. ANNIJAI. I^ARKSPURS This is one of the best-known of garden flowers, and in recent years a vast improvement has been effected by careful selection in size and color of the blos- soms and the general habit of the plant. Seeds sown in the open ground be- fore the close of April will produce flowering plants by the beginning of July, and give a continuous succession of flowers from then unlil frost, a record that is not surpassed by any other annual. They make handsome beds or lines, and iheir free, graceful habit and bright colors are very effective when interspersed in the old-fashioned flowe


. ANNIJAI. I^ARKSPURS This is one of the best-known of garden flowers, and in recent years a vast improvement has been effected by careful selection in size and color of the blos- soms and the general habit of the plant. Seeds sown in the open ground be- fore the close of April will produce flowering plants by the beginning of July, and give a continuous succession of flowers from then unlil frost, a record that is not surpassed by any other annual. They make handsome beds or lines, and iheir free, graceful habit and bright colors are very effective when interspersed in the old-fashioned flower or shrubbery border. They stand well when cut, nnd a vase of one or mixed colors is indeed charming. Double StOCk=flOwered. The finest variety with splendid spikes of beau- tiful double flowers. 2^ to 3 feet. (See cut.) PER PKT, 2931 2932 2933 2940 2938 10 10 10 2934 Shell Pink 10 2935 Sky Blue 10 2937 Pure White 10 Dark Blue Lilac Lustrous Carmine Newport Pink Finest Mixed. All colors. Joz., 20 ct?.; oz., 60 cts Collection. A packet each of the above 6 colors 10 50 Double Stock-flowered Larkspur L,ATENDER (Lavandula Vera) 2971 Well-known, sweet-scented, hardy perennials; should be extensively grown in the mixed border; 3 feet. J oz., 25 cts 10 I«I AXRIS (Blazing Star, or Gay Feather) 2982 Most showy and attractive hardy perennial native plants, with long spikes of purple and rosy-purple flowers from July to September; 3 to 4 feet. Mixed varieties 10 2991 Cymbalaria [Kenilworth hy, or Mother of Thousands). Lav- ender and purple. A charming, neat, hardy perennial trailing plant, suitable for baskets, vases, pots and rock work 15 IMPATIENS (Sultan's or Zanzibar Baham) Charming plants for the decoration of the greenhouse or dinner table, pro- ducing bright, waxy-looking flowers profusely and almost continuously. The young seedlings should be carefully handled, as they are exceedingly brit- tle at the outset. PER PKT. 2842 Sultanl. Flow- ers of brilliant rosy- scarlet c


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