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SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1901, 
HIBISCUS, Hardy Hybrids, Mixed— (Perennial)—A fast-growing perennial that in 
one season attains the height and dimensions of a shrub. Exceedingly fine for clumps or 
an ornamental hedge or screen, as they last always, never winter-kill, and m midsummer, 
when shrubbery flowers are scarce, they bear for weeks enormous flowers as large as tea 
saucers, white, blush, pale and deep pink, rose, etc., the most of them with deeper-hued eye. 
Plants from spring-sown seed will bloom in September. „ , , . , 
HIBISCUS, Golden Bowl— This is a plant which grows about two feet high and begins 
to bloom early from spring-sown seed, the enormous flower measuring 5 or 6 inches across, 
beautifully cupped and of the most exquisite, soft, canary-yellow, with a large black center. 
HONEYSUCKLE, M ixed— Everyone knows the Honeysuckle, with its delicious fra¬ 
grance, but everyone does not know that it is quite easily grown from seed, blooming the 
second season, with ordinary care. , , , 
LYCHNIS, Burning Star— A blaze of brilliancy for months, if plants are kept froin seed¬ 
ing. Star-like blossoms covering the dwarf, bushy plants as with a cloud. Perfectly hardy, 
and blooms even better the second season than the first. Mixed colors. 
m 1 r ABIL3 s, Tom Thum b—Mixed colors. A new dwarf strain of great beauty. Grows 
only 12 inches high, and each plant is a compact mass of lovely yellowish leaves, which, 
evening, are hidden by hundreds of gay blossoms of all colors and Abnegations. 
MORNING GLORIES— (Climber)—T he old-fashioned Morning Glory, as easy to grow 
as any Aveed. Brilliant, beautiful flowers of every shade of white, blue, pink, scarlet, and 
variegated. The standard vine. Mixed, all colors. , , , 
MAURANDYA— (Climber)—I t has an exceedingly graceful habit, very handsome, dense 
foliage, pretty, fox-gloA’e-like blossoms, borne in great profusion, and keeps green until 
after severe frosts. A beautiful vine for hanging baskets, with its dainty white, maroon and 
rose-colored blossoms. Mixed colors. . . ,, ,, „ 
MICELLA— Often called Love-in-a-mist, from the curious way m which the pretty blue 
blossoms are veiled by the feathery, close-enveloped foliage. Dwarf mixed. 
NEMOFHILA, Mixed Colors—Pretty little plants, with a profusion of very delicately 
colored blossoms. Blooms very early. ' ,. ,, , , ,_ 
OXALIS, Mixed Colors— Some of the annual Oxalis are very pretty border plants, and 
saucer-shaped blooms of the purest 
or softest, richest shades of yellow, and deliciously fragrant. ,. . ... 
PEAS, Lord Anson, Trailing—These are of a trailing and not of a climbing habit, and 
are dwarf and bushy, differing greatly from the ordinary Sweet Peas. Their flowers are the 
largest and most beautiful in form and color of all flowering Peas, and will J^eatly <lelight 
all Avho plant them. They also commence blooming about three weeks earlier than Sweet 
Peas, and continue all summer. Two colors, pure white, and sky blue, mixed. 
PASSIFLORA GRACILIS— This “Eairy Passion Yme” is a charming annual: it has 
pretty light green leaves, and is a very dainty and graceful thing for hanging baskets, pom 
or trellises; will groAV to the height of 5 or 6 feet out of doors: the flowers are white, followed 
by seed fruits, at first light green shaded white; when ripe they turn bright shining red and 
burst open, disclosing fiery scarlet, seeds; the entire plant becomes covered with these fruits 
and the effect is very pretty indeed. , ,, , .... , ,,_A, ■ 
PH ACELIA COMFANULATA-An easily grown annual that will commence to bloom a 
month from the time seed is sown in open ground. Erect, cup-shaped flowers of a lovely 
blue. Flowers borne profusely and a long time. Its shade of color is one of the rarest and 
loveliest seen among blues. - ,, ■ _ „ . *i 
SCHIZANTHUS, Childs 5 Winter-Blooming— Tlie ‘Butterfly Flower.” An easily 
grown plant, bearing quantities of gay, butterfly-like floivers, beautifully, marked and 
spotted. The plants are such profuse bloomers that each branch looks like an immense pan¬ 
icle of lovely blossoms, and closely resembling some species of Orchids. I or Avmter bloom¬ 
ing in pots the Schizanthus is one of the most desirable of all flowers. Plants from seed 
sown in November Avill be full of bloom from January to May, making a display which can¬ 
not be surpassed. This strain is one of the grandest plants for blooming m pots that can 
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SUNFLOWER New Double Dwarf —Compact grower, with large double flowers. 
SUNFLOWER, Multiflorus—If planted singly in good soil, this new Sunflower reaches 
the enormous height of from 12 to 15 feet, and is richly branched from the base up to the 
top, each branch bearing a multitude of medium-sized golden-yellow .flowers with small 
black center, which offers an invaluable material for bouquets and garnishing purposes. 
SENSITIVE PLANT —(Mimosa)—A curious plant with delicate, fern-like leaves that 
fold closely together if touched, as though they were wilted by a hot blast. 
TORENIA, Large-Flowered, Mixed Colors— A neat pot plant, but of little account 
for the garden, , . , ^ . Wi , , . ., 
TRAILING HOLLYHOCK.— This is a hardy perennial, sending put vines which trail 
over the ground in a beautiful manner. It is really a beautiful miniature Trailing Holly¬ 
hock, the leaves and flowers being similar to that glorious old. plant, and it has the double 
advantage of being a constant bloomer, from early spring until late fall. The flowers are 
bright crimson in color and produced freely, as are also the vines and foliage. ,, 
VIOLET— Seeds slow to germinate, but not at all hard to grow. Every garden should 
have a good bed of these fragrant favorites. , ^ _ 
VEREESENA, Occidental Is—Blooms profusely from June to October, the blossoms 
being large, rieliest and brightest golden-yellow in color, closely resembling a Cosmos, ana 
borne on long, graceful stems. Seed sown in pots at any time during winter will be up and 
blooming within a few weeks. , . ... , 
YUCCA FI Ll ME NT OS A —The stately clumps of stiff, bayonet-like leaves, bristling^ out 
from the center in every direction, are extremely ornamental, but in midsummer they take 
on an added glory: Thick, woody flower-stalks are thrown up, growing as high as a man s 
head, and bear at their summit immense compound panicles of creamy, bell-shaped, flowers, 
each floret two inches across. 
Price of all these sorts* 3 Cents per Packet* 
