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•FLOWER SEEO SPECIALTIES 
:: AFRICAN GOLDEN DAISY. :: 
IMPROVED VARIETIES OF 
Sweet Alyssum. 
LITTLE DORRIT. F orms perfect little bushes 
fairly smothered with miniature white flowers; 
a gem for edgings and beds. Annual, 4 inches 
high... Pkt. 10c. 
“Carpet of Snow.” The old-fashioned Sweet 
Alyssum has been too long a favorite to need 
any introduction here. This new variety emits 
the same honey-like perfume, is of purer white, 
and grows only 2 to 3 inches high and flowers 
even more profusely; in fact, it is a perfect 
carpet of snow throughout the season. We 
have counted as many as 300 heads of pure 
white flowers open on one plant at one time. 
For edgings and bedding this is a very satis¬ 
factory little annual. Per ounce, 50c. Pkt. 10c. 
Tom Thumb or Little Gem Sweet Alyssum. 
This is one of the finest plants for edgings and 
low beds, flowering in unparalleled profusion 
for months. % foot. (/See cut.) Per ounce, 
30c. Pkt. 5c. 
Antirrhinum, flowe n rTng. 
These form brilliant garden beds, flowering 
profusely and continuously the first season 
from seed. Unusually effective bedding displays 
are made from these noble plants; they grow 
about 2 feet high, are healthy and stocky, and 
completely enveloped with large snap-dragon 
flowers of splendid texture and substance, render¬ 
ing them very durable under all conditions of 
weather; their continuous-blooming qualities, 
ease of culture and independence of heat and 
drought, and pure, bright colors, should entitle 
them to a permanent place in gardens. Although 
perennials, they do splendidly when grown as 
annuals; spring-sown seed produces flowering 
plants by July, which continue to bloom in 
increasing profusion until frost. The flowers are 
nearly double the size of the older sorts. (See cut.) 
Giant-flowering. Mixed Colors . Pkt. 10c. 
Giant Yellow Queen. Pure yellow. 10c. 
Giant Scarlet. Brightest scarlet. 10c. 
Giant Niobe. Garnet, with white throat. . 10c. 
Giant Rose. Delicate rosy-pink. 10c. 
Giant Striped. Yellow, striped red. 10c. 
Giant White. Pure snow-white. 10c. 
The collection of above 6 separate colors . . 50c. 
Antirrhinum, 
DWARF, LARGE- 
FLOWERING. 
Stocky plants, 6 inches high; enveloped with 
flowers during the summer; especially fine for 
garden bedding. 
Dwarf, large-flowering. White. .. .Pkt. 10c. 
44 44 Yellow . 10c. 
“ 44 Scarlet . 10c. 
44 “ Coral-rose. ... 10c. 
44 44 Mixed Colors. 10c. 
The collection, 1 pkt. each of above five separate 
colors .40c. 
(Dimorphotheca A u ra ntiaca.) 
Rare and extremely showy 
annual from South Africa, 
destined to become a great 
favorite on account of its very 
easy culture and its beautiful 
flowers. The plants, of neat 
branching habit, grow about 
12 inches high, and flower in 
exceeding profusion. The 
single daisy-like blossoms, 2£ 
to 2} inches in diameter, are 
of a unique shade of glossy 
terra-cotta orange, which bril¬ 
liant coloring is rendered the 
more conspicuous by the dark- 
colored disc surrounded by a 
black zone. This splendid an¬ 
nual is well adapted for groups 
or borders; it stands the heat 
finely and produces its pretty 
flowers very early in sunny 
situations and will continue to 
flower during the summer 
months. A bed in full bloom 
is a magnificent sight on bright 
days. This novelty gained an 
award of merit at the Temple 
Show, London. Pkt. 25c. 
ARCTOTIS 
GRAND1S. 
Handsome new annual, forming 
branched bushes about 2 to 2h feet 
in height and breadth. Leaves whit¬ 
ish. The flowers are borne on long 
stems well above the foliage, are 
large and showy, 2£ to 3 inches 
across; pure white on the upper sur¬ 
face, embellished by a yellow zone 
at their centre; reverse of petals pale 
lilac. Under the influence of bright 
sunlight the flowers spread out almost 
flat, and the pure white of the ray 
florets contrasts beautifully with the 
light blue disc with its slightly pro¬ 
jecting white stamens, a lovely com¬ 
bination of colors. Of easy culture; 
flowers abundantly from early sum¬ 
mer to autumn. (See cut.) Pkt. 10c. 
Henderson's Choice Collections of Flower Seeds °page d 72 n will furnish a Complete Garden Supply at a saving of one-third. 
