C. :d. ^eeser. Seedsman and Florist, 
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ADONIS. 
Also known as “Pheasant’s Eye.’’ A showy, hardy annual of easy culture, 
with pretty, fineccut foliage, and lasting a long time in bloom. Handsome dark 
crimson flowers, with a light-colored center. Price,.5 cents. 
ALYSSUM. 
Tbe Sweet Alyssum has pretty little white flow¬ 
ers, useful for making up in all kinds of small bou¬ 
quets, and its fragrance, while sufficiently pro¬ 
nounced, is very delicate, reminding one of the 
The Alyssum grows freely from seed, either under 
grass or in the open ground, and makes a pretty border. 
Alyssum, Sweet.—Hardy annual, flowers small and sweet, in clusters.5 cents. 
Little Gem.—New. (.See illustration and description in Novelties.).10 cents. 
Sweet Alyssum. 
peculiar aroma of the hay field 
AGROSTEMMA. 
Very handsome, free blooming, attractive border 
plants, at home in any garden, excellent for cut- 
flowers, hardy perennial. 
Agrostemma, Fine Mixed.—White and rose-col¬ 
ored flowers.5 cents. 
AMARANTHUS. 
Amaranthns, Tricolor. 
One of our favorite plants, of the easiest culture, 
and unsurpassed for Summer and Fall flowering. 
The strains I sell are particularly fine, and will fairly vie with the Carnation in the 
variety of their stripes and spots. 
Antirrhinum.—^All colors mixed.Scents. 
ANGELONIA. 
Squally de,sirnble as a pot plant for the parlor or greenhouse in Winter, or for out¬ 
door planting in Spring. It forms a plant eighteen inches high, terminated by long 
spikes of cup-shaped fragrant flowers, in color bright scarlet spotted with white. 
.Although a perennial, it flowers the flrst season if sown early. 
A. Granditiora. Described above.20 cents. 
Beautiful and ornamental foliaged plants, ex¬ 
tremely graceful and interesting, producing a 
striking effect, whether grown tor the decoration 
of the conservatory or out-door flower garden. 
Amarantlius, Tricolor.—Foliage green, shaded 
with red, and sometimes pointed yellow, 5 cts. 
Candatns (Love Lies Bleeding).—Blood-red, 
drooping panicles of flowers, pretty for decor¬ 
ating.5 cents. 
Oruentns (Princess Feather).—Flowers crimson, 
similar to Caudatus, but are in erect masses, 
very attractive and ornamental.5 cents. 
ANTIRRHINUM. 
ASTER. 
The Aster is a universal favorite. For an^utumn display it has no successful ri¬ 
val among the annuals. Give a deep, rich soil, mulching with coarse manure, pro¬ 
duces elegant flowers. Ten inches apart is the proper distance to make a showy bed. 
AVhen in bloom they are easily beaten down with wind and rain; they should, there¬ 
fore, be tied up to stakes to prevent the flowers from being injured. 
Aster. Perfection. Aster, Kose-llowered. 
Aster, Pjpony-tlnnered Perfection.—Flowers large and double, the petals beauti¬ 
fully incurved. One of the best in every respect, mixed, two feet. (See cut.) 
.15 cents. 
I.a Superhe.—Magnificent, large flowers, often more than four inches in diameter, 
mixed colors .15 cents. 
Pmony-tlowered Globe.—.A new and very fine variety, and the earliest of the Asters. 
Price.10 cents. 
' Chrysanthemum-flowered Dwarf.—A superb snow-white variety, changing from 
white to azure-blue as the flowers become old. Every flower usually perfect. 
Price.10 cents. 
Newest Dwarf Bouquet.—Each plant looks like a 
little bouquet of flowers set in the ground, mixed 
colors. 10 cents. 
Victoria.—One of the finest Asters in cultivation, 
flowers very large, perfectly double, imbricated 
and globular, twenty inches in height. Choice 
mixed colors.15 cents. 
Goliath.—The flowers of this class are of enormous 
dimensions, and of the most perfect form. It 
blooms profusely. The plant is of strong, robust 
habit. Beautiful colors, mixed, two and a half 
feet high.15 cents. 
New Rose.—The flowers are large and double, the 
outer petals finely recurved and the inner ones in¬ 
curved like a rose, two and a half feet in height, 
extra choice mixed .10 cents. 
Fine Mixed.—All the above mixed.15 cents. 
New Comet.—(See illustration and description in 
Novelties.; Per packet, 20 cents; 3 for 50 cents. 
AUBRIETIA. 
-A charming early free-growing plant, s metimes called “ Blue AlyssumIndis¬ 
pensable for edgings, rock-work, or small beds. A hardy perennial. 
.Aubrietia Deltoldea.—Rosy-lilac.5 cents. 
.Aster, Dwarf Bouquet. 
BALSAM. 
An old and favorable garden flower, producing its gorgeous masses of beautiful, 
hrllllant-colored, double flowers in the greatest profusion, of easy culture, succeeds 
in a good, rich soil, also fine for pot culture and conservatory decoration. The seed 
of Balsam should be sown in dwelling-house or greenhouse from January to April in 
an average temperature of 60 degrees, in shallow 
boxes of light, rich soil. When the seedlings are 
large enough, transplant into similar boxes one inch 
apart, and remove them to the open ground in May 
or June. Sow also in the open ground as soon as 
the weather is suitable. In order to have the best 
quality of double Balsams, they must be transplant¬ 
ed from seed-bed; if left where sown they will only 
be senri-double. 
Balsam, Camellia-flowered (Spotted).—Very 
double, spotted with white. Mixed colors. 10c. 
Rose-flowered.—French, perfectly double. 10 cts. 
Carnation.—Fine double flowers, striped. 10 cts. 
Solferino.—On a satiny white ground, striped, 
streaked and spotted with lilac and crimson. 
Very beautiful, extra double flowers. 10 cents. 
AVhite Perfection.—This beautiful, large, double, 
snow-white variety has the most thoroughly Striped Balsam, 
double, immense solid round flowers that I have ever seen.10 cents. 
Choice Double Mixed.—Of perfect form, and beautiful varieties and colors. 10 cts. 
Henderson’s Superb.—(For description see Novelties.).10 cents. 
BARTONEA AUREA. 
Producing showy large golden-yellow flowers, above its gray, downy, thistle-like 
foliage, and exceedingly brilliant in the sunshine. Sow where It is to remain, as it 
does not bear transplanting well.5 cents. 
BRACHYCOME, 
A dwarf-growing plant, covered all Summer with a profusion of Cineraria-like 
blooms. Should be grown same as Aster. 
Brachycome Iberldifolia (Swan River Daisy.)—Mixed blue and white.5 cents. 
