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Choice Flower Seeds 
WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK 
DELPHINIUM (Perennial Larkspur) 
Showy and well-known hardy perennials that can be grown with ease in any garden produces 
splendid spikes of flowers throughout the summer. ’ 
Brunoiiianum (Musk-Scented Larkspur). New species of a peculiar shade of light blue 
emitting a powerful odor of musk. Pkt. 25 cts. 
Cashmerianum. Very fine, dark blue, Monk’s Hood-like flowers. I 1 / feet Pkt 10 cts 
Chinensis. Double mixed. 2 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Elliott’s Selected Hybrids. Includes the bestofthe new single and double varieties all 
of the large flowering types, varying in color from pearly white to lavender, and from soft azure 
blue to rich indigo. Pkt. 25 cts. 
Eormosum. Rich blue and white. A favorite variety. 3 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Le Mastadonte (Giant Bee Larkspur). Large dark'blue flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Nudicaule. Scarlet. 1 y % feet. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Zalil (Hardy yellow Larkspur). Lovely shade of sulphur-vellow. Pkt. 10 cts. 
For Annual varieties, see Larkspur, page 30. 
EUPHORBIA 
Variegata (Snow-on-the-Mountain). Attractive foliage, beautifully veined and margined 
with white. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Heterophylla (Annual Poinsettia, Mexican Fire Plant, or Fire-on-the-Mountain). An an¬ 
nual plant of branching habit, with glossy green leaves, which in summer become flared with 
dark tlery scarlet, leaving only a small tip of green. Very striking and brilliant. 3 to 4 feet 
Pkt. 10 cts. 
ESCHSCHOLTZIA (California Poppy) 
Hardy annuals of easiest cultivation, excellent for borders or in masses. Finely cut foliage 
Flowers, large and showy, produced freely all summer. 
Golden "West. Bright yellow, large flower. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Californica. Bright yellow, rich orange center. 1 foot. Pkt. 5 cts. 
Mandarin. A very beautiful variety. The outside of the petals is brilliant scarlet inside 
rich orange, Pkt. 5 cts. 
Crocea fl. pi. A double-flowering variety; flowers bright orange-scarlet, shading off to salmon-red. An abundant bloomer. 
Hose Cardinal. A charming sort, producing very freely large flowers of intense carmine. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Eschscholtzia 
Pkt. 5 cts. 
ERYTHRINA CRISTA-GALLI (Coral Plant) 
Splendid shrub for greenhouse or sub-tropical gardens, bearing large racemes of brilliant scarlet flowers. Pkt. 25 cts. 
DODECATHEON CLEVELANDI (Giant American Cowslip) 
A beautiful perennial from California, producing flower stems a foot high, surmounted with about ten large cyclamen-like blossoms. Color rosi- 
purple and yellow. It is quite hardy and luxuriates in a partially shaded situation. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Delphinium (Larkspur) 
DOLICHOS LABLAB (Hyacinth Bean) 
A rapid-growing ornamental climber with dense foliage and clusters of hand¬ 
some purple and white flowers. Purple. Pkt. 5 cts. White. Pkt. 5 cts 
Mixed. Pkt. Sets. 
DRACAENA 
Ornamental greenhouse plants with elegant foliage. Invaluable for decorative 
purposes. 
Indivisa. Green and bronze, narrow leaves. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Australis. Wide, green foliage. Pkt. 25 cts. 
ECHINOCYSTIS LOBATA (Wild Cucumber) 
One of the quickest growing annual vines in cultivation. Fine for covering fences, 
trellises, etc. Pkt. 5 cts. 
ECHEVERIA 
Interesting greenhouse succulents, which are largely used for carpet bedding. 
Metallica. Large,orange colored blossoms on spikes 12 to 15 in. high. Pkt. 25 cts. 
Sccunda glauca. Small, comp ct-growing, glaucous variety, with free flow¬ 
ering, scarlet and yellow racemes of bloom. Very line. Pkt. 25 cts. 
ERICA CAPENSIS (Cape Heath) 
Charming evergreen shrubs, flowering very profusely. Finest mixed. Pkt. 15 cts. 
EUPATORIUM FRASERI 
Flowers are snowy-white, borne in clusters ; flne for cutting. Hardy perennial. 
Pkt. 10 cts. 
EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS (Australian Blue Gum Tree) 
This half-hardy tree can only be used in our colder States as a pot plant, and as 
such, its bluish foliage contrasts beautifully with palms and other plants. Where 
it can be grown as a tree, it has a powerful influence in destroying the malarious 
agency which is supposed to cause fever in marshy districts. Pkt. 10 cts. 
FEVERFEW. See Matricaria and Pyrethrum. 
FERNS 
The seed offered is saved from a large collection of very elegant and interesting 
varieties. Finest indoor varieties. Pkt. 25 cts. Hardy varieties. Pkt. 15 cts. 
