SELECTED LIST OF FLOWER SEEDS 
Our complete list of Flower Seeds begins on page 99. 
This special list embraces only sorts that are of the easiest cultivation, and par¬ 
ticularly desirable for producing a quick and continued effect. A dollar’s 
worth of seeds selected from these varieties will, under reasonably favor¬ 
able conditions, give a greater amount of bloom in varied form and color 
than could be had by planting ten dollars’ worth of plants from 
the greenhouse. “ Sow the seed freely. The combined strength 
of the rising plandets will break the crust on hard 
soils; and in the thinning which follows, only strong 
and promising plants are allowed to remain. 
Better effects are also often secured when the 
flowers are in masses, especially if the flowers 
are thrown into the bays of heavy shrub borders. 
“ Plants continue to bloom for a longer 
period if they are not allowed to produce seed. 
The flowers should be picked, if possible, as 
soon as they begin to fade.” 
Ageratums. 
In many respects this is one of the 
most desirable summer flowering 
plants we have. It may be used alone 
for beds and borders, or planted in 
connection with geraniums, coleus, 
cannas, etc. The colors include many 
shades of blue as well as white, rose and a pale yellow. The plants grow well almost anywhere, but flower most 
generously in a deep, rich soil. If the seed is started in a box in the house, or in a hot-bed, in the beginning of April 
and transplanted to where they are intended to bloom about the 
end of May, an abundance of flowers will be produced until hard 
frost. Seed of all, however, can also be sown outdoors as soon 
as the ground warms up, excepting the four sorts first named ; 
these are tender perennials and should be sown early to obtain 
successful flowering the first summer. Seed sown in August 
will produce plants for winter flowering. 
Ada Bowman. Light blue; fine for beds or 
Blue . ^*iceiiun. Light blue; fine for beds; 
mixed; very choice. 
Conspicum. White; a grand bedder, I ft. 
Lasseauxi. Rose, i ft. 
Mexicanum. Lavender, i ft. 
Mexicanum. Mixed, i ft. 
Album. White, i ft. 
Dwarf Blue . Deep blue, 9 in... 
Dwarf White. Clear white,. 9 in... 
Little Dorr it. Deep blue, 6 in. 
Little Dorrit. White, 6 in... 
Nanum luteum. Pale yellow, 9 in. 
— Roseum. Rose, 9 in. 
—Princess Victoria Louise . White, azure blue 
stamens, 9 in. 
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Ageratum. 
Sweet Alyggum. 
Sweet Alyssum. 
The Sweet Alyssum is so well-known and such a 
general favorite that it is scarcely necessary to call special 
attention to it here. It is of the easiest culture both in¬ 
doors and out and is suitable alike for beds and edging 
in summer or for growing in pots and boxes for winter 
blooming. It will stand considerable cold in the open 
ground and may be sown early; it blooms throughout the 
entire season until destroyed by hard frost. For winter 
flowering sow the seed in August or September. When 
bloom begins to fail cut back the plants and they will 
promptly come into flower again. 
Maritimum (Sweet Alyssum) (hA). White, very fragrant, 9 in. 
Compactum. White, erect growth, 6 in. 
Little Oem. White, grand for edging, 6 in. 
Procumbens (White Carpet). White, trailing habit, 6 in. . 
Saxatile compactum (Gold Dust) (TiP). A single plant will cover a square foot with one 
year’s growth and produce hundreds of bright yellow flowers. 1 ft . 
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