Scarlet Sage. 
SCARLET SAGE (Salvia Splendens) 
One of the grandest plants in cultivation— a bed 
of them surpassing the finest scarlet geraniums in 
brilliancy and continuous bloom; the flower spikes 
often measure ten to twelve inches in length, and 
there are as many as two hundred spikes on a well 
grown plant. From the time they first begin to 
flower, the plants are never out of bloom until killed 
by late frosts. It is easily grown from seed and the 
purchase of plants should be abandoned. Pkt., 30 
seeds, 4 cts. 
SALVIA FARINACEA. 
The plants form dwarf, compact bushes, with long 
spikes of beautiful blue flowers, which makes a 
charming contrast when grown with the scarlet de¬ 
scribed above. Pkt., 40 seeds, 4 cts. 
The flowers are very large, Schizanthus. 
measuring fully two inches in di¬ 
ameter, of purest white and very 
double. It comes quite true from 
seed. Pkt., 50 seeds, 4 cts. 
SCHIZANTHUS, 
ITTERFLY FLOWER.) 
SCABIOSA, Double Black. 
A new variety with elegant 
double black-purple flowers—so 
deep in color as to appear nearly 
coal-black. Pkt., 50 seeds, 4c. 
SCABIOSA. —Mixed double, all 
colors. Pkt., 75 seeds, 3 cts. 
much interest and beauty, and when well grown 
rival in singularity of colors and markings of the 
orchids, large flowers spotted with crimson, li¬ 
lac, purple and yellow, and the petals are cut in 
a picturesque manner. In pots in the conserva¬ 
tory or house few plants are more attractive; also 
elegant in a bouquet or vase, and fine for bed¬ 
ding. Pkt., 150 seeds, 3 cts. 
