VEGETABLE A XI) FLOWER SEEDS, ETC. 
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SELECT LIST 
-OF- 
CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS, 
FLOWERING THE FIRST SEASON. 
ABRONIA. 
A charming trailer, producing beautiful Verbena-like clusters of sweet-scented 
flowers throughout' the whole season, which present a wax-like appearance; very 
effective in beds, rock work or hanging baskets. Sow seed under glass if possible, 
but with care succeeds well in the open ground. Peel off the husk of the seed 
before sowing to facilitate its vegetating; transplant one foot apart; water thoroughly 
in dry weather; treat as a hardy annual. Pkt. cte. 
Umbel lata, rosy lilac, white eye. 5 
Arenaria, pure waxy yellow._ 10 
ADONIS. 
Showy, hardy annuals, growing about one foot high, with pretty foliage and 
bright red flowers, which are not very numerous but remain long in bloom; some¬ 
times known as “ Pheasant’s Eye.” Set plants about eight inches apart. 
yISstivalis, summer, scarlet; one foot. 5 
AGERATUM. 
Very valuable bedding plants; also 
fine for blooming in pots during winter, 
Flowers small, in clusters, and of long 
duration; very desirable for bouquets. 
Cover seed slightly. Will do well in 
almost any soil; thin to six inches apart. 
Half hardy annual. 
Mexicanum, lavender blue; 1 foot. 5 
Mexicanurn nanum, dwarf blue. 5 
Mexicanum alhifloruni, white 
flowered; 1 foot. 5 
Mexicanum albiflorum naiium, 
dwarf white; 6 inches. 5 
Lasseauxii, a rose-colored variety: 
1 foot.5 
Little Dorrit, blue flowers, compact bushe3 6 inches high and a foot through; 
profuse bloomer. 5 
Swanley Blue, fine dwarf variety. 5 
AGROSTEMMA. ' 
Very attractive, free flowering, hardy plant, growing freely in any common 
garden soil. Flowers borne on long slender stems; should be set six inches apart. 
Mixed Varieties..5 
