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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, SEEDSMEN, NEW YORK 
SCABIOSA. 
(MOURNING BRIDE.) 
Very showy plants, with beauti¬ 
fully variegated flowers; very 
valuable for cutting for bou¬ 
quets and other ornaments. 
They embrace nearly all 
colors, from very dark to 
white. Sow quite early in 
the spring, in the open bor¬ 
der. 
Nana FI Plcno. Flowers 
quite double and globu¬ 
lar, varying in all the 
shades of white,carmine, 
maroon, lilac, etc. ; a 
valuable flower to use 
in bouquets or vases of 
cut flowers; 1 ft. . Pkt. 5 
Tall German. Mixed, 2 ft. 5 
SEDUM. 
(STONECROP.) 
& very interesting and useful little plant, growing freely on 
rock or rustic work, ornamental mounds, old walls, etc. 
Hardy annual. 
Cceruleum. Blue, % ft .Pkt. 10 
SENSITIVE PLANT. (See Mimosa Pudica.) 
SMILAX. (See Myrsiphyllum.) 
SOLANUM. 
A beautiful genus of ornamental foliage and fruit-bearing 
plants, which grow freely in any good, rich soil. 
Capsicastrum. Covered all over with a profusion of 
scarlet fruit, 1% ft ..Pkt. 10 
Little Gem. New. Dwarf habit, 9 inches high. Berries 
globular, bright scarlet and of the size of a Red Cur¬ 
rant ; highly ornamental.25 
Cabiliense Argenteum, Silvery leaves, yellow fruit ... 10 
STOCKS. 
(GILLIFLOWER.) 
A world-wide favorite, brilliant and varied in color, equally 
well adapted for massing, bedding, edging or pot culture. 
Very profuse bloomers ; should be grown in rich soil with an 
admixture of lime rubbish, which all stocks delight in. Sow 
the seed in February or March in the hot-bed, or May and 
June in the open border. 
Crimson .Pkt. 15 
Finest mixed .15 
Giant Perfection. Splendid, variety of pyramidal growth; 
height, 2% ft. ; finest mixed.15 
Crimson, White. Each.15 
Dwarf German Ten Weeks. Fine mixed. 5 
Intermediate Stock. 
(AUTUMN FLOWERING.) 
Purple .Pkt. 10 Scarlet .Pkt. 10 
White .10 Mixed .10 
Biennial Stocks. 
Emperor or Perpetual. Finest mixed.Pkt. 10 
Brompton or Winter. Finest mixed ..10 
STOCKS. 
Large Flowering Dwarf Ten Weeks Stocks. 
Pure White .Pkt. 10 Canary-Yellow. . . . Pkt. 10 
Blood Red .' .10 Bright Rose. 10 
Violet .. 10 Chamois (buff). 10 
Double Mixed Large Flowering Dwarf . . . 10 
Boston Market. Handsome, pure white; the perfume is 
unsurpassed for fragrance.15 
Snowflake. A beautiful dwarf growing variety, with very 
large double snow-white flowers. Very early and excellent 
for forcing . ...15 
Princess Alice. (Cut and come again.) A perpetual flow¬ 
ering varioty, growing about 2 feet high, and produces 
from spring to late fall beautifully shaped double pure 
white flowers. It throws out numerous side branches 
which bear clusters of bloom, and thrives best when freely 
cut, .... 10 
Wallflower-Leaved. Pure white, extra fine, very desirable 
for bouquets.. .. . . •.15 
Imported Collections of Stocks. 
Large-flowering Dwarf Ten Weeks. 7 ” 12 varieties 75 
Wallflower-leaved Ten Weeks. 10 varieties.60 
East Lothian. (Autumn flowering.) 4 varieties.50 
Brompton or Winter. 12 varieties.75 
Emperor or Perpetual. 6 varieties.50 
SWEET WILLIAM. 
(DIANTHUS BARBATUS.) 
A well-known free-flowering popular favorite; the great im¬ 
provements upon the old varieties made within the last few 
years have rendered it still more desirable; hardy perennials. 
Auricula-Flowered. A vel-y handsome variety, producing 
immense trusses of bloom. .Pkt. 10 
Double Flowering. Mixed. 1% ft.10 
Nigricans. Dark crimson. 1% ft . 10 
White. Useful for bouquets. 1% ft •.10 
Fine Mixed. Peroz.,40cts . 5 
