MAESHALL’S MATCHLESS SEEDS. 
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GENERAL LIST OF 
MarshalFs Select Flower Seeds 
Border of Animals and Biennials with Grass Walk. 
ALL FLOWER SEEDS ARE MAILED FREE AT PACKET, OUNCE AND 
POUND RATE TO ANY POST OFFICE IN THE UNITED STATES. 
Tlic following list contains a most complete assortment of tlie clioicest and most popular flowers 
for cither conservatory, greenhouse or garden culture: 
Annuals grow from seed, tlow^er, mature their seed, and die in one year, or, in other words, the 
same season. 
Hardy Annuals are those which can can be sown in the open ground. 
Half-Hardy Annuals are those which should be started early in the house, conservatory or 
hotbed, and transplanted to the garden in settled warm weather. 
Biennials grow from seed, sown from June to August, flower, ripen their seed and die the next 
year, though some varieties bloom the same season if soivn early in gentle heat. 
Hardy Biennials will winter in the open ground without protection. 
Perennials grow' from seed, and continue flowering annually for many years after the first 
season. Some varieties floiver the first season if planted early in gentle heat. 
Half-Hardy Biennials require the protection of a coldframe or coolhouse during winter. 
Hardy Perennials can remain in the open ground during winter w'ithout protection. 
Half-Hardy Perennials require the protection of a coldframe or coolhouse during the winter. 
Tender or Greenhouse Perennials require windoiv or greenhouse culture, free from frost during 
winter, and thrive in the garden during the warm months. 
EXPLANATION OF FLOWER SEED ABREVIATIONS 
H. A. (losi^^unlcs Hardy Annuals — Lasting’ but one 
year. 
TT. H. A. ‘‘ ITnir-Triirdy Annuals — Lasting but 
one year. 
IT. ]>. ‘‘ Hardy Lieunials — Lasting two 
years. 
Half-Hardy Liennials — Require 
protection during winter. 
If. P. designates Hardy l^eronniels—Lasting three or 
more years. 
II. IT. P. ‘‘ Half-Hardy Perennials — Reijuire 
protection during winter. 
If. C. ‘‘ Hardy Climber — Lasiiuir three or 
moi’(‘ yi'ai’s. 
H. S. ‘‘ Greenhouse Shrub. 
H. A. C. ‘‘ Annual ''limber. 
H. H. L. 
