SILENE In Variety. 
Very handsome hardy annuals, the delicate 
little flowers borne in dense clusters, and very 
showy. Sow either in spring or fall. Silene 
armeria, known as Catchfly, White, Red, Mixed. 
Dichotoma. Portunei, bright rose. Maritima, 
pink. Pendula Compacta: White, Rose, Mixed. 
Schafta, rose, very floriferous. Special Mixture. 
Valerian, Garden Heliotrope, Plants afoot. 
Bigb. bearing clusters of small, pretty, fragrant flowers at 
the tip of the branches. Pine for a border. 
Tenidium fugas, a low annual not unlike 
Dlmorphotheca in habit and flower; yellow, showy, fine. 
Vinca rosea, fine plant a foot high, for beds 
or pots. Flowers Phlox-like, bright and freely produced. 
Likes sandy soil and hot sun. Pure white, White with eye, 
Rose. Special Mixture. 
Viola, Tufted Pansy, Mixed. Munbyana, 
the Algerian Violet, dark blue, hardy perennial. 
Virginia Stock, little annuals ten inches 
high, the flowers small, pro¬ 
fusely borne and very pret¬ 
ty. Fine grown in masses, 
and grouped in a pot. 
Started in autumn in pots 
they bloom well in winter. 
Red, White, Crimson King, 
Rose. Compact White. 
Compact Rose. The Com- 
•pact sorts are best for pot- 
culture. Complete Special 
Mixture of all sorts. 
Virginia Stock is known as Cheiranthus maritimus. It 
is one of the pretty little cruciferous annuals that any per¬ 
son can grow, and makes a fine out-door bed. It also does 
well In a sunny window, blooming profusely. 
Viscaria oculata, 10 inches high. Flowers 
single, borne on slender stems, pretty and showy. Dwarf 
Blue, Brown-red, Mixed. 
Verbena, Hybrids. Verbenas should be 
more popular. They are easily 
grown from seeds, bloom from 
early summer till after frost, 
are bright in color and, borne 
in clusters, and are deliciously 
fragrant. They are excellent 
for beds, and if grown in pots 
in autumn will bloom well in a 
snnny window in winter. Blue, 
White, Rose, Purple, Blue with 
white centre, Auriculifiora. 
Early Parisian, charming, 
fragrant-flowered plants blooming 
freely during autumn, and if 
grown in pots do well in the win¬ 
dow in winter. They are popular 
market plants in Paris, and 
should be better known here. 
Colors; Golden Gem, Yellow with 
green buds. Brown, Belvoir Cas¬ 
tle (dwarf, golden yellow), Prim¬ 
rose Gem, Purple, Yellow with 
brown buds. Early Paris Market 
(bright brown). Special Mixture. 
Wliitlavia, a charming, early-flowering 
annual ten inches high, the flowerB exquisite little bells in 
profusion. White, Blue. Azure witti throat. Mixed. 
Special Mixture of all. 
Wallflower, 
ZINNIA, Improved Double. 
This is one of the few annuals that deserves 
general cultivation. The plants start quickly 
from seeds, soon come into bloom, and increase 
in beauty until frost. The flowers are large, 
double, of many rich colors, and always have a 
striking effect against the dark green foliage. 
The plants do not have an enemy, and will en¬ 
dure sun and drought that would kill many 
other annuals. 
Bedding Zinnias; White, Sulphur, Golden, Salmon-rose, 
Scarlet, Purple-red, Red, Violet, Fire King, Striped, Mxd. 
Robust Sorts: Flesh-white, Carmine-red, Scarlet, Violet, 
Black-purple, Orange, Cardinal, Lemon-color. Mixed. 
Lilliput, mixed colors. 
Pigmsea or Tom Thumb, mixed colors. 
Crispa grandiflora, twisted petals, fine, mixed. 
Curled and Crested, beautiful, somewhat like a crested 
Chrysanthemum, fine for beds. Mixed colors. 
Everlastings and Grasses. 
These are attractive in the garden, and when cut 
and dried are fine for winter bouquets for room deco¬ 
ration. The flowers are mostly cut when just opening, 
except Gomphrena and Xeranthemum. Out in the eve¬ 
ning and hang with the stems up in a shady place. 
Acroclinium Double, pretty annuals in the garden and 
fine for cutting. A foot high. Rose, White, Mixed. 
Ammobium alatum, new, large-flowered. Plants branch¬ 
ing, 2 feet high. Flowers white double, showy. 
Gomphrena globosa, fine, showy annu¬ 
als growing a foot high. Flowers glob¬ 
ular, very bright, and elegant either 
in the garden, or when dried. White, 
Flesh, Variegated, Purple, also Dwarf 
Compact Purple. Special Mixture. 
Gomphrena is often called German Clo¬ 
ver. Fine for a bed, retaining its beau¬ 
ty till frost: when cut does not fade. 
Gypsophiia elegans, a lovely little bedding annual, good 
for bouquets green or dry. Elegans Grandiflora pure 
white. Elegans carmine; Rosea viscosa. Elegans White 
Compact, Muralls pink. Special Mixture of all. 
Helichrysum monstrosum, fine for beds, 2 feet high, free- 
blooming, showy. Large, handsome double flowers, un¬ 
equalled for drying. White, Yellow, Brown, Purple, Sal¬ 
mon- red, Rose. Special Mixture. Bracteatum Double 
Dwarf mixed. Brachyrrhyncbum, yellow. 
Rhodantbe Manglesi, 1 foot, annual. Flowers bell-shaped, 
drooping, very pretty. White, Rose, Maculata, Mixed. 
Statice sinuata, a desirable garden flower good for dry¬ 
ing. Blue, White, Rose, Mixed. 
Xeranthemum, very handsome, large, double, showy flow¬ 
ers, on long stems. Superbissima: White Rose Red. Mxd. 
GRASSES. 
Agrostis nebulosa, elegant, fairy-like panicles, pretty for 
bouquets green or dry. Pulchella, more dwarf, but 
equally valuable. 
Avena sterilis, Animated Oats, the seeds move as if en¬ 
dowed with life. Black-seeded. White-seeded. 
Anthoxanthum odoratum, Puell, Annual Sweet Vernal. 
Brlza Maxima, large. Minima, small. Mixed. 
Coix lachryma Job’s Tears, the seeds often used as beads. 
Eragrostis elegans Love Grass. Elegant for bouquets. 
Gymmothrix latifolia, striking effect grown as a specimen. 
Gynerium argenteum, Pampas Grass, plumes 2 feet long. 
Hordeum jubatum, bushy heads, fine for bouquets. 
Lagurus ovatus, Hare’s-tail grass, dense, silvery heads. 
Panicum capilare vioiaceum, violet heads, beautiful. 
Frumentaceum, tall elegant in clumps. 
Pennisetum Villosum (Longistylum), a fine grass. 
Sorghum Halipense. S. Nigrum. Mixed. 
Zea Japonica Gigantea Quadricolor, an elegant ornament¬ 
al Corn the leaves striped green, white,yellow and pink. 
Graclllima flno variegated.. 
