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KENDALL & WHITNEY, PORTLAND, MAINE 
Flower Seeds 
Plan and Plant a Flower Garden for Beauty, Health and Recreation 
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 leaf-mold, is adapted to the general run of flowering plants. Pre¬ 
vious 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. Nine-tenths of the failures in flower culture 
come from improper treatment of the seeds and young plants. We 
urge every purchaser of our seeds to carefully study the cultural direc¬ 
tions 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 pro¬ 
portionate to its size; the finest, like Portulaca, Campanula, Digitalis, 
etc., should be merely sprinkled on the surface of the ground, and 
barely covered 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 pin-head, Y 2 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 15 or 20 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. 
ACROCLINIUM. New Large Flowered Double Hybrids. Daisy like flowers in 
salmon, white, pink, rose and other shades. Fine for everlastings. Mixed. 
Pkt., 10c. 
AGERATUM (Floss Flower). Hardy annual. A plant of the greatest beauty and 
value for garden or window, unexcelled for border, rock garden or bedding. 
Early and constant bloomer. Mixed colors. All varieties mixed. Pkt., 10 c. 
Antirrhinum—Snapdragon Blue Perfection. Semi-dwarf, large flowers. Medium blue. Pkt., 10c. 
ALYSSUM. A well-known favorite, hardy annual, 
blooming profusely the entire season. Excellent 
for edging. No other white flower is so well 
adapted for a dense, low carpet, or as borders 
and ribbons in garden work. Extremely fra¬ 
grant and frequently used for bouquets. Sow- 
seed early in April. 
Sweet White. 1 ft. Pkt., 10c. 
Lilac Queen. Lilac color, dwarf. Pkt., 10c. 
Tom Thumb. Very dwarf; w T hite. Pkt., 10c. 
ANTIRRHINUM (Snapdragon). One of the most 
beautiful and useful bedding plants, blooming 
profusely throughout the summer. Fine for 
cutting. 
Early Brilliant Rose. Rose-pink. Pkt., 10c. 
Early Golden King. Yellow. Pkt., 10c. 
Early Queen Victoria. White. Pkt., 10c. 
Early Rose Queen. Soft pink. Pkt., 10c. 
Early Scarlet Defiance. Scarlet. Pkt., 10c. 
Mixed. Pkt., 10c. 
ARCTOTI8 (African Lilac Daisy) Grandis. A re¬ 
markable. handsome annual, forming bushes 
well branched. The flowers are pure white with 
sky blue eye w'hile the reverse of the rays are 
pale lilac-blue. An excellent cut flower. 3 feet 
high. Pkt., 10c. 
Sweet Alyssum—Tom Thumb 
