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CONTINENTAL AND OTHER CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS, 
LARGE-FLOWERING GLOBE PYRAMIDAL TEN-WEEK STOCK. 
(NEW.) 
An entirely distinct and beautiful variety, unsurpassed for the size and form of flowers. 
G beautiful and distinct colours, separate 3s. Gd. 
Extra choice mixed .....••••• P er P^t. Od. 
DWARF BOUQUET TEN-WEEK STOCK. 
A most valuable variety for general cultivation, an abundant and continuous bloomer ; height 
9 inches. 
6 distinct colours, separate 2s. 
Finest mixed P^f- 1 s ■ 0/7. 
EARLY AUTUMN-FLOWERING OR INTERMEDIATE STOCK. 
Strongly recommended. When sown about the middlo of March, and transplanted in May, they 
bloom abundantly from the beginning of August until destroyed by frost. 
6 splendid and distinct colours, separate 2s. 6ft. 
Extra choice mixed pht. 
LONDON SCARLET INTERMEDIATE .... per pkt., G tl. & 
LONDON WHITE INTERMEDIATE . . . . „ 6 d. & 
NEW STRIPED INTERMEDIATE, red and white . . per pkt. 
LARGE-FLOWERING EMPEROR STOCK. 
A robust extra largo-flowering variety ; if sown in March produces a magnificent display in 
autumn ; for spring flowering it should be sown in July. 
8 fine and distinct colours, separate 
4 ,, ,, s, » ........ 
Extra choice mixed per pkt. 
DARK BLOOD RED (new) 
SPRING-FLOWERING BROMPTON STOCK. 
This is a well-known vai-iety, of robust habit, producing immense spikes of double flowers, 
in July. 
12 splendid and distinct colours, separate . . . . . . .3s. 0/7. 
. ....... Is. 6/7. 
Finest mixed per pkt. Is. 0 d. 
GIANT BROMPTON OR GIANT CAPE STOCK. 
A new section, of vigorous habit, producing an immenso pyramidal spike of bloom. Sow in July 
for spring flowering. 
6 splendid and distinct colours, separate 2s. Gd. 
Extra choioe mixed P 01 ' P^t. Is. 0/7. 
Sumner and autumn -flowering Stocks may be sown in March and April , and treated similar to 
Asters . Intermediate Stocks , for spring decoration , should be sown in July and August , and wintered 
in cold frames. 
Is. 0 d. 
Is. 0/7. 
Is. 0/7. 
Is. 0/7. 
2s. G/7. 
Is. G/7. 
Is. 0/7. 
Is. 0/7. 
Sow 
BALSAMS. 
CAMELLIA-ELOWERED BALSAM (Smith’s), 9 splendid colours, separate . . 2s. G/7- 
„ OR BLOTCHED BALSAM, 8 splendid colours, separate . 2s. 6/7. 
„ ,, ,, ,, extra choice mixed, per pkt. Is. 0/7. 
IMPROVED ROSE-FLOWERED BALSAM, 8 beautiful colours, separate . . 3s. 0/7. 
u „ ,, extra choice mixed . . per pkt. Is. 0/7. 
SOLFERINO BALSAM, a most beautiful new variety, striped and streaked 
with lilac and scarlet, on a satin white ground !«• 
Sow in. February and March, in pans, and place on a brisk hot, -bed. When the young plants are up 
pot off' into 3-inch pots, shifting into larger sizes as they appear to require them, 8-inch pots being suffi- 
ciently large for the last shift. The soil best suited for Balsams is half good strong loam and half rich 
rotten dung and leaf mould. A moist and genial atmosphere and exposure to the light is indispensable 
to fine growth. 
