BED OF SWEET ALYSSUM 
ALYSSUM 
Every garden should have plenty of Sweet Alyssum ; its small white flowers, 
borne in great profusion, are delicately fragrant and valuable for cutting. It is 
a good basket and pot plant, and valuable for carpet bedding. In the border 
sow thickly, so as to make a mass. It is desirable to sow the seeds early in 
spring, or even in the previous autumn. To prepare a basket for winter bloom¬ 
ing, sow the seeds about the last of August. If the plants come up thickly, thin 
them out; a do/.en plants are enough for a good-sized basket. When out o( 
bloom cut back, and they will produce another crop of flowers. 
Sweet. Hardy annual. Flowers small and sweet. Ounce, 25 cents ... 5 
Benthami compactum (Little Gem). A dwarf, compact, annual variety, 
not over six inches high, bearing its pure white fragrant flowers in the 
greatest profusion during the entire summer. Ounce, 50 cents. 5 
Carpet of Snow. Only two or three inches high. A profuse bloomer, 
showing as many as 300 heads of snow-white flowers at one time on one 
plant. Annual.10 
Saxatile compactum. Perennial, ten inches high, compact habit, golden 
yellow flowers. The popular name is Gold Dust. 5 
ANTIRRHINUM 
SNAPDRAGON 
These showy, half-hardy perennials arc usually treated as annuals. They 
grow two to three feet high, and arc covered with bloom. They arc easily 
raised from seed sown early in spring in warm dry soil. If the plants are not 
weakened by blooming too much the first year, they will stand over winter. 
In poor dry soil they will bloom best and last longest. A few leaves scattered 
over the plants will give a little protection in winter. To produce good flower¬ 
ing branches for the second season, cut back a number of the branches in mid¬ 
summer about one-half or two-thirds ; then new shoots will start out, which 
will be ready to bloom the following season. 
Brilliant, scarlet and yellow. Carnation Striped, irregularly striped. 
Firefly, orange and scarlet, with white throat. Galathe, crimson, 
throat white. Luteum, yellow. Papilionaceum, blood-red, throat 
white. White. Seven varieties, each. 5 
One packet each of the above seven varieties 
for 25 cents. 
Fine Mixed. Ounce, 50 cents. 5 
New Giant-Flowered. Fine flowers, double the 
size of ordinary sorts, of a rich velvety texture. 
Bright Crimson; Brilliant; Chamois; Deep 
Scarlet ; Firefly ; Galathe ; Yellow ; Rose ; 
Striped ; White ; each . .10 
One packet each of the above ten varieties for 
70 cents ; or any six for 45 cents. 
Extra Fine Giant-flowered Mixed.10 
Tom Thumb. Very pretty dwarf plants, about 
six inches high, and of the usual colors described 
above. Mixed colors. 5 
ASPERULA 
Azurea setosa. A charming,profuse blooming hardy little annual, bear¬ 
ing clusters of fragrant sky-blue flowers, admirably adapted for bouquet¬ 
making. One foot. 5 
Odorata. A perennial of delightful fragrance : it is the Mayflower of the 
Germans, being used in their Maitrank or May wine. I'lie flowers are pure 
white, and the whole plant is often dried and preserved for its perfume. 
If kept among clothes it imparts an agreeable odor to them. Six inches . 5 
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ALLEGHANY VINE 
Adlumia cirrhosa. Sometimes called Wood Fringe, Mountain Fringe, 1 
or Climbing Fumitory. This graceful hardy climber deserves a place in every 9 
garden. Its delicate feathery foliage somewhat resembles that of the Maiden- ” 
Hair Fern, and its panicles of drooping flesh-colored flowers completely cover | 
the plant. For covering trellises, tree stumps, etc., it is very desirable. It i 
is biennial, but re-sows itself, and when once established will remain for years.* 
Sow seed in the spring, in a cool damp place, and transplant in autumn . 10 I 
ADONIS-Pheasant’s Eye 
/Estivalis. Flos Adonis, or Pheasant’s Eye, has finely-cut foliage and 
brilliant scarlet flowers. It will do well in partial shade, and may be 
used to advantage in any corner of the garden. Twelve to eighteen 
inches in height. It blooms in early summer. Annual. 5 
Vernalis. A handsome perennial border plant, about a foot in height. 
Prefers a light soil. Flowers yellow. 3 
AQUILEGIA 
Aquilegias are probably known better as Columbines. Thrive well with or¬ 
dinary garden culture, but are quite at home under the spray of a fountain or by 
the water side. The plants are perfectly hardy and form large clumps from one 
to two feet in diameter, and produce a large number of flowers early in spring. 
Seeds may be sown in open ground. Plants can be increased by division 
of root. Perennial. 
Carnation or Striped. White, with 
red stripes; double. Eighteen inches 10 
Chrysantha. A beautiful, large-flow¬ 
ered, canary-yellow variety. Excel¬ 
lent. Three feet. 5- 
Skinneri. Very beautiful. Colors 
scarlet and yellow. Two feet ... 10 
Ccerulea. Flowers large; sky-blue 
and w hite.10 
Glandulosa vera. Large, erect, 
dark blue flowers; pure white corolla. 10 
New Large-Flowering Hybrids. 
Large yellow, with orange spurs . . io 
Sulphur yellow, with blue spurs . . 10 
Mixed varieties, single or double, 
each. 5 
BALLOON VINE—Cardiospermum 
Love-in-a-Puff. A pretty rapid-growing summer climber, with small j 
white flowers, followed by curious inflated seed-vessels. Thrives in light soils. 1 
Sometimes grown in pots on verandas, etc. Annual .. 5 I 
BARTONIA AUREA 
Golden Bartonia. In our opinion this is one of our brightest garden flowers | 
and we recommend everyone of our customers to try it. I ts large and exceed- 1 
ingly brilliant glossy yellow blossoms are thrown well above its gray thistle-like 1 
foliage, and are produced in great profusion all summer, and remain in perfec- I 
tion until destroyed by severe frost in autumn. I.ight frosts do not affect it. I 
Fine for masses or as single plants in borders. Seed should be sown where the j 
plants are to stand, as it does not bear transplanting. Annual. Two feet. . 5 
BRACHYCOME 
Swan River Daisy. A charming flower in white and blue varieties. The 
plants grow about twelve inches in height and bloom freely. They make elegant } 
border plants, either in separate colors or mixed. The flowers are fine for cut- \ 
ting, and the neat slender foliage is well adapted for bouquet making. Annual. 
Seed may be sown in the open border after the weather is warm, or in the house j 
earlier. Blue, white, or mixed, each. c j 
