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Double Hollyhocks. 
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SUPERIOR ANNUAL 
Larkspurs. 
Our Hollyhocks received the highest award at the World's Columbian 
Exposition, Chicago, 1S93. 
Grand Rummer and autumn flowering plants, hearing long spikes of double 
flowers, to 4 inches across. They are old inhabitants of our gardens, but are 
now so improved in doubleness and enlarged in size, under our special culture 
ami hybridization, as to he revelations of gorgeous beauty to those who have 
not seen these improved sorts. Hardy biennial, 5 to 8 feet high. The seed we 
offer has been saved from our unrivaled collection of choicest improved double 
varieties. (See cut .) 
(For “Perennial Larkspurs," sec Delphinium, page 96.) 
Popular annuals for summer garden decoration; the splendid flowers are of 
varied colors and are borne on long spikes. Blooming within a lew weeks time. 
Branching Larkspur, Mixed Colors. ( Consolida Candelabra fl.pl.) This 
splendid class grows 2 to 3 feet high and bears long spikes of flowers on long 
stems, rendering them of exceptional value for cutting purposes. They are of 
long-continued bloom, keeping up a bright display until cut down by frost. 
(See cut.) . Pkt. 10 
HOLLYHOCK. 
DOUBLE 
INULA QBANDIFLORA 
Double 
Blush. Pkt, 10 
Canary Yellow .. 10 
Crimson. 10 
Deep Bose. 1 0 
Lavender. 10 
Light Apricot. 10 
Maroon. 10 
Pink. 10 
Purple. 10 
Salmon. 10 
White. 10 
“ Violet Centre 10 
Black. 10 
Tokio. Wine maroon, 
shading to cherry, 
edged white. 10 
Extra Choice Double 
Mixed. From named 
varieties. 10 
Pine Mixed Colors, 
mostly double, hut 
Includes a few semi- 
double and single... 5 
Collection of6 separate 
double sorts, 60c.; or the 
entire set of 14 separate 
varieties for $1.00. 
NEW hardy iyiamiviotb-flowering 
HOLLYHOCKS. 
Flowers often 5 Vi inches in diameter, of 
great delicacy of coloring and texture; the) 
semi-double flowers are gracefully composed 
of fringed and crinkled petals, resembling 
rosettes of daintiest crushed satin. The 
plants a re hardy and largo robust growers; 
the flowers are not closely huddled up,like 
other Hollyhocks, but carelessly placed 
among the large, leafy brunches, exactly 
salting the airy style of the flowers. 
Mixed Colors. Pkt. 15 
IMAIHIHOTH SINGLE YELLOW 
FIG-LEAVED HOLLYHOCKS. 
Immense single golden-yellow dowel’s, 
large lobed fig-leaf-shaped foliage.strikingly 
showy. Pkt. io 
HELiEfilUiVI BIGLOWI 
A hardy garden peren¬ 
nial plant, about2% feet 
high, with long-stem¬ 
med, golden-yellow 
Coreopsis-like flowers, 
with black centres; grand 
for cutting. Pkt. 15 
LINU|YI. 
Coccineum. (“Scar¬ 
let Flax.”) One of 
the most showy an¬ 
nuals in cultivation 
for flower beds and 
masses; brilliant 
crimson scarlet flow¬ 
ers, 1 inch across, 
bornein wonderful pro¬ 
fusion. 1 toot..Pkt. 5 
HUlYIEA ELEGANS. 
An elegant biennial 
for garden or pot cul¬ 
ture. The minute red and 
pink flowers are borne in 
immense numbers on 
long drooping branches, 
fragrant. 4 to 6 feet. 
Pkt. 10 
Inula Glandulosa 
Gpandiflora. 
Hardy perennial gar¬ 
den plant, 2 feet high, 
with large single golden- 
yellow flowers, 4 to 5 
inches across, composed 
of long, narrow, wavy 
petals. (See cut.) . 15 
...IGE PLANT... 
Pretty summer trail- 
ling annual for vases and 
rock work; leave - 
covered with ice-lik 
drops, Vi foot. Pkt. 5 
BRANCHING Ja LARKSPUR 
LOVE IN A MIST. 
“LOVE IN A MIST,” 
Of Nigella. 
Damascena, Double 
Mixed. Pretty an¬ 
nuals, known as" Love 
lu a Mist,” “Devilin 
a Bush,” etc.; foliage 
fenthery, in w h i c h 
large, double charm¬ 
ing blue or white 
flowers are set. 1 to 
2 feet high. Pkt. 5 
Tom Thumb,Double 
Mixed. Lit tie gems. 
One mass of bloom. 
Plants grow only 6 
to 8 inches high.... 5 
Dwarf Rocket, Dou¬ 
ble, Mixed Colors. 
1 ft. 5 
Tall Rocket, Double, 
Mixed Colors. 2 Vi ft.5 
Henderson’s Giant 
Rocket. A much 
improved type, the 
flowers being larger 
than the old varieties, 
very double, and the 
colors very beautiful. 
Mixed Colors.10 
Scarlet California 
Larkspur. (Delphin¬ 
ium Ca rdinale. ) The 
flowers borne on long 
spikes are of a brilliant 
scarlet, the petal limbs 
distinctly yellow. 
Height, 3 to 4 feet.. 15 
Larkspur, “Snow- 
white.” Con so! id a 
Imperialisfl.pl. A beau¬ 
tiful candelabra-formed 
dwarf Larkspur, with 
compact, well-filled 
spikes of double pure 
white flowers. 15 
DWARF CHINESE LARKSPURS. 
(Delphinium Chin ease puniilum.) 
These are exceedingly pretty garden plants 
of branchy compact habit, not over a foot 
high when in bloom. 
Mixed Colors... ~..Pkt. 10 
COLLECTIONS OF LARKSPURS. 
Dwarf Pocket Larkspur, 12 separate sorts 45 
“ “ “ 6 " •* 25 
Branching Larkspur, 6 varieties . 25 
URfiTRfiR. 
Itapid-growing, constant blooming, tender 
perennial plants for pot culture in the winter 
or garden decoration in the summer; clusters 
of orange, white, pink, etc. 
Mixed Colors. 1 to 3 feet. Pkt. 10 
LtEPTOSYflE STmiiJVIflNl- 
A beautiful annual of 
rapid growth, flowering 
within five weeks from 
Bowing; bushy plant 
about 1 foot high, fea¬ 
thery green foliage 
crowded with golden-yel¬ 
low single flowers, lVk 
inches across, and very 
durable; showy for the 
garden and fine for cut¬ 
ting.. 
.Pkt. 15 
LYCHNIS 11AAGEANA. 
Incarvillea Delavayi. 
Beautiful new garden 
plant; in habit is some¬ 
thing like the J asm! num, 
with long, flexible 
branches. It forms 
large fleshy roots the 
first year, which should 
remain in theground the 
next season, and there¬ 
after they throw up 
strong flower stalks 3 ft. 
high, bearing large tubu¬ 
lar flowers of rosy car¬ 
mine, spotted with yel¬ 
low; the throat is 
brown. Pkt. 15 
CLIMBING HYACINTH BEAN. 
(Dohcbos lab-lab.) Annual climbing plants of rapid 
growth, bearing long clusters of showy bean-shaped 
flowers, white and purple. 1 Oft. Mixed Colors.. Pk t. 5 
KENILWORTH IVY. 
Hardy little climber, clings to walls, etc., and a 
valuable trailing plant for hanging baskets, vases, 
etc., 3 to « feet. Pkt. 10 
IJVIPflTIErlS SULkTflNfl. 
(“Zanzibar or Sultan’s Balsam.”) Most beauti¬ 
ful and useful flowering plant,producing waxy,bright 
flowers almost continually, winter and summer; 
tender perennial, 1 foot. Rose-colored. Pkt. 10 
LAVENDER. 
An ornamental hardy perennial, bearing long 
spikes of fragrant blue flowers, 1 to 2 feet. Pkt. 5 
LAVATERA TRIJHESTRIS. 
Tall robust-growing, bushy annuals, producing 
freely large showy single flowers of rose, white, etc. 
Mixed Colors. 3 feet. Pkt. 5 
HYACINTHUS CANDICANS. 
Giant summer-flowering Hyacinth, of robust growth, 
producing spfkes 3 Jeet long, of white bell-shaped 
flowers, 5 feet... Pkt. 5 
