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SELECT FLOWER SEEDS 
In the following pages is offered a carefully 
chosen list of FLOWER SEEDS, in which no want 
of.the flower garden has been neglected, the numer- 
ous varieties insuring a wide range of color, form, 
height, habit and season, thus permitting selection 
for any and every ornamental purpose. 
All Flower Seeds mailed free on receipt of price 
quoted. Cultural directions on each packet. 
Asters. 
ASTERS.—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. 
AMARANTHUS (JOSEPH’S COAT).—tTricolor; a 
hardy annual with leaves of red and green; well 
known as “Joseph’s Coat,’ the color being especially 
brilliant if grown in rather poor soil. Packet, 10c. 
BALLOON VINE.— Remarkable for its inflated 
membraneous capsules containing the seed. It is 
sometimes called ‘Love - in -a - Puff.” 
graceful climber. Flowers white. 
6 feet high. Packet, 5c. 
BALSAM (LADY’S SLIPPER, or TOUCH-ME- 
NOT).—Our Camellia-flowered strain produces the 
finest double blossoms, and is quite a revelation com- 
pared with the old varieties. Sow in rich soil for 
the finest blooms. Packet, 5c. 
CALLIOPSIS, 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. Packet, 5c. 
CANARY BIRD FLOWER.—A beautiful climber 
with curiously-shaped little canary-colored blossoms. 
Will blossom freely from July until killed by frost. 
Tender annual. Packet, 5c. 
CANDYTUFT.—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 
blossom from May to July. Herdy annual. Fine 
mixed. Packet, 5c. 
MARGUERITE CARNATION.—The plants of this 
wonderfully fine strain may be made to flower in 4 
months. The flowers are large, double and very frag- 
rant, and appear in very attractive shades of color. 
One of the best “pinks” in cultivation. Packet, 10c. 
CENTAUREA (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. 
A rapid and 
Tender annual; 
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 (DWARF 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, 5e. 
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, 5e. 
FOUR O’CLOCK (MARVEL OF PERU).— The 
plants are large, and each needs 3 or 4 treet 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. 
FORGET-ME-NOT (MYOSOTIS).—A favorite old- 
fashioned flower, bearing in profusion clusters of 
blue blossoms. 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, ete. 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. 5c. 
PEAR-SHAPED.—Striped yellow, green and cream. 
Packet, 5c. 
HELIOTROPE.—Highly valued for the fragrance 
of their flowers and duration of bloom. MHalf-hardy 
perennial, blooming the first year from seed. Dark 
varieties. Mixed. Packet, 10c. % 
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The Essence of Plant-Life 
FOR HOUSE PLANTS AND FLOWER GARDENS 
An odorless preparation, 
combining in a_ concen- 
trated and _ soluble form 
every element required in 
plants and flowers to pro- 
duce vigorous growth and 
a profusion of flowers. 
Wonderful results are ob- 
tained after one or two ap- 
plications. It is immediate- 
ly soluble in water, and 
available to plant-life from 
the moment of application. 
WALKER’S EXCELSIOR 
PLANT FOOD _ assists 
Will mature plants from two 
Where the plant food has 
in retaining moisture. 
to three weeks earlier. ; 
been used, cutworms and wireworms cannot live. 
The 12-page booklet, the “Window Garden—How 
to Make It a Success,” is furnished FREE with every 
can of the food. Sold in powdered form and is used 
dry or by dissolving in water. 
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