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Ei\ 8f ^OOD, pEED pATALOGUE. 



BEDDING PLANTS (continued). 



LANTANAS. 



The Lantana is now a universal favorite, and rivals the Verbena as a bedding-plant, blooming abundantly from July 

 until frost It stows freely, forming dwarf, compact bushes twelve to eighteen inches high, profusely studded with, 

 neat snow-white, pink and rose, or brilliant orange and scarlet flowers. Many fine named varieties. 15 cents each 

 $1.50 per dozen. 



DOUBLE PETUNIAS. 



We offer very fine varieties, some of them extra seedlings of last 

 year, with large and very handsome flowers. 20c. each ; $2.00 per doz. 



DWARF HYBRID PETUNIA. 



Hybrida nana compaeta multiflora. A beautiful strain of dwarf 

 habit, only five to eight inches high, and the same broad ; making a 

 natural bouquet of brilliant cherry-colored flowers, blooming the entire 

 summer. 15 cents each ; $2.00 per dozen. 



SALVIAS (Flowering Sage). 



The Salvias are all very showy and beautiful plants, flowering all the 

 latter part of summer, the scarlet and brilliant-colored varieties forming 

 splendid masses of bloom. Scarlet, blue, white, etc. 15 cents each ; 

 $1.50 per dozen. 



VERBENAS. 



Our collection of these popular and favorite plants comprises a col- 

 lection of all the most beautiful and distinct colors,- both new and old. 

 Twenty-four named varieties, all the finest colors. 10 cents each ; 75 

 cents per dozen. Sweet Williams. 



VIOLETS, SWEET-SCENTED. 



These are indispensable in every collection. It is one of the leading flowers, among florists, for bouquets and cut- 

 flowers, blooming throughout the winter. 



Double White. Marie Louise, very dark blue. 



Belle de Chantenay, double white. 30 cents. Victoria Keglna, new single. 30 cents. 



Neapolitan, double blue. English Dark Blue, double, hardy. 



IS cents each; $1.50 per dozen, except those noted. 



HARDY PERENNIALS. 



HOLLYHOCK, DOUBLE (Althea Rosea). 



This old-fashioned flower is rapidly gaining its former popularity, both the 

 single and double varieties being widely sought after for lawn and border decora- 

 tion. Our collection embraces about 24 colors : pure white, rosy crimson, purple, 

 yellow, orange, black, etc. We offer plants that will bloom this season, seedlings 

 from a choice collection of very double flowers. Price, 25 cents each ; $2.00 per 

 dozen. 



HOLLYHOCK (Single). 



We have a large collection of various colors, seedlings from the finest strain, 

 that will bloom this summer. 15 cents each ; $1.50 per dozen. 



Hollyhocks, from seed, are easily obtained if they are sown in June or July, 

 or even later, in a well prepared, well-drained, alluvial soil, and carefully cared 

 for during their early stages of growth. After they have obtained strength and 

 size enough to handle, they may be transplanted in September to the borders and 

 situations where they are to flower the following season. A slight protection of 

 loose leaves, straw, etc., is generally sufficient to protect them. They are one of 

 our finest herbaceous plants, growing to the height of 5 to 8 feet, and there are 

 varieties of almost every color. 



Our collection of seeds are selected from the best known growers of Holly- 

 hocks, and we are confident they will give entire satisfaction if obtained from 

 Parker & Wood. For collections of colors, see pages 68 and 79. 



SWEET WILLIAMS. 



The improvement in the varieties of this old and always admired plant have 

 given it additional value. Our stock comprises many very beautiful colors. 20 

 cents each; $2. 25 per dozen. 



TRITOMAS. 



Splendid, half-hardy plants, with masses of long narrow leaves, from the cen- 

 ter of which their tall flower-stems, three to five feet in height, are produced in 

 summer and autumn, with large terminal spikes of orange-red and scarlet flowers, 

 each spike a foot or more in length. They thrive in any rich, light garden soil. 

 On approach of winter, they should be taken up and placed in dry soil in a frame 

 Double Hollyhock. or cellar, for replanting out in the spring. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. 



