78 CONDON BROS., SEEDSMEN, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 
Complete List of Choice Flower Seeds 
ASTERS 
ASTERS 
CONDON'S SNOWBALL 
AMPELOPSIS 
Hardy Perennial Climber 
VEITCHII. Japanese Ivy. Boston Ivy. 
An introduction from Japan wliich is per- 
fectly hardy: 30 to 60 feet. It clings firm- 
ly and permanently to walls, trees, etc. 
In great favor in the cities for covering 
bare brick walls. Leaves deciduous. 
Packet, 4 cents. 
QUINQUEFOLA. True Virginia Creeper. 
Packet, 4 cents. 
ABUTILON 
Tender Perennial 
California Bell Flower. Flowering 
Maple, 1 to 3 feet; easily grown and al- 
ways in bloom. Pretty, drooping, bell- 
Bhaped flowers, on slender, thread-like 
Btems. Choicest Hybrids. Packet, 6 cents. 
SEMPLE'S BRANCHING 
ASTERS 
A fine. American strain, produc- 
ing liandsome double flowers on 
long stems. all colors mixed. 
Packet, 4 cents. 
SNOWBALL 
Globe-shaped pure white flowers, 
valuable for massing in beds. 
Large Packet, 5 cents. 
FIRE KING 
The flowers are of enormous 
size, rich crimson in color. Packet, 
3 cents. 
QUEEN OF THE 
MARKET 
Early, mi.\ed colors. Packet, 3 cents. 
ROYAL PURPLE 
Medium bloomer producing large 
flowers of purple color. Packet, 4 
LAVENDER GEM 
Flowers always full and double, 
of exquisite lavender shade deep- 
ening with age. Packet, 3 cents. 
TRUFFANT'S PAEONY 
FLOWERED ASTERS 
One of the handsomest Asters. 
Flowers large, very double, and in 
shape like a Paeony: grows 18 to 
2 4 inches high; colors mixed. 
Packet, 4 cents. 
ANCHUSA 
THE HEAVENLY BLUE FLOW- 
ER. A hardy annual. It grows 
about 2 feet high, branching freely 
and bearing a profusion of the most 
lovely flowers similar in all respects 
to the Forget-Me-Not, though the 
blossoms are much larger and of 
finer color. It is always taken for a 
beautiful large-flowering Forget- 
Me-Not, and for bouquets and cut 
flowers it is indeed superior to it. 
Its color is a deep, clear brilliant 
blue with a pure white eye. It 
blossoms early and continues all 
.Summer. Packet, 4 cents. 
AGERATUM 
GIANT COMET 
Mixed. 
These desirable large flowered 
Asters attain a- height of 12 to 15 
inches. They are early blooming, 
and quite distinct from all others. 
Long wavy and twisted petals re- 
sembling Japanese chrysanthe- 
mums. Pure white, crimson, rose, 
dark blue, lavender, striped blush, 
mixed. Packet, 4 cents. 
CONDON'S GIANT 
SUPERB MIXTURE 
Largest flowering, finest mixture. 
This is a mixture of all varieties 
listed on this page and many others. 
These Asters are very fine, having 
heen grown from the best select 
flowers. Packet, 5 cents. 
IMPROVED HOHEN- 
ZOLLERN 
The largest flowered of Comet 
type; nearly 6 inches in diameter; 
quite similar in form to a Japanese 
chrysanthemum, and a truly mag- 
nificent Aster in all respects. It 
has long stems and is admirable 
for cutting. Mixed. Packet, 5 cents. 
CONDON'S 
BRILLIANT ASTER 
COLLECTION 
One packet each of the ten 
varieties for only 30 cents, post- 
paid. 
ALYSSUM 
Hardy Annual 
LITTLE GEM. Grows six inches 
Iiigli; commences to blossom early- 
producing immense lieads, and 
when sown early in the open border 
soon forms a perfect mat of purest 
white. Packet, 4 cents. 
SWEET ALYSSUM 
Pure white. Packet, 3 cents. 
ANTIRRHINUM 
Tender Biennial 
GIANT. Flowers double the size 
of older sorts, more closely set on 
the stems, and colors more clear 
and brilliant. All colors mixed. 
Packet, 4 cents. 
TOM THUMB. Finest mixed. 
Packet, 3 cents. 
QUEEN OF THE NORTH. The 
finest and best. Packet, 6 cents. 
AQUILEGIA 
Hardy Perennial 
COLUMBINE. Bea uti f u 1. gro- 
tesque and varled-co*oi'c<l flowers, 
blooming freely in the spring; hardy 
perennials; all colors mixed. 
Packet, 3 cents. 
BALSAM APPLE 
A be.autiful climbing plant with 
queer shaped fruits, which, if pre- 
served in alcohol, make a most use- 
ful liniment. Foliage gracefully cut 
and although tender annuals, the 
vines run ten feet or more during 
the season. Packet, 5 cents. 
BIRD OF PARADISE FLOWER 
Hardy Annual 
Suitable for pot culture or bed- 
ding, bearing in profusion clusters 
of feathery flowers. This mi.xtin-e 
of (olors contains the beautiful 
amethyst blue. Packet, 3 cents. 
BIRD OF PARADISE 
Tender Perennial 
This striking and attractive 
flower has lately become widely 
popular. The blossoms are of a rich 
golden yellow, about 2'A inches in 
diameter, produced in large trusses, 
the most striking feature being the 
long , incurving stamens and pistils 
of a beautiful, bright crimson color. 
Seed should be soaked in warm 
water and started indoors or under 
glass, in a light, sandy soil. A 
sunny situation is required, in dry 
and warm soil, and no water other 
than the rains will be needed after 
the plants are established. Packet, 
5 cents. 
