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_ NEW FLOR AL GUIDE—SPRING, 190<p. 
New Large Flowering Petunias SE* 
PETUNIA GRANDIFLORA. 
PETUNIA HYBRIDA. A splendid strain, saved from the 
finest flowers, of most brilliant and distinct colors, includ¬ 
ing the beautiful striped and variegated kinds ; excellent 
for beds and borders ; unsurpassed in beauty. Finest mix¬ 
ed colors. Pkt., 6 cts.; % oz., 30 cts.; good mixed, pkt., 4 
cts.; %oz., 12 cts. 
PORTULACA, DOUBLE FLOWERED One of the most 
beautiful and showy annual ; produces vast numbers of 
the brightest-colored double flowers like miniature roses, 
pure white, crimson, and golden-yellow ; valuable for beds, 
baskets and borders ; grows low and spreading ; does best 
in hot, dry weather, and in warm, sandy soil. Fine mixed 
colors, pkt., 4 cts. 
VIOLETS. Everyone loves sweet violets, their charming 
color and delicious fragrance endears them to all; they 
grow easily from seed and bloom finely if given a mod¬ 
erately cool sheltered place and will do well planted 
among shrubbery. Pkt., 4 cts. 
For those friends who desire to have the 
largest and finest Petunias in the world, we 
unhesitatingly recommend these New Giants 
of California, which are undoubtedly the most 
magnificent Petunias ever seen, both in regard 
to size and depth of flowers, and brilliant and 
wonderful combinations of colors, embracing 
every conceivable shade of crimson, pink, lav¬ 
ender, yellow and even deep black. They are 
marvels of beauty and entirely eclipse all the 
finest strains before known. The seeds ger¬ 
minate as easily and grow as freely as other 
fine strains of Petunias, but as they are all 
saved from hand fertilized flowers, they are 
necessarily costly. Pkt., 10 cts. 
PETUNIA NEW FRINGED GRANDI- 
"FLORA. Immense flowers of all beautiful 
shades and colorings, same as above ; but 
petals elegantly fringed and lanceolated; 
very rare and beautiful. Pkt., 10 cts. 
PETUNIA. BEST DOUBLE. This is the 
finest strain of best double Petunias, and will 
produce a large proportion of grand double 
flowers, of the most magnificent colors and 
shades, but it is very scarce and expensive 
and requires care to grow. Pkt., 10 cts. 
THE GIANT MAMMOTH ZINNIAS. These are a grand 
new class of Zinnias, growing about three feet high, 
branching freely, and bearing an immense profusion of 
large, double flowers of the richest and most handsome 
colors during the whole season. No flowers grow easier 
than the Zinnias or are more handsome and showy. 
Fine mixed colors ; bright and handsome. Pkt., 4 cts. 
DOUBLE LILLI PUT ZINNIAS. Dwarf, compact bushes, 
crowded full of fine, perfectly double pompon flowers of 
the brightest colors. They make a grand show and 
bloom all summer. Pkt., 4 cts. 
ZINNIA NEW CURLED AND CRESTED. This splen¬ 
did new strain always attracts attention. The large 
curled and crested petals impart a softness and beauty to 
the flowers, that is very attractive and different from all 
other Zinnias, they are greatly admired. Pkt... 6 cts. 
Petunias, Giants of California, 
PETUNIA GRANDIFLORA. This is one of 
the largest flowering and richest colored 
varieties in cultivation ; flowers frequently 
measure over four inches in diameter, ana 
are of many beautiful colors including various 
shades of rose, violet, purple, lavender, 
crimson and yellow; extremely rich and 
handsome. Pkt., 8 cts. 
DWARF ZINNIA FIRE BALL. Makes beautiful dwarf, 
bushy plants, only six or eight inches high and com¬ 
pletely covered with large double flowers of the brightest 
crimson scarlet imaginable. Very desirable for beds, bor¬ 
ders and edging. Pkt., 6 cts. 
DWARF ZINNIA. SNOW BALL. Exactly similar to 
the above, except the flowers are pure snow-white; the 
two kinds contrast beautifully when planted together. 
Pkt., 6 cts. 
VIOLET, WHITE CZAR. Pure, snow-white; splendid 
large bold flowers, borne on tall stems; very handsome. 
Pkt., 6 cts. 
NEW CROSS-BRED HYBRID MOON FLOWER. The 
Kind that Blooms. A vigorous, quick-growing climbing 
vine, with dark green leaves of three j^fj^ent shapes, 
blooms a month earlier than oth<*Ci QOZ, 1 bears an 
abundance of large, lovely pure w , which are 
very fragrant and open in the evtlSCr S CXI 3 admired 
Mm useful for covering porches, a 6 cts. 
