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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
SPRAC£ 
rho Salvia is now a standard bedding plant, and well 
does It deserve its honor. It stands heatand drought remark¬ 
ably well, ami its odors are very showy and intense. Seed 
is best started underglass, though self-sown seed frequently 
comes up in great, numbers where a bed of these plants lias 
been the year previous. Cuttingsare easily rooted in August 
and September, and make fine winter blooming plants for 
sunny windows. 
Splenden*. Large, scarlet; exceediugly showy and use- 
ful for cutting and for ornamental beds. 10 
Patens. A most lovely shade of blue. 15 
Cnrduncua. Light blue. 5 
Splendens Compacta. Pine dwarf form of the old va¬ 
riety ; very brilliant and free flowering: tine for pots. IS 
Salpiglossis. 
An exceedingly beautiful flower, and an extra line and 
brilliant bedder. Large, lovely, funnel-shaped blossoms of 
velvety texture, and with deeply sunken veins, penciled and 
shaded with the richest tracings on a groundwork of the. 
most pleasing colors. It stands the sun well, and some of 
the showiest beds we have ever seen have been of this beau¬ 
tiful and easily-grown annual. Per pkt. 
Mixed Colors. Many beautiful shades. 5 
Crandiflora, Mixed Colors. A grand new strain with 
enormous blossoms, possessing the most varied, bril¬ 
liant and fantastic markings imaginable. The stain¬ 
ing, penciling and blending of the colors is wonder¬ 
fully tine. 10 
SpratjUaea Cipbellata. 
A singular plant in both leuf and flower. The wooly pink 
and crimson flowers are borne in umbels above the foliage. 
The flowers remain perfect a. long time, and ure often dried 
and used for winter bouquets. The leaves arc of a dark 
bronzy color, odd and attractive. Very curious and tine. 10 
W r allflo\Vep, Appeal, Mixed. 
The old English Wallflower iseverywhere a favorite, and 
it is a regret to most cultivators of flowers that it cannot be 
grown in this country as well as it can in England. This is 
owing to the fact that it is not hardy enough to Stand our 
winters in the open ground without being killed or severely 
injured, and as the old varieties do not bloom nntil the 
second year from seed they tan be successfully wintered 
only in frames. This serious difficulty is obviated in this 
new strain, which flowers early the first season from seed. 
Seed sown in the open ground the first of May will com¬ 
mence blooming by the last of July, and if started earlier in 
the house or in not-lieds they can be hud in profusion from 
early in June until late autumn, as they continue blooming 
through autumn frosts without injury. The blossoms are of 
largo size and borne in compact, short spikes or clusters, 
aud are exceedingly sweet-scented. The plants are not in¬ 
jured by fab Hosts and bloom profusely till snow flies. The 
colors range fro u yellow to dark brown, striped, variegated, 
etc. This splendid novelty will be welcomed bv thousands 
of admirers of the lovely Wallflower. 15 
Yipca. 
Lovely garden or pot plants, producing a profusion of 
bright blossoms at all times. Seed started early in pots 
makes lovely blooming plants by early summer, which will 
continue in growth and bloom fora year. As bedding plants 
for the garden they rival the Geranium. Their soft and 
delicate colors and profuse blooming habit makes them at 
all times attractive. Do not omit them. 
Mixed Colors. White, pink, crimson, etc. A new and 
improx'ed large flowering strain. 10 
