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WILLIAM EWING & CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE 
NEW ASTER " VICK'S MIKADO PINK " 
The Premier of Shell-Pink Asters— A Novelty of SterUng Worth. 
In type Vick's Mikado Pink belongs to the Comet class. Petals are narrow, very long, and gracefully reflexed. The 
outer petals show to their full extent, while gradually towards the centre they bend and curl across each other m such 
magnificent disorder as to make the fluffiest Aster we hn\c ever seen. , , „ • i ■ • 1 1 u • 
IN COLOR it is a most exquisite shade of shell-pink imaginable, being 
a happy medium between the oolor of Vick's Rraiiching Pink and Sein- 
ple's Pink. It is destined to be among Asters what the Knchantress is 
among Carnations. For a mid-seasou pink this Aster is without a rival. 
HABIT. While Vick's Mikado Pink belongs strictly to the Comet class, 
the strongly growing, freely branching, long-stemmed plants quite resemble 
the Branching sorts. In "growth these plants are unusually vigorous for 
their type, succeeding abundantly this past season in spite of severe 
droughts and poor soil. It was not uncommon to find plants with a 
dozen long, strong, graceful stems each crowned with flowers from four 
and a half to six inches in diameter, pkt. 30c. 
NEW DIADEM PINK "COUNT KERCHOVE" 
In this splendid \ariety of the favourite Diadem Pink (Dianthus 
Heddewigi diadematus fl pi.) the petals are dark blood red, each marked 
with an elongated velvety black spot. This is a very happy combina- 
tion of coK.r. and fully expect that this new Indian Pink, which pro- 
duces large blooms in great profusion and for a long period, will please 
all who try it. The plants will furnish exquisite flowers for cutting pur- 
poses. About three-tiuarters of the seedings will produce flowers 
answering to the above description, pkt. 3.5c. 
NEW POPPY " DAINTY LADY." 
This charming Poppy comes from Australia and can be recommended 
for the particularly beautiful color of its single flowers, a most charming 
shade of rosy mauve, not yet represented among Poppies, and one of 
those modern hues now so much sought for. The effect is further 
heightened by the shining dark metallic blotch which occupies the base 
to the middle of each petal. The Dainty Lady Poppy grows about 
two feet high, is clothed with broad laciniated glaucous foliage and 
l)ears flowers from 4 to .5 inches across. It appears to belong to the 
Dwarf Pa ony-flowered class, though the habit of the plant is on the 
which is of the easiest possible culture, excellent for 
.\ster 
whole more graceful. Can warmly recommend this novelty 
bedding and cutting and comes true from seed. pkt. 30c. 
NEW PETUNIA (Hybrida Grandiflora Fimbriata) " PEPINA." 
A particularly beautiful combination of colors is presented by this new variety. A rich deep carmine, nearly scarlet, 
with a wWte Sder of varying width, contrasting most strikingly with the brilliant ground color and producing a charming 
rnsembTe b th^Ma. SonTctimes the red predominates and sometimes the white, so that a number of plants present the 
effect "{h^jd^'jf fi„eiy fringed than any other Pet unia, which lends to the flower an indescribable 
charm, and enables the Petunia Pepita to rank with the best varieties hitherto introduced, pkt. 60c. 
NEW PANSY "RAPHAEL." 
Selection of a splendid type of the celebrated Bugnot Pansi^ The flowers range in sir.e up to about J^o inches 
across and show the highest perfec ion of shape looked for in Pansies. The gi-pund color is mostly an ethereal tint of light blu 3 
and the three lower petals are adorned with a large dark violet blotch radiating into veins towards the edge of the corol a. 
The upper petals, though not always blotched, are invariably traversed by fan-like rays of dark blue lines. The blooms, 
many of them hlndsonfely frilled, are borne on stiff stalks, and this Pansy may be classed among the very choicest of its 
60c. 
'any 
kind, pkt 
No. 2 Collection containing 17 pkts. of Bright Blooming Annuals 
Aster, Choice Mixed. 
Alyssum, Choice Mixed. 
Balsam, Choice Mixed. 
Candytuft, Choice Mixed. 
Calendula, Choice Mixed. 
Coreopsis, Choice Mixed. 
Dianthus, Choice Mixed. 
E.schscholtzia, Choice Mixed. 
Marigold, Choice Mixed. 
Mignonette, Choice Mixed. 
Nasturtium, Tall, Choice Mixed. 
Nasturtium, Dwarf, Choice Mixed. 
Phlox Diummondii, Choice Mixed. 
Poppy, Choice Mixed. 
Sweet Peas, Choice Mixed. 
Stocks, Ten Weeks, Choice Mixed. 
Zinnia, Double, .Mixed. 
Ewing's No. 4 Collection contains 10 pkts. Hardy Perennials that will stand our severe winters 
and continue blooming from year to year. 
Aquilegia. Choice Mixed. Lychnis, Choice Mi.xed. 
Campanula. Varioihs Varieties. Pansy, Choice Mixed. 
Delphinium, ("hoice Mixed. Perennial Poppy, Choice Mixed. 
Digit ali.s, Choice Mixed. Rocket, Choice Mixed. 
Hollyhock, Choice Mixed. Sweet William, Choice Mixed. 
35c. 
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