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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. Y. 
Seed for Winter Blooming. 
We have made extensive experiments with all quick 
blooming annuals, and to our surprise and delight find that 
some of them make the most beautiful pots of winter flowers 
that it is possible to have. Of the following kinds seed can 
be sown in pots of good soil at any time from November 1st 
to January 1st. They will germinate quicklv, grow rapidly 
and be in bloom in a surprisingly short time, and the plea"- 
sure which they will afford it is impossible to anticipate. It 
is not possible to find any winter flower which will in true 
beauty and loveliness surpass some of these. 
Alyssum, Little Gem— An improved variety; much larger 
flowers of a pure white, and if possible more floriferous 
than the old Sweet. Plant is also more robust and 
spreading, a single plant forming a thick mat of flowers 
and foliage 12 to 15 inches across. Per pkt., 10c. 
Cherianthus, Fairy Queen -Flowers are borne in spikes 
and are very gay and pretty, being of bright crimson and 
lilac colors. Per pkt., 10c. 
Diamond Flower— It is one of the loveliest little annuals 
known , rarely growing over two inches in height, and 
forms a tuft of beautiful foliage which is completely 
smothered in a profusion of white and violet blossoms 
glistening like diamonds. It will be in bloom within a 
month from the time of sowing the seed at any time of 
year. For pot culture in winter it is just superb. Sprin¬ 
kle a few seeds in a small pot or saucer, or in pots where 
other plants are growing, and -within a month you will 
have a most charming mat of foliage and flowers—cover¬ 
ing the surface of the soil like moss. Per pkt., 10c. 
Lobelia Coldelse— A compact, low-growing variety, the 
Loliage of which is golden yellow and is most charming¬ 
ly set off by hundreds of blossoms of the brightest, deep¬ 
est blue, with a pure white eye. Per pkt., 10c. 
Marigold, Legion of Honor A dwarf gem. and one of the 
prettiest pot plants, blooming in a month a.fter the seed 
starts. Attracts great attention. Pei 1 pkt., 5c. 
Morning Glories For winter blooding-Seed sown at any 
time during the winter will commence blooming in about 
j thirty days and when the plants are only three to four 
inches high, and continue for months. The flowers re¬ 
main open all clay, from morning until night, making as 
pretty a pot of flowers as you can imagine. r l he cut re¬ 
presen ts a pot of them forty days from the time of sowing 
the seed. 'They are in no respect hard to grow, and will 
succeed in any window. Per pkt.. 10c. 
Nicotiana Decurrens Its long, tubular, star-pointed flow¬ 
ers are pure white, exceedingly fragrant and very pro¬ 
fusely borne. It is one of the few plants that will flower 
well without a single ray of direct sunshine, and, for 
shaded north windows, is invaluable. Per pkt.. 10c. 
Nasturtium, Empress of India This is most desirable on 
account of its beautiful dark-colored foliage and great 
profusion of large bright red blossoms. Per pkt., 5c. 
Rhodanthe For cha.rming grace and beauty few flowers 
can surpass this. It blooms in about forty days from the 
time of sowing the seed, and as the flowers are everlast¬ 
ing they never fade. Per pkt.. 5c. 
Schlzanthus, Childs’Winter Biooming, Mixed Colors- 
No flow’er in our conservatories last winter attracted as 
much atttention as did a few pots of this superb annual. 
Plants grow freely and flowers appear in large drooping 
racemes and resemble some species of Orchids. Try it, 
and you will have a pot of as novel and beautiful a flower 
as you ever saw. Per pkt.. 10c. 
Shoo-Fly Plant -It is claimed that flies will not stay in a 
room where it is growing if they can conveniently es¬ 
cape, though what there is about it that repulses them is 
not clear, as the plant or flower has no odor. Aside from 
this most remarkable quality it is a most beautiful flow¬ 
ering plant, and blooms in a very short time (60 days) 
from seed. It. is particulrly valuable as a winter bloom¬ 
er. the blossoms being large, cup-shaped, and of a lovely 
light blue color with a white center. Per pkt., 10c. 
Verbesena, Occidentals Blossoms very large, richest 
golden yellow in color, closely resembling a Cosmos, and 
borne on long, graceful stems. Per pkt., 5c. 
One pkt. each of the 12 sorts for only 60c. 
