Choice Flower Seeds 
WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK 
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CANDYTUFT (Iberis) 
The Candytufts are among our best white flowers for edgings, for bedding or massing, for 
rockeries and for cutting. Several of the varieties art* fragrant, and all are profuse in bloom. 
Sow outdoors in April, where they are to bloom, and thin well when the plants grow about an 
inch. Sow again in a month, and late in July for fall flowers. Give rich soil and water freely. 
Empress. Distinct candelabra-shaped 
branches, bearing immense pyramids of pure 
white bloom. Pkt. 10 cts. 
New Carmine. Distinct and beautiful. 
Pkt. 5 cts. 
Improved "White Rocket. Tkt. 5 cts., 
oz. 30 cts. 
Crimson. Very beautiful. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 
30 cts. 
Purple. Fine dark. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 
cts. 
Fragrant. White. Fkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts. 
Fine Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts. 
New Hybrid Dwarf. Fine mixed. Pkt. 
10 cts. 
Tom Thumb. White: forms a dwarf, 
compact cluster of clear white flowers. Pkt. 
10 cts. 
Hardy Perennial (Iberis sempervi- 
rens). Pure white. Pkt. 10 cts. 
CANNA (in dian Shot) 
Crozy’s New Hybrids. Seed saved from the flnest varieties of recent introduction. They 
are dwarf in habit, and remarkable for size and brilliancy of their flowers. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Fine Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts. 
Dark-Leaved Varieties Mixed. Fkt. 10 cts., oz. 50 cts. 
Collection of 12 varieties. Pkt. 75 cts. 
Collection of G Dark-Leaved varieties. Pkt. 50 cts. 
CARNATION 
Sown under glass in early spring, or later in the open 
ground, the plants will flower second summer. For 
largest, richest flowers we recommend their culture in 
pots of rich soil. They are also garden favorites, 
and grown in this way flowers of good quality may be 
had in summer if given plenty of water, good soil and a 
mulch about their roots. With tall varieties staking and 
tying is also necessary. 
Choice Mixed. Saved from choicest double flow¬ 
ers ; very select. V/ 2 feet. Pkt. 50 cts. 
Fine Double German. From named flowers. 
Pkt. 25 cts. 
Good Mixed. For border culture. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Early Dwarf Vienna. The best garden sort, pro¬ 
ducing a large per cent, of double, sweet-scented flow¬ 
ers of a great variety of colors. With light protection 
will withstand our winters and bloom early. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Perpetual, or Tree. Saved from flnest double 
flowers. Pkt. 25 cts. 
Picotee. Edges of petals bordered with various 
colors. Choice mixed. Pkt. 25 cts. 
Double Grenad in. A splendid variety for florists ; 
very early, charming, brilliant scarlet flowers. Exceed¬ 
ingly valuable for making bouquets. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Collection of 12 beautiful varieties, SI. 00. 
Candj tuft 
CENTAUREA 
These are of the easiest culture and are among 
the most serviceable annuals for cutting, and may 
be sown out of doors from April to July for suc¬ 
cession. 
The flowers will keep for over a week in water if 
cut just when they are about to open. 
Americana. Flowers, lilac purple; 3 ft., oz. 40 
cts., pkt. 5 cts. 
Impcrialis. (New Giant Corn Flower). Flowers 
of enormous size, fraerant and of most charming 
colors, 2 ft., flnest mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Cen tau rea Cyan us. These are the popular 
cornflowers, known also as Bachelor's Buttons , 
Ragged Sailor and Bluet, and arc beautiful and 
elTective plants for beds and borders. The cut 
flowers are highly appreciated for bouquets and 
decorations. 
Emperor William. Dark Blue. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Rose. Pkt. 5 cts. 
White. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Mixed. Pkt 5 cts. 
Double. Lirge double flowers of exquisite 
shades of color. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Cyan us Victoria Blue. A lovely little plant 
for edgings, rock work, pots, etc., flowers bright 
blue, but inclined to sport a little. Pkt. 10 cts. 
MARGUERITE CENTAUREA 
An extra-vigorous race especially adapted for outdoor culture. They are very neat in habit, and remarkable for their rich profusion of flow* 
ers, produced in live months from sowing. For masses of bloom few plants are finer; and for pots, 
also, their neat habit makes them very suitable. Grown as annuals, from seed sown every spring, 
they are most satisfactory. Pkt. 10 cts. 
CENTAUREA. White-Leaved Varieties 
Gymnocarpa. Silver-gray foliage; drooping habit, very graceful. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. $1.00. 
Candid issima. Fine ornamental plant of great beauty ; silvery white, deeply cut foliage. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Clementei. Foliage white, deeply cut, and altogether very beautiful. Pkt. 10 cts. 
CASTILLEIA INDIVISA 
A very ornamental plant, with brilliant deep scarlet bracts. It presents a magnificent appearance, 
and is one of the most effective of half-hardy annuals. Pkt. 25 cts. 
CELOSIA 
Yery singular, ornamental and showy plants, producing magn ; flcent spikes of feathery looking flow¬ 
ers. They succeed well in the garden and make very attractive pot-plants. 
Argentea. Long spikes of silvery white, shaded with flesh color; splendid. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Aurea pyramidalis. Bright golden spikes in pyramidal form ; exceedingly beautiful. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Crimson-Feathered. Crimson spikes; beautiful. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Pyramidalis plu mosa. Beautiful long plumes, pyramidal in form : of red, yellow, violet. Pkt. 10cts. 
Huttoni. Bushy habit, pyramidal form, profusely branched, each branch being tipped with a small 
spike of bright crimson flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Thompson! Magnifies. Similar to the preceding in all respects except color, which varies in the 
most magnificent shades. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Carnation 
