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ANNUALS attain full growth from seed, flower and die in one year 
BIENNIALS grow from seed one year, bloom and die the next, though some 
varieties bloom the first season when sown early. 
PERENNIALS last for several years, blooming annually after the first 
season, though some varieties will bloom the first season if sown 
early. 
PKT. 
ABRONIA umbellata, trailing annual, thriving 
in dry situations; pink flowers in Verbena¬ 
like trusses; height, 2 ft. 05 
ABUTILON, new hybrids, mixed, of compact, 
bushy growth; large bell-shaped flowers of 
various colors; flowering in the house in 
winter or the garden in summer; tender 
perennial; 2 ft. 10 
ACACIA, finest mixed, greenhouse shrubs with 
elegant foliage; flowers yellow, white, red, 
etc.; tender perennial; 3 to 6 ft. 10 
ACHILLEA ptarmica, fl. pi., double white 
flowers, profusely borne summer and au¬ 
tumn; hardy perennial; 1 to 2 ft. 10 
ACROCLINIUM, double mixed, fine “ever¬ 
lasting” for winter bouquets, also a showy 
garden annual; 1 ft. 05 
ADLUMIA cirrhosa, hardy biennial climber, 
known as “Mountain Fringe”; feathery 
foliage, rose-colored flowers; 15ft. 10 
AFRICAN GOLDEN DAISY. ( See page 82). . .25 
AGERATUM Mexicanum, feathery flowers in 
clusters, borne continuously; suitable for pot 
in winter or bedding out in summer; annuals. 
Tom Thumb white; 2 ft.05 
'* 44 blue; 2 ft. 05 
( For other kinds see page 81.) 
ALYSSUM maritimum (Sweet Alyssum), a 
favorite annual for garden beds, edgings, 
etc.; clusters of white flowers borne profusely 
throughout the season; 2 ft. ....... oz., 25c. .05 
Saxatile compacta, hardy, spring-blooming 
Alyssum with yellow flowers; 2 ft .05 
( For other kinds see page 82.) 
AMARANTHUS caudatus (Love-Lies-Bleed¬ 
ing), rapid-growing garden annual with long, 
drooping crimson flower spikes; height, 3 ft. .05 
Tricolor (Joseph's Coat), showy annual foliage 
plant for gardens; leaves red, yellow, green, 
etc.; 3 ft.05 
AMPELOPSIS Veitchii (Boston or Japanese 
Ivy), valuable hardy climber, clinging to 
stone, brick or wood walls; dense ivy-green 
foliage, changing to red in autumn; 30 ft.10 
ANCHUSA ITALICA, “DROPMORE.” 
A fine, large, hardy, herbaceous plant, 4 to 5 
ft. high, with flowers of lovely Gentian-blue. .20 
ANEMONE, St. Brigid. These beautiful Irish 
Poppy-flowered varieties produce in abun¬ 
dance large single, semidouble and double 
flowers 3 to 5 inches across, of an endless 
variety of colors, from maroon and brightest 
scarlet to flesh pink, and from lilac to pur¬ 
ple. Some are mottled, striped, ringed, etc. 
For cutting they are unsurpassed, and in 
the garden they flower until after frost; 
hardy perennials, flowering from seed the 
second year and thereafter.10 
ANTIRRHINUM (Snap Dragons), showy gar¬ 
den plants, flowering freely the first year 
from seed; height. 2 to 3 ft. 
Majus.tall, mixed colors.05 
(For other kinds see page 82.) 
BALL OR JEWEL ASTER. 
PKT. 
AQUILEGIA, or COLUMBINE, popular hardy 
perennials for garden, forming large per¬ 
manent clumps; height, 1 to 3 ft. 
Double white (alba pi.) . .05 
Grigor’s glandulosa, blue and white; large. . .15 
Single, mixed colors.05 
Double-flowering, mixed colors.05 
( For other kinds see page 83.) 
ARCTOTIS grandis. (See page 82).10 
ARISTOLOCHIA sipho (Dutchman’s Pipe 
Vine), luxuriant, hardy climber; large leaves, 
making dense shade; flowers yellow and 
brown, mottled and curiously shaped; 30 ft.. . 10 
ARNEBIA cornuta, bushy garden annual; yel¬ 
low flowers spotted black, borne freely all 
summer; 2 ft.10 
ASPARAGUS verticillatus, hardy climber, 10 
ft. high, with feathery foliage and scarlet 
berries.10 
Plumosus nanus, greenhouse climber with 
fern-like foliage.25 
Sprengeri, decorative perennial for pots,vases, 
etc.; drooping chenille-like fronds 4 ft. long.. . 10 
ASPERULA odorata (Sweet Woodruff), dwarf 
hardy plant, esteemed for its fragrance.05 
ASTERS. The most popular garden annuals. 
BALL, or JEWEL, mixed colors, sturdy, 
compact plants, 2 ft. high, with round ball¬ 
shaped, densely double flowers 3 ins. across.. . 10 
BETTERIDGE’S QUILLED, mixed, large 
double flowers with quill-like petals, sur¬ 
rounded by broad guard petals; plants 2 ft. . .05 
CHRYSANTHEMUM-FLOWERED DWARF, 
Bushy plants, 9 ins. high, bearing 20 to 30 
large perfectly double flowers. 
Finest mixed colors.10 
Collection of 6 colors. 40c.; 12 colors.75 
COMET QUILLED, rose-pink flowers with 
quilled center of white petals.10 
CROWN POMPON,compact,lft.high, crowded 
with densely double flowers 2* ms. across, 
having a white center surrounded by some 
other color; mixed colors.10 
JAPANESE TASSEL, immense double flowers, 
5 to 6 ins. across, with long, narrow curly 
petals; plant 15 ins. high, mixed colors. . . .10 
MINIATURE, compact, round plants, 8 ins. 
high, smothered with small double flowers. 
Miniature, mixed colors.10 
QUEEN OF THE EARLIES (Queen of the Mar¬ 
ket), valuable on account of their earliness 
and for cutting; plants 12 ins. high; medium- 
sized double flowers on long stems. 
Queen of the Earlies, mixed colors.10 
“ “ 44 white.10 
4 4 44 4 4 rose-pink.10 
44 44 44 indigo-blue.10 
44 44 44 scarlet.10 
SUNLIGHT, new yellow Aster of the Chrysan¬ 
themum-flowered type.10 
TRIUMPH, compact dwarf Asters, 8 ins. high, 
bearing 30 to 40 double flowers 2£ to 3 
inches across ; mixed colors.10 
( For other kinds see pages 78 to 81.) 
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All Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Bulbs and Books, 
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