FLOWER SEEDS. 



Names both Botanical and Common. 



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One Packet of each of the ten sorts to 

 sow either of these beds at the 

 Special Price of. 



Postage paid by us. 



This offer of Seeds is a bargain. 



10 II 12 



40c. 



A C X^C\ I IMT I T ]Vl —Showy annuals witlipink and 

 tW^Ksyj l^yi^yy^ Ll\.m white everlasting flowers. 



Single Mixed. 

 Double Mixed 



AnPl? AXI TM —The AGERATUMS are all very 

 ■tV^'-i'V-t*- * yJLiVm pretty, especially when grown 

 in beds or borders. Of easy growth, flowers abundantly 

 out-of-doors in Summer and up until frost or in green- 

 houses in Winter; therefoi'e very desirable for bouquet- 

 making. A bed with the centre of Salvia Splendens 

 and border about 18 inches wide of blue Ageratum 

 will make a dazzling sight for 90 days. 



Blue Perfection 10 



Conspicuutn. — White. Half-hardy annual. 18 inches, h 



Dwarf Mixed. — Three colors. 18 inches 5 



Imperial Dwarf Blue Tom Thumb.— 9 to 12 inches. . 10 

 Tom Thumb Whiter— 6 inches-high .... 5 



A I V ^ T JVl —Flowers from June to November, 

 t\.t^\^^yjl^\.» and all Winter Indoors. Is fragrant, 

 makes a very pretty border fine for carpet bedding, 

 baskets, pot plants and in making small bouquets. 

 Cut back when through flowering and will bloom 

 again. Annual. Blooms for 60 days. 



Benthami compactum procumbens (Little Gem).— Very 

 suitable for border and pot work. 6 inches. . . . 10 

 Maritimum (Sweet).— White. 8 to 12 inches. 40c. oz.; 5 

 Carpet of Snow - • 40c. oz.; 5 



A M A D A MTHI T ^ —Annuals with bright foli- 

 t:\L^Yt^lS^r\.i. ^ 1 \ *KJ^» age 3 to 5 feet ; very useful 

 iu the perennial border. 



Caudatus (Love-lies-bleedmg) 5 



SalsifoHus 5 



SEEDS OF ORNAMENTAL f LOWERS. 



HOW TO PLANT. 



Expert Gardeners do not need any advice as to how to, sow 

 Flower Seeds, but for the inexperienced we advise sowing 

 the Seeds in close parallel rows in compact 



NURSING BEDS. 



Young plants a month later to be removed 

 to permanent location. 



The earth should be manured with very fine barnyard or 

 stable manure, dug 8 inches deep, and railed over and over 

 until the soil is as fine as flour. Little trenches can best be 

 made with the sharp edge of a board, not deeper than 

 3^ inch, the Seeds scattered evenly, 10 to 12 Seeds to the inch, 

 throughout the length of the little trench, and covered with 

 not over 14 inch of the finest soil. 



Water with a watering-pot having a fine-spray nozzle or, 

 just as well, dash water upon the bed from a broom dipped 

 alternately into a bucket of water and shaken out. Repeat 

 this sprinkling every night, but do uot make the surface of 

 the soil positively wet, only uniformly damp. 



Place a wooden label at the head of each row. Pick out 

 all the weeds as ihey appear, and at the proper time, after a 

 rainy day, carefully lift the young seedlings so as to preserve 

 their roots, and reset them in permanent locations. W e can- 

 not give here directions for the planting of everything, btit 

 as a general rule, observe that no plants in permanent loca- 

 tions should be nearer than 6 inches to each other. 



The ten sorts which are recommended in each of the two 

 classes of Perennials and Anniials are only as a suggestion : 

 the families can be changed at the pleasure of the purchaser. 



ALYSSUn— An old-fashioned flower, 

 favorite as ever. 



but still as great a 



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