CATALOGUE OF SPECIALTIES AND NOVELTIES FOR 1900. 
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New Giant-Flowered Petunias. 
A giant-flowered strain which originated in California. 
The Double is particularly flue. 
Childs’ New Hybrids— Striped, blotched and stained. 
Large funnel-shaped flowers of intense brilliancy and 
vivid marking: never out of bloom: lino for pots. .... 5 
Glant-Fiowered Single, Mixed Colors Enormous single 
flowers of a great variety of superb colors and fancy 
markings. Exceedingly beautiful . 15 
The Rainbow Richly colored flowers with golden yellow 
throats: exquisite, and comes true every time. 10 
Ring of Emerald Large pink and crimson blossoms. 
deeply bordered with a green band.10 
Fringed Perfection— A highly perfected strain, the petals 
of which are deeply ruffled and fringed. 10 
Giant-Flowered Double, Fringed, Mixed Colors -This 
strain of giant-flowered Petunias originated in Cali¬ 
fornia, and it is one of the most valuable new flowers 
that lias ever come from that state. They are the larg¬ 
est and finest, colored Petunias ever yet seen. Their 
size and beauty will bea revelation toall wlioseethem. 
A larger per cent, comes double from seed than from 
any other strain we know 
Stocks. 
Toour mind, we do not catalogue a finer flower than the 
Ten-Weeks Stock. It hasevery merit of a perfect flower -a 
compact habit, many and long spikes of closely-set. large, 
double flowers, each as double as a rose, waxy of texture, 
exceedingly sweet, and varying in color from snow-white to 
red, blue and yellow. It is a grand bedder ami a fine pot 
plant, blooming the winter through. Itdevelopsin ilsgreat- 
esi. perfect ion in the cold atmosphere of our Northern States. 
In tlie South and West a cool situation should be chosen, 
sheltered from the midday sun. This plant requires rich, 
mellow soil, and must never be allowed to suffer for water. 
Poor soil will result in poor flowers. It is worse than useless 
to plant inferior seed of this flower, that has been brought, to 
its present high standard by careful breeding and high 
cultivation. Our seed is of the very best, and will please all 
who try it. Per pkt. 
Early Ten-Weeks-12 of the flnest. colors mixed.10 
“ “ “ —Pure white, very sweet. 5 
“ “ “ —Rich crimson.0 
“ “ “ —Clear blue. 5 
“ •* “ —Yellow, new and fine... 5 
Dwarf Cerman-Mixed colors. An extra fine strain of 
large-flowered Stocks....10 
New Large-Flowering Clobe Pyramidal— One of the 
finest of ail. Immense spikes of fine (lowers, in almost 
rainbow colors. We have counted twenty-llireodiffer¬ 
ent shndeSin a single bed of these flowers in hlobm at 
one time.../— ..>0 
Clant Perfection One of the finest for the open ground, 
growing to the height of 2Mj feet; flowers also of im¬ 
mense size. Many beautiful colors mixed.,...20 
Snowflake A superb. Flowers as perfect ns though cut. 
out of wax. Much grown asapot flower for cool roonis .10 
I^iaiqoifd FIoaVci* - (Ionopsidium); 
A dainty little annual with tnfts of tiny foliage and 
beautiful little white and violet-blue flowers that bloom 
within a month from the time seed is sown. It will grow in 
the open ground, over rock-work, or in pots, never exceed¬ 
ing three inches til height, and rarely two. The tiny flowers 
have a glistening sheen that has given them their name of 
Diamond Flower, and being surrounded by a wreath of 
bright green foliage, and show to wonderful Advantage. 
For pot culture in winter it is just superb . 10 
