Daniels Bros., Norwich, Spring, 1896 
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EVERLASTING FLOWERS FOR WINTER BOUQUETS 
The popularity o£ Everlasting 
Flowers has been wonderfully on 
the increase during the past few 
years, and not without reason, for 
their culture is very easy and 
simple, and their flowers, if carefully 
gathered, dried, and preserved, will 
retain their beauty for years. Their 
bright and pleasing colours will be 
found of great service in the deco- 
ration of the Church or the home, 
in Winter, when other flowers are 
scarce. Many of the light varieties 
may be dyed of various brilliant 
colours; and, made up into bouquets 
with some of the Ornamental Grasses, 
are truly charming. Everlasting 
Flowers for preserving should be cut 
just as the blossoms are beginning 
Prom Mr. W. D. NEAVE, 
Lewisham, New South Wales. 
Nov. 10th. 
“ Your Seeds, as usual, have turned out. 
first-rate. The Blotched Pansies took 
Pirst Prize, 21 varieties, and Second Prize, 
12 varieties, at The Liberty Plains H. S. Show 
on the 7th and 8th November. The Carna- 
tions are just beginning to flower; there are 
some splendid ones out now." 
to expand, or when they are not 
more than half open, and tied in 
bunches and hung up in a cool 
place to dry, with the flowers 
downwards. Small bunches are pre- 
ferable for drying, as large bunches 
are apt to mould and spoil. 
The Helichrysums are perhaps 
the most useful, and produce a great 
variety of brilliant and beautiful 
colours. Rhodanthe maculata and 
Rhodanthe maculata alba are two 
charming and elegant varieties of 
fine dwarf habit. Rhodanthe maculata 
if. pi. is a fine new double-flowered 
variety of great merit. The Acro- 
cliniums and Xeranthfmums are also 
exceedingly useful, both for garden 
decoration or dried flowers. 
From ALEX. PURVIS, Esq., 
South Shields. 
March Oth. . 
“ lu the lust, three years I have gamed 
tweuty-seven Prizes at our Chrysanthemum 
Show, and have competed against profes- 
sionals. I am au ardent amateur, and have 
come to the conclusion that your Seeds are 
the best and most reliable from personal 
experience.” 
No. 
Hard 
Dur. 
1139 Acroclinium roseum ... 
1140 „ roseum, double 
1141 „ album ... 
1 142 *Ammobium alatum grandiflorum 
1143 *Catananche bicolor ... 
1144 * „ ccerulea 
1145 Gnapbalium feetidum 
1146 „ leontopodium ( Edelweis ) 
1147 „ orientalefl.pl. 
1148 Gomphrena globosa nana compaeta . 
1 149 „ „ „ », alb 
1150 „ „ choice mixed 
1151 Helichrysum, an assortment of 1 
beautiful vars. 2s. 6d. 
1152 „ scarlet 
1153 „ yellow 
1154 „ purple 
1155 „ rose 
1156 „ white 
1157 „ finest mixed 
1158 „ minimum album 
1159 „ „ luteum 
1160 „ „ roseum 
1161 „ „ rubrum 
1 162 „ „ mixed 
1 1 63 Helipterum anthemoides 
1164 „ corymbiflora ... 
U65 „ Sandfordi 
1 166 Rhodanthe atrosanguinea 
1167 „ maculata 
1168 „ „ alba ... 
1169 „ „ fl.pl.... 
1 170 „ „ mixed 
1171 „ Mauglesifl.pl. 
U72 Statice Bonduelli 
1173 „ spicata... 
1174 „ candidissima ... 
1175 „ Suworowi 
i\76 Waitzia aurea grandiflora 
1177 Xeranthemum annuum superbis- 
simum fl. pi. 
1178 „ „ .. albumfl.pl. 
1179 „ annuum purpureum „ 
H 80 „ „ album „ 
1181 „ „ roseum 
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Colour. 
Months of 
Flowering 
rose 
white 
whito & blue 
blue 
yellow 
white 
yellow 
violet red 
white 
various 
Per 
Pkt. 
,Ty to Sp 
My to Au 
Jy to Oc 
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Jy to Sp 
Ju to Sp 
scarlet 
yellow 
purple 
rose 
white 
various 
white 
yellow 
rose 
dark red 
various 
yellow 
white 
yellow 
dark red 
rose & crira. 
silvery white 
rose 
various 
rose 
yellow 
pink 
white 
rose 
orange 
purple 
white 
purple 
white 
Jy to Oc 
Observations. 
Very useful and free flowering. 
Winged Sandjlower. Pretty. 
Useful Everlastings. G. leontopodium 
is a beautiful silvery white alpine 
variety of dwarf growth. 
Globe Amaranth. Very pretty for the 
greenhouse during the Summer 
and Autumn. 
A brilliant and splendid class of showy 
annuals that remain in bloom for a 
long period. Exceedingly useful to 
gather for vases, &c., for Winter 
decoration. Tho colours vary from 
dark crimson or purple to orange- 
scarlet and yellow, to pure white, 
and delicate rose, and are all very 
handsome (see illustration). 
Beautiful dwarf-growing varieties. 
\ A charming group. R. maculata fl. pi. 
is a fine new variety, with handsome 
rose-coloured double flowers, whilst 
K. maculata alba is probably the 
most beautiful of all white ever- 
lastings. 
- Very useful and showy varieties. 
Compact-growing, pretty annual. 
| Very handsome and free-flowering 
'r everlastings. Excellent for garden 
| decoration. 
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Tbirty-six varieties, one packet of each, post free, 6s. 6d. ; 24 ditto, 5s. ; 12 ditto, 2s. 6d, 
