HIGH QUALITY FLOWER SEEDS 



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Mann's Superior Flower Seeds 



Our constant aim is to supply our customers 

 obtainable. We spare no expense in our efforts to 

 contains those varieties which are most popular becau 



Annuals are those which attain £ull growth, bio 

 exclusively. . 



Biennials attain full growth, bloom and die the 



Perennials produce plants the first year, which 

 year from planting of seed after which they bloom 



The class to which each variety belongs is in 

 (P) for Perennials. 



All Flower Seeds mailed free on receipt of price. 

 quoted. Cultural directions on each packet. 



with the very best domestic and imported strains 



maintain the highest standard of quality. Our list 



se of their beauty, usefulness, and ease of cultivation. 



om and die the same year, and are raised from seed 



second year from the planting of seed. 



with a few exceptions do not flower until the second 



every year and last several years, 

 dicated as follows (A) for Annuals; (B) for Biennials; 



Vick's Branching- Aster. 



ASTERS (VICK'S). A. Mixed.— Of all garden 

 flowers from seed, there is none that gives more 

 satisfaction than the Aster. There is an early 

 medium and late sort now of rare beauty, so that 

 you can have flowers from June until frost. Our 

 sorts are- the best. Pkt. 10c; oz. $1.00. 



4LYSSUM, SWEET (Little Gem). A. — Of dwarf, 

 compact habit, 4 to 6 inches in height. It begins to 

 bloom when quite small, and the plants are a solid 

 mass of white from spring to late in autumn. 

 Pkt. 10c; oz. 75c. 



AMARANTHUS (JOSEPH'S COAT). A. — Tricolor; 

 a hardy annual with leaves of red and green; well 

 known as "Joseph's Coat," the colors being especially 

 brilliant if grown in rather poor soil. Pkt. 10c; 

 oz. 75 c. 



ANTIRRHINUM (SNAPDRAGON). P. — This is a 

 well-known and valuable plant, bearing long spikes 

 of many colored flowers throughout the season. Fine 

 for cutting as well as garden display. A hardy an- 

 nual but sometimes lives over to the second year. 

 Seed rather slow to sprout. Pkt. 10c; oz. 75c. 



ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI (Emerald Peather). — 

 One of the best plants to grow in suspended baskets, 

 window boxes, vases, etc.; for the greenhouse in 

 winter and outside in the summer. Pkt. 10c; oz. $3.00. 



ADONIS, AUTUMNALIS (Plos Adonis). A. — 

 Small, crimson flowers, with dark center; globose. 

 Height 1 foot. May to July. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c. 



ACROCLINIUM, ROSEUM. A. — A pretty annual 

 "Everlasting," growing about 15 inches high, bear- 

 ing lovely white»or rosy-pink flowers, which, when 

 cut in the bud state, can be dried and used in win- 

 ter bouquets. A nice thing to grow in a mixed bor- 

 der aside from its use as an everlasting. 



Double Mixed — Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c. 



AGERATUM (Ploss Plower). A. — One of the best 

 bedding plants, being literally a sheet of bloom from 

 earlv summer till frost. Unlike many bedding 

 plants, their flowers are not liable to be spoiled by 



rain, nor do the colors fade out. The various blue 

 varieties are without doubt the most satisfactory 

 bedding plants of this color for our trying climate. 

 Easily raised from seed, which is usually started 

 in a hotbed or window and transferred to the open 

 ground in May. Can also be sown outdoors in May. 

 A sowing in September will give plants to bloom 

 all winter. Dwarf mixed. Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c. 



BALLOON VINE Remarkable for its inflated 



nembraneous capsules containing the seed. It is 

 ;i>metimes called "Love - in - a - Puff." A rapid and 

 graceful climber. Flowers white. Tender annual; 

 feet high. Pkt. 10c. 



BALSAM (LADY'S SLIPPER, or TOUCH-ME- 

 NOT). A. — Our Camellia-flowered strain produces the 

 iijiest double blossoms, and is quite a revelation com- 

 pared with the old varieties. Sow in rich soil for 

 the finest blooms. Pkt. 10c; oz. 75c. 



BALSAM APPLE (Momordica Balsamina). A. — 

 A rapid growing vine producing apple-shaped fruits. 

 Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c. 



BRACHYCOME (Swan River Daisy). A. — Free- 

 flowering, dwarf-growing annuals; covered during 

 the greater part of the summer with a profusion 

 of pretty blue or white flowers, suitable for edgings, 

 small beds or pot culture; 9 inches. Pkt. 10c; 

 oz. $3.00. 



CALLIOFSIS, or COREOPSIS. — Very showy bor- 

 der plants, producing in great profusion and for a 

 long time flowers which are bright yellow and rich 

 brown, either self-colored or with these colors and 

 red contrasted. Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c. 



CANARY BIRD PLOWER.— A beautiful climber 

 with curiously-shaped little canary-colored blossoms. 

 Will blossom freely from July until killed by frost. 

 Tender annual. Pkt. 10c. 



CANDYTUFT. A. — Showy, branching plants, 6 to 

 18 inches high. Indispensable for cutting and very 

 effective in beds or masses. If sown in spring will 

 blossom from July to September, or in the fall will 

 blossom from May to July. Hardy annual. Fine 

 mixed. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c. 



CARNATION, MARGUERITE. P. — The plants of 

 this wonderfully fine strain may be made to flower in 

 4 months. The flowers are large, double and very 

 fragrant, and appear in very attractive shades of 

 color. One of the best "pinks" in cultivation. 

 Pkt. 10c; oz. $1.25. 



CALENDULA (Pot Marigold). A. — This is the 

 "Marygold" of Shakespeare's time; one of the best 

 and showiest free-flowering hardy annuals, growing 

 in any good garden soil, producing a fine effect in 

 beds or mixed borders, particularly bright in late 

 fall, continuing to bloom from early summer until 

 killed by frost; valuable also for pot culture; bloom- 

 ing freely in winter and early spring. Pkt. 10c; 

 oz. 25 c. 



CENTAUREA (BACHELOR'S BUTTONS). A. — 



Popular Everlastings, bearing hundreds of clover- 

 like heads of different colors. Useful also for bed- 

 ding and borders. Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c. 



CASTOR BEAN, or RICINUS. A. — Tall, majestic 

 plants for lawns, with leaves of glossy green, brown 

 or bronzed metallic hue and long spikes of scarlet, 

 or of green, prickly fruit. Of very quick growth In 

 rich soil. Tender annual; 6 to 15 feet high. Pkt. 10c; 

 oz. 15c. 



COLEUS. P. — The most popular of all foliage 

 plants. Easily grown from seed, but must be start- 

 ed in a box in the house -or hotbed, as the seed is 

 very fine and when sown is scarcely covered, but 

 must be kept moist. Tender annual. Pkt. 10c. 



COCKSCOMB DWARF MIXED A. Showy dwarf 

 growing plants bearing large velvety combs. If the 

 combs are cut before frost they may be dried and 

 used for winter decoration. Pkt. 10c. 



