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WILLIAM EWING & CO'S SEED CATALOGUE. 
Annual, Biennial and Greenhouse Flower Seeds 
For " PERENNIALS " See page under heading " Perennial Flower Seeds." 
For " NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES " See beginning of Catalogue, 
a., means hardy annual; h. h. a, half hardy annual (.such may bo started in a box in tlic house, or 
h. b., hardy biennial; h. h. b., half hardy biennial; G., Greenhouse Plant. 
Abbreviations used: h 
in a hot bed) 
Please note that the Flower Seed I.ist is divided into two parts In the first is enu erated An°"al| and Biennials G;-'^"^"^^^^^ 
Flowers which are raised from seed. Then succeeding this is a complete list of Hardy "inerican or Canadian one 
"w^Jn^^of rii:i\?e"J'rrt''our^*c:^li;jferT':f.l't^ ^"^^n):^ itrU-^fr' orHek^S^wdl V.i^d the^arran.enrent wd. aid the™ 
SOIL- 
HINTS HOW TO RAISE FLOWERS FROM SEED 
-A medium rich porous soil produces the best blooms. 
oth where seeds 
&rat\rr6^.?hest^'aTa«rrrttn^^^^^^^^^^ 
soil down after sowine with a smooth board, shade till plants grow and keep fai«y moist. 
:lj=^:r^i^?^f^S?..e"^ ^^^^^^ ^^iZ^^XJ:^^^!^^^^^^^^^ 
are given in Catalogue. All slender growing, but tall plants, should be tied up to neat stakes. 
Transplant when weather is cloudy, and shade if sun comes too strong, for a few days. 
but should be ^own in the house or hot-bed and transplanted in May to where intended to bloom. , , , , ..u 1 
cnWTwr IN RflXFS— Tender ■\nnuals and Biennials had better be sowti indoors. Fill a shallow box to within an inch of the top, with equa> 
SOWING IN BOXES , f^^^V^'^^ ,ifted Sow seed thinly in rows, pressing seeds sently into the earth, then cover lightly 
Sdttfiriy ^"ftdfoil. Goverr,x^with"'rane paper and place' in the window. Keep moist till plants are up. 
Biennials should, as a rule, be treated as Annuals, 
No. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
Border of Sweet Alyssum 
Pkt. cts. 
ABRONIA UMBELLATA 
ROSY LILAC, h. h. a. Somewliat resenible.s the 
Verbena; sweet scented; suitable for beds, rock 
work or hanging ba.skjts; A foot 0.5 
ABUTILON 
FLOWERING MAPLE. Valualdo Perennial for con- 
.servatory decoration. Will blossom out of doors 
during Summer and Autumn. 
SPLENDID MIXTURE, saved from best varieties in 
cultivation 15 
ACACIA 
MIXED VARIETIES, G. Greenhouse and Stove 
shrubs 10 
ACROCLINUM 
H. h. a. Useful for winter bouquets, and shows 
to great'advantage in the flower border. " Ever- 
lasting l'"lower." 
ROSEUM DOUBLE 10 
DOUBLE VARIETIES, in mixture 05 
ADONIS 
AESTIVALIS (FLOS ADONIS,) crimson, h. a., 1 foot. 05 
' Compactum " 
Mill 
No. Pkt. cts. 
AGERATUM 
The Ageratum makes 
a good bed or border 
and when cut shows 
well in bouquets. 
MEXICANUM,h.a., 
blue, H- feet. ... 05 
IMPERIAL DWARF 
Blue, h. a. (azure 
blue,) of very 
d w a r f compact 
habit, particular- 
ly adapted for 
ribbon borders. . 05 
IMPERIAL DWARF 
WHITE, h. a. 
Similar to the pre- 
ceding in habit. 
Flowers are white 05 
Imperial Dwarf Blue Ageratum. 
AGROSTEMMA 
A hardy free-blooming annual, well adapted for 
borders. 
10. MIXED COLORS, 1 foot 05 
