1906

64. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

[image] INTERNATIONAL MIXED.

PANSIES. Pansies are a specialty with us, and we use the greatest care in growing and importing the best strains of these universal favorites. Circular giving full directions for growing pansies will be sent free if requested. Packets contain 100 to 250 seeds. AMERICAN GIANT.--See description on colored plate page 75. Per pkt. 25c. IMPROVED MADAM PERRITT or Wine Shades.--When traveling in England we found this charming novelty growing on the grounds of a leading specialist, who had been selecting and hybridizing the finest large flowering sort, having the richest, most velvety wine shade in some part of the flower, but there were fully 75 distinct varieties in the collection. Said to be the most fragrant of all pansies. Pkt. 20c. NEW RAINBOW.--The best novelty in pansies and the most charming variety ever sent out. We have given it the name of New Rainbow, and consider it very appropriate owing to its beautiful irridescent [iridescent] colors. Packet of 150 seeds 25 cents. GIANT TRIMARDEAU.--Flowers of very large size, some have measured four inches in diameter. Each flower is marked with three large blotches or spots and stands well above the foliage. Choice mixed colors. Pkt. 10c. MASTERPIECE.--This superb new pansy is distinct from all others in the form of flowers, the border of every petal being conspicuously undulated and curled, giving the flowers the appearance of a double pansy. The flowers are extremely large. Pkt. 20c. FANCY STRIPED.--A beautiful variety from Belgium, with good sized flowers which are striped and mottled in various tints on contrasting ground colors. Pkt. 10c. FIRE KING.--Very distinct and striking. Upper petals are of bright red, of really a fiery shade, warranting the name of Fire King. Pkt. 10c. MAHOGANY.--A beautiful, rich mottled mahogany color. Pkt. 5c. SNOW QUEEN.--Flowers of a delicate, pure satiny white, handsome and attractive. Makes fine showing in beds or for cut flower work, and beautiful for cemetery use. Pkt. 5c. QUADRICOLOR or Pheasant's Eye.--Upper petals sky blue, edged with violet; lower petals spotted and marbled. Pkt. 5c. ENGLISH FACE.--A popular variety in England. Most of the flowers are distinctly marked with a "face." Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c. GOLDEN YELLOW.--Best of the yellow varieties. Desirable as a contrast. Pkt. 5c. KING OF BLACKS or Faust.--Flowers intensely dark, almost coal-black. Pkt. 5c. AZURE BLUE.--Very fine shade of sky blue. Pkt. 5c. LORD BEACONSFIELD.--Fine, large flowers of deep purple violet, shading off in the petals to a white hue. Pkt. 5c.

CASSIER'S GIANT ODIER.--Flowers of immense size, and are of the popular Odier type, being all three-spotted or five-spotted on backgrounds of very rich colors. The flowers of the Cassier's are of good substance and fine form, while the plants are of most compact growth. Pkt. 15c. MAMMOTH BUTTERFLY.--A strain of pansy of matchless forms, colors and markings with flowers half as large again as ordinary pansies. Pkt. 10c. VIOLET SCENTED.--This new type is a cross between the pansy and violet. Flowers are much larger than the violet, more like pansies, but with the delicious fragrance of the former; mixed colors. Pkt. 15c. PEACOCK.--This fine new variety has been named the Peacock because the upper petals of the flower resemble in color the peculiar shade seen only in feathers of the peacock, a beautiful ultra marine blue. Petals are edged with a thin white line, within which it is purplish crimson, passing into a rich central blotch of blue, shading to black. Pkt. 10c. INTERNATIONAL MIXTURE.--In almost every country in the world there are pansy specialists, notably those of Scotland, Belgium, France, Germany and Switzerland. Each have their idea of perfection. This mixture consists of a grand assortment from the world's leading growers. Also many choice American strains, which are mainly made up by selecting and crossing the foreign sorts. If you like pansies you must have the International Mixture. Pkt. 20c; ¼ oz. $3.00; oz. $10.00. IMPERIAL GERMAN MIXED.--Magnificent flowers of richest hues; one of our most popular sorts and of a high standard of excellence. Pkt. 10c; ¼ oz. $1.00; oz. $3.50. LARGE FLOWERING MIXED.--Pkt. 7c, oz. $2.75. FINE MIXED.--Of many good sorts. Pkt. 5c; oz. $1.00. COLLECTION.--One packet each of the above sorts for $1.75.

PANSY PLANTS. Extra large, strong healthy plants from the best quality of seed, 50cts. per doz. Smaller size 25cts. per doz.

[image] IMPROVED MADAM PERRITT OR WINE SHADES.

[image] ROSY MORN POPPIES

POPPIES. This grand old flower has kept pace with the march of improvement, and now comes around and surprises us with its new forms, new sizes and new colors. ROSY MORN.--This new poppy is really superb. The flowers are extremely double and of good size, forming perfect balls of a unique and beautiful shade of rose--a new and distinct color in poppies. It is of the easiest possible culture, belonging to the annual paeony flowered section. Pkt. 7c. SHIRLEY.--A new single. In color from the purest white through the most delicate shades of rose, pink and carmine to the deepest crimson. Pkt. 5c. AMERICAN FLAG.--Flowers extra large, very double, snow white, bordered with scarlet, thus making an extra choice, very showy variety, that should be very popular. Pkt. 5c. DOUBLE CARNATION.--A splendid assortment of the best double carnation flowered sorts. The most popular variety, and will make an attractive bed. Pkt. 5c. ALL VARIETIES MIXED.--Pkt. 3c.

Make Home Pleasant In this age of the world there are so many attractions to call the children away that parents must make home pleasant in order to hold them. Homemaker's Collection of Flower Seeds.--One packet each of 12 varieties for 25 cents. Homemaker's Collection of Flower Plants.--Consists of 12 choice flowering and ornamental plants, well suited to make an attractive, showy bed. Sent postpaid for 50 cents. Homemaker's Window Garden.--Consists of 10 choice flowering plants suitable for growing in the house. A fine assortment and all different. Price 50 cents, postpaid.

A NICE LAWN IS EASILY MADE BY SOWING OUR EVERGREEN LAWN GRASS SEED.

IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA. 65.

[image] IOWA SEED COMPANY'S SINGLE AND DOUBLE PETUNIA.

PETUNIA.--Surely there is no garden complete without a bed of elegant petunias. They commence flowering early and continue a mass of bloom throughout the whole season, until killed by frost; easily cultivated, requiring rich soil and a sunny situation. Fine Mixed.--Best of older sorts carefully mixed. Pkt. 3c. Double Inimitable.--A splendid mixture. Our seed is the best German grown, and will produce a large percentage of fine double flowering plants. Pkt. 25c. Little Pet--Round, bushy little plants about eight inches high, covered for months with beautiful flowers which are widely open and always look so fresh, bright and beautiful that the ladies "just love them." Most of the flowers have a distinct five-pointed star in the center and they are of a great variety of colors. Pkt. 10c. Giant Fancy Flowering.--A new strain and undoubtedly the handsomest of all. See novelties for description. Pkt. 25c. Grandiflora Mixed.--Very large, elegant flowers; a great improvement and fully twice the size of the old sorts, with the most beautiful shades of crimson, white, rose, maroon, etc., blotched, striped, veined, bordered, marked and fringed. Pkt. of 200 seeds 10c.

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 show; continually in bloom if cut freely. Fire Ball.--Brilliant, dazzling scarlet; very handsome dwarf, compact. Pkt. 5c. Grandiflora Alba.--Pure white, very large flowers, constantly in bloom. Pkt. 5c. Cuspidata or Star.--Petals run out like little spines, thus giving the flowers a beautiful effect. Many colors. Pkt. 10c. Double Pearl.--A grand variety, introduced by us in 1888. By constant selection we have improved it so that almost every plant produces handsome, double, pure white flowers. It is very pretty, and will prove a splendid acquisition for bouquet work. Pkt. 10c. Grandiflora Mixed.--This special large flowering strain has been selected with great care for many years, until we now have an ideal flower of immense size and for beauty of color they are unsurpassed. The colors range from the purest white to nearly black, including all shades of pink, red, violet, crimson, purple, yellow, blue, scarlet and brown, striped and blended in an indescribable manner. Pkt. 8c. Jubilee.--A decided novelty, being an entirely new color in Phlox, a bright yellow; flowers nearly the size of a twenty-dollar gold coin, pkt. 8c. Fringed Mixed.--Very handsome. The flowers are of the most velvety colors and handsomely fringed. Pkt. 7c. Mixed Varieties.--A mixture of the common varieties. Pkt. 5c. Perennial Mixed.--Splendid hardy plants which bloom continuously after the second year. Pkt. 5c.

[image] PHLOX DRUMMONDII GRANDIFLORA

PYRETHERUM.--Golden Feather.--Beautiful golden leaved foliage plants of special value for borders and ribbon beds. Pkt. 5c. Roseum.--It is from this that Persian Insect Powder is made. Flower large, yellow and rose colored. Pkt. 8c. PRIMROSE.--Chinese.--One of the most desirable plants for growing indoors, being in almost constant bloom all winter, and if transferred to the border, they will bloom nearly all summer. Though perennial, new plants flower more freely, and seed should be sown every year. Start under glass. Mixed colors. Pkt. 15c. Forbesi--Baby Primrose.--A wonderfullly [wonderfully] free blooming little plant, covered with a mass of small flowers, especially during the winter. Pkt. 10c. Obconica.--Everblooming Primrose.--A favorite on account of its great blooming qualities. Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c. PASSION FLOWER.--A most desirable climbing plant. Sow seed early and if well cared for and seasons are favorable, vines will send out magnificent blossoms the first year, of pink, blue and white, very large and showy. Vines begin blooming when only one or two feet high, followed by golden fruit about the size of a hen's egg. If left in the open ground in winter it must have some protection. Pkt. 10c. PLATYCODON.--(Wahlenbergia.)--A perennial plant blooming the first year from seed, which should be sown early in open ground. Flowers are of large size, 2½ to 3 inches in diameter, and of various shades of light blue, lavender and white. Pkt. 7c.

[image] DOUBLE PORTULACA.

PORTULACA.--Grandiflora Single Mixed.--This old favorite is brightest in the hot, dry weather, when other flowers are drooping. They are of almost every conceivable shade of color. Large flowered. Pkt. 3c. Double Mixed.--Very handsome, double as a rose, contains colors and shadings unknown in the single. Our seed is extra choice and will produce sixty to seventy-five per cent of flowers as double as the most perfect rose. Pkt. 10c. RICINUS.--(Castor Oil Plant.)--Cambogiensis.--This beautiful plant grows to a height of 8 feet , and of most stately, majestic tropical appearance. Large palm-like leaves of darkest reddish maroon, covered with a bright bronzy lustre, while the main stalk and leaf stems are ebony black. Leaves have large red veins which add to the beauty. The fruit is fiery red. It is unexcelled as a decorative plant for lawn or garden. Seed will always be scarce and high. Pkt. of ten seeds 10c. Zanzibarensis.--Grows to a height of 12 to 14 feet, with leaves 2 to nearly 4 feet across. A handsome specimen plant for lawns. The different varieties included in our mixture have light and dark green leaves and some of coppery bronze, changing to dark green, with reddish ribs. Pkt. 5c. Sanguineus Tricolor.--Blood red stalk; foliage redish [reddish] bronze with scarlet seed pods. Very attractive. Pkt. 5c. All Varieties Mixed.--Pkt. 4c. RHODANTHE.--Maculata.--One of the finest and most beautiful of everlastings. The flowers are of various colors. For winter bouquets the blossoms should be gathered before fully expanded, and if dried in the shade will retain their brilliancy for years. Rosy crimson with bright yellow center. Pkt. 5c.

[image] CAMBOGIENSIS RICINUS.

SET OUT A FEW GRAPE VINES THIS YEAR AND ENJOY FRUIT FROM YOUR OWN VINES.

66. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

SWEET PEAS. May well be called America's favorite, as it is such a popular and easily grown flower that rich and poor alike can enjoy its fragrance and beauty. Out of nearly 200 varieties which we carefully examined on trial grounds we selected the following as being the VERY BEST.

[image] IMPERIAL MIXED SWEET PEAS.

IMPERIAL MIXED.--Sixty of the best varieties carefully selected so as to get the proper proportion of each color in the assortment. This makes the choicest mixture ever offered. Our illustration shows a bunch of the various colors and we are sure our customers will be greatly pleased with them. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 25c, lb. 75c.

KING EDWARD VII.--A true giant-flowered variety, brighter than either Mars or Salopian; in fact, the best dark red in existence. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, ¼ lb. 40c. AURORA.--Extra large flowers, flaked and striped bright salmon on a white ground. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 20c. BLACK KNIGHT.--Rich glossy blackish maroon. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, ¼ lb. 40c. BOREATION.--Immense bold attractive flowers borne in greatest profusion. Color red mahogany and maroon. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 25c. CAPTAIN OF THE BLUES.--Large shell-shaped, purplish flowers, wings deep blue. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 20c. COUNTESS OF RADNOR.--Standard rich lavender mauve, wings lighter. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 25c. CUPID MIXED.--Of dwarf growth. Flowers are pretty and freely produced. Mixed colors. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 25c. EMILY HENDERSON.--Earliest blooming, pure white variety. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 20c. EMILY ECKFORD.--A superb large flower of rosy heliotrope color. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 20c. EXTRA EARLY BLANCHE FERRY.--Earliest of all. An improvement on Painted Lady. Delicately handsome. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 20c. GRAY FRIAR.--White clouded and dotted lilac. Decidedly odd and attractive. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 25c. HON. F. BOUVERIE.--Pinkish salmon at base of standard and wings shading to light salmon and buff at edges. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 25c. LOTTIE ECKFORD.--White, suffused with rosy lilac, edged blue. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 20c. LOVELY.--The most beautiful shades of soft shell-pink, shading to very faint rose at the outer edges. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 20c.

LADY MARY CURRIE.--Deep orange pink and lilac. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 25c. LOTTIE HUTCHINS.--Straw color striped and clouded light pink. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 80c. MRS. DUGDALE.--Standard rose, wings primrose, shaded and splashed rose. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 30c. NAVY BLUE.--A great novelty and the darkest and truest blue of any variety in existence. A free bloomer. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, ¼ lb. 40c. OTHELLO.--A beautiful dark brown chocolate red self-colored. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 30c. PRINCE OF WALES.--A bright, self-colored, deep-rose flower of grand size and beautifully hooded form; frequently four on a stem. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 25c. PRIMA DONNA.--A soft shade of bright rose-pink, with deeper coloring in center of standard and inner portion of the wings. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 25c. RAMONA.--Creamy white flower striped and flaked blush pink. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 20c. ROYAL ROSE.--Beautiful clear rose. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 20c. DOUBLE MIXED.--Saved from the best double flowered plants. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 30, lb. 85c. PERFECTED MIXED.--Of graceful form, charming color, exquisite fragrance and simple loveliness. This mixture contains many choice new varieties and some old favorites. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 20c, lb. 50c. FINE MIXED.--A nice mixture for a very low price. Pkt. 2c, oz. 5c, ¼ lb. 15c, lb. 35c.

[image] A.BLANC SALVIA.

COLLECTION:--One packet each of above 27 varieties for 80 cents. PERENNIAL SWEET PEAS.--(Lathyrus.)--A very popular perennial variety wherever known and it should be more generally used. Mixed colors. Blooms second year. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c.

SALVIA--Splendens.--One of the most brilliant scarlet flowers; it thrives in any light, rich soil; often called Flowering Sage. Free bloomers. Very fine. Most satisfactory of bedding plants. Pkt. 10c. 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. Sometimes called Painted Tube Tongue. New Variveined.--This is very 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 till frost. Pkt. 8c. SCABIOSA--(Or Mourning Bride)--Double Dwarf Mixed.--A handsome summer border plant, producing in great profusion very double flowers in a variety of shades and colors. Pkt. 4c.

[image] SALPIGLOSSIS OR PAINTED TUBE TONGUE

SPRAY YOUR HOUSE PLANTS WITH A TYRIAN SPRINKLER. PRICE 75 CENTS POSTPAID.

IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA. 67.

[image] PERPETUAL WHITE STOCKS.

STOCKS.--Sometimes called Gilliflowers or Ten Week Stocks. These popular flowers are easily grown, and are so highly fragrant, of such great beauty, and have so many good qualities, that they deserve a place in every garden. Perpetual White--(Princess Alice or Cut and Come Again) 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 they are cut the better they like it. Deliciously fragrant. Pkt. 10c. Large Flowering Dwarf German.--The most popular flower with our German customers. Our mixture contains a great variety of colors. Pkt. 5c. SUNFLOWER.--Globe of Gold.--Dwarf, well-branched plant growing about 3 feet high and each of its numerous branches carrying a medium sized, densely double globe shaped flower of rich, deep, golden yellow color, being veritable globes of gold. The most densely double of any sunflower. They are easily grown from seed and produce handsome, symmetrical plants, effective on lawns or in the garden. Pkt. 7c. Excelsior Branching.--This new Sunflower caused great attention in Europe. Has a single flower about five inches across producing a pyramid of bloom. Pkt. 10c. Silver Leaved.--Leaves long and densely covered with long white hairs which give it a peculiar shining, silvery appearance. Flowers clear golden yellow, three to four inches across. Pkt. 5c. Peerless Mixed.--A splendid assortment of fifteen of the best varieties grown together on our grounds. It includes some which are both curious and desirable. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c. Mammoth Russian.--Largest of all, quite showy and the most profitable to grow for feeding purposes. Per oz. 5c, lb. 25c. SENSITIVE PLANT.--A very pretty and curious plant, the leaves closing when touched. The seeds start slowly, and it is best to start them in boxes. Always pleases the children. Pkt. 5c.

[image] GLOBE OF GOLD SUNFLOWER.

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. SCHIZANTHUS--Fine Mixed.--(Butterfly Flower.)--This is one of our prettiest summer blooming plants. It is of the easiest culture, growing quickly from seed, of excellent bushy form, and loaded with a profusion of rich and various colored flowers. The flowers frequently resemble butterflies, and are as beautiful and curious as expensive orchids. Per pkt. 5c.

[image] NEW CENTURY MAMMOTH VERBENA.

SWEET SULTAN.--Giant Flowering Mixed.--Very large, 3 to 4 inches across, and most deliciously fragrant--the color of the flowers are infinitely varied from glistening white through shades of red to royal purple. Pkt. 10c. SCARLET RUNNER.--A valuable climbing vine, belonging to the bean family having bright scarlet flowers and pods; very showy as a climber, also valuable for table use. Pkt. 5c, ½ pint 20c. ARABIAN RUNNER--A beautiful variety of the above with striped scarlet and white flowers. Pkt. 5c, ½ pint 25c. SWEET WILLIAM.--Single Mixed--One of the best edging plants for the border, bearing in early summer large heads of the richest and most varied colors. Very fragrant. Perennial. Pkt. 5c. Double Mixed.--Florets are finely double, brightly colored. Pkt. 5c.

THUNBERGIA.--Mixed Colors.--(Black Eyed Susan)--Beautiful, rapid growing climbers for vases, trellises or rustic work. Flowers buff, orange, white, etc. Pkt. 5c. TORENIA.--Fournieri.--Beautiful free flowering, trailing plants, well suited for baskets, vases, and in moist situations out of doors. A handsome plant, but not hardy. Pkt. 10c. 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. Start seed early in the house and it will bloom all summer. New Century Mammoth.--Of most beautiful colors, largest flowers and largest truss of any verbena, and it is a variety which will please everyone. 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 illustration showing a flower of dark scarlet with white eye. Pkt. 15c. Candidissima.--Large trusses of pure white flowers; beautiful. Pkt. 8c. Defiance.--A true scarlet; extra fine. Pkt. 10c. Blue Mixed.--Desirable. Blue, purple and lavender varieties. Pkt. 10c. Extra Choice Mixed.--From finest German collection of named sorts. Pkt. 7c. Fine Mixed.--Contains a nice variety of colors. Pkt. 4c.

[image] SWEET WILLIAMS

VINCA.--Fine Mixed.--(Periwinkle.)--A very pretty, free-flowering perennial with shining green foliage and beautiful flowers. Pkt. 5c. VIOLA.--Odorata.--The well known sweet violet. All colors mixed. Seeds start very slowly. Pkt. 10c. 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 flowers produced in great profusion. Pkt. 10c. WALLFLOWER.--Greatly prized for their exquisite fragrance. They grow in long, brilliant colored spikes of flowers. Plants removed to pots in autumn will produce an abundance of delightfully fragrant flowers of many choice colors. Double Varieties Mixed.--Pkt. 10c. Single Varieties Mixed.--Best single and semi-double varieties. Pkt. 3c. Early Flowering Mixed.--Flowers early the first season from seed, blooming in profusion from early in June until late autumn frosts without injury. The blossoms are large size and borne in compact short spikes or clusters and are exceedingly sweet scented. Are also hardy and bloom well the second year. Colors range from yellow to dark brown, striped, etc. Pkt. 8c.

THE GOLD AND SILVER FLOWER IS A CHARMING NOVELTY. TRY IT THIS YEAR.

68. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

[image] WILD CUCUMBER.

WILD CUCUMBER.--A well known vine common in many sections, and the quickest climber known for covering verandas, old trees and houses, trellises, etc., never suffering from the heat, but retaining its fresh and lively green color; never infested with insects, very profuse in bloom. It reaches a height of 30 feet in one season. It is covered with clusters of white, sweet scented flowers, followed by an abundance of ornamental prickly seed pods. It will reproduce itself from self-sown seed every year. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c. ZINNIA.--Strong growing, hardy and elegant plants, rivaling the dahlia in size and doubleness, while the colors are bright and varied, ranging from white to deep, purplish crimson. Splendid for hedges, beds and borders. Pigmy, or Lilliput.--This strain is the acme of beauty and perfection in zinnias. Plants small and of bushy growth, each one bearing scores of beautiful little blossoms of the most perfect shape and brilliant colors, from pure white to very dark orange purple, crimson and vermilion. Mixed colors. Pkt. 7c. Curled and Crested.--An unique and charming variety with petals oddly curled and crested in fantastic contortions and graceful forms. Many colors. Pkt. 5c. Finest Double Mixed.--Pkt. 3c. Zebra.--Beautifully and brilliantly striped with rich colors. There are always some which do not produce striped flowers. Pkt. 5c. AFRICAN WATER LILIES.--These have been quite popular during the past few years. They are easily grown and bloom in three or four months from the time of sowing seed. Persons having no pond should sink half barrel in the ground. Directions for growing sent with seed. Mixed colors, red, white and blue. Pkt. 10c. XERANTHEMUM.--Free flowering and easily grown, making a handsome bed. All kinds mixed. Pkt. 10c.

[image] PIGMY MEXICAN "ZINNIA."

CHINESE HORN NUTS.--A large and most singular appearing nut, resembling buffalo horns, which is known botanically as Trapa Nutans. It is a native of China, and is largely used as a food there and in some parts of southern Europe. It is a swamp plant and can be grown in a jar of water, but it is better to have some dirt at the bottom. The growth is quite interesting and rapid and they produce pink single flowers. Can be grown in an aquarium. They are always of poor vitality and are sold mainly as curiosities. These nuts have been sold at the World's Fair and elsewhere at 10c to 25c each. We offer Packets of 3 nuts for 10c.

[image] CHINESE HORN NUT.

Popular Collection. Consists of one packet each of Sweet Alyssum, Aster, Balsam, Candytuft, Convolvulus, Cypress Vine, Canna, Cockscomb, Dianthus, Larkspur, Ice Plant, Mignonette, Nasturtium, Petunia, Pansy, Poppy, Phlox, Sweet Peas, Sunflower and Zinnia.--Total 20 Packets for 50 Cents.

SPECIAL MIXTURE OF FLOWER SEEDS. Many persons derive pleasure from watching the growth of a varied bed of flowers, entirely out of the usual trim garden style, while others desire a much more extended collection than their means will permit. To both of these classes the following special mixtures will appeal: MIXTURE OF FRAGRANT ANNUALS.--Carefully made up from seeds of fragrant flowers only. A bed of these will give rich perfume throughout the day and evening while some of them are also suitable for cutting. Pkt. 10c. MIXTURE OF CLIMBERS.--This is a liberally filled packet of seed of many beautiful annual climbers suitable for growing together. Pkt. 10c.

WILD GARDEN MIXTURE.--Over 400 kinds of such flower seeds as are suitable to be planted together, altogether forming a mass of bright colored flowers and beautiful foliage which is sure to interest and please. Our illustration will give some idea of the possibilities in growing flowers from this mixture. Select a light, rich soil, as free from weeds as possible, plant in this latitude about the first of May. Pkt. 5c, ½ oz. 20c, oz. 35c. MIXED BIENNIALS AND PERENNIALS.--About fifty varieties; Every garden should contain a good assortment and it will be easily obtained in this way. Pkt. 10c. MIXED EVERLASTINGS.--A grand assortment of all sorts of everlasting flowers, suitable for bouquets, etc. Pkt. 10c.

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LOW GROWING ANNUALS.--This mixture contains seed of a great variety of low growing annuals, few of which exceed four to six inches in height, and which, sown in beds or borders, present the appearance of Turkish rugs, carpeting the ground in their wide range of colorings and forms. Pkt. 10c. FLOWERS FOR BOUQUETS.--This mixture embraces seeds of annuals producing flowers suitable for cutting and for bouquets, nearly all of them having long stems. Planted in a section of the garden this will furnish a constant supply of cut flowers. Pkt. 10c. INTERNATIONAL NOVELTIES MIXED.--Each year we make a grand test of floral novelties, obtaining seed therefor from all parts of the world, and our trial fields exhibit a truly magnificent display of flowers never before grown here. A few of the new varieties did not do well with us, but they may prove valuable in other climates or on different soils; by far the larger number are valuable acquisitions which we would like our customers to try. We have saved seed of most varieties, but instead of listing them in catalogue separately at 10c to 25c per pkt. we have decided to mix them all together and offer our customers this grand assortment at the low price of 10c pkt.; 3 for 25c. LAWN FLOWER MIXTURE.--A special mixture of low growing, quick blooming flowers, very desirable for sowing with Lawn Grass Seed in the spring. They come up quickly, afford shelter for grass seed and will bloom by the time the grass requires cutting the first time. Also desirable for sowing on an old lawn very early in the season. Price per ounce package only 25c. MIXED GRASSES.--A mixture of the ornamental grasses suitable to grow in masses. Makes a striking as well as useful collection. Valuable for making up into winter bouquets. 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. Pkt. 5c.

All of the above mixtures are carefully prepared from choice fresh seeds, and cannot fail to give satisfaction. The packets are liberally filled, and in no other manner can so many seeds be obtained at such light cost.

TEACH THE CHILDREN TO LOVE NATURE BY GIVING THEM A FLOWER GARDEN THIS YEAR.