Good Seed, Fu'i Weight and a Fair Price, 
29- 
Flowers appeal to our better nature. Every one who has a 
house should raise flowers. A great deal of beauty can be dis- 
played even in a small space, when one has a taste for the beauti- 
ful. Flowers do much to make the home attractive. A house 
with no flowers about it can hardly be called a home. If farmers 
would make the home attractive by the cultivation of a few choice 
flowers, they would find that the boys and girls would be more 
contented with life on the farm. Children have an iunate love of' 
the beautiful, and if they do not find it at home, they naturally 
seek it elsewhere. I hope my farmer friends will try a few flow- 
ers. I am sure they will find that they pay as well as any farm 
crop. There a''e things in life of more value than money, and one 
is, a noble manhood and womanhood in our children. Anything 
that develops this is the best and wisest investment. Try flowers, 
and watch the result. 
My list of flowers embraces only the most popular sorts; those 
that every one grows who cultivates flowers. If any of my cus- 
tomers should want any flower seeds not on my list, or growing 
plants. I can get anything in the line of flowers that may be 
wanted, from the florists in Rochester, and send them. 
In sowing flower seeds, remember that small seeds should 
have only a light covering of earth, and still be kept moist until; 
they sprout. In dry weather it ma^^ be necessary to shade the 
ground in some way ; a piece of cloth or paper fastened down 
over the seed during the heat of the day may answer the purpose. 
ALYSSUM. 
The Sweet Alyssum has pretty little white 
flowers, useful in making up all kinds of small 
bouquets, and its fragrance, while sufficiently 
pronounced, is very delicate, reminding one of 
the peculiar aroma of the hay field. The Alys- 
sum grows freely from seed, either under glass 
or in the open ground, and makes a pretty bor- 
der for flower beds. 
Alyssum, Sweet, hardy annual; flowers 
small and sweet, in clusters; 6 inches. Packet, 5 cents. 
ASTJER. 
No flower is more popular than the Aster, and few have held; 
so high a place in popular esteem for so many years, and it is still 
growing in favor. 
The Aster transplants easily. Twelve 
inches apart is the proper distance for 
making a showy bed of the large vari- 
eties; the dwarf kinds may be set six 
incher or less. It is not best to have- 
Asters flower too early in the season, 
and there need be no haste in starting 
seed in the spring, for the Aster, like- 
the Dahlia, is essentially a fall flower, 
and the flowers are always the largest 
and most perfect and enduring in the 
showery w^eather and cool, dewey 
nights of autumn. 
DWARF BOUQUET. ^ 
New "Victoria, one of the finest Asters in cultivation;, 
flowers large and double; mixed colors, 15 cents. 
Aster, New Rose, two feet in h ght; robust; large flow- 
ers petals finely imbricated and of great substance; one of the 
very best; mixed colors, 15 cents. 
Newest Dwarf Bouquet, each plant looks like a bouquet 
of flowers; fine for edging or small beds; about twelve different 
colors mixed, 15 cents. 
Truffaut's Paeony-flowered Perfection, large, beau- 
tiful flowers, petals long; a little reflexed; two feet in height; 
mixed colors, 15 cents. 
