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THE DING-EE & CONAKD COMPANY'S 



Stock. 



German Ten=Weeks. 



Stocks are very satisfactory and beautiful for outdoor planting, and 

 equally desirable for pot culture. The flowers are noted for their 

 fragrance and splendid range of color. To have a continuous succes- 

 sion of bloom, sow seed from. March to May. p er pi,* 



New Perpetual Large Flowering Stock. — The most valuable 

 variety of Large Flowering Ten Weeks white Stocks ever intro- 

 duced. The plants are of strong growth, fine habit, and grow 

 in the open ground to the height of 1*4 feet, and if seeds are 

 sown early will produce uninterruptedly a great abundance of 

 bloom from May or June until November. The individual 

 flowers are uncommonly large, of a fine rosette-like shape and 

 the purest possible white. The flowers appear on each little 

 shoot, and the oftener they are cut the better they seem to like 

 it ; indeed, it is a veritable " Cut and Come again." $o 15 



Red Victoria. — It is perfectly beautiful in appearance; the 

 lateral branches are regularly arranged around the main stem, 

 becoming shorter as they near the top, making the whole plant 

 a natural-grown bouquet of pyramidal shape. The exquisite 

 double flowers are a deep blood red . 15 



New Ten-Weeks Stock, Globe Pyramidal. — A magnificent 

 strain of Ten- Weeks Stock. It is hard to convey a fair idea of 

 the immense pyramids of perfectly double flowers, the individ- 

 ual blooms often measuring over 2 inches in diameter. The 

 plants are of neat, compact habit. Altogether, we consider this 

 New Stock one of the finest recently introduced. Finest 

 Mixed Colors 15 



Stocks, Large Flowering Dwarf, Blood Red. — The richest, 

 deepest-colored Stock grown, 10 in 10 



Large Flowering Dwarf, Pure White. — A lovely variety. . , 10 



Large Flowering Dwarf, Finest Mixed. — All colors, 1 f t . . . 10 



Wall Flowered, Finest Mixed. — A handsome collection of wall- 

 flowered varieties 10 



New Giant Perfection. — Plants attain a height of 2 J / 2 feet, pro- 

 ducing large spikes of perfectly double flowers ; mixed colors . 10 



German Ten-Weeks Mixed. — A mixture of fine varieties, \ x / 2 ft. 10 

 The Set of g German Ten-Weeks Stocks named above for 85 cts. 





VERBENA SEA FOAM — CANDIDISSIMA. 



Verbenas. 



If there is anything that can be called the flower for the millions, it 

 is the Verbena. Good, healthy plants can now be produced from seed 

 with such little expense as to make it entirely unnecessary to buy 

 plants or cuttings. Per Pkt. 



Verbena Hybrida Superfine Mixed. — This unrivaled strain of 

 seed is fully described on page 83. Great care was taken to 

 select seed from the largest flowers and to have the proper pro- 

 portion of all colors in the mixture. We consider this strain 

 of Verbenas unrivaled. 4 pkts. for 50 cts.; per % oz., $1.25 ; 



y 2 oz., $2 ; oz., <4 $0 15 



Scarlet Defiance. — Brilliant scarlet. This is the best deep-col- 

 ored variety grown 20 



Sea Foam — Candidissima (see cut). — Beautiful, pure white. The 



fine trusses of flowers are very sweet 20 



Auricula Flowered Varieties Mixed. — All colors. A distinct 



class 20 



Italian Striped. — Very showy, striped of many bright colors; 



fine for edging. Per % ° z -» 75 cts 20 



Golden Leaved. — Clear yellow-colored leaves, flowers ' 



bright scarlet .... ' ' . 25 



Primrose (Lutea). — The nearest yellow of any ... 10 

 Odorata (Tencroides). — A distinct sneezes, bearing 

 spikes offragrant white flowers; quite hardy, allowing 

 seed to be sown in open ground as early as Sweet Peas 10 

 Venosa. — Also a species and in fine contrast to Odor- 

 ata. Trusses of purple-violet flowers 5 



Hybrida Mixed. — Good imported seed, mixed colors. 

 Per 5/ oz., 40 cts.; y> oz., 75 cts.; oz., $1.25 .... 10 



The Set of 10 Verbenas named above for $1. 



Zinnias. 



A PLANT OF THE NEW GIANT ZINNIA. 



Dwarf Fireball. — Exactly like Snowball in habit, but flowers in 



direct contrast ; dazzling fiery scarlet 10 



Dwarf Mixed. — The two varieties described, mixed 10 



Extra Yellow. — Handsome yellow flowers, fine form 10 



Hageana, fl. pi. — Flowers of deep orange color, good for drying. 10 

 New Double Lilliput. — The Lilliput Zinnia here offered is a dis- 

 tinct new type, and was worked up by the care and patience of 

 an American grower. The bushes are dwarf and compact, and 

 produce a profusion of perfectly double pompone-shaped flowers 

 of the brightest colors. The range and variety of colors is 

 remarkable — the most vivid scarlet and deep, shining crimson, 

 thrown into high relief by the purest white, deep golden yellow 

 and salmon pink, harmoniously toned with many intermediate 

 shades; should be planted in every flower garden. 3 pkts. 



for 25 cts 10 



Fine Double Mixed. — A good selection of varieties for general 

 planting, all colors. Per oz., 30 cts 5 



The Zinnia has been so much improved, it would hardly 



be recognized as the Zinnia of ten years ago. The flowers 



are large, finely formed, and as double as Dahlias ; the 



colors are bright, showy and attractive. We offer the best selected 



home-grown American seed, which is far superior to the imported 



seed usually sold. 



New Giant Zinnia. — This is by far the largest Zinnia in culti- 

 vation, making well-balanced bushes, with luxuriant foliage, 3 

 to 4 feetin height, 2 to 3 feet in diameter ; the flowers are borne 

 in great profusion and are of immense size, frequently 5 to 7 

 inches across, and perfectly double ; the petals being 

 of great consistency, they are not affected by heat, 

 remaining in good condition for weeks ; the colors 

 are clearand vivid and of many striking shades . . 10 



Best Double Mixed. — A special collection of splendid 

 colors ; the flowers are perfectly double and beauti- 

 fully formed. 3 pkts. for 25 cts.; per oz., 50 cts . . 10 



Dwarf Snowball. — Compact bushy plants, covered with snowy 

 white flowers 10 



New Pompone Varieties. Mixed.— The flowers are about half 

 the usual size, very double and of the most beautiful form and 

 vivid colors. 3 pkts. for 25 cts 10 



Zebra Striped, Mixed. — A large percentage of the flowers are 

 double and perfect in shape, of all colors, such as orange, crim- 

 son, pink, yellow, violet, rose, scarlet, white, etc.. three-fourths 

 of which are striped, spotted and blotched with different shades, 

 hardly any two plants producing flowers alike. All colors. . , 10 



Gen. Jacqueminot. — A superb new Zinnia. Habit, dwarf and 

 compact, growing to a height of 2 feet, and produces large dou- 

 ble flowers of perfect form ; color is the same as the Gen. 

 *' Jack" Rose— deep, velvety crimson 15 



The Set of 12 Zinnias named above for $t. 



