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General Collection of Choice Flower Seeds 
Alyssum 
Dainty and exceedingly free-blooming dwarf plant 
unexcelled as a ground cover. Adapted for beds, edgings, 
rockwork, baskets or vases. 
Carpet of Snow. Of immaculate whiteness and 
extremely dwarf habit, this makes a decidedly pretty 
showing, indeed like snow on the ground. 
Lilac Queen. Especially fine annual, deep laven¬ 
der-lilac, very compact, quickly making a grand mass 
of color. Height 6 inches. 
Little Gem. Another good variety, similar to the 
above except in color. Beautiful blanket of white from 
early spring until winter. 
Saxatile Compactum (Basket of Gold). Perennial 
producing showy golden-yellow flowers in profusion. 
Particularly good rock plant. 
Per packet, 15c. 
Ageratum 
Excellent and easily-grown bedding plants that will 
provide colorful sheets of bloom throughout the sum¬ 
mer, readily withstanding extreme heat. Seed sown 
in the spring will produce blooms within 8 to 10 weeks 
and a fall sowing will give flowers all winter. Admirable 
for carpeting, edging or pot work. 
Blue Cap. Undoubtedly the best Dwarf Ageratum 
yet offered. The flowers are much larger than those of 
Blue Star and of a deeper and richer color. The foliage 
is small and the plants have a very compact habit, 
making them ideal for edging. Per packet, 15c. 
Blue Perfection. A lovely shade of bright blue, 
uniform throughout, and the truest blue of all large- 
flowering Ageratums. A splendid bedding variety. 
Per packet, 10c. 
Little Blue Star. A beautiful new variety of 
exceedingly dwarf and even growth, fine for edging. 
The tiny plants, 4 to 5 inches high, are densely covered 
with bright-blue flowers. Per packet, 15c. 
Purple Perfection. This is a new sort of excep¬ 
tionally rich coloring, a quite deep and distinct purple 
shade. Per packet, 15c. 
Arctotis Grandis 
Blue-eyed African Daisy. A remarkably hand¬ 
some annual from Southwest Africa . . . pearly-white, 
daisy-like flowers delicately shaded mauve at the tips 
of the petals, and the reverse pale lilac-blue. Forms 
much-branched bushes 2 to 3 feet tall, delights in a 
sunny situation, and bears in abundance blossoms 
especially valuable for cutting purposes, lasting a week 
to 10 days in water. Per packet, 10c. 
Agathea 
Coelestis. (Blue Marguerite). An attractive and 
useful low border plant bearing a profusion of pretty 
blue flowers with yellow centers. Perennial. 
Per packet, 15c. 
Aubrietia 
Large-flowering Mixed Hybrids. Beautiful dwarf 
rock plants about 6 inches tall, more or less trailing in 
habit, covered with sheets of bright bloom during spring 
and early summer. Includes many colors—lavender, 
purple, pink, white, etc. Per packet, 15c. 
Balsam 
H. & S. Camellia-flowered. A superb, greatly- 
improved strain of the old-fashioned, ever-popular 
Balsam, producing dense masses of large and perfect. 
Camellia-shaped flowers on excellent stems. This 
splendid summer bedding annual requires well-manured 
soil and generous watering. Colors range from pure 
white through the various shades of rose, crimson, 
salmon, etc. Mixed. Per packet, 15c. 
Begonia (Semperflorens Type) 
Christmas Cheer. The flowers of this magnificent 
novelty in the ever-blooming or semperflorens section 
of hardy bedding Begonia are enormous, attaining a 
diameter often in excess of 2 inches. The spreading 
plants are literally smothered with bloom the season 
through, presenting a charmingly-fresh and bright color 
... a distinct shade of rich cherry-crimson. Particularly 
good for bedding purposes, thriving even in partial 
shade, though full sun is preferable. One of the greatest 
advances yet made in this elegant type of Begonia. 
Per packet, 25c. 
Christmas Pink. Recommended as a strikingly- 
fine companion to the above variety. Identical in all 
respects excepting color, which is a wonderful pink, 
pure, rich and glowing, making a glorious display. 
Per packet, 25c. 
Gracilis Alba. A pure white bedding Begonia of 
dwarf habit. Very fine when used in combination with 
either the pink or red. Per packet, 25c. 
Campanula 
A delightfully-graceful perennial subject for border 
and bed, rockery or basket. 
Carpatica Blue. An exquisite bell-shaped deep- 
blue flower, one of the daintiest of the family. Of low 
prostrate growth and bears profusely in early spring. 
Carpatica White. Identical with the blue form, 
but bearing beautiful pure-white flowers in enormous 
quantities. 
Either of the above: Per packet, 15c. 
Carnation 
Giant Double Mixed. A grand strain raised by 
Chabaud, the famous French specialist, which blooms 
within 5 months after sowing and continues to produce 
its immense nicely-fringed, intensely-fragrant double 
flowers in great profusion indefinitely. Plants attain a 
height of 18 inches to 2 feet. This mixture contains 
many choice colors . . . blood-red, yellow, rose, scarlet, 
flesh-pink, white and others. Per packet, 25c. 
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