SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED 



(Prices per packet, y 8 and y 4 ounce) 



ASTERS— Continued 



Semple's Branching. — Handsome double flowers 

 borne on long stems, a free brancher and unsur- 

 passed in merit. 



Blue 



Crimson 



Lavender 



Purple 



Rose.... 



Flesh Pink 



White 



All mixed colors.. 



Autumn 

 Sorts 

 Unsurpassed 



_ Thirty 

 inches tall 



U Oz.. 20c; 



10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



Giant Comet. — Immense flowers, often 6 inches 

 diameter; good form and growth. White, dark 

 blue, light blue, crimson, sulphur-yellow, rose. 

 Very valuable for exhibition vases as resembling 



Japanese Chrysanthemums. Graceful and mop- 

 like heads, grand sort. 



All mixed colors £ Oz,, 20c; 



Blue 



Crimson... 

 Lavender. 



Rose 



White 



Mid-summer 

 Good Branching 



Crego's Giants. — Very early and constant bloom- 

 ers, after the style of Queen of Market, but 



larger flowered. Loose-petaled, fluffy flowers. 

 All mixed colors, mixed only §• Oz., 20c; 10 



Ostrich Plume. — Large showy flowers; branching 

 with loosely curled flowerets. White, rose, light 



blue, dark blue, crimson. Fine for cutting. Very 

 similar to Giant Comet. 



Fine mixed, all colors mixed £ Oz., 20c; 10 



Queen of the Market.— The best earliest among 

 the Asters. White, scarlet, rose, dark blue, light 

 blue, lavender. Very desirable. Habit spread- 

 ing. Plants, 18 inches high and very productive. 

 Two weeks earlier than any other. 

 Fine mixed, all colors £ Oz., 20c; 10 



Victoria. — Best all-round Aster. Flowers massive, 

 with overlapping petals. 18 inches. Flowers very 

 full and showy. White, delicate rose, purple, 

 violet, scarlet, light blue, dark blue. Curving 

 outward. Sold only in mixture. 

 Fine mixed, all colors £ Oz., 20c; 10 



AQUILEGIA (Columbine) 



Among the most beautiful and curiously formed 

 of hardy perennial flowers. Blooms in the early 

 Spring and Summer for 60 days. 



Hybrida.— Double mixed. Curious.. £ Oz., 25c; 5 

 Single mixed ± Oz ., 20c ; 5 



ALYSSUM, SWEET 



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. 



Maritimum (Sweet).— White. 8 to 12 inches. 

 Trailing habit, very sweetly scented. 



|Oz.,25c; 5 



Little Gem or Compactum.— Very suitable for 

 border and pot work. 6 inches.... £ Oz., 40c; 5 



(Prices per packet, y 8 and y 4 ounce) 



BALSAMS (Lady's-slipper) 



Large flowered, full centered. Beautiful annuals 

 with flowers as double as Roses, measuring two 

 inches in diameter. Rich soil and deep culture 

 are requisite to produce large and showy flowers. 

 Seeds may be sown where they are to stand, and 

 later thin out the plants; but if started indoors 

 they will flower earlier. Set plants about 2 feet 

 apart, where they can have plenty of sun. Our 

 stock is exceptionally fine. In bloom 60 days. 



Balsam, Camellia Flowered 

 Double or Camellia Flowered.— 



iOz., 40c; 5 



Wmte £Oz., 40c; 5 



Camellia Flowered Perfection.— Mixed colors. 

 2feet £Oz.,30c; 5 



Rose Double Flowered.— Mixed colors. 2 feet 

 high, 18 in. diameter £ Oz., 30c; 5 



BACHELOR'S BUTTONS 

 See Gomphrena, page 61. 



BALLOON VINE (Cardiospermum) 



The Balloon Vine, popular as a rapid climber, 

 8 feet, producing inflated seed pods one inch 

 diameter; delicate foliage. 90 days. Always 

 a favorite. Valuable for screens....^ Oz., 10c; 5 

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