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J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD. 



PARIS DASIES. — French Marguerites. — 

 A beautiful plant of easy culture; flower 

 white and yellow; iy 2 to 2 inches in dia- 

 meter. October to April. 



PORTULACA GEARDIFLOEA, fl. pi. — 

 Double Portulaca. — The same variety of 

 colors with semi-double and double flowers 

 half foot high. February till August. 



PRIMULA CHINENSIS.— Chinese Prim- 

 rose. — A green-house plant which flowers 

 profusely and continues to bloom for a long 

 time; shduld be sown early to insure the 

 plant flowering well. Different colors 

 mixed; per packet, 25 cents. One and a 

 half feet high. October till February. 



PRIMULA VERIS. — Cowslip. — An herba- 

 ceous plant of various colors. Half foot 

 high. December till February. 



FYRETHRUM AUSEA. — Golden Feather. 

 — The flowers resemble Asters. Bright yel- 

 low leaves which makes it showy as a 

 border massed with plants such as Coleus, 

 etc. March and April. 



RESEDA ODORATA GEANDIPLORA. — 

 Sweet Mignonette. — A fragrant plant with 

 large spikes of yellowish red flowers. 

 Fifteen inches high. December till April. 



SALVIA SFLENDENS.— Scarlet Salvia 

 or Red Flowering Sage. — A pot or green- 

 house plant, can be grown as an annual as 

 it flowers freely from seed the first year. 

 2 to 3 feet high. February till April. 



TAGETES ERECTA. — African or tall 

 Growing Marigold. — Very showy annuals 

 for borders with bright yellow flowers. 

 Two and a half feet high. February to 

 March; October to December. 



TAGETES PATULA. — French or Dwarf 

 Marigold. — Covered with yellow and brown 

 flowers. One and a half feet high. Janu- 

 ary till April. 



TORENIA POURNIERII. — It stands the 

 heat well and makes one of the most 

 valuable bedding plants we have. The 

 flowers are of a sky blue color, with three 

 spots of dark blue. February to April. 



VERBENA CANDIDISSIMA.— White 

 Verbena. — Pure white Verbena of more or 

 less fragrance. One and a half feet high. 

 January till April. 



VERBENA. — Pink. — Same as above ex- 

 cept in color. February to April. 



VERBENA STRIPED ITALIAN.— These 

 are beautiful striped kinds of colors with 

 large eyes. February to April. 



VERBENA HYBRIDA.— Hybridized Ver- 

 bena. — Their long flowering and great 

 diversity of color makes them valuable for 

 every garden, however small. All colors 

 mixed. \y 2 feet high. January till April. 



VIOLA ODORATA.— Sweet Violet.— Well 

 known edging plant. Half foot high. Sow 

 from January till March. 



VINCA ROSEA AND ALBA.— Red and 

 White, Periwinkle. — Plants of shining foli- 

 age, with white and dark rose colored 

 flowers. 2 feet high. February till April. 



CLIMBING 



These Seeds are all put up 



AIR POTATO. — Discorea. — A plant of 

 easy culture and exceedingly rapid growth; 

 one of the quickest growing vines that we 

 know of, producing small tubers of conicle 

 and round shape potatoes. The leaves are 

 glossy and have a white texture. The po- 

 tatoes are not edible, but the vine is used 

 to cover arbors, fences, sheds, etc., and is 

 ideal for that purpose. Bulbs, 15c. each, 

 Postpaid. March to June. 



ANTIGONON LEFTOFUS. — Rosa Mon- 

 tana, Mountain Vine. — One of the finest 

 perennial climbers of rapid growth with 

 long racemes of beautiful deep pink flow- 

 ers. Sow in February or March in flower 

 pots, and transplant into the open ground 

 in May. Will flower freely the first year. 



VIOLA TRICOLOR MAXIMA. — Large 

 Flowering English Fansy. — This is one of 

 the finest little plants in cultivation for 

 pots or the open ground. They are of end- 

 less colors and markings. Half foot high. 

 October till March. 



NON PLUS ULTRA.— Benary's Elite 

 Pansy. — Endowed with well formed leaves 

 in endless colors and shades, they form a 

 valuable acquisition to our many varieties 

 in cultivation, and should not be missing 

 in any garden. October to March. Price, 

 25 cents per packet. 



BUGNOT'S IMPROVED BLOTCHED 

 PANSY. — This variety is certainly the 

 handsomest of all the pansies, and, like the 

 Odier's are five blotched, and generally 

 yellow or white edged. The flowers are of 

 the most perfect form and beautiful color- 

 ing. October to March. Price, per packet, 

 25 cents. 



PANSY. — Odier or Blotched. — Superb, 

 large eyed flowers of good shape and 

 blotched with rich and varied colors. Oc- 

 tober to March. 25 cents per packet. 



CASSIER'S IMPROVED PANSY. — A 

 beautiful variety with large flowers of 

 most compact growth. The flowers are 

 generally five-spotted, but more distinctly 

 marked than the Trimardeau. October to 

 March. Price, 25 cents per packet. 



LARGE TRIMARDEAU PANSY.— This 

 is the largest variety in cultivation, the 

 flowers are well formed, generally three- 

 spotted, quite distinct; the plants grow 

 compact. October to March. 



PANSY. — Lord Beaconsfield. — Large 

 flowers, of deep purple violet, shading off 

 in the top petals to a white hue. Octo- 

 ber to March. Packet, 25 cents. 



ZINNIA ELEGANS, fl. pi.— Double Zin- 

 nia. — Plants of very easy culture, flowering 

 very profusely through the whole Summer 

 and Fall; producing double flowers of all 

 colors, almost as large as the flowers of a 

 Dahlia. 3 feet high. February to August. 



STECKLER'S GIANT ZINNIA.— This 

 Zinnia is without doubt the largest and 

 finest thus far introduced. It is a cross 

 between the Elegans Pumila, fl. pi., and 

 the Elegans Grandiflora Robusta varieties. 

 The flowers measure from tip to tip fully 

 6y 2 inches; half early; semi-high and 

 perfectly double. Each package contains a 

 fine selection of beautiful colors. Febru- 

 ary to August. 15 cents per packet. 



ZINNIA ELEGANS GRANDIFLORA 

 ROBUSTA FLENNISSIMA. — The plants of 

 this class of showy and attractive annuals 

 are of very robust growth and produce 

 very large and extremely double flowers, 

 measuring from four to five inches in 

 diameter. February to August. 



ZINNIA ELEGANS PUMILA, fl. pi.— 

 Dwarf double mixed. A new dwarf selec- 

 tion especially desirable. The compact, 

 bushy plants rarely grow over two feet 

 high, and are covered with large flowers 

 of great beauty. February to August. 



PLANTS. 



in 5c. and 10c. Packages. 



ARISTOLOCHIA ELEGANS.— A variety 

 of the well-known "Dutchman's Pipe," of 

 vigorous growth and quite" hardy in our 

 climate. It is a profuse bloomer, bearing 

 large flowers of a rich purple color with 

 irregular branched markings of creamy 

 white and golden yellow center with rich 

 velvety purple. January and February in 

 flower pots and transplant in open ground 

 when large enough. 



CAS A BANANA.— Wax Gourd.— A 



strong growing vine with long shaped, 

 dark crimson fruit, which looks very orna- 

 mental. It is used for preserves. March 

 to May. 



CARDIOSFERMUM. — Balloon Vine. — A 

 quick growing climber, the seeds of which 



