EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN, FARM AND LAWN 
SUNFLOWER 
The larger varieties are 
useful in forming back- 
grounds of large beds 
or borders and for distant effects, while the smaller sorts may 
be planted with scarlet salvia, cannas and other tall bedding 
plants, also furnishing good cutting material. Hardy annuals. 
Miniature Excelsior Hybrids New.— 
from crosses 
inade between different varieties of Helianthus Annuus andH. 
Cucumerlfollus, this highly ornamental new Sunflower grows from 
4 to 6 feet in height, and bears a multitude of medium sized flow- 
ers from early summer until cut down by frost. The colouring 
presents a rich variety, being generally of a pale or bright golden 
yellow, adorned with broad or narrower zones of shades varying 
from blood red through purple to dark brown. The culture is as 
easy as that of any other annual Sunflower. Pkt., 20 cts. 
New Red Sunflower. — ^ distinct break in 
Annual Sunflowers, growing 
to a height of six feet. It is of a free-branching habit, producing 
numerous flowers of a rich chestnut-red, tipped with yellow. It 
will be found useful and effective when grown on borders, as also 
In shrubberies, and the smaller flowers, when cut and vased, 
are most attractive and last long in water, appearing especially 
well by artificial light. Pkt., 15 cts. 
Starlisht. The flowers are large, of very graceful appear 
* ance with petals beautifully twisted Uke a fine 
form of Single Cactus Dahlia. The colour of the flowers are a 
beautiful Canary yellow, and borne on long stems, cannot be 
excelled for cutting purposes. The form of the flowers is most 
graceful and lends itself admirably to decorative work, and also 
have the great merit of lasting a long time in water. Pkt., 1 5 cts. 
Chrysanthemum Flowered. — Grows seven feet high. Per- 
fectly double: the colour is the brightest golden yellow. The 
Bowers are so perfect in form that they resemble very double 
Chrysanthemum flowered Asters with long stems. Per pkt., 
10 cts. 
Stella. — Attains a height of 3 to 4 feet. The individual flowers, 
2 H to 3 inches across, of the purest golden yellow with a black 
disc, are all borne on long stems and rise well above the lovely 
small green foliage. Pkt., 10 cts. 
-Large double yellow flowers; 5 feet. 
Globosus Flstufosus.- 
Pkt., 10 cts. 
Silver-leaved (Argophyllus), Single. — Yellow with black disc, 
silvery foliage; most effective; 5 feet. Pkt., 10 cts. 
ParAnninl IV/Iivfir] Contains the finest single-fiowering 
rerenniai iviixcu. j^ardy perennial sorts. Seeds sown 
early will produce flowering plants the first year; as subjects for 
the hardy border as well as for cutting they are of great value. 
Pkt., 10 cts. 
SWEET WILLIAM. 
Scarlet Beauty.- 
Pink Beauty. 
Well-known hardy bien- 
"nial, producing large heads 
of rich and beautifully coloured flowers, which make an imposing 
display. 
_An intensely rich deep scarlet selec- 
tion out of Pink Beauty, almost 
identical in colour to the Euphorbia splendens. A really grand 
advance. Pkt., 25 cts. 
_A distinct new colour in this favorite 
hardy plant. In colour It is what 
florists call water-melon — -pink or salmony-rose. Strikingly 
brilliant and beautiful; the liabit of the plant is perfect, being 
well-formed, neat and compact, the flowers borne in massive 
heads on stems 18 inches lugh. For mid-season mass bedding 
it has no equal. It is also very effective as a pot plant and for 
cutting. Pkt., 25 cts. 
Ferguson's Improved Auricula Eyed. — 
fashioned garden flower of which it is diflacult to procure a really 
good strain. Our improved variety is the finest on the market! 
It is single and produces good trusses of large, round, individual 
blooms, with smooth edges and rich, well-deflned markings, 
while a large proportion of the flowers show the rather rare 
blue shade of colouring. Pkt.. 20 cts. 
Single Mixed. — All colours. Pkt., 10 cts. 
Choice Double Mixed. — Improved extra special strain Per 
pkt., 15 cts. 
Sweet William. 
Thalictrum Dipterocarpum. — ™'[fer'bl- 
ceous plant, with loose sprays of clear mauve and primrose flow- 
ers. The buds are spherical and of the same pure mauve as the 
expanded flower. Invaluable for perennial borders owing to its 
light and graceful habit. Thrives best on poor soil in a sunny 
position. Height, feet. Pkt., 50 cts.; 3 pkts., $1.25. 
Thunber^ia (Black-eyed Susan). — Beautiful, rapid- 
= growing, annual climbers, preferring a 
warm, sunny situation; used extensively for hanging-baskets, 
vases, low fences, etc. ; very pretty flowers in buff, white, orange, 
etc.. with dark eyes. 4 feet. Mixed colors. Pkt., 15 cts. 
VIRGINIAN STOCK. — ^arly summer hardy annu- 
V iiwaiini/iin cjiwv-rk.. 3^,5 g^^g^^ g high, 
covered with a dense mass of beautiful blossoms. Extremely 
effective in small beds, baskets or edging. Sowings at intervals 
may be made during the summer. Pkt., 10 cts. 
VAI FRIANA (Garden heliotrope). — Hardy perennial. 
T i-».i^i^i-v»«iirt p.j^jjj^j^g foUage and panicles of flowers, 
with odor of heliotrope. 5 feet. June and July. Mixed. 
Per pkt.. 10 cts.: oz.. 30 cts. 
Red. — Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 50 cts. White. — Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 
50 cts. 
VERONICA, Spicata.-^,|^,Xt'Mrabou1 
18 inches high, bearing "aU summer long" spikes of brlgnt blue 
flowers, wliich lengthen with age. Per pkt., 15 cts. 
VIOLA OR TUFTED PANSIES 
These favourite Spring-flowering plants have been of late 
greatly improved. Nothing can surpass them for beauty and 
effectiveness when tactfully arranged in partiaUy-shaded beds 
or ribbon borders. 
Mauve Queen. — Rich mauve, very free. Pkt., 25 cts. 
Admiration. — Large, deep violet. Pkt., 25 cts. 
White Perfection. — Pure white. Pkt., 25 cts. 
Golden Yellow.— Pkt., 25 cts. 
Scotch Strains. — Choicest and newest bedding hybrids mixed. 
Pkt., 25 cts. 
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