WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK 
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Choice Flower Seeds 
DOUBLE FRINGED CHINESE PRIMROSES 
Alba plena. Double white. Pkt. 50 cts. 
Rubra plena. Double red. Pkt. 50 cts. 
Finest Double Mixed. Pkt. 50 cts. 
VARIOUS PRIMROSES 
Obconica. Flowers are very fragrant and of a pale lilac color. Grows easily from seed 
wmen, it sown early in spring, will produce blooming plants in May or June. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Pkt 25 cts 11 * 11 ** 1 Lovely yellow flowers, deliciously fragrant. Fine for house culture. 
Cortusoides. Bright rosy rod. Hardy perennial. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Dean’s Hardy Hybrids. Beautiful varieties, all colors mixed. Pkt. 25 cts. 
Japonica. Queen of Primroses. 1 inch in diameter, of an endless variety of color 
Finest mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Vulgaris. The Yellow English Primrose. Very fragrant. Tkt. 10 cts. 
PYRETHRUM (Large-Flowering Varieties) 
Handsome herbaceous perennials, bearing large flowers 3 to 4 inches across ranging 
color from light pink to deep crimson. Fine for cutting. * 
Hybridum, Single Mixed. Best sorts. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Hybridum, Double Mixed. Extra choice. Pkt. 25 cts. 
YELLOW-LEAVED VARIETIES 
Aureum. The well-known Golden Feather. Bright yellow foliage. Extensively used 
for carpet bedding, edgings etc. Pkt. 10 cts. 
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 
light, rich soil. Valuable for 
dried bouquets. 
M aculata. Bright Bose, 
with dark center. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Maculata alba. 'White* 
Pkt. 10 cts. 
Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10c. 
Ricinus Sanzibariensis 
Rivinia Humilis 
(Rouge Plant) 
A pretty pot-plant, bear¬ 
ing racemes of white flow¬ 
ers, followed by beautiful 
bright scarlet berries. Pkt. 
25 cts. 
SALVIA 
One of the finest of all 
blooming plants, being liter¬ 
ally a mass of highly colored 
flowers from 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 nigh 
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. 
Cocci n ea lac tea. 
White. Very line. Pkt. 10 
cts. 
Patens. Exquisite blue. 
Pkt. 15 cts. 
RICINUS 
(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. 
Cam bod gen sis. The 
flnestof 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. 
Gigan tens. Loaves of 
immense size. 12 ft. 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 2 y 2 feet across. 
Finest mixed. Pkt. 6c., 26c. 
Pyrethrum Hybridum 
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 Bed 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. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Serrata. Pure white; sweet-scented. Pkt. 10 cts. 
SALPIGLOSSIS 
Very showy bedding plants, growing about 1% feet high and bearing 
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 largo in proportion to the size of the plant, and are of a 
rich golden-yellow color. Thrives best in a light, rich soil, and continues 
to bloom during the summer and autumn months. Hardy annual. 
y 3 ioot. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Sheep Manure for all fertilizing purposes is the best 
