SELECTED LIST OF FLOWER SEEDS 
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 edgings, 9 inches .... 
Blue Perfection. Light blue ; fine for beds ; 
mixed ; very choice .... 
Oz. Pkt. 
$0.75 $0.05 
Conspicum. 
Lasseauxi. 
Mexicanum. 
Mexicanum. 
White ; a grand bedder, 1 
Rose; 1 ft. . 
Lavender; 1 ft. 
Mixed; 1 ft. 
ft. 
Album. White; 1 ft. 
Dwarf Blue. Deep blue, 9 inches . 
Dwarf White. Clear white, 9 inches 
Little Dorrit. Deep blue, 6 inches . 
Little Dorrit. White, 6 inches 
Nanum luteum. Pale yellow, 9 inches 
— Roseum. Rose, 9 inches 
— Princess Victoria Louise. White 
azure blue stamens, 9 inches 
Oz. Pkt. 
$0.50 $0.05 
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.60 
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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 plantlets 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.” 
Sweet A/yssum. 
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 indoors 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. 
Oz. Pkt. 
Maritimum ( Sweet Alyssum ) (hA). 
White, very fragrant, 9 inches . $0.30 $0.05 
Little Dorrit. Very compact, fine 
for borders, 6 inches . 
.50 
•05 
Compactum. White, erect growth, 
6 inches ..... 
.40 
.05 
Little Oem. White, grand for edging, 
6 inches ..... 
.40 
.05 
Procumbens (White Carpet). White, 
trailing habit, 6 inches 
.50 
.05 
Sax at He compactum ( Gold Dust) 
(hP). A single plant will cover a 
square foot with one year’s growth 
and produce hundreds of bright 
yellow flowers. 1 ft. 
.60 
.05 
Sweet Alyssu 
See Special Offers on third page of cover. 
