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SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1899. 
Shocks. 
To our mind we do not catalogue a finer flower than the 
Ten-Weeks Stock. It has every merit of a perfect flower —a 
compact habit, many and long spikes of closely-set, large 
double flowers, each as double as a rose, waxy of texture, 
exceedingly sweet, and varying in color from snow-white to 
dark maroon-brown, and through all intermediate shades of 
red, blue and yellow. It is a grand bedder, and a fine pot 
plant, blooming the winter through. It develops in its 
greatest perfection in the cold atmosphere of our Northern 
States. In the South and West a cool situation should be 
chosen, sheltered from the midday sun. This plant requires 
rich, mellow soil, and must never be allowed to suffer for 
water. Poor care will result in poor flowers. It is worse 
than useless to plant inferior seed of this flower, that has 
been brought to its present high standard by careful breed¬ 
ing and high cultivation. Our seed is of the very best, and 
will please all who try it. Per pkt. 
Early Ten Weeks —12 of the finest colors mixed .10 & 20 
“ —Pure white, very sweet .5 & 10 
“ « “ — Rich crimson.5 & 10 
•* * s “ —Clear blue. 5& 10 
“ “ “ —Yellow, new and fine.. ...5&10 
Dwarf German —Mixed colors An extra fine strain of 
large flowered Stocks. 10&20 
New Large Flowering Globe Pyramidal —One of the 
finest of all. Immense spikes of grand flowers, in al¬ 
most rainbow colors. We have, counted twenty-three 
different shades in a single bed of these flowers, in 
bloom at one time.. ...10 & 20 
Giant Perfection —One of the finest for the open ground, 
growing to the height of 214 feet; flowers also °f i m - 
mense size. Many beautiful colors mixed.. • . 10 & 20 
Snowflake —A superb variety. Flowers as perfect as 
though cut out of wax. Much grown as a pot flower 
for eool rooms. 10 & 20 
Victoria Blood Red —A fine companion to the Snow¬ 
flake, and grand for cutting. Deep and rich in color 
and very fragrant. ..10 & 20 
Celestial Blue—A beautiful color, and contrastsadmir- 
ably with the two sorts above .10 & 20 
Tree — Mixed colors ; a gigantic branching sort.10 & 20 
One packet each of the tiuelve sorts for COc. 
Scabiosa. 
This is one of the very best bouquet flowers of our entire 
list, and is also fine for masses or clumps in the flower gai - 
den. Each plant bears a profusion of beautiful flowers, rich, 
velvety, glowing and unlike any oilier flower,while the lonS 
wiry stems fit them for use in bouquets and vases. Sow seed 
early in open ground, and they are almost sure to succeed- 
They are very hardy, and plants frequently endure the win¬ 
ter, and do even better the second season than the first, 
While all colors of Scabiosa are fine, the rich coal black ami 
velvety royal purples find the most admirers. Per pkt. 
Mixed Colors— (Mourning Bride) .5 & 10 
Double, Mixed Colors Dwarf habit; fine colors.5&10 
Snow Ball —The plant is a strong grower, and the flow¬ 
ers are very large, perfectly double, and as white as 
snow. They are produced very freely. 5 & 10 
Golden Dwarf— A dwarf sort with yellow foliage and 
double coal-black blossoms. A unique plant.5 & 10 
Royal Velvet— Each head of this variety when in full 
bloom may well he named a ready-made nosegay, 
composed as it is of 20 to 30 distinct florets of a vel¬ 
vety purple color on which the white stamens con¬ 
trast, finely.5 & 10 
Double Yellow— A fine novelty.5 & 10 
ScIjizaTjttyis. 
The “Butterfly Flower.” 
An easily grown plant, bear, 
ing quantities of gay, butter¬ 
fly-like blooms, beautifully 
marked and spotted. The 
plants are such profuse 
bloomers that each branch 
looks like an immense pan¬ 
icle of lovely bloom, and 
closely resembling some spe¬ 
cies of Orchids. For winter 
blooming in pots the Schi- 
zanthus is one of the most 
desirable of all flowers. 
Plants from seed sown in 
November will be full of 
bloom from January to May, 
making a display which can¬ 
not be surpassed. 
Mixed Colors Improved 
large flowering. Love¬ 
ly.5 & 10 
