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WILLIAM EWING & CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE 
ANNUAL, BIENNIAL & GREENHOUSE FLOWER SEEDS 
For " PERENNIALS " See page under heading " Perennial Flower Seeds." 
For " NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES " See beginning of Catalogue. 
Abbreviations used ; h. a., means hardy annual; h. h. a., half hardy annual (such may be started in a box in the house or 
in a hotbed); h. b., hardy biennial; h. h. b., half hardy biennial; G., Greenhouse Plant. 
Pleaae note that the Flower Seed List is divided into two parts. In the first is enumerated Annuals and Biennials, including Green- 
house Flowers which are r.iised from seed. Then succeeding this is a complete list of Hardy Perennial or Herbaceous Plants that are grown 
from seeds, all alphabetically arranged. It will be noted that the latter is a very extensive and complete list, -and we trust our customers 
will look carefully through it when making up their orders and will find the arrangement will aid them. 
HINTS HOW TO RAISE FLOWERS FROM SEED. 
SOIL. — A medium rich porous soil produces the best blooms. 
SOWING —Never sow seed in the open ground till the soil is warm, nor when it is very wet. Rake the patches perfectly smooth where 
seeds are to be sown, and after sowing cover with sand or finely sifted light soil. Small seeds require the least possible covering and lajrger 
ones more in proportion to size — 2 or 3 times the diameter of seeds being sufficient. If sown m a bed, afterwards to be trnnsplanted where 
intended to bloom, make rows 6 inches apart and not more than 4 ft. long, so as to admit of weeding and thmnmg without trampmg the 
ground. Press the soil down 
after sowing, with a smooth 
board; shade till plants grow, 
and keep fairly moist. 
THINNING, TRANS- 
PLANTING and STAKING.— 
Keep thinning out as plants 
grow, transplanting these thin- 
nings according to number ot 
plants required of the different 
varieties. Distance between 
plants in beds should not be 
less than half the heiiejit of the 
varitty and the heights are 
given m Catalogue. All slender 
growing, but tall plants, should 
be tied up to neat stakes. 
Transplant when weather 
ia cloudy, and shade if sun 
comes too strong for a few 
days. Biennials should, as a 
rule, be treated, as Annuals, 
but should be sown in the 
house or hotbed and trans- 
planted in May to where in- 
tended to bloom. 
SOWING IN BOXES— 
Tender Annuals and Bienmals 
had better be sown indoors. 
Fill a shallow box to within an 
inch of the top \vith equal 
parts sand and hght loam, 
thoroughly mixed and care- 
fully sifted. Sow seed thinly 
in rows, pressing seeds gently 
into the earth, then cover 
li^tly with finely sifted soil. 
Cover box with a pane of glass, 
shade with paper and place in 
the window. Keep moist till 
plants arc up. 
ABRONIA UMBELLATA (Sand Verbena) 
No. Pkt. cts. 
1. ROSY LILAC, h. h. a. Somewhat resembles the 
Verbena ; sweet scented ; suitable for beds, rock 
work or hanging baskets; J ft 5 
ABUTILON (Lantern Flower) 
FLOWERING MAPLE. Valuable Perennial for con- 
servatory decoration. Will blossom out of doors 
during Summer and Autumn. 
2. SPLENDID MIXTURE— saved from best varieties in 
cultivation '5 
ACACIA (The Wattle) 
3. MIXED VARIETIES, G. Greenhouse and Stove 
shrubs 10 
AP'DnPT TIMTTM H. h. a. Useful for winter bou- 
AVlVvV^ 1^X11 WiTX quets, and shows to great advan- 
tage in the flower border. " Everlasting Flower." 
4. DOUBLE VARIETIES, in mixture S 
ADONIS 
5. AESTIVALIS (FLOS ADONIS), crimson, h. a. 1. ft. . . S 
Sweet Alyssum "Compactum." 
No. AGERATUM— Contd. Pkt. cts. 
7. IMPERIAL DWARF BLUE, h. a. (azure blue), of 
very dwarf compact habit, particularly adapted 
foi ribbon borders S 
The Ageratum makes a good 
bed or border, and when cut 
AGERATUM 
shows well in bouquets. 
6. BLUE PERFECTION — The darkest colored of all 
large-flowering Ageratums. Color deep amethyst- 
blue; compact growth; fine bedder 10 
8. IMPERIAL DWARF WHITE, h. a. Similar to the 
preceding in habit. Flowers are white 5 
9, LITTLE BLUE STAR — A new variety of exceedingly 
dwarf and even growth. The tiny bushes do not 
exceed 4 or 5 inches in height and are densely 
covered with bright blue flowers IS 
A TJ r^CTTTTV/nUr a a hardy free-blooming annual, 
AtrKUO 1 il/lYliVlA ^ell adapted for borders. 
10. MIXED COLORS, 1 ft 6 
ALTHEA (New Annual Hollyhock) 
1 1. HYBRID A SEMPERFLORENS FLORE PLENO— 
New. This double annual ever-blooming Holly- 
hock if sown in March can be planted out in May, 
and will flower about a week later than the ordinary 
Hollyhock, and the blooms are just as double and 
of all the well-known colors 20 
