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Slate’s Good Seeds and Prompt Service, South Boston, Virginia 
Alyssum 
Acroclinium 
Aquilegia 
Slate’s Floiuer Seed. 
In the following pages we offer what we believe to be 
the most select list of flowers obtainable. Many obsolete 
and undesirable kinds have been eliminated and novelties 
and better varieties substituted. We make trials of our 
flower seed yearly and are always experimenting with novel¬ 
ties. Thus we are able to get first hand information as to 
the value of varieties offered us. 
In listing such a great number of varieties, we have been 
forced to condense the information as much as possible. To 
aid us in this, we employ the following symbols: 
H—Hardy O—Annuals 
HH—Half Hardy X—Biennials 
T—Tender #—Perennials 
Cultural Directions are given on each packet of seed for 
the specific flower contained therein. Further, we have a 
leaflet “How to Grow Flowers,” giving many valuable hints 
on the general care of the flower garden and mentioning 
the requirements of some of the most popular flowers. As 
a general rule for all flowers, the following is good: Sow 
all Hardy flowers early in the spring, even before frosts 
are over. Sow the Half Hardy about the time of the last 
frost. And the Tender soTts after frost is over and warm 
weather has come. The Half Hardy and Tender plants in 
northern latitudes will do better if started indoors in boxes 
and transplanted. And in the South the Tender plants 
should be started thus. A light rich loam soil is always 
best for flowers. Manure used liberally is a great help. 
Cover the seed to three times their greatest size and use 
only well pulverized soil for covering. To produce per¬ 
fection in blooms, an abundance of water is essential. 
All flower seed are quoted Postpaid. 
ALYSSUM (HO 8 in.) 
The easy culture and free blooming habit of this popular 
old flower makes it still one of the most desirable. There 
is hardly a flower garden that does not have its alyssum 
borders. Seed may be started outdoors after frost is over 
and the plants will be in bloom in a short while. The per¬ 
ennial kind (Saxatile) should be started very early in the 
spring or in the early fall. 
Pkt. Oz. 
1006— Little Gem, Dwarf White.$ .10 $ .30 
1007— Carpet of Snow, White.10 .35 
1008— Lilac Queen, Soft Rosy Lilac.10 .35 
1009— Saxatile, Yellow, Perennial.10 .50 
AGROSTEMMA COELI (HO 1 ft.) 
1005—Rose of Heaven.—Beautiful hard annual of easy 
culture. Sow seed in open ground in early spring and they 
will bloom in a short while. Flowers graceful and of a 
light rose color. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c. 
ANCHUSA (H# 4 ft.) 
1010 Italica.—An excellent hardy blue perennial that 
blooms the first year from seed and will grow anywhere. 
Small flowers are borne on tall heads. Color a Forget-Me- 
Not blue. Pkt. 10c, oz. 60c. 
AQUILEGIA (H# 30 in.) 
1025—Mrs. Scott Elliott’s Hybrids.—This is an excep¬ 
tionally fine strain of the long spurred columbine. No more 
hardy nor popular flower can be found than the old-fashion 
columbine and in this selection the best colors are pre¬ 
sented. Sow outdoors or in beds in early spring or late 
summer. Pkt., 10c; oz., $3.00. 
ACROCLINIUM (HO 24 in.) 
1001—Double Mixed.—This is one of the best of the 
Everlastings and makes excellent dried bouquets. Cut when 
the blooms reach perfection and hang in a cool, shady place 
with the heads down. Easily grown. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c. 
AGERATUM (HO 18 in.) 
Ageratum makes one of the best of bedding annuals and 
especially for large beds. It blooms in a short while from 
seed and continues until frost. We do not know of any 
plant that will give such a show for so little money and 
effort. Ageratums do well on almost any soil and may be 
seeded in the open ground or started in beds and trans¬ 
planted. 
Pkt. Uz. 
1002—Imperial Dwarf Blue, 6 in. ..$ .10 $ .45 
1004—Little Dorrit, Dwarf Blue .10 .40 
Althaea Roses, Se6 Hollyhocks. 
ANTIRRHINUM (HX 10 to 24 in.) 
There is no flower of easy culture that will prove moTe 
graceful and useful than these Snapdragons. In the North, 
they are best handled as annuals, but from Virginia South, 
they will often live through the winter and bear the second 
year. For early blooms start seed in a protected bed in 
March and transplant as soon as heavy frosts are over. 
They begin to bloom in the early summer and last until 
cold weather. For best results, pinch the buds from the 
young plants and make them spread. Colors covering some 
of the most rare and vivid combinations are to be seen. We 
offer a very select mixture of the Tall Mammoth Flowered 
family, also named sorts in the Tall Large Flowering. 
Pkt. Oz. 
1017— Tall Mammoth Flowered, Mixed .$ .10 $1.10 
1024—Medium Large Flowered, Mixed.10 1.10 
1018— Fire King, Orange Scarlet.10 1.30 
1019— Golden King, Giant Yellow . .10 1.30 
1020— Harmony, Orange, Shaded Rose.10 1.30 
1021— Queen Victoria, Pure White.10 1.30 
1022— Rose Queen, Soft Pink . .10 1.30 
1023— Finest Mixed .10 .90 
