Abutilon, Flowering Maple. 
A very popular perennial shrub, with bell-shaped drooping; 
flowers, well adapted to house culture, easily raised from seed, 
and if sown before April, under glass, plants will bloom the first 
season. For winter flowering, plant in September. Finest mixed. 
Pkt., 30 seeds, 5 els. 
Crab’s=Eye Vine, Abrus Precatorius. 
A most beautiful climber, either for pot culture or the open 
ground in summer; bears clusters of bright yellow flowers, fol- 
lowed by bunches of pods, which, when dry, burst open, disclosing 
brilliant red seeds with black eyes, used for making beads and 
other ornaments, for which purpose they are exceedingly pretty. 
Pkt., 15 seeds, 6 cts. 
Asparagus— Give the Decorative Asparagus plant a rich, 
well-drained, rather tenacious soil, and keep well watered 
during summer. Do not shift into larger pots until the pots 
occupied are filled with roots. Avoid disturbing the roots, as 
it retards growth. Do not be discouraged if the plants are ap- 
parently dormant for a season. In due time they will wake up 
and throw up more vigorous shoots than any previously devel- 
oped. Provide shelter from the hot noon-day sun in summer, 
but in winter allow them all the sunshine they can get. 
Ageratum, Imperial Dark Blue. 
A olant that blooms continuously all summer in the garden and 
makes a pleasing contrast of color with more brilliant varieties. 
I offer seed of the new Imperial Dark Blue as best and most showy. 
Pkt., 200 seeds, 3 cts. 
Ageratum, Dwarf White. 
A new variety, very dwarf and compact; pure white. Pkt., 200 
seeds, 4 cts. 
Acroclinium, Everlasting. 
One of the most beautiful and valuable of the everlasting flowers, 
called by some “Pink Daisies,” very effective in borders during 
the blooming season, and possesses the additional advantage of 
being available for winter decoration, for which purpose it is now 
extensively grown. The densely double flowers are faultless, both 
in shape and color; the flowers are somewhat larger than the 
single, and, from the seed I offer, about 75 per cent will be double. 
Pkt., 75 seeds, 3 cts. 
