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[continued from previous page] stalks and leaves are also beautifully veined. (See cut.)... 10. --Glasgow Prize--A very fine, semi-dwarf variety, with large, brilliant, crimson comb and handsome dark foliage; specimens grown on our place for seed this year measured 10 to 12 inches in diameter... 10. --Cristata Nana--Dwarf mixed... 10. Clarkia Elegans--There has been much improvement in this flower in recent years, both in size and form of flower. Of easy culture, an early and free blooming plant; fine mixed. (See cut.) 5.

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Clianthus Dampeiri--A beautiful shrubbery climber, grown mostly under glass, but does well set out of doors in summer time; flowers brilliant scarlet, growing in clusters... 25. Cockscomb--See Celosia. Coleus--Handsome foliage plants, much used for massing and edging; seed should be started under glass; mixed varieties... 15. Convolvulus Minor--(Dwarf Morning Glory)--Flowers smaller than the old vining sort, and producing a greater abundance. Beautiful for massing; fine mixed colors... 5. Cuphea Platycentra--(Cigar Plant)--Green-house plant, also makes a handsome border; flowers bright scarlet, tipped with black and white... 15. --Purpurea--Fine mixed... 5. Cyclamen Persicum--One of the handsomest of green-house plants. The foliage is handsomely marked and the flowers beautiful. Seed should be sown under glass in well rotted compost and sand; mixed colors; best strain... 25. Daisy--Popular perennials, blooming the first year from seed; very handsome for borders or pots; best double mixed... 10. Datura Fastuosa--A large, strong-growing plant, with trumpet-shaped flowers, the best bearing blooms six inches in length. Best double mixed... 5.

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Dianthus--Deservedly popular, coming into bloom early and contining [continuing] throughout the season. The fragrance, beauty and bright coloring of their flowers are universally admired; easily cultivated and many of the varieties withstand our severe winters without protection, and produce better flowers the second year than the first. --Mourning Pink--A magnificent, new variety, with very double, large flowers, of a peculiar dark color. The ground color of the flowers is a very dark mahogany, almost black, each petal edged with a clear-cut margin of pure white... 10. --Double Diadem Pink--Superb large dou- [double] flower. Hieroglyphically marked, like the original Chinese Pinks, in the middle down to the base of each petal; magnificent in color and variety... 10. --Chinensis--(Double Chinese Pink)--Finest double mixed... 5. --Heddewigi--Finest selected single mixed, undoubtedly one of the most showy of the Pink family... 5. --Laciniatus--Double fringed best mixed... 10. --Imperialis--Double Imperial Pink... 5. --Mixed Varieties and Colors... 5. --Barbatus--(Sweet William)--an old favorite, hardy perennials, single mixed. 5. Digitalis--(Fox Glove)--Hardy perennials; [continued below Dahlia?] Dahlia--This beautiful flower is easily grown from the seed. Start early in the house... 10. bloom the first year; fine mixed... 5.

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Edelweiss--This is the famous and true "Edelweiss" of the Alps found growing there in the most inaccessible spots among the rocks, and gathered by tourists and others at great risk of life. The flower is considered the proper present for a bride from her fiance on her wedding morn. The flowers are of downy texture, pure white and star-shaped, and easily cultivated... 15. Echscholtzia--(California Poppy)--Low growing plants; pretty for massing or edging; mixed colors... 5. Euphorbia--A showy foliage plant... 5. Feverfew--See Matricaria.... Fuchsia Hybrida--Well known green-house plants. Easily grown from seed; finest double mixed... 15. Ferns--Fine mixed ... 15. Fox Glove--See Digitalis.... Gailardia--A showy bedding plant, producing an abundance of brilliant flowers through the whole summer and fall: --Picta--Best mixed... 5. --Lorenziana--New double, one of the finest annuals grown for bedding and cutting... 10.

Dec. 12. I have used your seeds in Kansas for two years and knowing they are good think they will do well here. Enclosed find order for $3.90. LENA W. JACKSON, Whittier, Cal.

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--Grandiflora--Very handsome perennial; varieties mixed... 10. Geranium, Fine Mixed Colors--Contains a choice assortment. We have made the price very low so that all could try raising new varieties from the seed... 5. --Tom Thumb--Best dwarf; mixed colors. 10. --Apple Scented--Per 100 seeds 75c... 25.

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Gilia--Low growing annuals, pretty for borders or beds; flowers profusely; very useful for cutting; of easiest culture; (See cut.) --Tall Varieties--Mixed... 5. --Dwarf Varieties--Mixed... 5. Gladiolus--A well known flower, easily grown from seed, and we should like to have all of 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... 5. --French Le Moinei--Choice... 10. Gloxinia--Green-house plants, producing richly colored and brilliant flowers; finest strains of new hybrids; mixed... 25. Godetia--Handsome plants for borders or ribbon beds, flowers very bright, constant bloomer; best varieties mixed... 5. --Lady Satin Rose--The flowers, produced in remarkable abundance, are of a brilliant deep rose pink, the surface shining like satin... 10. Gypsophila Elegans--Very handsome small flowers, produced in loose panicles in great abundance; fine for bouquets; also much used dried for winter bouquets; mixed colors... 5. Helianthus--(Sunflower)--Some varieties of this well-known plant are very ornamental: --Globosus Fistulosus--Double, the best of the tall varieties... 5. --Multiflorus--Very floriferous... 5. --Nanus--True double dwarf, quite pretty. 5. --Variegated--Handsome ornamental foliage... 10. --Mammoth Russian--Largest of all; per lb. 50c; oz. 10c... 5. --Common--Per lb. 40c; oz. 10c... 5. Heliotrope--A great favorite with all lovers of flowers, for their beauty and fragrance; well suited for beds, borders and pot culture... 10. 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. Why are they not more popular? It is because of the erroneous idea that the plants will not bloom till the second season from seed. 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 March. About May 1st transfer to permanent place in garden where they will produce elegant spikes of flowers in August and September, and thereafter from year to year. Our seed is the very best obtainable.

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--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... 10. --Double Salmon Rose--A greatly improved strain of this handsome shade... 10. --Double Crimson--Very rich deep crimson. 10. --Splendid Mixed--An unequaled mixture of seventeen prize varieties including all colors and shades known... 20. --Fine Mixed--Contains good variety... 5. Hybiscus Africanus--Handsome hardy annuals with large highly colored flowers... 5. 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... 10. Ice Plant--A very attractive trailing plant, much admired for baskets or rockeries... 5. Lantana--Green-house perennial; makes a fine bedding or pot plant; easily grown from seed: --Hybrida--Best mixed colors... 15. Larkspur--Beautiful plants with fine cut leaves. They do best in rather heavy rich soil: --New Double Striped--The handsomest variety extant; colors bright and distinct; don't fail to try it... 10. --Dwarf German Rocket--Mixed colors... 5. --Tall German Rocket--Mixed varieties. 5. --Hybrida--Very fine; mixed varieties... 10. Linum--(Scarlet Flax)... 5. Lobelia--Handsome trailing plants; profuse bloomers; elegant for baskets, vases, borders: --Crystal Palace--Handsome blue... 5. --Erinus--Mixed colors... 5. Lupinus--Commonly called Sun Dials; flowers of very bright colors, produced in spikes; a fine bedding plant: --Mixed Varieties... 5. Lychnis--Very desirable hardy perennials; blooming the first year if sown early: --Haageana Hybrida--Fine mixed... 10. Martynia--See description with novelties.

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.

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Best mixed colors... 10. Matricaria Capensis--(Double Feverfew)--This may be called everybody's favorite; a splendid bedding plant, and one of the best to pot for winter flowers; pure white. 10. --Golden--(See Pyretherum.) Marigold--These have been greatly improved within the past few years, and are now popular garden flowers. The flowers of some varieties are perfectly double, distinctly margined, spotted and striped. The following mixtures contain all the very best varieties: --African--Double mixed, largest... 5. --French--Double mixed... 5. --Dwarf French--Double mixed, best... 5. Mignonette--Well known sweet scented little flowers; fine for borders or masses. --Sweet Scented--The old favorite; oz. 20c... 5. --Grandiflora--Large flowered... 5. --Golden Queen--A very distinct new variety, with bright golden flowers... 5. --Parson's White--Very pretty... 5. --Miles' Spiral--Long and large spikes... 5. --Machet--A variety of very dwarf, vigorous growth, with massive spikes of deliciously scented red flowers; the best of all sorts for pots... 10. Mimulus Moschatus--(Musk Plant)... 5. --Tigrinus--Tigered and spotted varieties; very fine... 10. --Duplex--Beautiful double (Hose in Hose) tigered and spotted varieties... 10. Mirabilis Jalapa, (Marvel of Peru,)--An old favorite with bright foliage and fragrant flowers of desirable colors. Seed should be planted in the open ground where the plants are desired. Flowers open in the afternoon, hence the name Four O'Clock: --Longiflora--White, exceedingly sweet scented; flower tube three or four inches long... 5. --Tom Thumb, White--A new very dwarf variety, completely covered with pure white flowers... 10. --Mixed Colors and Varieties... 5. Myosotis--(Forget-me-nots)--Perennials; bloom first year from seed. Pretty plants with neat little star-shaped flowers: --Alpestris, Blue... 5. --White... 5. --Palustris--True Forget-me-not; blue... 10. Nasturtium--(Tom Thumb)--None of the annuals make a prettier bed. The brilliant coloring of the flowers is very attractive: --Cloth of Gold--See Novelty List... 10. --Lady Bird--See Novelty List... 10. --Chameleon--See Novelty List... 10. --Empress of India--See Novelty List... 10. --Imperial Collection--See Novelty List... 10. --Extra Choice Mixed Colors... 5. --Crystal Palace Gem--Sulphur, spotted with maroon; very handsome... 5.

Nemophila--Elegant little plants for early spring flowers, and will bloom freely all summer if protected a little from the hot sun; six to eight inches high; mixed colors. 5. Nicotiana Affinis--A night-blooming plant, about two feet high, blooming throughout the season. The flowers are tubular, white, profusely borne, and delightfully fragrant. We know of no garden flower yielding a more agreeable odor. A few plants will perfume the whole yard or garden... 10. Nigella--(Love in a Mist)--Hardy annuals, about one foot in height, finely cut leaves and handsome flowers blooms early; mixed colors (See cut)... 5. Oenothera--(Evening Primrose)--An interesting half hardy annual, opening its flowers toward evening with a snap that is sure to attract attention, especially of the children; --Acaulis Alba--Pure white, very handsome... 10. --Lamackiana--Yellow... 5. Oxalis--Handsome basket plant; summer or winter; fine for rockeries ... 10.

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Pansy--This little beauty needs no extended description, as it would be hard to find even a child in the land whose heart has not been gladdened by their bright faces. Pansies like a moist rather shady location and rich soil. Should be watered freely in dry weather. Seed started in February or March will produce early spring flowers. The largest flowers are always produced on plants which come into bloom in the autumn. All should try our new varieties: (See cut.)

--Iowa Beauty--See Novelties... 20. --Iowa Giant--See Novelties... 20. --Giant Trimardeau--See Novelties... 20. --Golden Trimardaeu [Trimardeau]--See Novelties... 25. --Red Flowered Victoria--A new color in Pansies. See description with Novelties... 25. --Azure Blue--Very fine shade of sky blue. 5.

March 25, 1889. The bulbs and seeds arrived in good condition. H. C. PITKIN, Arroyo Grande, Cal.

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--Bronze-Colored--Handsome... 5. --Cliveden Purple--A very rich color... 5. --Violet Margined with White... 10. --Pure White--Appropriate for cemeteries. 5. --Golden Yellow--Best of the yellow varieties; desirable as a contrast... 10. --Faust--(King of the Blacks)--Jet Black. 5. --Snow Queen--Flowers of a delicate, pure, satiny white, handsome and attractive... 10. --Emperor William--Ultra-marine blue... 10. --Odier, or Blotched--This superb, large variety of pansies has been much improved... 15. --Lord Beaconsfield--New, large flowers of deep purple violet, shading off in the petals to a white hue... 10. --Quadricolor--New and distinct; fine... 10. --Choice German Mixed--Magnificent large velvety flowers of richest hues and colors... 15. --Choice Large-flowering Mixed--Very fine... 10. --Fine Mixed--Choice varieties; per oz. $2. 5. --One packet each of the twenty varieties, $1.50. Parsley--Beauty of the Parterre--This new and very handsome variety we list here as being very useful and valuable for lines and edgings in the flower garden... 5. Perilla Nankinensis--An elegant, finely cut leaved foliage plant... 5.

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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 how [show]; continualy [continually] in bloom: (See cut.) --Cuspidata, or Star--See Novelties... 25. --Double Pearl--See Novelties... 10. --Alba--Pure white... 5. --Coccinea--Brilliant scarlet... 5. --Grandifiora Mixed--Has a much larger flower than the common, and preferable in every way; all colors... 5. --Grandifiora Occulata--Very large flowers with a distinct, well-defined eye... 10. --Grandifiora Stellata Carminea--Very handsome carmine flowers, with pure white, star-like eye... 10. --Nana Compacta Mixed--Dwarf, compact growing class; very fine for borders and ribbons... 10. --Fireball--Brilliant, dazzling scarlet... 10. --Snowball--Delicate, pure white... 10. Petunia--Are easily grown from seed and succeed in any common soil. The double varieties require more care and should be started in the house. The great variety of bright colors, beautiful stripings and markings and constant show of bloom make them general favorites: --Fine Mixed Colors... 5. --Hybrida--Extra fine striped and blotched varieties; mixed colors; handsome... 10. --Grandifiora Fimbriata--Finest fringed variety in mixture combining elegance of form with great diversity of delicate and charming colors. Extra large flowers... 15. --Double Inimitable--Splendid mixture; our seed is Benary's best and will produce a large per centage of fine double-flowering plants... 25. Portulaca--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: --Single Varieties Mixed... 5. --Double Mixed--Very handsome, double as a rose and contains a color and shading unknown in the single... 10. Pyrethrum, Golden Feather--A very handsome foliage plant... 5. --Golden Gem--A beautiful plant for edgings or ribbon beds; double flowering... 5.

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Poppies--The dear old flower which our grandmothers loved so much again occupies one of the first places in our gardens. For brilliant, dazzling colors, these new Poppies are equalled only by the Tulip. Some of the flowers are as large and double as the Paeony, others with strange and handsome markings. (See cut.) --The Shirley--These exquisitely handsome new poppies have been exhibited in London and made quite a sensation in England. The are all single and semi-double varieties of the common European field poppy and the result of ten years' assiduous selection. In color they run from the purest white through the most delicate shades of rose and pink and carmine to deepest crimson, and some of the intense colored flowers are bordered with white and some white flowers with a colored border and flaked and marbled flowers. Full double flowers are weeded out of this select race. They are very hardy. As cut flowers for home use nothing can be prettier; if cut in the forenoon before they are fully expanded they [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.

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[continued from previous page] will last two to three days in good condition... 25. --The Mikado--Introduced into this country from Japan, and is in form and character essentially a Japanese flower in its quaint--yet artistic--beauty. The petals at the base are whole, whilst the edges are cut and fringed in the most complete manner. In color it is pure white at the back, whilst the fringed edges are of a brilliant crimson color... 15.

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--New Danebrog--(Danish Flag)--The great beauty of this flower, it is almost impossible to describe. The peculiar forms and shades of color blending and again contrasting in such a manner that the appearance of the whole is most striking and lovely. A large silvery white blotch at the base of each petal, forming a white cross on scarlet ground. (See cut.) 10. --Fairy Blush--A new Poppy. The immense globular flowers are perfectly double, and measure from ten to thirteen inches in circumference; the petals are elegantly fringed and pure white, except at the tips, where they are distinctly colored with rosy cream; a light shading of lemon at the base of the central petals gives the flower an appearance of great depth... 10. --White Crimson Tipped--A new, very handsome variety, which is unusually double. Petals are tipped with crimson. 10. --Double Carnation--Fifteen varieties mixed; will make an attractive bed... 5. --Paeony-flowered--Fine mixed... 5. --Papaver Umbrosum--Flowers rich, glowing vermillion, with a deep shining black spot on each petal... 5. --Opium... 5. --One packet each of the above nine varieties for 60c. --Roseum--Persian insect powder plant... 10. Ricinus--(Castor Oil Bean)--Stately foliage plants; make a very hanpsome [handsome] appearance on the lawn planted singly; also fine for clumps; keeps out moles. --Africanus--Stalk and pods rose color... 5. --Gibsoni--Dark purple stem and leaves; fine; dwarf... 5. --Sanguineus Tricolor--Blood-red stalk; very attractive... 10. --Giganteus--The largest variety grown... 5. --Common--Per oz. 10... 5. Salpiglossis--A very handsome, half-hardy annual; flowers beautifully veined and penciled: --Finest Mixed... 5. --Variveined--See Novelties... 10.

Salvia--One of the most brilliant of flowers; thrives in any light, rich soil; often called Flowering sage; are all free bloomers: --Hominum Alba--White... 5. --Splendens--Brilliant scarlet; very fine... 10. --Mixed Varieties... 5. Scabiosa--(Mourning Bride)--One of the best of free-flowering hardy annuals of very handsome colors: (See cut.)

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--Atrepurpurea--Best tall varieties; mixed. 5. --Best Double Tall Varieties--Mixed... 5. --Nana--Best Double Dwarf; mixed... 5. Schizanthus--Pretty, free-flowering, half-hardy annuals, with oddly marked flowers; mixed... 5. Sedum--Well suited for baskets and rock-work; blooms freely; many varieties mixed... 5.

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Sensitive Plant--A very pretty and curious plant, the leaves closing when touched; seeds start slow, and it is best to start them in boxes, cover shallow and see that they do not dry out; it makes a good house plant for winter, and always pleases the children. (See cut.)... 5. Statice Sinnata Hybrida--Produce their small flowers in panicles; will hold their color when dry, and are valuable to work up with the everlastings; hardy and of easy culture; fine mixed... 5. Stevia Serrata--Produce an abundance of pretty white flowers early in the fall... 5. Stocks, Ten Weeks--This plant embraces wonderful range of colors, unsurpassed for beds, borders or pot culture. To insure the best results they should be started early in the house and be transplanted to rich soil, deeply cultivated, with plenty of moisture: --Large-Flowering Dwarf German--Finest varieties mixed... 5. --Brompton, or Winter--Not hardy enough to stand our winters, but potted in the fall they make good winter bloomers and can be transfered to the garden in the spring; mixed colors... 10. Sunflower--See Helianthus. Torenia Fournieri--Beautiful free flower- [continued next page]

April 18, 1889. The plants received to-day in good condition. Am much pleased with them. Mrs. C . L. WASHBURN, Malcom, Iowa.

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