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Arthur T.Boddmgton, 342 West 14th St.. New Vork City 



Impatiens Holstii 



Very handsome Zanzibar Brilsam recently discovered in Africa. 

 It forms bushes i !4 to 2 feet high, and resembles in habit, foliage 

 and shape of flower the popular /. SuUani, but surpasses it in its 

 quicker and more vigorous growth and its larger and brighter-col- 

 ored flowers. Seed sown indoors in spring will form plants ready 

 to set out in May, and will bloom continuously from June till frost. 

 It is also an excellent pot-plant for the house. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Larkspur, Boddington's Scarlet Defiance 



An improvement by careful selection of the Newport Scarlet 

 Larkspur. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Lobelia cardinalis, Boddington's Improved 



Seed saved from the finest types only. Pkt. 15 cts., y»oz. $1. 



MIGNONETTE • 



BODDINGTON'S MAJESTY. The finest of all the fancy 

 varieties of Mignonette, an improvement on Allen's Defiance. Seed 

 saved ir >m select spikes under glass. Kpkt. 60 cts., pkt. $1. 



BISMARCK. New improved dwarf variety. Pkt. 25 cts. 



GOLIATH. Many more or less beautiful Mignonettes have 

 been introduced within the past few years, but this new variety is 

 claimed by experts to be the most beautiful Mignonette in existence ; 

 plants of compact habit, with rich green foliage, the giant trusses of 

 flowers being borne on erect, strong, stiff stalks and surpassing all 

 others in brilliancy of color ; especially suited for house culture. 

 Pkt. 25 cts. 



NICOTIANA 



SANDERAE HYBRIDS (Novelty). The London " Garden " 

 of January 7 last, gives an account of them with a colored plate 

 showing their beautiful colors. These superb new forms have been 

 obtained by crossing Nicotiana Sanderoe with N. alata and N. syl- 

 vestris. The flowers are as large as the carmine variety introduced 

 last year, and are borne in equal profusion. They come in eight 

 separate colors, ranging from pure white to deep scarlet, some of 

 the intermediate tints being of exquisite beauty. They are per- 

 fectly hardy and will bloom in the open air all through the summer. 

 Collection of eight varieties 35 cts. 



Feutstemon KloxiDioides, BoddinKton's Hybrids 



Stock, Queen Alexandra 



PANSY 



AUREOLA (Novelty). One of the most distinct Pansies ever 

 introduced, the novel feature being red or rosy border on a yellow 

 ground. Pkt. 50 cts. 



BODDINGTON'S CHALLENGE. A mixture of the choicest 

 strains of five leading Pansy specialists, all large flowers of good 

 substance, in an infinite variety of color and markings. Pkt. 25 cts., 

 Vioz. S2.50, oz. $8. 



For full description of Boddington's Challenge and other Pansies, 

 see page 25 



Pentstemon Gloxinioides, Boddington's 

 Hybrids 



The hardy Pentstemons are not very well known in America, but 

 they are among the most showy of perennials. The varieties I offer 

 are saved from large gloxinia-shaped flowers, comprising the most 

 varied colors from white to deepest crimson, with intermediate 

 shades of rose, pink and lavender. Seed sown in heat during Jan- 

 uary or February will bloom the same season. Pkt. 50 cts. 



Stock, Crimson King 



A new variety of the same type as Beauty of Nice and Queen 

 Alexandra, offered last season. The plant attains a height of 2 to 1% 

 feet and throws a gigantic flower-bpike i foot in length, around 

 which are a number of side shoots, and all covered with large fra- 

 grant flowers of a brilliant fiery crimson, a large percentage of which 

 are double. Pkt. 25 cts , 3 pkts. 65 cts. 



Stock, Queen Alexandra 



A splendid new variety of the Beauty of Nice type, with flowers 

 of a delicate rosy lilac, a tint of incomparable beauty, and for cut 

 and boiKiuet work of exceptionally good value. The plant throws 

 up a strong central spike about i foot in height, siirrouiuled by 

 mimurons side shoots, all loosely clad with beautiful large blos- 

 soms. The percentage of doubles is also very high, and a most 

 valuable feature is that the seedlings come very quickly into 

 bloom. Pkt. 25 cts. 



