MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. 
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SPECIAL COLLECTION 
6 packets of Choice 
Seeds for.IUU« ' 
Boys and girls, here is a fine col-, 
lection for you, all of choice varie¬ 
ties, and exactly the same as of-, 
fered in my regular list, and at 
one-half the price. If you 
wish, you can sell the flowers 
you grow and make it a source 
of profit as well as of pleasure. 
Sweet Peas, Eckford’s Finest. 
Double Bachelor’s Button, always a 
favorite, a great improvement on the single 
varieties. Many varieties mixed. 
Mourning Bride (Scabiosa), full, large 
blossoms in many shades. 
Eldorado Marigold, the largest and 
most double of all the marigolds. 
Double Poppy, a mixed packet contain¬ 
ing all the kinds described in my catalogue. 
“Hit and Miss,” my collection of mixed 
seeds, which will give you many varieties. 
Sherbrooke, N. D.— 1 "The children have taken a groat deal 
of pleasure with their flowers from your ‘Children’s Collec¬ 
tion ’ I love flowers, and think it a mother’s duty to grow 
them, for their influences on children arc many." 
Mas. Mat Milu:u. 
Fergus Falls, Minn., May 8, 1897.-—“The Childrcn’sCollco- 
tion’ 1 think Is very nice. The I'ansics are up nicely." 
Mas. J. A. Cnorr. 
MIXED FLOWER SEEDS. 
For the convenience of my patrons, many of whom prefer a larger variety of flower* 
In smaller quantities to a larger quantity of a smaller number ol varieties, I offer this 
year the following list of mixed seeds. These mixtures include all the variotios of the 
species named and described in my list, and in some cases additional varieties besides: 
Packet. 
10. Pansy, many varieties,. 3 cts. 
11. Pansy, Royal Challenge Mixture, 10 “ 
12 . Petunia, 3 varieties, single, . . .7 
13. PhlOX (Annual), 6 varieties, 
14. Pink, Chinese, 6 varieties, . 
15. Poppy, 7 varieties, ..... 
16. Sweet Peas, 16 varieties. . 
17. Zinnia, 9 varieties, 
Packet. 
1. Aster, io varieties, mixed, ... 6 cts. 
2. Begonia, 3 varieties, . 6 “ 
3. Candytuft, 3 varieties, ..... 3 " 
4. Cockscomb, 3 varieties,. 5 “ 
5. Cosmos, Giant, 6 varieties, ... 6 “ 
6 . Everlastings, 6 varieties, ... 4 “ 
7. Gaillardia, 3 varieties, .4 “ 
8 . Mignonette, 3 varieties, ... .4 “ 
9. Nasturtium, 5 varieties, ... .5 " 
One Packet of each of-the above 17 
Total,. 85 cts. 
mixtures, 70 cents. 
MIXED PERENNIAL SEEDS. 
Why don’t you havo a bod of hardy perennials? It requires but little care when 
once established; a slight dressing of manure in the spring, an occasional weeding, of 
course, and a light protection of leaves or straw in the fall, with a thinning out or divis¬ 
ion of plants once in a while to prevent overcrowding; and you can have lrom it a succes¬ 
sion of bloom from the earliest springtime throughout the season. A little patience and 
care are required in the start, however, ns many do not blossom until the second season 
and some not till the third. Perennial seed is npt to be slower to germinate than that of 
annuals, the seed sometimes lying in the ground for weeks and months, until it has long 
been given up as not good, and some, such ns clematis,do not come up for a year. 
To assist my patrons in securing such a bed, I offor a mixod packet of poronnlal 
seed, containing the following perennials and biennials, described in this catalogue, viz.: 
1. Candytuft (Iberis Gibrnltica). 2. Canterbury Bells, 3 varieties. 3. Columbine, 
2 varieties. 4. Coreopsis I.nnceolatn. 5. Jnpanese Chrysanthemum. 6 . Cypress Vine. 
7. Daisy, 2 varieties. 8 . Feverfew, Matricaria. 9. Feverfew, Golden Feather. 10. For¬ 
get-me-not. 11. Gypsophiln. 12. Heuchern. 13. Hibiscus. 14. Hollyhock, Double. 
15. Lace Vine. 16. Larkspur. 17. Lychnis. 18. Plntycodon. 19. Chinese Pink. 20. 
Iceland Poppy. 2L. Pyrethrum. 22. Sweet William. 23. Snapdragon. 
Tlic above perennials mixed. Imrge packet lO ctH. 
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2 . 
3. 
4. 
5. 
G. 
7. 
SECOND PERENNIAL MIXTURE. 
I offer also a mixture of the following 14 valuable varieties not doscribod In my list. 
rose) 
blue) 
Achillea Milliflorum Roseum, ( 
Aconitum Nap., Monk’s Hood, ( 
Agrostemma, Rose Campion, (red). 
Alyssum Saxatile Compactum(yel.) 
Baptisia AuBtralis (blue). 
Campanula Carpathica (blue). 
Dictamnus Albus (white). 
9*. GonUana Xucalis (blue and yellow). 
Goum Astrosanguinoum^scarlct). 
10 . 
11 . 
12 . 
Lobelia Cardinalis (Cnrdinnl Flower). 
Lunaria Biennis (Honesty). 
13. PentBtomon (mixed). 
14. Scabiosa Oaucasica. 
The above l*t perennials mixed, large pkt., 10 cts. 
