WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK 
25 
Choice Flower Seeds 
BALSAM (Lady’s Slipper) 
Showy and easily grown tender annuals, succeeding best in sunny sit¬ 
uations where there is rich loam and moisture ; July to Sept. 1 to 1% ft. 
Elliott’s Double'White Perfection. Perfect form, large blos¬ 
soms of great substance. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Solferino. Satiny white, streaked and spotted with crimson and 
lilac. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Improved Double Rose-Flowered Balsams 
These varieties embrace the cream of the class. 
BELLIS (Double Daisy) 
Charming little plants, admirably adapted for borders and edgings. 
Sow early in the house, and when large enough transplant to partially 
shady situation. 
Albafl. pi. Pure white. Pkt. 10c. 
Rubra 11. pi. Red. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Snowba II. Large 11 o w erin g, 
pure white. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Longfellow. Large-flowering, 
dark rose. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Finest Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 
BEGONIA 
White. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Pale Yellow. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Flesh Color. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Rose. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Scarlet.. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Crimson. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Lilac. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Violet. Pkt. Sets. 
Extra Choice Double Mixed from 
choice varieties. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. $1.50. 
Fine Double Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 
50 cts. 
The value of the single-flowered Tuberous Begonias for bedding pur¬ 
poses has been fully established, and the gorgeous effects they have pro¬ 
duced have readilygiven them pr.lence over the more ordinary bedding 
plants. Seed sown in February or March will produce nice plants for 
planting out in June. 
bainff’s Gold Medal Hybrid. These tuberous-rooted Begonias 
have attained a world-wide reputation. Seed of this unrivaled collection 
procured direct. 
Plumosus nanus. A graceful 
greenhouse climber, having feathery, 
lace-like foliage finer than the most 
delicate fern. Makes a fine house plant. 
Pkt. 25 cts. 
Sprengeri. A most desirable va¬ 
riety, invaluable for hanging baskets. 
The fronds frequently grow four feet long, and are covered with leaves 
of a rich shade of green. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Balsam 
Producing showy golden-yellow flow¬ 
ers above its gray and downy thistle- 
like foliage, which is exceedingly bril¬ 
liant in the sunshine. Sow it where it 
is to remain, as it does not bear trans¬ 
planting ; annual. 2 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 
BIDENS ATROS ANGUINE A 
Showy annual, with flowers of a dark blood-red color; lino for cutting. 
Imported collections of twelve sepa¬ 
rate colors, $1.00; six separate colors, 
50 cts. 
Single. Choicest mixed. Pkt. 50 cts. 
Double. Choicest mixed. Pkt. 75 cts. 
Aristolochia Sipho 
Double Mixed. Saved from the very 
finest hybrids. Pkt. 25 cts. 
(Dutchman’s Pipe) 
Rapid-growing, hardy perennial, 
climber, with large green leaves, mak¬ 
ing a dense shade. Flowers are very 
curiously shaped. Pkt. 10 cts. 
ARNEBIA CORNUTA 
A charming annual with exceedingly 
beautiful flowers of a rich yellow color, 
marked with five black spots. These 
spots change on the second day to a deep 
maroon, and disappear on the third day, 
leaving the flower a pure yellow. Pkt. 
10 cts. 
AURICULA 
(Primula auricula) 
A well-known favorite of great beauty. 
Half-hardy perennial. Finest mixed, 
saved from choicest varieties. Pkt. 25c. 
ASPARAGUS 
Broussoneti. One of the finest 
hardy perennial climbers ; feathery 
foliage and bright red berries, 10 feet. 
Pkt. 10 cts. 
Single Mixed. From finest single 
varieties. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Erfordia. A dwarf hybrid variety 
with small, glossy, dark green leaves, 
and delicate rosy-carmine flowers; one 
of the best bedding sorts. Begonia 
Erfordia, being a hybrid, lias a tendency 
to revert and cannot be depended upon 
to come always true from seed. 6 
inches. Pkt. 50 cts. 
Vernon. This variety is of unusual 
value as a bedding plant, as it will stand 
our hot summer sun. Easily raised from 
seed, and if started in spring will pro¬ 
duce flowering plants early in the sum¬ 
mer. Also a most satisfactory house 
plant, being literally a mass of bloom 
the entire winter; carmine flowers. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Ornamental-Leaved, Rex Va¬ 
rieties. Large, handsome leaves, dark 
green, variegated with red-bronze, red, 
and silver-white; greenhouse perennial. 
1 foot. Pkt. 25 cts. 
BARTONIA AUREA 
ASPERULA 
Profuse-blooming hardy plants, thriving best among shrubbery or any 
partially shady places. 
Azurea Setosa. Light blue. Annual. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Odorata (Sweet Woodruff). White. Very fragrant. Perennial. 
Pkt. 5 cts. 
BALLOON VINE 
Rapid-growing annual climber, succeeding best in a warm situation. 
Small, white flowers, followed by inflated seed vessels, which look like 
minature balloons. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Pkt. 5 cts. 
BOCCONIA JAPONICA 
Stately evergreen shrub, with ornamental foliage; very effective for 
single specimens or groups on lawns; long spikes of creamy white flow¬ 
ers. Pkt. 5 cts. 
BRACHYCOME (Swan River Daisy) 
Very pretty low-growing annuals, suitable for edgings or pot culture; 
blooms profusely throughout the summer. 
Iberidifolia, "White. Pkt. 5c. Iberidifolia, Mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
Iberidifolia, Blue. Pkt. 5c. 
Elliott’s Concentrated Plant Fertilizer produces an abundance of blossoms and healthy foliage 
