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MATS CATALOGUE OF NORTHERN GROWN SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS AND FRUITS. 
BALLOON VINE. (Love in a Puff.) Annual. A rapid grow- 
mg climber; flowers white; seed vessels looks like miniature 
balloons. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c. 
BALSAMS. (Lady's Slipper.) Annual. An old and favorite 
garden flower, producing its gorgeous masses of beautiful 
brilliant colored flowers in the greatest profusion; of easy 
culture; succeeds in a good, rich soil. 
Double Camellia Flowered. Finest mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
Solferino. Spotted red and white. Very showy. Pkt. 5c. 
Rose. Beautiful pink shaded to rose. Pkt. 10c. 
"White Perfection. The largest flowering white. Pkt. 10c. 
Maiden's Blush. Pink. Pkt. 10c. 
Scarlet. Handsome shade of rich scarlet. Brilliant. Pkt. 10c. 
Mixed. This mixture includes many choice varieties and will 
furnish a charming display. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c. 
Imperial Mixed. In this mixture will be found all the latest 
varieties in this class . of flowers. Blossoms are extra large 
and of the most beautiful shades imaginable. Our imperial 
strain we obtained from a leading flower seed specialist in 
Europe, and we believe will produce more double blossoms 
than any other strain ever offered. Pkt. 10c, oz. 50c. 
BAPTTSIA AUSTBALIS. (False Indigo.) Hardy Perennial. A 
beautiful plant, producing pea-shaped flowers. Pkt. 5c. 
BART ONI A AUREA. Annual. Produces showy golden yel- 
low flowers above its downy thistle-like foliage. Pkt. 5c. 
BEGONIAS. Tender perennial. A beautiful tribe of plants, re- 
splendent during the summer with their flowers of various 
shades of scarlet, crimson, rose, etc., and continuing in bloom 
-until frost. 
Giant Flowering Mixed. Our choicest seed. Pkt. 20c. 
Vernon. A grand bedding variety. Pkt. 10c. 
Tuberous Rooted. Single flowering mixed. Pkt. 25c. 
Tuberous Rooted. Double flowering mixed. Pkt. 25c. 
Tuberous Rooted. Single and double mixed. Pkt. 25c. 
Bex Hybrida. Variegated foliage for pot culture. Pkt. 25c. 
BIDENS ATBOSANGTJINEUS. (Dahlia Zimpani.) Annual. 
Handsome, rapid growing plants with beautiful, dark purplish 
crimson blossoms that are freely produced during the late 
summer months. Pkt. 5c. 
BIGNONIA GBANDIFLORA. (Trumpet Creeper.) Hardy Per- 
ennial. A climber of rapid and luxuriant growth; handsome, 
large clusters of orange red flowers. Pkt. 10c. 
BBOWALLIA. (Amethyst.) Annuals. Handsome annuals, 
with flowers completely studding the bushy plants 
Mixed Colors. Pkt. 5c. 
Speciosa Major. Individual flowers are fully 1 inch across, of 
rich indigo blue; plant 1 foot high; bushy. Pkt. 15c. 
Jamesoni. Large, yellow blossoms. Pkt. 10c. 
BBYONOPSIS. Annual. A beautiful summer climber, with 
palmate leaves. Its yellow flowers are followed by pretty, 
cherry-like, green fruits, which change to bright scarlet mar- 
bled with white. Pkt. 5c. 
BRYOPHYLLUM. (Air Plant.) Annual. A hardy, rapid grow- 
ing plant which requires but little water. Peculiar shaped 
blossoms borne in great profusion. Pkt. 10c. 
CACTUS. These curious plants are easily grown from seed. 
Mixed varieties. Pkt. 10c. 
CALANDRIANA. Annual. Large rose colored blossoms of 
most beautiful form and color. Pkt. 5c. 
CALCEOLARIA. Tender perennial. A most beautiful class of 
plants with curiously formed, delicately shaded blossoms. 
Common Mixed, 15c. Hybrida Grand Mixed, 25c. 
CALENDULA. (Pot Marigold.) Annual. Showy, free flow- 
ering hardy annuals, growing in any good garden soil, pro- 
ducing a fine effect in beds or mixed borders, and continuing 
in bloom until killed by frost. 
Meteor. Large, double yellow, striped with orange. Pkt. 5c. 
Prince of Oraage. darker than Meteor, Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c. 
Mixed. • Pkt. 5c, ox. 10c. 
Queen of Trianon. Canary with maroon centre. Pkt. 5c. 
CALIA ETHIOPICA. The well known Calla Lily. Pkt. 10c. 
CALLIOPSIS. Annual. These beautiful "Bright Eyes" are 
showy summer bedding annuals with large, bright flowers 
borne in great profusion all summer long. 
Golden Wave. (See cut.) A most beautiful and showy plant, 
producing its deeply fringed golden-yellow flowers in the 
greatest profusion the entire summer. It is a flower that is 
sure to please everyone with its rapid growth, bright, showy 
blossoms and abundance of bloom. We cannot too highly 
recommend this little beauty to our friends. Pkt. 10c. 
Single Mixed. Double Mixed. Crimson Beauty. Pkt. 5c. 
Atrosanguinea. Darkest crimson. Annual. Pkt. 5c. 
CAMPANULA. (Canterbury Bells.) Annual. Beautiful little 
plants bearing a great profusion of bell-shaped flowers, in all 
the various shades of blue, purple, lilac and white. Double 
mixed, Single mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
PERENNIAL VARIETIES. 
Carpatica Alba. Pure white. Pkt. 5c. 
Glomerata. Pkt. 5c. ^ 
Macrantha. Blue, large flowered. Pkt. 5c. 
Grandis. Large, blue. Pkt. 5c. 
Lactiflora. Whitish blue. Pkt. 5c. 
CANARY BIRD FLOWER. A desirable climber of rapid 
growth and easy culture. Pkt. 5c. 
CANDYTUFT. Annual. One of the most free flowering an- 
nuals that can be grown. 
Snowball. (See Cut.) Remarkable for the mammoth size of 
its flowers and freedom of bloom, the entire plant being 
covered with snowy white blossom*. Pkt. 10c. 
Crimson King. Beautiful shade of deep crimson. Pkt. 5e. 
White Spiral. Grows in the form of a pyramid. Pkt. 5e, ox. 10c. 
Fragrant. Pkt. 5c; Lilac Queen. Pkt. 5c. 
Empress. A variety bearing immense trusses of beautiful. 
pure white blossoms. Pkt. 5c. 
Mixed, all colors. Pkt. 5c, ox. 10c. 
Giant Hyacinth Flowered. A grand variety producing 
enormous spikes of bloom resembling a White Hyacinth, vhese 
spikes often measure 7 inches in length by 2^ in diameter. 
The plant when in bloom attains a height of 12 inches. Pkt. 10c. 
C ANNAS, NAMED VARIETIES. These were gathered from 
our Canna field at our seed farm, and are collected from the 
choicest named varieties. Pkt. 5c, ox. 10c. 
MARGUERITE CARNATIONS. Tender perennial. These are de- 
servedly the i most popular carnations with the amateur, as 
they begin flowering in a few weeks from time of sowing. Tha 
strain offered is semi-dwarf, robust habit, requiring no arti- 
ficial support, and produces on long, strong stems an abund- 
ance of large, double, beautifully fringed, highly scented flow- 
ers. Mixed eolors. Pkt. 10c. 
CELOSIA. (Cockscomb.) Hardy annual. Magnificent free 
flowering, graceful growing plants, producing in the greatest 
profusion spikes of the most beautiful feathery flowers. 
Glasgow Prize. Very dwarf, immense crimson combs. Pkt. 10c. 
Dwarf Mixed. All colors. Pkt. 5c. 
Choice Mixed. Tall and dwarf, all colors. Pkt. 5c. 
Plumosus or Ostrich Feathered. Charming plants for house 
decoration as well as for. flowering in open ground. The 
spikes of flowers are of a plume shape. Pkt. 10c. 
Yellow Plume. This is a highly ornamental plant with large 
heads of a rich golden color. Pkt. 10c. 
CENTAUREA, Dusty Miller Varieties. Tender perennials. Sil- 
very foliage, dwarf plants, fine for bedding, vases, hanging 
baskets and pots, also extensively used for beds and margins. 
Sow the seed from December to April. 
Candidissima. Silvery leafed plants for beds, vases, baskets 
and pots. Pkt. 5c. 
Gymnocarpa. A graceful, silvery leafed variety for bedding 
or pot culture. Pkt. 5c. 
CENTAUREA CYANUS. (Corn Flower, Blue Bottle, Ragged 
Sailor.) Annual. White, blue, rose, red, mixed. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c. 
CENTAUREA MARGUERITE. Annual. Distinct from all 
other Centaureas and undoubtedly, one of the most beautiful 
flowers of late introduction. The plants are easily raised 
from seed, and grow to a height of from 15 to 18 inches. The 
charming white flowers are produced on long stems and are 
very desirable for bouquets, etc., as they will keep for quite a 
while after being cut. We offer seed imported direct by our- 
selves from Europe where this variety originated. Pkt. 10c. 
CENTAUREA IMPERIALIS. (New Imperial Giant Sweet Sul- 
tans.) They are noble flowers, the colors of which are in- 
finitely varied from glistening white through shades of red, 
from flesh pink to crimson, and through blues from silvery 
lilac to royal purple, etc., and all deliciously fragrant. In 
separate colors. Rose, Red, Blue, White, Mixed. — Pkt. 10c. 
CENTRANTHUS. Annual. Produces clusters of rose tinted 
and pure white flowers forming a compact mass of bloom and 
making a handsome display from July until September. Mixed 
Varieties. Pkt. 5c. 
