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56. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUlDE.

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surpassed for corsage bouquets. Per oz. 40c... 10.
--Queen of the Isles--After careful and continued selection, this unique variety has become fixed. The large flowers are handsomely striped with both blue and red on a white ground; very fine. Per oz. 35c... 10.
--Butterfly--White ground, delicately laced with lavender blue; fragrant and valuable for bouquets; per oz. 20c... 5.
--Crown Princess of Prussia--A delicate blush; very fine; oz. 25c... 5.
--Violet Queen--Of dwarf habit, but very free-flowering; the flowers range in color from deep mauve of the standard to light violet of the wings; very pretty; oz. 30c. 10.
--Invincible Scarlet--Per oz. 15c... 5.
--White--Per oz. 15c... 5.
--Painted Lady--Very pretty, delicate, pink and white; per oz. 20c... 5.

--Extra Fine Mixed--Contains a splendid assortment; 1/4 lb. 35c; oz. 10c... 5.
One packet each of the above varieties... 40.
Thunbergia--Rapid growing, free blooming climbers, well suited for house culture, baskets or vases; mixed... 5.
Tropaeolum--One of the most desirable of the annual climbers; easily grown in any common garden soil; produces an abundance of flowers of handsome shades of various bright colors:
--Peregrinum--(Canary bird flower)--Curious bright yellow flowers, resembles canary birds... 10.
--Lobbianum Spitfire--Bright scarlet... 5.
--Finest Mixture--All sorts... 5.
--Majus--(Tall Nasturtium)--Best mixed. 5.
Wild Cucumber--See Novelties... 10.
Mixed Climbers--Contains a mixture of all the above varieties which are suitable to grow together... 10.

EVERLASTINGS.
A very useful class of plants for winter decorations, as well as being very handsome garden plants. The flowers should be picked as soon as open, and the stems tied carefully together to keep them straight; dry in the shade, and they will retain their form and color for years.
Acroclinium--Strong growing plants, with handsome, daisy-like flower; splendid double mixed... 5.
Amobium Alatum Grandiflorum--New, one of the prettiest of the everlastings... 5.
Edelweiss--The pretty Alpine flower so much admired and sought after by tourists; hardy perennial... 15.
Gnaphalium Orientale Fl. Pleno--The famous French Immortelle... 15.
Gomphrena--(Globe Amaranth)--Mixed varieties... 5.
Xeranthemum--Free-flowering, easily grown, making a very handsome bed:
--Double White... 5.
--Double Purple... 5.
--Superbissimum--Pompon flowered... 10.
Everlastings Mixed--Contains the above and several other handsome varieties... 10.

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Helichryum--A mixture of splendid double varieties, one of the best and most easily grown of the everlastings... 5.
--Minimum--dwarf; both flowers and buds excellent for wreaths, etc.; various colors. (See cat [cut].) 5.
Rhodanthe Maculata--Pretty bell-shaped, bright rosy crimson flowers... 10.
Statice--Not a a true everlasting, but retain their color when dry, fine for bouquets, fresh or dry; fine mixed colors... 5.

BIENNIALS AND PERENNIALS.
Plants of these do not flower till the second season; among them are some of our best known and highly prized flowers. Seed may be sown in spring where plants are to bloom, or later in the summer in beds protected from the hot sun and kept moist.
Aquilegia--(Columbine)--Very hardy and easily grown; flowers of all shades; mixed varieties... 5.
Aconitum Napellus--(Monk's Hood)--Does well under shade... 5.
Carnation--The finest of the Dianthus or Pink family; very fragrant; our seed is unsurpassed:
--Double Extra Mixed... 15.
--Selfs Mixed... 10.
--Perpetual or Tree... 25.

Canterbury Bells--A free blooming and very handsome border plant; flowers bell-shaped:
--Single Mixed Colors... 5.
--Double Mixed Colors... 5.
Delphinum Chinensis--(Perennial Larkspur)--Well known and very desirable border plants, producing their flowers on long spikes. It is one of the best perennials grown. Will bloom first year if seed is sown early out-of-doors. Eight [continued next page]

Remember that $1.00 pays for seeds in packets to the amount of $1.35, and to deduct 10 cents per lb. if you have seeds sent at your expense.