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ELLIOTT’S NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR 1896 
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NEW CARNATION. 
New Branching. 
It is with pleasure we offer to flower lovers a va¬ 
riety of Aster having some peculiar and very valuable 
characteristics. The plant is a strong grower, and its 
tendency to form numerous branches is very marked. 
It continues to grow late in the season and blooms 
correspondingly late, thus giving its crop of flowers 
late in autumm when there is a scarcity of bloom. 
The flowers are pure white and delicate pink, borne on 
very long stems. The petals are broad, long and many 
of tnem are more or less twisted and curled in such a 
manner as to give the blooms the appearance of large, 
loose and graceful Chrysanthemums. The resemblance 
is so great that nearly everyone would so consider them 
when seen as cut flowers. There is no question that 
they will quickly find a place for themselves anticipat¬ 
ing as they do the Chrysanthemum by a month or six 
weeks. Mixed Pink and White, price per packet, 15 cts. 
DIANTHUS LACINIATUS 
SALMON QUEEN. 
This new variety represents a beautiful acquisition to the annual 
pinks. Its flowers are of a very distinct and perfectly new tint in 
this class, they are of the most brilliant salmon color imaginable, 
changing into a salmony rose when fading. That this variety is 
distinct of all others is easily proved by the seeds, which are white or 
yellowish white, while those of all other annual pinks are dark brown 
or black. The flowers are well formed and nicely fringed; the plants 
attain a height of ten to twelve inches, like the other varieties of 
Dianthus lleddewigi. Seventy-five to eighty per cent, of the seedlings 
will come true from seed. Price, per packet, 10 cts. 
CENTAUREA SUAVEOLENS. 
Not a new plant by any means, but one that deserves to be more 
generally planted. The plant grows about two feet high and its rich 
f olden yellow blossoms are borne in great profusion. Commonly 
nown as yellow cornflower. A general favorite for cutting. Per 
package, 5 cts. 
NEW BRANCHING ASTER. 
ASTER. 
Elliott’s Superb Unrivalled Mixture. 
In bringing our Mixture of Asters before the public, we place 
at the disposal of the amateur gardener our many years of experience 
in testing the extensive list of varieties, and we include in this mix¬ 
ture both old and new sorts that we have found meritorious, dis¬ 
carding the more undesirable varieties. The Aster is too well-known 
among all lovers of flowers to require any description. All growers 
will find it to contain all known shades and the desirable forms, early, 
mid-season and late flowering, of which there are an almost endless 
variety. This mixture will supply a long felt want amongst ama 
teurs and those who have only a limited space in which to grow 
them. No lover of this popular annual should fail to try our Superb 
Mixture. Per package, 15 cents. 
Dahlia Flowered Rosalind. 
This new Aster introduces to the public a second color in the 
Princess or Dahlia Flowered class, which have become very popular 
on account of their short Lilliput Dahlia-like petals which form a 
very unique class among Asters. In color this variety is a charming 
bright rose and like the “Snowball” is very free blooming and the 
whole plant possesses an elegance which few Asters cau rival. Per 
package 25 cents. 
Marguerite 
Malmaison. 
Like the well-known 
Marguerite Carnation this 
new variety, the Mar¬ 
guerite Malmaison, 
flowers in four months 
from sowing seed, and is 
certainty the most beau¬ 
tiful and perfect Carna¬ 
tion that can be grown 
from seed, and fully sixty 
per cent, of the plants will 
produce flowers equal in 
size to the famous green¬ 
house varieties; colors 
soft pink to dark pink. 
Price per packet, 25 cts. 
CARNATION, MARGUERITE MALMAISON. 
