SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. BULDS AND PLANTS FOR 1896. 
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The ordinary commercial grades of dower seeds, stteli us are usually sold, eau he and are sold at a very 
w price, vet at a great profit. They are grown and harvested in large erops, much like grain. They are 
produced cheaply-, sold cheaply, and are, in faet, cheap in every sense of the word ; and lie who sows them 
has no right to complain at their poor quality. They cannot possibly he anything else, fceerf of high quality 
can he produced only by thorough, careful, painstaking and expensive methods. He do not offer our 
customers the ordinary commercial grades of seed. Our stocks arc special strains of special varieties bred 
t*n to the highest mark of perfection and selected with great care, ami for this reason we grow and otter hut 
a limited number of varieties only those which are of the greatest merit and sure to give satisfaction 
everywhere. The very best varieties, bred up to an unequal mark of perfection, has made our seeds known 
the world over as the' finest to be had. A visit to Floral Park during the summer months will convince 
any one of their great superiority. 
For the best Hummer display the garden is dependent upon that class of flowers known as Annuals, which are grown 
from seed sown every spring. There are thousands of varieties of them, some good, some indifferent, but the great majority 
On the other'hand i'l would be a decided disadvantage, for our customers might therefor fail to select the best kinds. 
CULTURE : As a rule, annuals may he sown in the open ground about, corn-planting tunc, or they mux he started In 
the house or in hot-beils earlier and transplanted to the garden when danger of frost is over. A rather **Jfht and moderately 
rich soil, thoroughly spaded, is most desirable. Do not grow the plants too thick. Keep the .weeds down and the surface of 
the soil well slirred with a hoe or rake during the summer, especially if the weather is dry. \ cry pretty effects "-repro¬ 
duced bv massing different colors. Straight or circular rows of different colors side by side are effective, let lit Asters. 
Phloxes'. Poppies. Zinnias. Verlaoias, etc., a mixture of all colors is always showy and pleasing, and tins is the most popular 
way of growing them. 
This is the ••Snap Dragon” of old. though so much im¬ 
proved that you would scarcely know it. It is a hardy per¬ 
ennial. flowering freely the first summer. The dwarf sorts 
form bushy, com pact plants, which hear a mass of large 
brilliant flowers in short, compact spikes and of a great 
variety of dazzling colors. Beautiful for pots as well as for 
the garden, and grows readily from cuttings. Per pkt. 
Tall Mixed. Kick colors of all shades. •"> 
Dwarf Mixed. Dwarf, compact growth. 5 
Tom Thumb. Mixed colors, the finest, of all Snap 
Dragons, growing only eight, inches high: llowers 
large, colors very brilliant, orange, scarlet, yellow. 
maroon, white, rose, striped, etc.10 
Tom Thumb Striatum. Striped varieties of above. 10 
.j\nebosa (-'apepsis. 
A rare and little-known annual of great beauty. It is a 
life-long favorite w ith everyone who grows it. It grows two 
feet high, and will thrive in a shady or out-of-the-way place 
where scarcely anything else will grow. It resembles a large, 
beautiful Forget-me-not, though much finer in every respect, 
especially for bouquets and cut flowers. Colora most level> 
shade of deep, clear, brilliant blue, with a pure white center. 
It blooms early, and cont inues all summer. 10 
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s&gerattiip. 
One of the most useful and .profuse-blooming plants 
known. Its very name. "Ageratum," meaning ever-young. 
refers to its ever being in bloom and In the long time each 
flower renutins in beauty. A single head of Ageratum will 
remain fresli and iierfect for a month in the open air. and 
from six weeks to three months in the window or greenhouse, 
where not exposed to storm and wind. Not even the Petunia 
will give a greater quantity of bloom or last longer in flower. 
This makes the Agerat um almost indispensable either in the 
house or garden. The new dwarf varieties are very bushy 
and compact in habit, and exactly suited for edging, carpet- 
bedding, etc. Give light, rich soil. No trouble whatever to 
grow . Per pkt. 
Little Cem. A beautiful bonier variety. A sheet.of 
delicate blue flowers the whole season, and very 
compact in growth.. a 
Little Dorrlt. Much like the above, but white flowered, 
Iwst. of its color. •--••• S 
Lasscauxl. Compact plant with charming rose-colored 
flowers. An unusual shade. d 
Swanley Blue. Flowers of a beautiful azure blue. Good 
bedder. and extra tine for the house in winter. 5 
Canary. Compact Inhabit, light canary yellow in color. 
A very novel shade in these flowers. 10 
One pocket each of the five mrl*. • >. 
