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Birds, Gold Pish and Baby Turtles 
CARPENTER’S FLOWER SEEDS 
To have a beautiful flower garden, one must take pleasure in working and caring foi 4 the plants when young. It has 
ceased to be a necessity to keep such large stocks of bedding and other tender plants under glass through the winter, there¬ 
by saving the expense of glass, fuel, labor, etc. 
The general rules for sowing Flower Seeds, as well as any other seeds, is to sow them at the proper depth ; and the depth 
at which; they are sown in every instance be governed by the size of the seed itself. As the sprouts of small seeds are natural¬ 
ly small, if sown as deep as large seeds, they will be either un-usually long in starting or more likely to perish in the ground. 
Another object to be consiered is the soil into which the flower seeds are to be sown. The soil best adapted for flowering 
plants generally is a light, friable loam, containing a sufficient amount of sand to render it porous. A great many varities 
will live inj almost any kind of soil, except it be extremely dry, calcareous, or of a stiff heavy character; still to give them a 
fair chance for development, some little pains should be taken in adding to the soil as much as possible, what may be wanting 
in it. Deep digging and enriching with thorouughly decayed manure is the least that should be done. If the weather, after 
sowing, should be dry, it wil be necessary to water the places where the seeds are sown with a fine rose watering pot, regularly, 
but slightly, every evening, as it is essential that the seeds during their process of germination should be kept constantly moist. 
From a neglect or oversight of this arise most of the failures. As the process of germination is often slow, the patience is sore¬ 
ly tried. We can assure our customers that there is no better flower seeds and bulbs offered by any seed house in America. 
Sweet 
ALYSSUM, SWEET—A favorite flower for bouquets; 
white, very fragrant, and producing a succession of bloom 
through the summer and until after severe frosts; always 
wanted when a bouquet is to be made ; one foot; hardy annual. 
Pkt., 5c. 
Alyssum 
ADONIS—Plants with fine and graceful floiage, and bril¬ 
liant scarlet flowers, remaining a long time in bloom ; grows 
well in the shade, or under trees ; height, one foot; hardy an¬ 
nual. Adonis aestivalis. Pkt., 5c. 
Alyssum, Martimum—Pkt., 5c ; oz., 35c. 
Alyssum, Dwarf or Little Gem—Pkt., 5c ; oz., 35c. 
ACROCLINIUM (Everlasting)—The Acroclinium is one of 
the most beautiful of everlasting flowers; it is of strong 
growth, and bears a great number of pink and white Daisy-like 
flowers, with yellow center; should be gathered the first day 
they open, before fully open to secure a beautiful center when 
dried ; height, eighteen inches ; half hard annual. Per packet, 
6c. 
Asters 
ASTERS—No family of plants bear such distinct mark6 
of progress as the Aster, and none are more eagerly sought, 
an almost endless variety; always reliable. For best results 
bow seed early indoors, then transplant to open ground. 
Columbine 
AQUILEGIA, TRUE COLUMBINE (Rocky Mountain) — 
Colorado’s emblematic flower; needs to be seen to be appre¬ 
ciated. The flower petals lay open more flat than the common 
Columbine; color is a light blue; in very high altitudes nearly 
white. We are headquarters for this seed and furnish the true 
Aquilegia Coerules. Pkt., 6c. 
