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beautiful colors mixed... 10.
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... 5.
Wallflower--Plants removed to pots in autumn will produce an abundance of delightfully fragrant flowers; half hardy:
--Double Varieties Mixed... 15.
--Single Varieties Mixed... 5.
Mixed Biennials and Perennials--A splendid mixture of the hardy varieties... 10.
Sweet William--(Dianthus Barbatus)--For richness and diversity of color the flowers of the Sweet William are hardly equalled; perfectly hardy:

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--Single Varieties Mixed... 5.
--Double Varieties Mixed... 10.
Viola Odorata--(Sweet Violet)... 10.
--All Varieties Mixed... 10.

SEEDS FOR THE GREENHOUSE.
Florists and amateurs can rely on our seeds being of the finest strains from the best European growers.
Abutilon--Fine mixed... 25.
Begonia, Tuberous Rooted--Finest new single varieties; mixed... 15.
--Rex--(Ornamental-Leaved Varieties)--Extra fine mixed; all should grow them. (See cut.)... 15.
--Mixed--Fourteen excellent varieties... 15.
Calceolaria Grandiflora--Mixed hybrids... 25.
Cactus---Mixed varieties... 15.
Cineraria Hybrida--Mixed... 20.
--Maritima--White-leaved variety... 5.
--Candidisima... 10.
Clianthus, Dampieri... 25.
Coleus--Mixed varieties... 15.
Cuphea, Platycentra--(True Cigar Plant)... 15.

--Purpurea--Fine mixed... 5.
Cyclamen, Persicum--Best mixed... 25.
Fuchsia, Hybrida--Finest double mixed... 15.
Ferns, Best Varieties Mixed... 15.
Geranium, Apple-Scented--100 seeds 75c. 25.
--Zonale--Fine mixed... 5.
--Tom Thumb--Mixed varieties... 10.
Gloxinia--Choice mixture of French hybrids. 25.
Heliotrope--Fine mixed... 10.
Lantana--Best mixed... 15.
Primula Sinensis--(Chinese Primrose):
--Splendid Mixed... 25.
--Best Double Mixed... 50.
--Fimbriata Mixed... 40.
--Obconica--See Novelties... 20.
--Elatior--(Polyanthus)... 10.
Vinca, Mixed Colors... 10.

ORNAMENTAL GRASSES.
These should be cut just as they come into bloom and dried in the shade. Very useful for working up with the Everlastings into winter ornaments; they lend a grace and beauty not obtainable without them.
Agrostis Nebulosa--Delicate and elegant. 10.
--Pulchella--Very graceful... 5.
Briza Maxima--(Quaking Grass)... 5.
--Gracillis--Smaller than above, very graceful... 5 .
Bromus Brizaformus--An elegant grass... 5 .
Coix--(Job's Tears)--Fine for massing... 5.
Eragrostis Elegans--(Love Grass)... 5.
Erianthus Ravennae--Similar to Pampas Grass and perfectly hardy... 10.
Eulalia Japonica--An extra fine tall growing Japanese Grass, very fine for groups. 10.
Gynerium Argenteum--(Pampas Grass)--A magnificent grass with graceful plumes twenty to thirty inches long. Roots must be kept from frost... 10.
Hordeum Jubatum--(Squirrel's Tail)... 5.
Lagurus Ovatus--(Hare's Tail)... 5.
Stipa Pennata--(Feather Grass)--Very graceful and elegant... 10.
Zea Japonica--(Striped Japanese Maize)... 5.
Mixed Grasses--A mixture of the above ornamental grasses suitable to grow in masses; makes a very striking as well as useful collection... 5.

MIXED FLOWER SEEDS FOR THE WILD GARDEN.
A mixture of a great number of such flower seeds are suitable to be planted together. Altogether forming a mass of bright colored flowers and beautiful foliage which is sure to interest and please. Select a light rich soil, as free from weeds as possible, and plant in this latitude about the tenth of May. Half oz. 20c; pkt. 5c.

March 16, 1889. Your seeds did well and I took 18 premiums at the Powesheik County Fair last fall.
H. H. CONNELL, Guernsey, Iowa.