NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES IN FLOWER SEEDSJ 



Gaillardia. 



Poliis aureo— Variegatus. 



This Is a novelty from Germany, 

 and is now offered for the first time 

 in this country. The Gaillardia 

 is a well-known plant and has 

 many admirers; and I expect this 

 new sort to find a place iu many 

 gardens. This brand new variety 

 has handsome, golden, variegated 

 foliage of exquisite marbling and 

 blotching. The llowers also are 

 handsome and their effect pro- 

 duced in contrast with the curiously 

 marked foliage is at once pleasing. 

 It is a hardy perennial. Pkt., 15c. 



Arctotis Grandis. 



A handsome new annual from 

 Africa, recommended very highly 

 by reputable Kuropean growers. 

 Attains a height and breadth of 2 to 

 2% feet. Flowers 2 to 3 inches 

 across, daisy-like, with numerous 

 narrow white petals, zoned yellow 

 at the base and lilac tinted on the reverse side. The centre is of azure 

 blue, making a combination of rare delicate tints. Culture of the easiest. 

 Pronounced a magnificent and prominent novelty. Packet, 20 cents. 



Goiden=Leaved Snapdragon. 



"SUNLIGHT." 



This will rank among the best of this year's 

 novelties, and will share a place of importance 

 ■with Alternanthera as a carpet bedding plant. 

 The dwarf plants, a bush, only 5 inches high and 

 .5 inches in diameter, are clear canary yellow 

 with beautiful, narrow lanceolate shaped foli- 

 age. The flowers are very pretty, borne on 

 stems 7 inches in height, of a rosy white color, 

 spotted and striped with carmine. As a bedding 

 plant the blooms may be kept clipped, but as a 

 pot plant or for the flower garden, the plants in 

 full bloom will cause great admiration. Inva- 

 riably 65 per cent, will come true, and by its 

 distinctiveness any deviation from the true type 

 may readily be discarded. Packet, 20 cents. 



Zinnia. 



Gaillardia, Foliis Aureo Variegatus. 



NEW FRINGED. 



It has been quite some 

 time since there has been 

 offered so distinct a nov- 

 elty in a zinnia as this 

 beautiful new class. By 

 referring to the illustra- 

 tion it will be seen that 

 each of the petals are 

 regularly fringed or 

 toothed. A form not at- 

 tained in the zinnia until 

 the production of this 

 novelty. The shape of 

 the tlower is as perfect 

 as the double elegans 

 varieties, and the plant 

 is as robust, as florifer- 

 ous, and as easy of cul- 

 ture as the ordinary 

 sorts. The colors so far 

 are pink and white, but 

 there are hopes of add- 

 ing other shades, and 

 my friends need not be 

 surprised to have other 

 colors from my mixture. The originators last J 

 white, and from this came many pink blooms. P 



Zinnia, New Fringed. 



ear offered only the 

 tcket, 15 cents. 



Snapdragon, Sunlight. 



Two New Ageratums. 



Aqeratum. G ran d i flora Purity.— An un- 

 doubted acquisition that will be highly appre- 

 ciated. It produces pure white blooms of an 

 exceptionally large size and noble form. The 

 plant is of very vigorous growth, medium in 

 size, with a blooming period extending from 

 July until destroyed by frost. Of great value for 

 garden decoration. Packet. 15 cents. 



Hgeratum, Princess Victoria Louise.— 

 The extraordinary color combination of the 

 flowers of this ageratum make it a decided nov- 

 elty. The flowers are white, veiled with a lovely 

 azure blue by reason of its blue stamens. When 

 viewed squarely into the tlower it lias l he appear- 

 ance of being white with a distinct and beautiful 

 blue edging. The plant is only 3 1 /., inches high, 

 spreading 8 inches in diameter. Pkt., 15 els. 



The Japanese Kudzu Vine. 



An Ornamental and Rapid Growing Climber. 



I am quite sure this will be found a highly interesting novelty. It 

 comes from Japan, the land so productive of curious and orna- 

 mental flowers. It is a beautiful climber, remarkable for its great 

 vigor of growth and its handsome flowers. The blossoms are large 

 and in panicles somewhat like Dolichos but much larger in size and 

 better clusters. The color is of a pleasing shade of 

 purple. The foliage is large, in shape somewhat like 

 the leaf of a bean; the vine is extremely rapid and 

 dense in growth, making the Japanese Kudzu Vine 

 of great value where a quickly produced shade is 

 wanted. An eminent horticulturist and prominent 

 landscape designer lias it growing over the front of 

 his house, and pronounces it a veritable "Jack and 

 the Bean stalk Vine'' having reference to its quick 

 growth. It has been grown and commended by 

 other reliable persons, and 1 would 

 like my friends who have a place for 

 an ornamental shade vine to give It a 

 trial. It is perfectly hardy, increasing 

 in size and beauty year after year. 

 Packet, 10 cents; :s packets, 25 cents. 



The best floral offer of the year is a 

 packet of a brand new giant pansy 

 FREE with every order for 50 cents 

 worth or more of flower seeds. See 

 "Phenomenal Pansy" on colored 

 plate opposite 2nd cover page. 



New Phlox Bunch of Roses. 



Quite appropriately named. The Individual 

 florets are large and vivid rose colored, with a 

 darker spot of rose towards the base, while the 

 centre of the tlower is pure white. It is unique- 

 ly similar in appearance to a briar rose, and 

 the large cluster heads are very suggestive of 

 the name selected. II is perfect in shape and 

 habit of growth, and remarkable in stze and 

 profusion of bloom. Pkt., 15c; 2 pkts., 25c. 



3 New Helianthus. 



( Ovname nlul iSunJti/irers.) 



Helianthus. Polar Star.— 



A rare novelty. Ingenuity, 

 skill and patience has at length 

 been rewarded in the direction 

 of a white sunflower. This new 

 sort has delicate creamy white 

 petals, and is the lightest col- 

 ored sunflower. The centers 

 are black. Plant is 5 to li feet 

 tall. Pkt., 10c; .'! pkts., 25c 



Helianthus, Golden Star. 



— A fine novelty among sun- 

 flowers. Height 5 feet. Flowers 

 5 to II inches across. The petals 

 or ray llowers are rolled or tub- 

 ular in form, giving the effect 

 of a single cactus dahlia. Pkt., 

 10 eis.; pkts., 25 cts. 



Helianthus. Ray Sun.— 



New. Smaller and brighter 

 than ( lolden Star. Height 1 feet, 

 flowers 8 inches across. Some- 

 what resembling a single dahlia 

 In shape. Pkt., 10c; 3 pkt*., 25c. 



Helianthus, Polar Star 



