The Everlasting Flowers are a treasure in the winter, when it is desirable to decorate 
church or school-room or home. They retain both form and color for years, and make excellent 
bouquets, wreaths, and every other desirable winter ornaments. The flowers should generally 
be picked as soon as they expand, or a little before, and hung up in small bunches, and so that 
the stems will dry straight; if too large they will mildew. The Gomphrenas must not be gathered 
until fully developed. The grasses give an airy grace to bouquets of these flowers, and make 
also fine winter ornaments when used alone. They should be gathered when about coining 
into flower, and dried in the shade. Our little engravings will show the character of most of 
the varieties. They make cheap and very acceptable holiday presents. Price List of Dry Flow¬ 
ers and Grasses, Straw and Willow Baskets, and Pampas Plumes, sent on application. 
ACROCLINIUM. 
The Acroclinium is one 
of the most beautiful of the 
Everlasting flowers. It is 
of strong growth, about 
eighteen inches in height, 
and bears a great number 
of pink and wh : te daisy like 
flowers, with a yellow cen¬ 
ter. Should be gathered 
the first day they open, or 
before fully open, to secure 
a bright center when dried. 
Acroclinium roseum, bright rose color, .... 5 
roseum album, pure white,. 5 
roseum fl. pi., flowers perfectly double, and 
somewhat larger than those of the single sorts, 25 
Both colors mixed, . 5 
AMMOBIUM. 
Ammobitun is a small 
but pretty little white 
flower. T h e plant 
grows about eighteen 
inches in height, is stiff 
and angular in appear¬ 
ance. One of the har¬ 
diest of the Everlast¬ 
ings. Very useful for 
making up in bouquets, 
summer or winter. 
Ammobium alatum grandiflorum is twice the 
size of the old variety, and of a purer white, . 
GYPSOPHILA. 
Gypsophilas, though not 
Everlastings, are valuable 
for bouquet-making, either 
green or dried. All flower 
the first season, but G. pan- 
iculata continues to bloom 
several years. Dry well. 
Gypsophila elegans, hardy annual; white ; 6 in., 5 
mural is, hardy annual; rose-colored flowers ; 5 
paniculata, perennial; white,. 5 
GOMPHRENA. 
The seed of Gomphrena 
docs not germinate very well 
in the open ground, and it is 
best therefore to sow it in a 
hot-bed, if possible. Set 
the plants about a foot 
apart. About eighteen in¬ 
ches in height. If the cot¬ 
tony coating which sur¬ 
rounds it is removed, the 
seed will be more certain to 
grow. 
Gomphrena globosa alba, pure white, . . 
globosa rubra, dark purplish crimson, 
globosa striata, pink and white striped, 
globosa carnea, flesh-colored,. 
aurea superba, orange; large and fine, 
Above mixed,. 
HELICHRYSUM. 
Helichrysum flowers 
arc large and full, and of 
a good variety of colors. 
Plants generally about 
two feet in height, 
just before the flowers 
fully expand. Plani 
about a foot apart, 
germinate readily, even 
in the open ground. The 
colors are white, yellow 
and red of very many 
brownish shades. One of 
the best Everlastings. 
Helichrysum monstrosum, large, showy flow¬ 
ers; variety of colors ; double, . 5 
monstrosum, Double Rose, fine color, ... 5 
monstrosum, Double Red, very bright, ... 5 
monstrosum, Double White, pure, . 5 
monstrosum, Double Yellow,. 5 
bracteatum, bright yellow ; 18 inches, .... 5 
minimum, dwarf; both flowers and buds excel¬ 
lent for wreaths, etc.; various colors . 5 
nanum atrosanguineum, crimson ; 1 foot, . . 5 
