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MAKSIIALL’S F.LOWEE SEEDS. 
GENERAL LIST OE 
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 popular 
tlf)'vvei',s for either conservatory, greenhonse or garden cidtiire: 
Annuals grow from seed, flower, mature their seed, and die in one year, or, in other words, 
Ihc same season. 
Hardy Annuals are those which can he sown in the 0)ion ground. 
Plalf-Hardy Annuals are those which should he started early in the house, conservatory or 
hothed, an<] trans])lanted to the garden in settled warm weather. 
Biennials grow fi'oin seed, sown from .Tune to August, flower, ripen their seed and die the 
next year, though some varieties hlooin 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 inany years after the first 
season. iSonie varieties flower the first season if jdanted early in gentle heat. 
Half-Hardy Biennials require the protection of a coldframc or coolhouse during winter. 
Hardy Perennials can remain in the open ground during winter without protection. 
Half-Hardy Perennials require the protection of a coldfraine 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. 
IT. 
T. 
n. 
IT. 
A. (le.signales Hardy Annuals—L.asting bnl one 
IT. A. 
A. 
B. 
II. B. 
yen r. 
ITnlf Hnrdy Annu.nls—Lasting Init 
one ypiir. 
Tender Anmial.s—L.asling ))nt one 
ye,nr. 
ITnrdy Bienninl.s—L.nsting two 
yenrs. 
Hnlf Hnrdv Biemiinls—Require 
Iiroteclion during winter. 
H. P. designates Hardy Perennials—Lasting three or 
more years. 
IT. H. P. “ Half Hardy Perennials — Require 
proleclion during winter. 
IT. C. “ Hardy riiinber—Lasting three or 
more years. 
G. S. “ Grceniiouse .Shrub. 
