62 CONDON BROS., SEEDSMEN, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 
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PETUNIA 
Hardy Annual 
CONDON'S GIANT MIXTURE. ..For freedom of bloom variety of 
color eiise of culture and effectiveness, tliese rank with Asters Phlox 
and Verbenas. If only a little care is bestowed upon them. Petunias 
will produce their handsome, sv/eet-seented flowers in their delicate 
and gorg-ous colors throughout the whole summer. For freedom of 
blooms, exquisite colors and markings, this mixture heads them 
all. Packet, 4 cents. 
PRIMULA CHINENIS 
Tender Perennial 
AUso called Chinese Primrose. Profuse bloomers and among the 
finest and most popular of the winto-r and spring (lowering window or 
greenhouse plants, doing well in cool rooms. They are 8 or 10 inches 
hicrh. and the flowers are variously cut and fringed. Finest Mixed. 
Packet, 7 cents. 
GUARANTEED 
TO PLEASE. All 
our flower seed 
packets are well 
filled: far larger 
llian most dealers 
put out. EVERY- 
THING FRESH. 
CONDON'S EXQUISITE POPPIES 
POPPIES 
Hardy Perennial Poppy 
The recent development of these old-fashioned flowers has 
brought them jnto gi-eat and deserved popularit.v. No flower 
in our garden affords a more pleasing display of gorgcousl.v 
brilliant coloring during the blooming season. Poppies of tlie 
various varieties grow about 2 feet in heiglit. 
ORIENTAL PERENNIAL HYBRIDS. Great flowers of 
gorgeous brilliancy. For brightness of color ,notl*ing can 
eclipse these l>eautiful Oriental ijerennial poppies. The colors 
range from soft flesh and rose to mo.st brilliant dazzling 
scarlet and richest maroon purple. Flowers enormous; 6 
Inches across. i^lixed. .See painting from nature outside 
back cover. Packet, 10 cents. 
A DAZZLING MIXTURE of beautiful double Poppies, in- 
cluding the improved double, giant-flowering kinds of the 
richest and brightest colors, as well as the daintiest and 
softest tints. When grown in masses, it is brilliant beyond 
description. The plants are sturdy, thrifty growers from 2 
to 3 feet high, producing immense flowers sometimes 4 inches 
in diameter. Colors are truly ^wonderful, including as they 
do the most gorgeous shades — striped, blended and rayed in 
innumerable tints, down to purest white. Sow in early spring 
in sandy soil. See cut. Packet, 4 cents. 
PORTULACA OR MOSS ROSE 
Hardy Annual 
A favorite annual for beds, edgings, rock work, etc. Thrives 
best in rich light loam or sandy soil. Blooms profusely from 
early summer until autumn. Only six inclies high. Large 
flowers mixed. All colors; many striped and variegated. 
Packet, 4 cents. 
SMILAX 
Tender Perennial Climber 
A popular indoor climber. Leaves a 
deep, glossy j^refn. Habit of growtli 
extremely graceful. Soak the seed in 
water for a day, and keep the plant 
rather moist. Packet, 4 cents. 
SCABIOSA OR MORNING 
BRIDE 
Hardy Perennial 
This is one of the most attractive 
of old-fashioned llowers. Its great 
abundance and long succession of ricli- 
ly colored fragrant blossoms borne on 
long stems make it one of the mosl 
Tiseful of the decorative plants of 
garden. It has been greatly impruv.-d 
of late years, producing larger and 
more double flowers of greater va- 
riety and brilliancy of color than did 
the old type. Twelve to eighteen inches 
high. Finest IVIIxed. Packet, 3 cents. 
RICINUS 
Annual 
Castor Oil Bean 
ZANZIBARIENSIS GIANT MIXED. 
From see<ls sown in the open gi'oiind 
in May the plants are in full foliage 
early in July, and attain a height of 
12 to 14 feet. Packet, 4 cents. 
RICINUS (Castor Oil Bean) 
PHLOX DRUMMONDI GRANDIFLORA 
PHLOX DRUMMONDI 
Hardy Annual 
LARGE-FLOWERING. Unequalled 
in the magnificent display of their 
inany and lirilliantly colored flowers. 
Tlie.v will grow even in poor soil, but 
in order to develop to their highest 
perfection, mu.'it have rich . soil and 
must be given room. Plants from seed 
sown in open ground in fall or early 
spring will begin flowering about July 
1. and be covered with bloom until 
autumn. Extra Choicest. Mixed. See 
< ut. Packet, 4 cents. 
"STARRED AND 
FRINGED" 
In the Fringed flowers the petals are 
dislinclly bordei-ed with while, which 
l(),!4-cllior with the briglit vyi^ of the 
ct ntcr. i-ontrasts with the magnificent 
velvety colors, .fn the Starred I'hloxes 
tlie central teeth are five or six limes 
as long as the lateral ones. Finest 
mixed. Packet, 4 cents. 
BABY ROSE SEED 
Hardy Perennial 
Only an inch across; mostly double. 
Tiiey are borne in clusti-rs, and em- 
brace ail the tints of tin- hn^cr roses. 
Tlie blossoms are folluwd liy brlgiit 
rod hips or seed pods that are very 
pretty. The bush grows only 10 inches 
higti, and begins to bloom a few weeks 
after the seed is sown. Packet, 4 cents. 
