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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
VerBEI'J/V OD OR.ATA 
Verbenas. 
Guilds’ Prize Verbeqns. 
THE FINEST STRAIN KNOWN. 
Famous as the finest strain of Verbenas 
known. We grow four acres of these superb flow¬ 
ers, and we know what we are talking about when 
we say they are the finest of all Verbenas. The 
plants are vigorous and short jointed, and per¬ 
fect sheets of bloom. The trusses are very large, 
the flowers of mammoth size, perfect form, and 
embrace the richest and most velvety colors. 
They are also delicately sweet scented. The 
range of color is great and shades are mostly 
very delicate and dainty. In coloring they are 
In fact, perfectly exquisite, there being very little 
of the common old blue and purple colors among 
them. In their place we have delicate blushes, 
lavenders, pinks, velvety indigoes, intense scar¬ 
lets, whites, mottled, striped, variegated, etc., in 
facta thousand different colors and combinations. 
Per pkt. 
Childs* Prize, Mixed Colors- Hundreds of 
delicate shades. Enormous sized flowers, 
dwarf, compact habit, and prodigious 
bloomers .. 10 «t 20 
Childs* Prize, Pure White- Comes true from 
seed. Great trusses of snowy blossoms of 
exquioite fragrance. 10 & 20 
Childs* Prize, Scarlet A very intense scar¬ 
let.10 & 20 
SPECIAL OFFER: 
One packet each of the nine sort# offered on thin 
Xi (iQC. for 60 c. 
Odorata 
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Like'the Pansy, the Aster and the Petu¬ 
nia, the Verbena is a favorite with every¬ 
body. and one of the most universally pop¬ 
ular of all flowers, both for the garden and 
for pot culture. For constant and profuse 
flowering, and for brilliancy and beauty of 
colors it lias few equals. Start seed early 
under glass, if possible, that good strong plants may be had 
for transplanting to the garden. They will commence bloom¬ 
ing in June and continue until ntter severe frosts, and dur¬ 
ing this entire time nothing in tin* garden will attract more 
attention than the bed or clump of Verbenas. In August 
cuttings may be taken from some of the bestonesand potted 
up for winter blooming. Our prize strain are the finest 
Verbenas in cultivation. Per pkt. 
Extra Choice Mixed — From a named collection.5 & 10 
Golden Bedder- A striking variety with bright scarlet blossoms 
and golden yellow foliage. .10 & 20 
Dark Cloud A French variety of a rich black-blue color lighted 
by a white center. Fine. ; .. . ... .5 & 10, 
Striata—Everyone admires the striped Verbena, its colors are so 1 
clear and vividly contrasted.. " .5& 10 
Primrose -A great advance toward the coveted yellow Verbena. 
A soft, pale yellow, or primrose. . 5 & 10 
—This lovely Verbena possesses three great points of merit 
over other var¬ 
ieties. and they 
are such impor¬ 
tant ones that 
it will become a 
necessity for 
every garden. 
First, it is so 
hardy seed can 
be sown in the 
open ground 
early in the 
spring, where 
they will quick¬ 
ly germinate, 
grow rapidly, 
and in a few 
weeks bo in 
bloom and give 
a great profu¬ 
sion of beauti¬ 
ful blossoms all 
summer. N o 
garden flower 
is ejjsier grown, 
for it is as sure 
to thrive as a 
Poppy or pig¬ 
weed. Second, 
the blossoms i n- 
stead of being 
in clusters like 
i ___other sorts, run 
up into spikes, usually three or four inches long, as shown in 
the cut. Third, it is very sweet scented. Wo have probably 
said enough to make everyone want it, hut we have yet to say 
that the flouer is pure white, that the plant is short jointed 
and dwarf, not covering nearly as much ground as other sorts, 
and it is a perfect mass of bloom all summer. It always comes 
perfectly true from seed......5 6c t& 
