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LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS.^ g P LAS ™ G 
Everlasting* or Hardy Sweet Pea. Hardy climbers, growing 6 to 8 feet high when trained on a trellis; 
the flowers are borne in large clusters. One of the hardiest and most easily cultivated of plants. The 
long, leathery roots penetrate to a great depth, rendering these plants peculiarly adapted to rough 
places, to scramble over rocks and bushes; splendid cut flower. 
Lathyrus latifolius. White ...Pkt. 10 I»athyrus latifolins. Red. Pkt. 5 
Delicata. New, rosy, flesh color. 15 Splendens. The Pride of California.” Brilliant rosy red. 10 
Lathyrus latifolins. Mixed colors. 5 
DOUBLE AFRICAN MARIGOLDS. 
Double African, Mixed. These annuals are old favorites in our gardens, but have been greatly improved 
recently in size and doubleness of flowers. They are very effective for groups and masses. Yellow and 
orange shades. 2 feet. (Per oz., 20c.). Pkt. 5 
El Dorado or Dahlia-Flowered. Immense flowers, 10 to 14 inches around ; exceedingly double; quilled 
like a Dahlia; primrose, lemon, orange and golden shades. 8 feet. (Per oz., 80c.).& 
Collection of Double African Marigolds, 6 separate colors, 35 cts . 
PRIDE OF THE GARDEN MARIGOLDS.. 
I.OBEI.IA CO MI* ACT A 
LOBELIA, 
COMPACTA VARIETIES. 
Little, round, compact plants, 4 
to 6 inches high, forming little 
mounds of bloom, splendid for 
edging,beds and ribbon-gardening. 
White Gem. Pure white. (See 
cut.) . Pkt. 10 
Blue King*. Dark blue.whitecentrel 0 
Crystal Palace Compacta. Dark 
blue; the finest for bedding.10 
Gold Leaf, Blue. Golden yellow foliage 
and brilliant blue flowers; a contrast of 
striking beauty.10 
Mixed Compacta Varieties.10 
Double Blue. New, dark foliage, double bluo 
flowers; of superior stability for bedding.15 
“Prima Donna.” Very bushy and dwarf variety with 
rich maroon red flowers, with large white eye; fine 
edging plant or for pots.10 
ERJNUS VARIETIES. T*** are in. 
- dispensable 
plants for hanging over vases and 
baskets or garden beds; they produce 
trailing branches 6 to 9 inches long, 
bearing continuously flowers of charm¬ 
ing blue, white or rose shades. Alt hough 
perennials they are usually treated as 
annuals. 
Speciosa. Bright blue. Pkt. 5 
Gracilis. Light blue; slender trailing 
stems..• 
Mixed Erinus Varieties..5 
HARDY VARIETIES. 
with showy spikes of richly colored flowers; for 
permanent beds and borders they are indis¬ 
pensable. 2 to 4 feet. 
Cardinalis. (“Cardinal Flower.”) Long spikes 
of intense scarlet flowers; one of the most brilliant 
plants in cultivation; suitable for all situations, 
even succeeding on the shady side of a house. Pkt. 1 
__ Strong¬ 
growing garden annuals, with in¬ 
numerable spikes of 
flowers. Wfa to 3 feet. 
Mixed Colors. (See 
cut.) . Pkt. 5 
LUPINUS. Jt Annual Varieties * 
10 
Grand Marigolds. The immense flowers are densely double, 8 to 10 inches in cir¬ 
cumference, and quilled with the regularity and perfection of a Dahlia. A highly 
meritorious feature is the compact, dwarf habit of the plant, which forms 
dense bushes only 15 to 18 inches high by 2 feet across. For effective 
garden display during the surfimer and autumn months, nothing can 
surpass t lie gorgeous masses of color of these grand varieties. (See cut.) 
Canary Yellow. Pkt. 10 Golden Orange. Pkt. 10 
Mixed Colors (per 1,000 seeds, 25c.).10 
DOUBLE FRENCH MARIGOLDS. 
Gilt Edge. A new large-flowering variety of robust growth 
and large and more perfectly double flowers, measuring from 8 
to 4 inches across; color, velvety maroon, edged with yellow. 
(See cut.) . Pkt. 10 
Double French, Mixed. Yellow, brown and crimson, 
beautifully striped. 1 foot. (Per oz., 25c.).5 
Garnet and Gold Lilliput. Compact, bushy plants, only 
8 inches high, with small, very double flowers of garnet 
maroon, edged golden yellow.10 
Golden Eilliput. A counterpart of above, with puregolden 
yellow flowers.10 
Collection of Double French Marigolds, 6 separate colors, 35c. 
SINGLE MARIGOLDS. 
“Little Brownie.” Charming, forming compact little bushes 
only 5 to G inches high. It is remarkable for blossoming extremely 
early and in prodigious 
abundance, commencing in 
June. The flowers are vividly 
colored golden yellow, 
marked with a large spot of 
crimson velvet. Pkt. 5 
Single Tom Thtimb, 
‘‘Gold Ring.” A bushy 
c o m pact free - blooming 
garden annual, only 8 ins. 
high; flowers velvety ma¬ 
roon, margined with a 
golden ring. Pkt. 10 
Single Tom Thumb, 
“Canary Yellow.” Dif¬ 
fers from above only in 
color of flowers, which are 
of light bright yellow with 
maroon spots around the 
centre. Pkt. 10 
T vrT4NTT^ Chalcedonica. The 
I V->IllNIO scarlet Lychnis, an old 
garden favorite, deserving a place in every gar¬ 
den ; very hardy, bearing heads of bright scarlet 
flowers. 3 to 4 feet.. Pkt. 5 
Haageana Hybrids, Mixed Colors. Usually 
grown as annuals; of dwarf bushy habit, bear¬ 
ing flowers an inch ormoreacross in continuous 
succession until frost; the colors are particularly 
pleasing and effective—from white to rich scarlet 
and many shades of pink. 1 foot. (.See cut on 
opposite page, 100.) .10 
MATRICARIA * 
Feverfew.”) Bushy annual garden plant, bearing 
quantities of white double button-like flowers, useful 
for cutting. (See cut.) . Pkt. 10 
