J\\y F' ower S ee d Specifies 



1 can truly say that the next 10 pases contain the cream of Floral Specialties of recent introduction. Everything 

 * list.nl has been proven by careful test at Briar Crest, distinct additions to the flowers that can be grown successfully 

 from seed in this country. From page 84 to 81) will be found as line a general list of flower seed, embracing everything 

 really good, as can be found in any American catalogue. It is very gratifying to me to note that my trade in Flower 

 seeds lias increased very rapidly the last few years, and I give all the credit to the superior quality of seeds that I make 

 il an invariable rule to furnish my customers. As with Vegetable seeds, in growing and laying in my supplies, price 

 is never a consideration. In fact, many times I have paid $50 to S100 per pound for growing a superior strain of seed, 

 when I could get something almost as good for quarter the money. Just at this time I think it would be well to re- 

 mind my friends that the Special Discount on Seeds in Packets (see page 11) also applies to Flower Seeds. In 

 addition \o this liberal discount it has always been my custom to add a few extra packets of choice 

 seeds to every order; in this way I distributed free to customers during the winter and spring of '91 

 tH,si2 packets of flower seeds alone. Many firms do not sell as many. This year I propose to do better. 



UMBRELLA PLANT. Cyperus Alternifolia. 



For indoor decoration, few plants are more ornamental, growing rapidly in moist 

 soil, and will remain green the whole year round. The easiest and most useful 

 plan for growing it is in a bowl, dish or vase, half tilled with rich soil, and then tilled 

 with water. In this way it will grow luxuriantly, making a hundred or more dower- 

 ing shoots in a season, and requiring no other attention 

 than t he filling of the vase with water when nearly dry. 

 When the stem has reached a height of about 20 inches, it 

 will produce a dense tuft of small white flowers, and after 

 these have faded a miniature plant appears on the 

 top of each flowering stem, which can be cut oft 

 and easily rooted by being laid in a bowl of wa- 

 ter. The plant grows elegantly in rooms, the wa- 

 ter in the bowl counteracting the effect of t he dry 

 heat from furnace or stove. It makes an elegant 

 table decoration, and is much more useful and 

 graceful than any expensive palm, which cannot 

 be grown indoors. In the garden this plant 

 grows rapidly, especially in moist places. 



Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 



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Davis Foster. Ono, Wyo.: "My wife sends thanks for 

 •the flower seeds received. She has a bed of Balsams. Pe- 

 tunias. Phlox and Pansies, that are greatly admired. 



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Thompson's Superb Feathered Cockscomb. 



Umbrella Plant. 



Partridge Sensitive Pea. 



PARTRIDGE SENSITIVE PEA. 

 Cassia Chama^crista. 



This is one of our native annuals which has 

 been strangely neglected considering its beauty 

 and interesting qualities. The plant, raised 

 from the seed, grows from 12 to 18 inches in 

 height, with compound leaves, each having 

 from 8 to 12 pairs of leaflets, which like those 

 of Mimosa Pucliea are sensitive to touch, droop- 

 ing and folding together. The flowers are large, 

 an inch and a quarter in diameter* of a canary 

 yellow, two of the petals being purple spotted 

 at the base. They are borne on steins from two 

 to live in a cluster and are produced freely un- 

 til destroyed by frost. Pkt., 10 cts.; 8 pkts., 25 cts. 



COCKSCOMB. 

 Thompson's Superb Feathered. 



A grand new Cockscomb that has attracted 

 general attention in the public gardens of 

 Paris. The plant is pyramidal in growth, at- 

 taining a height of two feet, producing beautiful, large spikes, of the most beautiful crimson color 

 imaginable. In full sunlight it makes a magnificent display. Packet, 10 cts.; 8 packets, 25 cts. 



COCKSCOMB. Vesuvius. 

 Another distinct new Cockscomb, the result of careful cultivation for many years, The plant 

 is of dwarf habit, and above the bright green foliage is raised the beautiful co'nib of magnificent 

 riery red on a golden yellow ground. The contrast between the golden ground and the brilliant 

 red of the upper part of the comb is intensified by lines of lierv gold. Pkt., 15 cts., 2 pkts., 26 cts. 



RHEXIA VIRGINICA. 



A tuberous rooted plant, bearing clusters of rosy red flowers an inch and more across, with odd 

 shaped yellow stamens, and perfectly hardy. Succeeds remarkably well in ordinary soil, and blooms 

 continuously until Fall, producing tuberous roots which can be taken up either in the fall or spring, 

 should you wish lo change the location of the plants. Packet, 15 cents; 2 packets, 25 cents. 



NEW DWARF FRENCH MARIGOLD. Legion of Honor. 

 Undoubtedly the handsomest of all French Marigolds. The plants grow only about 9 inches high 

 and are so even in size that they have the appearance of havingheen trimmed w ith shears. They are 

 insect and drought proof and will bloom from the beginning of summer until late in the fall. The 

 flowers are single, of a most beautiful, rich, golden yellow marked with large blotches of velvety 

 brown, resembling a cross of honor, hence its name. Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 



MIGNONETTE. Improved Victoria. 



This new mignonette grows only six to twelve inches high, and is sure to put every lover of tlowers 

 in ecstasy by its perfectly pyramidal habit and the beautifully formed spikes of the prettiest red Mig- 

 nonette flowers ever seen. The exceedingly fragrant flowers are larger and a more brilliant red thun 

 the old Victoria, and contrast charmingly w 1th the dark, glossy, green foliage of the plant. The finest 

 of ail Mignonettes, either for the garden or for pot culture. Packet, IS cents: 2 packets. 25 cents. 



Rhexia Virginica. 



