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[Image: Drawing of several bloom clusters, Caption-Sweet William.]
Sweet William.
Hardy plants about one foot high, of extreme richness and variety of color, and also deliciously sweet-scented; for clumps or borders no plant can surpass this old favorite.
Single Varieties Mixed. - Pkt. 5c.
Double Varieties Mixed.-Pkt. 5c.

Smilax.
Much used for winter decorations; the seeds start slowly and should be planted in loose, rich soil and kept moist and warm. Pkt. 8c.

Scabiosa.
(Mourning Bride.) One of the best free flowering hardy annuals of very handsome colors. Best double dwarf mixed. Pkt. 4c.

Spraguaea.
Umbellata.- Flowers in dense umbels, on leafless stems, six inches or more in length; blossoms are pink and nearly everlasting. Sow seed under glass or in a sheltered place. Pkt. 10c.

Statice.
Sinnata Hybrida.-Produce their little flowers in panicles; will hold their color when dry, and work up nicely with everlastings. Pkt. 4c.

Salpiglossis.
One of the most beautiful of flowering annuals , forming strong, bushy plants about 18 inches high, and bearing throughout the season large flowers 3 to 4 inches across, of many beautiful colors.
New Variveined.-Much larger than the common Salpiglossis. The surface is soft and velvety and the wealth of color marvelous. The colors range from pure white to dark yellow, dark red and purplish black, including light and dark blue, velvety plum color, maroon, crimson, dark brown, golden and lemon yellow, white, dark purple, black brilliant scarlet, with all the shades between beautifully veined and mottled; blooms all summer and till severe frost. Pkt. 10c.
[Image: Drawing of a single bloom, Caption-Salpiglossis.]

Stevia.
Serrata.-Produce an abundance of pretty white flowers early in fall. Pkt. 5c.

[Image: Drawing of a tall plant, leaves and blooms from the bottom to the top, Caption- Perpetual White Stocks.]
Stocks.
Sometimes called Gilliflowers. These popular flowers are easily grown , and are so highly fragrant and of such great beauty, and have so many good qualities, that they deserve a place in every garden. They should be given good, rich soil to grow in and will amply reward good treatment with remarkable pyramids of bloom.
Large Flowering Perpetual White.-Of strong growth, fine branching habit, and, if sown early, will bloom from May until November. Flowers very large and pure white, and the more often they are cut the better they like it. Deliciously fragrant. Pkt. 10c.
Large Flowering Dwarf German.-Our mixture contains a great variety of colors. Pkt. 5c.
Saponaria.
An old-fashioned perennial with pink flowers. Often called Bouncing Betsey. Pkt. 5c.
Torenia.
Fournieri.- Beautiful free flowering, trailing plants, well suited for baskets, vases, and in moist situations out of doors. A very handsome plant. Pkt. 10c.

Sensitive Plant.
A very pretty and curious plant, the leaves closing when touched. The 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. Pkt. 5c.
[Image: Drawing of long-stemmed plant with fern-like leaves, Caption-Sensitive Plant.]

Whitlavia.
Delicate and pretty, but perfectly hardy plants, with drooping clusters of bell-shaped flowers. They thrive in cool, moist situations; free bloomers, and for partially shaded places they are very desirable. Mixed colors. Pkt. 5c.

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[Image: Drawing of enlarged verbena bloom, Caption-Henderson's Mammoth Verbena.]
Verbena.
The verbena is deservedly a universal favorite, unrivaled in the splendor of its dazzling brilliancy of flower. A constant bloomer, and if grown from seed has a sweet fragrance. Treat as tender annuals. Plant seed in boxes or under glass in March, and transplant when a few inches high. In this way the verbena can be grown from seed as early as any annual, and will produce much stronger plants than cuttings. Seed sown in the open ground will flower in August.
Henderson's Mammoth.-When well grown every flower truss measures over nine inches in circumference, while the single florets are as large as a twenty-five cent piece; more vigorous in growth than the ordinary verbena. Contains a great assortment of colors, the above illustration showing a flower of dark scarlet with white eye. Pkt. 10c.
Black.-Nearly a coal black with a white eye. Pkt. 10c.
Candidissima.-Large trusses of pure white flowers; beautiful. Pkt. 6c.
Defiance.-A true scarlet; extra fine. Pkt. 10c.
Yellow.-Splendid novelty which it will pay flower lovers to try. Pkt. 10c.
Extra Choice Mixed.-From the finest German collection of named sorts. Pkt. 7c.
Fine Mixed.-Contains a nice variety of colors. Pkt. 4c.

[Image: Drawing of several vines with leaves and flowers, Caption-Wistaria.]
Wistaria.
One of the most popular hardy vines climbing to a height of fifty feet or more. It is perennial and easily grown from seed. Of luxuriant and rapid growth, bearing in the spring immense panicles of purple or white flowers produced in great profusion. Pkt. 10c.
Viola.
Odorata.-The well known sweet violet. All colors mixed. Seeds start very slowly. Pkt. 10c.

Wallflower.
Greatly prized for their exquisite fragrance. They grow in long, brilliantly colored spikes of flowers. There are many varieties. Plants removed to pots in autumn will produce an abundance of delightfully fragrant flowers.
Double Varieties Mixed.-Pkt. 10c.
Single Varieties Mixed.-Pkt. 5c.
[Image: Drawing of several blooms at the top of a stem, Caption-Wallflower.]

Wahlenbergia.
Grandiflora Mixed.-(Also called Platycodon.) Of wonderful beauty and attracts much attention on our seed farm. It is a perennial plant blooming the first year from seed, which should be sown early in open ground. The flowers are of large size, being 2 1/2 to 3 inches in diameter, and the various shades of light blue, lavender and white. They bloom very profusely and continuously all summer, if flowers are removed as soon as they begin to fade. Pkt. 10c.