MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 



CHILDREN'S 



SPECIAL COLLECTION; 



f* packets of Choice 



>eeds for 



10c. ♦ 



Joys and girls, here is a fine col- + 

 tibn for you, all of choice varie- t 

 ies, and exactly the same as of- 1 

 fered in my regular list, and at ; 

 one-half the^price. If you 

 wish, you can sell the flowers 

 you grow and make it a source 

 of profit as well as of pleasure. 

 Sweet Peas, Eckford's Finest. 

 Double Bachelor's Button, always a 

 favorite, a great improvement on the single 

 varieties. Many varieties mixed. 



Mourning Bride cScabiosa), full, large 

 blossoms in many shades. 



Eldorado Marigold, the largest and 

 most double of all the marigolds. 



Double Poppy, a mixed packet contain- i 

 ing all the kinds described in mv catalogue. J 



"Hit and Miss 

 seeds, which will 



italogue. 

 ss, my collection of mixed » 

 11 give you many varieties. I 

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Sherbrooke, X. D.— "The children have taken a gTeat deal 

 of pleasure with their flowers from your 'Children's Collec- 

 tion ' I love flowers, and think it a mother's duty to grow 

 them, for their influences on children are many." 



Mrs. May Miller. 



Fergus Falls. Minn.. May S, 1597— "The Children's Collec- 

 tion' I think is very nice. The Pansies are up nicely." 



Mrs. J. A. Cboft. 



MIXED FLOWER SEEDS. 



For the convenience of my patrons, many of whom prefer a larger variety of flowers 

 In smaller quantities to a "larger quantity of a smaller number of varieties, I offer this 

 year the following list of mixed seeds. These mixtures include all the varieties of the 

 species named and described in my list, and in some cases additional varieties besides: 



1. Aster, io varieties, mixed, 



2. Begonia, 3 varieties 



3. Candytuft, 3 varieties, . . 



4. Cockscomb, 3 varieties, . . 



5. Cosmos, Giant, 6 varieties, 



6. Everlastings, 6 varieties, 



7. Gaillardia, 3 varieties, . . 



8. Mignonette, 3 varieties. . 



9. Nasturtium, 5 varieties, . 



Packet. 

 . 6 CtS. 

 . 6 " 

 .3 " 

 . 5 " 

 .6 " 

 .4 " 

 .4 " 

 .4 " 

 .5 M 



Packet. 



Pansy, manv varieties 3 CtS. 



Pansy, Roya'l Challenge Mixture, 10 " 

 Petunia, 3 varieties, single, ... 7 " 

 PblOX (Annual;, 6 varieties, . . .5 " 

 Pink, Chinese, 6 varieties, . . . .4 " 



Poppy, 7 varieties 4 " 



Sweet Peas, 16 varieties 4 " 



Zinnia, 9 varieties 5 " 



One Packet of each of the 



MIXED PERENNIAL SEEDS. 



Why don't you have a bed of hardy perennials? It requires but little care when 

 once established; a slight dressing of manure in the spring, an occasional weeding, of 

 course, and a light protection of leaves or straw in the fall, with a thinning out or divis- 

 ion of plants once in a while to prevent overcrowding; and you can have from it a succes- 

 sion of bloom from the earliest springtime throughout the season. A little patience and 

 care are required in the start, however, as many do not blossom until the second season 

 and some not till the third. Perennial seed is apt to be slower to germinate than that of 

 annuals, the seed sometimes lying in the ground for weeks and months, until it has long 

 been given up as not good, and some, such as clematis, do not come up for a year. 



To assist my patrons in securing such a bed, I offer a mixed packet of perennial 

 seed, containing the following perennials and biennials, described in this catalogue, viz. 



1. Candytuft (Iberis Gibraltica). 2. Canterbury- Bells, 3 varieties. 3. Columbine 

 2 varieties. 4. Coreopsis Lanceolata. 5. Japanese Chrysanthemum. 6. Cypress Vine 

 7. Daisy, 2 varieties. 8. Feverfew, Matricaria. 9. Feverfew, Golden Feather. 10. For 

 get-me-not. 11. Gypsophila. 12. Heuchera. 13. Hibiscus. 14. Hollyhock, Double 

 15. Lace Vine. 16". Larkspur. 17. Lychnis. IS. Platycodon. 19. Chinese Pink. 20. 

 Iceland Poppv. 21. Pvrethrum. 22. Sweet William. 2"3. Snapdragon. 



The above 23 perennials mixed. Large packet IO cts. 



SECOND PERENNIAL MIXTURE. 



I offer also a mixture of the following 14 valuable varieties not described in my list. 



1. Achillea Milliflorum Roseum, (rose) 



2. Aconitum Nap., Monk's Hood, (blue) 9 



3. Agrostemma, Rose Campion, (red). 10 



4. Alyssum Saxatile Compactum(yel.) n 



5. Baptisia Australis (blue). 12 



6. Campanula Carpathica (blue). 13 



7. D ctamnus Albus 'white). 14 

 The above 14 perennials mixed, large pkt 



Digitalis (mixed). 

 Gentiana Aucalis (blue and vellow). 

 Geum Astrosanguineum (scarlet ). 

 Lobelia Cardinalis (Cardinal Flower). 

 Lunaria Biennis (Honesty). 

 Pentstemon I mixed). 

 Scatiosa Caucasica. 

 10 cts. 



