SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1896. 
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piqtnp Perepqe. 
Not entirely new. yet little known anil rarely seen, 
although it is one of those (lowers of dainty beauty that is 
Kbpreciated when seen, but can never he justly described. 
We will not attempt to convey to our readers an impression 
of its great beauty; this they can never know until they see 
', but will say that it is a hardy perennial, sending up 
umerous stems which send out long, wiry branches, which 
^re clothed with a growth of small, almost, hair-like foliage. 
At the tips of tlie brunches arc* poised large, salver-shaped 
blossoms, borne with such airy grace t hat- they appear to be 
floating in the air. The effect is charming. No garden in 
the land should be without this exquisite flower. Per pkt. 
Mixed Colors. Blue, white and pink. 15 
FERENXIAI, PEA 
Pereqqial pea. 
No praise can be too high for this lovely iron-clad vine, 
that blooms constantly from early summer until late 
autumn, minding neither beat or cold, rain nor drouth. 
Plants small and feeble the first season, but ever after a 
K ’ctureof vigor and healthful ness, bearing a profusion of 
ng-sialked clustered flowers, white, pink and deep rose in 
color, each flower an inch or more across. It is strange that 
they are so rarely seen, for they are easily grown, perfectly 
hardy, and so beautiful that we have never yet seen a person 
who did not ml mire their cheerful flowers and clear green 
foliage. Four to six feet in height. 
Mixed, All Colors . 5 
Pure White. Superb. 10 
Picotee pinks. 
These are really hardy Carnations, with flowers more 
delicate than .other pinks, and pleasantly fragrant. Though 
hardy they are stronger for a little protection over winter. 
Mixed Colors. Large flowering. 15 
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WILLlA^V 
S^v’cet Willimp. 
The favorite flower of otir grandmothers. One of the 
best edging plants for the border, hearing in early summer 
large heads of the richest and most varied colors. Very 
fragrant and a favorite with everyone for vases and bou¬ 
quets. Per pkt. 
Improved Mixed Colors. Perfect in form, large in 
size, brilliant and varied in colors... 10 
Double White. Very fine. 10 
Double Mixed Colors. Fine double blossoms. 10 
Wallflo\Ver. 
A favorite English flower somewhat like Ten-weeks 
i Stocks. A half-hardy perennial; very fragrant and fine for 
cutting or for pots. Where winters are not very severe the 
V allflower will live with protection and will bloom very 
early in spring. 
Double Mixed Colors. 10 
Violet. 
Seeds slow to germinate, but not at all hard to grow. 
Every garden should have a 
good bed of these fragrant 
favorites. 
Carden Sorts Mixed_ 10 
Y Ucca 
Filaipcptosa. 
The grandest evergreen 
« ’ tit we have for the lawn. 
e stately clumps of stiff, 
bayonet-like leaves, bristling 
out from the center in every 
direction, are extremely or- 
namental.hut in midsummer 
they take on an added glory. 
Thick, woody flower-stalks 
are thrown up. growing as 
high as a man's head, and 
bear at their summit im¬ 
mense compound panicles of 
creamy, bell-shaped flowers, 
each floret two inches across. 
A single panicle will contain 
300 or more florets, and will 
be two feet in length. A 
_ --m jr- I---. grand plant for landscape 
- ^UCCA filamentosa' ... is .. eH lb 
