. Catalogue : 1902. Nursery stock Ontario Toronto Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. SCHIZANTHUS WISETONENSIS MmUONETTE EBB VICTORIA 598 One of the finest varieties ever introduced for garden use, the foliage is strong and luxur- iant, the flowers are large and borne on compact stems; very fragrant. It is unsurpassed for border work, but not recommended for greenhouse culture. For cutting it is perfection, remaining from 8 to lo days in water perfectly fresh. Per pk
. Catalogue : 1902. Nursery stock Ontario Toronto Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. SCHIZANTHUS WISETONENSIS MmUONETTE EBB VICTORIA 598 One of the finest varieties ever introduced for garden use, the foliage is strong and luxur- iant, the flowers are large and borne on compact stems; very fragrant. It is unsurpassed for border work, but not recommended for greenhouse culture. For cutting it is perfection, remaining from 8 to lo days in water perfectly fresh. Per pkt., 10c. NEW GIANT WHITE CENTAUREA CENTAUREA AMERICANA ALBA 599 This native annual flower is also known as the Star Thistle. It is showy when in bloom and a free and hardy plant. Although an annual it grows to a large size in the one season, and the immense heads of double, flufify blooms are quite as showy in flower bor- ders as pasonies or hollyhocks. The color is almost pure white. The stems shoot up from i to 3 feet, sturdy and strong, branching near the ends and every branch bearing a bloom. It is an excellent plant for cut flowers, the flower lasting several days when cut and the stalks being long and wiry. Per pkt., 10c. SCHIZANTHUS WISETONENSIS Award of Merit, First-class Certifi- cate, Manchester, 1901. Highest possible Award, Ghent, 1901. Silver Medal, Paris, 1901. It is a long time since a plant has been introduced which has met with such unanimous approval as the charm- ing Schizanthus (S. Wisetonensis) which we here illustrate. This plant, which can be had in order from March to August, produces its flow- ers in ihe utmost profusion in con- tinuous and successive crops, each new growth (when the planthas once arrived at the flowering stage) pro- ducing a fresh mass of bloom. The coloring of the flowers varies con- siderably, from almost white with a yellow eye to a full rose with a bronzy-brown centre. The effect ot the graceful fern-like foliage is very ple
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