades and mark- 

 ings ; our illustration above was carefully drawn from 

 nature ; the trusses or heads of flowers are very large, 

 and are produced in great abundance from early Sum- 

 mer till late Fall. Verbenas raised from seed are quite fragrant, particularly so after sunset 

 hotbeds, and transplanted when 3 or 4 inches high. 



Price of Verbena Superfine Mixed Colors, per pkt , 15 cts.; 4 pkts. for 50 cts.; 9 pkts. for $1. 



The seed should be sown early in pots, boxes or 



NEW BEGONIA VERNON, 



New Begonia Vernon. 



Comes absolutely true from seed, and, as it will stand our hot Sum- 

 mer sun, will prove of the greatest value for bedding and culture in 

 the open ground. From seed started in February or March, plants 

 can be had that will begin to flower in early Summer, and continue in 

 most striking effect until Autumn. The flowers are of an intense 

 brilliant, deep-red color, which is magnificently set off by the abun- 

 dant and vigorous foliage, which is stiff, glossy and of fine green 

 color, partly margined with bronze purple. So easily raised from 

 seed that we unreservedly recommend it both for bedding and pot 

 culture. Per pkt., 15 cts.; 2 pkts. for 25 cts. 



New Balsam Double Dwarf White. 



The entire absence of that pink tinge peculiar to the accepted White 

 Balsam of the present is one of the many distinctive features of this 

 superb new variety. The plant attains a height of about 20 inches, 

 and is the most compact flowered of all Balsams. It is a prolific 

 flowering variety, and produces numerous spikes of purest white 

 flowers which are perfectly double. We counted on an aveiage plant 

 growing on our trial grounds 58 perfect flowers on a single spike. 

 Altogether Double Dwarf White is a Balsam of rare merit, and we 

 strongly recommend it as one of the valuable acquisitions of the year. 

 Full cultural directions on each packet. 15 cts. per pkt.; 4 pkts. for 

 50 cts.; 9 pkts. for^i. 



Shirley Poppies. 



Shirley Poppies are of good substance, double and single. The indi- 

 vidual flowers are of the largest size, frequently measuring over 4 

 inches in diameter. The colors range from pure white, through the 

 most delicate shades of rosy pink and carmine, to deepest crimson ; 

 some of the most intensely colored flowers being margined with white 

 or beautifully flaked and marbled. The plants are of vigorous, 

 healthy habit of growth, and bloom with profusion from July to Octo- 

 ber. They can be readily raised from seed sown in the open ground. 

 Per pkt., 10 cts.; 3 pkts. for 25 cts. 



