MARSHALL'S FLOWER SEEDS. 
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GEiVERAL 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. 
Tlie following' list contains a most complete assortment of the choicest and most jtopular 
liowers for either conservatoryj greenhouse or garden culture: 
Annuals grow from seed, llower, mature their seed, and die in oue year, or, in other words, 
the same season. 
Hardy Aainuals are those which can lie sowji in the open ground. 
Half-Hardy Annuals are tliose whicli should be started early in the house, eoiiservatoiy or 
liotbed, and transplated 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 lilooni tlic 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, ^ome varieties tlower the first season if planted early in gentle heat. 
Half-Hardy Biennials require the protection of a coldframe or cool house during winter. 
Hardy Perennials can remain in the open ground during winter without protection. 
Half-Hardy Perennials require the jirotection of a coldframe or coolhouse duidng the winter. 
Tender or Gi'eenliouse Perennials require window or grecnliouse culture, free from frost during 
winter, and thrive in the garden during the warm months. 
EXPLANATION OF FLOWER SEED ABBREVIATIONS 
ir. 
A. desig:natos 
Hardy Annuals—Basting hut 
one 
H. 
P. 
designates 
Hardy Perennials—Lasting three or 
ir. 
II. A. 
yoa r. 
Half-Hardy Annuals—Basting 
hnt 
more years. 
one year. 
IB 
H. 
P. “ 
Half-Hardy Perennials—Require 
T. 
A. 
Tender Annuals—Lasting hut 
one 
protection during winter. 
year. 
IT. 
C, 
Hardy Cliniher—Basting three or 
II. 
B. 
Hardy Biennials—Basting two 
years. 
more years. 
II. 
IT. B. 
Ha 1 f - Ha rd y Biennial s—Re (\ u i re 
(B 
protection during winter. 
S. 
Cireenhouse Sluaih. 
