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SELECTIONS IN SEEDS, F. FL PiEKSON CO., TA^ftYTOWN-ON-HUDSON, N. V. 
GftOIGE SELECTIONS IN FLOWER 
ALL BLOOMING THE SAME SEASON SOWN, UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED. 
Directions for sowing Flower Seeds will be found printed on each packet. 
ABOBRA. 
A pretty climbing- perennial, with handsomely 
3ut, glossy dark-green foliage; small, oval scarlet 
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Viridiflora. 
beautiful garlands. 
Per pkt., 5c. 
A B HO IV I A. 
Charming trailer, with Verbena - like sweet- 
scented flowers blooming through the season. 
Umbel lata. Rosy lilac, with white eye. Per 
pkt:, 5c: 
ACROCLIiVlUM. 
One of the most beautiful Everlastings, bear- 
ing great quantities of bright pink and white 
daisy-like flowers, with a yellow centre 
Rosen m.. —Bright pink, charming. Per pkt., 5c. 
Album. — Pure white. Per pkt., 5c. 
Rosctim ft, pi.— Flowers perfectly double and 
larger than the single sorts ; very beautiful. 
Per pkt., 10c. 
ADLU3IIA. 
A beautiful climbing plant of graceful habit, with deli- 
cate pale-green pinnate foliage; flowers freely all sum- 
mer, but not until the second season. Also called Mount- 
ain Fringe and Alleghany Vine. Hardy ; grows 15 feet 
high. 
Adlumi.i Cirrhosa. — Flesh-colored. Perpkt., 5 cents. 
AGERATUM. 
Free-flowering bedding plants, producing a profusion 
of flowers continually, summer and winter. 
Hexiciinum. — Flowers, light blue ';. two feet high. 
Per pkt., 5c. 
Tom Thumb — Dwarf; compact;. 6 to 9 inches high; 
light blue. Perpkt., 5c. 
A RI ARANTHUSi 
Grown for their bright foliage,which is remarkably bril- 
liant; of no use whatever as pot-plants. Sow in open 
ground. 
Tricolor. — Joseph's Coat. Per pkt., 5c. 
Salicifolius — Fountain plant. Perpkt., 5c. 
Bicolor Ruber.— Dark Red and yellow. Per pkt., 5c. 
SWEET ALYSSUM. 
AlvssuMi, Sweet.— An excellent border plant, its fragrant white blooms being in- 
dispensable for bouquets; in bloom constantly. Per pkt., 5c. 
AMMOBIUM. 
An everlasting flower; small, but very pretty, and very useful as a variety in win- 
ter bouquets. . . . 
Alatum Gi andiflorum.-An improved variety, twice the size of the common 
sort, and purer white. Per pkt., 5 cents. 
AJV TIRRHI NU J>1. 
Snap Dragon; of easy culture; unsurpassed for 
summer and late fall flowering. 
Majiis.— Tall; growing about 2 feet high. Ex- 
tra choice varieties; finest mixed. Per pkt., 5c. 
Tom TlmiMb. — Dwarf; 1 foot. Very beautiful 
varieties. Perpkt., 5c. 
AQ,U1LEGIA. 
One of our most beautiful hardy plants. The 
two varieties we offer being elegant; bloom the 
second season and perpetually afterwards. The 
common sorts are known as " Columbine." 
Chrysantlia —This is a strong-growing, beau- 
tiful variety, attaining a height of 4 feet. 
Flowers bright yellow, produced freely all sum- 
mer; a strikingly grand and beautiful plant. 
Per pkt., 10 cents. 
Coerulea Flowers very large, sky blue and 
white. Perpkt., 15c. 
ASPARAGUS. 
Plnmosa Nana . — A very beautiful greenhouse 
climber, having dark-green delicate feathery 
foliage; grown largely by florists- and others 
for cutting; used the same as Smilax. Ex- 
cellent for table decoration and all-cut flower 
work. Per pkt., 25c. 
ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE BEETS. 
A most effective foliage plant. Its metallic, lustrous, and glistening leaves 
equal any of the most expensive exotics and conservatory plants; natives of Chih 
and Brazil from the foot of the Andes. The leaves are over three feet %n length 
and one foot in width, having a glistening, varnished-like surface not equaled in 
any other ornamental plant, with intense scarlet, crimson, and golden mid-rib, 
surrounded on each side with the most exquisite shading and variegation. 
One valuable feature of these ornamental-leaved beets is the fact that frost 
does not kill them, but colors their leaves brighter, and until covered with snow 
are objects of great beauty. 
Scarlet-Ribbefl Chilian .< — A strong-growing variety, the leaves often more 
than three feet long by one foot wide, the mid-rib being bright scarlet. Per pkt., 5c. 
Yellow - Ribbed Chilian. — Similar to the above, but richly variegated, with 
a yellow mid-rib. Per pkt., 5c. 
Crimson-Veined. Brazilian. — The colors of the Brazilian varieties are positive 
and distinct. Per pkt., 5c. 
Golden-Veined Brazilian . — A variety with golden-yellow markings. Per 
pkt., 5c. 
Scarlet-Veined Brazilian .—Deep crimson, with scarlet markings; very dis- 
tinct and showy. Per pkt., 5c. 
BALLOON VINE. 
A handsome climber; curious from its inflated baloon-like seed pods, from which 
it derives its name. 
Cardiospermnm Halicacabum. — Per pkt., 5 cents. 
PIERSON'S PERFECTION ASTERS. 
These are magnificent, a great improvement over ordinary China Asters, the most perfect type of 
Peony-flowered asters. Nothing is more satisfactory in the garden; they bloom early, and can be had 
in flower constantly by frequent sowings. Our Perfection Asters grow about 18 inches high, the flowers 
are very double, of fine form; petals beautifully incurved, and as round as a ball; they bloom very pro- 
fusely, the plants being a mass of flowers which are borne on long stems, making a splendid flower for 
bouquets. The colors are very brilliant. 
For an Autumn display it has no equal among annual flowers; as it is essentially a fall flower, 
like the Dahlia, and does best late; it can just as well be planted out of doors in May, unless early 
flowers are desired, as it does best, and the flowers are largest and most perfect when cool, dewy autumn 
nights come. We have eight beautiful colors, which we offer separately. 
Pure White, Light Blue, Dark Blue, 
Rose Color, White and Black Blue, Dark Blood Red. 
Crimson, Dark Red and White, 
In separate colors. 10c. per pkt,; the collection of eight papers for 75c. 
Finest Mixture.— Per pkt., 10c; 6 pkts. for 50e. 
ASTERS. 
Victoria. — A splendid variety growing in 
pyramidal form, about 2 feet high ; flowers 
very large, globular, beautifully imbricated. 
Per pkt., 10c. 
Victoria, Snow-white. — Pure snowy white, 
splendid for florists, or for. others who desire 
white flowers. Perpkt., 15c. 
Improved Dwarf Pyramidal Bouquet. — 
A splendid dwarf variety, growing only 1 foot 
in height; when well grown, a plant forms a 
compact bouquet of pyramidal shape. Perpkt., 
10 cents. 
PIERSON'S PRIZE BALSAMS. 
Old garden favorites, which have been so hy- 
bridized and improved that they are now as dou- 
ble and perfect as a Camellia, which the flower 
much resembles. They should always be trans- 
planted, as this tends to produce more double 
flowers. Our climate is admirably adapted for 
their culture, and our magnificent improved vari- 
eties will be received with great favor. We offer 
ten varieties in separate colors. 
Scarlet. — Very double, intense fiery scarlet. 
Crimson. — Deep crimson. 
Apple Blossom. — Elegant. 
Lilac. — Very delicate lavender. 
Scarlet Mot* led. — Brilliant scar- 
let, with white spots. 
Flesh Color. — A beautiful shade. 
Solf eri no .— Satiny-white, striped 
and spotted with crimson and 
lilac. 
Rose Color.— Beautiful rosy pin) 
Lemon. — Very beautiful. 
White Perfection. — This is 
saved from the most perfect flow- 
ers only, and is designed for flor- 
ists' uses and those who 
want an extra quality 
white. Per pkt., 15c. 
Per pkt., 10c. each (except 
"White Perfection"). One 
paper of each, 10 colors, 
for 80c. 
Finest Mixed. — Perpkt., 
10c; 6 pkts., 50c. 
WE MAIL ALL SEEDS IN PKTS. AND OUNCES AT CATALOGUE PRICES FREE, BY MAIL, TO ANY POST-OFFICE IN UNITED STATES OR CANADA. 
