SCHIZANTHUS, HYBRIDS 
Wonderfully showy annuals; valuable for garden decoration or pot culture. The plants 
of these new fiybrids fire of compact, branchy gnjwth, to 2 feet high, and are liter¬ 
ally sheete<l with exquisite butterfly-like flowers much larger than those of the 
onlinary Schizanthu.s, and include beautiful new color combinations. 
Wisetonensis. White dotted rose; upper lip adorned with yellow blotch sliaded 
rose, carmine, etc. Pkt. loc. 
Sohlzanthus, Large-Howering Hybrids. Mixed Colors. Beautiful colors 
• lul combinations in great variety.10c. 
SALVIA SPLENDENS 
i: tt TOM THUMB 
(Miniature Prscox, or Little Lord Fauntleroy) 
Commences flowering very early and continues to the 
end of tlie season; is of dwarf, compact growth, forming 
little oval bushes 15 to 18 inches high, thickly studded 
with fine spikes of scarlet flowers. For bedding it sur¬ 
passes Scarlet Geraniums in brilliant effect, either planted 
alone or as a front row for the taller Salvias. Per 1,G00 
seeds,! OQ . Pkt. 15c. 
The “Sweet Scabious” 
or “Mourning Bride” oi: 
old gardens, but much 
imfiroved in size, colors 
and doubleness. Many 
of the flowers measure 6 
to h inches in circumfer¬ 
ence, arc double clear 
to the c(*ntrc, and liave 
long stems. They are 
very free bloomers; 
very efTec tive for ga iflon 
deconilioti, and valu- 
al)le for cutting; an¬ 
nuals. Height, li to2ft. 
Royal Purple. Rich 
claret color.10c. 
Snowball. Large 
pure wliitc.10c. 
Beaten Gold. Gold¬ 
en-yellow.10c. 
Fiery-Scarlet. 
iiright red.10c. 
Azure Fairy, Beautiful 
light blue.10c. 
Maxima Plena. Mixed 
Colors.10c. 
SCABIOSA 
JAPONICA 
New hardy perennial Scabious 
from Japan, forming large, inany- 
brunched bushes of about 2^ to 3 feet 
in lieight and breadth, witli elegant 
light green, pinnatifid foliage. Flow¬ 
ers 2 to 2^ inches across on long wiry 
stems from 15 to 20 inches in length, of 
abeautiful mauve oriavendor-blue. The 
plants are extremely free-flowering, pro¬ 
ducing thcircountless lovely flowers 
continuously from the end of 
June until late in the au¬ 
tumn. Kxceedingly de¬ 
sirable for bouquets 
vases, etc. 
Pkt. i5c. 
STORESIA CYANEA 
THE HARDY BLUE :: :i 
:: :: “CORNFLOWER” ASTER 
T his beautiful hardy perennial plant is not so well 
known as it deserves to be. No garden, large or 
small, should be without it. As a single specimen or 
group in the herbaceous border it makes for itself a 
l)lace that cannot be filled by any other hardy plant, 
while for beds or masses of any size it is very attract¬ 
ive. It i.s of the easiest culture, blooming the first year 
from seed, and succeeding in any open sunny position. 
The plants grow from 18 to 24 inches high and begin 
flowering in July, continuing without interruption till 
late in October to produce their handsome lavender- 
blue cornflower-like blossoms, 4 to 5 inches across, on long stems, 
rendering them highly valuable for cutting, supplying a shade 
of color not over plentiful at any season of the year. {ISee cut.) 
Pkt. 10c. 
SALVIA SPLENDENS 
:i :: SCARLET DRAGOON w n 
A most magnificent summer and autumn flowering bedding 
plant. The old Salvia Splendens, or Scarlet Sage, has long 
been a favorite, and our customers can partially appreciate 
the sui>eriority of this new variety when we state that the 
flowers are nearly double the size, closely crowding the im¬ 
mense spikes that often measure 6 inches across. Full- 
grown plants in bloom form compact bushes 3 feet through 
by 3 feet high, and bloom from ground to summit. IVe 
know of nothing tliat can equal the gorgeous effect of a 
row or bed of tliese Salvias, when in full bloom; the 
waving masses of glistening scarlet against green sur¬ 
roundings of lawn or foliage is matchless. {See cut.) 
Per 1,000 seeds, 75c. Pkt. 15c. 
"The Salvia * Scarlet Dragoon’ turned out splendidly', 
it is still a blaze of color, and the people around here are 
constantly remarking on its splendid appearance.” 
IK. SKINNER, Iluonville, Tasmania. 
5CABIOSA 
MzVXIMA 
Our new 
Booklet 
Henderson’s Garden Oracle, 
giving up-to-date information about growing 
vegetables and flowers from seed, etc. 
Price, 25c. 
See details, 
page 190. 
