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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
Everlasting /lowers. 
These aro Justly very popular, not only for their summer display In the garden but they retain their beauty for years 
ny being cut and dried, and may be made up into various forms for parlor and festive decorations, and used at a time when 
It is impossible to have fresh cut flowers. Plant a good variety of Everlastings and dry them for winter decorations, and 
you will ever thank yourself for doing it. 
^Vipipobihip. 
Bears great numbers of small blossoms as double as Roses. 
Seeds can be sown early In open ground. Per pkt. 
Alatum, pure white, double ... 5 
2<\CrOCllI)lllIQ. 
A free growing Everlasting with very delicate colored 
flowers which have golden yellow centers. One of the best. 
Mixed Colors, white and rosy pink . 5 
AMMOOfUM. QOMPHRENA. 
Goipphrepa. 
Known as Globe Amarnnthus, and Is a species of the 
Cockscomb; with good sized blossoms as round as a ball. 
Start in a frame or pot, if possible, and transplant. 
All Colors, Mixed, white crimson, orange, etc. f> 
Gnaphalioip. 
A fine Everlasting, bearing its large straw colored blossoms 
In clusters of six to ten. It is very lino and but little known. 
Foetidum. C 
Rhodapthe. 
An exceedingly beauti¬ 
ful flower, and one which 
E ssesses a grace and 
auty seldom seen. As 
an Everlast ing it is indis¬ 
pensable, and as u pot or 
garden flower it. is ele¬ 
gant. Seed sown in early 
spring or winter a u d 
grown in pots, blooms in 
a short time and makes 
a most magnificent dis¬ 
play. Sown later in the 
open ground they are a 
f raud summer flower. 
or drying they are very 
graceful and pretty 
made up into dry bou¬ 
quets. 
Per pkt. 
Manglcsl, splendid, 
bright rosy pink. 5 
Alba, pure white_ 5 .mooanthe. 
HEUCKRYSUM. 
fjelichrysaip. 
This is probably the- most valuable of all Everlastings. Tts 
large flowers are perfectly double and of the most brilliant 
colors. Cut the flowers when they first begin to expand and 
dry with the stems straight. Seed can bo sown in the open 
ground. - Per pkt. 
Monstroaum, m#ed colors, very large .. 5 
Dwarf, mixed colors, compact and free flowering. .*. 5 
Fire Ball, deep fiery red, large and double ; new. 10 
Colden Ball, golden yellow: new. JO 
Snow Ball, pure white. . 10 
fjelipterinp. 
A valuable sort, bearing compact, clusters of bright golden 
flowers. They dry finely and keep well. 
Vanfordl, fine yellow. 5 
XLRANTHEMUM. 
A very desirable class of free-flowering Everlastings. It 
furnishes about the only blue color we have in Everlastings. 
Easily grown from seed in open ground. 
Mixed Colors. 6 
Suberbissima, new, double blue; very fine. If 
Qrpaipcptal G rasses * 
These are most useful and necessary to cut and dry for 
making up with bouquets of Everlastings. They are elegant 
and graceful aud equally valuable as Everlastings for deco- 
rative purposes. They can bo sown in the garden early. 
All the best varieties, Mixed . .'per >4 oz., 25 cts. 1 
Special Offer .—One packet each of all these IS Everlastings 
and Grasses for 7 5 cents. 
