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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO. N. Y. 
Gleoipe .—(Spider Flower). 
Extra line garden annual, growing well in either wet or 
<iry seasons, ana in bloom every day for months like enor¬ 
mous panicles of Hydrangea. Per pkt. 
Pungens hnormous heads of bloom, some of the flow- 
ibe!ng deep crimson and others light pink.5 & 10 
UDa A garden flower of superior merit, one that will 
grow vigcirouslv in any situation and bloom profuse¬ 
ly all the time from spring to late fall, caring not 
for prolonged drouths or for continuous rainy weath¬ 
er. \\ e know of no flower which will stand adverse 
circumstances so perfectly as this. The flowers are 
borne in large clusters, are of snowy whiteness, with 
long, scraggy stamens which stand out in all direc¬ 
tions, suggesting its common namo,“ Spider Flow- 
er - .. & 10 
Dahlia. 
We still find difficulty in convincing our customers that 
good Dahlias can be grown from seed, and that plants will 
bloom the first season from the seed. We only wish we could 
show all our doubters some of the magnificent flowers grown 
from our seeds. Anyone who can raise a Zinnia or a Morn- 
ing Glory from seed, can grow Dahlias from seed. They are 
remarkably easy to germinates, and from the very seed leaf 
rhe plants are stocky and sturdy. Seed sown in the house in 
March or April will produce flowering plants as soon as 
plants grown from tubers. We know this to be so by re. 
peated experiments of our own, and our customers write us 
the same thing. Some of the finest, largest Dalilias.and the 
richest colors we have ever seen, were among seedlings 
Give good soil, and never let the plants suffer for water and 
pur word for it, you will be more than satisfied. Out of a 
large paper of seed we have known not two plants to be alike 
in flower, while there was every color represented, from 
snow white to blackish maroon. Start seea in house, and 
transplant to open ground after frost is gone. Per pkt 
Double Large Flowering, Mixed Will produce some * 
magnificent varieties .10 & 20 
Double Pompon, Mixed Extra choice strain. 10 & 20 
New Single, Mixed Strain Flowers very large and of 
rain bow colors. Exceedingly popular as cut Bowers 5 .* 10 
Gracilis, Mixed Colors Fine tut foliage and a profu- 
sion of brilliantly striped and flecked blossoms. 5 & ]0 
Cactus—A new class of broad petaled double flowers 
esteemed by many the finest of all. Very distinct 
and extra for cutting . 10 & 20 
D iaipopd plO'VVeP.-f lonopsidium) 
A dainty little annual with tufts 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 Ojieri ground, over rock-work, or in pots, never exceeding 
three inches in height, and rarely two. The tiny flowers 
have a glistening sheen that has given them their name of 
Diamond Mower, and being surrounded bv a wreath of 
bright green foliage, they show to a wonderful advantage. 
Dor pot culture in winter it is just superb. Sprinkle a few 
seeds in a small pot or saucer, or in pots where other plants 
are growing, and within a month you will have the most 
charming mat of foliage and flowers—covering the surface 
of the soil like moss—that you ever saw. In the. garden it 
wHi grow and seed all summer, covering the ground with a 
perfect carpet of beauty. 1 11 tlie fall the self-sown seed will 
come up and bloom profusely from October until spring re¬ 
gardless of ice and snow. 1 
Diamond Flower— (Ionopsidium Acaulk).10&20 
fJDPTO\LYVltD \B 93 fcV 
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