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88. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

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PHLOX DRUMMONDI.
If we could have but one flower for our garden that one would be the Phlox. Its brilliant shades of color, ranging from clear white to brilliant scarlet, make an almost dazzling show; continually in bloom. All varieties which we offer, except the common mixed, are of the large flowering or grandiflora class.

FIRE BALL.--(Cut No. 1.)--Brilliant, dazzling scarlet; very handsome dwarf, compact growing. Pkt. 5c.
STRIATA.--(No. 2.)--Bright, rich scarlet, striped with white. Pkt. 5c.
STELLATA CARMINEA.--(No. 3.)--Very handsome carmine flowers, with pure white star-like eye. Pkt. 5c.
GRANDIFLORA ALBA.--(No. 4)--Pure white, very large flowers and makes a beautiful bed when planted in a solid mass, also fine for edgings on ribbon beds as it is constantly in bloom. Pkt. 5c.
CUSPIDATA OR STAR.--(No. 5.)--The growth is more dwarf and compact than the common. The pointed center teeth of the petals (five in number) are long and project like little spines, one-fourth to one-third inch long. Thus the flowers appear to have a splendid, regular star-like form, whose beauty is improved by broad, white margins, which border edge of petals. Pkt. 10c.
SUNRISE.--(No. 6)--Beautiful, rosy crimson, shaded carmine, with light center. Pkt. 5c.
FRINGED MIXED.--(No. 7.)--Very handsome. The flowers are of the most velvety colors and handsomely fringed. Pkt. 7c.
JUBILEE.--(No. 8.)--A decided novelty, being an entirely new color in Phlox, a bright yellow; of strong, bushy erect habit, each plant presenting a mass of dazzling flowers, each of which is nearly the size of a twenty-dollar gold coin and of perfect form. Pkt. 8c.

[image] DOUBLE PEARL PHLOX.

RADOWITZII.--(No. 9.)--Handsome flowers of rose, crimson, violet, etc., striped with white. Pkt. 5c.
DOUBLE PEARL.--A grand variety, introduced by us in 1888. By constant selection each year we have improved it so that almost every plant produces handsome, double, pure white flowers. It is very pretty, and will prove a splendid acquisition for bouquet work. Pkt. 10c.
GRANDIFLORA MIXED.--This special large flowering strain has been selected with great care for many years until we now have an ideal flower of immense size and for beauty of color they are unsurpassed. They produce a great profusion of large trusses of flowers, and if cut freely will continue a mass of bloom until severe freezing weather. The colors range from the purest white to nearly black, including all shades of pink, red, violet, crimson, purple, yellow, blue, scarlet and brown, striped and blended in an indescribable manner, some of the flowers are very nearly as large as a half dollar. Pkt. 8c.
MIXED VARIETIES.--A mixture of the common varieties. Pkt. 5c.
PERENNIAL MIXED.--Splendid hardy plants which bloom continuously after the second year. Pkt. 5c.

Phlox Collection.
One packet each of the above varieties, for only 50c.

SCARLET RUNNER.
A valuable climbing vine, belonging to the bean family, having bright scarlet flowers and pods. Pkt. 5c.

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. 3c.

[image] DOUBLE PORTULACA.

DOUBLE MIXED.--Very handsome, double as a rose, 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] PASSION FLOWER

PYRETHERUM.
GOLDEN FEATHER.--Beautiful golden leaved foliage plants of special value for borders and ribbon beds. Pkt. 5c.
ROSEUM.--It is from this that the Persian Insect Powder is made. Flower large, yellow and rose colored. Pkt. 8c.
HYBRIDUM--A perennial of great beauty which is as yet so rare as to be almost a novelty. The foliage is feathery and of a rich green, while the flowers are shaped like those of Cosmos, and are brilliantly colored, white, rose, scarlet, crimson, etc., borne on long, handsome stems. Pkt. 10c.

PRIMROSE.
CHINESE--One of the most desirable plants for growing indoors, being in almost constant bloom all winter, and if transferred to the border, they will bloom nearly all summer. Though perennial, new plants flower more freely, and seed should be sown every year. Start under glass. Mixed colors. Pkt. 15c.
FORBESI--Baby Primrose.--A wonderfully free blooming little plant, covered with a mass of small flowers, especially during the winter. Pkt. 10c.
OBCONICA.--Everblooming Primrose--A favorite on account of its great blooming qualities, flowering nearly all the year through. Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c.

PASSION FLOWER.
A most desirable climbing plant. Sow seed early and if well cared for and seasons are favorable, vines will send out magnificent blossoms the first year, of pink, blue and white, very large and showy. Vines throw out blossoms when only one or two feet high, followed by golden fruit about the size of a hen's egg. If left in the open ground in winter it must have some protection. Pkt. 7c.

[image] CHINESE PRIMROSE.

FLOWERS GROWING ON THE LAWN ARE ALWAYS PRETTY. LAWN FLOWER SEEDS MIXED 25 CENTS PER OUNCE.