FLOWER SEEDS 
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PRUTESCENS. A hardy perennial.equally as suitable for pot culture 
as planting out; white saucer-shaped flowers. 1 foot. 
. Pkt. 10 
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Affinis. An annual with sweet-scented,pure white, 
:= star-shaped flowers, 3 inches across, blooming 
continually. 2 to 3 feet high. Pkt. 5 
Giant Red Flowered. Magnificent decorative annual. The foliage is luxuriant and tropical in 
appearance ; plants surmounted with immense clusters of rich crimson flowers. They grow rapidly, 
about 5 feet in height, and commence blooming in July and continue until frost. 5 
Colossea. Attains a height of 5 to G feet during one summer; immense leaves, at first rose and 
violet, afterward changing to deep green, with red nerves. A gigantic and imposing ornamental- 
foliaged plant for lawns, giving an elegant tropical effect. 25 
Colossea Variegata. A counterpart of the above, excepting about 60 per cent, of the plants will 
have loaves beautifully edged with white. (See cut.) . 25 
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Fine Mixed. (“ Evening Primroses," or 
flowers of various colors; hardy annual. 
“ Sun Drops.”) Largo showy 
1 to 2 feet. Pkt. 5 
y j-t t.tq Pretty little half-trailing annuals, for hanging baskets, vases, rock work and edgings, 
vJ-Pv.r-l.LllO* flowering in profusion. G to 9 inches. Mixed. Annual sorts. Pkt. 10 
(Boussingaultia cordata.) 
. magnificent climber from the mountains of Peru. It is far more beautiful 
.> n the old and well-known Madeira Vine. The stems of this new variety are 
t- mine red. against which the bright green fleshy heart-shaped leaves'con- 
st most effectively. The small white flowers, which are borne in long 
JJji ters, although not showy, are deliciously scented and contain much honey. 
Shis vine will grow 15 feet the first season from seed, and if sown early will 
toom from June until killed by frost. Pkt. 25 
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can guinea. A beautiful annual climber, commences to flower in early July ; 
and from August until frost the vines are fairly loaded with flowers. The 
vines grow very luxuriantly to a height of from 20 to30 feet; the divided green 
leaves are somewhat like oak leaves; the flowers-about an inch across— 
ar e borne in large clusters. Color, deep blood-red, with a yellowish 
throat.. Pkt. 10 
Lobata. Rapid and luxuriant annual summer climber. Flowers 15 to 25 in 
number, borne on graceful spikes. Color, rosy crimson, changing to orange 
and cream. This should be started in pots early in spring and become pot-bound; 
they will then commence to bloom very young. 15 to 20 feet. 10 
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Mimulus make admirable pot plants, and equally adapted for beds in the 
carden, in semi-sunny positions. The coloring and markings are rich in the 
extreme, ranging through velvety crimson, maroon, yellow, white and pink, 
spotted and blotched in a beautiful manner. (See cut.) 
Fine Mixed Spotted Varieties. 1 foot. pkt. 5 
Bloschatus. (Musk Plant.) Foliage emits a strong musky 
perfume ; yellow. y z foot. 5 
^=MOMOHt>ICA, 
"Balsam Apple ” and “Balsam Pear” 
Luxuriant annual climbers, with large leaves 
making dense shade. The flowers are followed by 
ornamental, large fruits of orange or copper color, 
rtich burst aud expose an interior of red, which 
is highly effective. 16 to 20 feet. 
Balsainina ("Balsam Apple”). Orange^friiits. 
Charantia (" Balsam Pear ”). Coppery scarlet- 
colored fruits. 6 
hemophilia. 
tion ; bright colored flowers, in shades of bine, 
white aud violet. 1 ft. Finest Mixed. .Pkt. 6 
MYOSOTIS, VICTORIA. 
JVICSA EHSETE. 
(Abyssinian 
Banana Plant.) 
A foliage plaut of magnificent proportions; for sub¬ 
tropical massing or as single specimens they are 
strikingly effective. Seeds sown early in the house 
will produce plants 10 to 15 feet high the first 
season. Pkt 25 
IVlYOSOTIS (Forget-me-not.) 
The popular “ Forget-me-nots.” Bushy plants, 6 to 10 
inches high, hearing clusters of lovely small flowers. 
They are perennials and hardy enough to remain in 
the open ground excepting in very cold latitudes, 
where they should he well protected ; but they are 
generally sown in the fall and wintered over in cold 
frames, when they will flower early in the spring; if 
sown early in the house they will flower the first season. 
Dwarf Alpine. Compact plants, 4 to G inches high, 
flowering profusely; mixed colors. Pkt. 10 
Palustris. Largo flowering, dark blue, 1 foot. 10 
Alpestris, Blue . Pkt. 5 Alpestris, Rose. 5 
- White. 5 -Striped. 10 
- Mixed. 5 
1 pkt. each of the 4 separate colors, Alpestris Forget-me-nots , for 20c. 
Semperflorens. (Ever-flowering.) Flowering from early spring to fall. 6 inches. .. 10 
Victoria. Plants round, 5 to 7 inches high, and 1G to 18 inches in circumference ; perfectly covered 
with large umbels of flowers, remaining in bloom a long time. (See cut.) 
-Blue. Pkt. 10 Victoria, Rose. 10 
-White. . 10 -Mixed. 10 
1 pkt. each of the 3 separate colors of Victoria Forget-me-nots for 25 c. 
“Water Fairy.” A beautiful and immense flowered variety. Grown in a moist situation the 
flower branches attain a length of 1 to ly feet. The plant is of sturdy habit and grows well in 
drier situations, but for best results a damp situation is preferable. The individual flowers are 
surprisingly large, of a splendid sky-blue, with a large dark yellow eye. They are borne in dense 
clusters on their long stems throughout the whole of the summer and autumn. Pkt. 25 
mimulus. 
peruviah mignonette Vine. 
NlGEIiLiA, or “hove in a Mist.” 
Damascena, Double Mixed. Pretty annuals, known as “Love in a Mist,” “ Devil in a Bush,” etc.; foliage feathery, in which large, double charming blue or 
white flowers are set. 1 to 2 feet high. . PM* 6 
Tom Thumb, Double. Little gems. One mass of bloom. Plants grow only 
6 to 8 inches high. . P^t. 5 
Toni Thumb, Double Mixed. 
Tom Thumb, Double White. 6 
Double Blue. • 5 
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