HIGH QUALITY SEEDS. 



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HIGH GRADE FLOWER SEEDS— Continued. 



PORTULACA. — There are few flowers in cultiva- 

 tion that make such a dazzling display of color in the 

 bright sunshine as a bed of portulacas. They are in 

 bloom from about the first of July till killed by frost 

 in autumn. The seed requires a moderately high 

 temperature. Fine mixed. Packet, 5c. 



SALVIA (Scarlet Sage) Splendens.— Large, bril- 

 liant scarlet flowers are in these plants afforded a 

 rich, dark green background of dense foliage. This 

 variety is most generally used in parks and on exten- 

 sive lawns, as in growth it is more vigorous than 

 the more dwarf varieties. Packet, loc. 



SENSITIVE PLANT.— An interesting and curi- 

 ous plant with globular heads of small, pink flowers. 

 The plant is chiefly valued because of the extreme 

 irritability of its leaves which close and droop at the 

 slightest touch. Packet, 5cts. 



SNAPDRAGON.— (Antirrhinum). An old border 

 plant with dark and glossy leaves and long spikes of 

 curiously shaped, brilliantly covered flowers, having 

 finely marked throats. They have been much impro- 

 ved of late years by careful selection. Snapdragons 

 blossom the first season from seed sown in spring, 

 especially under frames. Fine mixed. Packet, 5c. 



STOCK. — Double German Ten Weeks. These favorite summer flowers are excellent for bed- 

 ding out and afford fine blossoms for cutting. Mixed. Packet, 5c. 



SUNFLOWER. — Very beautiful ; blooms all summer and fall ; small green foliage, fine golden- 

 3'ellow flowers with black disc, 2 to 3 inches across; splendid for cutting; 3 to 4 feet. ^ oz., 15c.; 

 packet, 5c. 



SWEET WILLIAM. — A very beautiful class of easily grown and very hardy plants of extreme 

 richness and diversity of colors, deliciously sweet scented. Nothing surpasses this old rugged favor- 

 ite for clumps or borders. Hardy perennials; about one foot. Packet, 5c. 



SALVIA. 



Select Sweet Peas. 



Cultural Note. — The seed 

 should be sown in new 

 ground as early as it can be 

 worked in the spring to en- 

 able the vines to make a 

 good, strong growth before 

 the hot weather sets in. 

 White-seeded sorts should 

 not be sown until the ground 

 is comparatively dry and 

 warm. Fall plantings give 

 the best bloom ; plant in 

 September and October 4 

 to 6 inches deep, giving 

 slight protection, and they 

 will become well rooted 

 and grow off at the first 

 opening! of spring and 

 yield an abundance of 

 bloom earlier and for a 

 longer season than if 

 planted in the spring. Use 

 plenty of well-rotted ma- 

 nure, and don't gather the 

 blooms grudgingly — the 

 more you pick them, the 

 longer and better they will 

 bloom. 



