Choice Flower Seeds 
30 
WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK 
DIANTHU5, or PINKS 
Dahlia 
DAHLIA 
One of our best au¬ 
tumn-flowering plants; 
blooms until killed by 
frost; half-hardy peren¬ 
nial, blooming the first 
year from seed if sown 
early. 
Double Varieties 
Finest I) o u I) 1 e 
M ixed. Raved from the 
choicest varieties. Pkt. lOcts. 
Lilliput. Dwarf, choicest mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Cactus. Distinct and remarkable appearance, 
petals quilled and curved, loosely and gracefully 
arranged in large oval heads of bloom. Finest 
mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Collection of six double varieties, 50 cts. 
Single Varieties 
Finest Single Mixed. These are exceedingly beautiful and are 
highly prized for cut-flowers. The seed we offer was saved from splen¬ 
did new varieties, which for brilliancy of color cannot be surpassed. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Gracilis. Striped and spotted flowers; extra large, flaked and mot¬ 
tled in various brilliant colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Tom Til uni l>. About 12 inches high by 24 inches across; flowers 
produced in abundance and of the most exquisite colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Comet, Dark Scarlet. Pkt. 15 cts. White Queen. Pure white. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Yellow Gem. Pure yellow. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Collection of six Single varieties, 50 cts. 
DATURA (Trumpet Flower) 
Strong-growing ornamental annuals, with large, trumpet-shaped flowers. Fine for 
flower beds or borders. 
Cornucopia (Horn of Plenty). Flowers measure about 8 inches in length and 5 
inches across the mouth ; color white inside and purple outside. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Fine Mixed. Pkt. 16 cts. 
DIGITALIS, or Foxglove 
Hardy perennial plants of the easiest culture; long spikes of large showy flowers, 
ranging through shades of purple, white, rose, yellow, some beautifully spotted. 
8 to 6 feet. 
Mixed Colors. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Ivory's New Spotted. An endless variety of prettily spotted flowers. Pkt. 10cts. 
The Indian and Japan Pinks have been favorite flowers for many years, being of easy culture and graceful bloomers with little attention. The 
flowers are of a noble shape, large, and the petals frilled and fringed, giving the large flowers a graceful and light appearance. The more the 
blooms are cut, the more the plant will produce. 
Double Annual Varieties 
Brilliant Violet. Bright blood-red, then shade to carmine and 
pink and even white. The foliage is grayish blue, sometimes darker. 
The plant grows vigorously and tall, and gives lots of first-class cut- 
flowers with long stalks and keeping a full week in water. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Chincnsis (China, or Indian Pink). Very finest double mixed, all 
the most brilliant colors. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 40 cts. 
Hoddewig;ii fl. pi. (Double Japan Pink). Very beautiful mixed 
colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Fire Ball. Radiant scarlet-red; plants about 1 foot high and of 
strong growth are thickly covered with these beautifully colored blos¬ 
soms. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Mourning - Cloak. Rich blackish crimson, sharply edged with 
clear white, double and of large size. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Dwarf Erfurt Double Pink. These are a fine advancement over 
the other dwarf varieties; early and a very free flowerer. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Heddewigii Diadematus (Double Diadem Pink). Large double 
flowers in various tints of lilac, crimson and purple, with outer edges 
fringed and nearly white. Pkt. 5 cts. 
liaciniatiisfl.pl. Double fringed flowers. Mixed colors. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Imperialisfl.pl. (Double Imperial Pink). Fine mixed. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Single Annual Varieties 
Heddewigii (Single Japan Pink). A magnificent strain, with flow¬ 
ers 2 or 3 inches across; many exquisite colors, blotched and spotted in 
profusion. Mixed colors. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Queen of Holland. Beautiful Indian Pink with large, round, 
entire edged single flowers of glistening white. The plants, about 1 foot 
high, are fairly covered with flowers from early summer until frost, from 
spring-sown seed. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Crimson Belle. Rich crimson color ; flowers very large. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Eastern Queen. Beautifully marbled; the broad bands of rich 
mauve upon the paler surface of the petals are very striking and pretty. 
Pkt. 5 cts. 
The Bride, or Little Gem. Forms a compact plant 0 inches high. 
Flowers wine red veined with rosy carmine and broadly margined with 
white. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Salmon Queen. Avery distinct ana perfectly new tint, the most 
brilliant salmon color, changing into a rosy salmon. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Snowflake. Pure snow-white flowers of large size, fringed. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Laciniatus. A beautiful fringed variety ; various colors. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Hardy Varieties 
Gardnerianus fl. pi. (Double Hardy Garden Pink). Large fringed 
flowers. Mixed colors. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Plumarias (Pheasant-eye Pink). Very fragrant large flowers; 
beautiful colors and finely fringed. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Plumarius fl. pi. Double and semi-double varieties in beautiful 
colors. Very fragrant. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Single Cyclops. Entirely distinct, the predominating colors being 
delicate rose, flesh-pink, copper color, salmon, wine-red, white, crimson, 
etc.: with large eve-like zone of velvety blood-red; clove-like perfume. 
Will bloom llrst season from seed sown reasonably early. Finest varie¬ 
ties mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Double Cyclops. Choicest mixed. Pkt. 25 cts. 
DICTAMNUS (Burning Bush, or Gas Plant) 
Fine hardy herbaceous plants with, showy flowers and fragrant 
foliage. Mixed colors. Pkt. 5 cts. 
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