GENUINE 
From tha Mountains of Switzerland. 
It is a pretty little flower, and very 
popular among the Swiss mountaineers, 
being their emblem of purity, and is 
much sought after by tourists. It 
thrives at an altitude of 6,000 
feet oik the Alps and Pyrenees, 
mostly in dangerous rocky 
places, where the gathering 
of it is attended with con¬ 
siderable personal risk,and 
those who are successful 
wear it proudly as a bad ire 
of bravery. 
Like the English prim¬ 
rose, once so common in 
England, the craze for speci¬ 
mens of the Edelweiss has 
been so pronounced of late 
years that it is now becoming 
scarce, and measures have 
had to be adopted by the local 
authorities to prevent its extinc¬ 
tion. The botanical authorities at 
Geneva, Switzerland, have 
active in trying to prevent this 
desirable result. The Edelweiss is--— 
not hard to cultivate. It will succeed in any ordinary garden soil not 
rich, and likes plenty of sunshine. Pkt., 25 seeds, 8 cents, 
UMBRELLA PLANT, OR CYPERUS. 
The leaves of this plant are borne at the top of long, strong stems of 
wiry consistency. The leaf foliage is arranged in circles at the top of 
the stem, and in strap-like effect, making the entire appearance some¬ 
thing like an open and finely-ribbed umbrella. The plant blossoms, too, 
but the blossom is rather neutral in appearance, being something like 
the blossom of certain grasses. Grows finely in water, with rich soil or 
mud. Easily raised from seed. Pkt,, 20 seeds, G cts. 
SUNFLOWER. 
N«w Double, Chrysanthemum Flowered. 
The most beautiful of all Sunflowers. Color, brightest golden-yellow, 
resembling double chrysanthemum-flowered asters, with long stems 
One of the finest novelties of late introduction. Pkt., 12 seeds, Gc. 
NEW NASTURTiUM, “CHAMELEON.” 
Tlus New Naturtium is a most remarkable advance in this brilliant 
family. We find that in richness and variety of colors it surpasses any 
other strain, and is also unique in bearing flowers of quite distinct color- 
on 0f!c atti ^ same plant —some clear, deep crimson, others 
blotched on light ground and others beautifully mottled. This charac¬ 
teristic as well as the wonderful richness of the unusual markings has been 
fixed in both the tall and dwarf forms, and we recommend both strains. 
TALL CHAMELEON. This^ variety, with its very large, rich flowers, 
“■ . .— -in the greatest variety, is unsurpassed for 
t raining over fences, and trellises, and blooms with the greatest freedom 
the entire season. Pkt,. 25 Seeds, « cts.; oz., 14 cts. 
DWARF CHAMELEON. This strain is remarkably dwarf and as a 
—-:--- 7 -- border or bedding plant has as distinct a 
place as its taller sister. Its flowers, though, of course, not as large as 
those ol the tall variety, are even more intense in color , are carried well 
above the foliage and sometimes almost hide it. The variation of color, 
of course, adds greatly to its interest. This is the most brilliant mixture 
of Naturtiums we have ever seen; the colors and color combinations are 
simply magnificent. Pkt., 25 Seeds, G cts.; oz., 14 cts. 
S. Y. HAINES & CO., 
I0S Boston Block, Minneapolis, Minn. 
