We offer "Shasta" only this season, do not ask for any of the others, unless you 

 may desire to purchase the complete stock and control of some of them. The others 

 will be introduced as soon as sufficient plants to supply customers can be produced. 

 Ready after March 1st. Price, each, $1; five, $3; ten, $5. 



"Let not the thougtless imagine for an instant that this magnificent product of 

 floriculture (the "Shasta" Daisy) is the result of brief effort on the part of the pro- 

 ducer or merely the work of chance. The product is the result of years of constant 

 effort, nor is that effort now withdrawn." — "Santa Rosa Republican." 



cHfw Verbena, Elegance ^ 



STRONG, sweet perfume is the latest and most highly prized addition 

 ever made to the Verbena. Its first appearance was in " Mayiiower," 

 which graduated from my grounds six years ago, after a long and careful 

 education. It is now known and grown all over the world. 



The new verbena "ELEGANCE" surpasses even " May Howe r--' in fragrance. 

 The plant is vigorous, compact and a perpetual bloomer. The clusters are nearly 

 three inches across and unusually graceful and abundant. Each single floret 

 will cover a silver 25-cent piece ; but best of all "ELEGANCE" is the first of a 

 new type in color plan, having a white center extending fully half across the 

 breadth of the flower, with outer shadings of lavender purple and is as fragrant 

 as a rose. Strong plants, each, 50c; six, $1.50; ten, $2. 



Tigridia Grandiflora, Ne%) Hybrids 1^ ^ 



cMextcan Tiger or Shell Flo<wer " 



"[ T is amazing that such a beautiful and easily grown bulbous plant should have 



been so long overlooked by hybridizers. Until these hybrids wero produced 

 J the Tigridia was known in a few colors only, even less than the 01 iginals of 

 the Gladiolus, and with flowers only four or five inches in diameter. 



Among these vigorous giant hybrids, flowers over six inches across may be 

 seen in red, white, yellow, orange, rose, crimson and gold, with sliades and color 

 combinations never seen among them before, and as they are as easily grown 

 from seed as the Gladioli and bloom the second season, a new field of delightful 

 work has been opened for enthusiastic flower lovers. 



Thev are now placed in your hands for still higher developmc::t, as we have 

 too many other plants on hand to allow further experiment with ihis, one of the 

 most charming of all bulbous plants and now thoroughly crossed so that even 

 grander new ones may be obtained by growing from the seed of these crossbred 

 varieties. The Tigridia thrives best in a sandy soil and should be treated in all 

 respects like the Gladiolus. 



Bulbs, per ten, 75c ; per hundred, $5 ; per thousand, $40. No seed for sale 

 this season. 



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"If Mr. Burbank had created nothing except the Burbank potato he would have 

 been one of the greatest benefactors to mankind, and his yearly additions to improved 

 varieties of fruits, vegetables and flowers mark him as one of the most wonderful and 

 beneficent men of the nineteenth century."— "San Jose Mercury." 



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