In our Flower Seed Department will be found a complete list of all the newer as well as 

 old tavorite varieties to which we have given increased space in our trial grounds, and in the 

 following pages will be found descriptions and information written from personal knowledge 

 and observations. Those varieties not grown bv ourselves we import from the most reliable 

 growers m England, France and Germany, with whom we are personally acquainted, and we 

 are thus enabled from our extensive travels, both abroad and at home, to present to our 

 customers all the new and most valuable varieties of both the new and old worlds. We class 

 the Flower Seeds as follows: Annuals, Perennials, Climbers, Everlastings, Green-house and 

 Conservatory, and append a list of Ornamental Grasses. 



Full directions for culture, together xritli illustration, printed on packets, wMch are 

 sent, postpaid, on receipt of Catalogue price. 



YOU MAY SEEI.CT SEEDS TO THE VAI.UE OF S1.35 FOK EACH ONE DOLLAR 

 SENT US, and may further select seeds free of charge, to cover the cost of remitting 

 money to us, by any of the methods enumerated on first page of cover. 



The following abbreviations are used in the Flower Seed list : 



A. for Annuals. 



B. for Biennials, that bloom the second year from seed and then die ; if sown early in the spring, 

 many will flower the first year. 



P. for Perennials, that usually bloom the second year from seed and continue to grow and bloom 

 for many years. If sown early, some will bloom the first year. 



H. indicates that they are Hardy, and H. H, Half-Hardy ; T, indicates that they are Tender. 



And other flowers blooming the filrst year- 

 from seed. 



Annuals grow, bloom and die the first 

 year from seed. 



ABRONIA. 



Trailing plants ; flowers, bright, sweet-scented and much 

 resembling the Verbena. Very effective. H. H. P. 



Umbellata, rosy lilac, white eye Pkt., 5 cts 



AGEKATUM. 



The Ageratums are useful for house plants and in the open 

 ground, being highly ornamental, and are very free flowering. 

 H. A. 



Tom Thumb, white ; 6 inches high ; mixed . . . Pkt., 5 cts. 

 Mexicanum, lavender blue ; height, 1% feet . . . Pkt., 5 cts. 

 AGKOSTEMMA. 

 Very desirable for beds and borders, bearing showy flowers. 

 CoeU Rosa (Rose of Heaven), deeprose color. H.P., Pkt., 5 cts. 



Little Oem Sweet Alyssum. 

 ALYSSUM. 



One of the most fragrant of all annuals, thriving in flower 

 garden,window boxes, vases, etc. Flowers freely all summer 

 and is of the easiest culture. H. A. 



Little Gem, very dwarf; plants remain in bloom from spring 

 to fall, and are a mass of fragrant white flowers. A single 

 plant has borne over 400 flowers . Pkt., 10 cts.; 3^ oz., 85 cts. 



Sweet Alyssum, white in clusters. . . Pkt, 5 cts.; oz., 25 cts. • 

 ADONIS. 



Very ornamental for flower garden borders, free blooming 

 and of easy cultivation. 



..Sstivalis. <Flos Adonis), scarlet ; very showy. Pkt., 5 cts. 



AMARANTHUS. 



These plants are peculiarly 

 valuable for the great beauty 

 of their foliage, having hand- 

 somely formed and highly col- 

 ored leaves, which are all the 

 colors of the rainbow, and very 

 graceful. H. H. A. 



Caudatus (Love Lies 

 Bleeding), dark drooping 



spikes Pkt., 5 cts. 



Salicifolius (Fountain 

 Plant), willow-like foliage, 

 brilliantly banded and tipped 

 with orange, crimson and 



bronze Pkt., 5 cts. 



Tri-Color (Joseph's Coat), 

 leaves yellow, red and green, 



very showy Pkt., 5 cts. 



Henderi, new and desira- 

 ble. A beautiful drooping va- 

 riety, Avith foliage of carmine, 

 green and yellow. Height, 2 



feet Pkt,, 5 cts. 



Gibosus, a handsome new variety, with long drooping pan- 

 icles of purplish red flowers, ovv.r 2 feet in length. Fine 

 for decorative purposes . Pkt., 5 cts. 



E-MMA Dudgeon Martin,sburg, O., March 13th, 1896, writes: 

 "I was so well pleased with your seeds that I must send 

 again." 



ANTIRRHINUM (Snap Dragon). 



A perennial, blooming abundantly the first season until 

 frost. The beautiful spikes are filled with gay colored flow- 

 ers. H. P. 



Picturatum, mixed, blotched and spotted. . . . Pkt., 5 cts. 

 Dwarf Varieties, finest mixed. 1 foot high. . . Pkt., 5 cts. 

 ASPERULA. 



Bears clusters of small, sweet-scented flowers, and succeeds 

 well in any situation. H. A. 



Azurea Setoza, sweet-scented, light blue. 1 foot high. 

 Pkt., 5 cts. 



Amaranthiis Tri-Color. 



