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Catalogue of tl?e Joseph ^arris Qompatyy. 
Double Rose Flowered Portulaca. 
Poppy. 
Sanvitalia Procnmbens, 
Flore Pleno -The handsomest and 
best double variety. Three packets, 
30 cents; packet, 8 cents. 
Stock, Tep W eeks. 
You should get three packets of each 
variety of Stocks. Sow one packet in 
a box in the house in March, and the 
other two in the open ground. 
Set out or sow in rows 15 inches 
apart and six inches apart in the rows, 
and if any prove single, pull them out, 
and thus leave more room for the 
double ones. 
Last year in our own grounds over 
95 per cent, of the plants produced beautiful double flow 
ers, showing that we have what we aim to get—the best 
seed in the world. 
English 
Ten Weeks 
Stock — The 
best of seed. 
Three packets, 
13 cents; pack¬ 
et, 5 cents. 
NEW 
LARG EST 
FLOWER- 
1NG DW’F 
—Mixed colors; 
double flowers; 
exceedingly 
beautiful. The 
flowers are 
larger and far 
handsomer 
than the illus¬ 
tration. Colors 
exquisite German Ten Weeks Stock—Large Flow- 
Three packets,' erin!? Dwflrf ' 
35 cents; packet, 10 cents. 
Poppies have been greatly improved and deserve a place 
in every garden. Sow as recommended for Foxglove. 
Poppy, Double Carnation— Mixed colors, very 
choice seed. Three packets, 13 cents ; packet, 5 cents. 
Poppy, Umbrosum A splendid variety. Three 
nackets, 13 cents; packet, 5 cents. 
Poppy Umbrosum. 
SapVutulia. 
Sanvitalia Procumbens, 
Sensitive piaqt, Mhflosa. 
This is a plant that will greatly interest and amuse the 
children. If you touch one of the leaves or branches, it 
will curl up and 
fall over, and the 
whole plant, es¬ 
pecially in hot 
weather, if struck 
hard enough, will 
fall down flat 
on the ground. It 
soon recovers, and 
the experiment 
can be repeated. 
Sow the seed in 
a box in the house 
and set out the 
plants as soon as 
the weather is 
quite warm. In 
the autumn re¬ 
serve a few plants 
and pot them to be 
Sensitive Plant. kept in the house 
during the winter. Good plants can be obtained by sow¬ 
ing the seed in the open ground in the spring. 
Sensitive Plant— New seed, that is sure to grow. 
Three packets, 13 cents; packet, 5 cents. 
The double 
Sanvitalia Pro¬ 
cumbens i s a 
pretty half- 
creeping plant 
with a great 
profusion of 
beautif ul 
double flowers, 
of a bright yel¬ 
low color, and 
somewhat re¬ 
sembling a dai¬ 
sy, but much 
larger. It is 
easily grown, 
and no garden 
should be with¬ 
out it. Sow as 
recommend e d 
for Phlox. 
