50 
W. R. Strong Company, Sacramento, Cal. 
Tricosanthes Colubrina (True Serpent 
Gourd. Striped like a serpent, changing 
to brilliant carmine when ripe; 5 feet in 
length 
Powder Horn 
Fine Mixed. From a large collection of largo 
sorts 
Fine Mixed. Small ornamental sorts 
HONESTY. H. B., 2 feet. 
Lunaria or Satan Flower. An interesting 
plant; seed vessel looks like transparent 
10c silver; handsome for bouquets or dried 
5c flowers; hardy perennial 5o 
5c ICE PLANT (Mesembryanthemum.) 
Sc H. H. A., 6 inches. 
GYPSOPHILA. H. A. & H. P. 
Delicate, free- flowering little plants, covered 
with a profusion of tiny star- shaped blossoms, val- 
uable for making bouquets. 
Acutifolla. Rose-colored, delicate and pretty So 
Elegant. White, a choice variety 5o 
Paniculata Compacta. New, dwarf eom- 
pact variety; beautiful for bouquets lOo 
Perennial Paniculata. Tall, fine 5o 
HELIOTROPE. H. H. P., 18 inches. 
A deliciously fragrant plant, fine for bedding 
and pot culture; choice mixed 10c 
Fine mixture of dark flowering sorts lOo 
HELIPTERUM. 
One of the best everlasting neat foliage-flowers 
in clusters of bright yellow and white. They should 
be picked in the bud and hung in a shady place if 
wanted for dried bouquets. They will open more 
perfect and retain their color for years. 
Hellpterum Corymbiflorum. White So 
Sanfordi. Yellow So 
HELICHRYSUM. (Everlasting Flowers.) H. A. 
Very popular Everlastings with globular flowers, 
useful for borders and beds. When used for dye- 
ing, flowers should be picked before fully expanded; 
useful and ornamental in bouquets with dried 
grasses. 
H. Monstrosum, fl. pi. A mixture of many 
varieties, 2 feet So 
HOLLYHOCK- (Althaea Eosea.) H. P. 
Old-fashioned favorites which should be in every 
garden. Seeds should be sown in June or July to 
have flowering plants the next summer or if sown 
in the house early in the spring they will bloom the 
first year. Height 4 to 6 feet. 
Hollyhock. White, red, yellow, each lOo 
Fine mixed, including many colors lOo 
Extra Choice Mixed, from Chater’s unrivaled 
collection ISc 
HIBISCUS. H. A., 2 to 4 feet. 
Hardy annual, showy and ornamental, 
Afrlcanus. Rich; cream-brown center Sc 
Coccineus Speciosus. Scarlet; fine So 
Dwarf trailer, with thick fleshy leaves, having 
the appearance of being covered with ice 
crystals; fine for vases and baskets 5c 
Tricolor (Dew Plant.) Finer crystals than 
the Ice Plant 5o 
Album. White 5o 
M. Cordifolium Varlegatum. With cream- 
colored foliage of a frosted wax- like ap- 
pearance; fine for carpet bedding, borders, 
baskets, etc lOo 
IMPATIENS SULTANI. H. T. A. 
One of the most distinct and beautiful plants of 
recent introduction for the warm greenhouse or 
summer bedding; owing to its gorgeous coloring 
and profuse and continuous flowering it is rapidly 
becoming popular. This plant is of compact, neat 
habit of growth, with good constitution, and al- 
most a perpetual bloomer. Planted out in the open 
ground at the end of June it grows luxuriantly, 
flowers with the greatest profusion, and produce 
an admirable effect until cut down by frost. The 
flowers are of a brilliant rosy- scarlet color, about 
1% inches in diameter. 
Sultanl 25c 
KAULFUSSIA. H. A., 6 inches. 
Dwarf annual, like an Aster; pretty branching 
and free flowering; mixed colors 6c 
LARKSPUR (Delphinum.) 
H. A. and perennial. 
One of our most showy and useful plants, pos- 
sessing almost every requisite for the adornment of 
the garden; the hardy perennial producing splen- 
did spikes of flowers in profusion throughout the 
summer. If sown early they bloom the first year 
from seed. The hardy annuals are profuse 
bloomers and succeed best if sown in the autumn. 
or very early in the spring. 
Tall Rocket, Double Mixed, includes many 
colors; 2J4 f6®t 5o 
Mixed Dwarf Rocket Varieties, includes 
many varieties 5c 
Double Stock Flower. A tall branching va- 
riety, with beautiful long spikes of flowers 
of various colors; fine for cut-flowers; 2 
feet 5c 
Larkspur (Delphinum.) Perennial varieties. 
Nudicaule. Dwarf, of compact growth, with 
spikes of bright scarlet flowers; 18 inches. 10c 
Oashmerianum. A beautiful dark blue. 
blooms in corymbs of 6 or more; 15 inches 20c 
Hybridum. Many varieties extra fine mixed. lOo 
Delphinium Zalil. A pure sulphur yellow 
flowering perennial of a lovely and deli- 
cate shade, resembling in color the Mare- 
chal Neil Rose, a color unknown till now. 
The plant is of branching habit, 3^ to 4% 
feet high, the branches ending in long 
spikes of 40 to 50 blossoms, which open 
almost at the same time. The flowers are 
1 inch in diameter, and last in flower from 
June till August; price per pkt 25c 
