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■FLOWER SEED SPECIALTIES 
GIANT-FLOWERING 
CLIMBING NASTURTIUMS. 
A new section obtained by a French specialist by hybridizing, and distin¬ 
guished by flowers of a large size and a richness and variety of coloring not 
to 1)6 found in Nasturtiums Iieretofore grown. _ There have already been 
)roduced twenty-two different colors or combinations of colors in these new 
lybrids, including various shades of rose, salmon, bright red, pale yellow, etc 
either self-colored or spotted, mottled, striped, and margined. ’ " 
For covering trellises, fences, arbors, piazzas, trailing from vases, over 
rockwork, etc., nothing can equal the gorgeous effect produced by their mar¬ 
velous quantities of bloom, borne in uninterrupted splendor from early 
summer until cut down by frost. Their ease of culture and raj)idity of luxuriant 
growth, 12 to 15 feet high, render them worthy of great popularity, 
Giant-Flowering Climbing Nasturtiums, Mixed Colors. Per pkt., lOc • 
l)er oz., 25c.: per ^ lb., 75c. ^ ^ ’’ 
California. A new, giant-flowered variety, bearing enormou.s flowers with a 
deeply fringed throat; the color, a rich crimson-maroon, is strikingly rich and 
velvety, contrasting vividly with the yellow calyx and spur; the foliatte 
is deep blue-green. It is a strong, healthy grower and easily leads all 
other sorts in its free-flowering qualities. Pkt. IQc. 
Twilight. Chamois-yellow, shaded with salmon-rose and splashed 
scarlet. iqc. 
Sunlight. Pure, rich, butter-yellow’ flow’ers, often 3 inches across.. lOc! 
Moonlight. Immense creamy-white flowers. iqc] 
Jupiter. Magnificent flowers of a l)rilliant golden-yellow. 
Ruby-Rose. Distinct ruby-rose shading off into lighter and darker 
tints. lOc. 
Salmon Queen. Grand flowers of glowing salmon color. joc] 
Red Spur. Beautiful large flowers of different colors, blotched and 
spotted; some with red edges, etc., and all fiow'ers are further 
ornamented with unique red spurs. lOc. 
The Collection, 1 pkt. each of the above 8 Grand Climbing Nastur- 
tiums, 60c. 
"Please send me your best mixed Nasturtium seed, the larqe kind, Giant' 
Flowering. I had this same kind last year, and they produced the most wonder' 
ful (^mo^int of blossoms " ' .• - - 
The size of flowers and 
Nothing could have been 
- =NEW IVY-LEAVED = — — . 
Butterfly Nasturtiums. 
A new class, witli thick, green-lobed leaves resembling those of the English 
Iv 3 \ Tlie flowers, which are borne in the greatest abundance throughout the 
season, are of medium size and peculiarly cut and fringed, giving them an airy 
butterfly effect. 
Tall Ivy-Leaved. Mixed Colors. Neat climbers, 6 to 8 feet high, oz., 20c.: 
pkt., 10c. 
Tom Thumb Ivy-Leaved. Mixed Colors. Bushy plants 1 ft. high, oz.. 25c.; 
pkt., 10c. 
all summer long, till me last were jrozen on the vines, 
magnificent coloring were the wonder of all our friends. 
■ more satisfactoryr 
S. E. THOMPSON, 450 East 166th St., N. Y. City. 
-- GIANT-FLOWERING 
TOM THUMB NASTURTIUMS. 
These Grand Bedding Nasturtiums have flowers often 
measuring three inches across, in a great variety of new and 
charming combinations of colors, while the brilliancy and velvety 
richness of the self-colored sorts have been greatly enhanced. For 
summer flow'cr-beds nothing can .surpass them; the plants form 
perfect mounds about one foot higli by one toot acro.ss. Seed 
sown in the open ground in the spring will produce plants that 
commence blooming (hiring early summer and continue until frost. 
Giant-Flowering Tom Thumb Nasturtiums, Mixed Colors. 
Tills mixture contains seed saved from the largest-flowering, 
most beautiful and varied collection ever sent out. Per pkt., 
10c.; per oz., 25c.; per ^ lb., 75c. 
Mariposa. Light yellow’ with terra cotta-red blotches and 
bright red veins. Pkt. 
Golden Gate. Immen.se flowers of rich goklen-orange. . . 
Kaleidoscope. The fhnvers vary in color on a single plant, 
some being all yellow, others all red, W’hilo many are 
spotted and marked in tliversified styles. 
King of the Reds. Giant flow'crs of brilliant crimson-scarlet 
Rainbow. Canary-yellow, splashed, marbled and shadeti 
with carmine and rose. 
Gorgeous. Grand flow’ers of glowing salmony-apricot. . . 
The Collection, 1 pkt. each of the above 6 Giant-Flowering 
Tom Thumb Nasturtiums, 50c. 
SILVER and MOSAIC LEAVED NASTURTIUMS. 
The foliage of these new’nasturtiums is strikingly variegated, ren¬ 
dering the plants ver.v ornamental, even when not in flow’er, and 
when in bloom the effect is doubly enhanced. They are superb for 
garden culture and also make lovely pot plants. The tall or climb¬ 
ing varieties may be trained to a trellis, arch or stake. The Dwarf 
varieties form bushj" plants 1 ft. high, desirable for bedding. 
Tall Mosaic Leaved. Foliage mottled cream, gold and green; 
flow’ers of various colors and shades. Pkt. 15c. 
Tall Silver Leaved. Foliage mottled silver and green; flowers 
of various colors. Pkt. 15c. 
Tom Thumb Mosaic Leaved. Foliage mottled cream, silver 
and green; flowers of various colors. Pkt. 15c. 
Tom Thumb Silver Leaved. Foliage variegated silver and green; 
flowers fiery scarlet.. Pkt. 15c. 
10c. 
10c. 
10c. 
10c. 
10c. 
10c. 
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