# PKRKER & MOOD'S 



NOVELTIES * AND * CHOICE * FLOWER * SEEDS 



FOR 1888. 



ACROCLINIUM ALBUM. 

 Aquilegia Californica Hybrida. 



and spurs deep orange-red. Per 

 pkt., 15 cents. 



Aster, Comet. New and ex- 

 tremely beautiful class, of the 

 same height and habit as the 

 Dwarf Paeony Perfection Aster, 

 forming fine regular pyramids 1 2 

 to 1 5 inches high, and profusely- 

 covered with large double flow- 

 ers. The shape of the latter de- 

 viates from all classes of Asters 

 in cultivation, and closely resem- 

 bles a large-flowered Japanese 

 Chrysanthemum. The color is 

 a lovely delicate pink, bordered 

 with white. Per pkt., 15 cents. 



Acroclinium Album, Flor Pleno. The double form of 

 this beautiful white Everlasting Flower is faultless in 

 shape and color. They grow somewhat taller than the 

 single varieties, but are more substantial in proportion. 

 Per packet, 10 cents. 



Ag-eratum, Little Dorrit, New White. Charming 



dwarf bushy variety, with white flowers; particularly 

 useful for cutting. Per pkt., 25 cents. 



Alyssum Nanum Maritimum, New Dwarf "Little 

 Gem." This New Dwarf Sweet Alyssum " Little Gem," 

 is a remarkable addition to this favorite annual. The 

 plants are of a very compact, spreading habit, and only 3 

 to 5 inches in height, and each plant will cover a circle 

 of 1 5 to 30 inches in diameter. The plants begin to blos- 

 som when quite small, and so profusely that the plants 

 are a solid mass of white from spring till late in autumn, 

 A single plant (by count) gives over 600 clusters of- flow- 

 ers on a medium sized plant at one time. For small beds- 

 or edgings, pots and baskets, it is a gem among flowers. 

 The flower clusters are more compact, larger and better 

 for cutting than the common variety. This is an Ameri- 

 can production, and is not to be confounded with any 

 other dwarf species of foreign production, and we recom- 

 mend it without hesitation. 10 cents per pkt. 



A new variety,, centre petals golden-yellow, sepals 



"Little Gem" Sweet Alyssum. 



Aster, Liliput, Pure White. The chief beauty of this variety is the diminutive size of its 

 flowers, and the abundance in which they are produced. Useful for all purposes for which cut 

 flowers are required. Per pkt., 1 5 cents. 



Aster, Mignon, Pure White. This is said to be one of the finest and most floriferous Asters 

 grown, resembling in type the Victoria race, and exceeding in size the imbricated Pompon type ; 

 being globular in form, and of the purest white. The excellence of the novelty will place 'it in 

 the first rank of Asters, for its usefulness in various ways. Per pkt., 15 cents. 



Asters, Zirngriebel's ImproYed Double White. This magnificent Aster is a cross between 

 the Victoria and Paeony varieties. The flowers are large, pure white, beautifully imbricated, 

 and globular in form. Per pkt., 10 cents. 



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