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A proper degree of heat, moisture, and a sufficient amount of covering, are necessary to secure germination, each one of these conditions needs attention. The best plan is, if no hot-bed can be had, to sow seeds in shallow boxes about two inches deep and of convenient size to handle, filled with prepared soil, which should be gently pressed down and perfectly level. No better general rule can be given than the old one of covering seeds about twice their depth, although something depends on what the covering consists of; one-fourth of an inch of leaf-mould would be no more than equivalent to half that amount of common soil, and it is best to use it whenever it can be obtained, as it holds moisture well and does not bake, rendering it the least possible obstruction to the tender shoots. Muck from swamps, or old rotted manure mixed with sand, is also good. The covering should never be allowed to become dry after having commenced to germinate; still, care should be taken not to keep them too wet. As soon as the plants can be handled, they should be transplanted into similar boxes from one to two inches apart, where they are to remain until time to transplant to permanent beds. Never pull, but always lift them with a trowel or some other implement. Whether sown in hot-beds, boxes or open ground, the same conditions should be secured as nearly as possible. We take great pains in growing and securing the very best flower seeds, and feel confident that they will be found of the very best quality, and that they will please the most critical. Our descriptions are more brief than we wish they were, but this was found necessary on account of space.

Collections of Flower Seeds.

We have arranged the following collections of flower seeds which contain the most popular and desirable sorts. Being our own selection, they will invariably be found satisfactory in quality and exceedingly liberal in quantity. They are put up ready for mailing and cannot be divided or changed, but will be sent to any address, postpaid on receipt of price. We urgently recommend these collections to all, and especially to those not thoroughly acquainted, with the various kinds and classes of flowers. [Left Column] Collection A contains 25 varieties of splendid annuals; 1.00. Collection B contains 12 varieties of splendid annuals; 50c. Collection C contains 12 varieties extra choice annuals; 1.00. Collection D contains 20 varieties biennials and perennials; 1.00. Collection E contains 10 varieties extra choice biennials and perennials; 1.00. Collection F contains 5 varieties very choicest annuals, biennials and perennials, including the finest German prize pansy; 1.00. [Right Column] Collection G contains 25 varieties assorted from the most popular annuals, biennials perennials, ornamental climbers, ornamental grasses and everlastings; 1.00. Collection H contains 50 varieties assorted from the most popular annuals, biennials, perennials, ornamental grasses, ornamenta [ornamental] climbers and everlastings; 1.75. Collection I contains 100 varieties assorted from the most popular annuals, biennials, perennials, ornamental climbers, ornamenta [ornamental] grasses and everlastings; 3.00. Collection J contains 10 varieties of choice green-house seeds; 2.00.

To those prefering to make their own selection from the general list, and for the benefit of all who are enough interested in the growing of flowers to assist in encouraging the taste for flower gardens among their neighbors, by getting up clubs for seeds, the following liberal discount is offered. This discount applies to flower seeds by the packet only.

Any one person remitting $ 1.00 may select seeds amounting to $ 1.20 " " 2.00 " " " 2.50 " " 3.00 " " " 3.75 " " 4.00 " " " 5.00 " " 5.00 " " " 6.50 " " 10.00 " " " 14.00 " " 20.00 " " " 30.00 " " 30.00 " " " 45.00 " " 50.00 " " " 100.00 All Flower Seeds Are Sent Post Paid By Mail On Receipt Of Price.

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Annuals, and such others as produce flowers the first season. [Left Column] Abronia-Umbellata. Rose lilac, white eye, handsome trailer; pkt 5c. Adonis-Flos adonis. Summer, scarlet 1 ft. pkt 5c. Ageratum-Mexicanum. Blue; pkt 5c. Lesseauxii-Rose colored; 10c. Agrostemma-Rose of Heaven; pkt 5c. Alonzoa-Grandiflora, White; pkt 5c. Alyssum-Very free flowering; useful and pretty for borders rock work etc. Sweet. fragrant pkt 5c.

Amaranthus-Love lies bleeding; pkt 5c. Tricolor - Josephs Coat, old favorite; 5c.

Anagalls-Fine mixed varieties; pkt 5c. Antirrhinum-Snapdragon. New dwarf beautiful mixed colors; pkt 5c. Brilliant and Whitee [White] ach [each] pkt 5c. Best Varieties mixed pkt 5c.

Argemone-Very showy; mixed varieties, 2 feet; pkt 5c. White and Yellow; extra fine - pkt 5c.

Asperula-Sweet scented; pkt 5c.

Asters-Well known and universal favorites. New Rose; flowers large; very double; brilliant; beautiful; robust habit; 2 feet 10c. Truffant's Paeony [Peony] Flowered Perfection; large, beautiful flowers, mixed colors 18 inches; pkt 10c. Imbrique Pompon-Very desirable, beautiful variety of colors; pompon flowers; pkt 10c. Reid's Improved Quilled-Single petals consisting simply of quills; blooms freely and beautifully; many colors 18 inches; pkt 10c. German Quilled-Very double; oval form; many colors, mixed; pkt 5c. New Washington-Enormous, convex formed flowers, frequently attaining the diameter of 5 or 6 inches; very showy; White and Mixed eachpkt [each pkt] 25c. Pyramidal Bouquet-Forms beautiful bouquets of 150 to 200 flowers, very handsome colors; pkt 10c. Victoria-Flowers very large, perfectly double, imbricated and geobular [globular?]; pkt 15c. Half Dwarf German Multiflora-Many handsome colors, extra fine; 15c. All the above 9 for $1.00. Best Varieties-Mixed; pkt 10c. Good Varieties-Mixed; pkt 5c.

Balsam-These magnificent plants produce gorgeous masses of the most brilliant flowers, in great profusion. They should be grown in the richest kind of soil. Plant the seed in boxes and when plants are 5 inches high transplant to 15 inches apart. We have grown and improved the Balsam for a number of years and prize it very highly; under proper treatment our seed will produce very double flowers.

[Right Column] Camelia Flowered or Blotched-Many colors mixed; very double; two feet; pkt 10c. Camelia Flowered-Separate colors; Fine Rose, Bright Pink, Solferino, Scarlet White Spots, Purple White Spots, Pure White; Bluish Pink and New Crimson; each pkt 15c. The eight separate colors for 1.00. Double common mixed; pkt 5c.

Bartonia-Aurea; very showy; flowers brilliant yellow; pkt 5c. Belvidere-Fine for cemeteries; pkt 5c. Brachycome-(Swan River Daisy); pkt 5c. Browallia-Mixed colors; pkt 5c. Cacalia-Coccinea; (Tassel Flower); flowering in clusters; very pretty; pkt 5c.

Calendula-Nankeen color; pkt 5c. Officinalis Meteor-New; light golden yellow; distinctly striped with intense golden orange; very double; pkt 10c.

Calandrinia-Grandiflora; mixed colors; flowers from July to October; pkt 5c. Calliopsis-Mixed colors; pkt 5c. Campanula-(Canterbury Bell); Grandiflora; pkt 5c. Double mixed; pkt 10c. Medium, single mixed; pkt 5c.

Candytuft-One of the best known and most useful; indispensible for bouquets; White, Purple, Dark Crimson and All Colors, Mixed, or Sweet Scented; each 5c. Dwarf Lilac; pkt 10c. New Dwarf Hybrid, mixed colors, flowers shade from pure white into deep lilac, rose, carmine etc.; pkt 15c.

Callirhoe-Abundant bloomer; pkt 5 [illegible]. Catananche-Somewhat resembles the pink. pkt 5c. Canna-(Shot plant) fine mixed; pkt 5c.

Celosia-There are two beautiful forms of Celosia; the coxcomb and the feathery President Theirs-New crimson; pkt 25c. New Japan Coxcomb; pkt 10c. Celosia Superba Plumosa-New and beautiful, feathery; pkt 10c. Cristata-Mixed; pkt 5c. Mixed varieties-Very pretty; pkt 5c.

Centaurea-Cyanus (Bachelor's Button) 5c. Gymnocarpa-Silver grey foliage; pkt 10c. Moschata (Sweet Sultan) pkt 5c.

Candissima-Splendid silver leaf; for rib-

Centranthus-Mixed; pkt 5c. bons borders, etc; pkt 25c.

Colliusia-Pretty; free blooming annuals; many colors; pkt 5c. Cleome-Curious flowers; pkt 5c. Crepis-Mixed colors; pkt 5c. Convolvulus Minor-(Dwarf Morning Glory) Mixed colors; pkt 5c. Clarkia Elegans-Mixed colors; pkt 5c.

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[Left Column] Dahlia-Will usually flower first season. Take up roots on appearance of frost and store in cellar in dry sand. Best double mixed; pkt 15c.

Double Daisy-finest double; pkt 15c. Datura-Strong growing plant; trumpet shaped flowers. Mixed: pkt 15c.

Dianthus-Pink: very attractive; especially valuable for bedding; Chinensis-Best double; mixed colors; 10c. Heddewigii-Often double; best mixed; 5. Imperiallis (Double Imperial) pkt 10c. All Varieties Mixed-A fine collection; 5c.

Didiscus-Sky blue flowers; pkt 5c. Eschscholtzia-Blooms well; four colors mixed; pkt 5c.

Eutoca-Dark blue; very pretty; pkt 5c. Euphorbia-(Snow on the Mountain) pkt 5c. Four O'clock-Mirabillis Jalapa; Bright foliage; handsome fragrant flowers, 2 feet Hybrid--Mixed; pkt 5c.

Forget-me-not-(Myosotis)---Delicate blue flower; pkt 10c. Fox Glove-Digitalis; fine for borders; 5c. Gaillardia-(Blanket flower) constant blooming, bedding plants; flowers remarkable for their size, beauty and duration; pkt 5c. Gillia-Delicate little flowers. Mixed varieties; pkt 5c. Godetia-Constant bloomer; pretty; pkt 5c. Gypsophila. Well adapted for hanging basksts, also pretty dried. Rose and White; each; pkt 5c. Hibiscus-Very showy; cream-colored flowers; pkt 5c. Ice Plant-Very pretty and curious; pkt 5c. Jacobea-Brilliant, double mixed; pkt 5c. Larkspur-Free blooming; very rich in color. Finest mixed; pkt 5c. Linum-Pretty for rock work; pkt 5c. Lobelia- Erenis-Suitable for hanging baskets or borders; delicate flowers. Mixed colors; pkt 5c. Lupinus-Leaves and flowers both beautiful: flowers pea shaped. Mixed; pkt 5c.

Lychnis.-Very handsome and ornamental; particularly effective in mixed shrubery [shubbery] and flower borders; Haageana Hybrida-Extremely handsome; mixed colors; pkt 10c. New Dwarf-Fine; pkt 10c.

Marigold-Well known plants. Best double mixed colors: pkt 5c. Mignonette-The long known Frenchman's darling. Very desirable and extremely fragrant: pkt 5c.

[Right Column] Parson's New White-pkt 5c. Miles' New Hybrid Spiral-Habit dwarf and branching; spikes frequently attaining a length of 14 inches; very fragrant; pkt 10c. Common Sweet Scented-Old standby; 5c, Pyramidal Large Flowering-Attains very large size; pkt 10c.

Mimulus-Moschatus; musk plant; strongly scented; pkt 10c. Nemophila-Very charming and useful; neat compact habit; mixed varieties; pkt 5c. Nigella-Love in a mist; pkt 5c. Nolana-Grandiflora: pretty trailers; pkt 5c. Cenothera-Evening Primrose; pkt 5c.

Pansy-A general favorite the world over. Our seed is saved with greatest care and it cannot be excelled for purity. In separate colors; Light Blue, Bronze, Pure White, Pure Yellow, Dark Purple, Odeir or Five Blotched, Emperor William and King of the Blacks; each pkt 15c. The eight varieties for 1.00. Very Choice Mixed-From the prize German collections, containing the finest of strains from the largest and most perfect flowers; 50c. Choice English; extra mixed seed from prize flowers; 25c. Fine Mixed; pkt 10c, Good Mixed; pkt 5c. The eight varieties for 1.00.

Perilla Nankinensis-Leaves ornamental; handsome for border; pkt 5c.

Petunia-From seed sown in spring, plants will bloom in June. Grandiflora, very finely blotched; 20c. Countess of Ellesmere; 10c. Nana Multiflora; (new dwarf Inimitable;) dwarf; densely branching; profuse bloomer; greatly admired; 25c. Finest Double; mixed colors; 25c. Choice Single; mixed colors; pkt 5c.

Phlox Drummondii-One of the very best annuals; blooms very freely till frost; unsurpassed for bedding. Dark Red and Black Warrior mixed, Rose, Rose striped with white, Lilac White Eye, Rose Scarlet Eye and Large Pure White; each pkt 10c. The six for 50c. Mixed-Many beautiful colors; pkt 10c.

Poppy-Beautiful for beds or borders; Carnation; finest mixed double, large flowers, many colors; pkt 5c.

Portulaca-One of the best bedding annuals, very showy. Single Large Flowering, mixed colors, Very Large Rose, Very Large Striped; each pkt 5c. Many Single Varieties-Mixed; pkt 5c. Double Rose Flowered-Very double and brilliant; many colors: pkt 10c.

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[Left Column] Ricinus-Very ornamental; 5 to 12 feet high. Giganteus; enormous size; pkt 5c. Gibsonii-New; dark purple stems, deep red leaves; pkt 5c.

Rocket-(Sweet). Free flowering; very fragrant; pkt 5c. Salpiglossis-Variabilis; picturesque; all colors mixed; pkt 5c. Salvia-Very ornamental and rich; pkt 10c. Saponaria-For borders and ribbons; constant bloomers, mixed colors; pkt 5c. Solanum-Very ornamental; pkt 10c. Sanvitalia-Procumbens; Fl.-Pl.; dwarf, compact, suitable for beds; pkt 5c. Scabiosa.-(Mourning Bride). A general favorite; finest colors mixed; pkt 5c. Schizanthus-Elegant, slender, branching annuals; finest mixed; pkt 5c. Sedum-Pretty for rock work; pkt 5c. Sensitive Plant-Very curious; pkt 5c. Silene-(Catchfly); pkt 5c. Stevia-Fine for boquets [bouquets]; pkt 5c. Stocks-(German ten weeks). A large proportion of flowers quite double; continue a long time in bloom; very desirable. Pyramidal; large flowers; pkt 10c.

[Right Column] Dwarf German-Best mixed seed; pkt 10c. Dwarf Wall-Flower-Leaved. Finest mixed; one of the best; pkt 10c. Large Flowered-Finest mixed; pkt 10c. Finest Varieties Mixed; pkt 10c, Good Mixed-pkt 5c.

Sunflower-Mammoth Russian-Very large; pkt 5c.

Verbena-Universally popular bedding plants. Some of the most beautiful and fragrant are seedlings. The colors are very distinct and striking and include everything but yellow. Seed sown in the open ground in May will bloom in August, but by starting early in boxes or hot-beds, they will bloom in June or July. Pure White, Brilliant Red, Italian Striped, and Fine Mixed-each per pkt 10c. Very Choicest Mixed-From named flowers pkt 25c.

Virginia Stocks-Similar to candytuft; 5c. Whitlavia-Large flowered; handsome bell-shaped flowers; pkt 5c.

Zinnia-Very showy garden annual; many brilliant colors; Double Orange, Double White, and Double Mixed-each per pkt 5c.

Ornamental Climbers.

There is no other class of plants more subject to complete control than the climbers. They are Nature's drapery, and are inclined to furnish us with decorations of exquisite beauty and rare grace. From the most delicate to the very vigorous growing varieties, all are desirable, and have many places to fill, from the covering of the low screens, trailing from pots and baskets to the clothing of arbors, fences, and even buildings and huge trees with habiliments of verdure.

[Left Column] Adlumn-Cirrhosa-(Mountain Fringe, or Alleghany Vine), graceful, pretty foliage, pink flowers; pkt 5c. Calampelis-Delicate foliage, bright orange flowers, good bloomer. pkt 10c. Cardiospermum.--(Baloon Vine or Love in a Puff). Curious; pkt 5c. Coboea Scandens-One of the most beautiful, branches freely, and frequently grows 25 to 30 feet; pkt 10c. Convolvulus Major-Well known morning glory. All best colors mixed; pkt 5c.

Cypress Vine-Ipomoea Quamoclit--Very graceful and beautiful foliage; pretty flowers; mixed colors; pkt 5c. White and Scarlet each; per pkt 5c.

Dolichos--Lablab-(Hyacinth Bean). White dwarf; pkt 5c. Gourds and Cucumbers--These are very numerous and dissimilar. They are vigerous [vigorous] growing and very desirable for arbors, fences, &c.,&c. My mixed collection contains 60 varieties a large number of which will be found in each pkt of mixed seed:

[Right Column] Calabash or Dipper Gourd, Egg Shaped, Pear Shaped, Striped, Apple, Snake, Meloppo, and Sugar Trough, each pkt 10c. Mixed varities pkt 5c.

Hedysarum-Humile -From Algiers; 10c,

Ipomoea--Bona Nox-(Good night or Evening Glory) pkt 5c. Best Mixed Varieties; pkt 5c. Star Ipomoea; pkt 5c.

Lophospermum-Scandens, Handsome evergreen climber, purplish flowers. Sow early in hot-beds, transplant to open ground in May. Roots may be kept over winter in dry sand; pkt 10c.

Maurandya-Grows 6 feet; abundant foliage; good sized flowers; Finest Mixed; pkt 10c.

Nasturtium-Well adapted for green-house or conservatory; brilliant colors; Spitfire, New Hybrid and Mixed; pkt 10c.

Sweet Peas-Universal favorites; Scarlet, White and Mixed colors; each [illegible]15c, pkt 5c.

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[Left Column] Lord Anson's-Sky blue; pkt 5c, Thunbergia-Fine for baskets; pkt 5c. Tropaeolum-Peregrinum-Canary flower; beautiful variety, frequently growing 20 [Right Column] feet, profuse bloomer. Flowers much resembling the little Yellow Canary, from whence its name; pkt 10c.

Everlastings. The Everlastings readily thrive with kind treatment; Flowers should be gathered just before fully expanded, tied into small bunches and hung up to dry. Gomphrenas must be fully developed before picking. [Left Column] Acroclinium-Rose, White, Mixed Colors-each per pkt 5c. Ammobium-Alatum-White; pkt 5c. Gomphrena- Globe Amaranth-These are extra fine, distinct and striking. Flesh Color, Varigated [Variegated], Purplish Red, White and Mixed Colors; each, pkt 5c. [Right Column] Helichrysum-Very full double flowers, extremely useful and handsome; Red, Yellow, White. Mixed Colors; each 5c. Helipterum--Sanfordi--Rich Yellow colored flowers; pkt 10c. Rodanthe-Handsome; pkt 10c. Statice--Mixed Colors; pkt 5c. Waitzia-Beautiful Yellow; pkt 20c. Xeranthemum-White, or Mixed, each 5c.

Ornamental Grasses. These are used with Everlasting flowers for decorative purposes. They should be cut just as they are coming into flower, and dried in small bunches. [Left Column] Agrostis-Fine and feathery; pkt 5c. Avena-Sterilis. Animated Oats; pkt 5c. Andropogon-Very fine; mixed; pkt 25c.

Briza-Compacta; pkt 5c. Maxima-Large quaking grass; pkt 5c. Gracillis- pkt 5c.

Bromus-Brazae formis, very graceful and showy: pkt 5c. Maximus-pkt 5c.

Chloris-Barbata; pkt 5c. Coix-Exaltata; (Job's tears); pkt 5c. Erianthus-Revennae; resembling Pampas grass, but being quite hardy is adapted to a cooler climate; pkt 10c.

Pampas Grass-The most stately of all, attaining in its native country the height of 12 to 15 feet. Plumes are from 20 to 36 inches in length; when bleached, of a beautiful silvery white, being highly ornamental; 5c. Hordeum-Jubatum; (Squirrel tail grass); 5c. Lagurus-Ovatus; (Hare's tail grass). Stipa-Pennata; (Feather grass); very fine and graceful; large feathery panicles of flowers; pkt 10c. A mixture-Of many of the best ornamental grasses suitable for bouquets; pkt 5c.

Biennials and Perennials. Those that do not bloom before the second season, are arranged in this department. [Left Column] Aconitum-(Monk's Hood); pkt 10c. Beet-Chillian Scarlet; pkt 10c. Chrysanthemum-(Garden-Artemisias) Indicum;. double; pkt 5c. Mixed 5c. Carnation Pink-German Seed, from choice named flowers; pkt 25c, Extra Italian seed from choicest prize flowers; pkt 50c. Fine mixed, for borders; pkt 10c. Good mixed; pkt 5c. Columbine-Aquilegia; well known and very highly prized; mixed varieties; pkt 5c. Delphinium--Formosum; rich blue and white; pkt 5c. Hibiscus-pkt 10c. Honesty-Very hardy; beautiful purple 5c. Hollyhock-Very fine double mixed from Germany; pkt 10c. Ipomopsis-Splendid for conservatory or outdoors; Mixed Varieties; pkt 5c. Larkspur-Delphinium: best new varieties mixed; pkt 5c. [Right Column] Lathyrus-Everlasting Peas; mixed varieties; pkt 10c. Pyrethrum-Common double Feverfew; 10. Penstemon-Grandiflora; splendid border plants; pkt 10c. Phlox-Purple, White and Mixed; each 10c. Picotee Pink-Similar to Carnation; beautifully colored; German seed from choicest named flowers; pkt 25c. Extra Italian seed, from the finest prize flowers; pkt 50c. Fine mixed; pkt 10c. Poppy-pkt 5c. Sweet William-Perfectly hardy, beautiful; mixed colors; pkt 5c. Sweet Violet-Viola Odorata; pkt 10c. Wall Flower-Finest double; mixed colors, pkt 15c. Fine Mixed; single, pkt 5c.