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SEED CATALOGUE, THORN HILL, N. Y. 
Select Assortment of Choice Flower Seeds. 
My Seed must not be confounded with the usual mercantile grades, which are grown cheap, sold 
cheap, and are in every sense of the word cheap and poor. My seeds are cultivated with a view of at¬ 
taining the highest possible mark of perfection, and to supply a class of people who want nothing but 
the very best, My prices I have made as low as possible, consistent with the higli quality of Seeds, and 
the liberal quantity I give in each packet. 
The purchaser is allowed to select Seeds in packets to the value of $1.25 for each one dollar sent me. 
ASTER. 
The numerous forms of the Aster, and the great 
variety of rich colors of its perfectly double flowers, 
make it a leading favorite. For a late summer and 
fall display it has no equal. No garden should be 
without a good variety of these beautiful flowers. 
They are very easily grown, succeeding admirably 
in all kinds of soil, producing a display of richly 
colored double blossoms of which any one can be 
proud. Do not fail to plant a good variety of these 
grand flowers. 
Dwarf Queen (see Novelties.) 
New Diamond Asters (see Novelties.) 
Prince of Wales (see Novelties.) 
Queen of the Market (see Novelties.) 
Harlequin Asters (see Novelties.) 
Imbricated Yellow Asters (see Novelties.) 
New Rose Aster —A 
splendid variety, with 
handsome, very large 
flowers, perfectly double; 
petals finely imbricated. 
Height 2 feet. All colors 
mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 
NEW ROSE ASTER. 
Dwarf Pyramidal 
Aster —Plants grow 10 
inches high, of pyra¬ 
midal shape, very com¬ 
pact, each plant form¬ 
ing a perfect bouquet of 
itself. The flowers are 
very large and hand¬ 
some, and is one of the dwarf pyramidal aster. 
earliest to bloom. Sixteen colors mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Mixed Asters — This mixture embraces all 
kinds and is a good kind to sow for a grand dis¬ 
play. Per pkt., 5 cts. 
BALSAM. 
This is another old popular favorite (Lady Slip¬ 
pers) that has been greatly improved of late years. 
I offer the finest strain of Camellia-flowered Bal¬ 
sams that are in existence, being carefully selected 
and improved. To 'get the best flowers, the plants 
should he transplanted when two or three inches 
high. 
Mills’ Superb Camellia-flowered Bal- 
sam — All choice kinds mixed. See Novelties. 
Perfection Pink —The flowers are of fine 
Camellia shape, of great substance, and reach two 
and one half inches in diameter. They are of a 
rich, deep pink in the center, shading gradually to 
a very light rosy pink at the extreme edges of the 
petals. Per pkt. 15 cts.; 2 pkts. for 25 cts. 
Daisy Miller, or Preferred —This new Bal¬ 
sam is perfectly Camellia-flowered, the large double 
blooms being two inches, in diameter of a white 
ground color, delicately suffused with lilac or 
lavender-blush, deepening in shade toward the 
center. Wondrously effective, and will prove very- 
useful for floral designs. Per pkt. 15 cts.; 2 pkts.- 
for 25 cts. 
Sunshine —Much deeper in color than the light 
lemon, deepening to a bright yellow at the center 
of the flower. A very attractive and valuable new 
shade. Hct. 15 cts. 
The King —This Royal Balsam is a bright shade 
of scarlet, contrasting with very light-colored stems 
and leaves. The flowers are now very double and 
Camellia-shaped. Per pkt. 15 cts.; 2 pkts. 25 cts. 
The Queen —This is also one of the Royal Bal¬ 
sams originally obtained in Germany, but which I 
have greatly improved and now offer for the first 
time. The beautiful double flowers are of suffused 
rosy blush, shaded to the extreme edge of the 
petals. Per pkt. 15 cts.; 2 pkts. for 25 cts. 
The Emperor —Purple spotted. Finest of all 
spotted Balsams. Perfectly double large flowers, 
of a reddish shade of purple, with clear white spots. 
Per pkt. 15 cts.; 2 pkts. for 25 cts. 
Garnet Red — Pale stems and light-colored 
leaves, from which the Camellia-shaped flower’s of 
a brialliant garnet red stand out in striking con¬ 
trast. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Dwarf Lilac—Very double flowers of a beauti¬ 
ful shade of lilac, of great depth in the center. 
The bushes are unusually dwarf and compact in 
growth and very free flowering. Per pkt. 15 cts. 
2 pkts. for 25 cents. 
Scarlet Spotted— 
This is one of the most 
perfect and brilliant 
of the spotted Camellia 
Balsams; of a bright 
vivid scarlet distinctly 
spotted with white. 
Per pkt. 10 cts. 
Splendens — This 
is one of the most 
effective colors for bed¬ 
ding, as the intensely 
brilliant crimson scar¬ 
let of the flowers is 
imparted even in the 
stalks of the plants. 
For effectiveness and 
glowing brilliancy this 
will surpass a bed of 
the finest Scarlet Ger¬ 
aniums. Per pkt. 15 cts.; 2 pkts. for 25 cts. 
Perfection White —The finest white Balsam 
for Florists’ work, as it is of remarkable substance. 
Per pkt. 15 cts. 
Light Lemon — Of a beautiful light lemon 
shade; double floivers of great perfection. Per 
pkt. 10 cts. 
Apple Blossom —One of the most charming 
of all my Balsams; large, perfectly double, Ca¬ 
mellia-flowered, or a deep rosy-pink shade. Per 
pkt. 10 cts. 
Pure White—The plants are very floriferous 
and produce large flowers of a pure paper-white 
color; very fine for bedding. Per pkt. 10 cts. 
Crimson Spotted —The large double flowers 
are deep crimson, handsomely spotted with white. 
Per pkt. 10 cts. 
