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Seed Catalogue and Garden Guide.

GENERAL LIST FLOWER SEEDS.

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ABRONIA—Trailing habit similar to Verbenas, bearing clusters of sweet-scented flowers. Effective for bedding in masses, and very desirable for rock-work or hanging baskets. Best colors, mixed, Pkt. 3c.
ABUTILON—Fine mixed. Pkt. 25c.
ACONITUM NAPELLUS—(Monk’s Hood)—Does well under shade. Pkt. 5c.
ACROCLINIUM—One of the most beautiful everlasting flowers bearing a great number of handsome daisy-like blossoms. Double mixed. Pkt. 3c.

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ADLUMIA—(Mountain Fringe)—A beautiful hardy perennial vine, with Fern-like foliage of a pale green color, with pretty flesh-colored blossoms. Is also called Allegheney Vine. Pkt. 10c.
ADONIS AESTIVALIS—Brilliant scarlet; blossoms throughout the season; succeeds well in the shade. Pkt. 3c.

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AGERATUM MEXICANUM—Very desirable for bouquets; produces a great many blue flowers, and blooms a long time; largely used by florists; start seed early. Pkt. 4c.
Albiflorum—Like above, only white. Pkt. 5c,[.]

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AGROSTEMMA, Coeli Rosa—Perfectly hardy plants, producing pretty, pink-like blossoms, on long slender stems. Very useful for cutting for bouquets, and pretty in masses in beds. Also known as Rose of Heaven. About 1½ feet high. Deep rose color. Pkt. 3c.
Alba—White; fine for cemetery. Pkt. 5c.

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SWEET ALYSSUM—Has pretty little white flowers, useful for making up in all kinds of small bouquets; and its fragrance, while sufficiently pronounced, is very delicate. It grows freely from seed. Makes a pretty border and is one of the very best plants for a basket or pot. Pkt. 3c.
Little Gem—See Novelties. Pkt. 5c.
AMARANTHUS.—Prized for variety of handsome foliage, whether grown in conservatory or garden. The colors will be more brilliant if planted in moderately rich soil. Should not be planted in the north before May.

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Tricolor.—Leaves yellow, red and green; well known as “Joseph’s Coat.” Very showy in beds alone. Hardy, annual; two feet high. Pkt. 3c.
Stanley.—One of the finest of this showy class of annuals, which produces numerous stalks covered with long thick panicles of crimson flowers. It commences to bloom shortly after sowing and continues until late in the fall. Height, 15 inches. Pkt. 5c.
Caudatus.--(Love-lies-bleeding.)—Produces long, drooping chains of brilliant colored flowers. Pkt. 3c.
Feather Cruentus.— (Prince’s Feather.)—Pkt. 3c.
Salicifolius.— (Fountain Plant.)—Handsome form, beautiful foliage, and very desirable for centers of beds, borders, or pot culture. Pkt. 7c.
AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII—(Boston Ivy.)—A good wall plant, clinging to the smoothest surface. Perennial and perfectly hardy. Pkt. 10c.
ANAGALLIS.—Low growing plants, with remarkably bright and handsome flowers; mixed varieties. Pkt. 10c.
ANTIRRHINUM.—(Snap Dragon.)—Those who have cultivated only the old fashioned, faded Snap Dragon have no idea how bright and beautiful these new and improved varieties are. They are easily raised from seeds, make a gorgeous bed on the lawn, and if freely cut they bloom incessantly throughout the season. Our mixtures contain all the new and choice colors, including the beautifully striped, variegated and margined. Tall varieties, mixed. Pkt. 5c.

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Tom Thumb.—A collection of the most beautiful, very dwarf varieties; mixed colors. Pkt. 7c.
AQUILEGIA.—(Columbine.)—Very hardy and easily grown; flowers of all shades; mixed varieties; perennial. Pkt. 5c.
White.—Blooms on Decoration day. Very desirable for cemetery. Pkt. 10c.

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ARABIS ALPINA.—Among the earliest blooming plants, and very useful for rock work edg ings, carpet bedding, etc. Flower pure white. Plant 9 inches high and a hardy perennial. Pkt. 10c.
ARGEMONE.—(Prickly Poppy.)—Free-blooming; flowers somewhat resemble the poppy. The foliage is large, pretty in form, and of a pleasant light green color. Mixed colors. Pkt. 3c.
ASPERULA AZUREA SETOSA.—A hardy, dwarf-growing little annual, producing an abundance of small, light blue, sweet-scent ed flowers. Fine for bouquets. Pkt. 5c.
AMOBIUM, Alatum Grandiflorum—Very hardy, everlasting, with pretty white flowers; useful for bouquets. Pkt. 40,[.]
ASTERS.—The numerous forms of the aster, and the now great variety of rich colors of its perfectly double flowers, make it a a leading favorite. For a late summer and fall display it has no equal. Give the asters a deep, rich soil, with plenty of mulching, and it will surprise even its friends with its profusion of richly-colored perfect flowers. Plant early as possible.
Snowball.—(See page 42.) Pkt. 15c.
Harlequin.—(See page 42.) Pkt. 10c.

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New Comet.—The shape of this new variety differs from all others, resembling closely the large-flowered Japanese Chrysanthemums. The flowers are from 3½ to 4½ inches in diameter, perfectly double; many handsome colors mixed. Pkt. 10c.
Victoria.—This is a magnificent sort, 20 inches high, vigorous in growth. pyramidal in habit, very free blooming; flowers double to center; very large. Adapted for either garden or window culture. Very brilliant colors, mixed. Pkt. 10c.

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Crown.—The center of each flower is white, surrounded by a broad margin of color, such as crimson, rose, violet, etc.; flowers large and freely produced; height, 18 inches to 2 feet. Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c.

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