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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. Y. 
Seed of Choice Window Plants. 
We offer at special prices the following list of choice 
Seed of Greenhouse or Window Plants. 
Per pkt. 
ASPARAGUS SPRENQERI—Fine foliage. 5 
ABUTILON, Choicest Hybrids Mixed—All colors. 10 
begonia 
Mixed Seed—Many kinds. Grand for window culture. 10 
Tuberous-Rooted- Mixed. 10 
CAbbA, Praecox—Blooms in a short, time. 20 
CAbCBObAKIA, Dwarf Hybrids—Large flowering. 10 
CHRYSANTHEMUM, Extra Choice — All colors and 
varieties, mixed.. 10 
CYCbAMEN, Grandifiora—Choicest mixed colors. 10 
CINERARIA, Dwarf Hybrids—Large, flowering,mixed, 10 
Double Extra Choice, Mixed. 20 
CARNATION 
Fancy Extra Choice, Mixed-Variegated colors. 10 
Monthly, or Perpetual Tree-Mixed varieties. 10 
Hardy Hybrids—Hardy free bloomers. Extra fine for 
the garden or for pots. Many colors mixed. lo 
Margaret—Fine early bloomers. 5 
COLEUS, Rainbow Leaved—Extra choice mixed.10 
FERN-Mixed; many sorts.10 
FREESIA-Choice mixed. 5 
FUCHSIA—Fine mixed, all sorts. 10 
GLOXINIA—Choicest mixed Hybrids; magnificent.10 
GERANIUM 
Doable Mixed—AH colors and a magnificent lot.2S 
Single Mixed—Giant perfection. 15 
Tricolor—Elega nt in leaf and bloom.25 
Ivy Leaved—Fine nyixed. 15 
HELIOTROPE, Lemolne’s Hybrids — Flowers soon 
from seed. Grandest of all Heliotropes. 10 
LANTANA-Fine mixed colors. lo 
LEMON VERBENA.1J 
MUSA ENSETTE Grand Banana. 10 
PALM, Mixed Sorts—Many varieties. 10 
Filifera or Weeping—Very fine and easily grown. 10 
PASSIFLORA-Fine mixed. 5 
PRIMULA, Chinensis, Mixed—Very good. 5 
ROSE MULTIFLORA With seed of these new Roses 
plants may be had in bloom in 60 days from tiino of 
sowing. Plant at any time. 15 
SALVIA, Golden Leaved—Very brilliant. 5 
SMILAX. 5 
VIOLET—Mixed sorts. 10 
Tufted papsies. (Violet-Scented.) 
This new type is a cross between the Pansy and the 
Violet, combining the ideal properties of each. The flowers 
are much larger than the Violet, more like Pansies, but with 
the delicious fragrance of the former. The flowers are also 
quite free from central rays and markings, and the habit of 
the plant is decidedly dwarf and compact, producing its 
flowers on long foot-stalks, and they appear continually from 
early spring until late fall. The plants possess to a consid¬ 
erable extent the hardy and robust nature of the Violet, 
and make splendid pot as well as garden plants. The range, 
of color runs through white, buff, canary and azure blue and 
the coloring of each is exceedingly delicate and charming. 
For borders and beds they are just superb, each plant, show¬ 
ing from so to loo blossoms all the time. For early spring 
blooming they surpass all other Pansies. 10 
GIANT EXCELSIOR PANSY. 
Superior papsy geed. 
We offer our choicest strains of Pansy seed for fall sow¬ 
ing. If sown now plants will be ready to bloom in early 
spring and make a most magnificent show. Per pkt. 
Imperial German—Introduced by us several years ago. 
and now is the leading favorite throughout the world. 
Many inferior stocks have been placed on the market 
under the name, but. as the introducers, we may be 
depended upon to furnish the true variety. Largo 
flowers of the finest colorings; stout, robust, busny 
growth, withstanding the heat and producing fino 
largo flowers during the entire summer. Towers of 
great substance and beauty. Fifty colors mixed. 10 
15 separate colors, 10c, per pkt. or the 15 for $1.00. 
Giant Excelsior—It is impossible to do justice to these 
lovely flowers in a printed description. Cold type can¬ 
not convey an idea of the indescribable richness, the 
varied and exquisite coloring, the large size, perfect 
form and great substance of the blossoms. Plants are 
compact aud busby, and produce great quantities of 
flowers, borne well above the foliage, on strong stems. 
Owing to tholr vigor, this strain withstands the hot 
and dry weather better than any other variety, and 
produces its great, beautiful blossoms in profusion all 
summer. Over a hundred different shades and com¬ 
binations of colors have been counted in one bed.' 
Jennings—A wonderful new strain of Pansy which lias 
been developed in Conn. The flowers are truly the 
largest and finest colored we have ever seen, 
Among a lot we had last spring some of the blossoms 
measured 4>f inches across, and there woro new and 
fantastic colors that we had never before seen among 
Tansies. All colors and shades were represented. No 
amount of praiso can do justice to them. 
Large-Flowering, Choice Mixed Colors —A superb 
strain of choiee large-flowering types, including all 
colors. Will give great satisfaction. 
Fancy Striped Mixed—A strain of various colors, all 
elegantly aud grotesquely striped and variegated_ 
Fancy Margined Mixed—The large, fine blossoms of 
theso are of various colors—white, blue, black, yellow, 
purple, ete.. — all with beautiful margins of white 
aud gold bordering each flower. 
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