H. G. astings «fe Co., Seedsmen and Florists, Interlachen, Florida. 
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PETUNIAS. 
For massing in beds the new 
Petunias are unsurpassed. Their 
brilliant colors and duration of 
bloom always will make them con¬ 
tinuously popular. They may be 
sown in the beds or borders where 
wanted any time, being careful to 
not sow in the hot months of June 
and July in Florida or Texas. In 
the other southern states transplant 
early in spring from boxes raised in 
the house. The finest double 
Petunias may be grown from our 
seed. 
Mixed packet of rose, white, 
striped,blotched, dwarf double, etc., 
10 cents. 
PYRETHRUM 
ROSEUM. 
(Insect Powder Plant.) 
Practical entomologists have long 
been looking for some effective,safe 
and cheap insecticide, and now tell 
us they have found it in the 
Persian Insect Powder. 
This is the dried and powdered 
flowers of the Pyrethrum Roseum, 
and is certain death to 
plant lice, flies, cab¬ 
bage worms, bed bugs, 
fleas and nearly every form of 
insect life. It is harmless to man, 
but when diluted with ten times its 
bulk of flour, kills every cabbage 
worm or other insect it touches. 
Hitherto the high cost of the powder 
and the difficulty of securing a pure 
and fresh article has prevented its 
coming into general use, but experi¬ 
ments made by Professor Riley, of 
the United States Entomological 
Commission, and others, showed 
that it can be grown successfully in 
all of the southern, and many of the 
northern states. 
Petunias. 
CULTURE .—Sow in boxes of prepared soil, as 
early as the season will permit, and transplant to six¬ 
teen inches apart whenever the plants are large enough. 
The young seedlings are small and of slow growth, but 
the older plants are hardy and vigorous. The largest 
crop of flowers is produced the second season. They 
should be gathered when in full bloom, dried care¬ 
fully, and stored in paper bags. Before using, the 
flowers should be powdered as fine as possible. Per 
packet, io cents. 
No farmer should neglect having plants 
of Pyrethrum Roseum here and there 
in his cabbage field. 
PHLOX DRUMMONDII. 
Star of Quedlinburgh—Of all the splendid 
star varieties this has the fullest head and most brilliant 
coloring. Like all the Drummondii it is remarkable for its 
abundance of flowers. Packet, io cents. 
Fimbriata —This is an elegant flower, highly 
colored, and a good bed of these attract great attention, 
with an edging of Lobelia. Packet, io cents. 
Mixed —Contains Czarina, Star of Quedlinburgh, 
Fimbriata, Grandiflora Alba or Mammoth White, and all 
other new desirable additions. A bed of French Cannas 
surrounded with a border of Phlox Drummondii, 
Grandiflora Alba, and this surrounded with a border of 
our mixed Pansies, make a grand and striking display. 
Packet, 15 cents. 
Our Seeds &re Specially Selected red Grown for the South, 
