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AGERATUM. 
Imperial Dwarf Blue. 
Everyone knows the value of the Ager- 
*tum as an edging plant. It grows read¬ 
ily and quickly from seed, will thrive in 
almost any soil or location, and even 
when sown in the open ground in May 
comes into flower soon enough to answer 
its purpose the same season. Thus one 
may get for a few cents enough plants 
to border a foliage or other bed, which 
will be dotted throughout the summer, 
until late fall, with their pretty blue, 
brush-like flowers. Seeds sown in 
autumn will produce plants for the win¬ 
ter window garden. The seed here offer¬ 
ed furnishes blooms of a charming deep 
blue, a most desirable variety. Perennial. 
•*kt., 3 cts. 
Little Cedar, la.,Apr. 10,1897.—"I was much pleased 
•*dth tho seed ordered from you last year, and tako 
pleasure In recommending you to my friends." 
Mrs. G. W. Nicholson. 
ACHILLEA PTARMICA. 
A beautiful perennial plant, bearing a great 
>le 
loice double flowers, commencing 
to bloom in July a 
of bloom until frost. It is said that ns many ns 
and remaining a perfect mass 
5,000 blossoms have been counted upon a single 
plant at one time. The flowers, borne in large 
clusters, are pure white nnd perfectly double, 
something like Feverfew blossoms, only smaller, 
giving the plant most appropriately the nnmeof 
r ‘The Penrl.” It is invaluable for floral pieces 
or bouquets, nnd is fine for cemetery planting, 
ns it is perfectly hardy anywhere nnd will readi¬ 
ly take care of itself. Perennial. Pkt., 0 cts. 
Hector, Minn., March, 1807.—"now modest imd > neat your 
catalogue is compared with tho gaudy, ‘bragging’ ones. My 
llowors were finer than any I over had before. The ..stars woro 
simply perfect. 'Whero did you get them?’ was asked so manjf 
limes that I said I ought to put up a notice, ‘Miss Wbito’s Hoods.' 
My ‘Hit and Miss’ garden was a groat pleasure and surprise.*' 
Mrs. Aldkrtikk Marsh. 
Choii 
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Slower 
Seeds. 
ABRONIA UMBELLATA. 
Beautiful trailing plant introduced from 
California. The prostrate branches hear 
clusters of sweet-scented, rose-lilac flowers, 
with white centers, something like the Ver¬ 
bena. only much more delicate. The blos¬ 
som is especially fragrant towards evening. 
Remove the husky covering from the seeds, 
and they will germinate readily. Annual 
Pkt., 4 cts. 
