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MATS CATALOGUE OF NORTHERN GROWN SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS AND FRUITS. 
DIGITALIS. — (Foxglove.) Hardy Perennial. Stately plants 
throwing their flower stalks 2 or 3 feet high. 
Lutea. Yellow. Purpurea. Red. Mixed. Various colors. Pkt. 5c. 
Monstrosa Mixed. — The giants of this class. Pkt. 10c. 
DOLICHOS — (Hyacinth Bean.) Annual. A rapid growing 
climber, flowering freely in clusters, followed by ornamental 
seed pods. Purple, white, mixed, all colors. Pkt. 5c. 
DRACEM INDIVISA. — Tender perennial. Ornamental plants 
easily grown from seed, of rapid growth and highly decora- 
tive. Pkt. 10c. 
EDELWEISS. — Hardy perennial. We offer the true Edelweiss 
of the Alps which is so highly prized by travelers in Switzer- 
land. The flowers are pure white, star-shaped and downy in 
texture. Pkt. 10c. 
EUTOCA WRANGELIANA — Annual. Popular German flow- 
ers which grow rapidly from seed and produce brilliant blue 
blossoms several weeks during the season. Pkt. 10c. 
ERYSIMUM PEROFFSKIANUM — Hardy annual. Free flow- 
ering annuals of neat, compact habit of growth. Pkt.5c, oz. 85c 
E1ILALIA ZEBRINA. — Hardy perennial. A magnificent orna- 
mental grass, often attaining a height of 5 or 6 feet a season. 
Pkt. 10c. 
EUPHORBIA VARIEGATA — (Snow on the Mountain.) A 
strong growing annual called "Snow on the Mountain" on ac- 
count of the peculiarly marked foliage which is veined and 
margined with white. Pkt. 5c. 
FUCHSIA. — Tender perennial. Mixed colors. Choice double 
and single mixed from named varieties. Pkt. 5c. 
Procumbens. — This is of a dwarf trailing habit and the flowers 
are borne in the greatest profusion almost the entire year. 
Pkt. 10c. 
GAILLARDIA — (Blanket Flower.) Hardy annual. Splendid 
bedding plants, their flowers continuing in beauty during 
summer and autumn. Choice mixed varieties, rich colors. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c. 
GERANIUM. — Tender perennial. 
Large Flowering Single Mixed. — Carefully saved seed from 
the giant flowering class. Pkt. 10c. 
General Grant. — Bright scarlet. Apple Scented Double Mixed. 
A carefully selected strain from the finest double flowering 
geraniums. Pkt. 10c. 
GLAUCIUM. — (Horned Poppy.) Hardy perennial. Effective 
border plants, among the prettiest of our white foliagred 
plants. Their elegantly indented glaucous green leaves make 
them attractive at all seasons. Pkt, So, oz. 80c. 
GLOXINIA. — Tender perennial. A superb genus of house 
plant, producing a great profusion of richly colored flowers. 
We offer the choicest mixture obtainable. Pkt. 25c. 
GLOBE AMARANTH. — Annual. Popular everlasting, globular 
shaped flowers, which, if cut when fully matured, will keep 
for years. 
Alba, White. Carnea, Flesh. Rubra, Red. Mixed. This in- 
cludes all of the various shades and colors. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c. 
GODETIA. — Annual. Charming garden plants of easy cul- 
ture, that are noted for their richness and delicacy of coloring. 
Duchess of Albany. — A very handsome, free flowering, pure 
white variety. Pkt. 5c. 
Beauty of St. Paul. — Immense crimson flowers shading to 
carmine. Pkt. 10c. 
The Britle — Very showy white variety, with rich carmine cen- 
ter. Pkt. 5c. 
Bijou or Spotted. — Creamy or milky white variety with rich 
crimson blotches. Very showy. 
Pkt. 5c. Mixed. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c. 
GOLDEN MOUND. (Ven Calendula- 
Ceum.) Annual. The plants are of 
dwarf, bushy form and bear a pro-- 
fusion of bright orange colored blos- 
soms from early summer tintil late 
into autumn. Pkt. 5c. 
GOLDEN ROD Hardy perennial. 
The favorite wild flower. Pkt. 5c. 
GOURDS — Annuals. This is an in- 
teresting class of rapid growing 
vines, bearing curiously shaped 
fruits of various shades and colors. 
They grow rapidly from seed, often 
attaining a height of from 12 to 20 
feet in a single season. Valuable 
for covering porches, trellises, etc. 
Seed should be sown in the open 
ground in the early summer after 
Godetia, Bijott. the weather is settled. 
White Egg.— (See cut.) This is a popular Japanese nest egg that 
grows exactly the size, color and shape of an egg, and as it 
is uninjured by cold or wet, is very desirable for nest eggs. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c. 
Chinese Loofa (See cut.) Called the "Dish Rag Gourd" on 
account of the tough, fibrous mass in the inside of the gourds, 
which, separated from the shell, is a most excellent substi- 
tute for the common bath sponge. It grows quickly, produc- 
ing yellow flowers, which develop into large green fruits. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c. 
Hercules Club. — (See cut.) So named on account of the enor- 
mous size to which it grows and peculiar shape of the fruit. 
As will be noticed by our illustration, it is club shaped, and 
presents a most peculiar appearance. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c. 
Snake. — (See cut.) An oddly shaped long gourd. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c. 
Bottle Shaped. — (See cut.) Our illustration is a representa- 
tion of this popular variety, which grows to the size and is 
shaped almost like a bottle. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c. 
Dipper. — Dried and used by housewives for dippers. Pkt. 5c, 
oz. 15c. 
.Teasel. Pkt., 5c, oz. 15e. 
'Pear Shaped.— (See .out.) , A beautifully colored variety, us- 
ually striped with yellow, green and cream. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c. 
Mixed Gourds.— This mixture includes nearly all the above 
named, kinds, as well as a grand assortment of other gourds. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c. 
Odoratissimus. — Very fragrant blossoms, which are succeeded 
by beautiful orange colored fruits. Pkt. 5c. 
Perennis A hardy perennial variety, which stands our cold 
winters with slight protection. The foliage of this variety is 
highly ornamental: valuable for arbors, trellises, etc. Pkt. 5c. 
GYPSOPHILA ELEGANS — (Baby's Breath.) Annual. Mixed. 
These are small, deliciously scented flowers borne on long 
feathery stems. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15e. 
GREVILLEA ROBUSTA — (Silk Oak.) Tender Perennial. 
Very handsome and decorative plant, with evergreen, fern- 
like foliage. Pkt. 5c. 
HEDYSARUM COfiONARIUM (French Honeysuckle.) Bien- 
nial. It is not a climber as its name would indicate, but a 
beautiful little garden plant, which blossoms profusely until 
killed by frost. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c. 
HELICHRYSUM. — (Straw Flower.) A hardy annual, growing 
about 12 to 15 inches in height and bearing large double flow- 
ers of different shades and colors, ranging from bright yel- 
low to rich red and scarlet, while many are shaded and tippsd 
with various colors. Pkt. 5c. 
HELIOTROPE. — Annual. These deliciously sweet scented 
plants are desirable, not only for house culture, but for open 
flower gardens during the summer months. Seedling plants 
are as a rule more vigorous than those grown from cuttings, 
and usually produce a greater amount of blossoms. Our mix- 
ture includes the large flowering varieties, as well as some of 
the older sorts, and is certain to give satisfaction. By sow- 
ing the seed in boxes in the house in a warm place during 
the latter part of the winter, and when the plants are 2 or 3 
inches high transplanting, good flowering plants may be had 
by the middle of the summer. Pkt. 10c, % -oz. 50c. 
HESPERIS — (Sweet Rocket.) Tender perennial. Fragrant 
flowers; bloom the entire season. Contains both white and 
purple varieties. Pkt. 5c. 
HIBISCUS — (Marsh Mallow.) Hardy annual. 
Africanus — Cream color, rich brown center. Pkt. 5c. 
NEW EVER-BLOOMING ALLEGHENY HOLLYHOCKS Very 
Choice. Bloom the first year from seed. A new type of Holly- 
hocks. This grand new flower is a decided improvement in 
more than one particular over the old-fashioned variety. Its 
first point of merit is the fine, transparent fringed flowers, 
which look as though they were made up of crushed silk. One 
has to see this plant in bloom to appreciate its clear, trans- 
parent colors, which make a row shine with rainbow effect. 
It is a perpetual bloomer, and has from 2 to 4 buds at base of 
each leaf, where the old style has only one. All of these 
buds develop into flowers in rotation, the largest buds first, 
then the smaller ones, and so on until they have all opened 
up to beautiful flowers. The great height of the column, like 
pyramidal spikes, thickly studded with flowers, adds material- 
ly to the decorative value, and unless one has seen this new 
plant in front of a porch one would never suspect its orna- 
mental possibilities. The colors are shell pink, rose and ruby 
red, a shade or two deeper at the center, and exquisitely 
tinted toward the edge. Extra selected seed. Pkt. 15c. 
HOLLYHOCKS. — Hardy perennial. Dbl. crimson, dbl. flesh 
colored, dbl. purple, dbl. rose, dbl. scarlet, dbl. white, dbl. yel- 
low. Pkt. 10c. 
