HIGH QUALITY SEEDS. 



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High Grade Flower Seeds 



Put up in packages filled with a generous measure. 



MOST flowering plants will live in almost any soil, but to give them a fair chance to develop, some 

 care should be taken to make the ground suited to their needs. Many flowers are better if pro- 

 duced on plants of vigorous growth, hence a portion of the garden should be prepared by deep 

 digging, thorough pulverization and liberal enriching with large quantities of well eotted manure. 

 Since some other varieties produce the largest and finest colored flowers when grown on rather light, 

 poor soil, a portion of the garden should not be enriched. " 



Cultural directions are given in the packets, and I urge purchasers to study them carefully. 

 While some seeds need special treatment, the following general rules will apply to ail. Make the sur- 

 face of the soil as fine, smooth, and level as possible; do not plant when the ground is wet; cover each 

 lot of seeds to a uniform deptli, which should not be more than four or six times the diameter of the 

 seed; press the soil firmly over the seed; plant in rows, so that the starting plants can be seen easily; 

 thin out the young plants to prevent crowding and keep entirely free from weeds. 



AI.Iv FLOWER SKEnS SEIVX POSTPAID OX RECEIPT OF PRICE 



Mcroclinium 



(EverlaHivg). A veiy 

 pretty, half hardy annual, 

 producing white and rose 

 colored, double daisy-like 

 llowers^. The^e are the ' Im- 

 mortelles" so desirable for 

 wreaths and winter bouquets 

 Height fifteen inches. 

 Album, pure white Pkt. 5cts. 



Adonis 



^utumnalis 



[Adonis Flower, Pheasant's 

 Eye). A handsome, hardy 

 herbaceous annual, one foot 

 high. The tinely cut, dark 

 green foliage. in which are set 

 the intense blood red flowers, 

 gives the plant a very strik- 

 ing appearance. It grows 

 readily in a place shaded by 

 a house or fence and requires 

 but little care. Packet, 5cts. 



Jlgeratum 



A beautiful hardy annual. 

 The flowers borne in dense 

 clusters, are very useful for 

 bouquets, and the plants are 

 very attractive in the garden . 

 The different varieties aro 

 from six inches to two feet 

 high and are covered with 

 bloom nearly a 1 summer. 



Mexicnnum, light blue, 

 about twenty inches high, 

 Packet, 5ct8. 



iL^fo** Finest Mixed. 

 tfT^Lt^r f A mixture of 

 the finest strains and colors. 

 Packets, 5cts, 



JllySSUm, Sweet 



Of dwarf, compact hahit, 

 four to six inches in height. 

 It begins to i>loom when 

 quite small, and the plants 

 are a solid mass of white 

 from spring to late in au- 

 tumn. Packet, 5cts. 



JimaranthuSy 



{Joseph's Coat) 



Tric< lor, a hardy annual 

 with leaves of red, yellow 

 and green; well known as 

 "Joseph's Coat." The colors 

 being especially brilliant if 

 grown in rather poor soil. 

 Packet, 5cts. 



Balloon Vine 



Remarkable for its in- 

 flated membraneous capsules 

 C(^ntaining the seed. It is 

 sometimes called " Love-in-a 

 Puflf." A rapid and graceful 

 climber. Flowers white. 

 Tender annual; six feet high. 

 Packet, 5cts. 



Balsam 



{Lady's Slipper or 

 Touch-MerMot) 



Our Camellia-flowered 

 strain produces the finest 

 double blooms, and is quite 

 a revelation compared with 

 the old varieties. Sow in rich 

 soil for the finest blooms. 

 Packet, 5cts. 



Finest Mixed Asters. 



Canary Bird Flower. 



Calliopsis, or Coreopsis. ISLv^SZl 



producing in great profusion and for a long time flowers which 

 are bright yellow and rich brown, either self colored or with 

 these colors and red contrasted. Packet, Sets. 



A beautiful climber 

 with curiously 



shaped little canary colored blossoms. , Will blossom freely 

 from July until killed by frost. Tender annual. Pkt., 5cts. 



f^nrtrlx^-fiifi- Showy, branching plants six to eighteen 

 K^anUyZUJZ. inches high. Indispensable for cutting 

 and very effective in beds or masses if .sown in spring will 

 bloom from July to September, or if in the fall will blossom 

 from Mav to July. Hardy annual. Lilac, shading to light 

 purple, Pkt., 5cts; White, Pkt., 5cts; Fine Mixed, Pkt., 5cts. 



Canterbury Bells, or Campanula 



Popular and beautiful hardy plants, bearing a great profus- 

 ion of attractive bell-shaped flowers. Packet, 5cts. 



Marguerite Carnation. SswoSuny 



fine strain may be made to flower in four months. The 

 flowers are large, double and very fragrant and appear in 

 very attractive shades of color. One of the best " pinks" in 

 cultivation. Packet, 5cts. 



Celosia, or Cockscomb. 



Castor Bean, or Ricinus. SpiantS 



lawns, with leaves of glossy green, brown or bronzed metallic 

 hue and long spikes of scarlet, or of green, prickly fruit. Of 

 very quick growth in rich soil. Tender annual; sixto fifteen 

 feet high. Packet, 5cts. 



A class of 

 plants hav- 



my colored foilage, and In which the innumerable small 

 flowers and seed vessels together with their supports, form a 

 very brilliantly colored mass sometimes gracefully arranged 

 like plumes and sometimes more dense, being corrugated and 

 frilled at the edge like a cock's comb. Packet, 5cts. 



(Bachelor's Buttons) Popular Ever- 

 lastings, bearing hundreds of clover- 

 like heads of different colors. Useful also for bedding and 

 borders. Packet, 5 ets. 



r* f% t^-fl^ 1 1 »^ Chrysanthemums are 

 lynrysaninemum. showy and effective in the 

 garden, and desirable for cut flowers. Packet, 5 ets. 



f^t/yfrnhmg^ Beautiful hardy annuals from California, 

 V^LUriK. III. with rose-colored, white and purple flowers, 

 in delicate, but very brilliant shades. The plants are about 

 18 inches high and profuse bloomers. Mixed double, packet 

 5 cents. 



Centaurea. 



