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50. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

[image] ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT.

DOUBLE SWEET PEAS.
By years of hybridizing and selection, the new double flowered sweet peas have been produced, and they are not only beautiful but the flower is quite lasting. About half of the plants from this seed produce flowers which are double and semi-double. Our mixture contains all the best varieties yet brought out, white, rose, crimson, maroon, lavender, striped, etc. Try them. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 30c.

BUSH SWEET PEAS.
A new race of entirely distinct growth. Plants are erect, 15 to 18 inches high when in full flower, but branching freely, forming bushes frequently 15 inches in diameter. Many colors. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 25c, lb. 75c.

TRIAL GROUNDS MIXTURE SWEET PEAS.
We test hundreds of varieties of Sweet Peas as new sorts are constantly coming out. This mixture is saved from trial grounds and contains a great assortment of newer varieties. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 25c, lb. 75c.

[image] DOUBLE SWEET PEAS.

ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT.
Near the entrance to Greenwood Park of this city there was a large bed of flowers which attracted universal attention. It bloomed constantly throughout the season. They were called "Electric Light Plant," though they are evidently some improved variety of Cleome. We secured the seed which these plants produced and last summer grew a fine crop of it on our farm. It is a sturdy, bushy plant growing to a height of about four feet and covered constantly with large spikes of flowers, six to nine inches long which are pure white at base and ranging from rose to a bright red at apex. Grows readily from seed which should be planted in open ground early in spring. It makes one of the most showy, ornamental plants imaginable for clumps and massing. Don't fail to try it as it is very fine. The seed pods of this attractive novelty, which are separate from the flower heads, add to the distinctive features. Pkt. 10c.

GIANT FANCY FLOWERED PETUNIA.
A grand new strain and unquestionably the finest selection of petunia in existence as it is of incomparable beauty, size and luxuriance. Many of the flowers are exquisitely ruffled or fringed on the edges, and are of enormous dimensions (4 to 5 inches across,) but their great merit lies in the unlimited varieties of colors, markings, veinings, blotchings and stripings, in the most grotesque and beautiful combinations; with deep throats of charming yellow, white, black, green or maroon, running off into intricate veins. If you like beautiful petunias be sure to include this variety in your order. Produces very little seed and therefore will always be high in price. Worth about double its weight in gold. Pkt. 25c.

CHINESE LANTERN PLANT.
Or Giant Scarlet Ground Cherry.--A remarkable novelty. The plant grows to a height of 18 to 24 in., of sturdy upright growth and is loaded with balloon-like husks 3 to 3½ in. in diameter. These husks are at first light green, gradually turning to bright yellow and then to the most intense orange scarlet. At this period of growth the plant is strikingly suggestive of being hung with hundreds of miniature Chinese lanterns. Fruit of excellent flavor either as a fresh fruit for dessert or for preserving. It is a perennial, the roots living over winter in the ground. Pkt. 10c. Strong plants 10c each, 3 for 25c, doz. 75c.

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A.BLANC.
Giant Fancy Petunia.

NEW DOUBLE CALLIOPSIS.
Everyone who knows the old-fashioned single Calliopsis, or Coreopsis, loves it, as it is one of the most showy flowers for bedding, and the colors are so brilliant that the popular name "Bright Eyes" was given them. Has for many years been a great favorite with thousands of flower lovers. What will you say now to having a new double Calliopsis? Most attractive. They grow quickly from seed, blooming in a few weeks after seed is sown, and if flowers are removed as they begin to fade, the plants will be loaded with bloom throughout the summer and fall. It is of brightest golden yellow, distinctly marked, striped and blotched, with rich, dark brown. In some of the flowers the petals are smooth and lie flat, some cup shaped and others beautifully fringed. Pkt. 10c.

SWEET SCENTED MAYFLOWER VERBENA.
This is of the same trailing habit as the Arbutus or Mayflower, its branches creeping over the ground and hugging it closely. Its blossoms are of the same shape and about the same size. The new Verbena Mayflower has all these characteristics, with the additional merit of possessing the same lovely and delicate pink and white coloring, making its flowers closely like the Arbutus; and, last, it has the same exquisite fragrance. Packet 10 cents.

FOUNTAIN PLANT.
A handsome foliage plant of bright colors and attractive form. Pkt. 10c.

[image] CHINESE LANTERN PLANT

ARABIAN RUNNER BEANS.
Quite similar to the old Scarlet Runner, except in color of flowers. Undoubtedly most of our customers have seen the scarlet runner bean which makes such a fine climbing plant for covering porches and other places, but this new variety is a rapid grower, starting quickly from seed and climbing with great rapidity and is soon covered with beautiful flowers, but instead of the flower being scarlet it is pure white, with a most brilliant scarlet center thus making a very showy plant. It blooms freely throughout the season provided the pods are removed to keep it from going to seed. Very large, long pods which are fleshy, tender and of excellent flavor for table use. Earlier bloomer than the Scarlet Runner. Pkt. 5c; ¼ pt. 20c.

PRINCESS HELENE DOLICHOS.
One of the prettiest climbers. Of very rapid growth; it will grow to a height of 15 feet. Flowers are snow white, sweet scented and followed by cream colored pods which hang to the plants until late in the fall. Per pkt. 10c.

COMMELINA SELLOWINA. A lovely perpetual flowering "Wandering Jew," suitable for the garden in summer or for pots all the year. The flowers look like blue butterflies; blooms in a very short time from seed. Pkt. 10c.

BLUE BELLS.
Who has not heard of the "Bonnie Blue Bells of Scotland," renowned in poetry. Flowers bell shaped and of a bright sky blue color. A hardy perennial. Pkt. 10c.

[image] SWEET SCENTED MAYFLOWER VERBENA

PERENNIAL PHLOX ARE BECOMING "ALL THE RAGE," AND THEY ARE GRAND FLOWERS. SEE PAGE 88.