JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. Y. 
General Gist of ploWer Seeds. 
AT THREE CENTS PER PACKET. 
These well-known garden fLowers require hut little description. We do not 
claim that our stock and strains of them are extraordinarily fine, as is the case 
with our Specialties in Choice Select Flower Seeds, which commence on page 41 
and run to page 79, but we do claim that they are as good as cau he had any ~ 
gj i where, and much better than the average. 
^ -ig ^ We have made a uniform price of 3 CENTS PER PACKET for 
E si a 9 these well-known Rower seeds. It matters not whether you take 
Per Pkt. one packet or one hundred, the price is 3 CENTS PER PACKET:, 
A R TIM1SIA GRACILIS— Beautifully cut, feathery foliage of fine fragrance and great 
beauty. Its habit of growth is pyramidal, 4 to 5 feet high, and every branch covered with 
a thick growth of fine, feathery foliage, which is of the brightest emerald green color. It 
is particularly adapted to cut-flower work, and all will find it useful and highly satisfactory. 
ARGE8SOME GRAND5FLORA— Blower of snowy whiteness, the center filled with 
golden stamens. Its shape is like that of a saucer, opening nearly flat, its immense size 
making it very conspicuous. Grows 18 inches high, and has beautiful foliage. Few garden 
flowers are so singularly striking as this. 
ASTER, IMBRiQUE POMPON— Fine flowers, almost as round as a ball. Twenty-five 
colors, mixed. ■ 
AMARANTHUS, Mixed Sorts—Are valuable on account of their very beautiful and 
often brilliantly colored foliage, sometimes surpassing the best Coleuses. 
ANTIRRHINUM, Tom Thumb— Mixed colors ; fine Snapdragons, growing only eight 
inches high; flowers large ; colors very brilliant, orange, scarlet, yellow, maroon, white, 
rose, striped, etc. ' ' 
BRACHYGOEVfE (Swan Rivek Daisy)— A graceful. Cineraria-like flower, often called 
Swan River Daisy. Plants bloom quickly from seed and remain in bloom a long time. 
Plants only grow from six to eight inches high, and are fine for edgings, as their blossoms 
are profusely borne 'and are pretty and attractive; also a fine basket plant for the house. 
Colors, blue, white, pink, etc. 
CALENDULA, Double Mixed— A superb flower; large, double and perfect to the cen¬ 
ter ; rich shades of yellow. A fine plant for fall and winter blooming in pots, being of dwarf, 
robust habit, blooming all the time. 
CALLIOPSiS, Dwarf Compact— Mixed colors; fine low-growing plants, producing 
thousands of blossoms. 
CALLIOPSIS, New Double— This new double form of the old Coreopsis is a most de¬ 
sirable flower for garden culture, as it grows freely and blooms continually in any soil or 
situation. The flowers possess all the rich and varied colors of the single form, and are 
always greatly admired. All colors, mixed. 
CALLIOPSIS, Lanceoiata (Pebennial)—G raceful and profuse blooming plant, with 
large, striking flowers of a brilliant golden yellow, and remains in bloom all summer. Its 
long, wiry stems fit it admirably for bouquet making, while its golden cloud of blooms, far 
above the foliage, makes it a capital bedder. 
CENTAUREA CYANUS, Victoria— Forms adensemass of foliage and branches, above 
which are borne hundreds of lovely blue blossoms. Grows about one foot high and begins 
to flower within thirty days after seed is sown. 
CENTAUREA CYANUS, Double— A new double-flowered form which comes pretty 
true. Remarkable for the new shades and combinations of colors it shows, many of the 
flowers being striped or variegated. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM, Annua!, Mixed Colors— Plants grow from 12 to 18 inches high 
and bear a profusion of bloom, each flower being belted and zoned with the most clear and 
vivid of colors. This intenseness of coloring has earned them the name of “Painted Daisies.” 
CELOSIA, Dwarf Feathered, Mixed — Pretty plumes of bright-colored flowers. 
GHERIANTHUS, Fairy Queen— This fine little flower is a close relative of the Stock and 
Wallflower. One of those bright flowers that give a quick return for one’s care, blooming a 
month after seed is sown, either in garden or pots. One who has never seen them does not 
realize how bright and pretty their little clusters of maltese-cross shaped flowers are. 
They form a perfect mass of bloom, and for small bouquets, filling floral baskets, etc., they 
are just the flower one needs in quantity. Bright, without being big, and cheerful without 
being gaudy, Yery easy to grow, and sweet scented. ' ' Hfl 
ESCKSCHOLTZIA, Mixed Colors— The Eschscholtzia is one of the hardiest and most 
easily grown of our annuals. It is also a very showy one, growing rapidly and coming into 
bloom soon after the plants are above ground. The foliage is finely cut and handsome and 
the flowers exceedingly showy, large and freely produced. 
FENZLIA, Mixed Colors— Charming low-growing plants, forming mat- like tufts of 
foliage, thickly dotted by a long succession of beautiful white or rose-purple throated flow¬ 
ers. An extra fine little plant for edging or carpet-bedding, or for baskets in the house. 
Blooms very quickly from seed. ■ , . ap t! 
CAiLLARDS A, Mixed Colo r s— These bear a profusion of very highly colored, daisy-like 
blossoms that are very attractive. " . ‘Wmm 
CYPSOPHILA EL EGANS— Everyone who is fond of bouquets ought to grow this.. It 
produces long, fine, mist-like sprays of tiny white flowers that are one of the finest things 
in the world for all cut-flower work, softening all hard lines, toning down all glaring colors 
and giving the finish to a bouquet that filmy lace does to a rich dress. Blooms soon after 
sowing seed. 
