WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK 
25 
Choice Flower Seeds 
BALSAM (Lady’s Slipper) 
BELLIS (Double Daisy) 
Showy and easily grown tender annuals, succeeding best in sunny sit¬ 
uations where there is rich loam and moisture; July to Sept. 1 to ft. 
Elliott’s Double White Perfection. Perfect form, large blos¬ 
soms of great substance. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Solferino. Satiny white, streaked and spotted with crimson and 
lilac. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Improved Double Rose-Flowered Balsams 
These varieties embrace the cream of the class. 
White. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Pale Yellow. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Flesh Color. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Rose. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Scarlet. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Crimson. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Lilac. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Violet. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Extra Choice Double Mixed from 
choice varieties. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. $1.50. 
Fine Double Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 
50 cts. 
Charming little plants, admirably adapted for borders and edgings. 
Sow early in t lie house, and when large enough transplant to partially 
shady situation. 
Albafl. pi. Pure white. Pkt. 10c. 
Rubra 11. pi. Red. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Snowball. Large fl o w e r i n g, 
pure white. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Longfellow. Large-flowering, 
dark rose. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Maxima. Extra large mixed. 
Pkt. 10 cts. 
BEGONIA 
The value of the single-flowered Tuberous Begonias for bedding pur¬ 
poses has been fully established, and the gorgeous effects they have pro¬ 
duced have readily given them precedence over the more ordinary bedding 
plants. Seed sown in February or March will produce nice plants for 
planting out in June. 
Laing’s Gold Medal Hybrid. These tuberous-rooted Begonias 
have attained a world-wide reputation. Seed of this unrivaled collection 
procured direct.* 
(Dutchman’s Pipe) 
Rapid-growing, hardy perennial 
climber, with large green leaves, mak¬ 
ing a dense shade. Flowers are very 
curiously shaped. Pkt. 10 cts. 
ARNEBIA CORNUTA 
A charming annual with exceedingly 
beautiful flowers of a rich yellow color, 
marked with five black spots. These 
spots change on the second day to a deep 
maroon, and disappear on the third day, 
leaving the flower a pure yellow. Pkt. 
10 cts. 
AURICULA 
(Primula auricula) 
A well-known favorite of great beauty. 
Half-hardy perennial. Finest mixed, 
saved from choicest varieties. Pkt. 25c. 
ASPARAGUS 
Broussoneti. One of the finest 
hardy perennial climbers; feathery 
foliage and bright red berries, 10 feet. 
Pkt. 10 cts. 
Plumosus nanus. A graceful 
greenhouse climber, having feathery, 
lace-like foliage finer than the most 
delicate fern. Makes a fine house plant. 
Pkt. 25 cts. 
Sprengeri. A most desirable va¬ 
riety, invaluable for hanging baskets. 
The fronds frequently grow four feet long, and are covered with leaves 
of a rich shade of green. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Beilis (Double Daisy) 
Single Mixed. From finest single 
varieties. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Erfordia. A dwarf hybrid variety 
with small, glossy, dark green leaves, 
and delicate rosy-carmine flowers ; one 
of the best bedding sorts. Pkt 50 cts. 
Lnminosa. Large, bright, deep 
scarlet flowers and magnificent satiny, 
brownish red foliage. Pkt. 25 cts. 
Vernon. This variety is of unusual 
value as a bedding plant, as it will stand 
our hot summer sun. Easily raised from 
seed, and if started in spring will pro¬ 
duce flowering plants early in the sum¬ 
mer. Also a most satisfactory house 
plant, being literally a mass of bloom 
the entire winter; carmine flowers. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Ornamental-Leaved, Rex Va¬ 
rieties. Large, handsome leaves, dark 
green, variegated with red-bronze, red, 
and silver-white; greenhouse perennial. 
1 foot. Pkt. 25 cts. 
BARTONIA AUREA 
Producing showy golden-yellow flow¬ 
ers above its gray and downy thistle¬ 
like foliage, which is exceedingly bril¬ 
liant in the sunshine. Sow it where it 
is to remain, as it does not bear trans¬ 
planting ; annual. 2 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 
BIDENS ATROS ANGUINE A 
Showy annual, with flowers of a dark blood-red color; fine for cutting. 
Imported collections of twelve sepa¬ 
rate colors, $1.00; six separate colors, 
50 cts. 
Single. Choicest mixed. Pkt. 50 cts. 
Double. Choicest mixed. Pkt. 75 cts. 
Aristolochia Sipho 
Double Mixed. Saved from the very 
finest hybrids. Pkt. 25 cts. 
ASPERULA 
Profuse-blooming hardy plants, thriving best among shrubbery or any 
partially shady places. 
Azurca Setosa. Light blue. Annual. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Odorata (Sweet Woodruff). White. Very fragrant. Perennial. 
Pkt. 5 cts. 
Pkt 5 cts 
BOCCONIA JAPONICA 
Stately evergreen shrub, with ornamental foliage; very effective for 
single specimens or groups on lawns ; long spikes of creamy white flow¬ 
ers. Pkt. 5 cts. 
BRACHYCOME (Swan River Daisy) 
BALLOON VINE 
Rapid-growing annual climber, succeeding best in a warm situation. 
Small, white flowers, followed by inflated seed vessels, which look like 
minature balloons. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Very pretty low-growing annuals, suitable for edgings or pot culture; 
blooms profusely throughout the summer. 
Iberidifolia, White* Pkt. 5c. Iberidifolia, Mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
Iberidifolia, Blue. Pkt. 5c. 
Bowker’s Plant Food produces an abundance of blossoms and healthy foliage 
