JELLIS BBOTHSBS’ CATALO&VB. 
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Monarch. Splendid large flowers; standards bronzy crimson, wings, a rich, deep 
blue; three flowers on a stem. Price 5 as. ; oz., 10 as. 
Painted Lady. Well known pink and white variety. Price 5 as. ; oz., lo as. 
Ellis Bros.’ New Mixed. Our customers desiring a large variety of the newest 
kinds and in finest shades, should give this brand a trial. It is made up of the best of 
foregoing sorts, with Eckford’s Newest Sorts, and also the following choice named 
varieties are in this mixture : Black Knight^ Blushing Beauty^Captivation., Celestial^ 
Colomst, Coquette, Creole, Crown Jewell, Countess of Aberdeen, Duke of Clarence, 
Emily Eckford, Gaiety, Gorgeous, Juanita, Lady Nina Balfour, Lady Currie, Lottie 
Hutchins, Mrs. J. Chamberlain, Mrs. Eckford, ^ueen Victoria, Splendour, etc. 
All combining and making one of the finest assortments of any brand on the market, 
at a price no higher than many of the cheaper mixtures. Price 5 as. ; oz., 10 as. 
Price of this mixture without discount and in larger quantity is as follows : 
1-4 lb., 30 as. ; 1-2 lb., 50 as, ; i lb., 85 as. Prepaid but no discount. 
Note Sweet Peas, great favorites, but never so popular as now. Our sales are 
very large, which is in part due to our care to sell only new seed, grown for us in one 
of the most favorable locations in the world for the growing of this seed. Our list is 
very select, we offer only the best in the finest and most decided colors, in both new 
and older sorts. If sown very early, should not be covered more than one-half inch 
deep. 
DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF FLOWER SEEDS. 
Fancy Asters. We are enabled, this season, to place within reach of any of our 
customers, and at moderate expense, the finest assortment of Fancy Asters ever 
offered in one package. These are selected by us, the fancy shades from the various 
classes of large flowering Asters, and then combined in one package, over thirty 
different shades and colors. We name only a few : White, with blood red center ; 
Rose and White, Lilac and White, Light Blue and White, White, with buff center; 
Crimson and White, White and Dark Lilac, Light Yellow, Light Blue, tipped white ; 
Cinnabar Crimson and White, White, turning to azure blue; Apple Blossom, Indigo 
and White, Harlequin striped, assorted colors with white centers ; Light Pink and 
White, and many varieties in fancy shades. We think Aster seed has never been 
offered by any seedsmen, combining so many shades in one package. It will please 
customers to be able to procure so large a variety at so small a cost. Price 20 6ts. 
Aster, Yellow. The nearest approach to pure yellow yet found in Asters. Color, 
pure bright sulphur yellow, the center made up in globe shape, very solid with yellow 
quills, and bordered with wider petals of a lighter shade. Price 10 6 ts. 
Aster, Lady in White. The leaves of this variety are of a long and very narrow' 
shape, giving to the plants an extremely graceful appearance, and relieves them of 
that stiffness common to most other classes of Aster. It flowers gradually and so 
prolongs the blooming period into the late autumn. Price 10 ( 5 ts. 
Aster, Comet Pink. A fine early blooming variety, color pink. Price 10 (fts. 
Aster, Comet Blue. Same as above except in color. Price 10 dls. 
Aster, Comet White. A new, mammoth white variety of this popular strain. 
Flowers similar to pink and blue “ Comet,” except they are larger,, more fluffy and 
graceful, and plants are much larger and stronger in growth. One of the most pleas- 
ing of all varieties, either for ornamental beds or cutting. Price 10 tSs. 
Aster, Comet. Above sorts mixed. Price 10 dls. 
The shape of the flowers in the above new class, differs from all other Asters in 
cultivation, resembling closely the large flowered Japanese Chrysanthemums. The 
