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ELLIS BBOTHEBS’ CATALOGUE. 
COLLECTION PANSIES. 
In variety, quality and price, we in confidence place this collection in test with 
any stock sold in this country. We have sold this grade for over twenty years with 
steadily increasing sales each season. Customers will find it better than ever this year. 
Pres. Carnot, white, each petal blotched violet ; Purplish Violet, large flowers, 
fine; Rosy Lilac, new color, distinct; Silver Edge, purple,with white edge; Victoria, 
new red, fine ; King of Blacks, darkest variety ; Brown-Red, various shades ; Candi- 
dissima, satiny white; Coquette de Poissy, new French sort, distinct mauve color; 
Emperor Frederick, dark red edge, shaded lighter red ; Emperor William, ultrama- 
rine blue; Faxon Color, beautiful shade; Fire King, yellow, upper petals purple; 
Gold Margined, a splendid sort ; Havaxia Broxun, new shades ; Lord Beaconsjield, 
deep violet purple, shading at top nearly white; Mahogany Color, an odd color; 
Meteor, bright brown ; Peacock, blue, with white edge; Walljlower Brown, various 
shades; Striped and Mottled, very odd-. Striped Parisian, Vi^ht m.o\X\ei, new -, Tri- 
mardeux, giant varieties, mixed; ^uadricolor, a fine combination of colors; Yelloxo 
Giant, large yellow, black eye; Yellow Gem, only medium size, but pure yellow, 
without eye ; Atropurpurea, dark purple ; Odier, the five blotched or stained Pansies ; 
White with Black Eye, a good bedder; Cassier's. a fine strain in beautiful tints. 
Fifteen seeds of each of above thirty sorts, 450 in ali. Price 25 <Sts. 
These collections are made up by taking fifteen seeds of each of above thirty sorts ; 
all are then put into one packet and sealed. You will make no mistake if you 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 10 dls. per packet. 
Peaciiam, Vt. — Ellis Bros. I find your seeds very reliable. Resp’y, MRS. R. B. KINERSON. 
Dextkk, Maine. — Ellis Bros. Though 1 have had a dozen or more catal^ues sent me this season, 
I have waited for yours which I received today, and have made out my order. The seeds sent last spring 
were fine, as they always have been, and perfectly satisfactory. MRS. C. II. WY.MAN. 
Cakibou, 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.— £//is Bros. Dear Sirs: Please send collection package of your Pansy seeds. 
1 have had them for several years past and find none more beautiful. GRETA I.ORD. 
SwAMPSCOTT, Mass. — Ellis Bros. 1 have had I'ansy 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 jny Pansy 
bed IS the admiration of my friends. Respectfully, MRS. C. P. JEI^l^'ERS. 
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.x\ cr\ms,on-. Empress of India, splendid new dark-leaved 
variety, flowers crimson ; Beauty, fine yellow 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 above twelve varieties, 120 seeds in all. Price 25 <Sls. 
Note. — We can furnish, when desired, any of above varieties in separate packets 
(of fifteen to twenty seed). Price 5 6ls. 
New Bedford, Mass., Aujfust aS, i$ 9 S.--AV//> Bros. I have been much pleased with your collection 
of Tom Thumb Nasturtiums. The colors are beautiful and as varied as one could desire. 
MRS. N. A. STANLEY. 
East River, Conn., March, x^gT.—ElUs Bros. I have a large flower garden and it is .simply ad- 
mired by all who see it. I hwlieve every seed that I have of you grows. NELLIE M. PARDEE. 
