SEEDS OF SPECIAL MERIT. 
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Brazil Sugar. 
Mammoth Etampes Bright Red Pumpkin 
This new variety, originally from South America, has 
baen thoroughly tested in the United States the past two 
years, and is pronounced by critical growers a most val- 
uable acquisition to our list of summer and autumn 
squashes. The flesh and skin are of a bright yellow color, 
slightly warted. As its name indicates, it is one of the 
sweetest of all squashes, the flesh being unusually fine- 
grained and tender, so much so that it is palatable even 
when eaten raw. They reach a weight of three to four 
pounds each, ripen early, and grow so vigorously that 
they are but little affected by the squash-bug. Pkt.,5c., 
«z., 10o.,lb. $1 00. 
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True Tennessee Sweet Potato Pumpkin. 
Although not entirely 
new, we think so highly 
of this splendid pie and 
cooking pumpkin, that 
we have made a specialty 
of it. They grow to 
medium size, slightly 
ribbed; skin is a creamy 
white, lightly striped with 
green, flesh very thick 
creamy-white, dry and 
tine grained; when cooked 
resembles sweet potatoes, 
but much more delicious 
in taste. The vines are 
hardy and enormously 
productive. Pkt. 10c., 
oz, 15c., lb. tl 50. 
Earliest Carmine Forcing Radish. 
We hare imported the seed of this j?iant variety from 
France, where it is quite celebrated. It has been grown 
in this country to enormous size; it is of a bright, glossy 
red color, and makes a splendid variety to grow for 
exhibition purposes. Pkt. 10c., oz. 15c., lb. $1 50. 
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New Giant Mammoth Zinnias. 
A particularly fine new class of Zinnias, differing from 
the older ones from its un- 
usually robust habit of growth 
and the immense size (ffve to 
six inches across) of its per- 
fectly formed, very double 
flowers of various striking 
colors. The plants rise to a 
height of three to three and 
a quarter feet, are clothed 
with a luxuriant foliage, and 
bloom freely during a long 
period. Being of great con- 
sistencv, the flowers are un- 
infiuencd by heat and remain 
in good condition for several 
weeKs. The luxurious growth 
and the large bright nowera 
of this novelty make it par- 
ticularly valuabefor large groups, but it will also be found 
most eff’ective when planted singly or as a border plant 
in small gardens, and it will undoubtedly soon become 
a general favorite. All colors mixed. Per Pkt., lOo. 
The earliest variety in cultivation; valuable alike for 
forcing or general sowing. It is the earliest strain for 
forcing or outside planting, and is used extensively 
around New York for forcing purposes with great suc- 
cess. Pkt. 10c., oz. 15c., lb. $l 00. 
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star of Quedltnburg. 
Two new varieties of Phlox 
’* Star of Quedlinburg '* 
and * Fimbriata*” These new 
Phloxes with their sharply 
fringed and toothed flowers ars 
really great novelties, From 
the singularity and gracefulness 
of the flowers, they are orna- 
ments in any garden. Of easy 
cultivation and beautiful as cut 
flowers. Both varieties includ- 
ing many colors mixed. Per 
pkt. 15cts. 
