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MARSUALT/S FLOWER >SEEDS. 
GENERAL LIST OF 
MarshalFs 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 
TJie following’ list oontnins a most complete assortment of the choicest mid most popular 
flowers for either conservatory, greenhouse or garden culture: 
Annuals gi'ow from seed, flower, mature their seed, and die in one year, or, in other words, 
the same season. 
Hardy Annuals are those which can be sown in the 0 ])en ground. 
Half-Hardy Annuals are those which should be started early in the house, conservatory or 
hotbed, and trans]»lanted 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 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. Some varieties flower the first season if planted early in gentle heat. 
Half-Hardy Biennials require the protection of a coldframe or coolhouse during winter. 
Hardy Perennials ('an remain in the open ground during winter without protection, 
Half-Hardy Perennials require the ]u‘otection of a coldframe or coolhouse during the winter. 
Tender or Greenhouse Perennials require window or greenhouse culture, free from frost 
during Avlnter. and thrive in the garden during the warm months. 
EXPLANATION OF FLOWER SEED ABBREVIATIONS 
IT. A. designates 
H. TT. A. 
T. A. 
TT. B. 
TT. TT. B. 
TTn'rdy Annuals—Lasting Init one 
year. 
Half Hardy Annuals—Ijasting but 
one year. 
'TVndor Annuals—Tjasting but ojie 
year. 
Hardy Biennials—Tjasting two 
yc^ars. 
Half Hardy Biennials—Require 
Urolection during winter. 
H. P. designates Hardy Perennials—Lasting three or 
more years. 
IT. IT. P. “ TTaU TTardy Perennials — Require 
protection during winter. 
TT. 0. “ TTardy Climber—Lasting tlircc OT 
more years. 
G. S. “ Ci'eeniiouse Shrub. 
