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Tall Double Marig-old 



Marigold (Tagetes) 



A free-flowering plant of easy culture, with 

 double flowers of rich and beautiful colors, 

 producing a splendid effect, whether planted 

 in beds or borders; and continuing in beauty 

 until destroyed by frost. Half-hardy an- 

 nuals. 



EIiDOBADO. This is the finest type of this 

 showy flower, many plants having 75 to 

 100 flowers at one time. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



AFRICAN MIXED. Best double colors; 2 ft. 

 Per pkt. 5 cts. 



DWABF FSEITCH. Finest double mixed; 1 

 ft. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



Portulaca (Rose Moss) 



In brilliancy and beauty of colors, Portu- 

 lacas are unrivalled. They delight in sunny 

 situations and light soils, where they rapid- 

 ly carpet the ground, each plant covering 

 a space of about 15 inches in diameter; 6 in. 

 Half hardy annuals. 



FINEST SINGLE MIXED, a great variety of 

 colors. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



DOITBIiE BOSE-FIiOWEBED MIXED, unsur- 

 passed for brilliancy of color and great 

 beauty. Per pkt. 10 cts. 



Double Portulaca 



Poppies 



Poppy (Papaver) | 



A showy and easily cultivated annual; with 

 large brilliant colored flowers, growing free- 

 ly in any garden soil, and producing a fine j 

 effect in large clumps or mixed beds. Sow j 

 early in the spring where they are to remain 

 as they will not bear transplanting; 2 ft. ! 



NEW TULIP. A glossy new annual poppy, i 

 with a beautifully-shaped, large size flow- j 

 er, four inches across, of a most brilliant 

 dark scarlet. The two outside petals are i 

 double the size of the inner ones, and each , 

 pair forms by itself a round cup of flower, 

 which nearly resembles a tulip. The flow- 

 er will . stand well for several days, and i 

 the plant, therefore, always in full bloom. 

 Per pkt. 5 cts. \ 



THE SHIBIiEir. A new strain of marvelous 



beauty. Delicate rose, pink, carmine, and • 



brilliant crimson. Many flowers are edged . 



with white, petals have a glassy, silk-like \ 



texture. Single mixed. Per pkt. 5 cts. i 



FINEST MIXED. This mixture contains ! 



seed of all the best double and single va- j 



rieties, including some entirely new ones. ; 

 Will make a grand display. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



Nicotiana | 



AFFINIS. Of all the varieties of tobacco ! 



which are grown for their sweet scented i 



flowers this is the best. The plant is lit- ■ 



erally covered with large, white, star- j 



shaped flowers, which after being cut, will ' 



remain perfect for a week. A few plants i 



will perfume the whole yard or garden. i 



Taken up in the fall, cut back and potted, i 



it will bloom freely all winter. Very eas- | 



ily grown; 2 ft. Per pkt. 5 cts. 1 



SANDEBAE. This new hybrid variety of | 



Nicotiana, bears large, brilliant carmine- J 



red flowers on bushy, many branched ; 



plants 2 feet high. Plants raised in spring ! 



by the same method as any of the hardy ! 



annuals will flower early in summer, and '. 



will give a continuous display of bloom ' 

 all the summer and autumn in the open 



ground, and will make extraordinary i 



branched specimens. The whole plant is '. 



laden with flowers from base to summit j 



literally ablaze with most handsome car- ! 



mine-red blossoms, thousands of which are j 



produced on a single plant It comes true i 

 from seed, and will grow and flower in all 

 kinds of soil and situations. It Is a plant 



for the million, and is destined for unlver- ' 



sal use. Per pkt 6 cto. i 



