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GENERAL LIST OF 
Choice Flower Seeds 
Embracing the Choicest Strains of Standard Sorts 
All Flower Seeds Sent by Mail, on receipt 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 continue to grow and bloom for many 
years. Some will also bloom the iirst 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. 
Umbel lata. A charming creeping plant, with 
delicious, fragrant rosy lilac flowers ; i % ft. Pkt. 5c. 
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. 5c. 
AGERATUM 
A very showy plant, blooming through the sum¬ 
mer, and if taken out of the ground in fall and 
potted, will keep up a succession of flowers during 
winter. Half-hardy annual. 
Mexicanum. Fine for bedding or pot cul¬ 
ture ; 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, rockwork, etc.; con¬ 
tinues in bloom the entire season. 
Sweet. Flowers white; 1 ft.; hardy annual. 
Pkt. 5 cts. 
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. 
Saxatile, var. compactum (Rock, or Gol¬ 
den Alyssum). Showy, popular and useful little 
plant; yellow ; ]i ft. Hardy perennial. Pkt. 5c. 
Adonis. 
Antirrhinum. 
AGROSTEMMA (Rose of Heaven) 
Coeli=rosa. A pretty free-flowering hardy an¬ 
nual ; bright rose ; iyi ft. Pkt. 5 cts. 
AMARANTUS 
Ornamental foliage plants of an extremely grace¬ 
ful and interesting 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, yel¬ 
low and green ; beautiful, 2 ft. Pkt. 5 cts. 
ANTIRRHINUM (Snapdragon) 
Handsome, free-flowering border plants, with 
flowers of interesting form, striped and spotted in 
many rich colors. Half-hardy perennial. 
Majus, White. From the choicest named va¬ 
rieties ; 2 ft. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Striped. Beautifully spotted. Pkt. 5 cts. 
