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SLLI8 BBOTHSBS' CATALOGUE. 
These collections are made up by taking fifteen seeds of each of above thirty sorts ; 
all are then put intchone packet and sealed. You will make no mistake if j’ou plant 
this brand. 
Note. — We can furnish any of above thirty sorts separate, in packets of from 
fifty to one hundred seeds, according to kinds wanted, at lo dls. per packet. 
Dexter, Maine, Feb. 1S99 . — ^ttls Bros. Dear Sirs; Have this day received your catalogue, 
and hasten to make out my order for seeds. In the many seeds I have had from you I have yet to receive 
a poor package. MKS. C. H. WY.MAN. 
Wellesley Hills, Mass., .Mar. 16. — Ellis Bros. Plea.se find enclosed an order for seeds, which I 
would like sent to the address on the order sheet. I found your seeds so nice that 1 would like others to 
try them. Sincerely yours, LIDA A. HODGKINS. 
Caribou, Maine. — Ellis Bros. I will get my order in early. I have tried a number of seed houses 
and like yours best for this reason : the seed and plants prove true to name. MRS. INEZ GARY. 
Springfield, Mass. — Ellis Bros. Dear Sirs; Please send coilection package of your Pansy seeds. 
I have had them for several years past and find none more beautiful. GRETA LORD. 
SWAMPSCOTT, Mass. — Ellis Bros. I have had Pansy seed for cold frames and early blooming from 
many different places for years, and on the whole, I get the best satisfaction from your seeds, and my 
Pansy bed is the admiration of my friends. Respectfully, MRS. C.P. JEFFERS. 
COLLECTION TOM THUMB NASTURTIUM. 
Crystal Palace Gem, sulphur colored flowers with dark red spots near base of 
petals ; King of Tom Thumbs, bluish green foliage, intense scarlet flower, very 
showy ; Pearl, creamy white ; Golden King, deep golden yellow flowers, dark foliage ; 
Spotted, flowers beautifully spotted ; Ruby King, pink, shaded carmine, contrasting 
beautifully with its dark foliage ; King Theodore, bluish green foliage, flowers almost 
black; Atropurpureum, Aa.r'k crimson; Empress of India, splendid new dark-leaved 
variety, flowers crimson ; Beauty, fine yellpw flushed and shaded vermilion ; Ladybird , 
(new), the ground color of the flower is rich golden yellow, each petal barred with a 
broad vein of bright ruby crimson; Aurora (new), a shade of pink, beautiful. Ten 
seeds each of about twelve varieties, 120 seeds in all. Price 25 (Sts. 
Note. — We can furnish, when desired, any of above varieties in separate packets 
(of fifteen to twenty seed). Price 5 <Sts. 
South Berwick, Maine, March ii, 1899 . — Ellis Bros. We have been much pleased with the seeds 
obtained from you in the two or three years since we have had them, especially the beautiful variety of 
Dwarf Nasturtium last year. Several in colors we had not found before. 
Very sincerely, M. W.TOBEV. 
New Bedford, Mass., Au&rust 2S, 1S9S . — Ellis Bros. I have been much pleased with your collection 
of Tom Thumb Nasturtiums. The colors are beautiful and as varied as one could desire. 
MKS. N. A. STANLEY. 
hARGB FEOWBiRTNG FRINGED PRIMVLAS, (Single,) 
Golden Feather, beautiful golden yellow foliage, flowers pure white ; a charming 
variety; Christata, quite dwarf, with odd crisp mallow-like foliage, flowers semi- 
double, in different colors; Rubra Violacea, very showy', a grand and'beautiful sort; 
Punctata Elegantissima, new variety, flowers velvety crimson, edges spotted with 
white, very distinct ; Striata, a beautiful striped sort; Fern Leaf, in variety, fine; 
Coccinea, flowers of the largest size, of a beautiful brilliant scarlet, with a clear sul- 
phur eye, exquisitely fringed ; Globosa Alba, a splendid new and improved white 
variety, heavily fringed, extra fine ; Globosa Kermesina Splendens, an improved deep 
crimson sort, deeply fringed, very bright aud distinct; Globosa Carnea, new variety, 
very fine; Punctata Atropurpurea, a beautiful and showy variety; Pulcherrima, 
white, with rose or lilac center, very fine. 
Five seeds each of above — twelve fringed sorts — making the most desirable packet 
of Primrose offered in the world, and at one-half the price asked by most seedmen 
for much inferior stock and a less quantity. Its germinating quality' has been fully 
tested by us. Price 25 <5ls. 
