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The seeds are put up in Se. and 10c. packages; 15 ana-24 packages for onedollar, except a few rare or | 
costly kinds, where the price is noted. All flower seeds in packages are mailed free of postage to the pur- | 
chaser. 
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customers do not wish to purchase six packages or more of one variety to get all colors. 
Where there is more than one color, we generally import them mixed, as we find that most of our 
One package of | 
Asters, Zinnia, Phlox, Chinese Pink, German Stocks. Petunia, Portulaca,and others, will always contain an 
equal mixture of the best colors. 
ANTIRHINUM MAJUS— Snapdragon. Choice 
mixed. Showy plant of various colors. About two 
feet high. Should be sown early if perfect flowers 
are desired. Sow from October till March. 
ASTER—Semple’s Branching. Beautiful for cut- 
flowers. The branching habit is accompanied with 
great vigor of growth and profusion of bloom. The 
flowers are large double, with graceful wavy petals, 
borne on long stiff stems, and the colors are clear 
and handsome. Excellent for cutting, 2 feet. De- 
cember till March. 
Althea Rosea. 
ALTHEA ROSEA—Hollyhock. This flower has 
been much improved and is very easily cultivated. 
Can be sown from October till April. Very hardy; 
from four to six feet high. 
ALYSSUM MARITIMUM—Sweet Alyssum. Very 
free flowering plants, about six inches high, with 
white flowers; very fragrant. Sow from October till 
April. 
Amaranthus Caudatus. 
AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS—Love Lies Bleed- 
ing. Long red racemes with blood red flowers. 
Very graceful; three feet high. 
ASTER—OQueen Margaret, German Quilled. Per- 
fect double quilled flower, of all shades, from white 
to dark purple crimson. One anda half feet high. 
Sow from December till March. 
Lawn Sprinklers, a Complete Line. 
German Quilled Aster, 
AMARANTHUS TRICOLOR—Three colored Ama-> 
tranth. Very showy; cultivated on account of its 
leaves, which are green, yellow and red. Twoto 
three feet high. | 
AMARANTHUS BICOLOR—Two-colored Ama: | 
tanth. Crimson and green variegated foliage; good 
for edging. Two feet high. | 
AMARANTHUS ATROPURPUREUS. Is covered 
wae leng drooping spikes of purple flowers; four | 
eet. 
Trufant’s Peony Flowered Aster. 
ASTER—Trufant’s Peony Flowered Perfection. | 
Large double pzony-shaped flowers of fine mixed | 
mixed colors, one of the best varieties. Two feet | 
high; sow from December till March. Asters should 
be sown in a box orin pots, and keptina green- | 
house, or near a window; when large enough, trans. | 
plant into the border. Take a shovel of compost | 
and mix with the ground before planting. Put three » 
to four plants together and they will show better. 
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Adonis Autumnalis. 
ADONIS AUTUMNALIS—Flos Adonis, or Pheas- | 
ant’s Eye. Showy crimson flower of long duration. | 
One foot high. Sow from Novembertill April. . | 
AQUILEGIA—Columbine. A showy and beautiful | 
flower of different colors;two feet high. Sow from |} 
October till March. Should be sown early if flowers | 
ar= wished; if sown late will not bloom till next) 
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