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HARRIS’ RURAL ANNUAL FOR 1897. 
ASTERS—Continued. 
Harlequin—About twenty Inches high. Mixed colors. A very peculiar 
and beautiful variety. The petals are striped with different colors—red 
and white, white and blue, etc.,—producing a very pleasing effect. 
Pkt. 10c., 3 pkts. 25c. 
CROWN— About twenty Inches high. One of the most beautiful Asters. 
The flowers have a white center, surrounded by a broad margin of blue, 
red, purple, etc. Flowers large and perfectly double. Pkt. 10c., 3 pkts. 
25c. 
NINE VARIETIES OF ASTERS MIXED— We will send a mixture of 
the seed of Victoria, jjetterldge (Quilled, New Rose, German Quilled, 
Washington, Crown, White Mignon, Truffaut's Pa.-ony-Flowered Perfec¬ 
tion, and Dwarf Chrysanthemum-FJowered Asters. Pkt. 10c , 3 pkts. 25c. 
ABRONIA. 
A beautiful California plant, trailing along the ground and resembling j 
the Verbena. It has fragrant flowers, lilac and rose colored, and continue* 
to bloom all through the summer and autumn. 
Abronia Umbellata— Lllacand rose colored ; fragrant Pkt. 5c , 3 pkts. 12c 
A 
AGERATUM. 
An annual plant bearing fringe-like flowers. Especially useful lor 
bouquets, # 
Blue -Pkt. 5c. Pure White — Pkt, 5c. 
NEW DOUBLE BACHELOR’S BUTTON. 
Bachelor’s But¬ 
ton or “Corn Flow- 
f er”hasalways been 
a favorite flower; 
but now that we 
have this new 
double variety it 
should be doubly 
so. The plants are 
as vigorous and 
hardy as theold va¬ 
riety, and produce 
their double and 
semi-double flowers 
in the greatest pro- 
I fusion through the 
summer and late 
in the fall, even af¬ 
ter hard frost. Our 
seed is a mixture 
of the best colors. 
Pkt.lOc., 3pkts.25c. NEW DOUBLE BACHELOR'S BUTTON. 
AQUILEGIA.—COLUMBINE. 
Double Hon ays u cklc. 
A hardy perennial, easy of cultivation. The abundance of showy 
flowers early in the season, and their peculiar formation, renders this plant 
well wortiiy of a place in every garden. 
Fine Double, Mixed Colors— Pkt. 5c., 3 pkts. 12c. 
SWEET ALYSSUM. 
A very pretty little plant, covered with pure white sweet-scented flowers, 
which are produced all through the summer. Pkt. 5c., 3 pkts. 12c. 
AMARANTHUS. 
The plant grows four or live feet high, and bears long tasseUllke flowers 
of a deep-red color, Pkt, 5e. 
BALLOON VINE. 
A rapid-growing vine with white flowers, followed by seed vessels 
resembling a small balloon. How seed In May. Pkt. 5c, 
BALSAMS. 
Theso charming flowers can easily ho grown In the open ground, and 
will flower abundantly. To gel Iho best results the plants should bo 
th I lined out to a foot apart, 
Jmprovod Double Cnmollln-NoworocJ Bal- 
unmn -These are the fluent lliilsums In 
existence, The flowers are vi rn large and 
imr/ci'llu double, and grow HO thickly on 
the stems that the plant presents a mass 
o( bloom from lop lo bottom. Our Hood Is 
of the very fluent strain, costing ten times 
ns much In (lorrnany ns any other variety. 
Mixed colors. Pkt. 2fto., 3 plcls, f»0o, 
Dwarf Double White Balsams -Bountiful 
double, pure white flowers, Pkt, lfto., 3 
pkts 25e. 
Double Spotted Large double flowers spoi¬ 
led with various colors. Very pretty. Pkt, 
lfto., 3 pkts. 95o. 
Rose Floworod -A most beautiful class, the 
flowers resembling small roses, and are 
perfectly double and of charming colors. 
Fine Doublo, Mixed A mixture of the llncst rose-flowered and spotted 
varieties. Pkt. 8u., 3 pkts, 2fto. 
The above five varlotlon mixed, per plu. Ho., 3 pkts. 20c. 
BARTONIA. 
A very hardy plant, bearing largo bright-yellow flowers In great 
profusion thioughout the summer and autumn. Very showy and 
attractive. 
Dwarf Golden Bartonla- Pkt. fto., 3 pkts. 2lo. 
ROSE-FLOWERED BALSAM. 
Pkt. UH\, 3 pkts. 25c. 
OTHER VARIETIES OF BACHELOR'S BUTTON. 
Emperor William— A new variety of a beautiful deep-blue color and with 
large flowers. Pkt. 5c., 3 pkts. 12c. 
VICTORIA— A new dwarf variety, growing only eight inches high and 
covered with dark-blue flowers all summer. Very pretty for edges or 
borders. Pkt. 10c., 3 pkts. 25c. 
Mixed Colors —A mixture of the best single varieties. Pkt. 5c., 3 pkts. 12c. 
CANNAS. 
A superb plant for decorating lawns and gardens. Their large glossy 
leaves and bright-colored flowers render them pre-eminent for this purpose. 
They can easily be grown from seed and flower the first year. 
CULTURE —If early plants are desired, sow the seed in pots ora box 
in the house about April 1st, It is a good plan to file off a part of the hard 
shell of the seed before planting, so that moisture can penetrate totheseed. 
The seed should he soaked In tepid water 24 hours before planting. Trans¬ 
plant to the open ground when danger of frost is past. The seed can also 
he sown in the open ground in May, whore they are to grow. The bulbs 
can bo taken up and stored in the cellar, and will he line plants the follow¬ 
ing year. 
Canna Sood— The handsomest named varieties of Cannas are grown 
from bulbs only, but some very nice ones can be rUsed from seed 
Wo odor seed of the large flowering French Cannas, which are by far the 
llncst Cannas grown. Ok. 25c., pkt. 10c. 
Canna Bulbs— See page35. 
