PARKER & WOOD'S FLOWER-SEED NOVELTIES FOR 1888. 



NEW SWEET PEAS (Continued). : 

 Tlsa Eckford. A most charming variety, the flowers being a beautiful creamy-white, heavily 



Orange Prince. The most distinct variety 

 ever sent out. The standard is bright or- 

 ange-pink, flushed with scarlet wings, bright 

 rose, veined with pink; extremely hand- 

 some. Per 'pkt., 15 cents. ' 



Princess Of Wales. A lovely variety, 

 shaded and striped with mauve on a white 

 ground in a most pleasing manner ; flowers 

 of great substance and perfect shape. Per 

 pkt, 5 cents. 



The Queen. A very beautiful and pleasing 

 • variety, the light rosy-pink standard being 

 in charming contrast to the wings, which 

 ; are light mauve. Per pkt., 15 cents. 



Vesuvius. Rose, crimson spotted, lower 

 part of flower violet; distinct. Per pkt., 5c. 



P. & W.'s Special Mixture is made up of the choicest named varieties that can be imported, 

 mixed with great care, so as to give the greatest possible variety of colors. Per pkt., 5 cents ; 

 ounce, 1 5 cents ; pound, $1.00. 



Tridax Bicolor Rosea. Half-hardy annual from Mexico, forming a neat, erect bush 15 inches 

 in height, with lanceolate foliage ; flowers a pretty rose color, with yellow discs; in the bud 

 the florets are of a deep crimson; very free blooming. Per pkt., 20 cents. 



Verbena Hybrida Compacta Candidissima. A new strain, with erect stems, forming 



compact, sturdy plants of only five inches in height which is literally covered with beautiful 

 . white umbels of flowers. Per pkt., ,25 cents. 



Verbena Hybrida Compacta. New dwarf variety of erect and compact habit, growing only 

 five inches high, covered with beautiful umbels of flowers. Per pkt., 25 cents. 



Verbena, New Mammoth, The characteristics of this new strain of Verbenas are, that when 

 well grown, every flower truss measures over nine inches in circumference, while the single 

 florets are as large as a 25-cent piece. This great improvement in size is certain to increase 

 the popularity of the Verbena. It is altogether distinct and surprisingly beautiful, the colors 

 of which present the same wide range as the ordinary type. Per pkt., 25 cents. 



Zinnia Eleg-ans Gfrandiflora Eobusta 

 Plenissima. A particularly fine new class 

 of Zinnias, differing from the older ones ih-its 

 unusually robust habit of growth and the im- 

 mense size (five to six inches across) of its per- 

 fectly-formed, very double flowers. The 

 plants rise to a height of three or four feet, 

 while the magnificent flowers are of great sub- 

 stance, and preserve their beauty for about 

 four weeks, even in the hottest of seasons. 

 Per pkt., 10 cents. 



Flower Seed for a Wild Garden. All lov- 

 ers of flowers who are fond of novelties in the 

 way of flower-gardens, and cannot give much 

 time to cultivation, will find this mixture the 

 desirable thing if sown en masse, as it will pro- 

 duce a continuous bloom of flowers of every 

 hue, and you will have a mass of floriferous 

 splendor that will last all summer. This Mix- 

 ture is composed of the most free and showy 

 Annuals suitable for a wild flower-garden. 

 •One ounce, 50 cents; half ounce, 25 cents; 

 .packet, 10 cents. 



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with rosy pmk. Per pkt., 15 cents. 



Verbena Hybrida Compacta Candidissima. 



African Marigold, El Dorado. See p. 28. 



