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

 old favorite 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 by ourselves we import from the most reliable 

 growers in 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 with illustration, printed on packets, which are 

 sent, postpaid, on receipt of Catalogue price. 



YOU MAY SEELCT SEEDS TO THE VALUE OF $1.35 FOR 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 folio-wing 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 first 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 



AGERATU3I. 



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. 

 AGROSTEMMA. 

 Very desirable for beds and borders, bearing showy flowers. 

 Coeli Rosa (Rose of Heaven), deep rose color. H.P., Pkt., 5 cts. 



Little Gem 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.; % oz., 35 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. 



.aestivalis. (Flos Adonis), scarlet ; very showy. Pkt., 5 cts. 



AMARANTH I S. 



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 fLove 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, with 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, ov^r 2 feet in length. Fine 



for decorative purposes Pkt., 5 cts. 



SPECIAL NOTICE. 

 We have secured Crozy's New Dwarf Large Flowering 

 Canna Seed at half the usual price and give you the advan- 

 tage of it at 25 cts. per oz. Order early. 



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. 



Amaranthus Tri-Color. 



