FLOWER SEEDS 



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SCHIZANTHUS (Annual) 



Showy half-hardy annuals, very decorative for garden beds and unsurpassed for the con- 

 servatory. The plant is a mass of brilliant flowers, in an extra6rdinary variety of colorings. 

 The foliage of the plant is very delicate and fern-like and highl:^ decorative in appearance. 

 Our Hybrid and Wisetonensis strains are particularly valuable for pots and decoration, and 

 the taller varieties produce a delightful effect when allowed to ramble on suitable supports. 

 3670 Dr. Badger's Giant Flowering Hybrids. A superb strain, robust and bushy, 1 Ji to 

 2 feet in height, with bright green, fern-like foliage. The flowers are unusually large, 

 measuring from 1 to 1 }^ inches across, and show an endless variety of bright colorings. 

 The light varieties, white, pink, buff-rose or yellow have beautifully marked centers, 

 zoned by a deeper shade. The darker sorts are of purple, mauve or red, with center 

 lines of yellow or white, margined by a deep tone of the ground color. (See illustratton.) 

 Mixed Colors Pkt. 25c 



3675 Wisetonensis Hybrids, Large-Flowering. Mixed Colors. Beautiful colors and 

 combinations in great variety Pkt. ISc 



SEDUM ACRE Stonecrop (Perennial) 



3676 A fine hardy perennial plant for rock gardens, having beautiful yellow flowers. No 

 Rockery is complete without this favorite plant, and it is also useful for garden edgings. 



Pkt. 2Sc 



SILENE (Annual) 



3680 Pendula Compacta, Double. An effective garden annual forming compact . round 

 bushes, 6 inches high, which during the summer are covered densely with flowers of white, 

 pink or red. For low beds or edgings it is very pretty. Mixed Colors Pkt. 10c 



SMILAX (Perennial) 



3685 Charming tender perennial climber for greenhouse or window gardens; the foliage and 

 stems are of a pleasing light green; very graceful. Excellent for decoration .... Pkt. 10c 



STATICE Sea Lavender (Annual) 



These new varieties of the annual Sea Lavender are unusually charming when dried for winter 

 bouquets. They are also valuable for growing in rockeries; plants attain a height of about 

 two feet. 



3692 Sinuata Atrocoerulea. Dark blue Pkt. 10c 



3693 Bonduelli. Lemon Yellow Pkt. 10c 



3694 Sinuata Carminea. Bright red Pkt. 10c 



3696 Sinuata Pride of the Chamois. Beautiful chamois rose Pkt. 10c 



3698 Sinuata Rose. Brilliant rose Pkt. 10c 



STEVIA SERRATA (Annual) 



3700 This is very free blooming, and bears a profusion of its pure white, fragrant flowers, all 

 summer and fall. This is a very good annual to grow, where quantities of flowers are 

 grown for table decorations Pkt. 10c 



STOCKS "Beauty" or "Giant Nice" (Annual) 



The plants are of fine symmetrical habit, bushy, and in flower stand about 2 feet in height. 

 The side branches each carry a tall, strong spike well furnished with large, very durable clove- 

 scented flowers. They do not flower as quickly from seed as Ten-week Stocks, the "Beauties" 

 requiring from 12 to 15 weeks, but their profusion is phenomenal. When grown for winter 

 flowering it is better to sow the seed in July or August. As cut flowers "Beauty" Stocks are 

 unsurpassable. 



Per 1,000 seeds Pkt. 



3703 Beauty of Nice. Exquisite flesh-pink ......: 75c 15c 



3704 Crimson King. Brilliant velvety crimson 75c 15c 



3706 Light Violet. Extra fine 75c 15c 



3707 Madame Rivoire. Double white 7Sc 15c 



3708 Queen Alexandria. Rosy lavender 75c 15c 



3709 Rose of Nice. Carmine-rose 75c 15c 



3720 Mixed Colors 60c 15c 



3721 Collection of Beauty Stocks. One packet each of the 6 separate varieties. . . .75c 



STOCKS, Henderson's Colossal Ten Weeks (Annual) 



Remarkably Free Blooming Large Double Flowers 



This magnificent strain is without rival for open-ground planting, attaining a height oi 2yi 

 feet, the spikes of bloom are very long, and the individual flowers are very double. 



These popular flowers are easily grown, and are so highly fragrant and of such great beauty, 

 that they deserve a place in every garden. They should be given good rich soil to grow in, 

 and will surely reward good treatment. (See illustralion.) 



3732 Blue Bells. Pretty shade of blue Pkt. 1 5c 



3733 El Dorado. Sulphur-yellow Pkt. 15c 



3734 Grand Rouge. Brilliant crimson Pkt. 15c 



3736 Mount Blanc. Purest white Pkt. 15c 



3737 Rosy Morn. Delicate rosy flesh Pkt. ISc 



3740 Mixed. Brilliant colors Pkt. 15c 



3741 Collection of Colossal Stocks. One packet each of the 5 separate varieties. 



.60c 



STOCKS, Large Flowering Ten Weeks (Annual) 



Well-known annuals, for garden decoration; flowers double, of various colors and very fragrant . 



3745 "Cut-and-Come-Again" Stocks "Princess Alice". The branching plants, about 

 2 feet high, produce continuously from summer to fall, double white flowers, splendid for 

 cutting Per 1,000 seeds, 75c; Pkt. 10c 



3750 Double Mixed Per 1,000 seeds, 50c; Pkt. 10c 



STOKESIA, The Hardy Perennial Corn Flower 



As a single specimen or group in the border, or for beds or masses it is very attractive. Stokesia 

 is of the easiest culture, blooming the first year from seed, and succeeding in any open sunny 

 position. The plants grow from 18 to 24 inches high, flowering from July till late in October. 

 The flowers, 4 to 5 inches across on long stems, are valuable for cutting. 

 3762 Cyanea Blue. Lavender blue Pkt. 10c 



