SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS F,R 1896. 
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Per pkt. 
Shakespeare. Dwarf variety, six inches in height. 
Novel shades of coloring, large globular flowers, and 
very floriferous. Mixed oolors. 10 
Quilled Cerman. Plants tall and branching: flowers 
. beautifully quilled, and noted for the clearness of 
their colors. Profuse bloomers. Mixed colors. 5 
Victoria Needled. A fovorlte with those who arc partial 
to quilled flowers. Flowers arc formed of needle-like 
quills, large, freely produced, and show the fine color¬ 
ing peculiar to the Victoria strains. Mixed colors... 10 
Dw trf victoria, Mixed Colors. Generally called the 
finest Aster grown. Equally good for bedding, pots, 
or exhibition. Plants one foot in height, the foliage 
almost hidden by the green plumy flowers, three or 
four inches in diameter, of the most beautiful form, 
and of the most exquisite colors to be found. 20 
White Wave. An extra fine white variety. Blossoms of 
fine shape, double to the center, and pearly-white. A 
profuse bloomer, and grand for bedding or for pots.. 15 
Crimson Wave. Exactly like above, save color, which 
is a rich, clear crimson. 15 
Triumph. A favorite with all who grow it. This variety 
belongs to the peony-flowered type, and has beauti¬ 
fully incurved blossoms. Plants bear a profusion of 
large, perfect flowers, which are of a bright scarlet 
color as they begin to open, changing to a deep, rich, 
satinv blood-red or crimson as they fully expand. 
This is an extra fine sort for pot culture, and also 
most valuable for beds and borders. 15 
Lemon Cam. Not really a ydlow Aster, but the nearest 
approach to that color. The flowers have a lovely, 
soft, lemon shade that is very peculiar and pleasing. 
The flowers are of large size, and profusely borne. 
and the plant is of dwarf habit. lo 
Multiflora. An Aster of medium height, with pretty 
and abundant flowers. Fine colors. Mixed shades.. 15 
Mlgion. Something liko the White Victoria, but more 
profuse in bloom. Very double flowers with reflexed 
petals, and of the purest, snowiest white. 10 
Llllip ot-Flowered. Plant of medium height, almost 
smothered beneath a cloud of tiny button-like flowers 
as double as anything well can be. A charming sort. 5 
Pye nae. A little gem. A very dwarf sort, bearing a 
profusion of pretty, bright flowers, which are as 
double and perfect as the larger sorts. 10 
Comet. New Asters of great beauty. The plants are 
tal* and of much vigor, while the flowers are of snch 
extraordinary size that they may without contest be 
said to be the largest of any Aster in existence. 
Flowers are formed of large twisted and curled 
petals and look exactly like the most refined forms 
of Japanese Chrysanthemums. They must therefore 
take first place among Asters of unique beauty. 
Many colors, mixed. 15 
Comat, Giant White. Immense size, pure snow-white 15 
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AMBR25IK 
An old-fashioned annual, 
ivitli long, round sprays of 
green foliage Of very peculiar 
appearance. Its fine, spray¬ 
like foliage is very fragrant 
and exceedingly valuable to 
use in bouquets and all cut- 
flower work. One of the easiest 
of plants to grow, and its fra¬ 
grance is most delicious and 
refreshing. This plant was 
well known years ago. but is 
now almost entirely out of 
cultivation, or was until we 
Introduced it two years ago. 
Its long spiral sprays of foliage 
are very feathery and plumc- 
like. 10 
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Gracilis. 
Beautifully cut. feathery 
foliage of fine fragrance and great beauty. Its habit of 
growth is pyramidal. 4 to 5 feet high, and every branch Is 
covered with a thick growth of fine feathery foliage, which 
is of the brightest emerald-green color. It is particularly 
adapted to cut-flower work, and all will find it useful and 
highly satisfactory. Sow seed in the open ground early. 1» 
<&lyssliip. 
A favorite little annual, l>ecnuse of it* fragrance and 
abundance of bloom. As easy to grow as any weed, and 
blooms from early summer until severe freezing weather in 
fall. Sow seed very early in open ground. Dainty little 
plants for hanging baskets or small pots. Good for cutting 
and button-hole bonnnets. Per pkt. 
Sweet. Racemes or small cruciform white flowers, 
honey-scented, and never out of bloom. 5 
LlttI e Gem. An improved variety; much larger flowers 
of a pure white, and, if possible, more floriferous than 
the old Sweet. Plant is also more robust and spread¬ 
ing, a single plant, forming a thick mat of flowers and 
foliage 12 to 15 inches across. Three and four hun¬ 
dred spikes of flowers In full bloom can be 
counted on a good specimen plant at one time. 
Indeed. 600 spikes have been counted on one plant.. 10 
^rgemope 
Qrapdiflora. 
Our cut of this beautiful 
flower cannot do it justice, 
especially as the page is 
not large enough to show 
the flower natural size. 
'Die flower is of snowy 
whiteness, the center filled 
with golden stamens. Its 
shape is like that of a 
saucer, opening nearly flat, 
its immense size making it 
very conspicuous. Grows 
IX inches high, and has 
beautiful foliage. Few 
garden flowers are so sin¬ 
gularly striking as this. 
It will he a genuine delight 
to all who plant it. 
Crandiflora. Immense 
white blossoms of great akoumonk oiiAsmrLUiM. 
beauty... 5 
graebycon^e. 
A graoeful Oineraria-like flower, often called Swan River 
Daisy. Plants bloom quickly from Seed and remain in bloom 
a long time. Plants only grow from six to eight inches high, 
and are fine for edgings, as their blossoms are profusely 
borne and are pretty and attractive ; also a fine basket plant 
for the bouse. Colors, blue, white, pink, etc. 
All Colors, Mixed. 5 
I^artopia. 
Aurea. A bright-flowered annual, that commences to 
bloom a month after sowing the seed. Plant twenty 
inches in height, leaves downy and thistle-like, and 
flowers two inches or more across, of a shining, 
bright, metallic yellow, very showy and brilliant: 
stands drouth well. Sow where plants are to stand 
after ground gets warm in spring... 
