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SEEDS OF SPECIAL MERIT. 
Green and Gold. 
Ib the largest early yariety in 
cultivation, melons ranging from 
25 to 45 pounds, and its produc- 
tiveness is equal to any of the 
red-fleshed sorts, while in delicious 
flavor it surpasses them all. The rind 
is the thinnest of any melon, the white 
being only 3-8 to 1-2 an inch in thick- 
ness. The flesh is a beautiful golden 
orange color, free from any tinge of 
white or other color, even immediately 
around the seeds. The flesh is beanti. 
fully granular in appearance, juicy and 
sweet, and as we have already statedi 
of unequalled flavor. Coupled with 
the delicious flavor of the Green and 
Gold Watermelon, its rich golden color 
Green and Gold. will make it most desirable as an orna- 
ment for the table, especially if its golden slices are arranged in contrast with the crimson of the 
other sorts. Pkt., lOo., oz. 15c., lb. $1.50. 
Seminole. This new variety originated in the homo 
of melons — Florida — and is said to be quite an acquisi- 
tion. The following description is by the originator; 
Oblong in shape, smooth, and beautifully proportioned, 
it is of two colors, gray and light green; the latter seems 
to be just a darker coloring of the former; the gray 
greatly predominates. Melons of both colors are found 
on the same vines. Melons of both colors are exactly the 
same in shape, size, color of seed, flavor, etc. 
This melon possesses four qualities which will make 
it the most popular ever offered to the public. It is extra 
early, extra large, enorrrumdy productive, and qf most de- 
licious flavor, Pkt. 10c., oz. 15c., Ib. $1 SO. 
The Volga Watermelon. Is cultivated on the lower 
Volga, near the Caspian Sea, for shipment in barrels to 
St. Petersburg and Moscow. In solidity and hardness it 
is remarkable, and therefore carries well. In productive- 
ness it surpasses most sorts, two melons being sometimes 
borne at adjacent joints of the same vine. In form it is 
nearly perfectly globular. In color it is so pule green as 
to be nearly white, with nearly imperceptible stripes. 
Although so solid and hard, the rind is not thick. The 
flesh is remarkably crisp, and when fully ripe, very sweet, 
luscious and red in color. Pkt. 10c., oz. ISc., lb. $1 .lO. 
New Large Flowering Verbena. 
Verbena Hybrida G’^andiflora. In our extra fine 
mixed Verbena we thought we had the finest Verbena 
seed known, but are free to 
admit that this new strain 
offered last year for the first 
time, is superior, both in 
size of flowers and cluster. 
In the Grandiflora the flowers 
are of unusual size, many 
single flowers being as large 
as a twenty-cent piece, 
while the clusters of some are 
magnificent. Plants from 
seed of theGrandiflora giown 
alongside of the New Mam- 
moth Verbenas, were pro- 
nounced equal in size and 
beauty of flowers, while the 
range of color is much more 
varied. Verbenas are so 
easily raised from seed that we are sure this new large, 
flowering strain will immediately become very popular. 
To place it within the reach of all, we offer it as low as it 
can be sold, and are sure that all purchasers will be de- 
lighted with it. Per pkt , 15 cents. 
