autumn Catalogue. 1906. 



FLOWER SEEDS.-Continved. 



Cyclamen — Continue//. 



Dame Blanche. Pure white; erect massive flower-. 



Duke of Fife. Deep rose; very free flowering. 



Excelsior. White with crimson base ; a charming variety. 



Mont Blanc. Pure white, superb flower: very broad petals. 



Picturatum. Light rose with claret base. 



Princess May. Pink; plant of compact habit : flowers erect. 



Rosy Alorn. Deep, rose with claret base. 



Salmon Queen. Delicate salmon pink, a lovely new shade. 



Sun ray. Pink with claret base. 



Prices of the above-named Cyclamen, except where noted: Per 1,000 



seeds. S12.00; per 100 seeds, 51.50; per pkt., .75. 



Leptosyne maritima. Showy half-hardy annual with large, yellow. 



sweet-scented flowers on long stems; useful for cutting; 2 ft., Aug. to 



Oct. Pkt., .10. 



Lobelia tenuior. A charming new species growing a foot in height and 



bearing numerous bright cobalt blue flowers, with white eye. 



Myosotis Alpestris Grandiflora. 



blue flowers, excellent for cutting. 



fElis 



Pkt., 



Fonrobert. 1 Large bright 



Schizanthus. Butterfly Flnuer. Elegant free-flowering hardy annuals, 

 particularly adapted to forcing in pots in the greenhouse during winter. 



Grandiflorus oculatus. Lilac with large violet blotch on each petal. 



Pkt., .05. 



Pinnatus roseus. Delicate pink with blood-red biotch. Pkt., .05. 

 Retusus albus. White and vellow spots; beautiful for winter forcing. 

 Pkt., .0;. 



Wisetonensis. 



with brown cei 



Colors ranging from white with 

 re; useful for winter cultivation. 



ellow centre to pink 

 Pkt., .25. 



measure about an inch across. It is a 

 Mignonette. Evans' Boston Giant 



aluable pot plant. Pkt., .25. 

 Pronounced by our leading 

 florists the "finest Mignonette grown," and extensively used through- 

 out the country for forcing. Oz.. 51.50 ; ! 4 oz., .50; pkt., .25. 



Improved Matchet. Machet has been acknowledged to be one of the 

 msst valuable varieties of large flow-ering, sweet-scented Mignonette, 

 i - florists and amateurs' use, ever introduced. The strain now- 

 offered has been obtained through careful selection for a number 

 of years by a specialist in Northern Europe. It is of robust growth 

 and very hardy, producing large, broad flower spikes of a reddish- 

 green color and agreeable fragrance. Oz., 5i.oo; large pkt., .15. 



Allen's Defiance. The spikes of this variety, when well-grown, are 

 from 12 to 15 inches in length, and they are very fragrant. Oz.. .50; 

 pkt.. .10. 



Hybridus grandiflorus. A beautiful annual growing 1 foot in 

 height and bearing a profusion of many colored Orchid-like flowers 

 of marvelous beauty. Pkt., .20. 



Stock. Farquhar's Improved Cut=and=Come=Again. A splendid 

 early flowering perpetual Stock. It is of tall branching habit, and 

 when the first blooms have been cut, side branches start out bearing 

 large flower trusses. The flowers are of large size and thick massive 

 form, with a high percentage double. 



We offer the following colors : 



Apple Blossom, Brilliant Rose, Canary Yellow, Dark Blue, 



Flesh Color, Light Blue, Scarlet, "White {Princess Alice). 



Each, 's oz., 5 1. 00; pkt.. .15. 

 Boston Florists' Double White. A favorite variety, producing a 



high percentage of large double white flowers, excellent for winter 



cultivation. Oz., $5.00; pkt., 15. 

 Farquhar's White Column. This is an early flowering sort, bearing 



one enormous spike of large double white flowers: 2 ft. > s oz.. 52.00; 



pkt., .25. 

 Farquhar's Crimson Column. l i oz.. 52.00: pkt.. .25. 



VEGETABLE SEEDS FOR AUTUMN PLANTING. 



Beans. Packets, .10 each, postpaid. If larger quantities are wanted by 

 mail add .oS per pint, .15 per quart extra for postage. 



Triumph of the Frames. The most desirable variety for forcing. 

 Earlier than any of the old standard forcing varieties ; very prolific and 

 dwarf, producing an abundant crop of long, fine-shaped bean-. 

 tender and of delicious flavor. Pint, .50; qt., .75. 



Ne Plus Ultra. An excellent sort for forcing; dwarf and compact in 

 habit; very productive. Pint, .20; qt., .35 ; pk., Si. 75; bush., S6.00. 

 Cucumb2r. Farquhar's Forcing. An excellent and much-improved 

 strain of White Spine. Remarkably smooth and perfect in outline. 

 Flesh thick, exceedingly crisp, and of excellent flavor. One of the 

 best sorts for forcing in frames or hothouses. We offer carefully- 

 selected seed of our own growing. Pkt., .25; % oz., .^y, oz., 5i.oo. 



English Frame Varieties for Hothouse Culture. Telegraph, 

 Tender and True, The Rochford. Each, per pkt., .25. 

 Lettuce. Boston Forcing Tennisball; White-Seeded. Forms 

 fine, perfect heads very rapidly; crisp and very tender. Our seed is of 

 the finest growth and from perfect heads. Pkt., .10; oz., .40. 



Hittinger's Belmont Forcing. Larger than the above and almost 

 as early; of excellent quality and highly recommended for forcing. 

 Pkt., .10; oz., .40. 

 Melons for Forcing. Royal Sovereign. The fruit will average in 

 weight about five pounds, and is of a beautiful golden color, slightly 

 netted, flesh white, faintly tinged with green, and very deep, rind very 

 thin. Grand variety for the exhibition table. Pkt., .50. 



Invincible Scarlet. Form globular; skin orange-red when perfectly 

 ripe, finely and evenly netted: thick, bright scarlet flesh, of exquisite 

 flavor. Sets very freely. Pkt., .2-^. 



Blenheim Orange. Well-known handsome scarlet-fleshed variety: of 

 delicious flavor and beautifullv netted. Sets well and is verv prolific. 

 Pkt., .25. 



Royal Favorite, Frogmore Scarlet, Ne Plus Ultra, .25 per pkt. 

 Radish. Earliest Scarlet French Forcing. Turnip=Rooted, Non 

 Plus Ultra. The earliest of all, brilliant red; excellent for forcing. 

 Pkt., .05; oz.. .10; ' 4 11).. .25. 



Earliest Forcing, Deep Scarlet, Turnip=Rooted. Similar to the 

 above, but darker. Pkt., .05; oz., .10; J + lb., .20. 



Early French Breakfast. Handsome oval form; color beautiful 

 scarlet, with white tip; excellent quality; quick in growth, and small 

 top. A splendid variety. Pkt., .05.; oz., .10. 



A standard sort. 

 . .10; ', lb., .re. 



Leaves thick, 



Spinach. Round Thick = Leaved. 



succulent, and tender. Pkt., .05 ; c 

 Long=Standing. Of delicious, tender quality; dark green. Pkt., .05; 



oz., .10; % lb., .15. 

 Prickly Seeded. Very hardy and vigorous; leaves arrow-shaped. 



Pkt., .05; oz., .10; % lb., .15. 

 Tomato. Hubert's Marvel. This variety is a selection from Stirling 



Castle. The fruit is perfectly round, of medium size, and produces in 



very large clusters. The growth is very short jointed and is quite 



free from disease. Per pkt., .25. 

 Stirling Castle. We have a specially selected stock of this variety. 



The best cropping sort of all the round fruited varieties. Excellent 



for forcing. Fruit is of medium size, reddish scarlet in color, and of 



very delicious flavor. A variety which sets very freely, and one we 



can thoroughly recommend. Pkt., .25. 

 The Rochford. A grand forcing Tomato, combining great productive- 



ness with excellent form and splendid quality. The fruit is round, 



perfectlv smooth, medium size, and of a deep rich scarlet color. 



Pkt.. .15. 



Mushroom Spawn. Tissue Culture Pure 

 Mushroom Spawn. Spawn made by this 

 new method has been extensively tested and 

 has been found to be superior in quality and 

 much more prolific than all other spawn. 

 100 bricks or more, S15.00 per 100. (The bricks 

 weigh about one and one-half pounds, so that 

 the cost per hundred pounds is about Sio.oo. ' 

 50 bricks or over. 18c. per brick: 25 bricks or 

 over, 20c. per brick; 5 bricks or o\ 1 

 brick. Bricks sent prepaid, 35c. each. 



English Milltrack Mushroom Spawn. This Spawn is from virgin 



mycelium, germinated and developed under special scientific methods, 

 is not the uncertain material of the past, but is of uniform quality, 

 prepared by the most successful and progressive mushroom specialist 

 in England. We import every two or three months to ensure fresh- 

 ness. Per lb.. .15: S lbs.. Si. 00; 25 lbs.. 52.5c : 50 lbs.. 54 50: K 

 S9.00: by mail, per lb.. .25. 

 Books on Mushroom Culture. The following are excellent : 



Mushroom Culture, by Robinson, .50. 



How to Grow Mushrooms, by Wm. Falconer, Si.oo. 



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