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T™ BEST FLOWER SEEDS 



215. SCARLET SAGE (Salvia Splendens) (A) — Tall, erect, green foliage. A 

 favorite greenhouse and bedding plant, bearing long spikes of flowers in great 

 profusion from July, to October; half-hardy perennial, blooming the first year 

 from seed. Three feet. Packet, 5c. V4 Oz., 45c. 



220. SENSITIVE PLANT (Mimosa) — Curious and 'interesting plants, with 

 pinkish-white flowers; the leaves close in and droop when touched or shaken; 

 tender annual. Packet, 5c. 



£30. TEN WEEKS STOCKS (Gilliflower) — A world-wide favorite, brilliant 

 and varied in color, equally well-adapted for massing, bedding, edging or pot 

 culture. Very profuse bloomers. Should be grown in rich soil. Packet, 5c. 



231. STOCKS — SNOWFXiAKE IMPROVED — A beautiful dwarf-growing vari- 

 ety; very large, double, snow-white flowers. Packet, 10c. 



237. SWEET ROCKET (Hesperis) (A) — Very pleasing, early spring flower- 

 ing, profuse blooming plants, with fragrant flowers, growing freely in any light, 

 rich soil. Packet, 5c. 



240. SWEET WILLIAM (Dianthus Barbatus (P) — A well-known free flower- 

 ing, popular favorite; the great improvements upon the old varieties made with- 

 in the last few years have rendered it still more desirable. Hardy perennials. 

 Packet, 5c. 



243. SWEET VIOLET (A) — Deservedly much in demand, because of their 

 profusion of bloom and delicate, sweet odor. Packet, 10c. 



245. MAMMOTH VERBENA (A) — One of the most popular and useful bed- 

 ding plants. Verbenas delight in sunny situation, rich soil and thorough culti- 

 vation. Packet, 5c. 



VINCA (Periwinkle) — Very attractive bushy plants, with glossy green foliage, 

 producing in abundance handsome round or salver shaped single flowers, suit- 

 able either for culture in pots or boxes or for summer bedding and borders. 



250. VINCA ROSA (A) — Rose with dark eye. Packet, 5c. 



251. VINCA ALBA (A) — White, with crimson eye. Packet, 5c. 



255. WALLFLOWER, DOUBLE (A)— Well-known, deliciously fragrant plants 

 with large spikes of double flowers, similar to the Gilliflower. Succeed in light, 

 rich soil, in a moist atmosphere. Perennials. Packet, 10c. 



DIANTHUS BARBATUS 

 ("Sweet William.") 



ZINNIAS 



Very showy plants, with large, double imbricated 

 flowers, which, when fully expanded, might easily be 

 mistaken for dwarf dahlias. There is much satisfaction 

 in a bed of Zinnias, for when nearly every other flower 

 has been killed by frost, this plant is still in full bloom 

 more abundantly throughout the season. Sow the seed 

 early in spring, in open ground, and transplant to one 

 and one-half feet apart in good, rich soil. Half-hardy 

 annual; about eighteen inches high. 



258. ZINNIA ELEGANS (Youth and Old Age (A)— 



This is one of the most brilliant of annuals, and has 

 long been a general favorite. The flowers are large, 

 finely formed, in great variety of colors, and continue to 

 bloom the entire season. Half-hardy annuals. 

 Packet, 5c. 



259. ZINNIAS CURLED AND CRESTED (A) — New, 

 odd and superb. Petals twisted, curled and crested 

 into fantastic contortions and graceful forms. A mag- 

 nificent variety of colors. Packet, 5c. 



260. ZINNIA — DOUBLE POMPON (A) — Long, cone- 

 shaped flowers, very fine. Packet, 5c. 



ZINNIA— CRIMSON— Packet, 10c. 



ZINNIAS. 



Z.TNNIA — WHITE — Packet, 10c. 



