1895 2nd Edition

IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA. 49.

[image] NEW TOM THUMB DAHLIA. COPYRIGHTED 1893 BY W.A.B. & CO.

DOUBLE DIADEM PINK.--Superb large double flower. Hieroglyphically marked, like the original Chinese pinks, in the middle down to the base of each petal; magnificent in color and variety. Pkt. 7c. CHINENSIS.--(Double Chinese Pink)--Finest double mixed. Pkt. 3c. LACINIATUS.--Double fringed, best mixed. Pkt. 7c. IMPERIALIS.--Double imperial pink. Pkt. 5c. MIXED VARIETIES AND COLORS.--Pkt. 5c. BARBATUS.--(Sweet William)--An old favorite; hardy perennials; single mixed. Pkt. 5c. CROWN OF PERFECTION.--The latest introduction and the handsomest of all. Very large and handsome flowers. Pkt. 10c.

DAHLIA. The dahlia is well known, but few are aware that if the seed is sown early in the spring they will bloom the first year. The seed which we have to offer is of the finest strain, and produces magnificent, very double flowers of large size and richest shades. Pkt. 10c. SINGLE MIXED.--Pkt. 7c. NEW TOM THUMB.--A radical departure in the way of dahlias and is really beautiful. The perfect little plants, only twelve to fifteen inches high, are of a bushy habit of growth, and they come into flower very early. Scarcely three months after sowing the seed the plants will be fully developed and covered with showy, pretty flowers, which are produced in constant profusion and great variety the whole summer through. The range of color is something unusual; in many of the flowers the ground is white, with regular zones of magenta, crimson, purple, etc., while in others the ground is yellow or light rose, with charming contrasting variegations. The effect is vivid and striking, yet the blooms may be classed as most refined in their effect. See cut. Pkt. 10c.

[image] EUPHORBIA VARIEGATA.

[image] EDELWEISS.

EUPHORBIA. VARIEGATA.--(Snow on the Mountain)--A large, robust-growing, hardy annual, with very ornamental green foliage striped with white. Pkt. 5c. HETEROPHYLLA.--This novelty is an annual of the easiest culture, forming bushy plants three to four feet high, with glossy green fiddle-shaped leaves, which form at the ends of the branches into large whorls or bracts, among which small green flowers appear in summer, and immediately after the leaves commence to color up. The smaller bracts among the flowers are brilliant orange scarlet, large surrounding leaves soon become blazed with darker, fiery scarlet, so that only a tip of green is left. As these colored bracts almost cover the plant, the effect is indescribably grand. Pkt. 10c.

EDELWEISS. The flowers are pure white, star-shaped, and of a downy texture. This is the true edelweiss of the Alps, well known and so much prized by tourists in Switzerland. Pkt. 15c.

ESCHSCHOLTZIA. California poppies. Showy summer flower plants; large saucer-shaped flower of striking brilliancy in the sunlight. They flower profusely throughout the season. SINGLE.--Mixed colors. Pkt. 5c. DOUBLE MIXED.--We believe the double form of this flower will prove very satisfactory to all flower lovers. Pkt. 10c.

[image] ESCHSCHOLTZIA.

FREESIA. REFRACTA ALBA.--Bears peculiar clusters of white flowers of the most delicious fragrance, which lasts a long time, even after being cut. Start seeds early, bulbs dry off in summer. Start them growing in the house in October and you will be pleased with them. Easily grown. Pkt. 10c.

FERNS. Fine mixed varieties. Pkt. 15c.

FOX GLOVE. See Digitalis.

FEVERFEW. See Matricaria.

FUCHSIA. HYBRIDA.--Well known greenhouse plants. Easily grown from seed. Finest double and single mixed. Pkt. 15c.

[image] FREESIA.

[image] FUCHSIA.

GLADIOLUS. A well known flower, easily grown from seed, and we should like to have all our customers try raising them in this way. This seed is of our own growing, from the very best varieties, and will produce an assortment sure to please any lover of flowers. They bloom the second year from seed. Pkt. 8c.

GAILARDIA. The blanket flower. Exceedingly beautiful annuals, making very showy plants, one to two feet high. Grown in masses they are especially effective; large flowers, two or three inches across, produced from early summer until frost. Unrivaled for cutting. LORENZIANA.--New double. One of the finest annuals grown for bedding and cutting. Pkt. 8c. PERFECTION.--An improvement on the above sort, producing very double flowers as round as a perfect ball in the most varied and pleasing colors. The flowers are borne on long, slender stems and when cut will keep for over a week. Pkt. 10c. ALL VARIETIES MIXED.--Pkt. 3c.

[image] GAILARDIA.

GOURDS. Useful for covering fences, arbors or old trees or stumps, greatly admired for their curiously shaped and colored fruit.

[image] GLADIOLUS.

CALABASH OR DIPPER.--Pkt. 5c. HERCULES' CLUB.--Pkt. 5c. NEST EGG.--Used largely for nest eggs. Pkt. 5c. DISH CLOTH.--Pkt. 10c. SUGAR TROUGH.--Pkt. 5c. ALL VARIETIES MIXED.--Includes a great many handsome varieties of odd shapes and colors. Pkt. 5c.

GERANIUMS. These favorite plants are easily raised from seed, which will frequently reward 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.

WE WANT A good live agent to solicit orders for us in every locality. It is pleasant work to talk of flowers and gardening. A lady will often succeed as well or better than a man, and a wide-awake boy or girl will frequently make $1.00 to $2.00 per day. It requires no capital, and you can put in your spare time or work all the time, just as you wish. Don't delay, but send for TERMS TO AGENTS at once. Iowa Seed Co., Des Moines.

[image] GERANIUM.

50 Copyrighted 1893 by W.A.B. & CO.

SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

[caption] GRASS PINK.

GRASS PINKS.

The hardy and pretty clove-scented flowers which our grandmothers loved. Their fragrance is quickly noticed by anyone passing by the yard where they are grown, before seeing the flowers. There has been quite a call for these among our customers, and for several years we have tried to obtain seed of this old garden favorite and have at last succeeded in obtaining a fine crop of seed. The flowers range from pure white to a dark pink, most of them, however, being a clear, delicate pink color. A hardy perennial very desirable for borders. Per pkt. 5c.

GLOXINIA. Greenhouse plants , producing richly colored and brilliant flowers. Finest strains of new hybrids; mixed. Pkt. 25c.

GOLDEN ROD. Although considered an objectionable weed on our western prairies, there is no denying the beauty of this flower, and it has been adopted by New York as the state flower. Greatly admired everywhere; easily grown from seed. Pkt. 5c.

GILIA. Profuse [bl]ooming and handsome dwarf annuals for massing in flower beds; flowers borne in clusters; plants six to twelve inches high. TALL VARIETIES. -Mixed. Pkt. 4c. DWARF VARIETIES.-Mixed. Pkt. 4c.

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.

GLOBE AMARANTH. "Bachelor's Buttons," and the "amaranth" of the poets. They are annuals, forming bushy plants about two feet high, and bearing sometimes several hundred flowers of purple, white, striped, etc. Very ornamental as summerblooming plants, and for e[v]erlastings indispensible. Mixed colors. Pkt. 5c.

[caption]GILIA.

GODETIA. Handsome and showy annuals about one foot high, of dwarf, compact growth bearing freely large flowers three to four inches across, of exquisite colors and shades that glisten in the sunlight like satan [satin]. LADY SATIN ROSE.-The flowers, produced in remarkable abundance, are of a brilliant deep rose pink, the surface shining like satin. Pkt. 8c. MIXED VARITIES.-All colors. Pkt. 5c.

HELIANTHUS. (Sunflower.) Some varieties of this well known plant are very ornamental, and are effective in proper situations, in large shrubbery borders or as screens. 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. The flowers are a 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 dewdrops 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. Oz. 5c, lb. 40c.

[caption]GLOBE AMARANTH.

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.

[caption]GODETIA

[caption] NEW JAPANESE VARIEGATED HUMULUS.

HUMULUS. (Hop.) NEW JAPANESE VARIEGATED.--We recommend this extremely handsome and distinct climbing vine as very valuable for trellis and high places. Where an attractive, ornamental climber is desired, that will stand rough usage, we have nothing better. The leaves are strikingly variegated and marked; the first color is bright, deep green, distinctly marked and blotched with silvery white tinged with yellow; now and then a leaf will be almost snowy white, and another one not far away almost green. A superb, strong grower, twenty to thirty feet in a few weeks' time; not injured by heat or insects. Pkt. 15c, 2 for 25c.

HELIOTROPE. A great favorite with all lovers of flowers for their beauty and fragrance; well suited for beds or borders, where they will bloom in summer, and may then be carefully potted and cut back for winter blooming. All should try raising these from the seed and obtain a nice variety. Pkt. 10c.

[caption] HELIOTROPE.

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. 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 August and September and blossom freely the second year also. Our seed is the best obtainable. DOUBLE PURE WHITE.-Large, clear, pure white flowers about three inches in diameter They are as handsome as camelias in cut flower work, and are highly valued by florists. Pkt. 10c. CHATER'S SUPERB MIXED.-- An unequaled mixture of seventeen prize varieties, including all colors and shades known. Pkt. 15c. FINE MIXED.-Contains a good variety. Pkt. 15c.

[caption] HOLLYHOCK.

HELICHRYSUM. This is probably the most valuable of all everlastings. Its large flowers are perfectly double and of the most brilliant colors. Cut the flowers when they first begin to expand and dry with stems straight. MONSTROSUM.- -Mixed colors. Pkt. 5c.

HIBISCUS. A branching plant of the easiest culture, with rather pretty foliage, and large exceedingly showy blossoms. Hardy annual, 2 ft. high. AFRICANUS.- Cream colored blossoms, purple in the center. Pkt. 3c. CRIMSON EYE.-A robust grower, with dark red stems and foliage. Flowers of immense size, often measuring 20 inches in circumference, pure white, with a large spot of deep velvety crimson in the center. Blooms first year from seed sown in open ground. Succeeds well anywhere. Pkt. 10c.

[caption] HELICHRYSUM

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IPOMOEA. A large class of plants to which belong many of our best and most popular climbers. They are very rapid and luxuriant growers, and especially adapted to warm, sunny situations in the garden, for covering porches, trellises, etc. SETOSA.-The beautiful Brazillian [Brazilian] Morning Glory, which attracted so much attention last year, and a novelty of great merit. It is one of the grandest and most luxuriant plants ever grown, very showy and graceful, with rose-colored flowers from three to four inches in diameter and a huge leaf eight to twelve inches across, the effect is simply enchanting and tropical in the extreme. It grows here with a luxuriance and freedom which is simply surprising, branching in every direction and intertwining in such a manner as to make it absolutely impenetrable by the sun's rays. From seeds planted the middle of May a huge trellis was completely covered to a height of twelve feet by the first of August, while by the middle of the month the vines averaged 35 feet in height. The density of the shade was remarkable, owing to the cross branching and intertwining, as the leaves overlap each other like shingles on a roof. Large seed pods, with the short reddish hairs on the stems, make it unusually ornamental and attractive. We recommend it to all. Pkt. 10c.

[caption BRAZILIAN MORNING GLORY]

GRANDIFLORA HYBRIDA.-The Moon Flower. One of the grandest of summer climbers growing 25 to 40 feet high, and covered nightly and on dull days with beautiful white, moon-like flowers from five to six inches in diameter. It has a rich jessamine-like odor. Pkt. 10c. LEARI.-The Blue Moon Flower. This distinct and charming novelty is valuable on account of being in beautiful and striking contrast with the true White Moon Flower described above; habit of growth and flowering the same. The color is exquisite, clear, satiny blue, with well-defined crimson bars; very distinct. We recommend planting the Blue Moon Flower with the White one, as the effect will be novel and attractive. Pkt. 15c. 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.-A cross between Leari ipomoea and Mina lobata. The foliage is very large, heart-shaped, thick and light green; flowers four and a half to five inches across, in large, airy clusters, and of that indescribably heavenly blue so rarely seen in flowers. The throat is yellow inside, spreading softly into the blue. Pkt. 20c.

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

IRIS. SIBERICA.-Easily grown from seed. Pkt. 5c.

LANTANA. Greenhouse perennial; makes a fine bedding or pot plant; easily grown from seed. Best mixed colors. Pkt. 15c. [caption MOONFLOWER]

LARKSPUR. An old and well known hardy annual. The flowers are borne in compact spikes and are showy and desirable for any situation. Sow early in open ground. AMERICAN BANNER.-The handsomest flower in the entire catalogue. The name, American Banner, was given it because it is the only flower we know of which combines the national colors, red, white and blue, in each flower. Plants grow to a height of about two feet and are fairly loaded with long spikes of double striped and blotched flowers. Pkt. 15c. DWARF GERMAN ROCKET.-Mixed colors. Pkt. 5c. TALL GERMAN ROCKET. - Mixed colors. Pkt. 3c.

[caption ICE PLANT]

LATHYRUS. LATIFOLIUS. - (Perennial Peas.) Handsome free-flowering plants, growing five to ten feet high, dying down to the ground every winter, and starting up again in the spring. Fine mixed. Pkt. 5c.

LOBELIA. Handsome trailing plants, profuse bloomers; elegant for baskets, vases and borders. All sorts mixed. Pkt. 6c.

LUPINUS. Commonly called Sun Dials. Flowers of very bright colors, produced in spikes. A fine plant for bedding. Mixed varieties. Pkt. 5c.

[caption ROCKET LARKSPUR.] [caption IPOMOEA LEARI]

LYCHNIS. HAAGEANA HYBRIDA. - Very desirable hardy perennials, blooming tbe first year if sown early. Fine mixed, white, pink and scarlet. Pkt. 8c.

LlNUM. Flowering Flax. One of the most showy annuals in cultivation for flower beds and masses; brilliant crimson scarlet flowers one inch across, borne in wonderful profusion. Height one foot. Pkt. 5c.

MATRICARIA.

CAPENSIS.-(Double Feverfew)- This may be called everybody's favorite. A splendid bedding plant and one ot the best to pot for winter flowers; pure white. Pkt. 5c. GOLDEN. - See Pyretherum. EXIMA NANA FL. PL. - Small, compact, perfectly round plants about four inches high. Covered from July until winter with double white flowers, borne on long slender stems. Pkt. 7c.

MAURANDIA. Delicate climbers for windows or conservatories, or for open ground in summer. Admirable to hang from vases, to cover stumps and low trellises, flowering freely; height 6 to 10 feet. Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c.

MIMULUS. Monkey Flower. Very showy and free flowering. The hardy kinds are well suited for outdoor culture. Any common soil suits. Mixed varieties. Pkt. 10c. MOSCHATUS. - The well known musk plant, quite pretty and has a strong musk fragrance. Pkt. 10c.

[caption LOBELIA.]

52. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

[image] FOUNTAIN PLANT.

FOUNTAIN PLANT. This handsome pyramidal or fountain-shaped plant is a variety of amaranthus which deserves a place in every garden. It is easily grown by starting the seeds early in the house, or sowing them in the open ground in May. It droops most gracefully, and the leaves are brilliantly banded and tipped with orange, carmine, purple, crimson and gold, forming bright colored plumes. Height three to six feet. Pkt. 7c.

MIGNONETTE. The delicious fragrance of the Mignonette makes it indispensable for bouquets and cutting. It is best to sow seed early in the garden, and they will commence blooming the first of June. ELMWOOD GIANT.--A special selection of a famous grower, whose mignonette spikes have always excited the wonder and envy of his competitors. The plants are of a robust pyramidal habit; fine, healthy growers. They throw up very large spikes of a reddish-tinted, deliciously fragrant flowers. Unsurpassed for pot and bench culture. Pkt. 10c. MILES' WHITE SPIRAL.--Grows two or three feet high, perfectly erect, spikes of bloom often measure twelve inches long. It is very showy in growth, and the grand spikes of bloom can be seen for a long distance, and attracts the attention of everybody. Pkt. 5c. MACHET.--An entirely new and distinct sort of great merit. It is of dwarf and vigorous growth, and throws up numerous stout flower stalks, terminated by massive spikes of deliciously scented red flowers. Pkt. 7c. GABRIELE.--A handsome new variety, the tallest of any. Strong, robust habit, bearing large spikes of red flowers. Very distinct. Pkt. 8c. GOLDEN QUEEN.--A very distinct new variety, with bright golden flowers. Pkt. 3c. SWEET SCENTED.--The old favorite. Pkt. 2c, oz. 20c.

[image] MILES' WHITE SPIRAL.

[image] MACHET MIGNONETTE.

[image] MARIGOLD.

MARIGOLD. These annuals are old favorites in our gardens, but have been greatly improved recently in size and doubleness of flowers. They are very effective for groups and masses. AFRICAN.--Double mixed, largest. Pkt. 4c. DWARF FRENCH.--Double mixed, best. Pkt. 5c.

MARTYNIA. Fine summer blooming garden plants, with gloxinia-like flowers of many handsome colors, followed by curiously horned fruits. Sometimes called Devil's Claws. When young these seed pods are very nice for pickling. Pkt. 5c.

MIRABILIS. The Marvel of Peru, or Four-o'clock, is as easily grown as a weed, and yet is one of the most brilliant and showy of annuals. Planted in beds or masses, their compact growth, rich glossy leaves, together with their profusion and diversity of bloom, presents a gorgeous [s?] during the afternoon. NEW TOM THUMB MIXED.--Very handsome compact, dwarf, bushy plants, with elegant golden-variegated foliage; numerous brllliant flowers, pure yellow, deep red, and striped and blotched. Pkt. 5c. MIXED COLORS AND VARIETIES.--Pkt. 3c.

[image] TOM THUMB MIRABILIS.

A VALUABLE ASSISTANT FREE! THE WESTERN GARDEN, a monthly magazine devoted largely to flowers, will be sent to you one year free if you send us order for seeds amounting to $1.00 or more, asking for no other premium or discount.

MUSA ENSETE. (Banana Palm.) One of the grandest and most picturesque of the banana family. As a solitary plant or in groups on the lawn, it has a majestic tropical effect. The leaves are very long and broad, of a beautiful green with crimson midrib in striking contrast. An occasional application of liquid manure and frequent watering are necessary. The rapidity of its growth is astonishing. Packet of 5 seeds 20c.

[image] MUSA ENSETE.

MYOSOTIS. (Forget-me-not.) Perennials. Bloom first year from seed. Pretty plants, with neat little star shaped flowers. ALPESTRIS.--Mixed colors. Pkt. 5c. PALUSTRIS.--True forget-me-not, blue. Pkt. 10c. VICTORIA.--A novelty, and the best variety for pot culture. Dwarf, globular habit; beautiful sky-blue flowers with double center. Pkt. 10c.

NICOTIANA. AFFINIS.--Of all the varieties of tobacco which are grown for their sweet scented flowers this is the best. The plant is literally covered with large, white, star shaped flowers, which, after being cut, will remain perfect for a week. A few plants will perfume the whole yard or garden. Pkt. 8c.

[image] NICOTIANA.

NIGELLA (Love in Mist) Hardy annuals, about one foot in height, finely cut leaves and handsome flowers. Blooms early. A very pretty flower, and one all our customers should try. It is sure to please. The flowers are double and of all shades of blue, white and purple. Pkt. 4c.

[image] NIGELLA.

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[image] IMPERIAL NASTURTIUMS MIXED.

COLLECTION OF DWARF Nasturtiums One packet each of the 8 named varieties for 35c.

NASTURTIUMS. These may well be classed among our most showy and handsome annuals. They are of very easy culture, and make a continuous show of bloom. Excellent for corsage bouquets. The following are the best varieties, which all should try: CLOTH OF GOLD.--Foliage is a clear bright yellow. The plant is of dwarf, compact habit, flowers scarlet. Pkt. 7c, oz. 30c. LADY BIRD.--Of dwarf, neat compact habit of growth. Flowers rich golden yellow, each petal barred with a bright vein of bright ruby crimson. Pkt. 7c, oz. 30c. EMPRESS OF INDIA.--Of dwarf, bushy habit, the leaves of a dark, purplish blue color, making a suitable background for the brilliant crimson-scarlet flowers. Its profusion of bloom and dazzling richness of color are remarkable. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c. AURORA.--A magnificent variety of new color. The plant forms a perfect globe, and is literally covered with flowers, completely hiding the foliage when in full bloom. The flower is of deep chrome yellow, the two lower petals blotched with purplish carmine and marked with bright carmine veining. Pkt. 5c, oz. 30c. CHAMELEON.--The flowers of this new Tom Thumb nasturtium are in color crimson, bronze and gold, bordered and flamed, changing in hue almost daily, hence named "Chameleon." Pkt. 7c, oz. 35c. CRYSTAL PALACE GEM.--Dwarf; sulphur color, spotted with maroon; very handsome. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c. PEARL.--A most charming dwarf white variety. Pkt. 5c, oz. 30c. KING THEODORE.--The darkest color known in nasturtiums--deep scarlet-maroon. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c. IMPERIAL MIXED--Includes about twenty of the dwarf varieties, selected from both American and foreign growers; this when planted in beds, produces a mass of colors. Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c. DWARF VARIETIES MIXED.--Pkt. 3c, oz. 15c.

CLIMBING NASTURTIUMS.

KING OF THE BLACKS.--A very handsome climbing variety, with flowers of a very rich dark brown, almost black. Pkt. 5c, oz. 30c.

[image] EMPRESS OF INDIA.

NAPOLEON III.--A beautiful climbing variety, with golden yellow flowers striped with rosy scarlet. Pkt. 5c, oz. 30c. GEANT DES BATAILLES.--A climber with brilliant flowers. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c. TALL VARIETIES MIXED.--Pkt. 3c, oz. 15c.

OENOTHERA. (Evening Primrose.) An interesting half-hardy aunual, opening its flowers toward evening with a snap that is sure to attract attention, especially of the children. Mixed colors. Pkt. 8c.

OXALIS. Handsome basket plant, summer or winter; fine for rockeries. Pkt. 10c.

Notice the Gem Bulb Collection on page 64.

[image] IOWA SEED CO.'S SINGLE AND DOUBLE PETUNIAS

PETUNIAS. Surely there is no garden complete without a bed of elegant petunias. They commence flowering early, and continue a mass of bloom throughout the whole season until killed by frost; easily cultivated, requiring rich soil and a sunny situation. Of late years the single striped, mottled and double varieties have been greatly improved, and the above cut gives but a faint idea of their great variety and beauty. The double varieties require more care and should be started in the house. GRANDIFLORA MIXED.--Very large, elegant flowers; a great improvement and fully twice the size of the old sorts, with the most beautiful shades of crimson, white, rose, maroon, etc., blotched, striped, veined, bordered, marked and fringed. Pkt. 20c. DOUBLE INIMITABLE.--A splendid mixture. Our seed is Benary's best, and will produce a large percentage of fine double-flowering plants. Pkt. 25c. SINGLE FRINGED.--A choice mixture of the handsome fringed sorts. Pkt. 15c. NANA COMPACTA MULTIFLORA.--Forms dense little bushes five to eight inches high, studded with regularly striped flowers. Very effective, either in masses or in pots. Pkt. 10c. GIANT FANCY FLOWERING.--A grand new strain and the most beautiful of all. Flowers of immense size and of a great variety of markings and veinings of the most charming colors. If you like beautiful petunias, don't fail to include this in your order. Pkt. 20c. FINE MIXED.--The best of the older sorts, carefully mixed. Contains some extra fine striped and blotched varieties. Pkt. 5c.

[image] PERILLA.

PERILLA. NANKINENSIS.--Has a broad, serrated leaf, of purplish mulberry color, and eighteen inches or more in height. Very desirable for the center of a bed of ornamental-leaved plants, and also for a low screen or hedge. Pkt. 8c.

PORTULACA. GRANDIFLORA SINGLE MIXED.--This old favorite is brightest in the hot, dry weather when other flowers are drooping. They are of almost every conceivable shade of color, and will make one of the brightest spots in the garden. Large flowered. A splendid mixture. Pkt. 4c. DOUBLE MIXED.--Very handsome, double as a rose, and contains a color and shading unknown in the single. Our seed is extra choice and will produce sixty to seventy-five per cent of flowers as double as the most perfect rose. Pkt. 10c.

[image] DOUBLE PORTULACA.

[image] PRIMULA.

PRIMULA. SINENSIS.--(Chinese Primrose.)--Well known and popular winter bloomers. Splendid mixed colors. Pkt. 25c. BEST DOUBLE MIXED.--Pkt. 50c. FIMBRIATA MIXED.--Fringed. Pkt. 40c. ELATIOR.--(Polyanthus)--Pkt. 10c.