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P. MANN & CO., WASHINGTON, D. C 



SELECT FLOWER SEEDS 



In the following- pages is offered a carefully 

 chosen list of TIiO'WEH SEEDS, in which no want 

 of the flower g-arden has been neg-lected, the numer- 

 ous varieties insuring a wide range of color, form, 

 heig-ht, habit and season, thus permitting selection 

 for any and every ornamental purpose. 



All Plower Seeds mailed free on receipt of price 

 quoted. Cultural directions on eacli packet. 



Asters. 



AaTEBS. — 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. Packet, 5c. 



ALYSSUM, SWEET. — 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. Packet, 5c. 



AMABANTHUS (JOSEPH'S COAT). — 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. Packet, 10c. 



BAIiIiOOir VINE Remarkable for its inflated 



membraneous capsules containing the seed. It is 

 sometimes called "Love - in - a - Puff." A rapid and 

 graceful climber. Flowers white. Tender annual; 

 6 feet hig-h. Packet, 5c. 



BAI.SAM (IiADT'S SIiIFFEB, or TOUCH-ME- 

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

 linest double blossoms, and is quite a revelation com- 

 pared with the old varieties. Sow in rich soil for 

 the finest blooms. Packet, 5c. 



CAIiIiIOFSIS, or COREOPSIS. — ^Very showy bor- 

 der plants, producing- in great profusion and for a 

 long time flowers which are brig-ht yellow and rich 

 "browTi, either self-colored or with these colors and 

 red contrasted. Packet, 5c. 



CANARY BIRD PLOWER. — A beautiful climber 

 with curiously-shaped little canary-colored blossoms. 

 Tt'ill blossom freely from July until killed by frost. 

 Tender annual. Packet, 5c. 



CANDYTUPT.— Showy, branching plants, 6 to 18 

 inches high. Indispensable for cutting and very ef- 

 fective in beds or masses. If sown in spring will 

 blossom from July to September, or in the fall will 

 iDlossom from May to July. Hardy annual. Fine 

 mixed. Packet, 5c. 



MARGUERITE CARNATION.— The plants of this 

 w^onderfully fine strain may be made to flower in 4 

 months. The fl.owers are large, double and very frag- 

 rant, and appear in very attractive shades of color. 

 One of the best "pinks" in cultivation. Packet, 10c. 



CENTAITREA (BACHELOR'S BUTTONS). — Popu- 

 lar Everlastings, bearing hundreds of clover-like 

 heads of different colors. Useful also for bedding 

 and borders. Packet, 5c. 



CASTOR BEAN, or RICINUS. — 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. 5c. 



COSMOS. — Of all fall flowers there is none that 

 has become so popular as Cosmos. Sow the seed in 

 March, April and May, and will bloom in September. 

 Does best in light, rich soil, in sunny places; grows 

 about 7 feet high. Flowers are borne on long stems 

 in clusters of pink, dark pink and white colors. Fine 

 for house and church decorations. PacKet, 5c. 



CONVOLVULUS MINOR (DWARP MORNING- 

 GLORY). — Dwarf plants of trailing, branching habit, 

 each covering a space about 2 feet in diameter. At 

 midday they are completely covered with a mass of 

 pure white and brilliant many - colored blossoms, 

 which remain open in clear weather till evening. 

 Half-hardy annual; 1 foot high. Mixed. Packet, 5c. 



CYPRESS VINE. — A most beautiful climber with 

 delicate dark green feather foliage and an abundance 

 of bright star-shaped rose, scarlet or white blossoms, 

 which contrast most effectively with the graceful 

 foliage. Tender annual; about 15 feet high. Mixed. 

 Packet, 5 c. 



POUR O'CLOCK (MARVEL OP PERU) The 



plants are large, and each needs 3 or 4 leet of space 

 each way for its best development. The flowers are 

 funnel-shaped, white, red, yellow or striped with 

 these colors and open about 4 o'clock in the after- 

 noon. Packet, 5c. 



PORGET-ME-NOT (MYOSOTIS). — A favorite old- 

 fashioned flower, bearing in profusion clusters of 

 blue blossonis. It thrives well in the shade or open 

 border. Hardy perennial. Packet, 5c. 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA (CALIFORNIA POPPY). — The 

 State flower of California. A genus of the Poppy 

 family, fully as valuable as the common poppy for 

 garden ornamentation, as it blooms almost contin- 

 ually throughout the season. A bed of these in full 

 bloom is most handsome and beautiful in color. 

 Hardy annuals; height 1 foot. Mixed. Packet, 5c. 



FOXGLOVE (DIGITALIS). — Grows to the height 

 of 3 or 4 feet, affording dense spikes of brilliantly- 

 colored flowers, which are terminal and half as long 

 as the height of plant. Colors white, lavender and 

 rose. A valuable flower in every perennial garden; 

 does not usually blossom until the second year. 

 Hardy biennials or perennials. Packet, 5c. 



GOURD (CUCURBITA)'. — A tribe of climbers with 

 curiously shaped and colored fruit. Being of rapid 

 growth, they are fine to cover old fences, trellises, 

 stumps, etc. Tender annual; 10 or 20 feet high. 



DISH CLOTH. — A rapid climber, having long green 

 fruit, the inside fibrous mass of which, when the 

 shell seeds are removed, makes an excellent bath 

 sponge. Packet, 5c. 



ORANGE. — The well-known Mock Orange. Pkt. 5e. 



FEAR-SHAPED. — Striped yellow, green and cream. 

 Packet, 5c. 



HELIOTROPE. — Highly valued for the fragrance 

 of their flowers and duration of bloom. Half-hardy 

 perennial, blooming the first year from seed. Dark 

 varieties. Mixed. Packet, 10c. 



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S-weet Peas, 



