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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
Seeds for Window or G peer >^°dse Gdltdre. 
The satisfaction derived from the cultivation of house plants is not alone in seeing them bloom. There is 
joy in seeing them grow and develop day by day, aud the one who starts a plant from seed and rears it up to 
bloom gets all the pleasure there is in the plant culture. Geraniums, Carnations, Chrysanthemums, Gloxinias, 
Begonias, Heliotropes, etc., are easily grown from seed, and it is really fascinating to raise them in this way, 
watching each plant as it unfolds its bloom, noting its form, color and other characteristics, and when occasion¬ 
ally we discover an immensely fine one much superior to any we have ever before seen or heard of—the highest 
pleasure and satisfaction possible to get from plants and fLowers is ours. It is from seed that all fine new vari¬ 
eties of house plants are produced, aud it is not uncommon for a seedling Chrysanthemum or Carnation to be 
worth more than a thousand dollars. Our strains of all these seeds are much finer than are usually sold. They 
are the choicest which can be grown. 
ABUTILON. 
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As indispensable for the window or greenhouse as the 
Petunia is for the flower garden. Will stand more abuse 
and neglect than almost any other house plant. Grows 
rapidly from seed and is soon in bloom. Leaves are very 
ornamental, and are often beautifully variegated. Lovely 
bell-shaped flowers, borne the year around, in all colors- 
white, pink, yellow, orange, red, etc. Per pkt. 
Choicest Hybrids, Mixed— All colors.10 & 20 
^cacia. 
Shrubby plants with fine, fern-like foliage, and pretty, 
fragrant, tassel-like flowers. Profuse bloomer, and exceed¬ 
ingly graceful. Hardy in the South. Fine for pots. Mixed 
sorts...5 & 10 
Azalea Jijdica, 
Well known and popular shrubby plants for window 
or greenhouse culture; of great beauty and fine flowering 
qualities..10 & 20 
JJegorjia. 
One of the most beautiful of all window plants, hand¬ 
some in foliage, and bearing great quantities of lovely 
flowers of wax-like texture, and exquisitely soft, delicate 
shades. Seeds are very fine and need care in sowing, but 
the flowers repay all care given. Seedlings bloom in from, 
five to eight months’ time. Per pkt. 
Rare Varieties Mixed —This is a mixture of the newest 
and rarest named flowering Begonias. It includes 
many fine hybrids, and seed is saved from our noted 
collection of rare sorts. It will give magnificent 
results . 10 & 20 
Tuberous-Rooted Hybrids —Single mixed.10 & 20 
Tuberous-Rooted Hybrids —Double mixed. 10 & 20 
Vernon, Mixed Colors — Grand perpetual bloomers, 
including many colors, white, pink, crimson, etc...10 & 20 
Vernon, New Crimson —Fine novelty.10 & 20 
“ Dwarf— Growth is compact and stocky, attain¬ 
ing about one-half the size of the older type. The 
blossoms are produced freely and are set near to the 
foliage. It is a perfect little beauty of a plant. 
Blooms in three months. Color, dark crimson... .10 & 20 
Gyc!axx>eiG 
There, are few handsomer plants than the Cyclamen. 
The heart shaped foliage is beautifully shaped and marked, 
and the charming flowers borne on long footstalks above the 
crown of foliage, show exquisite shades of white, crimson, 
blush and pink, most flowers showing two colors. A good 
specimen will have from twenty-five to fifty flowers in full 
bloom at one time, and the plants remain in bloom for 
months together. 
Persicum— Extra fine strains, all colors mixed.5 & 10 
Clganteum- Grand large flowering, mixed........10&20 
Rex, Mixed Sorts— Justly celebrated as the finest of 
ornamental pot plants. Superb large leaves, of exqui¬ 
site and rich coloring. Our seed is saved from our 
finest collection of about 50 newest and best named 
sorts; cannot be excelled. It will give grand results.10 & M 
