SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, 
BULBS .AND PLANTS FOR 1896. 
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•Achillea Qrapdi flora. 
A most useful and beautiful hardy perennial plant which 
furnishes a profusion of the choicest double white flowers 
all summer. It commences to bloom by the first of July and 
Is a perfect mass of bloom until frast, as many as 5,000 flowers 
having been counted upon the plant atone time. Flowers 
pure white, perfectly double, and produced in large sprays, 
and are unsurpassed for all sorts of cut-flower work, bonnets, 
etc. It is perfectly hardy anywhere, and so vigorous that it 
will take care of itself among weeds. For cemetery planting 
there is nothing finer, for it is sure to live, thrive and bloom 
profusely year after year. For clumps or masses in the 
garden it is extra fine. The plants we send out will bloom 
profusely this summer. 15c. each; 2 for 25c.; 5 for 50c. 
Hardy Marguerites. 
A popular daisy like flower, largely grown now for cut¬ 
ting and wearing. Graceful and modest, and very profuse, 
blooming a long time each season. 16c*., each;! lie two for 
25c.: $1.00per dozen. 
White. vPyrcUu'uw Uliaewmtm). Large white flowers with 
a golden center. A line late summer and fall flower. 
Golden. Large golden yellow flowers in great profusion. 
A fine contrast to the white variety. 
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Day Lilies 
Large White. Pure iu color as the driven snow, as smooth 
in texture as though cut from sheeted wax. all its snowy 
trumpets exhaling sweet,'fragrance, no sweeter, leveling 
or more perfect Ho wer can’be grown. Perfectly hardy, 
and easy to grow. Blooms continuously from August 
until frost, producing scores and even hundreds of Its 
large Lilies. Handsome light, green foliage. 30o. each. 
Large Blue. Lovely blue flowers on tall spikes, lfio. each: 
3 for Mo.; 7 for 60c. 
Variegated Leaved. Leaves as handsome as a flower. A 
rosette-cluster of almost white leaves, lightly striped 
with green and yellow. Flowers pretty pale lilac-blue 
on tall spikes. Fine also for pots. Altogether this is one 
of the very finest (certainly one of the most attractive 
and ornamental) of all hardy plants. 20c. each ; 3 for 50c.; 
IS for $1.50. 
Pinks. 
Magnificent early-blooming garden flowers, which are 
always greatly admired, both for their delicate beauty and 
’H'rfume. 15c. each : the two for 25c.: $1.00 per dozen, 
now. A nne edging plant., in early summer a mass of pure 
white flowers, very fine, and perfectly hardy. 
Anne Bo ley n. Like the above, but a rich pink, with darker 
center. A most charming combination of color. 
G« pdy til ft, H a rely. 
A plant of exquisite beauty, being of low compact, 
spreading growth and producing its profusion of bloom in 
May or June when pure white flowers are particularly scarce. 
Its profusmon of bloom is so great that a bed of it looks at a 
little distance like a mass of fleecy snow just fallen. Few 
hardy plants will give as much real satisfaction as will this 
beautiful gem. Lifted late in the fall, it will bloom well in 
the bouse during winter. Perfectly hardy and foliage ever 
green. Attractive every day in the year. 15c. each : 3 for 30.- 
