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Sweet Peas, Christmas, Grandiflora and Cupid 
SEE ALSO PAGE 6 FOR GIANT SPENCERS IN BEST VARIETIES 
The Giant Christmas Spencer Sweet Peas arc very large, ruffled, fragrant flowers of all 
colors that develop from ten days to two weeks earlier than other varieties; this is their peculiar merit. I offer 
the finest Giant Christmas Spencers, as follows; Aviator, dazzling scarlet; Blue Bird, rich azure blue; Glitter*, 
intense orange scarlet; Harmony, clear lavender ;Giant Rose-pink; Madonna, pure white; Warbler, rich mauve- 
purple; Yarrawa, rose, blush wings. Separate, about SO seeds. Mixed, 60 seeds. Oz. 25 cts. 
Cupid, in finest mixture, 75 seeds 5cts. Oz. 8cts. These 
are bushy varieties that do not need support; they 
bloom profusely and are fine for beds and cutting. 
NOTE. Sow early in a trench running north and south, covering a fourth inch deep, and drawing the soil 
in as the plants grow. When the soil is level, cover it with tobacco stems and supply a chicken-wire trellis into 
which tobaccb stems have been woven. This will effectually ward off an attact of plant lice, which recently have 
been troublesome in some sections. The tobacco stems act as a fertilizer. Many growers prepare the soil by 
spading two feet deep in autumn, stirring into the bed a liberal application of rotted stable litter. When thus 
prepared the plants grow vigorously, and the flowers and clusters are of the largest size. 
Grandiflora. These are large-flowered and free-bloom¬ 
ing, come in all the fine colors. I supply a splendid 
mixture. Pkts, 75 seeds 5cts. Oz. 8cts. 
Acroclinium 
Ammobium Alatum 
Gomphrena Globosa 
Statice 
Xeranthemum 
EVERLASTINGS or STRAW FLOWERS 
The Everlasting? have straw-like petals, and when cut and dried in the shade, they retain 
their form and color, and can be used with dried Grasses in bouquets and designs. Some of them, as Acroclinium 
and Rhodanthe, should be cut as they begin to open, for best results, others should remain until fully developed. 
Acroclinium, ha, 18in, 200. Lovely everlast¬ 
ing; graceful, free-blooming, easily grown, 
pretty double flrs. Rose, Pure White, Mixed. 
Ammobium Alatum Grandiflorum, hb, 3 ft, 1000. A 
showy white everlasting of free growth; flrs 
double, profuse, keep well; cut early. 
Celosia Spicata, hha, 2 ft, 50. A pretty garden 
flower and valuable everlasting from tropical 
Asia; flowers rosy white in fine spikes. 
Gnaphalium Foetidum, hp, 2 ft, 100. Heads nu¬ 
merous, golden yellow; desirable everlasting. 
Gomphrena Globosa, hha, 2 ft, 150. Beautiful free- 
blooming and continuous-blooming annuals 
of easy culture; splendid for beds and a first- 
class everlasting, retaining its form and color 
indefinitely; thrives in, any soil and will en¬ 
dure drought and hot sun. It is a flower that 
should be generally cultivated for its beauty 
in beds as well as for drying. Colors: White, 
Flesh, Rose, Carmine, Variegated, or Mixed. 
Globosa Compacta Rubra, 6 in. For pots and beds. 
Aurea Superba, 1ft. Long orange heads, showy. 
Gypsophila Elegans, 18 in, ha, 1000. Small-flowd 
plants, the flow r ers appearing as a light cloud, 
being held on thread-like stems and are very 
numerous. Very graceful and almost indis¬ 
pensable for bouquets, also good for drying. 
Large-flowd White, Carmine, Rose; or Mixed. 
Muralis, ha, 6in, 1000. Lovely plants for the 
rockery or edging; flowers rose, in profusion. 
Helichrysum Monstrosum fl. pi., ha, 30 in, 150. 
Very beautiful large double flowers, showy in 
beds and one of the best for drying. Will 
grow in any good garden soil, free and con¬ 
tinuous-blooming. Colors: Cream White, 
Pure White, Fiery-red, Bronze, Yellow, Rose, 
Crimson, Salmon-rose, Sulphur or Mixed. 
NOTE: These Helichrysums should be found in every 
garden. They are the largest and best of everlastings, 
start readily from seeds, and are of easy culture. I 
cannot too highly recommend them. 
Helipterum Corymbiflorum, ha, 1ft. A handsome 
white-flowered everlasting, the plant branch¬ 
ing and blooming in corymbs. 50 seeds. 
Sanfordi, Big corymbs of showy yellow flrs. 
Lonas Inodora, ha, 1 ft, 300. Small golden flrs 
in dense terminal heads. 
Molucella Laevis, ha, 18 in, Shell-like flrs. 35 s. 
Physalis Franchetti, hp, 30 in, 100. Chinese Lan¬ 
tern; large orange-scarlet balloon-like fruits 
in long racemes ; dry and keep well for winter 
decorations; edible when fresh, beautifnl. 
Polycolymna Stuartii, hha, 2 ft, 35. White, inter¬ 
esting, easily-grown plant, flowers dry well. 
Rhodanthe, hha, 1 ft, 150. Excellent for pot and 
market plants, as well as fine for beds and 
drying;free and long-blooming;always admir¬ 
ed. Maculata, Rose; Maculata alba, white; Mang- 
Ie*ii, beautiful rose. Special Mixture. 
Statice, Sea Lavender. These are of many kinds, 
and all are showy in the garden and excellent 
for bouquets either green or dry. 
Bonduellii, hha, 3 ft, 15 heads. Yellow; a good 
border species and a fine everlasting. 
Dumosa, hp, 2 ft, new, pure silvery gray; fine. 
Incana Nana Hybrida, hp, 1 ft, 200. Mixed colors. 
Latifolia, hp, 2 ft, 100. Small lavender; panicles. 
Macrophylla, hha, 2ft, large-leaved, azure, flrs. 
Sinensia, ha, 18 in, 100. White and Yellow, fine. 
Sinuata, ha, 1 ft, 10. One of the finest species 
for either garden or drying. 
Spicata, ha, 6 in, pink flowers in dense termi¬ 
nal spikes in summer; pretty. 
Suworowii, hha, 18 in, 200. Bright rose in large 
spikes; strikingly beautiful. 
Complete Special Mixture, all varieties. 5c. 
Xeranthemum, ha, 2ft, very beautiful everlasting, 
flrs large, double, long-stemmed and lasting. 
Imperial, double, large-flowd, dark red 100 s. 
Superbissima, globular flrs of great beauty. Col¬ 
ors: White, Rose or Mixed. 100 seeds. 
