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FLOWER SBEDS. 



The following- list of Flower Seeds has been carefully revised, and all inferior varieties dis- 

 carded. We have added many new varieties some of them we describe in our list of Novelties. 

 We offer only the most popular kinds, and only the choicest strains of their class. 



Success makes Flower culture delightful, and we desire all our customers to succeed. And 

 we are confident that our Flower Seeds are unquestionably th.(^ best, and will g-vow if prop- 

 erly taken care of and sown at the proper season. Wo warrant the Flower Seeds to be 

 fresh, true to name and of good vitality. Every variety of Flower Seed is tested, under our 

 own personal supervision, and we positively throw out all dead seed. 



It is gratifying to know that each year the- cultivation of Flowers is increasing. 



To those that are unacquainted with the different varieties, we can especially recommend the 

 collfctions offered on third page. 



The soil best adapted to most flowers is light, rich loam, containing enough sand to make it 

 porous, and never plant anv seeds when the ground is wet. 



BRIEF DIRECTIONS FOR SOWING, ETC., will be printed on each packet of 

 Flower Seed, and by following them, any person without the least experience will have fair 

 success in the culture of Flowers. 



FOR EARLY BLOOM. Flowering soon after the seed is sown, we would recommend 

 Alyssum, Candytuft, Calliopsis, Gillia, Larkspur, Mignonette, Petunia, Phlox and Double 

 Poppie?!. 



FOR A SHOWY BED. You need nothing better than Balsam, Dianthus, Phlox, 

 Petunia, Portulaca. Pansv ar,d Verbena. 



FOR LATE FLOWERS. Nothing can surpass Aster, Ageratum, Adonis, Marigold, 

 Salvia, Dahlia, and Zinnia. 



ANNUALS. 



In this department we include not only Annuals, that bloom and die the first year, but also 

 those Perennials that flower freely the first year from seed. Upon this class of plants the 

 flower garden is dependent for rnany of the brightest, most showy and beautiful flowers, and 

 consequently we have taken special care in the growth and selection of the choicest seed. 



(H^*" No smaller packets are put up and sold than those quoted. 



ABRONIA. 



Charming trailer, with Verbena-like heads of 

 sweet scented flowers, blooming the whole sea- 

 son. Effective in beds, borders, rock-worl<:, and 

 hanging baskets. Half-hardy annual. 



Per pkt. 



Umbellata, rosy lilac, white eye; Gin 4 



ABUTILON (Flowering Maple.) 



Beautiful plants for green-house and window 

 culture, blooming almost continually ; also suc- 

 ceeding well in the open ground in summer. 

 Flowers bell shaped, 1 to 2 inches across, 



Fine Mixed; 2 feet 10 



ADONIS. 



A class of showy, hardy annuals, of easy culti- 

 vation, growing about one foot high, with pretty 

 foliage and cup-shaped flowers of an intensely 

 deep blood red color, and of long duration in 

 bloom; sometimes known as ''Pheasant's Eye." 



iEstivalis {Flos Adonis), scarlet; 1ft 4 



AGERATUM. 



Valuable plants for large beds or borders, and 

 very useful where cut flowers arc in demand; in 

 bloom the T^'hole summer; also good for winter 

 blooming in pots, succeeding in any soil. Indis- 

 pensiblG for boquets. Hardy annuals. 



Fine Mixed ; 18 in 4 



AGROSTEMMA. 



Attractive, free-flowering plants of easy culture, 

 producing flowers on long, slender stems like a 

 single pink. Very useful for cutting for bouquets, 

 and pretty in masses in beds. Hardy annual. 

 Coeli Rosa, mixed colors; 1 ft 4 



ALYSSUM. 



Very pretty little plants, with clusters of small 

 white flowers suitable for edging, bed or rook 

 Vv^ork, and much used for boquets, on account of 

 their delicate honey-like fragrance. Blooms 

 the whole.season. and if sown in September will 

 bloom all winter in the house. The small plants 

 should be dusted with ashes to protect from the 

 black flea. Hardy annual. 



Per pkt. 



Sweet Alyssum. 6 in; per oz., 25 cts 5 



Little Gem. See Novelties 10 



ARMARANTHUS. 



Plants grown exclusively for their foliage, and 

 in late summer and early fall, when they have 

 reached their fullest development, the glowing 

 elfect produced by their mass of rich foliage is 

 scarcely equaled by and similar class of plants. 

 Half Hardy annuals. 



Tricolor. (Joseph's Coat), leaves yellow, red 

 and green 4 



Caudatus (Love-lies-Bleeding), long red pani- 



Fine Mixed ; "2 to 4 ft." " 5 



ANTIRRHINUM (Snapdragon.) 



Beautiful spikes of gay-colored flowers, pro- 

 duced abundantly the first summer until after 

 frost, and also flowers well the second season. 

 Should be in every garden. Tlie Tom Thumb 

 varieties are perfect gems in habit of growth and 

 brilliancy of colors. Hardy perennial. 



Maj us Mixed, tall varieties; 2 feet 5 



Tom Thumb, dwarf varieties; 6 in., mixed 5 



