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



Aster, Triumph Dark Scarlet. 



This novelty is undoubtedly the 

 most beautiful and perfect of all 

 dwarf Asters. The flowers 

 measure about three inches 

 across, and are of the most 

 faultless Paeony form, and beau- 

 tifully incurved. The color is a 

 pure, rich scarlet, of fine form, 

 produced in great abundance; 

 each plant bears 30 to 40 flowers 

 of exquisite beauty. Per pkt., 

 25 cents. 



Calceolaria, Thompson's "Dal- 

 keith Park" Strain. Large 

 flowers of fine form and sub- 

 stance, rich colors, beautifully 

 spotted and marbled. The finest 

 strain in cultivation. Per pkt., 

 50 cents. 



Chrysanthemum Frutescens. 



Marguerite or Paris Daisy, white. 

 10 cents per pkt. 



Chrysanthemum, Etoile d'Or. 



Triumph Aster. 



' GoldenParis Daisy." The large golden-flowered variety of the white Marguerite. Excellent 

 for cutting. Per pkt., 10 cents. 



Chrysanthemum, Inodorum Plenissima. Dwarf-growing, with double white flowers; very 

 free-flowering ; good variety for pot culture ; excellent for cutting. Per pkt., 10 cents. 



Chrysanthemum, Tricolor Eclipse. Golden yellow, with a bright purplish-scarlet ring ; disc 

 dark brown. Per pkt., 10 cents. 



Cineraria Hybrida Grandi- 



flora. Finest large-flowering 

 exhibition varieties, embracing 

 the richest and most varied, 

 showy and attractive colors. 

 Saved from the finest strain in 

 the world. Extra. Per pkt., 

 50 cents. 



Cineraria Alba. Th is will prove 



a very serviceable sort for cutting 

 purposes. The plants are dwarf , 

 of compact habit, and produce a 

 profusion of large flowers, fine 

 form and substance ; the ray 

 petals are pure white, and the 

 centre is of a fine indigo-blue 

 color. Per, pkt., 50 cents. 



Cosmos HybriduS. A magnifi- 

 cent race of plants which attain 

 a height of nearly five feet, and 

 which in the fall months are lit- 

 erally covered with flowers which 

 closely resemble single Dahlias. 

 The flowers of these new hybrids 

 are from one to two inches in 

 diameter, and range through all 

 shades of rose, purple, flesh col- 

 or, and pure white, and are ex- 

 Calceolaria, cellent for cutting. They are 

 easily raised from seed, and bloom the first season. Per packet, 10 cents. 

 Cyclamen Persicum Oigranteum, " Charming Bride." Awarded a first class certificate 

 by the Royal Horticultural Society. The flowers are extremely large, of good substance, and 

 of the purest white. We consider it a valuable acquisition to the Cyclamens. Per pkt., 50 cts. 



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