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Seed Catalogue and Garden Guide.

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GERANIUMS.—These favorite plants are easily raised from seed, which will frequently re ward the cultivator with charming new varieties. Plants from seed started early in the house, will bloom the first summer in the garden. Seed is saved from the best varieties mixed. Try it. Pkt. 10c.

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GILIA—Low growing annuals, pretty for borders or beds; flowers profusely. Very useful for cutting, of easiest culture.
Tall Varieties—Mixed. Pkt. 4c.
Dwarf Varieties—Mixed. Pkt. 40.

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GLOBE AMARANTH (Gomphrena)—Valued for its hand some, globular heads of flowers, which, if cut when well matured, will retain their beauty for many years. Mixed colors. Pkt. 5c.
GLOXINIA—Greenhouse plants, producing richly colored and brilliant flowers. Finest strains of new hybrids; mixed. Pkt. 25c.
GYPSOPHILA Elegans.—Very handsome small flowers, produced in loose panicles in great abundance. Fine for bouquets, also much used dried for winter bouquets; mixed. Pkt. 5c.
GRASS PINKS.—The hardy and pretty clove scented flowers our grandmothers loved. There has been a great call for this, and we are pleased to offer it this year. Pkt. 5c.
GODETIA—Handsome plants for borders or ribbon beds, flowers very bright, constant bloomer. Best varieties mixed; Pkt. 5c.

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Lady Satin Rose.—The flowers, produced in remarkable abundance, are of a brilliant deep rose pink, the surface shining like satin. Pkt. 8c.
GNAPHALIUM, Orientale Fl. Plena.—The famous French Immortelle. Pkt. 15c.

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HELIOTROPE—A great favorite with all lovers of flowers for their beauty and fragrance; well suited for beds, borders and pot culture. All should try raising these from the seed and obtain a nice variety. Pkt. 10c.

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HELICHRYSUM—A mixture of splendid double varieties, one of the best and most easily grown of the everlastings. Pkt. 5c.
HELIANTHUS—(Sunflower)—Some varieties of this well known plant are very ornamental.
Silver Leaved—But few who see this splendid new plant would imagine that it was a sunflower. It grows three or four feet high. forming a perfect pyramid. The leaves are long and densely covered with long white hairs which give it a peculiar, shining, silvery appearance, differing in this respect from any other flowering plant. Flowers are clear golden yellow, three to four inches across, with small, dark brown centers. Very desirable for a hedge or as a specimen plant for center of beds. Early in the morning while covered with dew drops it is really magnificent. Pkt. 10c.
Peerless Mixed—A splendid assortment of fifteen of the best varieties grown together on our grounds. Includes some which are both curious and desirable. Pkt. 5c.
Globosus Fistulosus—Double, the best of the tall varieties. Pkt. 5c.
Nanus—A true double dwarf, quite pretty. Pkt. 5c.
Mammoth Russian—Largest of all. Pkt. 3c oz. 8c., lb. 40c.

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HOLLYHOCK—No garden flower is more showy or more admired. The plants are stately in appearance, the flowers brilliant in color and delicate in texture. Why are they not more popular? It is because of the erroneous idea that the plant will not bloom till the second season from seed. Blooming plants can be raised the first year as easily as plants of Zinnia or Marigold. All that is necessary is to start the seeds in a box in the house in February or March. About May 1st transfer to permanent place in garden, where they will produce elegant spikes of flowers in Angust [August] and September, and thereafter from year to year. Our seed is the very best obtainable.
Double Pure White—Large, clear, pure white flowers about three inches in diameter. They are as handsome as Camellas in cut flower work, and are highly valued by florists. Pkt. 10c.
Splendid Mixed—An unequaled mixture of seventeen prize varieties including all colors and shades known. Pkt. 15c.
Fine Mixed—Contains a good variety. Pkt. 5c.
HYACINTHUS. Candicans—Throws up flower stalks three to four feet high, with beautiful white drooping flowers; fine for mixing in beds of Gladiolus; blooms second year. Pkt. 5c.

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HUMULUS—(Japanese Hop) An ornamental fast-growing climber; foliage of a lively green stem and leaves rough and hairy. Can be sown in the open ground in spring, and attains enormous dimensions in a very short time. Pkt. 10c.
HYBISCUS. Africanus—Hand some hardy annuals, with large, highly colored flowers. Pkt. 3c.
IRIS Siberica—Easily grown from seed. Pkt. 5c.

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ICE PLANT (Mesembryanthe mum)—A handsome and curious plant for hanging baskets, rock work and vases. The leaves and stems appear as through covered with ice crystals. The whole plant is peculiarly brilliant in the sunshine. The flower is white Pkt.5c.

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IPOMEA, Bona Nox—Large purplish flowers: blooming at night; often called Good Night or Evening Glory; a rapid grower and free bloomer., Pkt. 5c.
Heavenly Blue—See Novelties. Pkt. 20c.

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LARKSPUR—Beautiful plants with fine cut leaves. They do best in rather heavy rich soil.
American Banner.—The handsomest variety extant; colors bright and distinct. Don’t fail to try it. See description with novelties. Pkt. 15c.
Dwarf German Rocket.—Mixed colors. Pkt. Tall German Rocket. - Mixed varletles. Pkt. 3c.
LATHYRUS, Latifolius (Perennial Peas)—Handsome, free flowering plants, growing five to ten feet high, die down to the ground every winter, starting up again in the spring; fine mixed. Pkt. 5c.

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