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MAKSHALL’S FT.OWEB SEEDS. 
GENERAL LIST OF 
Marshall’s Select Flower Seeds 
Border of Annuals 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 
The followniif:^ list contains a most complete assortment of the choicest and most popular 
flowers tor cither conservator}'', greenhouse or garden culture: 
Annuals grow from seed, flower, mature their seed, and die in one year, or, in other words, 
the same season. 
Hardy Annuals arc those which can ho sown in the o]ien ground. 
Half-Haidy Aiuruals are those which should be started early in the house, conservatory or 
hotbed, and transplanted to the garden in settled waimi weather. 
Biennials grow from seed, sown from .Tunc to August, flower, ripen their seed and die the 
next year, though some varieties bloom the same season if sown 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. Rome varieties flower the first season if planted early'in gentle heat. 
Half-Hardy Biennials retpiire the protection of a coldframe or coolhouse during winter. 
Hardy Perennials can remain in the open ground during wdnter without protection. 
Half-Hardy Perennials recjuire the protection of a coldfra7ne or coolhouse during the winter. 
Tender or Greenhouse Perennials require window or greenhouse culture, free from frost 
during winter, and thrive in the garden during the warm months. 
EXPLANATION OF FLOWER SEED ABBREVIATIONS 
H. A. designates 
H. H. A. 
T. A. 
If. B. 
ir. IT. B. 
Hardy Annuals—Lasting but one 
yeai'. 
Half Hardy Annuals—Lasting but 
one year. 
Tender Annuals—Lasting but one 
year. 
Hardy Biennials—Lasting two 
years. 
Half Hardy Biennials—Require 
protection during winter. 
H. P. designates Hardy Perennials—Lasting three or 
more years. 
H. H. P. 
IT. 0. 
G. S. 
Half T-Tardy Perennials — Require 
protection during winter. 
Hardy Climber—Lasting three or 
more years. 
Groenliouse Shrub. 
