Choice ploxVer geed Novelties. 
The spice of the garden is in its novelties. No matter how many favorites we have among the standard 
varieties we all find the Novelties to he the most interesting, and w-e watch their blooming with eagerness. 
The first question asked us by our friends is, “Have you any Novelties to be seen?” and “How are you 
pleased with the Novelties this year? ” Our customers are never disappointed in our Seed Novelties for we 
are careful to test them thoroughly and prove their merits before offering. Not over ten per cent, of the 
European novelties are worthy of introduction here and tve have always protected our patrons from being 
imposed upon by making thorough tests and ottering only such as are of real merit. The Mayflower Verbena, 
Cosmos, and Daybreak Aster are immense. 
Verbena, \I a y fl o \Ve i*. 
This, the greatest Flower Seed Novelty of this year, was 
raised and named by Luther Burbank, of California, the 
noted horticulturist, who has produced more good novelties 
the last eight years than ever before originated on one 
place. This Verbena is named May flower because the shape 
of its blossoms, its color and fragrance are almost identical 
with the wide-famed and cherished Trailing Arbutus, or. as 
it is called in New England, May flower. The blossoms are 
white, touched with delicate pink, and we have Mr. Bur¬ 
bank’s word for it that the flowers are as rich and powerful 
in fragrance as the Arbutus. The Verbena being of a creep¬ 
ing or trailing habit like the Arbutus, with clusters and i 
individual flowers much the same, one can easily imagine j 
how the addition of the same fragrance may make a close ' 
imitation of that most beautiful of all wild flowers. We j 
have secured from Mr. Burlmuk the entire stock of seed. 
Per packet, 25c.; 3 pkts.. 60c. 
Cosmos, Julia £. [ ; ee. 
It was Miss Julia E. Leo, of New Mexico, who first, sent 
us seed of the Cosmos and enabled us to introduce it to the 
world, and all will admit that the world owes her much. 
This new strain, which we have named in her honor, is so 
early in blooming that seed sown in the open ground at 
corn-planting time will commence blooming in July and 
continue until frost. What more need to be said of it ? Its 
flowers are large and fine and show al l the rich and delicate 
colors (from crimson to white) found among Cosmos. We 
are sure that this new extra early (lowering strain will be 
heartily welcomed by all. Pkt., 16c.; 8 pkts. for 30c. 
As tec, Daybreak. 
A sport from the celebrated Branching Aster bearing 
immense Pseony-like double blossoms of the loveliest, sea- 
shell pink color. No other Aster produces such large and 
beautiful blossoms in such reckless profusion, and their 
lasting qualities are such that wiien cut and placed in water 
they will keep two weeks. Pkt., 15c. 
Great Gb 
We hone that not one of our customers will fail to ord< 
floral art, which can compare in magnificence to them. 
“Sboo-piy” piapt. 
An important new plant, of the Physilis family. It is 
claimed that flies will not stay in a room where it is growing 
if they can conveniently escape, and our tests show such to 
be the case, though what there is about it that repulses them 
is not clear, as the plant or flower has no odor. Aside from 
this most remarkable quality it is a most, beautiful flowering 
i plant, and blooms in a very short time (00 days) from seed. 
It is particularly valuable as a winter bloomer, the blossoms 
being large, cup-shaped, and of a lovely light blue color with 
a white center. It isa profuse bloomer in pots both summer 
and winter. In the garden it grows too rank and weedy to 
he of any special value, but as a pot plant it is exquisite. 
Pkt., 15c.; H pkts. for 80c. 
Glitoria J^erqatea. 
A splendid perennial shrubby plant, which is suitable 
for pots or the garden and which blooms freely the first 
;. season from seed. Plants grow in a neat busby form, with 
j handsome foliage and an abundance of large pendulous 
blossoms shaped like a Centrosema, and of a dark rich indi- 
| go blue color. A very fine novelty indeed. Pkt., 20c. 
Garyopteris, Ulue aqd White. 
This new plant is highly spoken of in the foreign horti¬ 
cultural journals, and has been twice color-plated. It is of 
Chinese origin, and has lately been Introduced. It Is ex¬ 
tremely floriferous. plants in 2>^inch pots blooming profuse¬ 
ly and continuing to do so until they have reached a height 
and width of three feet. The dense flowers are of a rich 
lavender or pure white color. A superb pot plant, especially 
for blooming at Thanksgiving, at which time it is most pro¬ 
fuse, or a fine plant for the garden where it blooms all the 
late summer and fall. It is'of a shrubby nature and per¬ 
fectly hardy in the open ground, hearing freely year after 
year. Both colors, blue and white, mixed, 10c. per pkt. 
SPECIAL OFFER -One packet each of these 6 fine Flower 
Seetl Novelties (which amount, to 11.00) for only 60c. 
'oiqo Pictures. 
r these pictures. There was never anything produced in 
IRIS KAEMPFERI. A companion pic¬ 
ture to Gladiolus Childsi, size 16x33, in 
eighteen colors, showing thirteen varieties 
of the finest double Iris Kaempferi in nat¬ 
ural colors. It is useless to attempt to 
describe the beauty of this ’oveliest, of all 
floral paintings. The great flaming blos¬ 
soms in the loveliest tints stand out in all 
t heir silken lustre and charm the eye with 
their matchless beauty. 
EXQUISITE FRUIT PAINT1NC. This 
is a most superb picture, especially for the 
dining-room. Its size is 17x24 Inches, and 
it shows a beautiful collection of richly 
colored fruits, cherries, grapes, apples, 
pears, etc. 
PRICE of these beautiful pictures, 15c. 
each ; the 2 for 20c„ in strong rollers, by 
mail, postpaid. We can still furnish our 
great painting of Cladlolus Childsi, at 
15c. each, postpaid; but the supply Is 
nearly exhausted. 
