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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS’ RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS 
DIMORPHOTHECA aurantiaca Pkt. 
(African Orange Daisy). A rare 
and extremely showy annual 
from South Africa. The plants 
are of a very neat branching 
habit, grow about 12 to 15 
inches high and are exceedingly 
profuse in flowering. A bed 
in full bloom is a magnificent 
sight on bright days.SO. 10 
DODEGATHEON Cleveland! 
(Giant American Cowslip). A 
beautiful perennial from Cali¬ 
fornia, producing flower stems 
a foot high, surmounted with 
about ten large Cyclamen-like 
blossoms. Color rose, purple 
and yellow. It is quite hardy 
and luxuriates in a partially 
shaded situation. 
DOLICHOS Lablab (Hyacinth 
Bean). A rapid-growing or¬ 
namental climber with dense 
foliage and clusters of hand¬ 
some flowers. 
Purple.. 
White.05 
Mixed. .05 
DRACAENA. Ornamental green¬ 
house plants, with elegant 
foliage. Invaluable for decora¬ 
tive purposes. 
Indi visa. Green and bronze, 
narrow leaves.10 
Australis. Wide, green foliage. .25 
ECHEVERIA. Interesting greenhouse succulents, 
largely used for carpet bedding. 
Metallica. Large, orange-colored blossoms on s 
15 inches high. 
Dimorphotheca aurantiaca 
which are 
pikes 
to Pkt. 
. .SO.25 
FEVERFEW. See Matricaria and 
Pyrethrum. Pkt. 
EUPATORIUM Fraseri. Flowers 
are snowy-white, borne in clus¬ 
ters; fine for cutting. Hardy 
perennial.SO. 10 
EUPHORBIA variegata (Snow- 
on-the-Mountain). Attractive 
foliage, beautifully veined and 
margined with white.05 
Heterophylla (Annual Poin- 
settia, Mexican Fire Plant), An 
annual plant of branching 
habit, with glossy green leaves, 
which in Summer become flared 
with dark fiery scarlet. Very 
striking and brilliant. 3 to 4 feet .10 
FERNS 
The seed offered is saved from a 
lar^e collection of very elegant and in¬ 
teresting varieties. Pkt. 
Finest indoor varieties.SO.25 
Hardy varieties.15 
FORGET-ME-NOT (Myosotis) 
These dainty, elegant little flowers are 
hardy perennials that love cool, moist soils 
and, like Pansies, bloom most freely in 
Fall and early Spring. They make beauti¬ 
ful, close borders, or edgings, thickly 
sprinkled with pretty flower-sprays, and 
will bloom nicely in Winter in a cool room or coldframe. Once at 
home in a garden, they establish themselves by self-seeding. Sow in 
Spring in a warm, sunny border. Most varieties bloom freely the 
first season and profusely the second. Average height, 6 ins. 
Secunda glauca. Small, compact-growing, glaucous va¬ 
riety, with free-flowering, scarlet and yellow racemes of 
bloom. Very fine.25 
ECHINOCYSTIS lobata (Wild Cucumber). One of the 
quickest growing annual vines in cultivation. Fine for 
covering fences, trellises, etc.Oz. 30. -05 
ERICA Capensis (Cape Heath). Charming evergreen shrubs, 
flowering very profusety. Finest mixed.15 
ERYTIIRINA Crista-galli (Coral Plant). Splendid shrub for 
greenhouse or sub-tropical gardens, bearing large racemes 
of brilliant scarlet flowers.25 
ESCLISCHOLTZIA (California Poppy) 
Hardy annuals of easiest cultivation, excellent for borders or in 
masses. Finely cut foliage. Flowers large and showy, produced 
freely all Summer. Pkt. 
Golden West. Bright yellow, large flower.SO. 10 
Californica. Bright yellow, rich orange center. I foot.05 
Mandarin. A very beautiful variety. The outside of the 
petals is brilliant scarlet, inside rich orange.05 
Crocea fl. pi. A double-flowering variety; flowers bright 
orange scarlet, shading off to salmon red.05 
Rose Cardinal. A charming sort, producing very freely large 
flowers of intense carmine.10 
EUCALYPTUS globulus (Australian Blue Gum Tree). This 
half-hardy tree can only be used in our colder States as a 
pot plant, and as such its bluish foliage contrasts beauti¬ 
fully with Palms and other plants. Where it can be grown 
as a tree, it has a powerful influence in destroying the 
malarious agency which is supposed to cause fever in 
marshy districts.10 
Alpestris, “ Victoria.” Of stout, bushy habit; bright azure- Pkt. 
blue flowers. 5 to 7 inches.SO. 10 
Blue.05 
Alba. White.05 
Distinction. A seedling of the Victoria, flowering in eight 
to ten weeks from sowing the seed.15 
Ruth Fischer. Pure Forget-Me-Not blue.. . .. .20 
Robusta grandiflora (Eliza Fanrobert). Fine, pyramidal 
habit; bright blue.10 
Azorica. Dark blue; very pretty.10 
Dissitiflora. One of the best of all Forget-Me-Nots; compact 
habit and a profuse bloomer. foot...10 
Palustris. True Forget-Me-Not. Blue, with white eye.10 
FOUR O’CLOCKS (Marvel of Peru). Called ‘ Four 
O’Clocks” because they open their blossoms at about that 
time in the afternoon. Handsome plants, growing about 2 
feet high, covered all Summer with hundreds of large, 
sweet-scented flowers of various colors. 
Finest Mixed. Oz. 20c. .05 
Elliott’s Dwarf Mixed. Similar to above, except in height 
and size of blooms. Recommendable for borders or pot 
plants. 
FRAGARIA Indica. Pretty, hardy, herbaceous creeper, 
with beautiful yellow blossoms and bright red fruit like 
tiny strawberries. Elegant for rockwork or hanging 
baskets. Seed should be sown very early in the house, and 
plants transplanted.10 
FUCHSIA. Fuchsias are easily grown from seed, and many 
improved varieties are obtained in this way. Our seed 
has been saved from a choice collection. 
Single Mixed. 
Double Mixed. . *** 
