Additional New and Bare Annuals 
ARTEMISIA Argentea, 15 in. A pretty rock plant, 
foliage white-haired, firs pale yellow; dense, likes sun. 
CASTILLEJA Indivesa, 1 ft. Indian Paint Brush; 
hardy annual; firs, yellow, surrounded by red bracts. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM White Queen, 2ft. Annual; 
lovely, showy pure white firs with pale yellow band. 
CLARKIA Firesheaf, 1ft. A fine novelty; copper- 
red, f ull-doublein elegant sprays a foot long; fine. 
DIANTHUS Latifolius atrococcineus, fl. pi., 18 in. An 
everblooming pink with clusterslike Sweet William, 
but firs twice as large; color intense velvety crimson- 
scarlet. I can also supply mixed colors. 
HELENIUM Praecox Luteum, 9 in. A handsome 
perennial blooming first season; flowers yellow, of 
unusual size, very showy; fine rock plant. 
LINARIA Canon J. Want, 3 ft. Hardy perennial; 
long spikes of flesh-pink firs, fine for beds and cutting. 
LINARIA Hendersoni Ericoides, 8 in. A pretty rock 
perennial; blooms first season; firs, deep purple, like 
little Snapdragonsin appearance; fine for pots. 
LINARIA Triornithophora, 2ft .Beautiful bird-like 
purple firs, in clusters; perennial, plants branching, 
free-blooming the first season; rare. 
LOASA Hispida, 2 ft. A very pretty annual from 
Lima: flowers lemon, variegated center, in profusion. 
MYOSOTIS Distinction Praecox, 8 in. The new 
early and everblooming Forget-me-not; lovely blue 
semi-double firs, in big clusters, blooms in 10 weeks. 
MYOSOTIS MargaSach- 
er, 1 ft. The new giant- 
flowered Forget-me-not; 
flowers deep sky blue, an 
inch across; fine for pots 
and the rockery. 
MYOSOTIS Semper- 
florens Rosea, 1ft. New, 
everblooming from early 
spring till winter, beau¬ 
tiful pure rose flowers in 
clusters; a lovely forget- 
me-not, likes shade and 
moisture, fine to edge 
a pond, and other uses. 
NEMESIA Grandiflora 
Tigrina, 1ft. Very large 
firs, richly scented and 
charmingly spotted and 
blotched, magnificent. 
PENTSTEMON, Mette’s 
Giant Gloxinia-flowd, 2 ft. 
A grand perennial blooming freely first season; firs, 
large, Gloxinia-like, rich in color, borne in large ra¬ 
cemes. Splendid for beds. Illustrated on page 42. 
PENTSTEMON Sensation, 3 ft. New giant-flowd 
hybrids; long spikes of big Gloxinia-like flowers in 
colors from pink to crimson, richly blotched, mixed. 
PETUNIA Sensation. The grower of this Petunia 
callsit “the aristocrat of the Petunias, and the most 
beautiful royal purple Petunia in the world, a true 
Elk’s Pride.” I take his word for it. His price is 50cts. 
a packet. Do you want to try it? 100 seeds 5cts. 
POLYGQNIUM Ruby Queen, 4ft, Bold, Canna- 
liketuft plants, highly decora'ive covered with big 
vivid crimson spikes; blooms till winter, beautiful. 
POPPY Nudicaule Fakenham Hybrids, 18 in. The 
finest of all Iceland Poppies; gigantic flowers on long 
stems, come in a wonderful range of colors, bloom 
continuously from May till frost if kept from seeding. 
POPPY Rhoeas Fire King, 18 in. A grand annual, 
very free-flowering; firs orange-scarlet, gold stamens. 
POPPY Giant Aristocrat, 4 ft. A distinctive an¬ 
nual, not like others; compact, with satiny grey foli¬ 
age, branching, each showing 15 or 20 big rich dark 
red double firs.; a grand acquisition. Start early and 
set i n a sunny bed, or sow direct in the bed. 250 seeds. 
RHODANTHE Atrosanguinea, 1 ft. An elegant 
branched pot plantf or marketing or for beds; firs, an 
i nch across, blood-red, fine for bouquets green or dry. 
VIOLA W. H. Woodgate,6in. New; finest of all 
Cornutas; firs, charming blue, so abundant as to al¬ 
most hide the compact plants: blooms continuously, 
and far surpasses all others in exquisite beauty; can¬ 
not be too highly praised; you surely want it. 
A BEAUTIFUL GILIA 
Gilia Micranthais a rare but very beautiful an- 
unal. Seeds start quickly, and the plants spread out 
and are soon smothered withinnumerablevividrose 
firs, eliciting the most ardent expressions of admira¬ 
tion and praise; fine for beds or pots. 1000 seeds 5cts. 
Additional New and Rare Perennials 
AETHIONEMA Pulchellum, 6 ft. An elegant hardy 
rock plant; needle-shaped foliage; firs lovely pink. 
AETHEOPAPPUS Pulcherrimus, 3ft, New, from 
Cau-asica, hardy; superb fluffy pink firs. 3in. across. 
ANTIRRHINUM Asarina, 6 in. A procumbent 
perennial rock plant; blooms first year, the flowers 
are cream, tinged with red; freely produced. 
AQUILEGIA Cuprea, 2 ft. Copper-red with straw 
corolla ; long spurs; an excellent Benary introduction. 
ARMERIA Gigantea Rubra, 2ft. New; a beautiful 
hardy perennial; lovely deep rose flowers. 
CAMPANULA Glomerata Acaulis, 4 in. A pretty 
rock plant; large close heads of deep blue flowers. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM Japonicum Improved, 2 ft. A 
splendid perennial; firs single, in wide range of colors. 
COREOPSIS Verticillata, 18 in. A rare perennial; 
plants clothed with whorls of deep-cut leaves, freely- 
branched, each branch bearing erect a large, rich 
golden flower; fine for beds and for cutting. 
DRYAS Octopetala, 6 in. A fine perennial rock 
plant; firs Anemone-like, white with golden stamens. 
ERYNGIUM Planum, 2 ft. Globular heads of corn- 
flower blue flowers; fine for borders and cutting. 
GENTIANA Asclepiadea, 2 ft. Excellent hardy 
border plant; beautiful blue firs; showy; lasts well. 
GEUM Sibericum, 8 in. A fine creeping rock 
plant; firs orange in great profusion; a rare perennial. 
HELIANTHUS Mollis, 5 ft. A stately, very free- 
blooming perennial; firs, 
pure yellow, and borne 
throughout the Autumn. 
LUPIN US Moerheimi, 
3 ft., hardy intense pink. 
MECONOPSIS Integri- 
folia, 3 ft. The hardy 
Primrose Poppy from 
Thibet; firs. 6 in. across. 
MECONOPSIS Wallichii, 
4 ft. A charming species; 
fine foliage and beautiful 
pale blue flowers; likes 
moist shade. 
N E P E T A Grandiflora 
Souv. Chaudron, 2 ft. A 
new and much improved 
sort; flowers bright blue, 
freely borne. 
OENOTHERA Speciosa 
Grandiflora, 2 ft. A fine 
perennial open in daytime; flowers large, white and 
pink, sweet-scented, very beautiful. 
OENOTHERA Youngi, 2 ft. A glorious long- 
blooming day primrose; plants branch, bloom pro¬ 
fusely, firs, large, golden yellow, exceedingly showy 
in beds; a good tenacious perennial for beds, borders. 
SENEC10 Clivorum Othella, 4 ft. An attractive 
autumn-blooming hardy perennial; firs, rich orange. 
S1DALCEA Stark’s Hybrids, 8 ft. A noble hardy 
perennial; throws up Hollyhock-like spikes of flowers 
in color blush to deep rose and carmine; splendid. 
STAT1CE Caspia, 2 ft. The most beautiful of all 
perennial Sea Lavenders; big sprays of lavender firs. 
STATICE Fr. Kampf, 3 ft. Intense indellible blue 
everlasting; full, strong perfect spikes; earliest and 
finest of the Sinuata hvbrids. 
TRITOMA Tuckii May Queen, 3 ft. The earliest of 
Knipliofias; blooms continuously; yellow to rose. 
VERONICA AmefKistina, 2 ft. A fine hardy per¬ 
ennial of tufted habit; firs, deep blue in long racemes. 
VIOLA Odorata Emperor William, 4 in. A new 
Sweet Violet, hardy; fine for forcing; excellent. 
VIOLA Odorata Rose Pearl, 4 in. New; compact 
flowers large, bright rose; fragrant; very beautiful. 
53F" Seeds of Viola Odorata, often lie dormant a year. 
Additional New and Rare Plants 
ASPARAGUS Virgatus, a remarkably elegant 
feathery-looking shrubby pot plant from S. Africa. 3s. 
BEGONIA Glory of Erfurt, 1 ft. Compact, ever¬ 
blooming; flowers 3 in. long, almost 2 in. across; color 
intense flaming crimson; very beautiful. 
