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C. ^eeser. Seedsman and Florist, 
PETUNIAS—Continued. 
valuable. They are also eSfective and beautiful for the decoration of the greenhouse 
and sitting-room window, while lor planting out in beds or mixed borders they are 
unsurpassed. The brilliancy and variety of their colors, combined with the dura¬ 
tion of their blooming period, render them invaluable. Half-hardy perennials. 
Petunia, Grandiflora Maculata.—Splendid, potted.25 cents. 
Grsndiftora, Marglnata.—Large flowers, bordered and veined with green. Price 
per packet.25 cents. 
Double,—The seed we offer is the best to be obtained. Packet of flf ty seeds, 25 cents. 
Blotched and Striped.—Per packet.10 cents. 
Fine Mixed.—Per packet.5 cents. 
Hybrida Grandiflora.—From a celebrated German collection. Flowers beautifully 
blotched, marbled, fringed and variegated. Quality unsurpassed. Per pkt, 20c. 
See Novelties for other fine Petunias. 
PANSY. 
Pansy growing has become an art and a passion, and corresponding to the shelf 
of China raretles in the fashionable house of to-day is the show of Pansy beds on 
PANSY—Continued. 
the lawn outside. Many have studied the art of preserving Pansies by pressing in 
a group, like a water-color painting. They give abundance of bloom until after se¬ 
vere frosts, endure our severe Winters, and meet us the next season with the same 
wonderful picture gallery of rich hues. Every one can have a Pansy bed. We in¬ 
vite the attention of Pansy-fanciers to many of our pure-colored varieties. Our 
seed is imported from the most celebrated florists of Germany, and will give un¬ 
bounded satisfaction. Sow seed in hot-bed or open ground. Transplant twelve 
inches apart in rich, moist loam. Protect from mid-day sun, from wind, and do not 
allow to get dry in hot weather. If planted in the shade will flower in the middle of 
Summer. By plucking off the flowers as soon as they begin to fade the succeeding 
flowers will be much more numerous and of larger size than if any are allowed to 
go to seed. 
Pansy, Azure Blue.—Very fine, a beautiful shade.5 cents. 
Bronze Color.—A new and striking color.5 cents. 
Dark Purple.—Rich dark purple.5 cents. 
Dark Blue.—Very rich and lasting.Scents. 
King of the Blacks.—Almost a coal black; a beauty.5 cents. 
Light Blue.—Lovely shades of light, nearly sky blue.5 cents. 
Mahogany Colored.—A beautiful color.5 cents. 
Marbled Purple —A handsome combination of colors on various grounds.. .5 cents. 
Pure Yellow.—Generally true to color. 5 cents. 
Red.—Bright coppery colors, but not strictly red.5 cents. 
Striped and Mottled.—Very fine and exceedingly beautiful.6 cents. 
Violet.—With white border, somewhat resembling the Fancy Geraniums.. .5 cents. 
White.—Sometimes slightly marked with purple.5 cents. 
Y'ellow Margined.—Beautiful color, with margin or belt of yellow.6 cents. 
I will send one packet of each of the above fourteen varieties, priced at 5 cents 
each, lor 50 cents. 
Extra Fine Mixed.—All of the above fourteen varieties mixed.10 cents. 
NEW PANSIES. 
New Superb.—.See full description of this fine new strain under Novelties. Price 
25 cents.six packets for $1.00. 
Trimardeau.—See Novelties for special description. Per packet, 15 cents; ten 
packets.for $1.00. 
Black Prince.—See Novelties for illustration and special description. Price per 
packet, 15 cents.lour packets, 50 cents. 
Red Riding Hood.—See Novelties for special description. Per packet.15 cents. 
Improved Striped.—See Novelties for special description. Price per packet, 15 
cents.four packets, 50 cents. 
Alba Marginata.—New silver-edged, very fine.10 cents. 
BIack-l)liie.—Shaded black in the center, changing outward to different shades of 
blue.10 cents. 
Snow (Juecn.—Pure white, with only the characteristic yellow dot near the center 
of flowers, sometimes marked with faint purple line.10 cents. 
Fawn Color.—A beautiful shade of fawn.10 cents. 
Odier, or Blotched.—Superb large-eyed flowers of very good shape, and beauti¬ 
fully blotched with rich and varied colors.15 cents. 
(Jiiadricolor.—Upper petals sky-blue, edged with violet. The lower petals are 
mostly purple, sometimes on a white, sometimes on a yellow ground, marbled 
and spotted; most brilliant in colors.15 cents. 
Prince Bismarck.—Remarkably beautiful, shades of brown and golden-bronze 
marbled.15 cents. 
Havana Brown.—Bright and attractive shades of yellowish brown.10 cents. 
Emperor William.—Large, handsome flowers in great profusion, borne well above 
the foliage, brilliant ultra-marine blue, with a purple violet eye.5 cents. 
Lord Bcaconsfleld.—A splendid novelty, producing very large flowers of a deep 
purplish-violet, shading off on the top petal to a white hue, producing a bright 
and cheerful appearance. Per packet,. 10 cents. 
One packet of each of the above fifteen new varieties, which would cost yon 
at the regular catalogue price $2.00, for only $1.50. No Club Rate allowed on 
this offer, except the amount may count on book offers. 
PHLOX DRUMMONDII. 
No annual exceeds the Phlox for a brilliant and constant display. It forms a most 
beautiful bed, and for a mass of color is unequalled by any other flower. Set the 
plants about a foot apart, unless the soil is very poor. If too thick they suffer from 
mildew. The buds, just before opening, resemble a flame, hence the name Phlox, or 
flame. The Phlox makes a very good border or low Summer hedge. The finest 
effect, however, is produced by planting each color in beds in ribbon fashion, its 
constant bloom making it very desirable for this purpose. 
Phlox Drummondii, Alba Oculata.—White, with various colored eyes. Price per 
packet. .6 cents. 
Leopoldl.—Deep pink, with a white eye. Per packet.6 cents. 
Coccinca.—Brilliant scarlet. Per packet.Scents. 
(Jueen Victoria.—Violet, with a white eye. Per packet.5 cents. 
Alha Pura.—Pure white. Per packet . 6 cents. 
Kadowltzl.-Rose, striped with white. Per packet .6 cents. 
Rosea.—Beautiful rose colored. Per packet.Scents. 
POPPY. 
The Poppy gives the garden a brilliant tropical aspect. Do not sow it indis¬ 
criminately, but put it in clumps, away from other flowers, whose hue it will kill, 
and where there is a back ground of green to make the flaming color show out. The 
splendid growth of the Poppy is well known. The flowers often attain six inches in 
diameter. It is very hardy, and will do well if sown early in the Spring in the 
ground where wanted to bloom. The double varieties are brilliant and showy. 
Poppy, I anebrog. 
Poppy, Uinbrosum. 
Poppy, Paony-Flowercd, Mixed.—Large and very double flowers, of mixed colors. 
Per packet.5 cents. 
Ranunculus-Flowered, Mixed.—Splendid double-fringed flowers, of mixed colors. 
Per packet..'. 5 cents. 
Farnation-Flowercd.—Brilliant, large, double flowers, mixed colors.5 cents. 
ITnibrosum.—A new variety, producing flowers of the richest vermilion, with a 
deep shining black spot on each petal.10 cents. 
Danebrog.—A very desirable and showy novelty, producing large single flowers of 
a brilliant scarlet, with a large silvery-white spot on each of the tour petals, 
thus forming a white cross on a scarlet ground. 10 cents. 
For fine new varieties, see novelties. 
