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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
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Dahlia. 
We still find difficulty in convincing our customers Hint 
jtnoil Dali 11 us i nn be grown from seed, and that plants will 
bloom the first season from seed. We only wish we could 
show all doubters some of the magnificent flowers grown 
from our seeds. Anyone who can raise a Zinnia or a Morn¬ 
ing Glory from seed, can grow Dahlias from seed. They are 
remarkably easy to germinate, and from the very seed-leaf 
the plants are stocky and sturdy. Seed sown in the house in 
March or April will produce flowering plants as soon as 
plants-grown from tubers. We know this to be so by ro- 
{ leated experiments of our own. and our customers write us 
lie same thing. Some of the finest, largest Dahlias, and the 
richest colors we have ever seen, were among seedlings. 
Give good soil, and never let the plants suffer for water, and 
our word for it. you will be more than satisfied. Out of a 
largo paper of seed we have known not two plants to lie alike 
in flower, while there was every color represented, from 
snow white to blackish maroon. Start seed in house, and 
transplant to ope.n ground after frost has gone. Per pkt. 
Double Large Flowering, Mixed. Will produce some 
magnificent varieties. 20 
Double Pompon, Mixed. Extra choice strain. 15 
New Single, Mixed Strain. Flowers very large and of 
rainbow colors. Very graceful and exceedingly popu¬ 
lar as cut flowers. 10 
Gracilis, Mixed Co'ors. Fine cut foliage, and a pro¬ 
fusion of brilliantly striped and flecked blossoms like 
large tropical butterflies. 15 
Cactus. A new class of broail-petaled double flowers, 
esteemed by many the finest of all. Very distinct 
and extra for cutting. 25 
One pocket of each for cor. 
HcIiaptlplS. —(Sun florae?'.) 
Some of the newer sorts of the old-fashioned Sunflower 
are really very fine. The following three sorts are the beat. • 
Miniature. The smallest of all Sunflowers, growing 
only two feet high: flowers two or three inches 
across; bright yellow and not at all coarse. r> 
New Double Dwarf. Compact grower, with double 
flowers of great, size and beauty. 5 
Multlflorus. If planted singly in in Kid soil this newSunl 
flower reaches the enormous height of from 12 to 15 
feet, and Is richly branched from the tiase up to tip¬ 
top, each branch bearing a multitude of medium-sized 
golden yellow flowers with small black center, which 
otter an invaluable material for boquets and garnish¬ 
ing pu'-loses. An elegant plant. 10 
_..,. v this. 
It produces long. line, luist-likc sprays of tiny white flowers 
that, are one of the finest tilings in the world for all cut 
flower work, softening all hard outlines, toning down nil 
glaring colors, and giving the finish to a bouquet that filmy 
laoe does to a rich dress. Illooms soon after sowing seed. 5 
Dyebpis. 
Hardy perennials that, bloom the-flrst season. Sow seed 
early in open ground. Colors very brilliant, and showy. 
Mixed Colors. Many line old sorts. 5 
Burning Star. A blaze of brilliancy formonl.hsif plants 
are kept, from seeding. Star-like blossoms covering 
the dwarf bushy plants ns with a cloud. Perfectly 
hardy, and blooms even better the second season than 
the first. One of tile most brilliant of garden flowers. 
Mixed colors. 5 
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Fsctyscitoltzia. 
Tlie KschsehoTtzia is one of the hardiest and moSteusiiv- 
Ki-own ot our annuals. It is also a very showy one. growing 
rapidly and coming into bloom soon after the plants are 
above ground. The foliage is finely cut and handsome, and 
the flowers exceedingly showy, large and freely produced. 
" n . e nower for blooming in pots, especially in winter. 
caufornJca. r me golden yellow. A most show v flower, b 
Double White. New. 5 
Mixed Colors. Many sorts. 5 
Marltlma. A new sort with whitish grey foliage! finely 
cut and fern-like, and large light canary colored 
oloseoms, with deep spots at ba.se of each petal. 10 
