Slate Seed Co., Seedsmen Since 1866, South Boston, Virginia 
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Alyssum 
Acroclinium 
Aquilegia 
Slate’s Flower Seed 
In the following pages we offer what we believe to be the 
most select list of flowers obtainable. Many obsolete and un- 
desirable kinds have been eliminated and novelties and better 
varieties substituted. We make trials of our flower seed yearly 
and are always experimenting with novelties. Thus we are 
able to get first hand information as to the value of varieties 
offered us. 
In listing such a great number of varieties, we have been 
forced to condense the information as much as possible. To 
aid us in this, we employ the following symbols: 
H—Hardy O—Annuals 
HH—Half Hardy X—Biennials 
T—Tender + —Perennials 
Cultural Directions are given on each packet of seed for 
the specific flower contained therein. Further, we have a leaflet, 
“How to Grow Flowers,’ giving many valuable hints on the 
general care of the flower garden and mentioning the require- 
ments of some of the most popular flowers. As a general rule 
for all flowers, the following is good: Sow all Hardy flowers 
early in the spring, even before frosts are over. Sow the Half 
Hardy about the time of the last frost. And the Tender sorts 
after frost is over and warm weather has come. The Half 
Hardy and Tender plants in northern latitudes will do better if 
started indoors in boxes and transp!anted. And in the South 
the Tender plants should be started thus. A light rich loam 
soil is always best for flowers. Manure used liberally is a great 
help. Cover the seed to three times their greatest size and use 
only well pulverized soil for covering. To produce perfection in 
blooms, an abundance of water is essential. 
All flower seed are quoted Postpaid. 
ACROCLINIUM (HO 24 in.) 
1001—Double Mixed.—This is one of the best of the Ever- 
lastings and makes excellent dried bouquets. Cut when the 
blooms reach perfection and hang in a cool, shady place with 
the heads down. Easily grown. Pkt. 10c, %4 02. 25c. 
AGERATUM (HO 18 in.) 
Ageratum makes one of the best of bedding annuals and 
especially for iarge beds. It blooms in a short while from seed 
and continues until frost. We do not know of any plant that 
will give such a show for so little money and effort. Ageratums 
do well on almost any soil and may be seeded in the open 
ground or started in beds and transplanted. 
Pkt. 1% Oz. 
1004—Little Dorrit, Dwarf Blue.........++-+:- 10 .40 
Althea Rosea. See Hollyhocks. 
ALYSSUM (HO 8 in.) 
The easy culture an free blooming habit of this popular old 
flower makes it still one of the most desirable. There is hardly 
a flower garden that does not have its alyssum borders. Seed 
may be started outdoors after frost is over and the plants will 
be in bloom in a short while. The perennial kind (Saxatile) 
should be started very early in the spring or in the early fall. 
Pkt. % Oz. 
1006—Little Gem, Dwarf White.............. Sel OMe Se e5 
1007—Carpet of Snow, White............... 10 30 
1009—Saxatile, Yellow, Perennial............. .10 .30 
ANCHUSA (H# 4 ft.) 
1010 —-- Italica. — An excellent hardy blue perennial that 
blooms the first year from seed and will grow anywhere. Small 
flowers are borne on tall heads. Color a Forget-Me-Not blue. 
Pkt. 10c, % oz. 25c. 
AQUILEGIA (H# 30 in.) 
1025—Mrs. Scott Elliott’s Hybrids.—This is an exceptionally 
fine strain of the long spurred columbine. No more hardy nor 
popular flower can be found ‘than the old-fashioned columbine 
and in this selection the best colors are presented. Sow out- 
doors or in beds in early spring or late summer. Pkt. 15c. 
ANTIRRHINUM (HX 10 to 24 in.) 
There is no flower of easy culture that will prove more 
graceful and useful than these Snapdragons. In the North, they 
are best handled as annuals, but from Virginia south, they will 
often live through the winter and bear the second year. For 
early blooms start seed in a protected bed in March and trans- 
plant as soon as heavy frosts are over. They begin to bloom in 
the early summer and last until cold weather. For best results, 
pinch the buds from the young plants and make them spread. 
Colors covering some of the most rare and vivid combinations 
are to be seen. We offer a very select mixture of the Tall 
Mammoth Flowered family, also named sorts in the Tall Large 
Flowering. 
elt LOZ: 
1017—Tall Rust Resistant, Mixed............. $ .20 $ .60 
1023—Finest) Mixed cyare sce sree) os ceiele sictelot erste lets .20 -60 
AMARANTHUS (HO 10 in.) 
1011—Pygmy Torch.—tThis bright bedding plant will thrive 
in any rich sunny location with almost no attention and will 
prove a sensation in color. Sow the seed in the open ground 
after frost and give light covering. Later thin plants to six to 
ten inches apart and keep the weeds out. The dwarf plants only 
grow about ten inches tall and bear bushy heads of flaming red. 
Pkt. 10c, %4 oz. 25c. 
