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| FLOWER SEEDS 
Northrup, King and Co. carry a full line of the best home garden Flower 
varieties, some of the more popular of which are described in the following 
pages. 
We have long established growing relationships with the best specialist 
- flower seed growers both in the United States and abroad. All stocks are 
_ tested in our laboratory for germination and purity, and in our extensive 
_ Trial Grounds for trueness to type, fidelity to variety and qualities of plant 
- and bloom. Our flower seeds are available in bulk by the ounce or pound, and 
- also put up in attractively designed packets. Prices or information on varieties 
- not listed will gladly be sent on request. 
Annuals mature, flower and die in one year; biennials live two years, 
- usually reaching flowering maturity the second year; perennials normally 
_ live for several years and usually begin flowering the year following seeding. 
| AGERATUM 
(FLOSS FLOWER) 
| Hardy annual, used for cutting and bedding. Needs full sun, tolerant to dry soil. Flowers 
late in season. 
Blue Perfection 
10 to 12 inches. Violet blue. 
Imperial Dwarf Blue 
6 to 8 inches. Violet blue, dwarf variety adapted to edging. 
ALYSSUM 
(MADWORT) 
ANNUAL TYPES 
Early flowering, fragrant, edging plants. 
Start seed in open ground, first thing 
in Spring. 
Carpet of Snow—(A procumbens) 
4 inches, very low, flat and spreading in 
growth. Flowers white. 
Little Gem (Tom Thumb) 
(A compactum erectum)—6 inches. Dwarf, 
compact, less spreading than above. 
Sweet Alyssum (A Maritimum or 
A. Benthami) 
1 foot. Taller and larger plants than 
above. Flowers white, fragrant, early. 
Violet Queen 
6 inches. Flowers deep violet, early, fra- 
grant. Plant compact. Excellent for Alyssum—Little Gem 
edging, 
PERENNIAL OR HARDY ALYSSUM 
For perennial border, rock garden. 
Alyssum Saxatile Compactum 
(Basket of Gold) 
1 foot. Hardy, first early. Flowers golden- 
yellow. 
Anchusa Capensis 
Blue Bird 
Hardy annual, 2 feet. Flowers small, deep blue with white eye. Tolerates some shade. 
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