Combine Beauty and Utility in the Garden 
FLOWER 
SEEDS 
Brief Hints on Sowing 
and Cultivation 
The Soil. A mellow loam, which is a 
medium earth between the extremes of clay 
and sand, enriched with a compost of rotted 
manure and leafmold, is adapted to the 
general run of flowering plants. Previous to 
planting flower beds or borders, care must 
be taken that they are so arranged that the 
ground may be a little elevated in the 
middle, that the water may run off, and that 
the plants may show to better advantage. 
Sowing the Seed. We urge every pur¬ 
chaser of our seeds to carefully study the 
cultural directions printed on each package, 
and the following general rules: 
Do not plant any of the seeds when the 
ground is wet. Make the surface as fine 
and smooth as possible. Cover each sort of 
seed to a depth proportionate to its size; 
the finest, like Portulaca, Campanula, Digi¬ 
talis, etc., should be merely sprinkled on 
the surface of the ground, and barely cov¬ 
ered with finely sifted, light, mellow soil. 
Press soil down firmly over the seed with a 
brick or short piece of board. For large 
seeds, depth should be regulated according 
to size of seed; those the size of a pinhead, 
inch deep, and those the size of a pea, 
% of an inch. 
Procure a bit of lath (it would be better if planed smooth) about 2 feet long, press the edge down into the soil 
evenly, so as to make a groove as deep as the seed is to be planted; scatter the seed along this, allowing four or five of 
the larger to fifteen or twenty of the smaller seeds to the space one plant is to occupy when grown. Cover the seed by 
pressing earth together over it, then turn your lath sideways and press soil down firmly and evenly. 
See our DISPLAY of GARDEN TOOLS and 
ACCESSORIES for BETTER GARDENS 
PLAN AND PLANT A FLOWER GARDEN FOR 
BEAUTY, HEALTH AND RECREATION 
Acroclinium 
Beautiful, everlasting flower, largely used for Winter 
bouquets. 
New Large Flowered Double Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Single Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Ageratum 
This plant keeps up an almost constant bloom through¬ 
out the Summer and is particularly effective for bedding 
as well as decidedly valuable for cut flowers. It has the 
further merit of being of the easiest culture. Can be 
started in hotbed or window box and transplanted after 
frost. Half-hardy annuals. 
Blue Perfection. This is the darkest colored of all large- 
flowering Ageratums. Color deep amethyst-blue, 
compact growth; fine bedder. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Fairy Pink. Delightful salmon-rose pink flowers. A 
dwarf compact plant. Fine for edgings. Pkt. 25 cts. 
Tom Thumb. Blue; rarely exceeds 6 in. in height. A 
very desirable variety; good for edges of beds, etc. 
Pkt. 10 cents. 
Alyssum 
Whether grown for Summer blooming or for flowering 
in Fall and Winter in the parlor or greenhouse, its easy 
culture and the delicate honey-like fragrance of its flowers, 
so much prized in bouquets and baskets, makes this old 
favorite largely grown. Hardy annual. 
Sweet Alyssum. Flowers white. 1 ft. Pkt. 10 cts., 
oz. 25 cts. 
Lilac Queen. Improved deep lilac, very dwarf 6 in. 
Pkt. 10 cts. 
Tom Thumb. Neat, compact 6 in. Pkt. 10 cts. 
Amaranthus 
Tricolor Splendens. (Josephs-coat). Brilliant foliage of 
crimson yellow and bronze, excellent for borders. 2 ft. 
Pkt. 10 cts. 
Arctotis 
Giant Hybrids. Large, narrow-petaled, Daisy-like flow¬ 
ers in unusual shades of bronze, brown, russet, terra¬ 
cotta, apricot, light and dark yellow, pink, rose, red, 
mauve and almost scarlet, besides white. 10 to 12 in. 
Pkt. 15 cts. 
Sweet Alyssum. Makes a very effective edging plant. 
HARDY-PERENNIAL FLOWER SEEDS. See pages 17-18-19—Please. 
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