4 General List of Choice Flower Seeds 
We list nearly 1,000 varieties of what we have found to be the most desirable — the showiest and easiest 
to grow\ When we find a flower, new or old, which we think our customers would like we obtain seed of 
it if possible and offer it in our catalogue. 
Order Flower Seed by the 
Number pieced before each 
variety. 
ABUTH0N 
1 — MIXED NEW HYBRIDS. (Green- 
house) — Known also as Chinese Bell 
Flower. A hardy house shrub requiring 
little care and loaded with large bell- 
shaped flowers 2 inches across. Blooms 
first season from seed. Pkt. 10c. 
AbfOllia ( Sand Verbena) 
2—UMBELLATA. (Annual) — Pretty 
little trailer with umbells of rose pink 
flow’ers. Pkt. 4c: 3 pkts. for 10c. 
(Milfoil or Yarrow) 
3— THE PEARL. (Perennial). Sends up 
many stems 1 ft. high which are crowned 
■"*ith clusters of double white flowers. 
Blooms a long time. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. for 
12c. 
Aconitum( Monks Hood) 
4— NAPELLUS. (Perennial)—Throws 
up spikes 4 ft. long which are loaded 
with pretty hood-shaped flowers. Fine bor¬ 
der plant resembling the Delphiniums in 
habit. Does well in partial shade. Pkt. 5c. 
ACR0CL1NIUM 
New Giant Double 
Alt—Large flowered Double Hy- 
birds. This is one of the new flow¬ 
ers that florists can sell at sight. 
The beautiful double flowers are 
nearly twice the size of the ordin¬ 
ary strain, borne on long stems. 
Blooms in a short time from sow¬ 
ing. Range of colors is very large 
including many pastels. Pretty 
dark centers. Pkt. 8e; 2 pkt*. 15<*. 
A—-DOUBLE MIXED. (Annual). One 
of the best everlasting flowers, following 
Helichrysum in popularity. Flowers most¬ 
ly rose and white. Dried they retain their 
color for years. Pkt. 4c; 3 pkts. for lflc. 
ADLUMIA - Allegheny Vine 
7—CIRRHOSA. (Biennial). One of the 
prettiest and most delicate climbers coyer- 
ing a lattice or porch in a short time. 
Foliage resembles Maiden Hair Fern. Flow¬ 
ers tube shaped and flesh pink. Self sows 
and come up year after year. Pkt. 5c. 
AGERATUM 
Desirable for bedding, cut flowers or 
border. No plant equals it for a solid bed 
or ribbon of blue. Commences to bloom 
quickly from seed and flowers till killed 
by frost. If taken u« before frost, it will 
bloom all winter in the house. 
It — DWARF MIXED. Dwarf sorts 
which grow to an even height. Therefore 
these are especially adapted for bordering, 
etc. Pkt. 5c; 4 pkts. for 10c. 
12— TALL MIXED. Fine for cutting 
and work requiring longer stems. Pkt. 4c; 
3 pkts. for 10c. 
13 — BLUE PERFECTION. Compact 
bushy sorts which make a mound of deep 
blue. Very useful for borders, hedges, etc. 
Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. for 12c. 
14—BLUE BALL. Very dwarf and com¬ 
pact and much prized where known for 
edging low beds, also for filling in spaces 
in rock gardens. Pkt. 7c; 2 pkts. for 10c. 
Blue Cap Ageratum 
C‘«p. Extra dwarf 
f n< * v c 9 m P ac C Free bloomer, can 
be had in flower from June till 
frosts and always looks well For 
a solid dwarf blue border it has no 
equal. Pkt. 10«*» 3 pkts. 23c. 
ACROCLINIUM 
Double Giant Flowered Mixed 
Adonis 
8— VERNALIS. (Perennial). Finely cut 
foliage and bright yellow flowers. Pkt. 10c. 
9- AESTIVALIS. (Annual). “Flos 
Adonis.” Fine foliage and red flowers. 
Pkt. 4c; 3 pkts. for 10c. 
AGATHAEA - Slue Daisy 
10 —COELESTIS. (Tender Perennial). 
Free bloomer producing blue daisy - like 
flowers. Plant branching 18 inches tall. 
Pot in fall for winter blooming. Pkt. 8c. 
ALYSSUM 
For a continuous solid bed of white, or 
for a border or edging. Alyssum has no 
equal. Commences to bloom in a few 
weeks from sowing and is a solid mass 
of white till hard freezing weather. 
17— SWEET. Fragrant. Covers more 
space than others, each plant making 2 
feet of spai'e white all summer. Pkt. 4c; 
fragrant flowers. Grand for low white 
fragrant borders or edgings. Pkt. 4c* 
3 n.kts »0c; n7 " 30c. 
18— -LITTLE GEM. Very dwarf compact 
sort. 6 inches high. A mass of white 
3 pkts. 10c. 
o ' . -----' ^ Him iar 10 
Sweet Alyssum except color which is a 
lavender lilac. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. for 12c. 
«oV* r v R0 . c , UMBENS or floral 
Sr KAY. Also called Carpet of Snow. 
Plants trailing forming a solid rosette of 
white a foot across. Plants send up hun¬ 
dreds of sprays. Pkt. 4c; 4 pkts. for 12c. 
21 CREAM KING. Similar to the white 
except color which is a creamy yellow. 
Pkt. 4c; 3 pkts. for 10c. 
22-NEW MINIATURE. An extremely 
small dwarf variety especially valuable for 
a low coinpact border or for rock gardens. 
Pure white. Pkt. 6c; 2 pkts. for 10c. 
WONDERCRO 
wlew life, TABLETS firplants 
»-SAXATILE COMPACTUM. Espe- 
ciRlIy desirable for rock gardens. Foliage 
thick silvery gray, flowers yellow. Good 
early bloomer. Pkt. 5c. 
Agrostemma 
16—CORONA'RIA, (Perennial). Foliage 
silvery white. Flowers freely produced 
and are crimson-rose and white. Flowers 
first season if sown early. Pkt. 5c. 
Amaranthus 
24— MOULTEN FIRE. Beautiful Poin- 
settia-like top. Showy in border. Pkt. 10c. 
25— MIXED. Plants 2 to 6 feet high. 
Various forms mostly with pretty colored 
foliage. Also includes such plants as "Love 
Lies Bleeding.” “Joseph’s Coat,” “Prin¬ 
cess Feather.” etc. Pkt. 3c; 4 pkts. 10c. 
Anchusa 
28 — BLUE BIRD. (Annual). A fine 
blue plant with dwarf compact habits. Its 
trusses of vivid indigo b’ue Foreet-me-not 
like flowers are fine in the garden or for 
cut flowers. Pkt. 5c; 2 pkts. for 10c. 
29 — L'ISSADEL. (Perennial). Similar 
to the popular “Dropmore” variety but 
flowers are larger and of a deeper and 
more intense gentian-blue. Of sturdy 
habit and free bloomer. Pkt, 10c. 
30—ITALICA. (Perennial). Dropmore 
variety. Forms a branched plant 3 to 5 ft. 
high, each branch terminating in a spike 
of bright blue. Pkt. 6c; 2 pkts. 10c. 
Ambrosia 
27-MEXICAN A. The Feath¬ 
ered Geranium or Jerusalem Oak 
is a 2-foot annual with strongly 
aromatic foliage much cut and 
lobed. Flowers small and yellow. 
Pkt. 5c. 
