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LONG BROTHERS' CATALOGUE— SPRING, 1S76. 
FLOWERS FROM SEED. 
A CLASSIFICATION. 
No matter scarcely what object the florist— cither amateur or professional— may have in view in decorating with 
flower*, especially in the open air in summer, some that can be grown from seed may be used in connection with 
Greenhouse Bedding Plants, Bulbs, etc., to excellent advantage. There are numerous Annuals, Biennials and 
Perennials that arc easily grown, of which the seeds are inexpensive and the quality of the flowers, in points of 
brilliancy of color, sweetness, freedom of bloom, fine form and habits (especially as climbers) cannot be much 
excelled, if any at all, by the best of other sections. Our Catalogue annually falls into the hands of many who do 
not feel themselves sufficiently well acquainted with the various kinds to discriminate between those that are most, 
and thole that are least, desirable for cultivation, and for this reason we devote some space to classifying the 
various kinds we offer in the following pages, according to their desirability and respective peculiarities. 
1 speaking of kinds, we have reference to families. Aster, Pansy, Stock, Zinnia, etc., arc each a kind, while 
there may be, usually a 
Alyssum, Sweet. 
Antirrhinums. 
varieties under each of these and other distinct kinds. 
•Halnarn*. 
Candytuft. 
Dwarf Cclosia. 
Convolvulus Major (.Climber). 
Delphiniums. 
♦Dianthus. 
•Hollyhocks. 
Mil 
Portulaca, single. 
*Portulaca, double. 
♦Stocks. 
Sweet Pea. 
Tropaiolums. 
♦Double Zinnia. 
Wall Flower. 
Pansy. 
Petunia, single. 
♦Petunia, double. 
Phlox Drummondii. 
Those with a star (♦) prefixed to the name are not as certain of giving entire satisfaction as the others, unless 
.me allowance is mailt Jor the fact that these, .being called double kinds, will never yield more than a certain 
percentage oj /ally douOte /lowers from the best seed that can be saved, and we offer no other. But the flowers 
that do prove double arc so exceedingly attractive that cultivators should not think of passing these by in making 
their selections. Seed saved of some years will yield more double flowers than of others, even with the same care 
bestowed upon having the stocks in good condition, fertilizing, c 
Cubuca Scandcns (Climber). Lobelia Cardinalis. 
Delphinium Formosum. Maurandia (Climber.) 
Stlpn Pennata (Grass}. Mimulus. 
Ilclipicrum Sanfordi (Everlasting). Mirsyphyllum— Smilax. 
Ipomouut (Climbers). 
Cuuiia, 
Japaitoia Striped Mnii 
Animated Oul», 
Colx Uchryma (Job'i Toart). 
Khodanthe (Everlasting). 
Salvia Splcndcns. 
Thunbcrgia. 
Troporolum Percgrinum. 
Verbena. 
< QUALITIES, 
RIc 
Salvia Splcndcns. 
I1ECAUSE OK CUHIOUS IIAUITS 
Musk Plant (Mimulus.) 
Sensitive Plant. 
2M conspicuous / 
BACKGROUND. 
Hollyhocks. 
Hclianthus. 
ItVHltl., 
Helichrysl 
Hcliptcrui 
Jerusalem Cherry (Solanum). 
Canary Bird Flower (Tropxolum). 
Rhodanthcs. 
Xcranthcmum 
We offer about THIRTY ki 
HMOVOi Such of these possess 
cultivators. Heine; they are, without cxcepliun al: 
in a packet, amateurs will And it interesting to try 
Annuals, Biennials and Perennials, besides the ones named in the lists 
id in the entire number referred to arc many that arc real favorites with 
easily grown, the prices per packet low, and many seeds 
packets of these along with kinds that arc more choice. 
Kill descriptions of must of the varieties offered by us, with cultural directions, may be found in THE 
HOMtt FLORIST, which is furnished free to customers according to conditions published on page 6 
QUALITY OF OUR SEKDS.-Whclhcr in Flower or Vegetable Seeds we sell nothing but THE BEST 
I'UAT CAN U« PROCURED. Cultivators should consider that in devoting time and money to growing 
Plant* and Flowers from Seed, it is very important that only those of finest quality be planted, for as much atten- 
tion is required to grow Flower, and Vegetables from poor sued as from the best, and in the respective resulls 
attainable with each there is a difference so great that cultivators cannot afford to treat the matter of obtaining the 
test quality only, too lightly. Our seeds tlmt are nut grown on our grounds are imported direct from growers in 
Europe, the superior quality of whose stock we have again and again had ample opportunity of testing, and while 
it is possible, that the quality of the kinds wc offer may find its equal in the stock of other American seedsmen, 
wo dare say emphatically it CANNOT BE EXCELLED. S.e " A Fair Equivalent for Prices asked," on page 3. 
