SELECT VEGETABLE, FIELD AND FLOWER SEEDS 
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General List of Choice Flower Seeds 
EMBRACING THE CHOICEST STRAINS OF STANDARD SORTS 
All Flower Seeds Sent by Mail, on receiot of Price 
Annuals grow, bloom and die the first year from seed. 
Biennials bloom the second year from seed, and then die ; 
though many, if sown early in the spring, will flower the first 
year. 
Perennials usually bloom the second year from seed, and con¬ 
tinue to grow and bloom for many years. Some will also 
bloom the first year, if sown early. 
ABRONIA 
Beautiful trailing plant, with pretty verbena-like clusters of 
sweet-scented flowers ; valuable for hanging baskets or vases. 
Half-hardy annual. 
Umbellata. A charming creeping plant, with delicious, fra¬ 
grant rosy lilac flowers ; i l / 2 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 
ADONIS 
This genus embraces several popular border flowers. They 
are quite showy, remaining a long time in bloom. Hardy annual. 
Aestivalis (Flos Adonis). Scarlet. Pkt. 5 cts. 
AGERATUM 
A very showy plant, blooming through the summer, and if 
taken out of the ground in fall and potted, will keep up a succes¬ 
sion of flowers during winter. Half-hardy annual. 
Mexicanum. Fine for bedding or pot culture ; blue ; 1 ft. 
Pkt. 5 cts. 
Imperial Dwarf. Blue. Pkt. 10 cts. 
“ Little Dorrit.” White. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Swanley Blue. Pkt. 10 cts. 
ALYSSUM 
One of the sweetest and most useful of summer flowers for 
edgings, borders, rock work, etc.; continues in bloom the entire 
season. 
Sweet. Flowers white ; 1 ft.; hardy annual. Pkt. sets. 
Little Gem. A Sweet Alyssum with pure white blossoms and 
very dwarf and dense growth. It is, perhaps, the finest sort for 
geometrical flower beds and borders. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Saxatile, var. compactum (Rock, or Golden Alyssum). 
Showy, popular and useful little plant; yellow ; X ft- Hardy 
perennial. Pkt. 5 cts. 
AGROSTEMMA (Rose of Heaven) 
Coeli-rosa. A pretty free-flowering hardy annual ; bright 
rose ; 1 y 2 ft. Pkt. 5 cts. 
AMARANTUS 
Ornamental foliage plants of an extremely graceful and inter¬ 
esting character. Half-hardy annual. 
Bicolor. Leaves crimson and green ; 2 ft. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Melancholicus ruber. Foliage blood-red; 2 ft. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Caudatus (Love-Lies-Bleeding). Graceful; 3 ft. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Salicifolius (Fountain Plant). Beautiful and distinct variety, 
with drooping willow-shaped leaves, brilliantly marked with 
orange-carmine and bronze ; 4 to 6 ft. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Tricolor (Joseph’s Coat). Leaves scarlet, yellow and green ; 
beautiful; 2 it. Pkt. 5 cts. antirrhinum (snapdragon) 
