. Boddington's quality bulbs, seeds and plants / Arthur T. Nursery Catalogue. Flower Seed Novelties, 190 While every year we look upon flower seed novelties placed upon the market with more or less scepticism, we must not overlook the fact that all the really good things of today were novelties at one time, and were looked upon with as much, or perhaps more suspicion than the novelties of today. It was the same in mechanical improvements and novelties,—how the locomotive, the spinning-jenny, the telegraph and telephone, were pooh-poohed upon their first announce- ment; and so it w
. Boddington's quality bulbs, seeds and plants / Arthur T. Nursery Catalogue. Flower Seed Novelties, 190 While every year we look upon flower seed novelties placed upon the market with more or less scepticism, we must not overlook the fact that all the really good things of today were novelties at one time, and were looked upon with as much, or perhaps more suspicion than the novelties of today. It was the same in mechanical improvements and novelties,—how the locomotive, the spinning-jenny, the telegraph and telephone, were pooh-poohed upon their first announce- ment; and so it was with the American Beauty, the Early Rose Potato, the Branching Aster and other horticultural phenomena. They were all new once. There are many novelties offered this year from differ- ent sources, but it is our endeavor to select only those we know something about, have seen, or that are highly recom- mended from sources other than the disseminator. The descriptions are those of the introducers themselves. You cannot afford to be without some of these really good introductions. You lose interest when you know what a certain bloom or flower will be like: but your natural in- quisitiveness will be aroused when you do not know; your ultimate knowledge, in any event, will not be fraught with disappointment. Antirrhinum, snapdragon Very useful for cutting and bedding. Height from 12 to 18 inches. BODDINGTON'S PINK. A lovely shade of creamy pink. Pkt. 50 CIS. BODDINGTON'S ORANGE KING. The most vivid color yet achieved in Antirrliinunis, being a glowing orange self. Pkt. 50 cts. Admiral Poppy. 'Papacer paoniflomm This single, pasony-tlowered Poppy is of surprising beauty. It is characterized by large, round, smooth-edged flowers of glistening pure white, with a broad band of brilliant scarlet around the top occupying a full quarter of the corolla. These two colors form an extremely telling contrast, similar to that seen in the variety Danebrog. Planted in groups, the new Admi- ra
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