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JOHNSON SEED COMPANY 
PURPLE FOUNTAIN 
GRASS 
(Pcnnisetum 
Rueppclianum) 
1451. Decidedly the 
most ornamental decora¬ 
tive grass ever intro¬ 
duced, and will be found 
as useful for room, hall 
or table decoration as 
many a palm. Fine pur¬ 
ple plumes a foot long. 
Pkt , 10c. 
GREVILLEA 
ROBUSTA 
1460. (Silk Oak.) 
Beautiful and graceful 
fern leaved foliage plant. 
Pkt., 10c. 
GYPSOPHILA 
Dainty free flowering 
plants of easy culture. 
Fine for mixing in bou¬ 
quets, giving them an 
gypsophila paniculata. airy fairy look that is 
charming; 1 feet high. 
1480. F.legans. Star-shaped, white and pink flowers. 
Pkt., 5c. 
1481. Paniculata. Produces numerous panicles of 
small, white, handsome flowers ; fine for bouquets. Pkt., 5c. 
H ELI ANTHUS 
(See Sunflower) 
HIBISCUS ( Marsh Mallow) 
1540. Afrlcanus. Creamy yellow, with purple centre. 
Pkt., 5c. 
1541. Palustris. Large pink flowers. Pkt., 5c. 
1542. Californicus. Large white carmine centre. 
Pkt., 10c. 
1543. Sunset. Very large, yellow, fine. Pkt., 10c. 
HELIOTROPE. 
HELIOTROPE 
Deliciously fragrant 
flowering plants, 1 to 2 
feet high. Favorites for 
not culture in winter and 
bedding in summer. 
1520. Finest Mixed. 
Pkt., 5c. 
1521. King of the 
Blacks. Rich purple. 
Pkt., 10c. 
1522. Lemolne’i 
Giant Hybrids. Im¬ 
mense clusters; very fra¬ 
grant. Pkt., 10c. 
HOLLYHOCK 
Grand summer and 
autumn flowering plants. 
Old inhabitants of our 
garden, but marvelously 
improved of late years 
both in doubleness and 
enlarged size. 
Chaters. 
1562. 
1560. 
1561. 
1558. 
1559. 
1563. 
Prize Double, Red. Pkt., 10c. 
“ “ Pink. Pkt., 10c. 
“ •• White. Pkt., 10c. 
“ “ Yellow. Pkt., 10c. 
“ " Salmon. Pkt., 10c. 
“ “ Crimson. Pkt., 10c. 
*' “ Mixed. Pkt., 10c. 
New Mammoth Flowering “Allegheny Hollyhocks” 
1564. The flowers of this new variety are so different 
from the old conventional ones that but for the similar habit 
of the plant it would not be taken for a Hollyhock. 
They are from 4 to 6 inches in diameter, ranging from 
semi-double to double, and finely fringed and curled. 
The colors are shell pink, rose and ruby red, a shade or 
two deeper at the centre, and exquisitely tinted towards the 
edge. Price, per pkt., 10c.; 3 pkts., 25c. 
Our Fall Catalogue of DUTCH BULBS, 
HYACINTHS, NARCISSUS, TULIPS, ETC., 
will be ready SEPTEMBER FIRST. If inter- 
ested, send in your name and a copy will be 
mailed to you. 
HUMULUS JAPONICUS OR JAPANESE 
HOP 
1620. Very ornamen¬ 
tal and fast growing an¬ 
nual climber from Japan. 
Pkt., 5c. 
1621. H u m u 1 u s 
J a p o n i c u h Varie- 
gatus. A beautiful vari¬ 
ety with variegated foli¬ 
age, resisting heat and 
the ravages of insects. 
Pkt., 10c. 
KENILWORTH 
IVY 
1780. A very neat 
climber, clings to walls 
and is a valuable plant 
for hanging - baskets, 
vases, etc. Pkt., 10c. 
LANTANA 
1720. Rapid-growing, 
constant-blooming, ten¬ 
der perennial plants for 
pot culture in the winter 
or garden decoration in 
the summer ; clusters of 
orange, white, pink, etc.; 
mixed colors; 1 to 3 feet. 
Pkt., 10c. 
HUMULUS OR JAP HOP. 
LARKSPUR 
Quick-growing, free-flowering annuals. 
1065. Dwarf German Kocket. Hyacinth-flowered 
Larkspur; mixed. Pkt., 5c. 
1063. E m p e r o r 
Larkspur. Has beauti¬ 
ful, long spikes of bril¬ 
liant dark blue, tricolor 
and red striped; double 
flowers. Pkt., 5c. 
LATHYRUS 
Everlasting or 
Hardy Sweet Peas. 
Hardy climbers, grow¬ 
ing 6 to 8 feet high u hen 
trained on a trellis. The 
flowers are borne in large 
clusters; but have no fra¬ 
grance, a lieautiful plant. 
1740. Lat ifolius 
Red. A handsome free- 
flowering plant; useful 
for covering trellises, old 
stumps, fen ces, eto. 
Flower s a beautiful 
scarlet. Pkt., 10c. 
1741. Lat ifolius 
Albus. Large clusters 
of pure white ; grand, 
hardv, low climber. 
Pkt., 10c. 
1742. Spleinlens. 
A fine novelty from 
California, bearing dense 
clusters of brilliant deep 
rose flowers. Pkt., 10c. 
LARKSPUR. 
No. 1743. Pink Beauty. We have here an entirely new 
variety, the color of which is a delicately shaded pink on the 
standard, the lacing on the edge being paler than the 
centre; the wings are deeper pink, of a very rich shade, 
giving it a very striking appearance. Price, pkt., 5c.; per 
oz., 20c. 
No. 1744. Everlasfc- 
ing Pea — Crimson. 
Pkt., 5c. 
LOBELIA (Compacta 
Varieties) 
Compact plants, 4 to 6 
inches high, forming 
little mounds of bloom. 
1840. Crystal Pal¬ 
ace. Rich blue. Pkt., 10c. 
1845. Mixed Com¬ 
pacta Varieties. Pkt., 
6c. 
Erinus, or Trailing 
Varieties. 
Useful for vases or 
hanging baskets or 
rockeries. 
1844. Mixed. Trail¬ 
ing Varieties. Pkt., 5c. 
LOBELIA. 
