SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, 
Salpiglossis. 
Ail exceedingly beautiful flower, and an extra fine and 
brilliant bedder. Large, lovely, funnel shaped blossoms of I 
velvety texture, and with deeply sunken veins, penciled and j 
shaded with the richest tracings on a groundwork of the 
most pleasing colors. It stands the sun well and some of j 
the showiest beds we have ever seen have been of this beau¬ 
tiful and easy grown annual. Per pk%. 
Crandiflora, Mixed Colors A grand new strain with 
enormous blossoms possessing the most varied, bril¬ 
liant and fantastic markings imaginable. The stain¬ 
ing. pencilling and blending of the colors is wonder¬ 
fully fine.5 & 10 
Sprnguaea IJipbellata. 
A singular plant in both leaf and flower. The wooly pink 
and crimson flowers are borne in umbels above the foliage. 
The flowers remain perfect a long time and are often dried 
and used for winter bouquets. The leaves are of a dark 
bronzy color, odd and attractive, and very curious . .5 & 10 
SulVia. 
The Salvia is now a standard bedding plant, and well 
does it deserve its honor. It stands heat and drouth re¬ 
markably well, and its colors are very showy and intense. 
Seed is best started under glass, though self-sown seed fre¬ 
quently comes up in great numbers where a bed of these 
plants has been the year previous. Cuttings are easily root¬ 
ed in August and September, and make fine winter-bloom¬ 
ing plants for sunny windows. 
Splendens-- Large, scarlet; exceedingly showy and use- 
ful for cutting and for ornamental beds.5 & 10 
Patens A most lovely shade of blue.10 & 20 
Carduacua Light blue. . .5 & 10 
Splendens Compacts —Fine dwarf form of the old va¬ 
riety; very brilliant, free flowering, fine for pots. .10 & 20 
BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1898. 71 
Wallflo\Ver, Ahhdul, Mi xc d. 
The old English Wallflower is everywhere a favorite,and 
it Is a regret to most cultivators of flowers that it cannot be 
grown in this country as well as it can in England. This is 
owing to the fact that it is not hardy enough to stand our 
winters in the open ground without being killed or severely 
injured,and as the old varieties do not bloom until the second 
year from seed they can be successfully wintered only 
in frames. This serious difficulty is obviated in this new 
strain which flowers early the first season from seed. Seed 
sown in the open ground the first of May will commence 
blooming by the first of July, and if started earlier in the 
house or in hot-beds they can be had in profusion from early 
in June until late autumn as they continue blooming through 
autumn frosts without injury. The blossoms are of large 
size and borne in compact, short spikes or clusters, and are 
exceedingly sweet scented. The plants are not injured by 
fall frosts and bloom profusely till snow flies. The colors 
range from yellow to dark brown, striped variegated, etc. 
This splendid novelty will be welcomed by thousands of ad¬ 
mirers of the lovely Wallflower.in & 20 
VINCA. 
Vi oca. 
Lovely garden or pot plants, producing a profusion of 
bright blossoms at all times. Seed started early in pots 
makes lovely blooming plants by early summer, which will 
continue in growth and oloom for a year. As bedding plants 
tor the garden they rival the Geranium. Their soft and 
delicate colors and profuse blooming habit make them at 
all times attractive. Do not omit them. 
Mixed Colors —White, pink, crimson, etc. A new and 
improved large flowering strain.5 & 10 
