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To Priends and Customers.
N the return of another New Year, 1 have the pleasure of presenting to customers and friends my CATALOG OF CHOICE SEEDS, BULBS AND FRuIT TREES FoR 1888. Although not as iarge and elaborate as some, still, 1 think it is quite neat, and if printed in larger type and ‘‘ spread out” as some catalogs are, the same matter would easily cover twice or three times the space. But I
think few will imagine that seeds selected from an elaborate and pretentious catalog are ofany better quality on that account. The past season has been avery prosperous one with me, resulting in a large increase in trade, which now extends not only to all parts of America, but orders are often received from Europe, Africa, the East Indies. Japan, China, Australia, and other distant foreign lands. My large trade is the result of fair and liberal dealing and the determination, which I have always strictly adhered to, not to send out any but first-class seeds. I have received thousands of pleasant letters containing expressions of the satisfaction and success ef customers with the seeds I furnish and it would have been a pleasure to me to reply to each one had time permitted; but an acknowledgement in this general way, through the medium of my Catalog must suffice. Iam always glad to hear of the success of my patrons, and feel encouraged to make every effort to keep up the high reputation my seeds have already won and improve them in every way where improvement is possible.
Sometimes I receive letters complaining of failure to a greater or less extent, and as a rule those who have the worst failure almost always blame the seeds and have the most confidence in their own. abilities; old gardeners and those who have had much experience in sowing seeds well know that no matter how good and fresh the seeds may be, failure will sometimes occur from causes entirely beyond human control; and unfortunately, there are some people so careless that they never take proper care of anything, and never succeed with seeds or anything else. I hope I have but a few of this class among my customers, because I want allto succeed with the seeds I send out, for a single failure of this kind does me more harm than a number of successes do good. Cases have come under my notice of persons buying the most delicate seeds that require very careful management and then sowing them broadcast, much as afarmer would turnip seed! They might as well have thrown them into the fire. In December of each yearI make careful tests of the germinating qualities of every variety I offer and all that do not germinate properly are at once burned or thrown away, anditis almost im- possible that any seeds I send out will fail to grow from any fault of the seeds.
Most of the flower seed: sold in this country are imported from Europe, and until within a few years it was supposed that they could not be grown in America, but it has been found that seeds of many of our most popular flowers can be produced here of much better quality than the European seeds, provided the necessary skill and care is used in growing them. The amount of time, skill and care necessary to produce seeds of the highest quality cannot be understood or appreciated by those not acquainted with the details of the business. I have made a specialty of growing flower seeds for the past twelve years, selling them first to city dealers at wholesale, and am now one of the largest growers in America. I have succeeded in greatly improving many of our most popular varieties, and among those that will be found much superior in quality to the seeds usually sold by dealers, I desire to call particular attention to my Asters, Balsams, China and Japan Pinks, Pansies, Petunias, Phlox, Double -—~ Portulaca, Stocks, Verbenas and Double Zinnias, which have been awarded numerous first premiums at fairs where exhibited. Such varieties as do not perfect their seeds in this climate, and experience has shown are better for being grown elsewhere, I import from the most reliable growers of England, Germany and France.
It is my constant study to furnish the Best Seeds at the lowest prices, which will be found in many cases to be from 20 to 50 per cent. lower than those of city dealers. The figures on the right of the col- umns give the prices of each variety per packet in cents. My packets are large, each packet contain- ing from a hundred to a thousand seeds, except some of the new or very scarce varieties or those with very large seeds, which necessarily contain less. Please compare my prices witn those of city. dealers, and note the liberal discount I make on large orders. All seeds offered will be sent to any part of the U.S. by mail, postage paid, at the prices annexed, and I will guarantee safe delivery at your post-office,
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always the best way if it can be obtained: but if a money order cannot be obtained at your office, re- mit in bank bills and get the letter registered. The expense of sending by either of the above ways will be five or-ten cents, and may be selected in seeds from the catalog. Have all Money Orders made payable at AMHERST, Mass. Sums less than one dollar may be enclosed in a letter and sent at my risk. Always remit sums of less than a dollar by Postal Note if possible, but if these cannot be ob- tained at your office, then use good, new 1-cent and 2-cent postage stamps for change, but if stamps must be used do not detach er stick them to the letter, but send them just as purchased, and. asI re- ceive many more stamps than I can use, and have to sell them at a discount, donot send anything but ’ sums of less than a dollar in stamps unless extra stamps are sent at the rate of 8 cents on each dollars worth. A sufficient amount to pay for all seeds ordered should be enclosed as it is my invariable rule to send seeds only to the value of the remittance. Canadian stamps are of no value to me and will not be accepted, but Canada bills and fractional currency are always acceptable. Twenty-five cents or less in silver can be sent safely in a letter,in a strong envelope, if pasted securely between two sheets of paper to prevent its cutting through the envelope, but never send larger sums than this in sil- ver, aS it requires extra postage and is almost sure to cut through the envelope and become lost.
I take the greatest care in filling orders, yet it is impossible, in the hurry of the busy season, to avoid occasional mistakes, and where errors occur, please do not think that I design to cheat you, but notify me at once, stating just what the error is, and I will make prompt and satisfactory correction.
The great majority of orders are sure to reach me safely, but it occasionally happens that a let-. ter is lostor stolen. After waiting a reasonable length of time, if the seeds ordered do not arrive, then write again, ALWAYS REPEATING THE ORDER, sothat, in case we did not receive the first order, we can fill it without further delay.
In making up your order be sure that NAME, Post-orricE, COUNTY, and Strate, are plainly written on every order. Every day during the busy season I receive letters with one and sometimes all of these important items wanting: and then all I can dois to wait until I receive scolding letters and am perhaps called hard names, when the fault is entirely with the customer.
Early Orders: The seed trade of a whole yearis crowded into a few months, which makes a great rush of business, and it will be a great accommodation to me if all who can conveniently do so will send their orders as early as possible. The seeds will then be on hand when wanted for sowing, and customers will be sure of getting just what is ordered, for stocks of some of the most desirable varie- ties often become exhausted late in the season.
My Flower Gardens are always open to visitors, and friends are cordially invited to come and in- spect the flowers from which I save seeds. Acres of Asters, Pansies, Petunias, Pinks, Phlox, Verbenas and hundreds of other varieties are, when in full bloom, a grand sight, worth going many miles to see.
A new post-office has been established near my seed farm, and all communications should be ad- dressed as below in future. Have all money orders, etc., made payable at AMHERST.
L. W. GOODELL, DWIGHT, MASS.
=+Coocdell’s Bonanza Collection #<
OF CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS.
32 PACKETS FOR ONLY 65 CENTS.
Every year I grow some of the best varieties in extra large quantities, and offer them in eollections for about a quarter of the regular price. I have filled orders for over ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND of . these collections, containing more than a million papers of seeds, and have received many thousands of letters containing expressions of the satisfaction they have given the purchasers: and I have the pleasure of knowing that many who never cultivated a flower before have been induced to begin their culture by my cheap collections. The past season I grew the varieties named below in large quanti- ties especially for these collections. All are of the choicest quality in every respect. The collection of thirty-two packets named below will be sent to all who order it, for ONLY SIXTY-FIVE CENTS. Each packet contains from 50 to 500 seeds, nearly all of them 100 ormore' This is most truly a REAL Bo- NANZA in flower seeds; Such a large number of new and choice varieties was never before offered for such asmalil sum. They could not be selected from any catalog in the world for less than §2.50. I am sometimes asked to make changes in the varieties, and while Iam willing to accommodate customers in every way possible, yet in this I cannot do so, as I shall have them put up ready for mailing before the busiest part of the season It is on this very condition of no change in connection with very large
sales, that I can offer them for such a small sum.
Aster, Mignon, the finest of all white asters.
Silene, New Double Dwarf, a dwarf compact | plant, with beautiful double pink flowers.
Marigold, El Dorado, the finest strain of large double Marigolds yet produced.
Mignonette, Golden Queen, of a distinct yellow tint.
Verbena, choice mixed, of every shade.
Gypsophita, indispensable for bouquets.
Phlox D. grandiflora, a great improvement on the old varieties; 16 colors mixed.
Gaillardia Lorenziana, one of the best annuals introduced for many years.
Antirrhinum majus (Snapdragon). mixed, of every shade.
Ice Plant, very singular, icy foliage.
Godetias, New Varieties Mixed, very showy plants, resembling Chinese Azaleas,
Poppies, Improved Double, a great variety, mixed,
Aster, Rose-jflowered, one of the finest Asters; 15 colors mixed.
Helichrysum, the best of the Everlasting flow- ers; 10 colors mixed.
Salpiglossis, (Velvet Flower), very handsome, rich, velvety flowers; 8 colors mixed.
Petunia, choice mixed, about one-half of the Emperor strain.
Nicotiana affinis, large, very fragrant white flowers
All of these varieties flower the first year.
sion of small flowers resembling butterflies; 10 colors mixed.
Pansy, choice mixed, one-half of the Diamond Strain.
Annual Larkspur, finest double sorts mixed,
Pinks, China and Japan, all varieties in splen- did mixture.
Double Daisy, choicest mixed colors.
Virginian Stock, bears a profusion of small flowers: mixed colors.
Aster, Imbrique Pompon, 18 colors mixed. (My Pompon Asters are unequalled, and always take the First Prize when exhibited at the shows of the Mass. Horticultural Society.)
Eschscholtzia, (California Poppy), mixed colors.
Calliopsis, mixed colors of every shade,
Candytuft, New Mammoth White, the largest and best variety of White Candytuft.
Asperula, azurea setosa, indispensable for bouquets.
Double Zinnia, New Dwarf, of most brilliant colors and one of the finest classes of Zinnias; mixed colors.
Double Portulaca, first quality, mixed colors.
Mignonette, New Giant White Spiral, grows three feet tall with long spikes of fragrant white flowers.
Annual Chrysanthemum, segetum grandi- florum, bears a profusion of large, golden yel- low Daisy-like flowers all summer; new.
Schizanthus, (Butterfly Flower), bears a profu-
LIBERAL PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS.
Many are so highly pleased with my seeds that they commend to others and raise clubs among their neighbors, and I will reward liberally all who thus assist in extending my trade. For a club of five subscribers to the Bonanza collection, remitting $3.25 at one time, I will send the following TWELVE CHOICE NEW VARIETIES, WORTH $1.50, FREE to the raiser of the club.(See list of ‘‘ Varieties of Recent Introduction’ for descriptions.
Mammoth Double Zinnia; Dwarf Queen Aster; Dwarf Sweet Alyssum, Little Gem; Single Dahlias, choicest mixed colors; Japan Pink, Mourning Cloak; Improved Sweet Wil- liams; Rose Aster, Dark Scarlet; Chrysanthemum tricolor, Eclipse; Marigold, Golden Ring; Phlox D. grandiflora stellata splendens; Mimulus grandiflora; Giant Perfection Ten Week’s Stock, mixed.
If you get one subscriber, you may select any one of the above varieties; for two subscribers, select any three varieties; for three subscribers, select any five varieties; and for fowr subscribers, any eight of the above varieties. For each and every subscriber over five, FLOWER SEEDS IN PACKETS TO THE VALUE OF TWENTY CENTS, may be selected from the Catalog. In addition to the above seed premiums, I will send to every person who raises a club of twelve subscribers, remitting $7.80, one of the superb Chrysanthemum Chromos, described on the page 5, FREE. For a club of twenty subscribers, re- mitting $13.00, I will send, besides the above seed and chromo premiums, ‘‘ Popular Gardening,” one year, the best Horticultural Journal published in America. Thus, every raiser of a club of twenty subscribers will receive the twelve packets of new and choice seeds named above, worth $1.50; $3.00 worth of flower seeds in packets selected from the Catalog, the Chrysanthemum Chromo, and Popular Gardening, for one year, the whole worth at least $6.00. If club raisers do not want the premium seeds for their own use, they can easily sell them while taking orders for collections, and in that way get twenty cents in cash for each collection sold. There are so many choice seeds in the Bonanza Collec- tion that anybody who will try, can, with a very little effort, get up a club of five or more among their neighbors and friends. Many write that it is ‘‘no trouble at all” to get up clubs for my collections, the seeds are always so good, reliable and cheap. The collection this year is, most truly, a REAL BONANZA in flower seeds, only two cents a packet for the thirty-two packets. Such an offer was never before made. Smart boys and girls ean often get up clubs even easier than older people, and I have received many of them from my young friends in the past; one of them (Master Goddard, of South Waltham, Mass.,) won a cash prize last year.
Besides the above REMARKABLY LIBERAL’*PREMIUMS, I will give
_. $100.00 IN COLD.
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to the five persons who send the five clubs containing the largest number of subscribers to the Bcnanza Collection, to be divided as follows:
First Prize, $50.00, for the largest club order.
Second Prize, $25.00, for the second largest club order.
Third Prize, $15.00, for the third largest club order.
Fourth Prize, $10.00, for the fourth largest club order.
Fifth Prize, $5.00, for the fifth largest club order.
It will pay all club raisers to compete for these grand prizes, for the largest club order received last year contained only thirty-two subscribers, and only a few contained more than twenty, and all who sent a club for over $12.00 in amount received a cash present. The cash presents last year were awarded to Miss H. F. Higeins, Deposit, N. Y.; ARcHIE N. GoppARD, South Waltham, Mass.; Miss RutH A. Viasat, Lynn, Mass.; Mrs. WARREN Mann, Potsdam, N. Y. Twenty copies of the book, ‘* Williams’ Window Gardening,”* were sent to the raisers of the twenty next largest clubs, as prom- ised, one to every person who sent a club amounting to over $5.00.
Competition for the Gold Prizes is open to all except to those who have previously won a cash prize. I make this rule so that one club raiser will have just as good a chance as another to obtain a gold
prize. CONDITIONS, &c.—VERY IMPORTANT.
The above premiums and gold prizes are offered only on these conditions: The full name and P. O. address of each subscriber must be given and, if in a city, the street and number also. Such names as ‘* Mrs. Smith,, ‘‘ Mrs. Jones,’ etc., without any given name, or the initials of the given name, are of nouse tome. I want the name and address of every customer, so that we can put them on our books, and send them a Catalog next year. No premiums of any kind can be allowed unless the above con- ditions are complied with. Iam anxious to place the Bonanza Collection in the hands of as many new customers as possible, for trial, but old customers can take advantage of the offer if they wish, and will be counted towards all the premiums and prizesthe same as new ones. No premium will be al- lowed on a person’s own order for a collection for their own use. Every new customer is entitled to a Catalog if wanted, and club raisers will please state how many are needed this year. The seeds will all be sent to the raiser of the club (which is much the best way when convenient to distribute, as they usually go safer when sent to one address), or, if not convenient for the raiser of the club to distri- bute them, to each member separately. The Gold Prizes will be awarded and forwarded to the suc- cessful competitors the first of June, and their names published in my next Catalog. Additions to clubs can be made at any time up to June Ist, and proper credit will be given, but to prevent mistakes it should be distinctly stated that they are additions. Allseed premiums due must be selected when clubs are sent in. ; : J
Premiums on a General Selection of Seeds.
The above premiums are offered on the Bonanza Collection only, but those who raise clubs for a gen- eral selection of seeds from the Catalog, or order for themselves alone, I propose to be equally liberal. It has always been my custom in filling large orders for a general selection of seeds to add a few extra packets to each order, but as varieties are sometimes sent that are not wanted, I have concluded to allow customers to select these ‘‘extras’’ as follows: Persons sending 50 cents for a general selection of flower seeds from the Catalog, at the regular Catalog prices, may select 10 cents worth extra as a premium. Persons sending $1.00 for a general selection of flower seeds, may select 35 cents worth of flower seeds extra. Persons sending $2.00 for a general selection of flower seeds, may select 75 cents worth of flower seeds extra. Persons sending $3.00 for a general selection of flower seeds, may select $1.20 worth of flower seeds extra. For each dollar sent over three, for a general selection of flower seeds, 50 CENTS WORTH of flower seeds may be selected asa premium. In addition to these seed pre- miums, I will make a present of one of the beautiful Chrysanthemum Chromos, well worth $2.00, de- scribed below, to all who remit $8.00 for a general selection of flower seeds. These extremely liberal premiums will enable any one with a little work to get their own seeds free, or good pay in cash for the work of raising clubs. Please send the name and address of each member of the club.
IT SHOULD BE DISTINCTLY UNDERSTOOD |
That these premiums on a generalselection are offered only on flower seeds in packets at the regular catalog prices. SEEDS BY WEIGHT, VEGETABLE SEEDS, COLLECTIONS, OR BULBS AND PLANTS must not be reckoned at all in making the discount, NOR CAN THE PREMIUMS BE PAID IN THEM, as it would bring the prices below cost in some cases. ;
To save correspondence, I would say that the varieties and articles priced in this Catalog are the only ones 1 have to sell. ,
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Although a large number signified their intention of trying for the prizes I offered last year for the largest pressed blooms of Diamond Pansies, not as many blooms were sent in for competition as the previous year, and nearly all of them came from the Eastern States. This was probably owing to the severe drouth that prevailed ali over the West last summer, while in the East the season was one of the wettest on record. The prizes were awarded as follows:
First Prize, $10.00, to Miss JENNIE M. SmitH, Trumansburg, N. Y., for a bloom two and nine-sixteenths inches in diameter. Second prize, $5.00, to M. Louise Smirn, Pittsfield, Mass., for a bloom two and seyen-sixteenths inches in diameter. Third prize, $3.00, to F. N. Perkins, East Walpole, Mass., for a bloom two and six-sixteenths inches in diameter. Fourth prize, $2.00, to Mrs. S.G. WEAvER, Elmira, N. Y., for a bloom measuring two and six-sixteenths inches across. Twenty-two copies of the book, ‘* Every Woman Her Own Flower Gardener,” were awarded as follows for very fine and perfect blooms, nearly or quite two and one-fourth inches across: To Mrs. C. A. Rounds, Moravia, N. Y.; Mary J. How- land, Whitefield, N. H.; Mary M. Topliff. Westfield, Mass.; A. R. Pickering, Potterville, Pa.; Mrs, R. M. Day. Hampden, Mass.; Mrs. Flora M. Atherton, Waterbury, Vt.: Jessie J. Bisco, Dudley, Mass.: Mrs. D. M. Woodward, Holden. Me.; Mrs. J. H. Harris, Williamsville, Mass.; Mrs. Foster O. Beach, Worthing- ton, Mass.: Martha E. Poor, North Shrewsbury, Vt.: Mrs. Emma A. Lindsay, Smith’s Creek, Mich.: Mrs. I. A. Van Tine, Flint, Mich.: Emma J. Carson, Bridgton, Me.; Mrs. Thomas Stafford, Rockport, Mass.; Mrs. C. Beckstedt, Oswego, N. Y.; Jennie M. Howell, Goshen, N. Y.; Mrs. J. S. Pierce, Ware, Mass.; Annie F. Hall, Oak Hill, N. Y.; Mrs. S. G. Lanphear, Monson, Mass.; Miss M. A. Goodwin, Phillips, Me.; Mrs. John Stillwell. Reynoldsville, N. Y. This year I offer a prize of $10.00 for the largest pressed bloom of my new Mammoth French Pansies (see page 7). I will send ‘‘ Popular Gardening” one year to each one of the five persons who send the five next largest pressed blooms. Competition is opento all. The blooms must be carefully pressed and sent so as to reach me on or before Nov. 10th, next.
DWIGHT, MASS. 5
>tGRAND CHROMO OK CHRYSANTHEMUMS.<
Sent free to all who raise a Club of 12 Subscribers to the Bonanza Collection of Choice Flower Seeds—see page 3.
This is the finest chromo of flowers that has ever been produced, and so nearly like an oil painting that no one but an expert can tell the difference. It is ‘‘a study from nature,” and most truly a grand work of art. It was repro- duced from an oil painting that was made at an expense of over FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS. lt is 21x27 inches in size, and shows, life size, 18 of the most beautiful varieties of Chrysanthe- mums in 18 colors. The small engraving below will give some idea of the artistic arrangement of the flowers in this superb chromo. It received the premium ct the Philadelphia Florists’ Con- vention, and hundreds of copies of it have been sold, at $2.00 each, wherever exhibited. In order that thousands of my customers may possess it, IT have decided to offer it, wntil the first of June only, at about the cost, 60 cents each, by mail, postage paid, in a strong pasteboard tube, so as to go safely.
From JOHN THORPE, President of the Society of American Florists: Your Chrysanthemum Chromo is a work of Art: furthermore, the flow- ers are true representations of the very best va- rieties of today, all of whichI recognize and can easily name.”
From PETER HENDERSON: “A true and life-like representation of a group of our finest chrysan- themums, as well as an excellent work of Art,
makingita most beautiful and interesting pic-
a i Se Try my Chrysanthemum seed. Price, etc. = will be found under the heading ‘“* Seeds of House = Plants.”* on another page of this catalog. They Mf] areas easily grown from seeds as asters, and bloom the first year.
CHRYSANTHEMUMS.
SUBSCRIBE FOR “‘POPULAR CARDENINC.”’
THIRTEEN PACKETS OF NICE SEEDS FREE TO EACH NEW SUBSCRIBER,
I am often asked questions by customers about the care of plants, etc., which I am sometimes unable to answer, as I would gladly do, simply for want of time. Everybody who has a garden, even a small one, Or a few house plants, should subscribe for a good, live journal on gardening. Such a one, and one I can thoroughly recommend, is PopULAR GARDENING, and to induce thousands of my customers to give it a trial, I will give asa premium to every new subscriber. twelve packets of choice perennial flower seeds. all the following, worth at least 50 cts.: Aquilegia, 30 varieties, mixed: Canterbury Bells, double and single mixed; Delphinium, mixed colors; Clove Pinks; Ivery’s New Spotted Foxglove; Ipomopsis; Pyrethrum roseum; Improved Sweet Williams. all varieties in splendid mixture; Double Feverfew; Sweet Rocket; Perennial Poppies. mixed colors; Veronica, mixed colors. This offer is good until July 1st only To all new subscribers sending in their subscriptions before March 15th, so that we can book them before the busiest part of the season, I will send besides the above twelve packets of seeds, a packet of the new MANGO MELON or VEGETABLE ORANGE (see page 28.) Thus every subscriber will receive for $1.00, ** Popular Gardening.” the best Floral and Fruit Paper published in America, one year, and about 75 cents worth of nice seeds besides.
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This is a fertilizer made expressly for flowers grown in the house or garden, and is the best thing of the kind I have ever tried. It is free from odour and clean to handle. It produces a healthy, luxuriant growtb, which is soon followed by an abundance of flowers. Everybody who has ever tried it has been delighted with the results. It is used by dissolving a little in water and applying to the soil once a week. Trial packages 25 cents each, postage paid. Large pickages by mail, post-paid, 50 cents each. Directions for use and a valuable little pamphlet on the culture of house plants free with each package.
oA FEW OF MANY TESTIMONIALS.
‘“*T had a trial package of Plant Food last year and was delighted with it. Never had my plants do nearly as well before.” G. C., West Chester, Pa. ‘* Mrs. Stiles endorses your plant food without qualification. It not only produces the healthy growth you claim for it, but keeps her plants wholly free from vermin.” G. J. S., Boston, Mass. ‘*The use of the Food for Flowers has given the most satisfactory results, rendering my plants strong and healthy, and keeping them in constant and vigorous bloom for months without any seeming ex- haustion of their strength.” Mrs. A. B. M,, Barton, Vt. “The package of Plant Food was more than satisfactory. It “aused my plants to grow, bud and blossom beyond all my expectations. ‘ Have kept quite a variety of plants for twelve years, but never were they half so satisfactory as after using your Food. Mrs. H. W. P., Andover, Me.
6 GOODELLI’?S CHOICE SEEDS.
Recent Introductions ef Special Merit.
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Verbenas grown from seed are not only quite fragrant but al- ways make nice, healthy plants, and flower more profusely than cutting plants; but there has always been a strong tendency in seedlings to throw the dull neutral tints, or asa ‘run to purple
» and blue”’ asthe \ florists say. In this NEw RuBy STRAIN, this ten- dency has been almost over- come by over fif- teen years of cul- ture and selec- tion, and I am confident that the larger part of the plants from it will throw the most brilliant and de- sirable colors. The trusses are of the largest size and the in-
often an inch in diameter. The eolorsinclude the most bril- liant scarlet, vermillion, and other bright col- ors in great va- riety, many of
= them with large, distinct white eyes and some elegantly striped and variégated, These Verbenas have always taken the first prize whenever exhibited at fairs, being fully equal and many of them superior to the best named varieties. The Grandiflora and Giant Verbena seeds so extensively advertised last year are not worth cultivating in comparison with the Ruby. This strain is so highly perfected that it bears but very little seed, of which I have the entire stock, and I can:assure my customers that seed of such high quality has never before been offered. Verbena seeds should be sown as early as possible, under glass or in boxes in the house; cover a quarter inch with soil and keep moist and warm till it germi- nates, which will be from two to four weeks. Price, per packet of about 100 seeds,........--..-+..... 25
DIAMOND STRAIN.
The superior qualities of this unsurpassed new strain of German Pansies, introduced by me four years ago, has gained such a reputation among my customers that it has resulted in the sale of more than seventy thousand packets of seed. Its large and perfectly formed, round and velvety blooms, end- less variety of rich and delicate colors and tints, often in combinations that, if not seen, would be difficult to believe ever existed in a Pansy, distinguishes this strain above all others. An acre of these Pansies in full bloom in my grounds last year was the admiration of crowds of visitors, many of them from Boston, New York, Washington, and other distant places, including some old florists, and all ac- knowledged it to be the finest display of Pansies, in both quality and quantity they had ever seen. A large bed containing samples of every strain of Pansies offered by American and European seedsmen, including several introduced last year for the first time, proved very interesting and instructive, es- pecially to the florists. While some of these strains could be called good, most of them were quite ordinary, some were decidedly poor, and none were equal to the Diamond strain in richness, brilliancy and endless variety of coloring. I particularly invite a comparison with these or any other strains of Pansies, well knowing that the Diamond strain will not suffer in the least by it.
Pansy seeds can be sown at almost any season of the year with good success, but best from January to August. Sow in a cold frame or in boxes covering the seeds not more than an eighth of an inch with soil, and take particular care in watering and shading to keep the soil constantly moist till they germi- nate, which will be in from 10 to 18 days if all goes well. Pansy séeds are very sensitive to the drying out of the soil and when they fail to germinate it is almost always from this cause, or,from too high a temperature. If seeds are sown in Summer the seed-bed should be entirely shaded with boards raised a few inches above the surface, and frequently examined and watered, removing the boards as soon as
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Do you take POPULAR GARDEN- ING AND FRUIT GROWING?” .
This is what one neighbor, who has long since learned of the real value of this rising Dollar Journal, is, in the annexed engraving, ask- ing another neighbor.
And it is our question, as well, to every one who receives our Catalogue for 1888. Let us tell you why:
If you are a market grower, either of Fruits, Flowers, or Vegetables, it will, by its practical, pointed information, add many times its cost to your profits; if a grower
of Plants, indoors or out, Vegetables, Fruits, Trees, etc., either for pleasure or for home supplies, it will be the means of affording an unexpected increase of success. At least such, to our positive knowledge, has been the experience of many thousands of both these classes, who are now regular subscribers. Bear in mind the cost is
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the plants begin to appear. As soon as the plants have grown about an inch in breadth set them 10 inches apart where they are to bloom, or nearer if quick results are wanted. Pansies do well in par- tial shade if the roots of trees can be kept out of the beds, but shade is not at all necessary, as many suppose. The soil should be made very rich—the richer the better—with fine thoroughly decayed ma- nure. The Pansy is not particular as to the kind of soil provided it is rich. A very rich soil, cool weather, and an abundance of water, are the secrets of growing fine Pansies. Mere size is not now considered by Pansy fanciers a leading point in judging of the merits of blooms; those that are from two to two and one-half inches in diameter, if of perfect round form with thick, velvety-petals of rich and varied coloring, always take the prize over larger ones that lack these points. To grow blooms of the largest size for exhibition or to astonish your friends, make the soil as rich as possible, select plants that have the finest flowers and pinch off all the branches except three or four on each plant; pick off the buds as fast as they appear during the Summer, allowing them to bloom only when wanted, during the cool wet weather of Autumn and Spring. They should be well watered during dry weather, and if with manure water, all the better. Any of the commercial fertilizers such as guano, superphos- phates, etc., if sown on the ground around the plants and lightly dug in, will give splendid results. Pansies usually give the most pleasure when allowed to bloom freely, which they will do at all times if given good culture and are not allowed to form seed which tends to exhaust the plants, and severe pru- ning is not recommended except to obtain extra large blooms. The flowers are always smallest during summer, bearing the finest flowers during the autumn of the first and spring of the second year, after which the plants become exhausted or ‘trun out** and new ones should be obtained from seeds every year. Plants of Pansies are perfectly hardy in this climate without any protection whatever, and when they are killed during winter it is caused, not by cold, but by water settling around the stems, which causes them to decay, ard care should be taken to set plants on ground a little elevated or on an incline.
‘SPECIHL PRIZE AWARDED YO DIAMOND SY¥ERAIN,
A Special Prize of $10.00 was offered by M. B. Faxon, a member of the Mass. Horticultural Society, for the best fifty cut blooms of Pansies, to be judged by a scale of 100 points, including SUBSTANCE, SHAPE, COLOR AND SIZE. This prize was competed for at the last annual exhibition of the society, held in Boston, Sept. 13th to 16th, and was awarded to me for fifty blooms of the Diamond Strain, which were said to be the finest Pansies ever exhibited there, that were grown in the open ground. These Pansies were picked from plants that had not been pruned or received any extra culture whatever, in fact. I had not thought of competing for this prize until the day before the exhibition. ;
The following varieties are some of the most distinct of these Pansies, but it should be understood that while a good proportion of the plants of each variety will come true to the description, there will always be some yariation in some of the plants, but they will be none the less beautiful on that account, for new and novel shades and markings often appear. This strain of Pansies seeds very lightly.
Melpomene, brown and fawn color: Andromeda, dark blue and black, shading to violet and azure blue on upper petals: Jano, deep, rich purplish red, with three large maroon blotches; Clymene, pur- ple and maroon marbled; Halcyone, yellow. edged with blue; Daphne, lilac shaded with rosy purple; Aurora, a velvety crimson maroon, shaded with red and edged with yellow; Iris, deep bluish purple shaded violet: upper petals light blue or violet: Eurydice, white with large blue center; Niobe, rich brown and maroon; Venus, deep rich blue and purple. stained light red and bordered with pink and white: Lavinia, deep yellow with black center: Thalia, violet and purple with yellow center; Anti- gone, dark purplish blue; Minerva, white ground with a large dark blotch on each petal; Callisto, dark colors with light edges: Psyche, various shades of purple, yellow and brown striped and mottled, often on a light ground: Huterpe, rich shade of blue and purple with a black center; Aleestis, various shades of purple, yellow and maroon beautifully marbled and shaded: Cybele, brown with yellow cen- ter; Sappho, purplish black with violet center; Dryope, light blue shaded with brown and fawn color; Frato, purplish black with bronze or yellow center: Flora, red with five large dark blotches; Clytie, shades of purple and blue, marbled; Zephyr, white, edged with light blue; Pomona, light yellow with purple or maroon center; Semele, purple shaded with violet; Tole, brown with yellow center; Dione, various shades of purple, yellow and maroon marbled; Hebe, yellow, stained red; large dark blotches; Calliope, rich velvety maroon and bronze color with yellow center; Calypso, mahogany color, citron yellow and bronze with dark center: Proserpine, purple and blue with white center; Thetis, red and yellow with maroon blotches; Nephele, white, somettmes marked with violet; Clio, purple edged with white: Ceres, pure white, sometimes slightly tinged with cream color; Cassiopeia, jet black with yel- low eye: Arethusa, yellow with maroon blotch: driadne, dark purple and maroon stained and edged with red and white; Terpsichore, white with dark spots: Vesta, light sky blue with violet center; Thisbe, white, curiously spotted and mottled with purple, violet or blue.
PRICES OF DIAMOND STRAIN.
Any one of the above named varieties, in separate packets, per packet of 100 seeds,.............. 30 The entire collection in separate packets, one packet of each,... 2... oo cee cece eee eee $10 00 All varieties in splendid mixture, packet of 100 seeds,.... 2.2... cece eee cee eee wee e eee e eee 20 Extra choice mixed, from the largest, finest flowers of the richest self colors and finest fancy varieties ; packet of about 100 seeds,.............. 5 OT Span ad MAIS ciate aioe eet ala) Sian ann Ss a eres a 30
WHAT FLORISTS SAY ABOUT DIAMOND STRAIN. -
I now supply hundreds of florists, who grow plants for sale, with Diamond strain, and my trade among them is rapidly increasing. The following are samples of many reports:
J. THORNILEY, Fiorist. New Britain, Ct., writes:—‘t Your Diamond Pansies were for sale at my place by the side of the best French, English, German and American strains, and were invariably pre- ferred by my customers, in fact I could scarcely sell the others at all until yours were sold out.”
HENRY BIRD, FLorist, Newark, N. J.. writes:—‘‘ The Diamend Pansy seed I got from you last sea- son was in every way Satisfactory, a great variety of colors, many I had not before seen, and the flow- ers in size were all I could desire.”
W. J. PRESCOTT, FLorist, Hampton Falls, N. H., writes:—‘t The Pansy seeds I purchased from you last year gave perfect satisfaction. The flowers were of good size and the variety splendid, far better than any other strain I have ever grown.”
E. HOLLEY, FLorist, Hudson, N. Y., writes:—‘‘ The Pansies grown from the Diamond strain pur- chased from you were the finest I ever had in the German or fancy strains, in fact the combination of colors was wonderful and the blooms were of good size.”
GOODELI?S CHOICE
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This.is an exceedingly pretty and /Rgesmee entirely distinct dwarf variety of (iam Sweet Alyssum originated by me and introduced three years ago. The plants are of very dwarf. compact spreading habit, and only 3to 5inches in height, each plant covering a circle [Bees from 15 to 30inchesin diameter. It begins to bloom when quite small, bdf- ? ten when in the seed-bed, and so pro- fusely that the plants are a solid mass of white from spring till late in autumn. Ihave counted over 600 clus- ters of flowers on a Single plant at one time. ~For small beds and edg- ings itis very effective, and for pots and baskets a gem of the first water. It is as fragrant as the common va-
LITTLE GEM.
riety and better for cutting. This charming variety has taken its place as one of the most popular and
desirable novelties introduced of late years.
ASTER, Mignon: A very beautiful variety of white Aster, the plants growing about a foot in height, of compact very branching habit, each plant bearing from 75 to 100 pure white double flowers about two inches across, with the petalsfinely imbricated. Itis oneof the earliest to bloom and keeps in perfection longer than any other variety,.............-.-
ASTER, Comet: A new class, the plants about a foot in height with very large and double pink and white flow- ers, differing from all other Asters in having the petals very long, wavy and curled at the ends,something like the Japa- nese Chrysan- themums, .....-
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ASTER, Rose-flowered, Dark Scarlet: Flowers very double of a dark crimson scar- let or maroon color. The deepest, richest colored Aster ever produced, ...............:
ASTER, Zirngiebel’s Double White: This is one of the finest of white Asters. The plant is about 18 inches in height. of good habit and covered with large double flowers,............
ASTER Triumph, Deep Searlet: A new dwarf Peeony-fi variety, which the originator says is the most perfect and charming of all dwarf asters. It grows to a height of 7 or 8 inches and each plant bears from 30 to 40 very double flowers 24 inches across, which are of a magnificent, satiny, deep scarlet color. Packet’ of lOQ:sh@es oe ee eer eee
ASTER, Imbrique Pompon, Maroon: A splendid variety, of a dark rich velvety ma- roon color,
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ASTER, Victoria, Light Yellow: A valua- ble addition to the colors of asters, being of a light sulphur yellow color and very double,
ASTER, Dwarf Shakespeare, Blue-black: A new color in Asters and the nearest to black yet obtained. Plant about 6 inches tall with small double flowers, and so dark in color as to seem a real black at first sight....
BALSAM, Camellia-fl. Perfection, White: A perfectly double variety and the finest white Balsam, nearly every plant producing flowers as large and double as Camellias. Very valu- able for florists’ 11se,, 5. are veer ek ene
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CARNATION, Grenadin: A new dwarf hardy variety, producing a profusion of per- fectly double flowers of a vivid scarlet color,..
CARNALION, New Dwarf Perpetual: Beautiful new winter-blooming varieties, producing large, perfectly double flowers in abun GENCE Is oes Fats cee eas eee eee eee
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CANNA, Dwarf French: An entirely new and distinct race of Canna, which has crea- ted a great sensation in Europe. They are of dwarf habit, rich dark foliage, and the flowers, which are produced in abundance all summer, are equal in richness and diversity of colors to many varieties of Gladioli. Soak the seeds several days in warm water,
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and a dark brown disk,
CHRYSANTHEMUM, The Sultan: Rich crimson maroon with gold colored ring. All the varieties of Annual Chrysanthemums are showy in the garden and valuable for Cann UIe aang ery ean ames e RNS Spe Ne SL
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TIS, Large Flowering Hybrids:
The Clematis is one ofthe most beautiful hardy perennial climbing plants we have. The varieties now offered have flowers about 3 inches in diameter and are white and all the shades of rich purple, violet and blue. Seed requires freezing to germinate well. Sow in the open ground in the fall. or in a box and place where the earth will keep frozen PUNE Spy ee Pe eee tec eh ieee 8 4
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nificent dwarf varie- ty with immense combs, measuring from 12 to 20 inches in length, when well grown, and ofa bright crimson with a rich velvety ap- Pearancer nl Sok: 15 COSMOS hybridus grandiflorus: Fine annuals growing 5 feet tall with elegant
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MARUIOTM PIRENGM PANSIES:
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It is several years since the first of the large French Pansies (the Trimardeau), was introduced, but unfortunately these pansies, while of large size, are of poor shape. are of few and poor colors, and the petals are so thin that they begin to wilt almost before they fully expand, I am now pleased to be able to offer, as the result of sey- eral. years of careful culture and crossing, a new strain of mam- moth pansies that far surpass the original Trimardeau in shape, col- or and substance of petals, while they are even considerably larger , insize. With ordinarily good eul- z ture they readily grow from 2% to 2 3 inches in diameter, but with spe- cial high culture and pruning they grow up to 344 inches or even more. While they do not, and probably never will, equal the Dia- mond Strain in perfect form and endless variety of rich, velvety colors and tints, these Mammoth French Pansies far surpass in va- riety of colors, shape and sub- stanee, combined with enormous size, any thing that has before been offered in the Pansy line, as was clearly proved by tests in my grounds during the past year, where all the strains of pansies known were grown side by side. They are entirely distinct from the Diamond Pansies. I hope all my customers will try these Mam- I would like to know how
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CYCLAMEN, Persicum giganteum atro- sanguineum: A new variety of these pop- ular house plants of the deepest, richest shade of blood red imaginable, ........
DELPHINIUM hybridum, Sulphur Yel- low; <A remarkably handsome species of Perennial Larkspur, 3% to 4 feet tall, with large spikes of sulphur yellow flowers from
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GATLULARDIA picta Lorenziana jfi-pl.: This has proved one of the most valuable har- dy garden flowers introduced for many years. The plants grow about 18 inches tall, very & bushy,and the flow- ers, which are in large globular and semi-globularheads are produced free- ly from June till late in the fall. It is a first-class bed- ding plant and very tine for cutting bou- quets, as the flow- ers grow on long wiry stems. Sow seeds in frames or boxes if possible
GAILLARDIA LORENZIANA, 4 natural size.) and transplant where they are to bloom, a
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EMPEROR PETUNIAS: a : » The flowers of this unsurpassed strain ex] Y greater variety of colors and markings than ever fore obtained in the Petunia; from the richest pu ple and crimson to the most delicate rose and whi there is every gradation. Some of the varieties ha a clearly defined white throat, the other port the corolla being colored ; some are eyenly or irre ularly striped, blotched and barred with purp! crimson, rose and white: others are elegantly yei with crimson, violet and maroon on a light grow and several are exquisitely fringed and frilled, sembling ruffled lace. Many of the varieties ‘ar very large size. These Petunias, and the Diamo: Pansies, were the special admiration of hundres of visitors to my grounds last season, and y¥ awarded the first premium at every fair where I ex- — hibited them. Ro
There is one peculiarity about Petunia plants tha is not generally understood. In the finest strain there are always some plants that, in the seed-bed grow strong and look dark green and healthy, whi there are others that have small, curly, yelloy leaves, and seem small, sickly and poor; these latter should be saved and transplanted with particular — care as they are the ones that always produce the lai -% gest, finest flowers. Those not familiar with this fact — often transplant the largest, nicest looking plants, throwing away the small, sickly ones, and in conse. ; quence are rewarded with nothing but common — flowers. =! >=! rea
NEW EMPEROR PETUNIAS, Lace-edged or ringed Section: The flowers of this section are of large size and of a variety of colors, pure — white, white blotched, striped and spotted with — crimson, rose and purple, rich cardinal red, lavender and rose beautifully veined with maroon, etc. ; and The rare beauty
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the edges of the petals are most elegantly fringed and frilied resembling ruffled lace. of these varieties must be seen to be appreciated. All varieties mixed 25
~ Large-jflowered Smooth Petaled section: Flowers of large size, the petals with smooth or even edges. It embraces all the colors of the fringed section and many others, including several entirely new and rare varieties and shades,—rosy carmine, rich violet purple, almost blue, cardinal red with large — white center, rose, crimson and lavender bordered with green, ete. All varieties of this section,.....25 Small-flowered Section: The flowers of this section are small, but the plants bear a great pro. sion of flowers, and are very showy; they are of a variety of colors, blotched, striped, barred and sp LoGiwith white: jmixecd(colorssrere. fae .oe scam sac ah eee aes ere Se Set ee ye SALES _cavis OA “3Dwarf Section: These are very dwarf and compact plants bearing a great profusion of small flow-— ers of rich purple and cherry red colors with a white star in the center of each flower. These are little
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HUM ULUS, Japonicus (Japunese Hop): A very pretty and rapid growing annual
gantly striped, mottled and spotted,.......... 25 climber STOWE 10 to 15 feet in height,. ... ey GODETIAS, New Varieties: The new va- MARIGOLD, AF- rieties of Godetias are great improvements on RICAN, El Do- the old sorts. The plants grow about 18 rado: This is the inches tall, very compact and bushy and are finest strain of Af- completely covered with large Azalea-like rican Marigold yet flowers of a peculiar satiny appearance, each produced. The plant resembling when in full bloom a minia- flowers are 3 to 4 ture Chinese Azalea. They do best when inches in diameter, sown where they are to grow and thinned to very double and afoot apart. Satin rose, crimson, carmine most perfectly im- Aad WHike Mixed. 125.) Case bok ec fe es oo hone 10| bricated and frilled GODETIA, Spotted Carpet: A charming a Single plant often variety of this popular plant. The plants bearing from 50 to are dwarf and bushy, bearing myriads of ex- ‘0 flowers at one § ceedingly pretty pure white flowers with a time. Thecolors % bright carmine-rose center,... —... . ++. ee 10} run through all the GERANIUM, Zonale, Boucharlat’s Col- shades of yellow lection: Few horticulturi.ts have enriched _ftrom very light this class with so many fine varieties as M. primrose to the Boucharlat. He has specially saved for me deepest orange; from the best new varieties of his unsur- mixed colors, ,.. 10 passed collection the seed I now offer......... 23|MARIGOLD, GLADIOLUS Lemoinei: Anew and most FRENCH, Com- ee te beautiful section of Gladiolus. They differ pact Gold Stri- =e
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ped: An elegant yariety. The plants are only 6 inches tall with a diameter of a foot. oy The flowers are very double and abundant, striped with bright yellow and chestnu os aS color. It is one of the best for bedding,...
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GLOXINIA, New French Tigered and Spotted Hybrids: A new class of these superb and popular house piants having very large and beautiful tigered and spotted flow-
IPOM@QA grandiflora alba (Moon Flower or Evening Glory): A magnificent plant of rapid growth, climbing to a height of 25 or 30 feet. It belongs to the Morning Glory family, but the flowers, which open towards evening, are of immense size,—from 4 to 5 inches in diameter, pure white and very fragrant. Start the seeds early under glass or in boxes,
IPOM@A Leari: This is another magnifi- cent species of Ipomca, but the flowers, which are.about 4 inches across, are sky blue shading to light red in the center,............
LAYIA elegans: A very pretty annual from California, about a foot in height, with large golden yellow flowers, edged with white, with WNGOLAMEO COHLCT. sane ne ow Mone a an ae
LOBELIA erinus compacta oculaia: A splendid variety, the flowers dark blue with a GISTENCH WANTOIG YG 0 ao viene ote oe Sale bolas sive
LOBELIA. White Gem: A pure white va- riety of dense, compact habit; very fine for NedSior edeimes 2 ty Le.
LOBELIA, Prima Donna: Of dwarfcom- pact growth, thickly studded with rich vel- vety.crimson maroon flowers,........ 0 .....
MARIGOLD, FRENCH, signata macu- lata: A remarkably fine variety for bed- ding. The plants are 2 feet tall, very com- pact and bushy, with elegant foliage, each plant covered with hundreds of small, single flowers of a bright yellow with a crescent- shaped brown spot at the base of each petal,
MIGNONETTE, Golden Queen: This is one of the best and most distinct varieties of
MIRABILIS Jalapa, Dwarf’ White: A beautiful new variety never more than 10 inches in height and completely covered with PUTS whe HOWOES: sos c\ stance case Soeec week.
MYOSOTIS alpestris, Victoria: This new and very pretty Forget-me-not is of very bushy growth and is completely covered with large, bright azure blue flowers, remaining in Dlopm along time, os. 6.0520). dc. soe -
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LATHYRUS splendens:
For several years | have been growing and improving
this most popular perennial, and am now able to offer a strain that can be recommended as the finest extant. The flowers are of large size, per- fectly double and range in color from pure white to deepest crimson. Sixteen colors.—pure white, dark crimson, deep pink, light buff and purple tinged lilac, salmon rose, canary yellow, violet tinted with cream, light flesh color, crimson flaked with salmon, brown shaded and tipped with lilac, eream color and purple shaded lilac, buff yellow, purple, rose, sulphur yellow, scarlet,—aJl in splen- CUNO ET GON E-QPLTILR eee ey eS AN rs ERE emi gk Ste eg eg ae aA ae A Suliani: A new species of peren- nial Balsam. which has proved to be a splendid house plant and very valuable for bedding out in summer. The flowers are from 1 to 1% inches in diameter, of a brilliantrose-scarlet hue The plants are of compact growth, branching freely, and the flowers are produced in such profusion that a well- grown plant appears to be a perfect ball of flowers. It is almost a perpetual bloomer. Seeds should be sown in a frame or box in the house..... Sek Sear ele abe A- beautiful species of Perennial Pea from California, with dark red flow- SEs aud tae lysCwb: LOMARC, (6. Saacke san mentee) aces .
| MIMULUS |. grandiflora:
One of the prettiest of 30 house plants easy to grow. The plants are of dwarf spreading growth witha profusion of brilliant flow- 15 ers curiously mottled and spotted with rich brown 15 and crimson on white and y sel ow ground. Seeds 10 should not be sown till Aug- | ust or Sep- 10 tember, for winter bloom- 10 er el Ee MIMULUS GRANDIFLORA. ta: A splen- (2-3 natural size.) did annual climbing vine from Mexico, close- 10| ly related to the Ipomea, but entirely differ- ent in its flowers. The flowers are produced | in fork-like racemes about 15 inchesin length growing upright and in great abundance amidst the luxuriant foliage, presenting a very striking aspect. The flowers are tubu- lar in form, about three-fourths of an inch 10 long; at first of a bright red, they change to orange yellow and yellowish white when fully expanded. The vine climbs to a height of 18 feet. and is well suited for covering arbors, 10 trellises, etc. The seeds germinate very un- evenly, some coming up in a week, while oth- ers remain dormant fora month, and they should be started as soon as possible in the 10 house, so asto get good large plants for early planting when danger from frost is past...... OSTROWSKIA magnifica: A new hardy perennial plant from Buchara. It forms a bushy plant 4to 5 feet tall with erect bell- shaped flowers 3 inches long, which are dark blob wind Tslaein - COlGr sa ancece «ee dene os ee 10| PETUNIA, Double Lilliput: Produces au abundance of small double flowers of rich velvety purple colors often spotted and strip- ed with white. The plant is dwarf and bushy 10 and it is the prettiest and most satisfactory | double petunia I have seen,..........0.00- 0006 | PETUNIA, Lady of the Lake: The seeds of this variety produce from 10 to 30 per cent of large and elegantly fringed pure white 15 double flowers ; packet of 50 seeds,..........
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GOODELI’S CHOICE SEEDS.
Improvement in this fa- vyorite flower has been quite marked during the past few years, during which many so- called new varieties have been introduced.
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varieties and find some of them of quite dis- tinct and new tints, while others are so near like the old colors that they cannot be distinguished from them. From about 20 varieties I have select- ed 10 which 1 find dis- tinct and fine addi- tions to the old colors, and offer in mixture. They include Butter- fly, Bronze Prince, Princess Beatrice, Capt. Clark, Adonis, Invincible Carmine, Fairy Queen, ete. Ten of the most distinct new varieties mixed, per packet,. .......
TEN-WEEKS STOCK, Snowflake; A very valuable new variety of dwarf growth, with very large and double pure white flowers. and one of the earliest of all varie- GLOSeeric ates cyan oe oler=
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race of pyramidal growth, attaining a height of 24 feet, with long spikes of beautiful large This is one of the best for open ground culture : 9 colors........-.....-..
double flowers.
NICOTIANA, afji- nis: One of the finest annuals of re- ; cent introduction. The plants grow about 3 feet tall, and bloom profuse- ly allsummer. The flowers are white, 2 or 3 inches long, and about as much in diameter, and are very sweet- scented, a small bed filling a whole garden with fra- grance. It also succeeds admira- bly as a house plant. The plants can be taken up in the fall, cut back and potted for the house, where they will bloom freely
not be too highly recommended. rather slow and uneyen of germination and should be sown in a frame or box,............ 10
OXALIS corniculata purpurea: As a dwarf purple-brown foliage plant, this is un- surpassed. It was extensively used in the Boston public gardens last season in bedding with admirable effect. For borders to beds it is particularly valuable. 4 or 5 inches apart and will soon carpet the ground with richTpurple-brown leaves and bright yellowish flowers
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PETUNIA, Steel Blue: A singular but very © handsome large-flowered Petunia with char | _ing venation; packet of 5C seeds,........-- £ 10| POPPY, Snowball: The finest of all white eo | Poppies. The flowers very large, pure white, — | with deeply fringed petals, very double and ~ perfectly globular in form, the plants appear- _ ing to be covered with real snowballs,...... _PHACELIA (Whitlavia) campanulari ‘ | This new California annual is one of the pret- & tiest blue flowering plants ever introduced. < Theplantis of spreading bushy growth,about — | Tinchestall by a foot across. The flowers — are very numerous, of an open campanulate — form, about three-fourths of an inch across, _ and of the finest satiny blue, of a shade very — rare in flowers, rivalling the beautiful Salvia — patens. It is of very easy culture and blooms ~ ina few weeks from seeds, whichmay be — sown either under glass or where they are to grow and thinned to 6 or 8 inches,.... ( | PHLOX Drummondii grandifiora splen- dens: One of the finest of all the annual — Phloxes for bedding. The flowers are very © | large and round, of a vivid crimson color,.... | PHLOX Drummondii grandifiora stella- ta splendens: The best for bedding and cutting of any of the grandiflora varieties introduced for many years. The flowers which are produced very profusely, are very large, round and of a brilliant rosy erimson color, with alarge and clearly defined white star in the centré;:/: 222.05 oe. eee eee
SALVIA prunelloides: A very fine flowe ing annual species about 2 feet in height, — with neat flowers of every shade of purple and deep blue, in great abundance, on spikes 10 or 12 inchesin length...........-.-..-.-.-.-.
SILENE Double Dwarf Compact; A charm- r ing hardy annual of dwarf compact growth, covered with small, double rose colored flow-
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from the old style that has yet been made. The flowers are of medium size, yery double, of perfect form and of various bril- liant colors, about 50 per cent. of the plants bearing flowers most elegantly striped and spotted with several shades of red, on white, yellow, rose, and orange ground; sometimes the same plants bearing both self-colored and striped flowers. These Zinnias attracted much attention from visitors to my |, grounds last summer, and were also much admired at Fairs (2 where I exhibited them.
From The Gardener’s Monthly for December: ‘ZEBRA ZIN- nrAs.—A strain of Zinnias with striped fiorets was exhibited by Mr. L. W. Goodell, at the meeting on Sept. 3d of the Massachu-
setts Horticultural Society.”
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SCHIZANTHUS pinnatus roseus (Butterfly Flower): A very fine addition to this pretty, hardy annual. flowers are of a delicate rose color shading off at the’ center to white, the uppermost petal being almost coy-
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TROPZOLUM minus (Nasturtion) Lady Bird; A ;
pretty and distinct variety of a rich golden yellow col- or, each petal with a broad vein of bright ruby crimson
ZEBRA ZINNIA. @% natural size.)
at the base,..... Se SARS ESHER SR eRe Dis COI CIS TED CHEN Se Aart 19 TROPZOLUM minus Chameleon: A bril- | DOUBLE ZINNIA, New Mammoth: A liant novelty in this popular class. The flow- | particularly fine new class of Zinnias, differ- ers are crimson, bronze and and gold, bor- _ ing from the older ones in its unusually ro- dered and flamed, changing in hue almost | bust habit of growth and the immense size Gilly laerayerey VE EINES Road sen woo AouooSs a8 OS 15 (5 to 6 inches) of its perfectly formed very TROL HZOLUM minus, Golden-leaved: _ double flowers of various striking colors. The foliage of this new sort is very distinct | The plants rise to a height of 3 to 3% feet, are from all others, being of a light greenish yvel- clothed with luxuriant foliage and bloom low color and forms a most striking contrast | freely during a long period. Being of great wlth the dark leaved varieties. The flowers | consistency, the flowers are uninfluenced Aare DEUMANteSCAT! OL y fees store taleitisic cic eses 20| by heat ang em in good condition for sey- r | eral weeks:“eight beautiful varieties mixed,.. 15 Nanning i DOUBLE ZIN- ee NIA, New Flowered | Past 2 Re ee flowers of ‘this LEU RDN 3 beautiful new This new in- ae troduction See anes OSE size of the BEEN common Z in- ni Caer | nia and of the Al werk pe oa most perfect elas ate | form, the petals a 8 : finely imbricat- blotched and ed, overlappin triped with ’ pping sie each other in white, purple the most sym- and crimson metrical man- with seats | ner. The colors yellow throat are very bright veined like a and varied. Aik Salpiglossis ; The plants are UNIA, YELLOW THROATED. packet of MSS Peldwarcheeanns HO VONTI A (SUNSET (6 (SU, an ee Ss ny ge 25 POMPON ZINNIA. pact growth ZEA gracillima varicgata New Striped and fairly covered with flowers; mixed col- leaved Maize; This variety surpasses the OLS ii oR aera Berta 60 cuss sbdoauceccousur Spadodsces 10 variegated Japanese Maize by a more com- DOUBLE ZINNIA, New Duarf: The pact growth and in the broader gracefully plants are of a very dwarf compact growth, drooping leaves, which are very regularly flowers of medium size and of the most bril- striped with white. It is very effective in liant colors, and in great abundance ; fiery combination with cannas and other foliage scarlet, pure white, purple, orange, lemon, 15 buff, and many other colors mixed,...... Heo oal et)
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A SPECIAL
REQUEST.
T publish my catalog annually in January, and mail a copy to all who ordered seeds the previous
year, without their asking for it.
[hope that each one will find something among the many good
things offered that they want, and send at least a small order. if only a ten cent one, so that their
names will appear on my books for a catalog next year.
If you only want a few seeds, do not hesitate
to order them because the order is small, for I always fillsmall orders just as carefully and cheerfully
as large ones, although of course the larger the better.
But should ycu not desire anything yourself
this year, please do me the great favor to hand this catalog to some friend who ts in the habit of order. ing seeds away from home, and if you will, at the same time, say a good word for my seeds, I shall be doubly obliged: and if you desire a catalog next year, please let me know and I shall be glad to keep
your name on my books.
14 GOODELLI’S CHOICE SEEDS.
NEW SINGLE DAHLIAS.
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In this department will be found the most showy of the flowers that adorn the garden and lawn. 1t embraces, besides the true annuals, some biennials and perennials that produce flowers the first year from seed. The figures on the right of the columns give the price of each variety, per packet in cents.
ABRONIA: Trailing plants resembling the Verbena, with clusters of sweet-scented flowers. Remove the husk before sowing the seed.
AGERATUM: Pretty, hardy annual, with abundance of flowers through the season; fine for bouquets: four colors mixed,..... He Lasseauxii: Very fine pink flower,.........
ALONSOA grandiflora: Small, but exceed- ing brilliant scarlet flower ; sow under glass: TAREE bret achal Sak en eco & Aasitsia Gens SB Soe me pe
ALYSSUM maritimum, (Sweet Alyssum): A well known hardy annual, with clusters of small, white flowers all summer: good for beds and exceedingly fine for bouquets......
AMARANTHUS: Ornamental! foliage plants producing a fine effect when grown in beds or masses. The leaves are maroon, red,
green and yellow, often curiously variegated. |
Do best in soil not too rich. salicifolius, (Fountain Plant) long, narrow,
wavy leaves; three feet in height,... ...... tricolor, (Joseph's Coat), red, yellow and Sree leaves =. 2 LECbss2 os ses os ocd be oa ates
melancholicus ruber, blood red; 18inches,. Henderi, maroon foliage; 2 feet,..........-. Gordonii, bronzy maroon foliage, the top of the plants brilliant crimson; extra fine..... bicolor ruber, lower half of leaf fiery red. upper half maroon: 3 feet, .... 0.0. -200.50---- monstrosus, (Mammoth Princes Feather.) immense heads of blood-red flowers,....... candatus, long, drooping spikes of blood-red flowers: excellent for decorative purposes.
AMBROSIA mexicana: Bears graceful sprays of small white fiowers,and is very valu- HIME AO DOMME US ee ascot ean ahs Sac oases
ANAGALLIS grandijiora: Small, very brilliant scarlet, blue and lilac flowers in con- stant profusion; six inches tall; mixed colors
ANTIRRHINUM majus, (Snapdragon): One ofthe best and most popular of the hardy perennials; blossoms abundantly all sum- mer and until hard frostsin autumn; flowers in spikes and very brilliant. Plants may be set 8 or 10 inches apart. Ten of the best and brightest varieties mixed,....,.2-..-2. 522-266 Tom Thumb, very fine: 6 inches; mixed...
ARCTOTIS breviscarpa: A fine annual with large orange yellow flowers; 18 inches tall,...
ARGEMONE (Prickly Poppy): Large yellow and‘ white flowers; 2 feet,.... 0.2... c.00.-20--
ASPERULA azurea setosa: An exceed- ingly pretty hardy annual, as useful as Sweet Alyssum, producing clusters of small, light- blue, sweet-scented flowers in profusion; about 10 inches in height, and plants may San dvbunGheS -Apart.: sis 220 site ke ances ann
ASTER: The Aster is one of the best and most popular ot our hardy annuals, and no garden should be considered complete with- out a good collection of this beautiful flower. The tall varieties should be set about a foot apart, and the little Dwarf Bouquet 5 or 6 inches. Make the soil rich and deep for Ast- ers.
Truffaut’s Peony-jlowered,splendid large flowers, the petals slightly incurved:; 2 feet FallsNe2 COLES MEXCU 5 2/5. Ss kon wd - oe wee
New Rose, a magnificent variety, and one of the very best; flowers large and very
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Imbrique Pompon, flower small but very double and perfect in form, of bright colors and freely produced: a very distinct and fine variety; 18 inches: 20 colors mixed,....
Blood Red, very dark blood-red and per- He CH ly OLIN Shs ee aL Re eos ems he re
Dwarf Queen, a remarkably handsome As- ter, growing 8 to 10 inches in height, each plant bearing about a dozen very large and perfectly double flowers; crimson and Whew ed. sy) ses eee Bains etna aioe ais
Pompon Crown, small, very double flowers of various colors, with white centers; extra HAG; AR OU COIOTS, oo 02 oc fos Noten 6 oe
Cocardeau, or New Crown, a beautiful variety; flowers large, double, with white- quilled centers, surrounded with flat pet- als of another color; 12 inches: mixed.....
Washington, flowers very double and per- fect and of large size, measuring under good culture, 4or 5 inches in diameter; 2 feet; mixed colors.
Dwarf Pyramidal Bouquet, a compact variety, with large flowers, each plant form- ing a perfect bouquet in itself: 10 inches tall, and one of the earliest of the Asters...
Newest Dwarf Bouquet, a fine variety for filling small beds, orforedging: very dwarf and compact: each plant looks like a bou- quet of flowers set in the ground; 6 inches, mixed colors,.... Syeeatat ates aera ta aia) ica t= a at
Dwarf Peony Perfection, a new class of Asters of dwarf habit producing exceed- ingly double, medium sized flowers,......-.
Lilliput-jflowered, bears a profusion of small, doubie flowers: mixed colors,.......
Tall Chrysanthemum-jflowered, splendid large flowers resembling Chrysanthemums; UUSCUPCOIONS § 3555 § eae ee eae,
Dwarf Chrysanthemum-flowered, dwarf variety of the above; mixed colors,........
Victoria, a splendid class, with very large and double imbricated flowers; 18 inches LAME COLORS MIKO Gl us sos ciccinnes clea cae
New Dwarf Victoria, one of the finest of the dwarf Asters, with very double globu- lar flowers: mixed Colors; (120... osc. se
Peony-jiowered Globe, large, double flow- ers, and strong, branching plant; the earli- est of the Asters: 10 colors, mixed,.........
Hedgehog or Needle, long, sharply-pointed petals: 2 feet: mixed colors,.. ............-
Betteridge’s Prize, a strong, branching plant, with regularly quilled flowers; the best quilled sort; mixed colors, ...........-
Original Chinese, very large, semi-double flowers, with long petals; mixed colors,....
| BALSAM: The Balsam is a magnificent half-
hardy annual, the tall varieties growing some 2 or 3 feet in height, and in bloom from June till frost, the branches being completely cov- ered with flowers which resemble roses and camelias. It is best to start the seed early in boxes ora frame. Set the plants 18 inches apart in good rich soil. The Balsam should be well pruned or the flowers are too much hidden by the foliage; a good way is to pinch off allthe side branches as fast as they start, leaving only the central shoot, which will grow very tall, and be completely covered with flowers.
Camelia-flowered P.rfection, a new and sreatlyimproved strain and the most double and finest in cultivation; Pure white, pink, crimson, rose, mauve, scarlet, white striped and spotted with crimson, white striped and spotted lilac and purple, crimson mot- tled white, pink mottled white, scarlet mot- tled white, all colors mixed,
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‘BARTONIA aurea: Showy, brilliant golden yellow flowers, one foot tall. Sow where they FIER EM ROW SIIN is end a oe SHC ECOL er Book os
BRACHYCOME iberidifolia, (Swan River Daisy): A very pretty little hardy annual, producing an abundance of white and plue flowers: S inches; mixed colors,..-...--...--.-
BROWALLIA: Avery fine half-hardy an- nual, good for the garden and excellent for the house in winter: iS inches tall, and plants may stand a foot apart: blue and white, Roezli, anew species, with azure blue and
white flowers which are double the size of the old varieties; mixed colors,............. CALENDULA Meteor: One of the finest new bardy annuals introduced of late years. The flowers are very double with creamy white petals regularly and evenly edged with orange, giving the flowers a very novel and elegant appearance. Seeds may be sown either under glass or in the open ground, and the plants set a foot apart,:....ssls0-e.6. se i8- CALLIOPSIS: Averyshowy class of hardy annuals, blooming abundantly; flowers of a great many shades of yellow, orange and rich brown, often finely spotted. The plants g grow from 1 to 2 feet in height, and may be set about 10 inches apart; mixed GOLOES Ah aa --i5e1- CANNA: Beautiful foliage plants, with large, broad leaves and scarlet or yellow flowers. Soak the seed in warm water for 48 hours, before sowing, and sow under glass early; MANY LVALrIChLES-- MIG Oh-s. 6 ccwichteis col seieinoe eens CANDYTUFT: An old and popular hardy annual of easy culture: makes beautiful beds and is indispensable for bouquets. Seed should be sown very early in spring, where they are to bloom, and the plants thinned to sixinches. Six varieties, dD. 21 8 PICRE ae epee Dunnett’s Dark Crimson,...............- New Carmine, the brightest in color of all. New Dwarf Var ietics, mixed: very fine,.. Dwarf White, exceedingly fine variety, each plant forming a compact bush 4 or 5 inches tall and a foot in diameter, com- pletely covered with clusters of white flow- ers, remaining in bloom much longer than the old sorts, SE an ee eet eee ea CACALIA, (Tassel Flower). Tassel shaped, scarlet and yellow flowers; 18 inches tall: PERE Os COLORS EC on reem onn she Siacrape cine aredeiofs hey Nae CENTRANTHUS: Very pretty plants, with large clusters of small flowers; rose color ATER CAIN EXC Gisgs Sse ts, erste <otoroareb ete CAMPANULA speculum, (Beli Flower): Bears numerous small blue and white flow- ers. Set plants 4 or 5 inches apart; mixed COLOESS. boo eee Stee coping sa eee Rlctaia sees soe eke ue CELOSIA cristata (Cockscomb): A very eurious half-hardy annual, blooming from July until frost. They should have good, rich soil, and will well repay any extra care given them in the increased size and beauty of the combs. Set plants 15 inches apart; mixed CORRES Fc Se tens ah) sage mses imate atais i ee New Japan, a very beautiful variety, the combs delicately cut. and of the brightest scarlet and crimson; 2 to 3 feet tall,........ plumosa superba, an elegant variety, bear- ing magnificent feathery plumes of bril- liant scarlet flowers; a very valuable bed- ding plant. Sow seed as early as possible in boxes or a frame, and set the plants a foot apart in a good ‘rich; soil .e eos. CENTAUREA, (Bachelor's Button): A genus of very fine hardy plants, the colors varied and bright, Merced COLOKS, (25 occas sc poke oe CINERARIA™ aritima, (Dusty Miller) : beautiful white-leaved foliage plant es eee for bedding. Start seeds early under PERS Sematary ce SVMS corms ose eee
CHRYSANTHEMUM: The annual yarie- ties of the Chrysanthemum are among the most showy of garden flowers, blooming freely all the summer. The plants grow about 2 feet tall, and seed may be sown under glass or in open ground. ‘The flowers are both double and single, and of various shades of red, yellow, maroon, brown and white. All colors TEV Ce YS Se ate Ee ts Me eae
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CLARKIA: Fine and pretty hardy annu: blooming profusely in early summer. seed in the open ground where they are bloom as soon as possible, and thin plants t 5 or 6 inches apart. The colors are purple rose, crimson, white,magenta, magenta edged white, ete. Finest mixed, double and one of every shade)... . 00. 0726 See a eee
COLLINSIA: Fine hardy annual 18 inches tall: with rose, white and purple flowers in large whorls; mixed colors, .... “vei ia aE
CONVOLVULUS minor, (Dwarf ‘Morning . Glory): One of the prettiest of hardy annu- als, producing an abundance of flowers ee through the summer and autumn. Theplants — are of spreading habit, and may be set 15 inches apart. Blue, white, lilac. ete., mixed, mauritanicus, very pretty for hanging
baskets; of a delicate lilac color,........ 10
CREPIS: A desirable annual with good + double yellow, pink and white flowers; 1 foot in height ;-mixed colors, .:....--<-.«2.cane sean #39
DATURA: Large branching plants oa two feet tall, with magnificent yellow, violet and white trumpet- -shaped, sweet-scented — flowers from 7 to 9 inches long. Start the — seeds as early as possible under glass, Double and single, five varieties, mixed,..... 10
DAHLIA: This popular flower is easily - grown from seeds, which germinate as freely © as Aster or Zinnia seeds, and if started early — i, in a frame or in boxes in the house, bloom | almost as early as plants from the ‘tubers, ae and frequently produce as _ fine flowers. : & Seeds saved from a large collection of the finest named double varieties... i New Single: The new single ‘varieties “of
Dahlia have become very popular and can be highly recommended for bedding,andare __ especially valuable for bouquets. They ae bloom very freely and are of all the colors of the double varieties. Finest mixed, from the largest and best collection in HUrope,y o.dc20s cw 3 oe etalecetele elo ein ae Zimpani, a very singular species of Dahise - with small single flowers of a dark maroon ee color, almost black, oa bles Soe Se ato
| DELPHINIUM (Larkspur): Very fine and az, showy hardy annuals, with long spikes ois aN flowers. and of the easiest culture. pipe as early in the spring as possible in the open ground and thin to , 8 inches apart. Ten of ee finest double varieties and colors, allmixed 5 formosum, a splendid hardy perennial, pro- ducing spikes of flowers which are of one of the most beautiful shades of blue known” in flowers; 2 feet, - ...:..s52s.5 50 see
DIANTHUS: These are commonly called China and Japan Pinks, and are among the oom most beautiful flowers now grown. The col — ors are very rich and varied, and the flowers are produced abundantly all the first sum- mer, and often the second season quite aS well as the first. They grow 10 to 15 inches high, and may be set 10inches apart. Seed germinates readily in the open ground or un- der glass. My collection of Dianthus is no- Ai ted for being the largest and finest in Amer- __ ica, and has heen awarded the First Prize i each year during the past four, by the Massa- chusetts Horticultural Society. ae Chinensis, (China Pink): small double flow-
ers in Jarge clusters; mixed colors,...... hy ow) Chinensis albus fl.-pl., double white, ... 5 nanus roseus fl.-pl., rose color: extra a 10. imperialis, (Imperial Pink), double mixed.. imperialis albus, fl.-pl.. double, white,.. sees Heddewigi, magniticent single flowers from :
2 to 3 inches across and of the richest col- __ ors; mixed colors), 22... ss).ncee) eee 4g Heddewigi fl.-pl., double, mixed colors... atropurpurius fl.-pl., very large. rich dark S$ red double flowers! 3.2.4.0. seo See eee albus fl.-pl., large, double white ae nanus albus jl.-pl., very dwarf, with lar, double white flowers,. .4 25... ) sect coccineus fl.-pl., dwarf, deep blood ox TE, 22s. 2. 0. skews vs See u diadematus fl.-pl., (Diadem Pink), la double flowers of the most brilia m
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LINARIA:
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ns ere es ey eee A Bo 10| with spikes of brilliantly- colored fiowers, 1 fy Eastern Queen, very large, white, beauti- foot tall; transplant or thin to 6 inches: BS fully marbled with rose and crimson; extra ; eu ple. orange, yellow, etc., mixed, 10 = IPERS. SES ECE SA ese 5 3 eee Reet cc ei 1 IMNANTHES Douglasi: An exceeding- Crimson Belle, very large flowers of the ly pretty hardy annual, with handsome daisy- 1H richest, deepest crimson; splendid sort,. 10 like flowers, canary yellow with a broad , laciniatus, large, single flowers with deeply white margin; 6 inches tall,................... 5 Fe fringed edges,.......... Bi bcte ce a ee 10; ZLINUM grandifiorum rubrum (Scarlet x ltaciniatus fi.-pl., magnificent, large double Flax): Showy, Phlox-like flowers; 1 foot,. 5 hy and deeply fringed fiowers: mixed colors.. 10} LOBELIA: Beautiful hardy annuals, bear- a laciniatus atrosanguineus fi.-pl., large, ing a great number of small, richly-colored om double, dark blood red fringed flowers,.... 10 flowers. Exceedingly fine for baskets or edg- E atroviolaceus fi. -pl., dark violet, double,.. 10 ing to beds. About 6 inches in height, and et striatus fl.-pl., double striped: extra,...... 10 plants should be set 4 or 5inches apart. = pumilus, neat dwarf variety, mixed colors, 5 speciosa, sky blue, white eye,............ ... 10 : nanus fl.-pl., very fine dwarf, double varie- erinus compacta, ultra-marine blue,...... se SAO . ty, mixed colors, BH SN adie rans estes Secdcleray tole os 10 gracilis rosea, rose color,........... ....-- 10 All the above in splendid mixture, arre 10 marmorata, white, with sky blue border,.. 10 DIDISCUS ceruleus: An elegant annual Finest mixed, 8 varieties, .......2.....5+---- 5 pee feet high with umbels of sky “blue flowers cardinalis, (Cardinal Flower): A splendid OMAN eT PIASS hj anes ca stateless ein se vss 5 hardy perennial, with spikes of brilliant ow UBLE DAIS Y, (Bellis per ae): i well dark scarlet flowers, blooming the first sea- known hardy little plant, with small, neat | son if sown early under glass, 2 feet,...-... 5 double flowers in fall and early spring. Seed LUPINUS: The annual “Lupins are very should be sown as early as possible, and the showy plants with long spikes of pea-shaped plants set 4 or 5 inches apart, in a cool, shady flowers of various shades of blue, purple, yel- place. Best German seed, mixed colors,..... 15 low and white. Plant where they are to grow; Double White, extra fine,: .:.- +. s.0-8 55. 6s 15 ZOLSOLES THER OU, mer eh Sees Cee aad os oo ee 5 _ Longfellow, a new variety with large red LYCHNIS: Handsome and showy hardy LUG) TSS ER ete i ee As ee a err ei 15 perennials. Sow seeds early, | : 3 ERYSIMUM: Showy hardy plants 18inches | Chaleedonica, scarlet and white, mixed,... 5 tall, with spikes of yellow and orange flowers; grandiflora, | Ory Sar Se and brilliant; 10 excellent for cutting,..... PR ae ae oo 5 ees tas sie satay e3St 10 ESCHSCHOLTZIA, (California Poppy): ¥ eee ees etceaeh Sues eae very showy hardy annual with bright yellow MALOPE GRANDIFLORA: A splendid orange and white flowers. Sow seeds early aE with later purple and prite Hew y, where they are to bloom: mixed colors,...... 5| ers. Sow seeds For y; two feet ae “4h = Mandarin: Asplendid variety, the inside MARIGOLD: ur masses ee — there of the petals a rich orange color, the out- is nothing a an the marigold ae Bile darlo GPWMSORc. 2. 2... --s- 20sec ets ce « 10| ¢an are tall, with large flowers, and the EUPHORBIA payne Sees Aes French varieties eed numerous small, double ) Ms fl ften fine triped with brown. ee ee : thao earner: re sie ane a prick * Mari gold. faIAuE mixed 2 SAE ie 5 a rg : French Marigold, tall sorts. finest mixed... 5 white; 18 inches tall,.............-...++..---:. 5 French Marigold,dwart sorts, finest mixed, 5 GAILLARDIA, (Blanket Flower): An excel- signata pumila, a very showy plant, grow- lent bedding plant, of good habit and plenty ing about 2 feet tall, as round as a.ball and of red, orange and white flowers all summer; completely covered with hundreds of small about a foot in height, and plants shouid single flowers of a bright yellow,........... 5 stand 15 inches apart; mixed co OTS oes Sees 5 signata pumila, (Golden Ring): Like the GODETIA: Fine, hardy plants with a pro- above, except that it is of dwarfer growth, ~~ fusion of showy flowers. Do best when sown and the flowers are of a rich golden yellow a where they are to flower, and thinned to 8 with orange center. The finest of all for ‘ in thes apart; mixed colors,................05. 5 bedding, .....--.-+++- +++ sees seer seer eter eee. i 7 2@PAMMANTFHES gentianoides: A MESEMBRYANTHEMUM crystallinum charming profuse flowering little annual,use- (Ice Plant): A curious half hardy pee The ful for baskets or rock work; reddish-orange, 10| leaves seem to be ae rials en Sil Sp = Saree Gre Dossce co coe ice: of trailing habit; very fine for baskets,.. 5 Sow where they are to grow and thin to 4 ee eee ee oon). 5 hesunixed Colors... stk. es F ell known fragrant, hardy annual,.......... aniehes gered SLs = Miles’ New Spiral, has proved one of the GYPSOPHILA: Very pretty hardy See. best. The plants are of a compact habit, bearing numerous and very graceful sprays with long spikes closely set with flowers. of small flowers; very fine for beds or bor- Plants should stand at least 18 inches Hae pod se ctiepee sable to: houdar. 2 apart to become fully developed,........... 10 muralis, dwarf, with beautiful pink blos- MIM ees vLOUET. See ccottedd SOUS c= ee aes Coe Sao en ee Se 5 ering Ss SMR SV RRR, EN ee ter aera geals ey Te flowers: splendid for house culture and good BELIANTHUS (Guystower),, Wellknows, | inthe gaiden. Sow seeds inthe house. ‘ = hybridus tigrinus splendidly spot eile oss. ; Double, finest double varieties, mixed,...... 5| tigrinus albus, white ground spotted crim- cucumerifolius, a dwarf, very profuse rope Tgoeerat nds Sey aeons OP 10 blooming species, the flowers about two SOR Ss Se Rae muchos across, aud excellent for cutting,... 10 spotted, striped and mottled with crimson, 10 : ocr ra tives Se ue behead eee OA one moschatus, (Musk Plant), yellow,..........-. 10 Hiage,... ... peue Ta eats PEK ae - PRS IN Sey cle 10 | MIRABILIS Jalapa: This old garden favor- Giant Russian, of mammoth size,. DP 5| ite, popularly called Marvel of Peru and Four wuniflorus, very tall, of enormous size,...... O'clock, is one of the most ornamental of F flowering plants, resembling in its habit of HIBISCUS Africanus: Large, showy flow- | growth and form of its bright and varied col- ers, cream color, with black center,.......... 5| Ored flowers, the beautiful Chinese Azaleas; KAULFUSIA: Pretty plants of dwarf 2 feet tall; 8 varieties. MIXOUK IS Jato ks ss tee 5 growth, with Daisy-like, small, white, blue loniflora (Jockey Club), very long, white BBTV ES UTM MLO WEES seas. hws Se a cideic Ao vccstenmea te oe 5 and purple sweet scented flowers,.......... 5 Ls LEPTOSIPHON: Low-growing, pretty, MOLUCCELLA Levis, (Shell Flower): A vn hardy annual with a profusion of small flow- very singular hardy annual, anative of Syria,
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iM YOSOTIS, (Forget-me-not): Well known hardy perennials, with clusters of small delicate flowers. Bloom first season if sown early. alpestris, blue; white and rose mixed,......
alpestris grandiflora, very large, sky blue, :
palustris, (Common Forget-me-not), white
WAL LONER is re es ph eRe ee et ae semperflorens, splendid new large-flowered RUEUC UVR OMENS ASU seen Nyaa lac: deve toe tiaras flore albo, large white flowers,.............. A (Cliveden Forget-me-not) deep
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Azorica, celestina, sky blue,............... NEMOPHILA: A very pretty hardy annual, producing a profusion of small white and blue edged and spotted flowers; about 6 inches high. Sow seed as early in the spring as possible, in a cool, shady place, and thin the plants to 5 inches apart; 8 colors mixed, NIGHLLA: Very curious hardy annuals with large, showy blue and white flowers and finely divided leaves; mixed colors,........ ...... Ss. NYCTERINIA: Small plants with very pret- ty star-shaped, sweet-scented flowers; mixed (CON OTES WR Bs Rea A) Ie ar RP ee ae REIT Sir NIEREMBERGIA: Profuse blooming little plants, with white, lilac-shaded flowers; fine for house culture, small beds or edgings,..... OBELISCARIA pulcherrima: showy plants, with large velvety-crimson flowers,
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NOTH ERA, (Evening Primrose): Showy, hardy plants, which open their flowers sud- denly about 6 o’clock in the evening. acaulis alba, a very dwarf plant, producing exceedingly beautiful pearly white flowers, about 4 inches across,............ As Haateate ec on Me
Laumearckiana grandiflora, produces an abundance of large, yellow flowers, 4 inches weross; very showy, hardy biennial, bloom- ing first season if sown early,...............
OX YURA: chrysanthenoides. markably fine and very hardy plant, with
Daisy-like lemon yellow flowers, edged with
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PALAFOXTA Hookeriana: Rosy crim- son, dark-centered flowers; fine............ :
PANSY: The Pansy is one of the most beau- tiful and popular flowers in cultivation. It may be called a perpetual bloomer, for a bed is never without flowers while the ground re-
- mains open, though they are usually small during the heat of the summer. There is no danger of making the soil too rich for Pan- sies, and they should have an abundance of water if large flowers are wanted. Plants from spring sown seeds produce their largest flowers in the autumn of the first and spring of the second year, after which the plants be- come exhausted, and new ones should be obtained from seed.
Pansy, common mixed, a fine variety,......
Diamond strain, the finest ever offered. See novelty list for description and prices.
PERILLA Nankinensis: A dark leaved fo- liage plant of great beauty, resembles the
Coleus, and is easily grown from seed; leaves
dark purple or deep mulberry; 18 inches tall,
PETUNIA: Few flowers equal the Petunias for a brilliant display. They are very hardy aud of the easiest culture, and their flowers are produced in profusion from June until hard frosts in autumn; fine varieties mixed,.
Enuperor strain, see novelty list.
Double: The double Petunia bears no seed, and seed that will produce a fair proportion of double flowers is produced by créssing the single flowers with the double, which is a slow and expensive process. Seed should be sown in a frame or boxes, and particu- lar care taken to save the smallest, weakest plants, as these are the ones that produce the finest double flowers. Packets of about A ScCedsuhirst qualitys wen =: <cl-) sake dea teen
Double Fringed, produces from 10 to25 per cent. of large, double and beautifully fring- ed flowers. Packet of 50 seeds,...........-
PHACELIA: Fine hardy annuals; excellent for cutting for bouquets; blue and white,...
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PHLOX DRUMMOND ITI: This is without
exception, the most brilliant and beautiful annual in cultivation, and no garden, how- ever small, should be without it. A bed of these plants will be completely covered with flowers from June until hard frost in autumn, For a bed on the lawn, where a continuous display is required, nothing can be finer. Fif- teen inches tall. Plants should be set a foot apart if the soil is rich; if nearer they are apt to mildew, which injures the flowers. LATO UJ INOUGH ea Wdcaneeeo nc dnueacoegoogs iene Brilliant Crimsony,...........ccece even eeee Blood Purple, very dark,..........+2+.-++4- Light Yellow,..... .... Ba Cr ane Wate cis All colors mixed, 15 varieties,......-..---. grandiflora, a great improvement on the common varieties, the flowers being larger and of round perfect form; 15 colors mixed, New Dwarf, very bushy, only 5 or 6 inches tall, and completely covered with small flowers which are of all the brilliant colors of the tall varieties. It can be highly rec- ommended for edging to beds and for house eultimnres, allecolors miixe Ghar sss des = cieisarele POLYGONUM orientale, (Princes Feather): An old. very showy plant from 5 to 8 feet tall, bearing graceful drooping painicles of red and white flowers; mixed colors,.............
New Dwarf, a beautiful dwarf variety of the .
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POPPY, (Papaver): This old and well-known flower, like many other old fashioned flowers, has been much improved of late, and those who have not seen the modern varieties would be surprised at the great improvement made. The flowers are now as large and showy as Peonies, very double, and of great variety of colors; choicest mixed, of every variety and SING ONehWe| nabs isa toes Huda NE boorinouebon Hep eeno odo umbrosum,a new variety, with large, showy,
single flowers of an intense scarlet color; with a large coal black spot at the base of each petal; one of the best,....... -- namie s
PORTULACA, grandiflora: For brilliant dazzling colors, nothing can excel a bed of Portulaca when infull bloom. The colors are numerous and produced in profusion all sum- mer. Easily transplanted at any stage of its growth, even when in full flower. The seed germinates slowly, requiring considerable heat, and care must be taken that the surface does not get dried out. which will surely ruin the seed. Seed often fails to germinate from this cause, especially when sown in the open ground. Ten colors mixed,............--- ..-. Double rose-flowered: A perfectly double
variety of the above, the flowers closely re- sembling small roses. Everybody who sees a bed in bloom is delighted with it. About one-half of the plants from seed of first quality will usually produce double flowers. To make a bed of all double flowers, set plants when small 3 inches apart, and as soon as they show flower transplant the double ones to a bed where they are to bloom, setting the’ plants 8 inches apart. Hight fine colors mixed, first quality,.......
RICINUS, (Castor Oil Bean): A class of or- namental foliage plants of great beauty and quite a tropical appearance; leaves very large sometimes 2 feet in diameter; fine as single specimens, or in small groups; plant the seed in the open ground about the middle of May, in this latitude, and give the plants good rich soil, and plenty of room. Five varieties, HING-Ce(0 end A CG Be SARC CON OC eco nistECCOUmgES (ae
SALPIGLOSSIS, (Velvet Flower): An ex- ceedingly fine hardy annnal that deserves more extended culture thanit receives. The
flowers are bell-shaped, of very rich and-
varied colors, the texture of the petals re- sembling the richest velvet. About 2 feet tall and the plantsshould be set or thinned to 8 inches apart. Do best in sandy soil; all col- OmeiivOWAOly ke Gan coueand DORs poenaomaae sure d grandiflora, a uew variety, with flowers
twice the size of the old, and of a great
variety of rich colors; mixed colors,.......
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CONVOLVULUS MINOR. (Dwarf Morning Glory.)
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SALVIA, (Flowering Sage): Very beautiful half-hardy plants, remarkable for the bril- liancy of their colors. Sow seed early in a ‘frame, or the house, if possible, and trans- plant 13 inches apart after the weather has become warm, splendens, large flowers in long spikes, and
ofthe brightest scarlet, ..... 2... 3. ees coccinea splendens, scarlet,................ patens, produces the most beautiful shade of blue known in flowers. Plants may be cut back to the ground in the fall and the roots pPetbed Torte houses)” .2.5 4.0. hose cee eee
SE DUM,(Stone Crop): Very interesting plants bearing a profusion of star-shaped flowers; very fine for rock and rustic work,............
SCABIOSA, (Mourning Bride): This old hardy annual deserves a place in every gar- den, being very showy and of a great variety of colors, ranging from white to almost black. For cutting for bouquets there is nothing finer. Plants should be set a foot apart. Double Tall: 18 inches; mixed colors,....... Double Dwarf: 1 foot; extra fine; mixed
colors,
SENECIO elegans, fi.-pl., (Jacobea): A beautiful annual with double flowers of vari- ous colors and of easy culture; mixed colors,
SAPONARIA Calabrica: Very fine free- flowering dwarf plant, with small white and pinkslowerssmixedicolors, 2.2)... 2.
SCHIZANTHUS, (Butterjly Flower): Au ex- ceedingly pretty half hardy annual, growing about 2 feet in height, and literally covered with small, curiously spotted and mottled flowers, resembling small butterflies; 10 va- DESY IGS TROVE C20 A Sac A Ren a ee Ne
SENSITIVE PLANT, (Mimosa pudica); A tender annual of spreading habit, with pretty foliage; the leaves when touched, suddenly close and droop in a most curious manner,...
STOCK, Ten Weeks: Beautiful and popular hardy plants, with splendid spikes of double fragrant flowers. Seed germinates easily either in the house or garden. If transplant- ed, do so when the plants are quite small, setting them a foot apart. Best German seed, MS COLOUSsIMIA Geary eae Re ee ee
SILENE, armeria (Lobel's Catchfly): A pret- ty plant witn clusters of pink and white flow- Crs; Ane tor cuubimen a. c lsc Aca AT Re
STOCK, Virginian,(Cheiranthus maritimus): A very protuse blooming hardy annual of easy culture, with a profusion of small white, yellow and red flowers; § inches tall; mixed GOVOTS scolar err i tare a nes Aes lone
TROPGOLUM minus, (Nasturtium): <A splendid class of half-hardy annuals, with flowers of many shades of yellow, orange, scarlet and vermillion, often finely spotted. They make very brilliant beds, and flower best in rather poor soil: 10 inches in height; set plants 10 inches apart; 9 varieties mixed,.... Nine colors separate, sulphur spotted with
maroon, orange and vermillion, yellow,rose, crimson, maroon, scarlet, ruby red, light red, light yellow; each color,................ HEnupress of India, a variety of a deeper, more brilliant scarlet color than any other; Gltid MOVs) a snoSncpecndoqsten boca adenodEe
VERBENA: One of the best and most popu- lar bedding plants in cultivation. Plants grown from seed flower better and make stronger, healthier plants than from cuttings, and are often quite fragrant. A seedling Ver- bena, if given good, rich soil, will -cover a space of 4 or 5 feet in diameter, and be a mass ot flowers all through the season. Start the seeds as early as possible, and set the plants at least 18 inches apart. hybrida, saved from my collection, contain-
ing more than a hundred varieties of every shade known inthe Verbena,.............. : Pure White, always true to color,........... caerulea, blue shades mixed,................., Scarlet, finest scarlet and bright red shades DEMO Chu CA cece yae Sain srelsealslcteinre crete miciate is striata, various colors and finely striped..... Montana, a hardy perennial species wita a profusion of rosy purple, very fragrant TLOMMOT Ss taloreteiare\ asc cle intnsiedaleis Ae, nicseie sinicion yore) ejeiase
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VENIDIUM calendulaceuwm: A showy an-
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VINCA: A splendid house and bedding plant
with Phlox-like flowers and glossy green leaves; sow seeds early under glass; 18 inches tall. :
OS CMs NG EOS COLOR aah eee cree eral scieiolsiaete rosea alba, very handsome, white with rosy
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eye. WHITLAVIA: A profuse blooming, hardy
annual of low spreading growth, with very pretty bell-formed blue and white fiowers...
ZINNIA, DPouble: Amagnificent half hardy
annual, producing an abundance of flowers, which are as large and double as the Dahlia, the same flower keeping in perfection two months. Plant branching about 2 feet in height. Set plants 18 inches apart; eight fine COLOLSMMUKE CNera tel leneyere acre toe a le siete ors
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arbors, verandas, fences, etc., which they will do ina very short time. Support should be furn-
ished as soon as they begin to run. :
ABOBRA viridiflora: Highly ornamental,
bearing small scarlet fruits; 10 feet,..........
BRYONOPSIS laciniosa: Elegant foliage
and small, green-striped fruits, turning to red, Striped with white; 10 feet, . i. 02-2). 222.
CALAMPELIS scabra: A beautiful plant
with racemes of bright orange flowers. Sow seeds under glass; 6 feet tall..................-
CARDIOSPERMUM halicacabum, (Bal-
loon Vine): Very ornamental, with singular inflated, balloon-like seed capsules. Sow un- GlENP ANGER MAE sdoe pdosceuoee eccoroddo on
COBQ@A scandens: A beautiful half-hardy
plant, growing 20 or 30 feet in a season: flow- ers large, purple, bell-shaped. Start the seeds as early as possible in the house, and set them edgewise, and do not water unless the earth gets very dry, otherwise they are apt to rot,. alba, a rare and beautiful white variety of
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CONVOLVULUS major, (Morning Glory):
A well-known and very popular hardy climber of rapid growth, with splendid large flowers of a variety of colors; all colors mixed,....-.
COCCLNEA Indica: Very handsome ivy-
like, smooth, glossy leaves, and large, white flowers, which are followed by deep scarlet TABU ASR Met) Tol Fe Rad baad GaRO OR DUCE OOS Ger das SOGOC
CYCLANTHERA explodens: A _ rapid-
growing climber, with pretty, oval fruits, which explode with a noise when ripe,....
DOLICHOS lablab, (Hyancinth Bean): A
good climber. with purple and lilac flowers,..
ECHINOCISTIS lobata: A yery strong,
rapid-growing climber, with ivy-like leaves and large clusters of whitish flowers in pro- fusion allsummer. Seed must be planted in the fall. or well soaked in warm water,.......
IPOM@M@A: One of the best of the climbers,
with splendid large flowers resembling the Morning Glory, but much larger and of more brillismficolors) mixedicolorsiee 0 opel iie Quamoclit, (Cypress Vine): Elegant foliage and small, bright scarlet and white flowers. Soak the seed wellin warm water and sow under glass early ; mixed colors,............ hederefolia, (New Ivy-leaved Cypress Vine): bright scarlet flowers in great profusion....
LOPHOSPERM UM scandens: One of the finest of climbing plants, with bell-shaped
rosy-carmine flowers; 6 feet; sow in boxes, ..
MAURANDYA Barclayana: A beautiful
climber, with bell-shaped flowers and neat, abundant foliage; 6 feet; mixed colors,......
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MUKIA scabrella: A fine climber, of rapid growth, with heart-shaped leaves and scarlet DOEFIGS 22. sets hae ene te hee See be eee :
ORNAMENTAL CUCUMBERS: Very fine climbers with highly ornamental fruits of various curious forms and colors. Balsam Pear, Balsam Apple, Gooseberry formed, Ser- pent-fruited, and several other sorts,....,...-
ORNAMENTAL GOURDS: Rapid-grow- ing climbers, producing some of the most ele- gantly colored and singularly formed of all fruits. Plant in rather poor soil. Orange, Lemon, Apple, Pear-formed, and many other SOLUS MIXGdHsc5c wees eerie 22 -e e ee
and color, that even the are deceived. When ripe they will not freeze or break, and make the best nest eggs. Plant in rather poor soil, and treated like
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The Everlasting Flowers are a very valuable and beautiful class, keeping their uatural form and color for many years. The flowers should be cut when in the bud, or as soon as they begin to open, and hung up in small bunches so that the stems will dry straight. They may then be worked up into small bouquets, wreaths, baskets, etc.. and make beautiful ornaments for the parlor. Plants of all the varieties may be set about ten inches apart.
ACRUCLINiUM roseum: One of the most beautiful of the everlastings; bright rose color and white ; mixed colors,................ New Double, a splendid double variety of
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and spotted. 11 colors mixed,...... bees ae Eleven colors separate,—crimson, scarlet, orange, brownish lilac, chocolate, yellow, scarlet-striped, light yellow, straw color
The Ornamental Grasses are very useful for working up with the Everlasting Flowers.
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The varieties under this head mostly flower inthe spring and summer of the second year, from seed,
and most of them continue in perfection for many years.
Seeds may be sown at any time in the
spring; and as they mostly require two or three weeks to germinate, particular care should be taken to keep the ground entirely shaded from the sun and well watered until they come up. Set the plantsa foot apart in any unused corner of the garden the first year, and transplant to the beds where they are to bloom, early in the fallor spring. It is well to protect them during winter with a slight covering of leaves, straw, or evergreen boughs.
COLLECTION OF PERENNIAL FLOWER SEEDS. PRICE, 80 CENTS. |
For 30 cents I will send all of the following 12 varieties, one packet of each: Agquilegea, 30 varieties mixed; Canterbury Bells, double and single, mixed; Delphinium, mixed colors; Clove Pinks; New Spotted Foxglove; Ipomopsis; Pyrethrum Roseum, mixed colors; Improved Sweet Wil- liam, all varieties in splendid mixture; Double Feverfew ; Sweet Rocket; Perennial Poppies, mixed colors; Veronica, mixed colors. ‘
ACHILLEA ptarmica fi.-pl. (Millflower) :
Of dwarf, spreading habit, with a profusion of
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udicaule, a beautiful new scarlet species,. GITAL1S, (Foxglove): A very fine peren- al, with very long racemes of drooping bell- _ shaped flowers; 3 feet ; mixed colors, very’s New Spotted, a great improvement Beamteeolder Sorts >......---....+- <fugay. Bie ee EDYSARUM coronarium: Racemes of _ pea-shaped scarlet and white flowers: very MRE APROG COLOTS i. 2 ox <=. s.00 ccs ceneca.seceeee HESPERIS matronalis, (Sweet Rocket): _ Large clusters of sweet-scented white and Manure NOWers: 3 feet,........--.--- sees. eee. HIBISCUS coccineus: A magnificent per- ennial with large scarlet flowers, 4 inches across. Requires protection in the northern __ States during winter; 6 feet tall, HOLLYHOCK, (Athea rosea): The most _ sbowy of all the perennials; fine mixed, Ph TEE a Nee Se a sae alee swiss ERIS sempervirens, (Perennial Candy- ijt): Very desirable perennial. bearing clus- of white flowers in May and June, IMPOMOPSIS,(Summer Cypress): A beauti- _ ful plant, with finely divided leaves and long _ spikes of scarlet and yellow flowers; 3 feet _ tall; mixed colors,..«
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POVTENTILLA: Theseare very popular in England and shéuld be grown more in this country. The flowers are of very brilliant and varied colors aud freely produced for a long time; 1 foot; double mixed, from a choice collection
PRIMULA, (Polyanthus or Primrose): A very interesting and beautiful class of spring- blooming flowers. Seeds require from 4 to 6 weeks to germinate, and must be sown under glass. elatior, chiocest mixed from named flowers,
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SWEET WILLIAM, (Dianthus Barbatus): The Sweet William is an old and well known flower, and has been much improved of late years, the trusses and fiowers being larger and of a greater variety of rich and beautiful colors.
Carter’s Auricula-eyed, large white cen- ters, bordered with various shades of rich- est red, crimson, maroon, ete.; extra choice
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Dunneti’s Dark Crimson, a splendid sort of a deepest crimson or maroon, almost blak, S72 ee ie co ays See sei ane Ber
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Hunt’s Perfection, very rich colors bor- bered and edged with white................
Hunt’s Perfection, double, beautiful double varieties of the last, .............. :
Harlequin, a new variety with elegantly mottled and spotted flowers,..... ..... ....
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WALLFLOWER, (Cheiranthus Cheiri): A very beautiful half hardy perennial with
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GOODELL’S CHOICE SEEDS.
There is a good deal of pleasure in growing house plants from seeds, and very often as many plants can be grown from a packet of seeds as would cost several dollars if purchased from a green-house.
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f the varieties germinate as easily and quickly as the common annuals if properly treated. Fill boxes (cigar boxes are just the things) nearly full with very fine, nice garden soil of a sandy
nature, and press it down smooth and hard ; make drills an inch apart by pressing the straight edge of a thick pane of glass into the soil to the depth of a sixteenth or eight-of an inch, according to the size
of the seeds ; sow the seeds and fill up the drill with fine sandy soil that has been sifted through a fine
sieve ; press down the soil quite hard over the seeds and water carefully with a fine spray, so as not to
wash the soil from the seeds ; cover each box with a pane of glass and set them in a good warm place.
The best place I have found for germinating small seeds is on a mantel shelf back of a kitchen stove. w Take particular care to keep the soil just moist so that it does not look dry, until the seeds germinate.
As soon as the plants begin to come up,
and move the boxes at once toa warm sunny window. should only be covered with a mere sprinkling of earth.
give plenty of air by partially or wholly temoving the glass, i Very fine seeds, like Calceolaria and Begonia, (The above directions apply particularly to the
smaller house plant seeds, but the same treatment is best for all small seeds like Petunia, Portulaca,
etc.) The mination.
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seeds of Geranium, Cyclamen, Heliotrope, Lantana and Smilax are very hard and slow of ger-
Cover these a quarter to a half inch deep, and they must be kept quite moist and warm till erminate, which will be in 4 to 8 weeks ; and they should be sown in boxes by themselves and not After house plants have made a little growth and as soon as large enough to
handle, pot off singly in small pots and finally shift to 4,5 or6 inch ones, which are the right sizes for flowering. They should be kept growing vigorousiy in good rich soil during the summer, to obtain an
abundance of nice flowers in winter.
The seeds I offer were saved from the most celebrated prize collections in the world, and have — been carefully tested, and will germinate freely if properly treated.
ABUTILON, (Flowering Maple): Choicest
SRE MIDLKOUS cc cres Satine ae aisle: oo researc tae eredtia BEGONIA Tuberous-rooted: Exceedingly beautiful, profuse-blooming flowers of vari- ous shades of red and yellow; choicest
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Choicest mixed, from Alegatiere’s celebrat- ed collection, the finest in Europe.... ..... CALCEOLARIA hybrida: One of the grandest of house plants, bearing a mass of curious pocket-like flowers, both self and beautifully spotted and tigered varieties. Sow seeds:in July or August.......--...... -. CENTAUREA gymnocarpa: A beautiful white-leaved plant, much used for edging and ribbon beds....... ..-- ....- meine ale mye CINERARIA hybrida: Nothing else will give such wealth of bloom during the winter and Spring as the Cineraria, with its rich and varied colors — magenta, crimson, purple, white. and variegated. They are easily grown from seeds, which should be sown from May to August ; fine mixed..... -----..----.... --- grandijlora: Very large flowers of the richest colors. the plants covered with a mass of bloom; choicest mixed from Ben- ary’s celebrated collection........... ....-- New Double, About 20 per cent. of double HOWEES ter tees eee oie eee [be tee er eeees oe CHINESE PRIMROSE, (Pimula Sinensis): The Chinese Primrose is one of the most satisfactory of house plants. The flowers are white and many shades of red, often finely spotted and striped. Plants from spring- sown seeds will bloom profusely the following winter. Cover seeds a quarter inch, keep quite moist and not too warm, Fine mixed, packet of about 25 SECUSs reeks chet oe aehtee eer Choicest mixed, from the finest collections of fringed, fern-leaved, and large flowering varieties in Europe; packet of about 25 SCCOSiece terse eee eae ete eeee eres Leseseees fimbriata alba magnifica, a beautiful new variety with large white flowers, 2 inches across, With citron eye... ......---- mole tues - flore pleno, choicest mixed, produces a fair proportion of large double flowers ; packet
of 12 seeds. : COLEUS: The most popular of all foliage plants, the leaves variegated with many shades of red, yellow, maroon, etc.; choicest mixed, from a large collection of named vari-
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CHRYSANTHEMUM MIndicum; These popular autumn-blooming plants are as easily raised from seeds as asters. Sow the seeds in boxes early in spring,and set the plantsin the open ground during summer, in good rich soil, 18 inches apart. Take them up the last of August with as much earth as possible attached to the roots,and set them in pots or boxes of very rich soil for the house, keeping them well shaded and water- ed for a few days. Choicest mixed, from a large collection including all the newest and finest varieties of Chinese, Japanese and Pom- PON varieties; :o.0.<5.% 20 eee eee
CLIANTHUS Dampieri, (Glory Pea): magnificent trailing plant with large clusters of pea-shaped scarlet flowers, each flower 3 to 4 inches long, with a large black spot in the center. Keep the seeds very moist and warm and set the plants in the open ground in June, in warm, sandy soil. Packet of 15 seeds.....
CYCLAMEN Persicum: Splendid bulbous
plants, with Orchid-like delicately colored.
flowers in abundance all winter. The leaves are very prettily variegated and veined, and it is sure to delight all who grow it. The seeds require from 6 to 8 weeks to germinate; choice mixed, packet of 15 seeds,............. giganteum, asuperb new strain, with very large flowers of various rich colors......... FUCHSIA: Choicest mixed..... oe cule epee ee GERANIUM: These well-known bedding and house plants are easily grown from seed, which germinates unevenly but quite surely. Soak the seeds for 12 hours before sowing, and keep it moist and warm until it germinates. Zonale choicest mixed, from a large collec- tion. of named Varieties. : 2. s222) eee Zonale variegata, gold, silver, tri-color and bronze foliage, sorts ; choicest mixed, pack- et. of 15: Seeds' 32). 2) 4. 2h cy ee Double, packet of 15 seeds ............... whee Apple-scented, packet of 15 seeds.-........ Pelargonium, (Lady*® Washington Ger-
anium): choicest large-flowering and fancy _
varieties mixed, packet of 15 seeds GESNERIA: These are very choice green- house bulbs, bearing brilliantly-colored flow- ers in spikes; choicest mixed. J...2.2.<-o2-o-
GLOXINIA grandiflora; Very handsome ~
bulbous plants, producing a profusion of large bell-shaped flowers of the richest and most varied colors through the summer. Sow seeds from February to April and they will blogs from July to September; choicest mixed,
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OXALIS floribunda: Well-known profuse blooming plants ; rose and white, mixed..... PASIFLORA cerulea, (Passion Flower): Magnificent evergreen shrubby climber...... SOLANUM capsicastrum, (Jerusalem Cher- ry): A fine old house plant, bearing bright red berries the size of cherries................
SMILAX: (M. Asparagoides): An elegant
climbing plant, with glossy, green leaves. Soak seed in warm water for 48 hours before
TYDZA hybrida: Elegant bulbous plants,
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CHINESE YAM, or Cinnamon Vine, (Dioscorea batatas): A beautiful herbaceous, ornamental vine of remarkably rapid growth, climbing from 15 to 30 feetin a season. The leaves are glossy green, veined with purple, and are never touched by insects. The flow- ers are small, white, in clusters, and emit a peculiar. cinnamon-like odor, so strongly as to fill the air around in the evening. The roots or tubers, which are edible, increase in size from year to year, and grow to a weight of several pounds each, and when once start- ed, will last a lifetime in the ground. Plant the roots three inches deep in any garden It is well to cover the rootsa little with some leaves or straw the first winter, but after that they are perfectly hardy in any part of America. The roots can be planted whole or divided in pieces, and each piece will grow. One year old roots, 25 cts. each; three for 50 ets.; eight for $1.00. Ready early in April.
GLADIOLI: The Gladiolus is the best and most popular of what are called Sumner Bulbs. Its tall spikes of large flowers, which are almost every shade of color, spotted, olotched and striped inthe most beautiful manner, are truly gorgeous. The bulbs may be planted six inches apart, in any ordinary garden soil, in April, May and June, and coy- ered from 3 to 5 inches deep, according to size, and they will always give a good account of themselves. The Gladiolus blooms in about three months from planting, and by planting them at intervals of two weeks they may be had in bloom from July to October.
GLADIOLI, splendid mixed varieties, including many fine seedings, equal to the best named varieties. They are nice flower- ing bulbs and always give the best satisfac- tion, making a splendid display for a little money. Per dozen. 50 cts.; per half dozen, 30 cts.; per hundred, $3.50; per thousand, $30.00.
GLADIOLI, named varieties; I have a
large collection of choice named varieties;
prices, from 15 cts. to $3.00 each.
LILIES: Iselect the following from a large number of varieties as the best and easiest to cultivate, and am sure they will give satis- faction toall. Plant 5 to 8 inches deep, and cover with a few inches of leaves during win- ter,
| LILIUM auratum, the queen of lilies, with
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| ed with crimson, with a golden band through | the center of each petal; very fragrant. Large fine bulbs, 40 cts. each, three for $1.00. croceum, bright orange color, spotted black, excelsum, delicate cream or buff; each.... lancifolium rubrum, white, shaded with rose, spotted red; one of the very best ; each lancifolium album, white..............%.. tennifolium, (Coral Lily of Siberia), brilli- ant scarlet ; alittle g superbum, orange red, spotted black...... tigrinum, (Tiger Lily),..... SOA GOO UC NoabooS tigrinum fl. pl., (Double Tiger Lily)....... Harisii, the Bermuda Easter Lily, so ex- tensively grown for church decoration at Easter; large pure white, very fragrant flowers. Plant in 5-inch pots, from Septem- ber to December, for winter and spring blooming; good strong bulbs, 40 cts. each, three for $1.00.
TIGRIDIA, a beautiful genus of half-hardy bulbs, with curious and showy shell-like flow- ers, 4inches across. Culture like Gladioli. conchiflora, yellow and orange, spotted
black ; 15 cts. each, two for 25 cts. pavonia, red, spotted crimson ; 15 cts., two for 25 cts.
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TUBEROSE, Pearl: The Tuberose bears spikes of pure white, wax-like, double flow- ers. Plant in boxes in the house, and remove to the garden when the weather has become warm.or they may be flowered in pots orboxes. Pearl is anew dwarf variety and much better than the old sort, being of low growth, with larger flowers. Nice large bulbs. 15 cts. each, two for 25 cts.; per dozen, §1.25.
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Varieties of recent Introduction of Special Merit.
During the past few years, hundreds of varieties of vegetables have been introduced by seedsmen, all of which were claimed to be improvements on the older varieties. I have made itarule totest these varieties in my grounds as fast as offered, and most of them repeatedly. Many of them I find to be either identical with old sorts or inferior to the best of the standard varieties, or at best no improye- ment on them, while a few, perhaps one in ten, have proved to be real and valuable improvements, and should have a place in every garden. From amongthem I select the following, which are the very cream of the novelties introduced during the past few years. I advise all my customers to give them a trial, feeling confident they will not have any reason to regret doing so.
COLLECTIONS OF VEGETABLE NOVELTIES.
Collection No. 1, seven varieties for 35 cents. For 35 cents I will send the first seven varieties on the list below, amounting to 60 cents at regular rates, one package of each ; or if ordered at one time, four collections for $1.00.
Collection No. 2, fifteen varieties for 65 cents. For 65 cents I will send the seven varieties in collec- tion No. 1 and the next eight varieties on the list below, amounting to $1.45 at regular rates; or two collections for $1.00, if ordered at one time.
Collection No. 3, twenty-five varieties for $1.00. This collection contains all the varieties in collec- tions 1 and 2and the next ten varieties on the list below, amounting to $2.40 at regular rates. Six of these collections will be sent, postage paid, for $5.00, if ordered at one time.
I shall have these collections put up ready for mailing, and and no change whatever can be made in them. I was one of the first to put up collections of flower seeds and offer them at greatly reduced rates, since which there have been many imitators, but Iam determined that my collections shall al- ways be at the head in value; and these collections of Vegetable seeds are certainly the best ever of- fered for the prices. Please note that while other collections of vegetable seeds consist mainly of old varieties or untried novelties, the most of which turn out to be of little or no value, the varieties in my collections are among the very best, REAL IMPROVEMENTS that should have a place in every garden.
Per p’ck’ge BEET, Eclipse: This new Turnip Beet from Germany has acquired a high reputation among
market gardeners in this country. It is asearly as the Egyptisn, smooth and round inform. Itis
of a dark rich red color, very fine grained and sweet, and an improvement on Egyptian,........... 10 CUCUMBER, Nichol’s Medium Green: For pickling or Slicing, this is a most valuable sort.
The cucumbers are of medium size, dark green, and always smooth and straight. The flesh is
tender and crisp, and itis remarkably Pro@uctivie. 2p fave screw = bettie ne ee s,s welem peanecneuese ee ue 10 LETTUCE, Oak-Leaved: A very distinct and handsome variety, the leaves shaped like those of
the oak. ‘The heads are crisp and tender and largely free from the bitter taste peculiar to most
varieties, and itis very slow to! rumte@ seedy: % dot 22. 52.1 pee See ew ace rene. sc wc cene sl te) wneaees 10 MUSK MELON, Montreal Market: This variety is one of the very best ever introduced. It
is round in form and roughly netted, early, productive, and the largest green-fleshed melon in cul-
tivation, growing with ordinary cultivation to a weight of 10 to 15 pounds each, and has been
grown to weigh over 30pounds. Tue flesh is remarkably thick and of first-rate quality,.......... 10 PEPPER, Golden Dawn: A very distinct and valuable large sweet Pepper of a beautiful gol-
den yellow color. [tis the size and. form of the old Bell, and very sweet, almost free from fiery
favor; very productives sc J25<. Gee eee eek eee moe Sh Ml ad pea Seiden oN a Ree BN eet is5 10 SQUASH, Cocoanut: This, though not new, is so little known and so valuable that I add it to my
list. In size it is about 4 or 5 inches in diameter, and very productive, a single vine often bearing
a dozen ormore. Itisas handsome as any Gourd, being yellow striped with orange and green.
The flesh is very fine grained, dry and sweet. Itis very hardy and will produce a crop when
the large varieties fail, in fact can be grown as easlly as pumpkins. It is a fall sort, but keeps
nearly: all-winter.'. 7S. Sash es es ae eee ae eee Ee See eels o Ar ade HE ye AE mE 5 TURNIP, Extra Early Purple-Top Milan: This is the earliest flat Turnip yet produced.
It has a very small top, with fine white, solid and sweet flesh and keeps in good condition all winter. 5
EARLY CABBAGE, Peerless: This superior early Cabbage is fast becoming the favorite sort among the marketmen in the eastern part of this State, where it criginated. It is nearly as early as the Wakefield, very solid and uniform in size, averaging about 12 pounds each, and in quality unsurpassed by any other sort, early or late,............- 2.2 ---- +200 sees. Ep ee iG. ke - 10 CARROT, Danvers: The roots of this valuable sort are intermediate in length between Long Orange and Short Horn, but of larger size than the Orange. It is smooth and handsome and the best. variety for main crop, 2.62 {55S se oa ea eee ae ior ee ne = MCs an 5 SWEET CORN, Cory: The earliest Sweet Corn in cultivation. Planted by the side of the Mar- blehead in my grounds last season, it was fit for the table nearly a week earlier than that variety, while the ears were slightly larger, and of equally good quality. It grows fit for the table in 55 days from plantings... 20725 Ds hc hs Bae ee eee ot fae ae cies eee eet lan te ic Ie te AEE te cas ee 15 LETTUCE, Deacon: This is the most reliable Lettuce for heading during summer I have ever tried. Planted by the side of a dozen or more new varieties last summer, it made larger heads and remained fit for use without running to seed, longer than any other, while the quality was
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BUSH BEAN, Green Flayeolet: This is the same variety sold by some jseedsmen under the - names of Green Gem and Wonder of France. It is early and wonderfully prolific, the beans of a _ pea green color. which color they retain when cooked, even when dry, if pulled as soon as fully grown. It is nearly as good in quality as the Lima Bean, CABBAGE, Warren’s Stone Mason: This variety is the resnlt of careful selection for many _ years by a gardener of Marblehead. Itis about as early as Brunswick, much rounder in shape, _ extremely solid, a splendid keeper, and unsurpassed for shipping purposes. It is becoming very iar amon the Boston market gardeners,......... 2.1.2. 2c. ccseas ve dee ess sanesaseecdes sasseess CELERY, White Plume: This is the most valuable new Celery introduced in twenty years. It is entirely distinct from other varieties, its stalk and inner leaves and heart being naturally white _ so that by closing the stalks during the latter stages of its growth, and keeping them in place with - alittle earth, or by tying, it becomes completely blanched, making its culture very easy. lt is Eee erst ewnaa es Cie BULLY HaVvOr,: 2.20. S22. knoe See ee See ete ea ese sat CARROT, Guerande, or Early Oxheart: A very valuable new early variety, growing about - 6inches in length by 3 or4inchesin diameter. It isof splendid quality and will produce a greater weight to the acre than most varieties, CUCUMBER, Giant Pera: This has proved the handsomest and best long Cucumber ever raised. They grow to a length of 15 to 20 inches, are very smooth, with few spines, very straight and of nearly equalthickness the entire lengtk. The vine is large, vigorous, and exceedingly pro- __ lifie. In quality itis first rate, tender and crisp with very few seeds, which do not form until the Peep ETE Carrel, FIR SRN WE, & 1°05 55.5. 6. ie Sk aen 3 ode nla cae aoe a ee ew LETTUCE, Green Fringed: Avery ornamental and good variety. Itis ofa light and peculiar “es shade of green, almost white on the inner parts, while the edges of the leavesare most beautifully Beh na trimeed- ang are tender and -good,- ... 2.2. 53-0022 bo ~ eee ee eee te eed se ce tee) Rok eee oe PEA, Abundance; This is the best second early wrinkled Pea I have yet tried. The vines are __-yery large, growing 244 feet tall, and have a peculiar branching habit, and the vines should not be ~~ nearer than 6 to 8inchesin the row. It isremarkably productive, continuing to bear for a long __-_—s time, each pod containing from 5 to7 large peas. which are equal in quality to any variety,....... WATER MELON, Mammoth Tron Clad: The largest of all Water Melons. It grows to a _-—s weight of 40 to 50 pounds each and has been grown to weigh over 100 pounds. The rind is very hard _-—~—s and tough which makes it a splendid keeper and shipper. It is long in form, dark green mottled eee with laehtershade. Its quality is excellent............0.....-.0 2.5.0. elite pe ON A Akane eo ONION, Mammoth Silver King: Asplendid white Onion, fiat in form, growing to a diameter of 4to 7 inches and a weight of 2 to 3 pounds each with good culture. It is of mild and pleasant IAEA ie iri ss Cia ne Cowie oes bedava) wane se oes epee tn ts Bons eee ee eee toa ehcsk = sve + S$QUASH, Essex: This is one of the best fall and winter Squashes. The flesh is very thick, fine _-—s grained, dry and sweet. It is one of the earliest of the fall or winter sorts.........-.-..-.-+--- ---
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_ the most beans. The beans are abont twice as thick as the common Lima and grow closely to- gether in the pods, from 4 to 6 beans in a pod, and are very rich and fine faVOred, . os4a5s- 0156: 2+ _ BUSH BEAN, Champion: This is the best Bush Bean for all purposes. It is perfectly string-
- less and first-class for a snap bean and excellent for shelling. and one of the most productive of
_ SWEET CORN, Potter; The best variety ofits season, coming in about a week before the Ever-
% green. The ears are large, 12-rowed, exceedingly tender and sweet. This is the variety always used by the Squantum Club of R. I., in their famous clam bakes, and is sold by some seedsmen under the name of Squantum,..... Ora Wish aie RO eS ee lh aid Ga oeichn OSS Se SoET Pata ac
POP CORN, New Golden: A very handsome and fine variety, very prolific, 3 to 4 ears often ee growing on onestalk. Remarkably large and tender when popped,.....--.----- fF ORNS See oe _ +=POP CORN, Early Amber: A very distinct early variety of a beautiful amber red color, very } SE aUIE PEC INEA INR ECS S 8s oe e hcts e a a elwisrd hae e's ssa ehis tee ees hae Sane oe Nae etaibianres aan oom Na _ CABBAGE, Netted Savoy: This is one of the best of the Savoy varieties. and forms a coe _-—sihead. +The Savoy varieties have curled and crumpled leaves, and are very much better in qua ity =X than the plain-leaved sorts,.........--+--+-+--++eeeeees Pe Sera ee as Ue Arp Ss Ae eerste ae
ke ; ; MUSK MELON, Perfection: One of the very best melons I have ever grown. It is early and "very prolific. erowing - a weight of 4to 6 pounds. round, dark green. The flesh is remarkably
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ONION, Mammoth Pompeii: The largest variety of Onion ever introduced, specimens having been eS to weigh 3 to fe oands each. Tt is reddish brown in color, the flesh white, fine grained and mild flavored. All who wish to grow large onions for exhibition should try this sort,......-.- a E i t ta _ PEA, Stratagem: The largest of all Peas. The vines are very large and stout, about 2 fee : = and loaded with pods from 4 te Bees long, each pod containing 6 to 9 peas, which are nearly _ double the size of Champion of England, and in quality fully equal to that variety,........--------
PUMPKIN, Mammoth Potiron: The true Mammoth Pumpkin, growing to a weight of 100 to
ae Ss 5 y State: This new Squash is a most valuable acquisition aud I recommend a it hie sats palace ibe a first-class Sanh It is like the Essex in form, but a little earlier and green 0n the outside, while the flesh is of a bright golden yellow, remarkably thick and solid, very fine grained, dry and sweet. It has an extremely hard. flinty shell which makes it one of the best _ of keepers. It is the most solid, and heaviest Squash-of its size I have ever seen, and very pene
_ form, averaging about 10 or 12 pounds each. In productiveness it fully equals, if not excels, t e _ Essex. The original vine produced three squashes ina length of three feet, weighing from 8 to
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The Mango Melon, or Vegetable Orange.
EF This is the handsomest and one of the most useful vegetables I have ever grown. It grows ona vine like a melon and is remarkably productive, each vine bearing from 20 to 40 fruits, which closely resem- ble in size, shape and color an orange: The flesh is white and fine grained. Pared, sliced and fried in butter, they are exceilent. For mangoes, preserves and sweet pickles no other. vegetable is so good. The seed should be planted and cultivated the same as melons or cucumbers. Price, per packet,..15cts.
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I do not offer a long list of vareties, but only such as experience has shown to be the best, the
cream of a large number of varieties.
I design to have my vegetable seeds as reliable as my flower
seeds, and all who favor me with their orders may depend on receiving the very best in every respect. Those who want more than one package of a kind, may have three packages of any one variety for the
price of two. cents.
This brings the 5-cent kinds down to about 3 cents, and the 10-cent kinds to about 6 But it must be understood that this offer applies only to three packages of the same variety,
not to three packages of different varieties of the same vegetable; for example, the price of three packages of Bassano Beet is 10 cents, but one package each of Bassano, Blood Turnip and Imperial
Sugar would be 15 cents.
the value of apply to collections of vegetable feeds.
select seeds to the value of $2.25.
Persons remitting $1.00 for vegetable seeds in packages may select seeds in packages to the value of $1.10. Persons remitting $2.00 ma sons remitting $3.00 may select seeds to the value of $3.45.
Per- ersons remitting $4.00 may select seeds to $4.70. Persons remitting $5.00 may select seeds to the value of $6.00. These offers do not
BEANS, BUSH VARIETIES: Black CAULIZLOWER: Henderson’s Early , Wax, along time in bearing; black seed,..... 10 Snowball (True), the best and most reliable Golden Wax, very tender and fine,.......... 10 variety, nearly every plant producing a good Dwarf Horticultural, one of the very ear- Ge GG tes non onnconocd: ts SoCHUUGN ONG at Seo adods: 25 liest and best for shelling, either green or CITRON: New Californian, very large...... 5 FY je coe ove Cent arise Faph nine oem ave mente sige. 10| CARRUT, Early Horn, very early and fine 5 BEANS, POLE VARIETIES: Dreer’s Half-long Red Stump-rooted,............ 5 Improved Lima, a great improvement on Long Orange, the standard late variety,... 5 the old Lima, being more productive and of CELERY: Boston Market, one of the best, 5 better quality, while the beans grow closely Major Clark’s Pink, one of the best of together in the pods, making them easier to the red varieties and of better flavor than Oe | Berea astie lin Ce Seine Ao Behe cmae cee ate 10 the white ‘Sorts... - = -to> 5-6 sae eo eemeeeiag 10 Concord, one of the very best,.....----+..--. 10| CRESS or PEPPER GRASS: extracurled 5 CORN, SWEET: Marblehead, the earliest CUCUMBER: Early Russian, the earliest, 5 of all varieties, except the Cory,........-.--.. 10 Harly Cluster, very early,... ........cec0«.. 5 Ford’s Early, a little later than Marble- White Spine, handsome and smooth,........ 5 head, but the best in quality of all the ex- Tailby’s Hybrid, very handsome and good, 5 tra early SOrts,...... -... ceccceccccee.. cee 10 Green Prolific, very productive; best of all Crosby’s Early, ears large, 12-rowed, about for pickles and a good table sort,........... 5 2 weeks later than Marblehead: very ten- EGG PLANT: New York Purple,......... 5 GerianG S Welton. mete oe see [ecto ene=ri- 10| KOHL RABI: Early Purple,............. 5 Black Mexican, a little later than Crosby, LETIUCE: Ice Cabbage, very large heads, 5 and one of the tenderest and sweetest of All the Year Round, one of the best,...... 5 all varieties; nearly as white as any sort Early Tennis Ball. the best early sort, WHE 116 LOnVUSG2soc occ fener soo ene ae 10 forming a close, hard head...............--. 5 Evergreen, old, standard late sort,......... 10 Boston Curled, a beautifully curled sort,.. 5 Egyptian, very large and me latest of all... We LEEK: Large American Flag,........-... 10 CORN, POP, the best white for parching, .. 1 : is PEAS: Little Gem, the earliest and best of pee ide CUS :, Casahes alee nea ee early wrinkled varieties; height, 2/2 10 ele apaag ree pee yeas market variety 5 PES SOS BO ce aaa rg pe ln tI IE RAC SNR Te ‘utmeg, small, rich and sugary,........ Anno 3, . Champion of England, old standard sort, 10 : eae Comaetets Colossal, the MELON, WATER: Phinney’s Early, very best variety. Soak the seed well and sow early, prolific: rich and sugary; one of the in drills two inches deep,.... .-..-.+eeeeee0e0e 5 very best for the North,......-....... rns eens 5 BEET: Egyptian Blood Turnip, the ear- Prerless, very early and productive, the Tiesh fh de? a BE Oe a ee on hoe ee eae 5 richest and finest fiavored of all water- Early Bassano, very early, tender and IN CLONS, = spas Sete the weak cet eee oe eer 5 sweet,.....-... Be a AE EEO EM TONE 5| WATER MELON, 12 varieties. mixed,....... 10 Early Blood Turnip, .. .....-..-++-++++- 5' MUSTAKD: White London,.-..... ....+0-- 5 Long Blood Red, for winter use,......-.... 5| ONION: Early Red Globe, very early,..... 5 Imperial Sugar the sweetest of all sorts, Wethersfield, Lurge Red,..........+...+- ISA and best for winter if sown late..........-. 5 | Danvers Yeilow, largely grown for market, 5 2 a os E, Pe SES eat iors : White Globe, very large, mild flavor,.-...... 5 arly Winmingstadt, one of the most re- | orn or GUMBO: Dwcarf Prolifies...... 5 ' Early Wakefield, a standard variety for PARSLEY: Fern Leaved, very finelycurled 5 market,........ Dyaleis wlcteiere iokes slow = peemieieciejete siete 10 : aS n ie 5 Henderaiiie partiisammier: oaacle PARSNIP: The Student, very sweet variety SrOWn fOr MALKEE. eek. oe ee) fe eee 19| PEPPER: Tomato-formed, very produc- WINTER VARIETIES: Stone Mason near- tive,....----..... ence shale Rie c'e lt wie te etelelefore wine ere stats a = ly every plant will produce a good solid Sweet Moantainor Mammoth, very mild, GAO pico he isp ae ae ae as Soe pe 10| Cherry-formed, small, round and very hot, 5 Marblehead Mammoth, the largest of all: Fred Chili, small, red, best for pepper sauce, 5 has been grown to weigh 60 Ibs. each,.... .. 10| PUMPKIN: Sugar, the sweetest and best Fottler’s Brunswick, popular for market, 10 POLS DIES seco aisle sine = eet a alee erette te siete tees 5 Premium Flat Dutch, old standard sort,. 5 Large Cheese, the best sort for field culture Late Blood Red, for pickling, aD oeraae eine 5 and goodfor cooking; flesh very thick,.... 5
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RADISH: Red Turnip, very early and ten- TOMATO: Livingston’s Favorite, very See nen ino a sla sicko wns cues seer sicaee’ 5 early, of good size, very solid, round and Long Scarlet, early and good,............... 5| smooth as an apple. Among the many varie- French Breakfast, of quick growth,....... 5 ties of tomatoes, I consider this one of the Bight Early Varieties, mixed,............ 10 ViORY DEStt aoe sicrecttcisretnotas So epise ne citcteiote sie sinicrs 5 Chinese Rose Winter, for winter use,...... 5 Sirawberry, or Winter Cherry, a distinct Mammoth White Winter, very large and species, the fruit growing in a husk and
good, ...... Soeetooeeee SOC OL ROR TEC AEA 5 about the size of eee It one be
; : 5 grown in every garden, especially where ey J eae mee saree | Aue 10 fruit is Scarce ai is very productive, and Bes 7 a) ae ae ea ~ has the flavor of strawberries; excellent _ SPINACH: Round Leaf, the best for for canning, and the fruit can be kept fresh ® spring or fall SOWUID Gynec ns see lc ees et ace cen. 5 ina dry place all winter. Culture like the
SQUASH, SUMMER: Yellow Bush Scal- COMMON) LOMALO,. oo hee. ae ees Sal <= sewer fe 5 MERE setae lanai nin cial cls > sinin'e'e sie nin'y sjemin's «a5 -- 5|TURNIP, ENGLISH: Early White Flat
BERRES TOT OROOIKMCCHS «esi ce cose sands esse vice 5 DD eeteH se ee Ee Ga On Be nfs 5
SQUASH, WINTER: Boston Marrow,.. 5| Staip-leaved Red Top, early and good, ... 5 Turban, first-rate for fall use,................ 5 Yellow Globe, excellent, large, yellow,...... 5 Hubbard, the standard of excellence,....... 5 pees x ppabomne peace ig apts ae
y ; 9 . vite moe” eee eee para oe Sea 5 Sweet, the best for table use,..............-- 5 : ae me? SWEET, MEDICINAL ANDPOT m0 Toe tilts bas been grown to weigh | |" EERBS: Each of the following varieties is , ee oe eee as Coen cen Fete eee e enn tees cene 5 cents per package: Anise; Arnica,
_ SALSIFY or VEGETABLE OYSTER: Sweet Basil; Caraway; Dandelion, This vegetable should have a place in every Broad-leaved’ French, grown for greens; garden. Itis a delicious vegetable and is Coriander; Catmint; Hoarhound; used in soups, also boiled and fried, and has Lavender ; Sweet Marjorum; Kose- the flavor of oysters. Sow and cultivate like mary ; Sage; Saffron; Summer Savory ; parsnips. The roots may remain in the Winter Savory; Tansy; Summer ground all winter,.........-...2-s+2... essen. 5 Thyme; Winter Thyme; Wormwood.
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Before ordering, please read the following instructions, and-act accordingly in making out your order, and thus save delay in filling. Write all orders for fruit trees and plants on a separate sheet of paper from seed orders or anything else.
Spring is the best time to set all trees and plants in the Northern States. My stock is first-class, and packing will be done inthe best manner by experienced bands. Ne charge for boxes or packing. Plants can be sent by mail or express with perfect safety to any part of the U.S., even the most dis- tant places. Large orders can be shipped by freight. The postal regulations are such that PLANTS CANNOT BE SENT BY MAIL TO CANADA, only by express or freight. Jt is always best to have plants sent by express, unless the order is small or on long and expensive routes, in which case it is cheaper to send by mail. Ifto be sent by express, mention nearest express office and name of company. If plants are or- dered sent by mail, enowgh money must be added to the list prices to pay postage, which will be as follows:
_ Strawberry plants 20 cents per 50, 30 cents per 100; Raspberries 15 cents per doz,, 75 cents per 100; Blackberries 20 cents per doz.. 90 cents per 100; 1-year old Gooseberries and currants, 20 cents per doz.. $1.20 per 100; 1-year old Grapes 20 cents per dozen, $1.00 per hundred. Tvrco-years old Gooseberries. Cur- rants and Grapes cannot be sent by mail. Trees are too large to be sent by mail. One-half doz. plants or trees (no less) of ANY ONE VARIETY, sent at dozen rates, 50 at 100 rates. Neighbors, by clubbing to- gether, can thus often get the advantage of 100 and 1,000 rates and reduce express and freight charges, which are now usually quite reasonable.
My terms are invariably cash with order. Those not familiar with the different varieties and who pre-
___ fer to leave the selection to me, should state whether they are for home use or for market, and whether
Ss _ Vergennes, Worden; one year, 25 cts. each, $2.00 |
early or late varieties are wanted.
Please order early; don’t wait till you are ready to plant, for it takes a little longer to fill orders for plants and trees than seed orders.
Owing to expense of packing, no order for fruit trees and plants will be filled for a less amount than $2.00.
DISTANCE APART FOR SETTING FRUIT TREES AND PLANntTs.—Strawberries, set in rows 4 to 5 feet
apart, 1 to 1144 feet in the row and let ruaners form be ds 2% to 344 feet wide. Raspberries and Black- berries 3 by 6 feet. Gooseberries and Currants 3 by 4 feet. Grapes 6 by 8 feet. Peaches and Plums 15 to 18 feet each way. Apples 30 feet apart. Standard Pears 20 feet. Dwarf Pears7to 9feet. Cherries 15 to 20 feet. Quinces 10 feet apart.
BLACKBERRIES. | Prices: 75 cts. per doz.: $2.00 per 100, unless oth-
| . . Champion, Clinton, Concord, Elvira, Hartford, | ©™W1S° priced. é :
Ives, Martha, Perkins; 1 year old vines, 15 cts. | Agawam, | Baa ar ee Hap pene etsy each, $1.00 per doz.; two years, 20 cts. each, $1.50 | Snyder, Wilson, Taylor, Erie and Nevada, doz., per doz. Delaware, Diana, Duchess, Agawam, | $1.50; 100. $7.50. Early King and Minnewaski, doz. Brighton, Catawba, Towa, Salem, Telegraph, Wil- | $2.50; 100, $15.00. Wachusett, Thornless, doz., 75 der; one year, 20 cts. each, $1.50 per doz.; two. cts. ; 100, $3.00. Lucretia or Mammoth Dewterry, years, 25 cts each, $2.00 per doz. Early Victor, | doz., 75 cts.; 100, $5.00. Lady Washington, Early Concord, Pocklington, CURRANTS.
per doz.; two years, 30 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. prices: One year old, 60 cts. per doz., $4.00 per
Lady, one year, 30 cts. each; two years, 35 cts. 100; two years old, 75 cts. per doz., $5.00 per 1.00,
each. Moore’s Diamond, one year, $1.00 each; two | except as otherwise priced.
years, $2.00 each. Eaton, one year, $1.00 each;| opieties: Red Dutch, Black Naples, Cherry, _ two years. $1.50 each. Empire State and Hayes, | [ee’s Prolific, Versailles, Victoria, White Grape.
one year, 75 cts. each; two years, $1.00 each, Ni- | Pay’s Prolific, one year, 25 ets. each, doz., $2.50; _ agara, one year, 50 cts. each; two years, 75 cts. two years, 35 cts. each, $3.50 per doz.
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STRAWBERRIES. PEACHES.
Prices for standard varieties: 30 cts. per doz., Prices: 1st class, 4 to 5 feet tall, 20 cts. each, $2.00 $1.00 per 100, $4.00 per 1,000, wnless otherwise priced. | per doz.: extra sized, 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz.
Standard varieties: Bidwell, Champion, Chas. Varieties: Alexander, Amelia, Barnard, Smock, Downing, Crescent, Crystal City, Garretson, Glen- | Bilyeu’s Late October, Canada Iron Clad, Chair’s dale, James Vick, Jersey Queen, Kentucky, Man- | Choice, Cooledge’s Favorite, Crawford’s Early, chester, May King, Miner’s Prolific, Old Iron Clad, | Crawford’s Late, Druid Hill, Early Rivers, Foster, Ontario, Parry, Sharpless. Geary’s Hold on, George 4th, Hale’s Early, Hance’s
New varieties: Monmouth, doz., 75 cts.; 100, §4.00. | Golden, Hill’s Chili, Honey, Jacque’s Rareripe, Jen- Crimson Cluster, doz., $1.00; 100, $6.00. Gandy, | nie Worthen, John Haas, Keyport White, Lady doz., $1.00; 100, $7.00. Lida, doz., $1.00; 100, $3.00.| Ingold, Large Early York. Mary’s Choice, Mrs. Jessie, doz., $1.00; 100, $5.00. Bubach, doz., $1.00; | Brett, Mountain Rose, Old Mixon Free, Nix’s Late, 100, $5.00. Belmont, doz., 50 cts.; 100, $3.00. Jew- | Peen-to, Pratt, Red-cheek Melocoton, Reed’s Early ell, doz., 50 cts. ; 100, $3.00. |Golden, Reeve’s Favorite, Schumaker, Steadly,
- | Stepheén’s Rareripe, Stump, Thurber, Troth’s Early,
Wager, Ward’s Late, Wheatland, Yellow St. John.
New varieties: Globe Ford’s Late and Roser; 1st class, 35 cts. each, §3.00 per doz.
RASPBERRIES,
Price, 75 cts. per doz.; $2.00 per hundred, wnless otherwise priced in list.
Red and Yellow varieties: Caroline, Brandywine, Cuthbert, Hansell, Marlboro, Turner, Shaffer, Ran- cocus. Golden Queen, new, the best yellow varie-| prices: Standard varieties, 1st class, 5 to 7 feet,
ty, doz., $1.00; 100, $5.00. 0 iS S s : Black-cup varieties: Gregg, Hopkins, Mammoth, | a Oe sae Sr boeee abe radia Sie Oe oe
Cluster, Ohio, Souhegan, Tyler, Namaha, doz., 75 | gyandard’ Varieties: Bradshaw, Golden Drop,
cts.; 100, $3.00. Gen Ben Gorman Prone, Greer dal impooe
age, Lombard, McLaughlin Monroe , QuacKen-
GOOSEBERRIES. Doss. Reine Claude, Richland, Shrppalise amson,
Varieties: Downing and Smith’s Improved; one | Smith’s Orleans, Washington, Yellow Egg.
year, 10 cts. each, doz., $1.00; two years, 15 cts.|,.%ew variety: Spaulding, ist class, $1.00 each,
each, doz., $1.50. Industry, two years, 50 cts. each, $10.00 per doz.; medium size, 75 cts. each, $7.50 per $5.00 per doz. doz.
Prices: Standard varieties. first-class, 54 to7| Prices: First-class, 40 cts. each, $4.00 per doz. feet, 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz.; two years, 4% to Heart_ and Bigarreau ; Varieties: Black Eagle, 6 feet, 20 cts. each, $2.00 per doz. , Black _Tartarian, Downer’s Late, Gov. Wood, Napo-
Siandurd Varieties, Summer: Harvest, Keswick | leon, Yellow Spanish. 4 : : Codling, Nyack Pippins, Red Astrachan, Tetofsky, Dukes and Morellos: Belle de Choisy, E. Rich- Sweet Bough. Autumn: Alexander, Duchess of | mond, Late Duke, May Duke.
Oldenberg, Fall Pippin, Fameuse, Gravenstein, Fall Orange, oneuee Pippin, Porter, Stump. Win- QUINCES.
ter: Baldwin, Ben Davis, Cooper’s Market, Golden
Russet, R. I. Greening, Grimes’ Golden. Hubbard- Apple or Orange, first-class, 30 cts., $3.00 per doz., ston Nonsuch, King, Lady, Lady Sweet, Mann, Champion, first-class, 30 cts. each, §3.00 per doz. ; McIntosh Red, Monmouth Pippin, Nero, New- Reas’ Mammoth, 50 cts. each, $5.00 per doz.; Meech’s town Pippin, N. Spy, Pewaukee, Roxbury Rus- | Prolific, 50 cts. each, $5.00 per doz. .
set, Smith’s Cider, Stark, Talman’s Sweet, Wage- ner, Walbridge, Wealthy Willow Twig, Wine-sap, | APRICOTS. York Imperial. Delaware Winter, first-class, each | 4 f : $1.00, doz., $10.00; one year, each 50 cts., doz. $5.00.| Prices: First class, 30 cts. each, $3.00 per doz. Jacob’s Sweet, first-class, each 75 ets., doz., $7.50; | __ Varieties: Breda Early Golden, Eureka, Jackson, two years, 60 cts. each, $6.00 per doz. Gano, 1st | Moorpark, Roman, Royal.
class, each 75 cts.; doz., $7.00. Salome, ist class,| Russian Apricot, 30 cts. each, $3.00 per doz.
40 cts. each. $5.00 per doz.; one year, 40 cts each, | _ Improved Russian Apricots: Varieties, Alexan- $4.00 per doz. Yellow Transparent and Red Bei- der, Alexis, Catherine, Gibb, J. L. Budd, Nicholas, tigheimer, 1st class, 35 cts. each, $3.00 per doz.; | 50 cts. each, $5.00 per doz.
one year, 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz.
PLUMS.
Crab Apples: ist class, 30 cts. each. $3.00 per NUTS, Etc. doz. Varieties: Hyslop, Lady Elgin, Red Siberian, i Transcendant, Yellow Siberian. sss Setanta Hardshell, Softshell, 30 cts. each, $3.00 per doz. PEARS. English Filberts , 30 cts. each, $3.00 per doz.
Chestnut, Spanish ; 50 cts. each, $5.00 per doz. Prices: Standard trees, Ist class, 5 to 6 feet, 60 Chestnut, American; 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. cts. each, $6.00 per doz.; two years, 3 to 5 feet, 50 Chestnut, New Japan Giant; $1.00 each, $10.00 per cts. each, $5.00 per doz. Dwarf trees (of varieties | doz. marked with *), 50 cts. each, $5.00 per doz. Pecan Nuts, 40 cts. each, $4.00 per doz.
Summer varieties: *Bartlett, *Clapp’s Favorite, English Walnut, 50 cts. each, $5.00 per doz. *Manning’s Elizabeth. Awtumn: Buffum, Seckel, Butternut, 40 cts eack, $4.00 per doz. Sheldon, *Augouleme, *Flemish Beauty, *Howell. Mulberries: Downing’s Everbearing, 50cts. each. Winter: *Anjou, Mt. Vernon, *Lawrence, Vicar. | Russian, 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. Lawson, standard, one year, 40 cts. each, $4.00 per | Figs: Large Purple, Pacific White, and White doz.; dwarf, one year, 50 cts. each, $5.00 per doz. Smyrna, 35 cts, each, $3.50 per doz.
SPECIAL TO CANADIAN CUSTOMERS..
The postage on all seeds sent from this country to Canada is very heavy, being 10 cts. for each package, no matter how small the package may be, evenif itis but a single packet of seed, the post- age on small orders being more than the price of the seeds; aud to save myself from loss I am obliged to ask my Canadian customers to remit eight cents extrain addition to the price of the seeds, when their orders are less than 40 centsin amount. I will always pay postage on all larger orders.
oer The Bonanza Collection of Flower Seeds would make a nice present for a friend, and would be a constant reminder of the giver all summer.
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DWIGHT, MASS. 31
SEEDS FOR THE WILD CARDEN.
What is called a wild garden is becoming very popular. The plan is to take some back corner or spot in the garden and sow a quantity of the most hardy flower seeds that have been well mixed together, and, except to keep down the weeds, allow them to pretty much take care of themselves. The effect is very striking. I had many calls for such seeds last year, and have put up packages expressly for this purpose. Price per large package containing a great variety of seeds best adapted for the ‘* Wild Garden,” well mixed, 25 cents.
SOWING MLOWER SEEDS; HIG:
Sowine IN CoLp FrAmzES.—A cold frame is easily managed by anybody, and in no other way can such uniform success be had ; and I would reeommend those who have more than half a dozen varieties to sow to try one. Make a box-like frame of boards without a bottom, which should be twelve or fifteen - inches high at the back, sloping to about six inches in front, so as to catch the direct rays of the sun as much as possible. It can be made of any size desired and nailed at the corners, if small enough te be easily moved about, or if larger, fastened together with hooks and staples. About the last of April is the proper time in this latitude to start seeds in a cold-frame, and the plants will be large enough to transplant to the beds where they are to bloom as early as would be safe from frost.
Prepare a bed in a warm sheltered spot in the garden; rake out all the lumps and stones and on this
it the frame, and cover with ordinary hot-bed sash or old window sash which will do quite as well.
.ake the soil in the frame smooth and firm with a board, and sow the seeds thinly and evenly on the
urface in squares, and label each sort with a short pine label. Have a pile of light sandy soil or leaf nold from the woods, which has been sifted through a fine sieve, near at hand, andif the seeds are very small, carefully sift it over them. Probably more failures to make seed germinate result from covering 500 deep than from any other cause. A good and safe rule for the smaller kinds of seeds is to cover to a depth of about twice the diameter of the seed. This would give a covering of one-eighth to one-fourth of an inch to such seeds as Aster, Phlox and Verbena; one-sixteenth of an inch to Petunia, Portulaca, and seeds of like size, while very fine seeds, like Lobelia and Mimulus, should scarcely be covered at all, but merely pressed slightly into the soil. After the seeds are all nicely covered, it is very important to make the soil as hard and firm as possible; then water carefully with a pot having a fine rose, so as not to wash the soil from the seeds.
Now put on the sash and keep it tightly closed until the plants begin to come up, watering often
’ enough to keep the surface moist. Some seeds, like Aster and Zinnia, germinate, under favorable cir- _cumstances, in a few days, while others require several weeks. Geranium and Verbena seeds germi-
nate very unevenly, some seeds coming up in. a week or ten days, while some remain dormant a month or more, and the soilshould be kept moist and not be disturbed for at least a month after sowing. Cover the frame with straw mats or boards at night to keep out the cold, and after the plants are up give plenty of air, during warm, sunny days. Pull out the weeds as fast as they appear, and keep the plants well thinned out, so they will grow strong and stocky. The thinnings can be saved and trans- planted to another frame if desired. ; :
SOWING IN BOXES IN THE Hovuse.—When only a few varieties are to be sown, good plants can be grown by sowing in shallow boxes of earth, putting these in a warm, sunny window in the house, cover- ing each box with a pane of glass to retain moisture. Never sow seeds in pots unless they are sunk up to the rims in boxes of moist earth or moss; otherwise they are apt to quickly dry out and injure the seeds or young plants.
SOWING IN THE OPEN GROUND.—With care and by sowing at the proper time, plants can be grown successfully in the open ground; but not much suecess can be expected from sowing the small, delicate seeds in the beds where they are to flower. It is always best to sow all but a few varieties like the Larkspurs and Poppies, which do not transplant well, in a seed-bed, in the same way as directed for eold-frames. Sow the half-hardy varieties about the middle of May, in this latitude, or about the time corn is usually planted. Hardy annuals may be sown two weeks earlier, and tender annuals not until two weeks later than this. Great care must be taken in watering and shading to prevent the surface from drying out; a few hours of hot sun in a dry time will sometimes ruin a whole bed ; and this isthe most frequent cause of failure when seeds are sown in the open ground, for after a seed has sprouted, and then becomes dry, it will never sprout again, ‘It is a good plan to spread several thicknesses of newspaper over the bed to help keep in the moisture, but they must be removed as soon as the plants begin to come up. :
TRANSPLANTING.—After the plants in the cold-frame or seed-bed have obtained their second leaves and grown an inch or two, transplant to the garden, first giving the seed-bed a good soaking with water. Transplanting should be done in a showery day, if possible, but it is better to transplant in a dry time than to wait too long for rain. Make holes where the plants are to be set, fill them with water, let it soak in, then set the plant, making the soil firm about the roots; water again and cover each plant with 2 piece of paper held down with clods of earth; or, what is better, with a large leaf or a handful of fresh grass, which is to be removed after a few days.
A frequent cause of failure to make a good show of flowers is setting plants too thick in the beds, and before the summer is half through the vines become so crowded together they either die outright or become so much weakened in the struggle for existence, that their beauty is greatly injured. The soil for flowers, if not already rich, should be made so with fertilizers or welldecayed manure. Some varie- ties do well in almost any ordinary soil, but do much better in a rich one.
I am thus explicit in giving directions because I know some of my customers are inexperienced in the culture of flowers,—some perhaps beginning their culture for the first time this year, and I am anxious sa all who purchase even a single packet of seed should succeed as well as the most experienced gardeners.
The flowers produced from seeds are classed as Annuals, Biennials, and Herbaceous Perennials. The Annuals perfect their seed and die the first year. Biennials live two years. Herbaceous Perennials die down to the ground every year, their roots living many years. Annuals are called hardy, half hardy and tender. A hardy annual will bear a severe frost without injury; a half-hardy annual will bear con- siderable frost; while tender annuals are destroyed by the least frost. _
I can supply any book published on gardening and kindred topics, postage paid, at the usual prices, among which are the following valuable works: Henderson’s Gardening for Profit, $1.50. Gardening for Pleasure, $1.50. Roe’s Play and Profit in my Garden, $1.50. Treat’s Injurious Insects of the Farm and Garden, $2.00. Saunders’ Insects Injurious to Fruit, $3.00. Downing’s Fruits and Fruit Trees of America, $5.00. Fuller’s Small Fruit Culturist, $1.25. Practical Floriculture, $1.50. Fuller’s Grape Culturist, $1.50. Ellwanger’s The Rose, $1.25. Long’s Ornamental Gardening, $2.00. Long’s Home Florist, $1.50. Canary Birds, 50 cents. Harris’ Gardening for Youngand Old, $1.25. Williams’s Window Gardening, $1.50. Every Woman Her Own Flower Gardener, $1.00.
REPRORIS FROM CUSTOMERS:
Ihave received thousands of letters, containing entirely unsolicited expressions of the satisfacticn and success of customers. I take the liberty of publishing extracts froma few lately received, to show those who have never dealt with me that my seeds are just as represented. The gardens of cus- tomers are my best advertisements, andit is very gratifying to know that they have such unexcep- tional success and are so highly pleased with the seeds I furnish. Ireturn my sincere thanks for the many kind sentiments and for the efforts many have made to extend my trade, and I shall try by fur- nishing the best of seeds and liberal dealing to merit a continuance of orders. Occasionally a fail- ure occurs, and I am asked to replace seed which hs failed to grow, and when such a failure is caused by any possible mistake of mine I am ready tc ~estore fourfold. I furnish all my customers with precisely the same quality of seed, just such as 1 would, and do, sow myself; and when ninety- nine succeed admirably, and the one hundredth one fails with seed that is all put up from one lot, it is impossible that the fault can be with the seed. All experienced gardeners well know that, no matter how good the seed, failure will sometimes occur from unfavorable weather and other causes entirely beyond control.
From Mrs. E. M. Hanrorp, Scipioville, Cayuga Co., N. Y.,—Last year I invested 10 cents in your seeds, and can truly say that I got more flowers for the amount than I ever saw before. I had one Aster that had 83 blossoms on at one time, and from one-half paper of Pansy seeds had 24 different varieties, and they were the finest I ever saw.
From Mrs. S. M. Hamiutton, Windsor, Nova Scotia.—I send a club of 10 for the collection, besides other seeds. The seeds last year gave every satisfaction, and all considered wonderfully cheap, be- sides being so sure to come up, which is not always the case with other seeds; but we can depend on all you send and confidently recommend them to everybody.
From W. H. GuTHrRi£z£, Helena, Montana.—Last year I ordered from you Laced-edged Petunias, Di- amond and other strains of Pansies, rose and Pompon Asters and Verbenas. Tosay they were fine can give no idea of their beauty. They were the admiration of all who saw them and took first pre- miums at our County Fair.
From H. L. NEALL, Sun Building, Philadelphia, Pa.—The trial seeds obtained from you last spring have been the glory of our garden, although they were in competition with seeds from other growers of the highest reputation.
From Mrs. E. R. Hunttneton, Castle Rock, Washington Ter.—l have never purchased seeds from which I have had such satisfactory results as from yours. No other Phlox is so fine, no other Pansies can begin tocompare with yours, although I have had experience with various otherstrains. The Salpiglossis from your seeds are also very large and beautiful in many shades: and your Chinese and Japan Pinks, language fails one with which to do them justice. I think more genuine satisfaction..can be obtained from one of your collections than from an outly of many dollars with some other firms. The flower-loving portion of our country owe you a very great debt of gratitude. .
From Mrs. CHARLES E. SAWYER, Exeter Mills, Me.—I would like tosay a word in praise of your seeds I have had seeds from you for a number of years, and never failed to raise a nice lot of flowers from them. My Asters and Phlox were beautiful, and so were my Pansies and Pinks, and our vegetables were equally as good.
From Mrs. I. M. Brown, Olathe, Johnson Co., Kansas.—I had your Diamond Pansies last year, and I also had five other packages of the very choicest strains from other dealers. We had a very hot, dry summer and the Diamonds were the only ones that stood the drouth and blossomed all summer, and they were planted in the full blaze of the sun. They were all colors from pure white to black.
From H. B. FULLERTON, Thorndike, Mass.—I have not only had great success with all your seeds, but my friends are also delighted. Your Pansies combine beauty, size, and freedom from insects; this last seems peculiar, but true. Ihave Nicotiana that have bloomed winter and summer for two consecutive years; not one day in the 730 have I been without a bloom.
From Mrs. J. S. PIERCE, Ware, Mass.—The Diamond Pansies were lovely to say the least. I had hundreds of blooms that would measure two inches and over across. One man that saw them said that he had been in the gardens of a great many florists, but he never saw Pansies equal to mine, and he took your address, as have many others.
From Mrs. JAs. Hupson, Chatham, Ont., Canada.—I take this means of letting you know how well I was satisfied with the 10 cent order I gave you. Ireceived far more real, genuine satisfaction than I have done many times before for $1.00. I think each seed of the Clove Pinks must have brought two plants, the Asters are perfect beauties, and the Pansies are something magnificent indeed.
From Mrs. C. A. Rounps, Moravia, N. Y.—The Diamond Pansies and Petunias were exceedingly fine, and such peculiar colors and markings. They were the finest evergrown here. [exhibited them at the Moravia Fair, and they were the wonder and admiration of all the flower-loving people. I enclose one of my Pansy blooms. I do not expect the first prize, but if I don’t succeed in obtaining a small prize, I feel amply repaid for the trouble and expense by the pleasure experienced in watching them grow. They were indeed lovely beyond anything I ever had or saw, and I have raised flowers many years and purchased seeds from a good many different seedsmen, but found none equal to yours.
From Mrs. Mary JEFEERS, Red Lake Falls, Polk Co., Minn.—I sent for one of your collections last spring, and must say that they gave perfect satisfaction. I was more than pleased with the Double Portulaca; they were a perfect mass of bloom and almost as double as Roses.
From Mrs. LovIsE BoIsEeNn, Bloomington, Ind.—I was very much pleased with the Pansies raised from your seeds last year. I had seedssent me from Germany, Wisconsin and Philadelphia, and while they were all fine, I think none were so rich and so varied in color as yours.
From Mrs. S. J. BAKER, Knowlesville, N. Y.—We have dealt with * * * fortwenty years or more, but send every year to other seedsmen, in order to get a greater variety. We like the best of every- thing as we always exhibit flowers at the County Fair. The most beautiful Petunias I ever saw were at Lakeside last year, and I found they bought the seed from Mr. Goodell. If ours are as nice I shall be delighted and you will hear from me again.
From Mrs. S. J. Nims, Vernon Centre, Minn,—Your seeds always grow. I received five first pre- miums last fall on flowers from your seeds at our Fair, on Asters, Pinks, Pansies, Verbenas and Helich- rysums. Your colored plate of China and Japan Pinks does not do justice to them; mine were hand- somer, I think.
From W. H. BLAneEy, Attleboro, Mass.—I received your Catalog and collection of seeds all right, and sbould place a larger order with you, but have received some fifty varieties from * * * * #* and others. I am much pleased with your Catalog; itzis not so elaborate as some, but for practical— information is worth (to me) all others combined. Please send me the following varieties.
From A. M. T, AVERILL, Tawas City, Mich.—I wish to tell you that all the seeds I bought from you last spring did splendidly. The Zirngiebel’s White and Pompon Asters were particularly fine, and the large Emperor Petunias the very finest I ever saw, and a wonder to others.
From Mrs. MartHa G, McManon, New Milford. Ct.—I sent for three of your collections last year, and to say that we were pleased but faintly expresses it. I send for twelve of the collections this time and think I shall be able to send you another order soon. My Asters last year were the special admiration of all that saw them.