Choice Flower Seeds 
WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK 
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DOUBLE FRINGED CHINESE PRIMROSES 
Alba plena. Double white. Pkt. 50 cts. 
Rubra plena. Double red. Pkt. 50 cts 
Finest Double Mixed. Pkt. 50 cts. 
t VARIOUS PRIMROSES 
are very fragrant and of a pale lilac color. Grows easily from seed 
which, if sown : early m spring, will produce blooming plants in May or June. l’kt. 10 cts 
Pkt2Stfts UP Uljyellow flowers, deliciously fragrant. Fine for house culture. 
Cortusoides. Bright rosy red. Hardy perennial. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Dean s Hardy Hybrids. Beautiful varieties, all colors mixed. Pkt. 25 cts. 
Fines? m'ixed! Pkt?0 cts Primrose8 ' 1 inch in diameter, of an endless variety of color. 
Vulgaris. The Yellow English Primrose. Very fragrant. Pkt. 10 cts. 
PYRETHRUM (Large-Flowering Varieties) 
Handsome herbaceous perennials, bearing large flowers 3 to 4 inches across, ranging in 
color from light pink.to deep crimson. Fine for cutting. h h 
Hybridum, Single Mi.vqfi. Best sorts. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Hybridum, Double Mixed. Extra choice. Pkt. 25 cts. 
YELLOW-LEAVED VARIETIES 
The well-known Golden Feather. Bright yellow foliage. Extensively used 
Auroitui. _ 
for carpet bedding, edgings. etc. Pkt. 10 ots. 
Selaginoides. Beautiful fern-like yellow foliage. 
Pkt. 10 cts. 
RHODANTHE 
Graceful everlastings, admirably suited for pot culture in winter and for the garden in 
summer. Succeed best in a b 
light, rich soil. Valuable for 
dried bouquets. 
Mac ul at a. Bright Rose, 
with dark.center. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Macula!a alba. White* 
Pkt. 10 cts. 
Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10c. 
RrciNus 
(Castor Oil Plant) 
For foliage effect in bedding 
this makes an excellent tropi¬ 
cal effect. 
Borboniensis arboreus. 
Large dark green leaves. 
15 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Cambodgensis. The 
finest of the dark foliage vari¬ 
eties. Leaves and stems are 
almost black. 5 ft. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Gibsoni. Dark red foliage. 
5 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Gigantoiifs. Leaves of 
immense size. 12ft. Pkt. Sets. 
Sanguineus. Blood-red 
fruit, very ornamental. 10 
feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Mixed Varieties. In all 
colors. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20c. 
Zanzibariensis. A new 
and distinct class with gigan¬ 
tic leaves 2 to 2y 2 feet across. 
Finest mixed. Pkt. 5c., oz. 25c. 
Pyrethrum Hybridum 
Rivinia Humilis 
(Rouge Plant) 
A pretty pot-plant, bear¬ 
ing racemes of white flow¬ 
ers, followed by beautiful 
bright scarlet berries, l’kt. 
25 cts. 
SALVIA 
One of the finest of all 
blooming plants, being liter¬ 
ally a mass of highly colored 
flowers front early summer 
until killed by frost. 
Bonfire, or Clara Bed- 
man. Without doubt the 
finest Salvia yet introduced. 
Very dwarf and compact, 
growing about 2 feet high 
and covered with long 
spikes of dazzling scarlet 
flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Splendens. Scarlet 
Sage. Bright scarlet flow¬ 
ers borne in long spikes, 
forming a brilliant blaze of 
color until frost. Pkt 5 cts. 
Coccinea lactea. 
White. Very fine. Pkt. 10 
cts. 
Patens. Exquisite blue. 
Fkt. 15 cts. 
Ricinus Zanzibariensis 
SOLANUM 
A handsome genus of ornamental foliage and fruit-bearing plants 
which grow freely in any good, rich soil. 
Capsicastrum. Scarlet fruits, almost completely covering the 
plants. Pkt. 10 cts. * 
Little Gem. Dwarf habit, 9 inches high. Berries globular, bright 
scarlet and of the size of a Red Currant; highly ornamental. Pkt. 15 cts. 
STEVIA 
Free-flowering plants for pot or border culture; extensively grown by 
florists for cut-flowers. Bloom from seed the first season. Tender 
perennials. 
Purpurea. Purple; very fine. Fkt. 10 cts. 
Serrata. Pure white; sweet-scented. Pkt. 10 cts. 
SALPIGLOSSIS 
Very showy bedding plants, growing about 1% feet high and hearing 
throughout the season large funnel-shaped flowers, beautifully marked 
and penciled. Finest mixed. Pkt. 5 cts. 
SANVITALIA PROCUMBENS FL. PL. 
A beautiful little plant, well adapted for small beds and rock-work 
The flowers are large in proportion to tb<e Rite of the plant, and are of a 
rich golden-yellow 6olor. Thrives be^t in alight, rich soil, and continues 
to bloom during the* slimmer and autumn months. Hardy annual. 
%foot. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Sheep Manure for all fertilizing purposes is the best 
