CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS 
AGERATUM 
A beautiful hardy annual. The flowers 
borne in dense clusters are very useful for 
bouquets and the plants are very attractive 
in the garden. The different varieties are from six inches to two feet high and 
are covered with bloom nearly all summer. 
Mexicanum. Light blue about twenty inches high. 
Imperial Dwarf White. Height eight inches. 
ALYSSUM 
Every garden should have plenty of Sweet Alyssum; 
its small white flowers, borne in great profusion, 
are delicately fragrant and valuable for cutting. It 
is a good basket and pot plant, and valuable for carpet bedding. In the border 
sow thickly, so as to make a mass. It is desirable to sow the seeds early in spring, 
or even in the previous autumn. To prepare a basket for winter blooming, sow 
the seed about the last of august. If the plants come up thickly, thin them out, 
a dozen plants are enough for a good-sized basket. When out of bloom cut back; 
and they will produce another crop of flowers. Sweet. Hardy annual. Flowers 
small and sweet. 
AQUILEGIA See Columbine 
AGBRATUM 
AMARANTHUS 
or JOSEPH’S COAT 
A hardy annual with brilliant foliage, 
giving great contrasts of color. Leaves 
red, yellow and green. 
Especially useful for groups, borders 
and foliage effects. Tri-color. 
ASTERS 
Asters, as a class, may be compared with Chrysan- 
themums, having all the forms. For summer and 
fall decorations they fill the place of this magnificent 
flower the best of anything we have. Seeds may be sown in the open ground, 
or started early in the spring in the house or under glass. The sou, about 
the plants should be rich and stirred frequently during the summer, and a 
vigorous growth encouraged. Annual. 
Spmnlp’s RranrKiiruy A class of ver r strong growing asters not 
jempie S Drancning coming into bloom until very late, but produc- 
ing flowers so large, double, perfect in form and borne on such long stems, 
that florists often sell them for Chrysanthemums. Choicest mixture of the 
finest strains and colors. Mixed Colors, 
SEMPLE’S 
BRANCHING 
ASTER 
Antirrhinum 
See Snapdragon 
PURPLE. PINK. WHITE. 
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