ROSES, SEEDS AND BULBS FOR 1896 
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GIANT VERBENA (Verbena Hy- 
brida). One of the finest strains 
of Verbena in existence— larger 
and more beautiful than the 
Mammoth. They are easily 
grown from seeds, and the seed- 
ling plants are more vigorous 
and healthy and bloom better 
than those grown from cuttings — 
they are also sweet scented. 
Sown in the spring, they bloom 
quite early, and single plants in 
good, rich soil, will soon cover a 
fipace two to three feet across, 
and produce a sheet of brilliant 
colors all through the season. 
We offer extra fine seed saved 
from flowers of the best types and 
most brilliant colors, including 
the beautiful auricula-eyed varie- 
ty, asshown in cut. Finestmixed, 
pkt. Gets , extralarge, pkts. lOcts. 
SCARLET DEFIANCE. Very 
fine. Pkt. lOcts. 
PURE WHITE (Sea Foam, or 
Candidissima i A fine strain of 
large-flowering pure white hy- 
brid Verbena. .Pkt. 6cts. 
VERBENA HYBRIDA. Good 
quality, mixed. Pkt. 3 cts. 
VERBENA ODORATA. This 
lovely variety is perfectly hardy 
and different from all others ; 
seeds sown in the open ground 
commence to bloom very quickly, 
and gives an abundance of beau- 
tiful flowers all summer; pure 
white, and blooms in spikes in- 
stead of flat clusters; very fra- 
grant and sweet. Pkt. 4 cts. 
Giant Verbena. 
Conard's Velvet=Green Lawn Grass Seed 
The Best Brand for Seeding Down New Lawns and Renovating Old Ones. 
Our Velvet-Green Lawn Grass Seed is not excelled by any for producing a smooth, even, 
velvety green sward that will withstand drought and hard usage and always make a handsome 
appearance. In seeding down a lawn or grass plot, three things are necessary to insure sue 
cess : first, to prepare the ground so as to have a fine, smooth seed-bed ; second, to put on 
plenty of seed, never less, but rather more, than the directions call for ; third, to start the lawn 
mower as soon as the weeds (which are always in the ground and sure to start first) are tall 
enough to catch, and keep them mowed off close till the grass has time to start and become 
well established. The seed should be lightly raked in and finished with a roller. Apply any 
good commercial fertilizer as a top-dressing when needed. One quart of seed is enough for 
three hundred square feet (fifteen by twenty feet) or at the rate of five bushels to the acre. 
Lawns should be kept neatly mowed, which induces a close, even growth of fresh , lively green. 
Price by mail, postpaid, 30 cts. per quart ; two quarts for 50 cts. 
paying express charges, $1.25 per peck ; $4.00 per bushel. 
THE HARRIET COLLECTION. 
In bulk, Purchaser 
FIFTEEN OF THE BRIGHTEST AND BEST EVER-BLOOMING ROSES, SPECIALLY 
SELECTED AND POSTPAID, FOR ONLY $1.10. 
MARY WASHINGTON, Snow White. 
MAD. HOSTE, Canary-Yellow. 
ETO'LE DE LYON, Golden-Yellow. 
DUCHESS OF ALBANY, Deep Rose. 
PAPA GONTIER, Rich Crimson. 
THE BRIDE, Cream White. 
LA FRANCE. Peach Blossom. 
CLOTILDE SOUPERT, Amber-Rose. 
CATHARINE MERMET, Coral Pink. 
MARIE VAN HOUTTE, Cream. 
MRS. DE GRAW, Bright Rose. 
HERMOSA, Clear Pink. 
MAD. SCIPION COCHET, Cream and Blush. 
MAD. ELIE LAMBERT, Ro y-Peach. 
SAFRANO, Orange Tea, for remittance. 15 in all, postpaid, $1.10, or 7, your choice, for 50c. 
DIAHOND COLLECTION — Interesting to All. 
Twenty Beautiful Plants for One Dollar, carefully selected, all labeled and postpaid. Inclose $1.00, 
and ask for our Diamond Collection, and we will send you twenty beautiful plants, nicely assorted, in- 
cluding fine Roses and other choice and popular flowers. Don't wait till the end of the season ; send any 
time, and they will come promptly, and you cannot help being surprised at the number and value of the 
nice things you will get. This is not a snap offer, but a part of our regular business, to which Ave give 
careful attention. Every Diamond Collection is made up different, and contains the nicest things we can 
afford to put in on that day. Some of our choicest plants are put in these collections, which we can only 
afford by the largely increased number of collections sold. Six Diamond Collections for §5.00. Get your 
neighbor to join with you. 
