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63.01

Canada

1901

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Lawn Grass Seed

SIMMERS’ u Toronto Parks”

18 THE BEST FOR OUR CANADIAN CLIMATE.

With it you can make<^*^r<^>

LAWNS, GRASS PLOTS, CRICKET

GROUNDS, TENNIS COURTS, ETC.

AS 80FT AS VELVET AND AS GREEN AS EMERALD ALL SUMMER LONG.

PRICE 25 CENTS PER POUND, POSTPAID 30 CENTS PER POUND

SPRING being the most favorable time for sowing lawn grass seed, we would advise every person intending to sow a piece of ground for a lawn to have it in good time richly manured and carefully dug, levelled and raked, and after procuring a proper mixture of such grasses as we offer, for the purpose of procuring a good lawn, sow the same rather thick, carefully and evenly on a calm day. The sower should be provided with boards strapped to his boots to prevent his feet from sinking into the ground and producing holes. The sowing should be commenced on one end of the ground and the seed be gently raked into the ground as it is sown. To protect the fine germ of the grasses from the rays of the sun in spring and summer following, it is advisable to mix a moderate quantity of rye among ib when sowing the grass seed. As the rye grows much more vigorously than the grass seed, it has to be cut frequently, and as soon as it is about six inches in height ; it should never be allowed to grow above this height. In the autumn the rye will perish of itself, leaving only the perennial grasses, which by that time will have gained sufficient strength to do without protection, excepting, perhaps, a slight oovering of litter during the winter. Care should be taken to prevent any- one passing over or using the ground the first year, and until it is sufficiently settled.

The Lawn Grass Seed we offer is a judicious mixture of the most hardy and desirable kinds. The quantity required for an acre is from 30 to 50 lbs.; Or for renovating old lands, 20 to 30 lbs.

A beautiful lawn, with its close, velvety turf, is a most essential feature In the adornment of all suburban homes— without it the finest flowering plants and bedding seem insignificant, while with it, handsome grounds are assured, even with no other adornment.

The

“8hady Nook," Mixture— Per lb 35c, postpaid 40c.

Botary

Lawn

A new device for cleaning a lawn, is intended to follow the lawn mower, gathers up all the short and long clippings as well as loose litter of any character, such as twigs, leaves, straw, bits of paper, string, small stones and any such matter as is offensive to the eye. It can be easily adjusted so as to straighten up crab grass, or weeds so that they may be clipped off by the lawn mower on a second trip, and thereby prevent their seeding. In the fall of the year, it is unequalled for gathering the autumn leaves, and other litter of the season. It can be easily adjusted to perform any kind of work through the whole season. It is well and substantially built of steel and cast iron ; with fair care ought to last many years. Two- thirds or more of the time required to do the same work by hand can be saved. Price $16.00.

TURE, Fin> Quality (with or wit., out White Clover)— Per lbi

postpaid 30c, 5 lbs $1.15, 10 lbs $2.20, 25 lbs $5.25, 50 lbs $10.00, 100 lbs $20.00.

White Dutch plover, for mixing; with Lawn Grass 8eed— Per

lb 30c.

“SHADY NOOK" MIXTURE— For sowing under trees and in shady! places. It Will not only grow in such places, but forms a fine sward where few other grasses can exist. Sow 40 lbs per acre. Per lb 35o, postpaid 40c. "

BLUE GRASS, Extra Clean— Per lb 15c, 10 lbs $1.40.

RED TOP, Extra Clean— Per lb 15c, 5 lbs 70c, 10 lbs $1.40.

SIMMERS’ LAWN ENRICHER, for old and nlw lawns— For ful description see previous page. 5 lbs 60c, 10 lbs 76c, 25 lbs $1.60, 5011 $2.75, 100 lbs $5.00. Prices for larger quantities on application.

THE PENNSYLVANIA HAND LAWN MOWERS

The Latest Improved, Easiest Running; and Handsomest Mowers Made. Circulars on Application.

In buying the Pennsylvania __

you have satisfaction in know- ing you have a Lawn Mower that will do double the work each season with less repair, and have a Lawn Mower for future use when others are consigned to the old iron pile.

Each machine is warranted to work as represented.

lo inch, 8 inch wheel.. $11 00

18 “ “ “ 13 00

Prices of the Pennsylvania Lawn Mower:

10 inch, 8 inch wheel $8 50

12 “ “ “ r> 00

14 “ “ “ 10 00

The Pennsylvania Hig;h Wheel Lawn Mowers

15 inch, 10J inch wheel $14 00 I 19 inch, 104 inch wheel $18 00

17 “ “ “ 16 00 | 21 “ “ “ 21 00

The 30-inch Pennsylvania Horse Lawn Mower Four Knives, i

(Open Cylinder)— Width of cut, 30 inches. Weight complete, 396 pounds Horse Mower, Open Cylinder, with Handles and Draft Iron ... . $100 Extra for Shafts, Seat, Spring and Foot Board 20

Braun Grass Catcher— Adjustable to Pennsylvania Mowers only. For 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 inch mowers, each $2.50. When ordering mention size of mower.

CANADIAN LAWN MOWERS

104 inch High Wheel (four blades)— 12 in., $4.25 ; 14 in., $4.50 ; 16 in., $6;

18 in., $5.25 ; 20 in., $6.00.

Low Wheel— 12 in., $3.00 ; 14 in., $3.25 ; 16 in., $8.50 ; 18 in., $8.75. Grass Catchers for High Wheel Mowers, 12 and 14 inch, each $1.75;

16 and 18, each $2.25.

CONTINENTAL LAWN MOWERS

Circulars on Application.

It is the lightest running, swiftest cutting, and almost noisless. have no hesitation in recommending this machine.

Price— 14 inch, $10.00; 16 inch, $11.00; 18 inch, $12.00. Specifl. machine for high grass— 15 inch, $13.00 ; 17 inch, $15.00 ; 19 inch, $17.00.

CHAMPION LAWN MOWER SHARPENER

Price, each $1.00. Circular on application.

ORDER SHEET for Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, Tools, Etc.

J. A. Simmers,

Mos. 147, 149 and 151 King St. East, TORONTO, CAN.

sell ; nor trill we hold ourselves in anu way responsible for the crop ; every received will be filled by its. on these conditions only. If the purchaser does j

not accept the Oootls on these conditions they must be returned at once, and the mom, ‘hat has been paid will be refunded. Agents are not authorised to • change the above terms and conditions of sale.—J. A. SIMM ICRS. ^ I

Post Office

Post Offico Order, S

SEEDS.. BY MAIL

WE SEND FREE BY MAIL;

Beet, Field Turnips, Mangels. Clovers. Grasses and Bird Seeds. Any orders for such, please add Postage at the rate of FOUR CENTS PER POUND to Post Offices in CANADA ; FIFTEEN CENTS PER POUND, or frac- tion thereof, to NEWFOUNDLAND, and ONE CENT PER OUNCE to UNITED STATES. WE CUARANTEE SAFE ARRIVAL OF ALL PACKACES FORWARDED BY MAIL.

Hlark X Opposite

RESERVED SPACE

Please Do Not Write Here.

Date Rec’d

No. of Pkgs

Forw'd by

Date Sent

Put up by

Ack. by Adv. I

Bushels! Quarts I Pounds Ounces ! Packets ^

NAMES OF SEEDS, Etc., WANTED

PRICE

Seeds Selected from Catalogue for '^Q^imounl (oaliiec. / ®ueb.

Extra Order Sheets and Return Envelopes Sent i

BE SURE TO SIGN YOUR NAME.

J. A. SIMMERS’ Order Sheet for Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, Tools, Etc. (Continued)

Quarts Pounds j Ounces Packets

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ARE MADE WITH

Simmers' “ Toronto Parks ” Lawn Crass Seed

HICH we sell In large or small quantities to suit

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“SHAOV NOOK” MIXTURE-b’or sowing under trees and in shady places. It will notonlygrowin such place-, hut forms a line sward whore few other grasses can exist. Sow 10 lbs per acre. Per lb 35c. pos| paid lOr.

BLUE GRASS, Extra Cloan-Pcr lb 15c, 10 lbs

$1.10.

RED TOP, Extra Clean-Per lb 15c, 5 lbs 70c, 10 lbs $1.40.

SIMMERS' LAWN ENRICHER, for old and

NAMES OF SEEDS, Etc., WANTED

^3 'Amount oS>oi/'jfif ddfiolzoald,

cotton bags, add 20c. each, linen “ “ 10c. “

-> charge for boxes <

TOTAL,

REMARKS

-Before closing, kindly give

Try Our Specialties on Front and Back Covers of this Catalogue.

SPECIAL PREMIUMS gVZTl

• TO ” 1 1901 I

Cash Buyers

On Orders from this Catalogue, Purchasers may select Premiums

as follows:

Ijtys Ilf ■ | p O J ^ rVTD A will be allowed on each order amounting to ONE DOLLAR for

— 25c. Worth OT OBBuS tA I KA Seeds in PACKETS and OUNCES only. The purchaser

__ __ _ _ _____ when remitting cash with order can select 25c. worth of

packets and ounces extra for each dollar’s worth of packets and ounces (except Cauliflower) ordered at retail catalogue prices. Thus Hiiyone sending $1.00 can select any Seeds in PACKETS and OUNCES to the value of $1.25.

These discounts apply ONLY to orders of ONE DOLLAR, or more, for Seeds in PACKETS and OUNCES. We fill an order for twenty-five cents as carefully as one of twenty-five dollars. BUT we cannot afford to allow these lib- eral discounts UNLESS the seeds in packets and ounces amount to one dollar or more. fl^It should be understood plainly that these discounts do not apply to seeds by the quarter-pound , pound , pint or quart, nor to Bulbs or Plants upon which the prices are net. Please do not ask us to include any of these in this rate of discounts or to send such as “ premiums . VY e nil all orders liberally, but there is a point beyond which we cannot afford to go.

2— Or “Hints on Growing: Flowers”

(New for 1901), with every order amounting to 50c. or over.

3— Or “Our Farm of Four Acres and the

Money we made by it”

With every order amounting to $2.00 or over.

4— Or “American Gardening:”

(Regular subscription $1.50 per year), a Weekly Magazine, given away with all orders of $6.00 or over.

5— Or An English Garden Trowel

With every $2.00 Order of Seeds we will give one strong English Garden Trowel, the most useful tool the amateur gardener oan have.

7— OrSim triers’ Vegetable and Flower Garden

When asked for, free with every order for Vegetable or Flower Seeds amounting to $1.00 or more.

8— Or “ DAIRYING FOR PROFIT.” Pr,c« 26c-

Given Free with Every Order of Carrot, Mangel and Turnip of $1.00 and upwards.

9— Or “ How to Grow Mushrooms.” Prico 10c-

Free with every order for two bricks of Mushroom Spawn.

10— Or our Bool^ “ Flower Bulbs and %ir Culture'1

Contains full information how to be successful in the Flowering of Bulbs. Price 25 cts. Or with orders from 50c, to $1.00, selecti d from this Catalogue, we will send it for 15 cts. Given free with all orders for Bulbs amounting to $1.00 and over.

6— Or A Hazeltine Hand Weeder

With every $2.00 Order of 8ceds will be given one Hazeltine Hand Weeder, made of the best solid steel, good size and durable.

When any one of these premiums is wanted It must be stated on the order. This should be an Inducement for you to try and get your neighbors to club with you.

NOTE— The above premiums apply to Cash Orders only, and at Retail Catalogue Prices.

WE PAY THE POSTAGE To any Post Office in the Dominion

By the Packet, Ounce and Quarter-pound at Catalogue Prices.

ON ALL VEGETABLE SEEDS

ALSO FLOWER SEEDS, BULBS, ROSES, VINES and PLANTS, except where noted. Add 4e. pint on BEANS, CORN, PEAS and FIELD SEEDS, if wanted by mail. VEGETABLE SEEDS by the peek or bushel, FARM SEEDS,

TOOLS, etc., are F.O.B., Toronto, purchaser to pay transportation charges.

No. 12 “Iron Age” Wheel Plow.and Cultivator

No. 12 Iron Age Wheel Plow and Cultivator

In the accompanying cut we show a tool of exceeding lightness bub of erreat strength, which is designed to do greater variety of work than any other tool of the same price. It will accomplish all the work in cultivation needed to be done in a small kitchen garden— plowing, furrowing, covering, loeing, raking and cultivating. This tool is emphatically a friend of the '.aborer or mechanic who can afford only to invest a small amount of money n a garden tool, and whose few moments in a garden must be devoted to “straight-ahead" work. Price $3.50. 1

Common Sense About Seeds

Any seeds are seeds. True ! So any tea is tea ; so any flour is flour. But grades differ. It is so with seed. There are grades. YOU WANT THE BEST. If you understood seeds as well as you do tea and flour, it would be easy to determine. But you don’t. How should you when all look alike ?

When you are going to buy a commodity whose value you don’t know, you pick out an old-established house to trade with, and trust their experience and reputation. Do so when buying seeds. You can buy seeds at almost any price you choose to pay. But a few cents’ reduction in the price may mean a reduction of imny dollars in the value of the crop. Can you afford to take such chances 1

For nearly “fifty years we have sought the trade of those who appreciate the BEST SEEDS at fair prices ; and that we have been successful in furnishing such is evidenced by the fact that our business is to-day the largest of ary house in Canada direct with critical market gardeners and experienced growers who plant for profit and whose wise motto always is

“ Not How Cheap, But How Good.”

Please Introduce Our Catalogue Among Your Friends. Having gone to great expense in issuing this illus-

, . MAH trated and descriptive catalogue, and considering

that we WAIL IT FREE OF CHARGE, we trust our Friends and Customers will see that it is placed where it may be serviceable and remunerative to us, kindly recommending our firm, for which we shall feel extremely thankful. Those who receive our Catalogue from year to year, and who have no use for it, would confer a great favor by advising us of same, and by giving us if possible, the'name of some one to whom it would be of benefit. J. A. SIMMERS, Toronto, Canada.

I NDEX

VEGETABLE AND FIELD SEEDS

Collections, colored pages

Artichokes 8

Asparagus 8

Barley 31

Beans 8-9-34

Beets, Table 10

Beets, Sugar 31

Borecole 10

Brocoli 8

Brussels Sprouts . . 10

Buckwheat 34

Cabbage 11

Cardoon 12

Carrots 12-31

Cauliflower 13

Celery 14

Chervil 13

Chicory 13-32

Chives 12

Citron 18

Clover 38

Collards 15

Corn, Sugar and Pop 15

Corn, Ensilage 34-35

Corn, Broom 29

Corn, Salad 12

Cress 12

Cucumber 16

Dandelion 15

Egg Plant 15

Endive 13

Flax 34

Garden Lemon ... 18

Garlic 16

Gourds 16

Grass Seeds 37-38

Herbs 29

Horse Radish 16

Hungarian Grass. . 37

Kale 10

Kohl Rabi 17

Lathyrus Sylvestris 34 Leek 17

FLOWER SEEDS

PAGE

Collections 42-64

Abobra 43

Abronia 43

Abutilon 43

Acacia 43

Acanthus 43

Achillea 43

Achimenes 43

Aconitum 43

Acroclinum 43

Adlumia 43

Adonis 43

Agathsea 43

Ageratum 43

Agrcstemma 43

Alleghany Vine . . 43

Alons'oa 45

Aloysia-.t 45

Alyssum 45

Amaranthus 45

Atnmobium 43

Ampelopsis 45

Anagaltis 45

Anciiusa 45

Angelonia 45

Antirrhinum 46

Aquilegia 46

Arabian Primrose. 46

Arabis 46

Argemone 16

Aristolochia 46

Armeria 46

Artemisia 46

Asparagus 46

Asperula 46

Asters 44-45

Auriculia 46

Australian Glory Pea 49

Balloon Vine 46

Balsams 47

Balsam Apple 56

Bartonia 46

Beet 46

Correopsis : . . .

Cosmos

Cowslip

Cucumis

Cuphea

Cyclamen

Cyclanthera

Cyperus

Cypress Vine

Dahlia

Daisy

Datura

Delphinium ......

Dianthus

Dictamus

Didiscus

Dielytra

Digitalis

Dolichos

Dracena

Dracocephalum ..

Dusiy Miller

Dutchman’s Pipe. Eccremocarpus . . .

Echeveria

Elichrysum

Erythrina

Fschscholtzia

Euphorbia

Evening Primrose

Everlastings

Ferns

Feverfew

Flos Andonis

Forget-Me-Not . . .

Foxglove

Four O’clock

Fragaria

Freesia

Fuchsia

Gaillardia

Gamolepis

centiana

Geranium

Gilia

Gilly Flower

47

50

51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51

51

52

52 51 51 51 51 51 51

51

50 46

53

52

53 53 53 53 58 53 53

55-61

43

53

51 55 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 64

Mathiola 55

Matricaria 55

Maurandia 55

Melilotus 55

Melothria Punctata 55

Mesembiy anthemum54

Mignonette 56

Mimulus 56

MinaLobata 56

Mixtures 65

Monkey Flower . . 56

Moon Flower 56

Morning Glory . . . 50-56

Momordica 56

Mourning Bride. . 62

Musk Plant 56

Musa 56

MyosOtis 53

Nasturtium 57

Nemophila 58

Nicotiana 56

Nierembergia 58

Nolana 58

Oenothera 58

Ornamental Grasses 53

Oxalis 58

Pseonia 58

Palma Christi 48

Pansies 59

Passion Flower . . 58

Pentstemon 58

Perilla 58

Petunia 60

Phlox 58

Physalis Franchetti 58

Picotee Pinks 58

Pinks 52

Platycodon 58

Podolepis 58

Polemonium 58

Polyanthus 58

Polygonum 58

Poppy 60

Portulacca 58

Pot Marigold 47

Primrose 61

Wigandia 65

Wild Cucumber. . . 65

Wild Garden Mixture 65

Xeranthemum 65

Zea 65

Zinnia 65

NURSERY STOCK

Asparagus 8

Blackberries 84

Currants 84

Fruit Trees 83

Gooseberries 84

Grapes, Hardy ... 84

Hops 84

Ornamental Trees. 82

Raspberries 84

Rhubarb 84

Sea Kale 26

Shrubs, Hardy 82

Strawberries 84

PLANTS AND BULBS

Collections -70-72-74

Akebia 81

Amaryllis 66

Ampelopsis 78

Annuals 73

Apios Tuberosa ... 66

Aristolochia 81

Asparagus 73

Begonia, Tuberous 66

Begonia, Flowering 73

Bignonia Radicans 81

Boston Ivy 81

Bougainvillea 73

Cacti 74

Caladium 71

Calla 71

Canna 67

Carnations : . 73

Chinese Primroses 76

Chinese Wistaria.. 81

Violet. 77

Virginia Creeper.. 81

Water Lilies 72

Zamia Integrifolia. 72 Zephyranthes 72

MISCELLANEOUS

Bags 36

Baskets 87

Bee keepers’ Supplies 94

Bellows 87

Bird Seed& Requisites 29 Bone and Grist Mills 92

Books 27-29-30-93-94

Brooder 92

Camomile 29

Caponizers 92

Cattle Food 93

Churns 95

Corn Husker 88

Corn Planter 88

Corn Shelier, 88

Cultivators 90-91

Dairy Supplies 95

Dog Biscuits 94

Fanning Mills 88

Fertilizers 95

Florists’ Sundries.. 86

Flower Stands 87

Flower Tubs 87

Fumigators 87

Garden Tools 86 to 88

Gall Cure... 95

Glaziers’ Points ... 87

Grass Seeds, Lawn

Cover page and 37

Harrows 88

Incubator 92

Insecticides 85

Lawn Mowers

Cover page

Lawn Rollers 87

Lawn Rakes 87

Lawn Mower ( Front Sharpeners \ Covet

MAIL ORDERS

So simple ; so sure. Select from this Catalogue what’s wanted. Order by mail and you can depend

on the minutest wants being supplied.

Lettuce 17

Mangels 32

Martynia 19

Melons, Musk 18

Melons, Water — 19

Millet 37

Mushrooms 19

Mustard 19

Nasturtium 19

Oats 36

Onions 20-21

Onion Sets 21

Okra 22

Parsley 22

Parships 22

Pepper 22

Peanuts 25

Peas, Garden 24-25

Peas, Field 36

Potatoes 23

Pumpkins 22

Radishes 26

Rape or Cole 34

Rhubarb 25

Rye 36

Sacaline 34

Salsify 25

Scorzonera 25

Sea Kale 26

Spinach 26

Spurry 34

Squash 27

Stachys Affinis — 8

SugarCane 29

Sunflower... 29

Tares 36

Tomatoes 28

Tobacco 27

Tree Seeds 30

Turnip, Table ..... 29

Turnip, Field 33

Vegetable Plants.. 30

Wheat 36

Wild Rice 29

Winter Cherry — 28

NOVELTI El S FMower Seeds ( Colored Vegetable Seeds f pages. Premiums 1

Begonia	46	Glaucium	53	Primula	61	Chrysanthemum...	74	Mastica
Beilis Perennis	51	Globe Amaranthus	53	Pyrethrum	61	Cinnamon Vine. . .	66	Mica Crystal . .	9‘
Bleeding Heart	51	Gloxinia	53	Rhodanthe	61	Clematis	81	Milking Tubes	8f
Bocconia	46	Godetia	53	Rock Cress	46	Chlidanthus ..	66	Oyster Shells . .	9.‘
Brachvcome	16	Golden Feather . .	61	Roses	61	Cobcea Scandens..	81	Peat
Browallia	46	Gourds	54	Rudbeckia	61	Cooperia Drummondi 71	Plant Food	91
Butterfly Flower..	62	G rasses, Ornamental	53	Salpiglossis	62	Coleus	75	Pots
Cacalia	46	Grevillea	53	Salvia	62	Crinum	66	Plant Stakes . .	... 8(
Cactus	46	Gypsophila	54	Sanvitalia	62	Cyclobothra Flava	66	Plant Bed Cloth. . 81
Calandrina	46	Hedysarum	54	S 'ponaria	62	Cyclamen	71	Plant Dibbler .	81
Calceolaria	47	Helianthus	54	Saxifraga	62	Cypella Herberti..	71	Plows
Calendula	47	Heliotrope	54	Scabiosa	62	Cyperus —	76	Potato Cutters	81
Cali’frnia G'ld’n Bells	47	Helipterum	54	Scarlet Runners. .	62	Dahlias	68	Potato Digger .	81
California Poppy ..	53	Hesperus	54	Schizanthus	62	Ferns	76	Poultry Supplies. . 92-91
Calliopsis	47	Hibiscus	54	Sea Lavender ...	62	Fern Palls	65	Putty Bulb	81
Callirhoe	47		55		62	Fuchsias	74	Rolfla	8<
Campanula	47	Honesty	54	Senecio	62	Geraniums	75	Rolling Stands	8:
Canary Creeper . . .	48	Hops	54	Sensitive Plant. . .	62	Gladiolus	69	Root Pulper	81
	48		54		62		70		80 OO 0
Canna	48	Hyacinth Bean .	51	Similax	26	Grevillea	76	Seed Cleaner . . .	8;
Canterbury Bells. .	47	Ice Plant	54	Snapdragon	46	Heliotrope	75	Seed Sowers	81
Carnation	49	Impatiens Sultana	54	Snake Cucumber.	51	Hollyhocks	80	Shears	81
Castor Oil Bean . . .	48	Impomoea 51-56	Snow in Summer.	49	Honeysuckles	81	Spratts Patent Goods 9'
Catchfly	48	Impomopsis	54	Solatium	62	Hyacinthus Cand..	69	•"‘pray Pumps .. .	8.
Celosia	50	KalanehoeCarnea	54	Stevia	52	Hydrangea	75	Sprayers
Centaurea	50	Kaulfussia	54	Stocks	62	Iris	77	Sprinklers	. .. 85-8
Centranthus	49	Kochia	54	Stone Crop	62	Ivy, English	81	Straw Cutter. . .	8
Cerast.ium	49	Lantana	54	Sunflower	54	Lilies	70	Syringes	8
Centro-ema	48	Larkspur	52	Swainsonia	64	Lily of the Valley..	71	Thermometers. .	86-95-9
Chrysanthemum . .	49	Lavatera	54	Swan River Daisy	46	Maderia Vine . . .	71	Trowels	8
Chinese Primrose..	61	Lavendar	54	Sweet Peas	63	Manet tia Vine	76	Turnip Drill . . . .	8
	51		54				72	Vases	8
Cineraria	48	Lemon Verbena..	45	Sweet Wi liam . . .	52	Montoretia	71	Water Cane	8
Clarkia	49	Lily of the Valley	54	Tagetes	64	Oxalis	71	Weeders	... 86 -S
	49				64	Palms	76	Wheel Rarrows	. . . 86-S
Cleome	49	Linaria	55	Torenia	64	Pseonies	77	Wheel Hoes	89-90-1
Clianthus	49				64		81	Wire
Clintonia	49	Lobelia	55	Umbrella Plant	51	Perennials, Hardy.	79-80
Clover, Sweet	55	Laphospermum ..	55	Venus’ Looking glass 64	Red-hot Poker —	77
Cobcea	49	Love in-a-Mist	00	Verbena	64	Resurrection Plant	72	MAIL
Coccinia	50	Love-lies bleeding	45	Veronica	64	Roses 42-77-78
Cockscomb	50	Lupin us	55	Vinca	64	Sage, Mammoth. . .	29
Coleus	50 50	Lychnis	55	Violet	64 64	Sauromatum Simlense72	ORDFRP
Collomia	50	Malope	55	Virgin’s Bower	49	Swainsonia	76		■ » 'W
Columbine	46	Marguerite	43	Viscaria	64	Tigridia	72	Our
Commelina	50	Marigold	55	Waitzia	64	Tritoma	77
Convolvulus 50	5lj	Martynia	55	Wallflower	64	Tuberoses	72	specialty
Corn Flower	50	Marvel of Peru . .	55	Whitlavia	64	Vegetable Plants. .	30

vr T7 TIT niTO'Tn H/f PDC As this catalogue will reach many who have never had our Seeds, we would urge such to send A TRI/

Vi |_j VV oUu 1 U ill itu ORDER no matter how small, and although you may be satisfied with seeds bought elsewhere, >

believe our SPECIAL STRAINS of many of the newer varieties will make them as profitable to you

hey have been to thousands of others who are now regular customers. ORDERS BY MAIL A SPECIALTY,

I a n/ CfloW Those who purchase seeds by weight or measure can see readily whether the full quantity bought has been

W Uaf IS a r^aUIitSi UI *3ttGU delivered. Thousands, however, requiring only a small supply of Vegetable or Flower Seeds purchase packets” Packet is an slastic term. The quantity of seeds contained in a “packet” depends entirely upon the liberality of the seedman. In hese times some dealers seek to draw trade by offering seeds seemingly very cheap at odd figures— such as 2c, 3c and 7c “ per packet.” Comparison of these o-called “ Cheap Seeds ” with the regular packets filled by us have shown that in quantity as well as quality OUR SEEDS are really cheaper.

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novelties and Specialties

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NEW EARLY TOMATO “FREEDOM”

An EXTRA EARLY TOMATO. Round, Smooth Fruits of Brilliant Scarlet.

Remarkably Prolific . The Best EXTRA EARLY Tomato in Existence .

Almost every grower and buyer of Tomatoes boasts, with more or less justice, that he has the ** earliest Tomato.” The claim so often reiterated clearly evidences the absolute need of such a vegetable. Years ago Early Ruby was introduced which has ever since held a prominent place in the gardening world. In common with other varieties, it had a few faults, but there has now been secured a sort that will prove to be not only as early, but so far as we are able to judge, the equal of any sort for form, color, solidity, or any other es- sential quality. It has been tried for two successive seasons, and in each case it has been as early as Early Ruby and a host of other claimants for earliness. Its value, however, lies not only in the actual time of ripening its first fruit, but that such enormous quantities of fruit can be gathered while all other so-called “Earliest” are ripening only a few.

To bring this down to figures, we may say that on August 6th there was gathered from one row of Early Ruby 34 fruits, from Acme 14 fruits, while from FREEDOM the number gathered was 46, and they were all sown and transplanted at the same time.

These figures indicate clearly its great and prolific earliness, and this, combined with its handsome appearance, renders it preeminently the best early sort. The plant is medium in size, presenting no peculiarity of foliage or habit. The fruit is borne mainly in clusters, perfectly round, having no sign of concave at base, of a bright, dazzling shade of scarlet. The texture and toughness of the skin insures its value as a shipper. The flesh is remarkably solid, having but few seeds. The flavor is perfect, absolutely free from any acidity.

We call attention to our illustration, for further acquaintance with this variety, and have no hesitancy whatever in recommending it to any class of growers not only for extreme early use, but as a good all round variety. Price, 10c pkt, oz 30c, 2 oz 50c, £ lb $1.00.

THE “MAGNUS” TOMATO

This very distinct and most promising variety, of the color of Beauty and Acme, is thicker, heavier and more solid than either of the above, making it easily the most handsome sort in cultivation. It is unsur- passed in quality, and in the production of fine large fruits. While perfectly adapted to main crop planting, yet it matures so quickly that it will take first rank for early market. The form is perfect, uniform, large and attractive. Flesh is very firm. It is a robust grower, with short joints, setting its fruit clusters closer together than most varieties, and is therefore a heavy cropper. The fruits are very deep from stem to blossom end, many of them being almost globe shaped. It ripens evenly, does not crack about the stem, and the flavor is most desirable. It has been tested for several years for staking up in the open field, as well as for forcing in greenhouses, and we believe it to be entirely unequalled for such purposes.

PRICE— Per pkt 10c, oz 80c, 2 oz 60c, i lb $1.00.

TOMATO — New Dwarf Golden Champion

DWARF GOLDEN CHAMPION TOMATO— In dwarf, compact habit of growth and crumpled foliage the plant is an exact counterpart of the well-known Dwarf Champion, but the la'-ge handsomefruits are of a beautiful lemon-yellow color, very solid, and of unusually fine flavor and more productive. Never before have we had a yellow Tomato that was so largre, solid and fine flavored. The handsome, large, lemon-yellow fruits are always meaty and of excellent flavor, being free from any acidity. They are very desirable for slic- ing and most showy when served on the table, either alone or in connection with slices of a good red tomato. They are also desir- able for cooking in any way, but specially for making “Tomato Butter” and other preserves, as their beautiful color, when pre- served for winter use, makes them most attractive.

PRICE— Per pkt 10c, per oz 80c, 2 oz 60c. J lb $1.00.

New Dwarf Golden Champion Tomato

Magnue Tomato

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NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES IN VEGETABLE SEEDS FOR 1901.

Simmers* Premier Cabbage

As Early as the Wakefield and one-third More Productive

This Cabbage has been grown by a number of pro- gressive gardeners, and it has given entire satisfaction. It is of the type of the early “Allhead,” resembling it in habit of growth, but is smaller and as early as the Wakefield. The heads have few outside leaves and these are small and grow so close to the head that they can be planted very close together. It is very uniform, round in shape, slightly flattened, very solid even before the Cabbages attain their mature size. The flavor is ex- cellent. On account of its shape, productiveness and solidity it will prove a serious rival to the Wakefield, hitherto the most profitable and best early Cabbage. Gardeners cannot afford to be without this as it will be a good “seller,” round Cabbages receiving always the preference if offered in competition with pointed heads, while its compact form and good quality will commend it for the private garden.

Price per pkt 10c, oz 40c, £ lb $1.25.

Simmers’ Premier Cabbage

Earliest Sheffield Sugar Corn

As Hardy as the Adams ;

As Early as “ First of All ”

This new extra early variety is the resulb of a cross between the Cory and Extra Early Adams. It combines nob only the merits of these two leading early varieties, bub is really superior to either. The “Sheffield” can be planted fully as early as the Adams (or when the trees are flrsb starting out in leaf), as the young plants will withstand slight frosts. All other true sweet corns are much more tender, and the seed will root if planted before the soil is warm. The stalks are strong and vigorous, with abundant leafage, growing about five feet in height, bearing one or two fine ears to a stalk. The ears are quite large for so early a variety, of the handsome appearance shown in the illustration. The grains are of medium size, arranged in ten or twelve regular rows, well filled to each end or the ear. Juicy, and of fine, sweet flavor if gathered at the proper stage; if left grown too long it becomes rather dry, as would naturally be expected from so hardy a variety. For an early garden variety, or to plant early to market, “ Sheffield ” is a distinct acquisition, both on acoount of its hardiness and entire freedom from “smut.”

Per pkt 5c, per pint 20c, quart 30c.

Simmers* Imperial Celery

This variety is nob a sporb or hybrid, white or yellow, bub a green Celery of the old familiar kind.

When fully grown the outer stalks average two inches wide and are nearly as thick as a man’s finger. The immense stalks can be sliced lengthwise, and are always very crisp and brittle, snapping like glass.

After growing to a great size it lends itself readily to the blanching process, assuming a rich, yellow tinge in the heart, and presenting a very attractive appearance.

Simmers’ Imperial Celery

Emerald Cucumber

Sheffield Sugar Corn per pkt 10c> oz 50c> 2 0z 90c.

Remains rich dark grreen until fully ripe ....

This is the most valuable Cucumber intro- duced in many years. It has all the good qualities of the White Spine, with the additional advan- tage of having a rich dark green color during the entire period of its growth, making it an ever- green cucumber. The vines are exceedingly productive, fruits set easily and are very hand- some, long and straight, entirely free from spines. In quality, fine, being very solid, crisp, tender and of pleasing flavor. On account of their straight and slender growth and dark green color the young fruits make excellent pickles, and the ripe fruits make better “sweet pickles” than any other variety. Those who grow cucumbers under glass will appreciate the “ Emerald,’*' as it is a splendid forcing variety, and the fruits are so firm that they readily stand shipping long distances.

Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, 1 lb 25c, lb 90c.

NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES IN VEGETABLE SEEDS FOR 1901

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“Wonderful” Lettuce

Kleckley’s Sweet Watermelon

“Wonderful” Lettuce

It is a very large head variety, excellent for furnishing fine, criiPi WGll lanched Lettuce during the hot summer months, withstanding both heat nd drought to a marked degree. Plants are rich dark green, frequently rowing more than fifteen inches in diameter; the heads are proportion- tely large, tightly folded and the inner leaves blanched to a pure white, t is mild and refreshing to the taste, and growing to a very large size, leads stand for quite a long time, even in hot summer weather, before tinning to seed.

Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, l lb 25c, lb 81-00.

Radish “ triumph ”

This variety i both unique and seful. It is very rrly, being a Twenty Day” ;adish, of globu- Lr form and its )ps are very h o r t , which lakes it valuable

0 r cultivation nder glass. The esh is very crisp nd solid and of did flavor. Its lost- distinctive lature, however, s the unique color f the skin. The round color is ure white, strip-

1 horizontally dth bright scar- it. It is a most ttractive orna- lentfor the table nd market gard- ners will find sady sale for it. ome of the roots lay come in solid olor, the strain ot being quite fixed” yet.

“Triumph” Radish

Pkts 10c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, l lb 60c.

Radish “ Sakurajima Giant"

Mammoth Radish Sakurajima is white in color, the top a little green, nd we believe it can be used in this climate as a winter radish, without oubt the largest radish known, 3 ft. in circumference and often weighs 0 to 30 lbs. It is thick in the middle and tappers slightly towards both nds. The Japanese are very fond of this radish. It is eaten there raw, (oiled, dried or preserved in salt, and has a sweet wholesome taste.

Pkt 10c, 2 oz 25c, £ lb 40c.

Radish “ Leafless Bright Scarlet 99

Leafless Bright Scarlet

Extra early ; re- markable for the small size of its lea- ves ; the roots grow so quickly they are practically in ad- vance of the leaves, and for that reason it is called Leafless. Its peculiar, crumpled leaves “are few and far between,” A beautiful bright color and the crisp, tender flesh is excellent.

Pkt 5c, oz 25c, i lb 50c.

Watermelon, Khckky’s SlVCCt

Large oblong Melon, 20 inches in length by 10 to 12 inches diameter, somewhat tapering at the ends. The skin is dark green, flesh bright scar- let, ripening close to the skin, the rind being only about one-half inch in thickness. Seeds white, lying close to the rind, leaving a large solid heart which does not crack open when ripe. The scarlet flesh is sweet and sugary and is of such texture that it leaves no strings of pulp whatever in eating. This melon is, we believe, the best table melon to-day.

Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, i lb 30c, lb §1.00.

Zbt

Ad extra early- wrinkled Pea, bearing immense pods.

This extra early, dwarf growing pea is a great advancement. It combines the finest qual- ity, with extreme earli- ness and is also very pro- ductive. • The smooth varieties of Extra Early Peas have heretofore filled their place in a way, as they could be planted very early, while the wrinkled sorts could not be planted until milder weather, but there has been the need of an “extra early ” which would also have that sweetness and fine flavor of the wrinkled varieties. “Gradus” therefore fills the want, and is the first extra early wrinkled pea. It is very hardy, and can be planted fully as early as the smooth peas; grows vigorous and healthy; vines 2J feet in height and is very prolific, bear- ing pods fully as large as Telephone, usually con- taining from 8 to 10 large peas. The color of the shelled peas is a beauti- ful light-green, which color they retain after being cooked ; the quality and flavor is delicious, and the peas remain tender and sweet for a long time.

The "Sradus” is bound to become a favor- ite with both market gardener and amateur wherever grown.

Pkt 5c, pint 20c, quart 35c, peck §2.00.

Gradus Pea

Gradus Pea

VEGETABLE SEED COLLECTIONS

POE THE

CITY GARDEN, SUBURBAN GARDEN and COUNTRY GENTLEMAN’S HOME

They are Free by Mail on Receipt) Of Price. Not Subject to any Dis- count or Premiums.

These Collections contain only TRUE AND TRIED KINDS

Considering the extremely low rates, we cannot possibly permit any Changes in the varieties.

Bean— Simmers’ Giant Wax. Bean— Improved Valentine. Beet— Edmand’s Blood Turnip Cabbage — Early Jersey WaEsefleld.

Catol>a®e-V andergaw. Carrot-Scarlet Intermediate. Celery-Golden Self-blanching Celery— White Plume.

Corn, Sweet— Cory.

Corn, Sweet— Ne Plus Ultra.

Citron>

Cucumber— Chicago Pickle. Cucumber— Long Green.

Lettuce— Simmers’ Nonpareil.

Lettuce— Simpson’s Early.

Muskmelon- Green Nutmeg.

Muskmelon— Simmers' Dominion Musk. Watermelon— Cuban Queen.

Onion— Large Yellow Strasburg.

Onion— Prizetaker.

Parsley— Champion Moss Curled.

Parsnip— Improved Hollow Crowned. Pepper— Sweet Spanish.

Peas— American Wonder.

Peas— Stratagem.

Pumpkin— Mammoth.

Radish— Olive-shaped Scarlet.

Radish— Scarlet Turnip, White Tipped. Salsify— Mammoth Sandwich Island. Squash— Summer Crook Neck.

Squash —Hubbard .

Turnip— Purple Top, Strap-leaved.

Tomato— Early Ruby.

And pkt Wild Garden Flower Seed Mixture.

Also a copy of Simmers' Vegetable and Flower Garden.

Garden Collection No. 2

16 Packets for 50 Cents.

Beans— Simmers’ Giant Wax. Beet— Edmand’s Blood Turnip Carrot— Scarlet Intermediate Corn, Sweet— Cory. Cucumber— White Spine. Cabbage— V andergaw.

Celery— White Plume.

Lettuce— Simmers’ Nonpareil.

Muskmelon— Green Nutmeg.

Watermelon— Cuban Queen.

Onion— Large Yellow Strasburg.

Parsnip— Improved Hollow Crowned. Parsley— Champion Moss Curled.

Peas— American Wonder.

Radish— Olive Scarlet.

Tomato— Early Ruby.

And pkt Wild Garden Flower Seed Mixture.

Contains 33 packets of the best Vegetable Seeds, sufficient to furnish vegetables through- out the year, and 1 packet of T lower Seeds, which we will send prepaid to any address in the Dominion of Canada for the extremely low price of $1.00.

No. 1

$

COLLECTION

33 Pkts.

SOc.

Garden Collection No. 3

8 Packets for 25 Cents.

Beet— Edmand’s Blood Turnip. o Muskmelon— Green Nutmeg. Carrot— Scarlet Intermediate Watermelon— Cuban Queen.

Cucumber— White Spine. Onion— Large Yellow Strasburg.

Lettuce— Simmers’ Nonpareil. Radish— Scarlet Olive-shaped.

25c.

FARMERS'

Vegetable Collection No. 4

Price 75 Cents.

Contains 1 ounce Beet, 1 pound Beans, 1 ounce Carrot, 1 pound Sweet Corn, 1 packet Cucumber, 1 packet Lettuce, 1 packet Watermelon, 1 packet Citron, 1 ounce Onion, 1 packet Parsnip, 1 packet Radish.

75c.

GARDEN COLLECTION No. 5

Suitable for Manitoba and North-West Territories

16 Packets for 50 Cents, Postpaid

Beans— Simmer’s Giant Wax Beet— Half Long Blood. Cabbage— Premium Flat Dutch. Cabbage— Savoy Large German Drumshead.

Carrot— Early English Horn.

Cau I iflo wer— Demidur.

Celery— Simmers’ Large Ribbed Dwarf White.

Endive— French Moss Curled.

Lettuce— Hanson.

Onion— Large Yellow Strasburg. Parsn i ps— Guernsey.

Parsley— Triple Curled.

Peas— American Wonder.

Peas— Stratagem.

Radish— Scarlet Olive.

Salsify— Long White.

And 1 pkt Wild Garden Flower I Seed Mixture.

THE “CITY AND SUBURBAN GARDEN” COLLECTION

Contains 20 Distinct Varieties of Vegetables, viz. :

Price $1.00, Free by Mail.

Beet— Blood Turnip, 1 pkt.

Beans (none of which require staking)— Dwarf snap, green pod, £ pt. ; Dwarf Snap, yellow wax pod, £ pt ; Bush Limas, 1 pkt. Cabbage— Early Jersey Wakefield, 1 pkt. Carrot— Scarlet Horn, 1 pkt.

Corn— Early Sugar, £ pt.

Cucumber— Long Green, 1 pkt.

Lettuce— Cos, 1 pkt.

Lettuce— Nonpareil, 1 pkt.

Onion— Strasburg, 1 pkt; Mammoth Silver King, 1 pkt.

Parsley— Triple Curled, 1 pkt.

Peas (none of which require staking)— American Wonder, £ pt. ; Dwarf Telephone, for succes- sion, i pt. ; Stratagem, £ pt.

Radish— Scarlet Olive, 1 pkt.

Squash— Vegetable Marrow Bush, 1 pkt. Tomato— Imperial, 1 pkt.

Turnip— Snowball, 1 pkt.

Give Your Boys a Garden

“OUR BOYS” Collection, 12 pkts., for 25c., Postpaid

and provide a means of healthy exercise and delightful recreation. In order to encourage “ Young Canada ” we offer ;

Boans— Canandian Wonder.

Beet— Flat Egyptian.

Cress— Curled.

Cucumber — Improved Long Green. Lettuce— Nonpareil.

Muskmelon— Hackensack. Watermelon— Coles’ Early. Onion — “ Prizetaker.” Radish— “Rosy Gem‘”

Squash— Mammoth Whale. Tomato— Aristocrat.

And 1 pkt of Children's Flower Mixture. All full sized 5 and 10c packets, for 25c. 6

MAIL ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY

To Our Friends and Patrons

T. GREETING:

HIS being the Forty-sixth Year since establishing our immense Seed, Bulb and Plant Business in Toronto, in greeting our numer- ous old friends and patrons, and tendering them Our Annual Cultivators’ Guide and Catalogue of Seeds, Bulbs and Plants, etc., for 1901, we take this opportunity of returning our sincere thanks for their recognition of our efforts to supply hem with everything good and reliable in our line, and we trust that they nil continue to extend to us that liberal share of their patronage which re may fairly claim, and to deserve which we have at all times done our itmost by honest and square dealings.

Our Catalogue.

We here wish to say, that, doing our utmost to make mention in this Catalogue of our large and varied stock, many articles are unavoidably mitted. We shall cheerfully procure and furnish prices of anything (of whatever nature) obtainable in the interests of our numerous customers, ’lease write for anything in the seed line you may wish to procure and rhich you do not see mentioned in this Catalogue.

In compiling our Catalogue we give descriptions free from all appear- nce of exaggeration, and make our engravings as true to type and nature .s possible, considering well the fact that a Seedman’s Catalogue should be ational in its tone, educational in its matter, and as clearly; descriptive of he things offered as a limited space will allow. It is our desire to make our Jatalogue serviceable as a book of reference, and as clear as possible, so hat it will not be simply looked at and thrown aside.

Our Stocks.

Our Seed Stocks have been kept up to our high standard of excellence ; ur plants are well-grown and thrifty ; our tools and implements are from he best manufacturers in their respective lines, and our fertilizers are of be highest grades procurable.

Our Trices .

It is our constant aim to make Highest Quality a first consideration, and hen to make our prices as low as good, honest seeds can be sold. Our rices for seeds of the highest standard of excellence, therefore, will in all ases be found as low as those of any other i eliable house. “ Our success chieved can only be maintained by the methods that obtained it.*

Orders.

We endeavor to be as liberal as possible in filling orders, and strive to send ur customers goods that will be satisfactory in every way. The greatest are will, as heretofore, be bestowed in putting up all orders, large or small ; Iso that amateurs not acquainted with the varieties offered, will, by leav- ig the selection to us, be liberally and judiciously supplied. Our aim will lways continue to be to give every satisfaction to the purchaser, both in luality of the articles supplied, and in the manner of packing md forwarding.

About Warranting Seeds .

It is impossible for us to guarantee the crop in any way, as there are so lany causes that operate against the growth and productiveness of the seds, over which we can have no control. We give no warranty, expressed r implied, as to description, quality, growth, productiveness, or any ther matter, of any Seeds, Plants or Bulbs we sell ; nor will we hold urselves in any way responsible for the crop ; every order received will e filled by us on these conditions only.

eliable Table Showing tlie Quantity

Lbs. per Bushel.

larley. Broadcast 48 2 to 3 bus.

leans, Dwarf, in drills 60 1J bushel, leans, Pole, in hill'; — 60 10tol2qts.

leets, Table, in drills 6 lbs.

leets, Mangel-Wurzel.. . Albs.

luckwheat 48 1 bushel.

labbage in beds to trans- plant £lb.

arrot, in drills 3 to 4 lbs .

ilover. Red 60 20 lbs.

Hover, White 60 12 to 15 lbs.

lover, Alsike 60 10 lbs.

lover, Lucerne or Al- falfa 60 20 lbs.

lorn, in hills 3tol0qts.

orn, for Fodder 56 3 bush.

lucumber, in hills ...... 2 lbs.

'lax. Broadcast 56 li bush.

rrass, Kentucky Blue.. 14 3 bush.

“ Orchard 14 3 bush.

“ English Rye — 24 3 bush.

“ Red Top ...14 3 bush.

“ Timothy 48 i bush.

“ Hungarian 48 1 bush.

iawn Grass 15 4 bush.

of Seed Usually Sown Upoq an Acre.

Lbs. per Bushel.

Melon, Musk, in hills — 2 to 3 lbs. Melon, Water, in hills ... 4 to 5 lbs.

Millet 48 1 bush.

Oats, Broadcast 34 2 to 3 bus.

Onions, in drills 6 to 8 lbs.

Onion, for Sets, in drills. 50 lbs.

Onion, Sets, in drills 6 to 12 lbs.

Parsnip, in drills 4 to 6 lbs.

Peas, Round, in drills..60 l^bush. Peas, wrinkled, in drills60 lj bush.

Peas, Broadcast 3 bush.

Potatoes, cut tubers. . . .60 8 bush.

Pumpkins, in hills 31bs.

Radish, in drills 8 to 10 lbs.

Rye, Broadcast 56 l^to2 bus.

Spinach, in drills 15 lbs.

Squash, bush varieties,

in hills 41bs.

Squash, running varie- ties, in hills 3 lbs.

Tomato, to transplant... | lb.

Turnip, in drills. 2 lbs.

Turnip, Broadcast 2 lbs.

Vetches, Broadcast 60 2 to 3 bus.

Wheat, Broadcast 60 1jto2bus.

Quantity of Seed Required for a Specified Lengtl\ of Drill.

Lsparagus 1 oz.

leet 1 oz.-

leans, Dwarf.. 1 qt.-

leans, Pole 1 qt.-

’abbage 1 oz.-

Jauliflower 1 oz.-

Jelery .1 oz.

Jarrot 1 oz.-

lucumber 1 oz.-

lorn 1 oz.-

jeek 1 oz.-

jettuce 1 oz.

del on, Water.. 1 oz.- delon, Musk. . .1 oz.-

-60 ft. of drill. -50 ft, of drill. -100 ft. of drill. -150 hills.

-2000 plants. -2000 plants. -2500 plants. -150 ft. of drill. -50 hills.

-200 hills.

-100 ft. of drill. -3000 plants. -30 hills.

-50 hills.

Onion 1 oz.— 100 ft. of drill.

Onion Sets 1 qt. — 40 ft. of drill.

Parsley 1 oz.— 125 ft. of drill.

Parsnip 1 oz.— 150 ft. of drill.

Peas 1 qt.— 100 ft. of drill.

Pepper 1 oz.— 1000 plants.

Pumpkin 1 oz. -40 hills.

Radish .1 oz.— 75 ft. of drill.

Salsify 1 oz.— 70 ft. of drill.

Spinach 1 oz. — 75 ft. of drill.

Squash, Early.. 1 oz. — 50 hills. Squash, Marrowl oz.— 20 hills.

Tomato 1 oz. — 1500 plants.

Turnip 1 oz. — 150 ft. of drill.

Our Publications.

We issue the following Catalogue and Price Lists during the year January 1st, Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners ; Market Gardeners Catalogue ; Florists’ Semi-Annual Trade Price List ; Dealers’ Trade List of Seeds; June 1st, Florists’ Semi-Annual Trade Price List of Forcing Bulbs, etc. ; August 15th, Price List of Winter Wheat: Sent. 1st, Autumn Cata- logue of Dutch and other Bulbs, etc.

Please Bead Carefully What We Do.

Seeds by Mail — We send free, by mail, all seeds priced by the packet, ounce or quarter pound; and all seeds quoted by the pound, except Beans, Field Beets, Field Carrots, Broom Corn, Corn, Mangel, Peas, Rape, Field Turnips and Swedes, Clover, Grasses and Bird Seeds ; to these varieties four cents per pound must be added for postage.

We Guarantee that every package we send out shall reach its destin- ation in good condition, and that everything shall be received exactly as ordered. If a package is lost we will replace it.

We pack all seeds and plants carefully, and they will carry to any part of the world with safety.

Completion of Orders— As the season advances our stock of some varieties become exhausted. In such cases we substitute with an article of the same variety, of equal quality, or return the money. Potatoes, bulbs, plants, etc., will be sent only when all danger of frost is past.

Orders — We fill orders within forty-eight hours after being received, if possible.

Errors— Should any errors occur we desire to be informed of the fact and promise to make such corrections as will be perfectly satisfactory.

What Customers Should Do.

Forward Money with your order, by post-office order, postal note, express order, bank-draft, or registered letter. All money sent by any one of the above ways will be at our risk.

Be Sure and write your name and address plainly, as we very often get letters without names, and others without the post-office address or county. Keep a copy of your order by marking in your Catalogue, opposite the variety, the quantity ordered of each ; by so doing you will know when your goods arrive if all is correct.

Send Your Orders Early— By so doing you are sure of getting all you order promptly, for as the season advances some varieties run short.

Ladies should always prefix their names with Miss or Mrs., as the case may be.

Correspondents should always sign their names alike each time. Ladies very often sign their husband’s names in sending an order, and then again their own names, if making enquiry about it, or vice versa. This gives us a great deal of trouble looking through long files.

Should you receive an extra copy of our Catalogue, or have no use for this, one, kindly hand it to someone who would likely be wanting seeds, etc.

Always give shipping instructions when ordering large quantities of seeds, etc. Say whether by freight or express. Should instructions not be given, we shall use our best judgment.

Should you make any change in your permanent address, please notify us, so that we may be able to forward our Catalogue to you.

Important — Should you not receive your seeds, etc., in a reasonable time after sending your order, advise us of the fact, enclosing a duplicate order, and state the date order was mailed, the amount of money enclosed, and in what form. On receipt of this we will at once refer the order, and investigate the matter; but if duplicate order is not sent we cannot do so promptly.

Goods ordered shipped to any flag station must have freight pre- paid. Please allow for same in remittance.

Seeds ordered by the peck or bushel will be sent either by express or freight at purchaser’s expense.

Address all orders and other communications to

SSKffSgU. } J- A. SIMMERS,

Offices and Seed V\ arehouses — TORONTO

147, 149 151 KING STREET EAST, South Side

(2 doors West of St. Lawrence Market).

The Days of Using Sod

will soon be over when people liiwC know how easily Lawns are made with

SIMMERS’ Coronio Parks

LAWN GRASS SEED

(For details see inside of back cover).

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SIMMERS’ VEGETABLE

CHOP

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Please note the facilities for sending Seeds by Mail on page 7. We guarantee the safe arriual of all Seeds, etc., when sent by Mail.

Artichoke

German— A rtischoke. French— Artischaut.

Culture — Sow in April in rich soil and transplant to permanent beds the next spring, in hills three feet apart each way, with three plants to a hill. A rich, deep loam is required and plenty of moisture. Cover with litter or earth in winter.

Large Green Globe— The best for general culture. Per pkt 5c, oz 30c. Jerusalem Artichokes— A hardy and productive plant, used for cook- ing, pickling for table use, and feeding stock; strong tubers. Per lb 15c, 3 lbs postpaid 35c, peck 50c, bushel $1.50,

Asparagus

German - Spargel . French— Asperge.

( 1 oz. for 60 ft. of Drill).

Culture.— After soaking the seed foi 24 hours in luke- warm water, sow as early in spring as the season will per- mit and the ground can be worked, in drills one foot apart, covering the seed one inch deep. Thin plants to three inches apart in the row. The following spring (not tooearly)transpiantinto permanent highly manured beds four feet wide and three rows in each. Plant one foot apart. Cover in the fall with well decayed man- ure, and in the spring give a good dressing of salt.

Columbian Mammoth White — A newer and distinct variety that pro- duces shoots which are white and which remain white as long as fit for use. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, i lb 20c, lb 60c.

Large Giant (Mammoth)—

One of the best varieties, large and productive.

Seed per pkt 5c, oz 10c,

2 oz 15, i lb 20c, lb 50c.

Connover’s Colossal — A

very 1 arge, productive and distinct variety. Seed per pkt 5c, oz 10c, a lb 15c, lb 40c.

Giant Yosemite

Wax — The pods

Columbian Mammoth Asparagus

Simmers’ Giant Dwarf Wax or Butter Beans

The Standard Variety for Table Use. of this monster bean average 10 to 14 in. in length, are nearly all solid pulp and absolutely stringless, cooking tender and deli- cious. They are of a rich golden yellow color, plant is a vigorous grower, enormously productive, and if pods are kept closely picked new ones will constantly be produced. Very desirable variety. Per pkt 5c, pt 15c, qt 30c, 5 lbs 70c, peck $1.50.

Early Golden Wax or Butter— Yellow pods, several days earlier than the ordinary Black Wax, quite distinct, very prolific, brittle and string- less. Per pkt 5c, lb 15c, qt (2 lbs) 25c, 5 lbs 60c, peck (15 lbs) $1.50.

"^Rogers’ Lima Wax— A dwarf variety of the Wax family, bearing broad medium long pods of a golden yellow ; extremely prolific. Pkt 5c, pt 20c, qt 40c, 5 lbs 90c.

\ Early Black Seeded Wax, or Butter— Almost stringless yellow pods,

thick very tender and delicious, a standard variety. Beans black when ripe. Per pkt 5c, lb 15c, qt (2 lbs) 30c, 5 lbs 70c, peck (15 lbs) $1.50.

Early White-Seeded Wax, or Butter— A variety with wax-like pods, similar to the Black Wax, except in the color of the seed. Per pkt 5c, lb 15c, qt (2 lbs) 30c, 5 lbs 70c, peck (15 lbs) $1.50.

Palmetto— It is of very large size, even and regular in growth and ap- pearance. It is very early sorr. and immensely productive and of the very best quality . Seed per pkt 5c, oz 10c, £ lb 15c, lb 50c.

ASPARAGUS PLANTS

Columbian Mammoth White— Per 100 $1.25, 50 for 75c, 25 for 40c.

“ “ “Per ?0a0rrffieO,e50trfaor 80c, 25 for 45c.

Postpaid.

Large Giant— Strong two-year-old. Per 100 $1.00, 50 for 50c.

Carriage extra.

“ “ “ “ Per 100 $1.25, 50 for 65c, 25 for 40c.

Postpaid.

Connover’s Colossal— Strong two-year-old. Per 100 $1.00,1 50 for 60c,

25 for 35c. Carriage extra.

“ “ “ Per 100 $1.25, 50 for 60c, 25 for 50c.

Postpaid.

Palmetto— Strong two-year-old. Per 100 $1.00, 50 for 50c. Carriage extra. “ “ “ Per 100 $1.25, 50 for 65c, 25 for 35c. Postpaid.

BEANS

German— Bohne. French —Haricot.

BUSH, DWARF, WAX-PODDED VARIETIES

Culture.— Plant as soon as danger from frost is past, in light, warm soil, in drills about two feet apart, three inches apart in the drills, or in hills three to four feet apart. Avoid cultivating when wet with rain or dew, as this will injure the crop, but hoo often when dry. Plant every two weeks for succession. One quart will plant 200 hills, or a drill of 100 feet.

SIMMERS’ EARLY GIANT WAX OR BUTTER— This is really one of the

most valuable varieties for either private or market garden purposes. It is earlier than either the Black or Golden Wax sorts, and has a peculiar value in the fact that it is always exempt from rust. The pods are of very large size, often from 6 to 9 inches Jong ; exceedingly succulent and tender when full grown. It is an enormously produc- tive variety. Per pkt 5c, lb 20c, quart (2 lbs) 30c, 5 lbs 75c, peck (15 lbs) $1.75.

Wardwell’s Kidney Wax— One of the very best Wax Beans, bearing long pods, of a delicate waxy yellow, entirely stringless and brittle, fine buttery flavor, heavy yielder. Per pkt 5c, pt 15c, qt 30c, 5 lbs 70c, peck $1.50.

Early Crystal White Wax —

Transparent pods, stringless, good flavor, seeds white. Per pkt 5c, lb 15c, qt (2 lbs) 30c, 5 lbs 70c, peck $1.50.

Detroit Wax— Very hardy and pro- ductive, pods straight, flat bub thick to edge ; distinctly broader than the Golden Wax. They do not turn to wax color so early, but when well grown and fit for use are of a beautiful golden wax color, and of the finest texture. Per pkt 5c, lb 15c, quart (2 lbs) 30c, 5 lbs 70c, peck $1.50.

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GREEN PODDED VARIETIES

BUSH OR DWARC

Taber’s I.X.L. the

nearest to a string- less green pod Bush Bean in cul- tivation, it sur- passes all others in crispness, ten- der flavor, and is also the most pro- lific. The illustra- tion shows the width and thick- ness of the beauti- ful, straight green pods, which are almost stringless, full and fleshy. Plants of medium growth, pods 9 to 10 inches long, light green in color, flesh tender and of the best quality. The pods remain long in edible condition ; even when the beans are large the pods are not stringy. Pkt 5c, per lb 15c, 2 lbs 30c, 5 lbs 70c, peck $1.50.

Simmer’s Canadian Wonder— It is a giant among green podded varie* ties, forming a large, robust plant, covered with long, thick, flat pods, somewhat similar in shape to the well-known Mohawk, but nearly twice as large, frequently measuring from nine to ten inches in length by three quarters of an inch wide and one-half inch thick. The largest and most handsome green pod bean of strictly bush form. Per pkt 5c, lb 15c, quart (2 lbs) 80c, 5 lbs 70c, peck (15 lbs) $1.50.

Mohawk— V ery hardy and prolific, also very early ; good string bean. Per pkt 5c, lb 15c, quart (2 lbs) 25c, 5 lbs 60c, peck (15 lbs) $1.50.

Yellow or Six Weeks— Early, hardy, and most prolific variety ; a good reliable cropper. Per pkt 5c, lb 15c, quart (2 lbs) 25c, 5 lbs 60c, peck (15 lbs) $1.50.

Refugee, or 1,000 to One— Solid Podded, excellent and prolific; much

» used for canning. Per pkt 5c, lb 15c, quart (2 lbs) 25c, 5 lbs 60c, peck (15 lbs) $1.50.

Valentine, round podded — Early, tender and prolific ; good for a string bean or pickling.

Per pkt 5c, lb 15c,

' quart (2 lb3) 25c,

5 lbs 60c, peck (15 lbs) $1.50.

Early China — Red

Eye, a well-known and prolific sort, very tender. Per pkt 5c. lb 15c, quart (2 lbs) 25c, 5 lbs 60c, peck (15 lbs) $1.50.

Large White Mar- rowfat — Extensi- vely grown for sale as a dry bean for winter use ; excel- lent either when green in pods or dry. Per pkt 5c, lb 10c, quart (2 lbs)

15c, 5 lbs 35c, peck (15 lbs) 75c.

White Kidney, or Royal Dwarf— A

superior variety for baking; is excellent when green in pods.

Per pkt 5c, lb 15c, quart (2 lbs) 25c, peck (15 lbs) $1.25.

Wardwell’s Kidney Wax Bean

BEANS

English or Broad

(N.B.—One pound of Beans is equal to about one pint and will plant about 50 feet of drill.) Culture— The English Broad Beans are very hardy, and should be planted as earlv in the soring deepf gFOUnd CaQ be worked’in rows 2 feet aPart- about 5 inches apart in the row, and cover 2 inche!

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BUSH LIMA BEANS

Burpee’s Bush Lima— A dwarf variety of the improved Lima which has been fixed in its character of a bush bean ; it is very prolific, single plants often producing from 150 to 200 pods. It requires no poles or staking whatever, and should be planted about two feet apart in the rows. Per pkt 5c, pint or lb 20c, quart 40c, 5 lb 90c, peck $2.25.

Henderson’s Bush Lima— It grows without the aid of poles, in compact Bush form, about 18 inches high, and is very ^arly. Per pkt 5c, lb 20c, quart (2 lbs) 40c, 5 lbs 90c, peck $2.00.

POLE BEANS

Pole Beans, being tender; ought not to be planted until the ground is dry

and warm. A well manured, sandy loam suits them best. Plant in hills 4

feet apart, 6 to 8 beans to hill ; eyes downward, afterwards thin to three

plants in a hill. Set poles 8 to 10 feet long before planting seed.

“Golden Champion ” — The leading Early Wax Pole Bean, fully two weeks earlier than any other variety. Giant Yosemite Wax in size and form ; color light yellow, and are absolutely stringless and tender. Pkt 5c, pt 20c, qt 40c, 5 lbs $1.00, peck $2.50.

Lazy Wife— Large pale green pods ; very thick meated ; stringless, rich* tender and buttery ; ripens early; clings well to pole, enormously pro- ductive, splendid either as a snap or shell bean, retains its flavor until nearly ripe (see cut). Pkt 5c, lb 20c, qt 35c, 5 lbs 80c, peck $2.25.

Golden Andalusia Wax— The pods are 5 or 6 inches long, broad, thick very fleshy, and entirely stringless, surpasses all other varieties in these respects. Pods when fully grown are from 5 to 6 inches long, exceed- ingly rich, buttery and fine flavored when cooked. Pkt 5c, lb 20c, qt 40c, 5 lbs $1.00, peck $2.50.

Asparagrus, or Yard Long; (Genuine)— It is a Pole Bean, with dark green foliage and immense pods of a beautiful green color, tender and delicious. Although of such extraordinary length they are produced abundantly, Pkt 10c, 3 pkts 25c, lb 50c.

Early Dutch Case Knife— Very productive, excellent whether used green or shelled dry. Pkt 5c, lb 15c, qt 30c, 5 lbs 70c, peck $1.50.

Improved Largre Li- ma — Unsurpassed and universally grown for private use, very early and tender. Pkt 5c, lb 15c, qt 30c, 5 lbs 70c, peck $1.60.

Kentucky Wonder, or Old Home- stead—A very pro- lific sort, producing its long pods in large clusters. The pods, when young, are n early rouud, of bes b flavor and are most excellent for snaps.

This is one of the best and most profit- able Beans for the market gardener, the pods being so showy and produced in great abundance.

Pkt 5c, pt 20c, qt 35c, 5 lbs 75c.

Scarlet Runner — A favorite sort, culti- vated for the beauty of its flowers, as well as for table uses, grows 9 or 10 feet high; dazzling scarlet flowers. Pkt 5c, lb 15c, qt 30c, 5 lbs 70c, peck $1.60.

Giant White Runner — A white seeded variety of Scarlet Runner, hut earlier and more prolific, producing immense pods in great abun- dance. Pkt 5c, lb 15c qt30c, 5 lbs 70c, peck $1.60.

BROCCOLI

German— Spargel-Kohl.

Culture. — Same as Cauliflower.

French — CJiou Brocoli.

Ea J,YbP75cPle Cape— Heads medium size, close and compact, sure to head. Pkt 5c. oz 20c, 2 oz 40c,

<Va!*h®ren White-It bears large compact heads of a creamy white color and of good flavor can be grown where Cauliflower makes an uncertain crop. Pkt 5c, oz 40c, 2 oz 75c, J lb $1.20.

Lazy Wife Pole Beans

When ordering; Beans, Peas or Corn to be sent by Mail, please allow 4. cents per Pound for Postage.

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CULTURE. — The soil best suited to the Beet is a deep, light and rich sandy loam. J®®®

should be sown about the middle of April or as soon as the ground is in good working condition, in dmls^ tot inches apart, and thinned to20 inches apart in the drills. For winter crops 1st June u the right time. Cover 1 inch deep.

German— RunJde-Rtibe French— Betterave

{One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill.")

SIMMERS’ EXTRA EARLY — Combines more good qualities than any other var- iety. Rich red flesh.

Exceedingly tender.

Remarkably early.

In this early Beet we Half Long have secured more

Blood Red good qualities than

were ever combined in any one variety before. In shape it is almost round. The color is dark crim- son, the prevailing shade being very1 dark, changing alternately into rings of a lighter hue. The constancy of color in every bulb largely enhances its value. It is extremely early. But it is when prepared for the table that its fine qualities become most apparent, the fine, rich color making it conspicuous. The flesh, of delicate tex- ture, is rich, sugary and entirely free from fibre. Price, pkt 5C, oz 10c, 2 oz 20c, % lb 30c, lb $1.00.

EARLY ECLIPSE — Remarkable for its rapid growth, extreme smallness of tops and extra fine quality. Perfectly smooth and round, skin and flesh intense red, very fine grained and sweet, an excellent sorb— see illustra- tion. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 60c.

EARLY DARK RED FLAT EGYPTIAN— One of the earliest dark red Beets in cultivation ; its color is a fine dark red, and its shape is that of an early flat white turnip ; it never fails to give satisfaction— see illustra- tion. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 50c.

Simmers’ Extra Early Beet

Extra Long: Smooth

Early Dark Red Flat Egyptian Beet

- Dewing’s Improved Blood Turnip — Roots

deep blood, and of fine form and flavor. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 60c.

Early Bassano Flat Red — Very clear, ten- der and sweet, rose color, grows to a good size. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 50c.

Early Blood Turnip— Good for summer or win- ter, flesh dark red color, a standard round variety with small top, very tender. Per pk'b 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 50c.

Edmand’s Early— The roots are handsome and round, very smooth, with a single tap root; of good marketable size, and for table use no variety can excel it in fine quality. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 50c.

Half Long: Deep Dark Blood Red— The best for family use, tender, sweet, not requiring to be cut in two for boiling. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £lb 20c, lb 50c.

Whyte’s Very Deep Long: Blood Red —Very choice and long. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2oz 16c, £ lb 20c, lb 70c.

Deep Blood Red— The most

popular kind for

general use, keeps well. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 50c.

Dell’s Black or Crimson Leaved Beet— Both useful and ornamental, as it is extensively used for ribboning in flower borders, on account of its extremely striking foliage, being a deep dark metallic lustre. Per- pkt 5c, oz 25c, 2 oz 40c, £ lb 75c, lb $2.00.

Silver Beet or Swiss Chard— Sometimes called Sea Kale Beet ; a variety with beautiful and tender leaves, usedfor “Spinach,” the mid rib is used and served as Asparagus. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c. lb 75c.

_ g __ - Culture.— Borecole or Kale may be

or KaJe grown in almost any soil, but the rioher German— Blatter Kohl. it is the more abundant the product. Sow

French— Cfcow vert. from the mlddl° o£ APril to the beginning

of May, in prepared beds, covering the seed thinly and evenly, transplant in June and treat in the same manner as for Cabbage. The varieties are all extremely hardy, and are besb when touched by frost.

Dwarf Green Curled Scotch— Very hardy, one of the best. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, £ lb 40c.

Dwarf Curled German Greens, or Sprouts— Early and very tender. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 26c, £ lb 40c.

Tall Green Curled Scotch-This isvery hardy and improved by a moderate

frost. About thirty inches tall with an abundance of dark green leaves, which are densely curled and cut, forming a very beautiful plant. It stands the winters in the Middle States with- out anyjproteclion. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, £ lb 40c.

Plum age— V ery curly, pro- ducing variegated leaves, suitable for ornamental and bedding purposes, also excellent for table. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, £ lb 40c.

BRUSSELS

SPROUTS

German — Kopfkohl Gruener, French — Chou de Bruxelles .

Culture,— The seeds should be sown in March or April in the hotbed or in the open ground when the weather permits. When the plants are three inches high they should be transplanted and cul- tivated "the same as cabbages or cauli- flowers.

Large Tall French [Dalmeny] — A very fine variety ; the sprouts are large and solid and of luscious flavor. Pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 26c, £ lb 40c, lb $1.50.

Improved Dwarf— A standard var- iety of excellent quality, producing compact sprouts of fine quality ; it seldom fails to produce sprouts, and is a good keeper. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, £ lb 40c, lb $1.50

Brussels Spro*»S:s

Dwarf German Curled Kale

German — Kopf Kohl.

French — Chou Gabus.

For Cabbage Plants see end of Vegetable List.

( One ounce will produce about 3,000 plants).

Culture — For very early use sow in January or February in hot- beds; prick out when the plants are strong enough into other hotbeds ; or sow in cold frames in March; transplant, when danger from killing by frost is pa~t, to the open ground, in rows 2 feet apart and 18 inches in the row. For a succession sow in the open ground the last of March or early in April. To secure plants for wintering in cold frames sow the seed in well-prepared, i ich ground, from the 10th to 25th September. To preserve the plants from insects sprinkle them with Slug-Shot.

EARLY VARIETIES

8IMMERS’ PREMIER— For description see Novelties. Pkt 10c., oz 40c, £ lb $125.

NEW EARLY SPRING CABBAGE — A valuable acquisition, being a round, flat headed cabbage as early as Wakefield, and one-third more productive. It is of the Early Summer type, heads a trifle smaller, very solid, with few small outside leaves, euahling it to be planted very close ; very uniform in shape and size, finely bred and free from any rankness of flavor. Pkt 10c, oz SOc, 2 oz 55c,

£ lb $1.00.

BURPEE’S ALL-HEAD EARLY— This is the earliest of all large cab- bages being at least a week earlier than any of the various strains of Early Summer Cabbage. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, £ lb 60c, lb $2. Extra. Early “ Express”— From 8 to 10 days earlier than the Early Etampes, which it resembles in shape, t hough smaller, heads pointed.

It has few outside leaves and can be planted close. Fora verv quick forcing sort, try it. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, £ lb 40c, lb $1.50. Henderson's Early Summer — A standard early variety, much used by market gardeners, heads large, solid and nearly globe shaped, rarely or never burst when fully matured. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, | lb 60c, lb $2.00.

EXTRA EARLY ETAMPES— A very early sort, producing medium- sized heads very sharply pointed. It grows quickly, is mild flavored, and for private gardens a desirable sort. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, i lb 40c, lb $1.50.

8ELECTED EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD— One of the best early varie- ties for private use, v’ei y solid, medium size, nearly round, of excellent flavor. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 40c, £ lb 75c, lb $2.50.

Early Winningstadt— Pointed head, for summer and winter use, very sound, quality first rate, sure to head on all soils, desirable for private gardens. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, £ lb 40c, lb $1.50.

SECOND EARLY VARIETIES

SIMMERS’ EARLY GERMAN BRUNSWICK - A second early

variety, short stemmed, _solid, large light green flat heads, similar but rather superior to St. Denis, most commendable to market gardeners and others, large as Henderson’s and nearly as early, stem remarkably small and short, every plant sure to head. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, lb 60c, lb $2.00.

Henderson’s Succession — Handsome, large and a sure header. The Succession is about one week later than the Early Summer, but is double its size. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 40c, £ lb 75c, lb $2.50.

Simmers’ Early German Brunswick Cabbage

(Best for general crop).

LATE VARIETIES

CABBAGE DANISH BALL HEAD— Heads round in form, 8 to 10 inches in diameter, and very solid ; few outer leaves, and these folded closely about the heads. The heads keep excellently through the winter when buried, coming out quite solid in the spring. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, £ lb 60c, lb $2.00.

The Lupton— Earlier than Flat Dutch, of closer growth, sure header, large, solid, dark green, quality very fine. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 85c, £ lb 60c, lb $2.00.

SIMMERS’ MATCHLESS FLAT DUTCH CABBAGE— Extremely hand- some in appearance, the stumps being very short. The well-developed heads are true to type and uniform in color, which is an attractive bluish green. The heads measure about 13 inches across and weigh from 10 to 12 pounds each. The Matchless Fiat Dutch comes very true, and is a sure header. A very superior cabbage for autumn and winter use. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 85c, £ lb 60c, lb $2.00.

Filderkraut— This variety somewhat resembles the Winningstadt, but is larger in every way, more pointed, and heads up with fewer outside leaves. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, £ lb 40c, lb $1.50.

Early French Oxheart— A leading variety among the market gardeners, heads very early, tender and of fine flavor; our seed is selected from extra fine stock. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, £ lb 40c, lb $1 .50.

All Seasons— This is a superior variety to plant for late as well as for early crop, the thickness of the head making it a capital variety to keep through the winter; heads large and solid, not liable to burst after heading. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, £ lb 60c, lb $2.00.

FOTTLER’S IMPROVED BRUNSWICK DRUMHEAD (American) — Pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, £ lb 60c, lb $2.00.

VANDERGAW— A medium late cabbage. Large green heads, hard and of remarkable excellence. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, £ lb 60c, lb $2.00.

Early Premium Flat Dutch— One of the very bf'st varieties to keep, large heads. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, £ lb 60c, lb $2.00.

Early Schweinfurt Quintal-Commendable both for summer and winter use, very large heads. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, £ lb 60c, lb $2.00.

SAVOY CABBAGE

Simmers’ Perfection Drumhead Savoy Cabbage-Heads large and very finely curled, short stock and compact grower, an excellent keeper. Partakes of the size of the Drumhead, with the cnrDd leaves and fine flavor of the Savoy. Far superior to the ordinary imported Drumhead Savoy. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, £ lb 60c, lb $2.00.

Improved Large American Drumhead -The largest heading sort, of

excellent flavor, short stock, compact grower and excel- lent keeper. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 30c, £ lb 50c, lb $1.75.

Large German Drumhead

—A large headed Savoy cab- bage, tender and fine flavor- ed. A good winter variety. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2ozS0c, £ lb SOc, lb $1.75.

Largest French Drum- head — Heads very large, less curly than the preced- ing, but solid and heavy and . a good keeping variety. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 30c, £ lb 50c, lb $1.75.

Dwarf Ulm — Choice, head firm but small, very crisp, curly and fine flavored. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 30c, £ lb 50c, lb $1.75.

Improved Large American Drumhead Savoy

For Cabbage Plants see Plant List at End of Vegetables

Surehead— One of the surest headers and best main crop cabbages. The heads are round. flat on top. hard, and wii h few outside or loose leaves. Market gardeners will find it a most valuable sort. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, £ lb 60c, lb $2.00.

AUTUMN KING— The Autumn King is the best keeper we have ever seen; it produces enormous solid heads of dark green, and has such small outer leaves that itcan be planted much closer toeelher than the ordin- ary late sorts. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, £ lb 60c, lo $2.00.

Late Marblehead Mammoth — The largest known sort, solid, tender and free heading winter variety, and wii h good culture averages 30 lbs. per head (American grown seed.) Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, £ lb 60c, lb $2.00.

Late French St. Denis — Flat heads, very solid and heavy, one of the • most profitable sorts for winter, keeps well all winter. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, £ lb 40e, lb $1.50.

Late Large French Quintal — One of the largest and most solid kinds known, flat heads, keeping well in winter. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz85c, £ lb 60c, lb $2.00.

Late Large Drumhead— Hearts large and solid, good for general crop, and of fine quality. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, £ lb 40c, lb $1.50.

Late Flat Dutch —

Snort stems and large, solid flat heads, l er pkt 5c, oz 15c. 2 oz 25c, £ lb 40c, lb $1.50.

RED CABBAGE

Extra Early Red Dutch Erfurt— Of a

very dark, blood-red color, valuable for pickling. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz SOc, £ lb 50c, lb $1.75.

Large Late Deep Red Dutch Drum- head — For pickling, solid and of deep blood-red color, beads very hard and solid. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 30c, £ lb 50c, lb $1.75.

Mammoth Red Rock

— A selected strain of late red cabbage, the heads will average 12 pounds each. Per nkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, £ lb 60c, lb $2.00.

Mammoth Red Rock Cabbage

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CARROTS

German— Mcehre. French— Carrotte .

Four pounds required

Chantenay, Half Long Scarlet Carrot

One ounce of seed will sow 100 feet of drill, for one acre.

Culture.— The Carrot, like other root crops, delights in a sandy loam,

richly tilled. For early crops sow in spring as soon as the ground is in good

■working order; for later crops they may be sown anytime until the middle

of June. Sow in rows about 16 inches apart, thinning out to three or four inches between the plants. In field culture, when grown for horses or cattle, the rows should be two feet apart, so that the crop can be worked by the Horse Cultivator. As Carrot Seed is slow to germinate, all precautions must be taken to have the ground in good growing order.

Improved Scarlet Intermediate —

( Stump rooted). This is certainly the best main crop carrot. Our cut is no flattering representation, but shows it as we have seen it in enormous quanti- ties, and we strongly advise our cus- tomers to plant it. It is one of the most uniform in shape that we know, and where the soil is favorable it will al- ways grow clean and free from side roots. The core is small and very ten- der, and there is no indication of woody character at any stage of its growth. It is also entirely free from any coarse, rank flavor so common with many sorts. For private purposes it is ideal, and its yielding capacity is enormous, which, with its handsome color and fine ap- pearance, makes it invaluable to market gardeners. (See cut.) Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, J lb 25c, lb 80c.

Ox-Heart or Half Long Guerande-

(Stump rooted). Intermediate between the half long and horn varieties, attain- ing a diameter of three to four inches at the neck, and of most beautiful shape and rich orange color. It is of extra fine quality, and very productive. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15e, \ lb 20c, lb 70c.

Ohantenay, Half Long Scarlet — This is the best early Carrot in existence, one which'market gardeners should plant for their main early crop. The carrots grow about six inches long, are stump rooted, very smooth, deep red, fine grained, sweet and sugary, and not apt to crack open while growing. An excellent table sort and a heavy cropper. Our seed is most care- fully selected. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, \ lb 20c, lb 70c.

■arly Scarlet English Horn or Half Long — Very fine and sweet, pointed rooted. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c,

2 oz 15c, J lb 20c, lb 70c.

■arly Very Short Scarlet or Golden Ball — French forcing, the earliest variety, almost as round as turnip radishes and very sweet ; ready for use about five weeks after sowing. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, \ lb 25c, lb 80c.

Improved Danver’s Half-Long— The best Carrot for general crop ; it is of rich orange color, a very heavy yielder and splendid keeper. It is a first-class Carrot for all kinds of soils, valuable both for table use and for stock. We have an extra fine strain of this favor- ite sort, which we have sold for many years, giving the greatest satisfaction to our customers. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 70c.

Large Red Altringham — Large and fine flavored, grown for stock-feeding purposes. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c,

2 oz 15c, J lb 20c, lb 60c.

Improved Long Orange— The well-known and popu- lar old stand-by for late summer and winter use, grown extensively for feeding stock. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, J lb 15c, lb 50c.

tim mers’ Improved Giant Short White— This field Carrot is especially suitable for shallow soil. In shape they very much resemble the Oxheart, excepting the roots grow more to a point. When other varieties require digging, our Giant Short White can be pulled.

Flesh and skin are white, and it is considered by those who have grown it much better in quality than any other variety. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, J lb 15c, lb 45c.

For Field Varieties of Carrots see Agricultural Seeds further on.

Improved Scarlet Intermediate Carrot

Cress or Pepper Grass

One Ounce will sow about Fifteen Square Feet,

Culture. — Sow thickly in shallow drills, very early in spring and every two weeks throughout the season, give occasional waterings. Two ounces will sow ten feet square three times. Use as salad before the flowers ap- pear. Transplant the Water Cress, when well rooted, to the banks of a running stream.

EXTRA CURLED— Standard sort, very fine for salads, maybe cut two or three times. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c. i lb 15c, lb 40c.

Broad Leaved — A large-leaved variety, fine piquant flavor. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, J lb 15c, lb 40c.

Upland Cress- ( Barbarea Vulgaris) Grown as Spinach and used exactly as Water Ci ess. It so much resem- bles Water Cress in taste that the difference is scarce- ly discernable, and its use should become more general, as it is of as easy culture as Spinach ; indeed, earier, for it is a perennial plant, and can be grown easily for two years without resowing and it yields enormous crops. Per pkt 10c, oz 40c.

True Water— A well known hardy perennial aquatic plant, grown abundantly along the margin of running streams. Per pkt 10c, oz 40c, 2 oz 75c, Jib $1, lb $3.50.

Cardoon

The mid-ribs of this vegetable are used while in a ten- der state, similar to Asparagus, and the young leaves in the form of Spinach. Sow early in May, in rows two and a-half feet apart, and thin the plants out to two feet in the row. When the plants have attained their full size, bind them together with matting or twine, and earth them up like celery to blanch.

Large Spanish-Pkt 5., oz30c, 2 oz50c,Jlb$l, lb $3.50. Corn Salad— Lamb’s Lettuce (or Fetticus).

German — Acker oder Felt Salat. French —Mache.

Culture. — Sow about September or very early in spring, in drills half an inch deep and six inches apart, in rich ground. As the plants are for cutting when young the seed may be sown pretty thin. Before the cold weather sets in protect with clean straw. It is cut during Improved Danver’s Half-Long fJnt a^suc h.“d early spring for salads, and is most excel-

Carrot Broad leaved — Pkt

5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, i lb 20c, lb 60c.

Chives German — Schnittlauch.

Extra Curled Cress

CHIVES are perfectly hardy little perennial members of the onion tribe, and are grown exclusively for their tops, which are used where- ever the flavor of onion is required. Planted in small clumps in any common garden soil they will grow readily, and in time increase so as to render a division necessary. The tops appear very early in spring, and Can be shorn throughout the season, hence this valuable little plant should have a place in every garden.

Seed of the above, per pkt 10c. Roots— Per bunch 25c postpaid.

YOU TAKE NO RISK in ordering SIMMERS’ SEEDS direct by mail and you have the great advantage of being able to select just what you want from this Complete Catalogue of all the Best Seeds.

Chives

J. A. SIMMERS, TORONTO— RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS

CAULIFLOWER

(One ounce of seed will produce about 3,000 Plants).

For Plants of Cauliflower, Cabbage, etc., see in Plant List.

Culture.— When grown to perfection this is a most delicious vege- table, and well repays generous treatment in cultivation. With a deep, rich soil and an abundance of moisture, which in dry seasons must be applied artificially, Cauliflower can be grown well. Frequent and vig- orous hoeing and a liberal supply of rich liquid manure, to keep up a continuous and rapid growth, will produce splendid heads of the most delicate flavor. It facilitates blanching if the leaves are gathered loosely together and tied over the top of the head. For sowing the seed, the same general directions as' recommended for Cabbages will answer for this crop.

Simmers’ Gilt Edge — We confidently recommend this as the finest Cauliflower in the world ; and it is so pronounced by all growers who have had it. It is of very dwarf, erect habit, with shojrt outer leaves. It can be planted less than two feet apart each way. It is a sure header, every plant form- ing a large, solid, perfect head, of remarkably pure white color, of the finest table quality. All family gardeners should bear in mind that our seed of the “ Gilt Edge” is so carefully selected that from it a crop of Cauliflower can be grown as easily as a crop of Cabbage. It is a surer header, either for early or late sowing, and can be left longer in the field without decaying than any other sort. It matures immediately after “ Snowball,” but is a heavier sort.

Pkt 25c, X 02 $1.15f X 02 $2.25, oz $4.00.

Early Snowball— The earliest and most reliable in heading of dwarf habit, with very short outer leaves, allowiug it to be planted close to- gether. Per pkt 20c, 4 oz.65c, 4 oz. §1.25, oz §2.25, 2 oz §4.00, 4 lb $7.50. Simmers' Extra Selected Early Dwarf Erfurt— One of the earliest heading varieties in cultivation, small leaved for forcing or open ground; of low growth [extra superior quality of German seed]. Per pkt 20c, 4 oz_75c, J oz §1.50, oz^B.OO, 2 oz §5.50, 4 lb $10.00.

Simmers' “Gilt Edge” Cauliflower

Early Demi-Dur, or Half Early Paris— Best for general crop, and sure to head, valuable for market gardeners. Per pkt 5c, 4 oz 50c, oz 75c, 2 oz §1.25, i lb §2.25. /

Late Erfurt Market— An early, large and very fine German variety ; well suited for this climate. Per pkt 10c, % oz §1.00, oz §1.50, 2 oz §2.50, 4 lb §4.50.

Large Late Le Normand— Short stemmed, produces very close and uniform head, well protected by the foliage, hardy and stands dry weather. Per pkt 5c, 4 oz 50c, oz 75c, 2 oz $1.25, 4 lb §2.25.

Large Late Algiers — An excellent favorite, late variety. Per pkt 10c, 4 oz 70c, oz §1.25. 2 oz §2.25, J lb §4.00.

Late Italian or Autumn Giant — Attaining enormous dimensions; heads beautifully whire. large, firm and compact. Per pkt 5c, 4 oz 30c, oz 50c, 2 oz 80c, J lb §1.50.

Specimen of the famous Early Dwarf Erfurt Cauliflower

SSimmers’ Selected Private Strain).

CURLED CHERVIL

French— Cerfeuil.

German —Kerb el .

Culture.— A very rich herb, similar in growth and fiavoi to Parsley, and should not be wanting in any kitchen garden It is sown and treated like Parsley, the directions for sowinj which are given under that head. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, 4 11 30c, lb §1.00.

CHICORY

German— Caffewurzel. French— Chicoree.

Culture same as Carrots.

Large Rooted Magdeburgh— Pkt 5c, oz 10c, J lb 15c, lb 40c.

ENDIVE

German— Endivien. French— Chicoree.

Culture.— For early use sow thinly in May, in drills 1 ft. apart, an for a succession, every two or three weeks until mid-summer. A rathe moist situation in the garden is preferable. To blanch the leaves gathe them carefully together when perfectly dry and tie near the top and dr up the earth around the plants.

Broad Leaved Imperial Batavian (Escarolle)— It is chiefly used * soups. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 30c, 4 lb 50c, lb §1.50.

Early Green, or French Moss Curled— Very tender hardy leaves dar green and crisp. Pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 30c, 4 lb 50c, lb §1.50.

Early Snowball Cauliflower

ALL OUR CAULIFLOWER ILLUSTRATIONS ARE PHOTOGRAPHED FROM ACTUAL SPECIMENS.

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I. A. SIMMERS, TORONTO— RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS.

German —

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SIMMERS’ CELERY

Paris Golden Yellow or 8elf-Blanching

SPECIAL CELERY OFFER :

Paris Golden Yellow— Medium.

White Plume— Early.

Simmers’ Large Ribbed Dwarf White-

Late.

One Packet of Each for 15 Cents.

( For Celery Plants see end of Vegetable List.)

One ounce will sow a bed of nine square yards, and produce about 25,000 plants.— Bow the last of March or early in April, in au open border, in rich, mellow ground, in shallow drills, watering freely in dry weather. By rolling or pressing in the seed, the result will be more satisfactory than when covered. Cut the tops off once or twice before planting: out, to make them stocky. When the plants are five or six inches high transplant, the dwarf vari- eties 3 feet and the taller sorts 4 feet between the rows ; plant 6inoheHapart in the rows. Cultivate well, and when large enough blanch by earthing up. The first operation is that of “handling”; after the soil has been drawn up with the hoe, it is drawn closer around each plant with the hand, to keep the leaves firm in an upright position and to prevent spread- ing. When the plants have become “set” in an upright position, and the celery is wanted for early use, they should be “ banked.” This is done by throwing the soil up as close to the plants as possible with a plough and finishing it with a spade, bringing the earth up nearly to the top of the plants. If it is intended to store away for winter use, the “handling” process is all that is necessary, as the blanching will be done in the trenches. To store for winter use, select well-drained ground, dig trenches one foot wide and deep enough to cover the tops of the plants. Pack the stalks in this in an upright position, covering with boards to shed the water, and in severe weather protect with straw or leaves.

Rose Ribbed Paris. Golden Self-Blanching— The gen- eral color is about identical wii h Golden Self-Blanching, except that the naturally golden -colored stalks are suf- fused with a warm rosy hue, which gradually fades toward the top of the stalks, where it assumes a bright golden color when properly blanched and fit for the table. Price 10c pkt, oz 40, 2 oz 75c, \ lb $1.25.

DIMMERS’ IMPERIAL — For description see novelties. Pkt 10c, oz 50c, 2 oz, 90c, i lb $1.50.

Paris Golden Yellow or Self-Blanching— The heart is of a beautiful golden yellow c dor, very large, crisp and solid, keeping well all winter. It is entirely self -blanching without anv covering whatever. Per pkt 10c, oz 60c, 2 oz $1.00, J lb $1.50, lb $6.00.

Simmers’ Special Dwarf White Winter— Solid, crisp, of excellent flavor, one of the best white varie- ties. The past season has again proved this celery to be the best adapted for the home or market on account of its dwarf habit and wal- nut flavor and keeping well until spring. Per pkt 10c, oz 50c, 2 oz 90c, i lb $1.50.

Simmers’ Large Ribbed Dwarf White— Perfectly distinct and of a beautiful cream-white color ; attains a very large size, is of quick growth, stiff, close habit, the outer ribs standing straight and perfect ; a very solid, crisp-eating and delicious variety, keeping well until spring. Per pkt 5c, oz 30c, 2 oz 55c, £ lb $1.00, lb $3.00.

White Plume— Leaves somewhat like an ostrich feather, requires nobank- ing up to blanch; highly recom- mended to all who wish to procure a first-class celery for early use. Per pkt 5c, oz 25c, 2 oz 40c, J lb 75c, lb $3.00.

Simmers’ Special White Dwarf Winter Celery,) he best in culti- vation for market gardeners and private gardens.

Giant Golden-Hearted Dwarf— An excellent Dwarf White variety, with fine nutty flavor, growing to a large size and keeping well all winter. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, i lb 60c, lb $2.00.

Sandringham or Prince of 'Wales Dwarf White— An excellent dwarf-growing, very solid and crisp variety. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, i lb 60c, lb $2.00.

Giant Pascal— It is of a fine nutty flavor, being entirely free from any bitter taste. It grows about 2 feet high; the stalks are very broad, thick and crisp, and entirely stringless ; it bleaches with slight “ earth- ing up.” Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, \ lb 50c, lb $2.00.

New Rose— The color is a beautiful shade of rose; of exceptionally fine flavor, solid, crisp. Per pkt 5c, oz 25c, 2 oz 40c, i lb 75c, lb $3.00.

Seymours’ White Giant— A good, very large varietv, clear white, solid and crisp. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, \ lb 60c, lb $2.00.

White Solid— Good for general crop, fine nutty flavor, entirely free from hollow siems. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, i lb 40c, lb $1.50.

Carter’s Incomparable Dwarf Crimson— Keeps well, and is of a fine

nutty flavor. Per pkt 5c, oz 30c, 2 oz 55c, i lb $1.00, lb $3.00.

Turnip-Rooted Erfurt Giant, or Celeriac— Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, i lb 60c, lb $2.00.

Flavoring Celery— Per oz 5c, \ lb 15c, lb 40c. "

“ Pink Plume ’’—Similar to White Plume, except that the stalks are delicately marked with pink. It also has the rich, nutty flavor of red celeries. Pkt 5c, oz 25c, 2 oz 40c, £ lb 75c.

Buy the latest book on growing celery . . .

“ CELERY FOR PROFIT ”

Price 30C. —By T. Greiner.

First-class seeds, of equal qual- ity, cannot be bought anywhere for less money. We know that SIMMERS’ SEEDS are the BEST tt^at grow.

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SIMMERS’ SWEET CORN Stable use

Early White Cory

7 STB. -When ordered in the ear by mail, we shell it for convenience in packing. Special quotations given tocannersand others requiring corn in quan- tZ Single Ears of any Variety 5c Each. One pound will plant about 100 hills; one peck, one acre

in hills EARLY VARIETIES

First Of All— Earliest of all, ready three days to a week earlier than Corjq in habit of growth it is more dwarf and of superior quality, very sweet and tender, a

large number of the ears have io

to 12 rows, while the Cory gener- ally has 8 rows. Per pkt 5c, lb or pt 15c, qt 25c, 5 lbs 50c, io lbs 85c.

Mammoth White Cory — This new strain is fully as early as the ongmal Cory, while the ears are of larg- r 7e The cobs being white, the grains are entirely free from .the

Cory” retain the pearly whiteness of the grains when cooked. Per T>kt 5c, pt 15c, qrt 25c, 51b 50c, 10 lb auc.

K_ndePs Early Giant — The ear3 grow to a very large size, measuring 8 to 10 inches long and having 10 ito 18 rows on each cob, the ma3onty having 12 rows ; kernels pure white,

Xet a.>dS,der Pkt 6c, lb 15c, qt 25c, 5 lb 60c, 101b $1.10.

Nnn<ueh Sugar — Medium early, wonderfully productive, but above all of the finest flavor. Per pKt oc, pt 15c, qt 25c, 5 lbs 50c, 10 lbs 85c.

Perry’s Hybrid Sweet

Early Red Cory— An excellent 89^fc’ adds to ftsgood qugdities that able for private or “^^nktic ib 10c, qt 20c, 5 lbs 45c, 10 lbs 80c. of being extra early. Per pkt oc, m ^ „

Stowell’s Evergreen

EBVta?r^ Vt 1^"' 'ao’c, 5 lb,

45c, 10 lbs 85c.

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POP CORN

Pearl— Smooth-grained ears. Per pkt 5c, lb or pt 10c, qt 20c, 5 lbs < 10 lbs 75c, • • - j t> — ~ir+, k.

WhiteRice-A very early, fine, white variety, kernel pointed. Ib lOc qt 20c, 5 lbs 40c, 10 lbs 75c.

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and most tender of all Sweet Corns, and one kernels and

the stocks ave> aging threegars som t 5 lbs 45c, 10 lbs 80c.

cobs are pure white. Pkt 5c, pc or iu h -

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10c, qt 20c, 5 lbs 50c, 10 lbs 90c.

0c, 5 lbs 50c, iu ids auu. , , ,

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one^Sweet -- A most productive variety,

Moor^Concord?^-,er pkt^c”pt lOo, qt 20c, 5 lbs 46c,^10^lbs^80c. __

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ew Early Evergreen-This distm^ SSer5^htt^a^S®

istics which have made Stowell to^use from one week to ten days for main crop, but produces e a ^ the ears are of typical Stowell 8

earlier . While about one-third smaller, for tnickerg> winners,

type and of the same fine 3 ^ ahty .1 1 is y supply of good sweet

and private gardeners * CrS’s Early and the regular

corn, as it fills the P^f5cb p^iSc, qt 25c?5 lbs 50c, 10 lbs 90c. Stowell s Evergreen. Pkt be, pt xoo, ^

Georgia, Southern or Creole -J';" mghfcor”ow1^drtlS<w^alS transplanting tbem.when four inches n gn. apart in the roi

MrpropreermsSen: ‘AVs^c^S oz 30o, 1 lb 60c, lb ,2.00. ]

£oe«ta. DANDELION J

double the size. Pkt 10c, oz 4UC.

EGG PLANT

(One ounce will produce 1,000 Plants'\. ..

Culture.— Sow in * * ekerTd^ry rituatiom m th J open grout in shallow drills in a warm, j^Jhen warm weather sets in u

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ib 15b. Hb 25c, 5 lb 50c, 10 lbs 90c.

skin, and the fru are of finest qual either baked fried. Pkt 10c, 50c.

The New Y o. Improved lar Purple Tho

less— Very cho rou nd, of deep c< and large fr Plant robust 10c, oz 50c.

Long Purple-G

for general i very hardy, e and product] Pkt 5c, oz 30c.

Long White— 7

fine, highly c| mentaL Pkt oz 60c.

Egg New York improved Thornless

Early Pur Dwarf — Abou 5weeksearliev anv ether var Pkt 10c, oz 50

best sorts of EARLY WHITE CORY,

miiccT r^HRlSl PERRY'S HYBRID,

>WEET OUKW stowelus evergreen. { urrtn J one quart • -- m”NEsota, moori

for SUCCESSION, following the most suitable sorts-EARL

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By Mail Postpaid. One packet each of the 3 kinds, 15c. .

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One pint (< „ S5c

One quart

At Buyers’ Exp

16 J. A. SIMMERS, TORONTO-RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS.

Cucumber....

German — Qnrken. French — Concombre.

Oup Cucumber Seed is Carefully Selected Stock Seed, pure and true to name. One ounce will plant 50 Hills ;

Two Pounds will plant One Acre.

“Simmers’ Vegetable and Flower Garden ”

is the title of a booklet which Rives shortcultural instructions on vegeta- bles. It is sent free on or- ders for vegetable seeds of $1.00 and over, if requested on order.

Simmers’ Improved Extra. Early White Spine —

This Private Strain of Extra Early White Spine is, beyond a doubt, the most thor- oughbred, uniform and shapely variety known. We recom- mend it not only for first early but for gen- eral crop. It excels in earliness, often be- ing ready for slicing when other sorts are only pickles. In pur- ity it is unequalled.

The vines are vigor- ous growers. It is j an excellent variety for slicing and makes

a choice pickle ; straight and smooth ; a great bearer, keeps green much longer than the yellow varieties, and no sort excels in crispness and fine flavor. Selected Seed. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, Jib 25c, lb 90c.

The “ Emerald For description see Novelties. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, Tib 25c, lb 90c.

Simmers’ Improved Long Green — The best for general crop, fine long fruit, firm and crisp. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, 1 lb 20c, lb 50c.

Early Frame — An old and popular variety of medium size, straight and handsome. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, |lb 20c, lb 50c.

Yesterfield’s Chicago Pickling— It is exceedingly prolific, bearing small, well-formed fruit, covered with spines, and of an unusual deep green. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, \ lb 20c, lb 50c.

’aris Pickling— The bestof allin quality for pickling. The young cucumbers when of the proper age for pickling, are slim and slender, from 3 to 5 inches in length.

When ready for pickling they show absolutely no sign of seeds, and are of an unusual dark greeu color. Pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, J lb 40c, lb $1.40.

/hite Wonder— About eight inches long; the skin is thin, while the pear ly white flesh is exquisitely fine in quality, quite brittle and remains solid for a long time. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, Jib 20c, lb 50c.

Cool and Crisp ’’—While primarily a pickling variety, it is also most useful for slicing, the cucumbers when fully matured being of good size and exceedingly tender and crisp. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 50c. arly Cluster— A short prickly variety, bearing in clusters and very pro lific. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2oz 15c, J lb 20c, lb 50c. ipanese Climbing.— While all cucumbers are running vines, yet this variety is much more creeping or climbing in its habit. The quality is splendid and well adapted for pickling as well as for slicing. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 20c, i lb 30c, lb 90c.

vingstone’s Evergreen— A very strong grower, but extra early, and the best in flavor, bearing firm, crisp fruits, either for pickling or slicing. Per pkt 5c. oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 60c.

chol’s Medium Green— As a pickle for early forcing purposes or for slicing there is no better variety. It is exceedingly productive, of medium size, always straight and smooth. The color is dark green, the flesh tender and crisp. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, J lb 20c, lb 50c.

• berian— The earliest sort in cultivation, producing cucumbers five inches long in about eight weeks. It is very productive and valuable for forc- ing. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, J lb 20c, lb 60c.

ston Pickling, or Green Prolific— One of the best for pickling, uniform size. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, J lb 20c, lb 50c. rly Russian or Moromian Gherkin— Producing fruit three to four inches long, in great abundance and in a very short time ; superior to any other, flavor good. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 60c.

. e Pride of Canada— For forcing and out-door culture, fine flavored fruit, of snow-white texture, great length, containing but few seeds. Per pkt 10c, 3 pkis 25c.

.nt Pera— A long, smooth, straight, dark green cucumber, 13 inches long. Flesh white, crisp, tender and free from all bitterness. Pkt 6c, gOZ 10c, 2 oz 15c, I lb 20c, lb 60c.

India Gherkin or Burr— Only for pickling. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 16c, i lb 80c, lb $1.00.

ENGLISH SORTS

For Hot Beds and Greenhouses

The Model— A very choice variety of recent introduction, producing handsome cucumbers of wonderful, size. Per pkt 20c, £ oz $2.00.

Blue Gown -A very fine blackspined variety, 18 to 24 inches long, smooth.' Per pkt 20c, J oz $2.00.

Marquis of Lome— A highly esteemed variety of handsome form and fine flavor, 24 to 30 inches long. Per pkt 20c, J oz $2.00.

Rollison’s Telegraph— Very prolific, early, crisp and of superior quality. Per pkt 25c, £ oz $2.00.

Mixture— Of the foregoing English sorts highly recommended for forcing or outdoors. Pkt 10c, £ oz $1.75.

German— Knoblauch. GARLIC French— A il.

Used for flavoring soups, stews, and other dishes. Garlic thrives best in a light, well-enriched soil ; the sets should be planted in early spring in rows 1 foot apart, and from 1 to 5 inches in the rows.

Garlic sets— Per oz 5c, per lb 20c. (Special rates for 5 lb lots.)

ollison s Telegraph Cucumber

GOURDS

Japanese Nest Egg— These exactly resemble in color, shape and size, the eggs of hens, making a capital nest egg, which are superior to glass eggs, as they do not crack or break, and are uninjured by cold or wet. As the plant is a very rapid growing climber it is very useful for cover- ing serenes, etc. Per pkt 5c, oz 25c.

Dipper— Named for its resemblance to a dipper. The capacity varies from a pint to a quart, with handles 6 to 12 inches long. They are convenient for dipping hot liquids, etc. Per pkt 5c, oz 25c.

Luffa, or Dish Rag Gourd— A native of the East Indies, and in it nature has furnished us with a vegetable dish cloth, the seeds being enveloped in a sponge-like cloth, which is tough, elastic and durable. Per pkt 5c, oz 26c.

Sugar Trough— Very use- ful for baskets, dishes, buckets, etc., etc. They have hard, thick shells, lasting for years, and capable of holding from 2 to 10 gallons each. Pkt 5c, oz 25c.

Mixture— A collection of the most ornamental, in- cluding all the above.

Per pkt 10c, 3 pkts 25c, 7 pkts 50c.

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HORSE RADISH

Sets — (Good strong ones) ready for sale at any time. 10c each, 4 for 25c, 75c a doz.

LETTUCE -

German— Lattich Salat. French — Laitue.

(One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill).

Culture— Lettuce requires a good soil in order to obtain the crispness, juiciness and delicate flavor for which they are so much esteemed. Several sowings are requisite during the season. Theflrsb may be obtained in a hotbed in February. A sowing may be made in the open ground as soon as it can be worked, after this every two weeks until July, if a constant succession is required. Sow thinly, in drills or broadcast, quarter of an inch deep, and transplant a foot apart in the richest soil. Hoe frequently, and in dry weather water plentifully.

Simmers’ Nonpareil Cabbage — This remarkable variety, first introduced by us a few years since, has rapidly grown in popularity among gardeners who all agree in pronouncing it not only the best lettuce they have ever grown for forcing under glass in hotbed and greenhouse, but equally valuable for growing in cold frames and in open ground during the hottest summer months. It is a beautiful light yellowish green color and of very superior even quality. It has the peculiarity of forming a solid head, even before half grown. Its uniform, handsome and even growth is unequalled hy any other lettuce. It is the shyest seeder and slowest to shoot to seed of any lettuce we have ever grown. It is decidedly the best and easiest grown of all lettuces for both the family and market gardener. Per pkt 5c, oz. 20c, 2 oz. 35c, \ lb 60c, lb $2.00.

“Golden Queen”— A very desirable early variety, of a most pleasing golden yellow color, and second to none for forcing. It is one of the most deceptive varieties we have ever seen, as at first glance it seems to be of medium size, but it forms all solid heads, with little or no waste, so that there is really more in it than in many Lettuces double the siz*1. It is very crisp, tender and juicy. We cannot recommend it too highly. Pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, £ lb 60c, lb $2.00.

Grand Rapids— Of handsome appearance, a strong grower, very crisp and tender and not apt to rot, and will keep from wilting longer than any other. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2oz 25c, £ lb 35c, lb $1.25.

Hanson — Producing heads of a remarkable size, tender and crisp, beauti- ful green without and white within, heads sometimes weighing 2£ to 3 lbs. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 20c, £ lb 30c, lb $1.20.

Golden Queen, the Best First Early Head Lettuce The Gardeners’ Favorite— One of the best heading varieties, suitable either for forcing or outdoor cultivation ; heads large and solid. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, Jib 40c, lb $1.50.

Toronto Market— Heads large, very solid and good flavored; color yellowish-green and suitable for forcing and open air cultivation. Pkt. 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, £ lb 40c, lb $1.50.

Asparagus Lettuce— The leaves are long and conical, often 18 inches high, which become as stiff, crisp and sweet as celery stalks, and are delicious when eaten in the same manner or prepared for salad. The midribs can also be prepared and served up as Asparagus. Per pkt 5c. oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, £ lb 35c, lb $1.40.

8impson’s Early Curled Cabbage (White seeded) — Suitable for forcing. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2oz 25c. £ lb 35c, lb $1.25.

Simpson's Early Curled Cabbage (Black seeded)— Forms large, loose heads of thin and exceedingly tender golden yellow leaves; the best

KOHL RABI JT

German — Kohl Rabi. French — Chou-rabe.

A vegetable intermediate between the Cabbage and the Turnip. It is best culti-

vated by sowing the seeds in rows in May, .¥ JP*

June and July, according to latitude. In '

this district we sow through June for sue-

cession, in rows 18 inches apart, thinning

out to 8 inches between the plants. It is \#/ _ f a

rather difficult to transplant and it is gen-

erally preferable to sow the whole crop IlSE'*'*'55' ~ /y

from seed and thin out where it stands, — '1M

although when the weather is favorable the fjM

thinnings may be planted at the distances

above mentioned. ~

Early White Vienna — Flesh white and *

tender, best market sort, excellent for '

table use. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c,

£ lb 60c, lb $2.00. fWk

Early Purple Vienna— Similar to the

preceding except in color. Per pkt 5c, v

oz 20c, 2 oz 85c, £ lb 60c, lb $2.00. Kohl Rabi

Simmers Nonpareil Cabbage Lettuce

curled variety for forcing or sowing out of doors, though on account of its large size it is, under some circumstances, not so profitable for forcing. It stands the summer heat splendidly. Pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, £ lb 35c, lb $1.25.

Green Curled Silesian— A very ornamental and most beautiful variety, of a very delicate shade of green, with the inner part of the leaves white; the edges are beautifully cut and fringed. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 20c, £ lb 30c, lb $1.20.

Big Boston — This variety is identical in color, shape and general appear- ance with the famous Hanson Cabbage lettuce, but is double the size. It is but one week later in maturing, but its solidity and greater size of heal will make it a most desirable variety either for forcing in cold frames or open ground planting. Pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2oz 25c, £ lb 35c, lb $1.40.

New Cos Celery Lettuce— Trianon Self-Closing— The long, narrow leaves which form solid heads, almost like a Wakefield Cabbage, bleach and quickly become snowy white. They excel all other Lettuce in qual- ity, having a ta-Te and crispness unequalled. The leaves when bleached, are st iff like celery stalks and can be eaten in the same manner. Per pkt 5c. oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, £ lb 40c, lb $1.50.

Paris White Cos — Tender and crisp, should be tied up to ensure blanch- ing. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, £ lb 35c, lb $1.25.

Paris Green Cos- Hardy and tender, r neof thebestof the Cos varieties. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, £ lb 35c, lb $1.25.

Denver Market— It

forms large solid heads of a good light green color, and is very slow to go to seed. The leaves are beautifully marked and blistered [like the Savoy < ’abbage] and very crisp and tender and of excel- lent flavor. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 20c,

£ lb 30c, lb $1 20.

Silverball Cabbage — This Lettuce pro- duces a beautiful head, very firm, solid

_ and compact, with handsomely curled leaves. Theheadis of^uj attractive silvery white color, very rich, buttery and of most de- licious flavor. Per pkt. 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, £ lb 60c, lb $2.00.

Green ranged or California Curled— Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, £ lb 35fe. lb $1.25.

Tennis Ball —Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2oz 25c, £lb 40c, lb $1.50.

Drumhead or Maltese Cabbage— Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 20c. £ lb 30c, lb $1,00.

Victoria Red-Edged Cabbage— Pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, £ lb 85c, lb $1.40.

LEEK

Hanson Lettuce

German — Lauch. French — Poireau. (One ounce will sow a drill of about 10 o feet).

Culture— The leek is very hardy and easily cultivated ; it succeeds best in light but well enriched soil. Sow as early in spring as practicable, in drills one inch deep and one foot apart. When six or eight inches high they may be trans- planted in rows ten inches apart each way, as deep as possible, that the neck being covered, may be blanched.

Large Scotch or Broad Leaved Flag— Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 20c, £Jb 30c, lb $1 00.

Large Musselburgh— Per pkt 5c.

oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, £ lb 35c, lb $1.25.

4 BEST LETTUCE

Nonpareil Cabbage Grand Rapids Green Curled Silesian Golden Queen

Each 5c. a pkt or the £ for 15c.

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Simmers* Muslzmelons

German — Melonen. French — Melon.

( Cne ounce will Plant about 80 hills)

Culture.— Melons thrive best in a light, rich soil. Plant early in May, when the ground has become warm and dry, in hills 6 feet apart each way for Muskmelons 8 feet for Watermelons Previous to sowing the seed mix a few shovelfuls of well-rotted manure in each hill, and plant in each 12 to 15 seeds; after all danger of bugs is over thin out to 3 plants per hill. When about 1 foot long pinch off the tips to make them branch, as it strengthens the growth of the vines, and makes the fruit mature earlier. Be careful not to plant pumpkins or squashes near them as they will hybrid- ize. A few hills for early use may be had by sowing on pieces of sod in a hotbed, and whan warm enough transplant to open ground.

Paul Rose, or Petosky— In this new sort we have a Melon that will give perfect satisfaction to alt growers, both for market and home garden. It is a c^oss between the Ooage and the Netted Gem, combining the sweetness of the former with the fine gray netting of the laiter, making it a handsome Melon. The fruit averages about five inehesin diameter, and is oval in form. Thefle^his thick and firm.adeep salmon or orange color; most delicious and appetizing. It is a fine shipping variety, and is generally sent out in baskets or crates, and is being sought after by all the leading markets of the country. Pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2oz20c, J lb 80c, lb $1.00.

Simmers’ Dominion Green Flesh — The fruit is nearly round, flattened at the ends, deeply and very regularly ribbed ;

skin green, densely netted ;

flesh remarkably thick, light green, melting and of a delici- ous flavor. They are very regular in shape, and uniform- ly grow to a large size. To all who raise, to grow the handsomest possible melons for exhibition, or extra large fine melons for market, we highly recommend the Do- minion Green Flesh. Per pkt 10c, oz 40c, 2 oz 60c, % lb 90c, lb $3.00.

Tip-Top Musk Melon

Tip-Top— Quite distinct in appear- ance, this new Melon is of the finest guality. Flesh yellow, sweet, juicy and firm, but not hard fleshed. Fruit ribbed and

beautifully netted, a very productive and excellent variety. Pkt 5o, oz 15c, 2 oz 20c, £ lb 80c, lb $1.00.

“Perfected Delmonico” — The Melons average about 6 inches in diame- ter, have a very small seed cavity, and are exceedingly thick and heavy for their size. The flesh is a deep rich orange-yellow color, and of very fine grain, without the slightest stringiness. A strong, hardy grower and very prolific. Pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 20c, J lb 30c, lb $1.00.

“The Newport” — The Newport Melon, while small, is very deep fleshed, and of a dark green color. The “Newport” stands in the same rela- tion to the green-fleshed melons that the “Banquet” does to the red- fleshed, in every respect the best. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 20c, J lb 30c, lb $1.00.

Princess— Nearly round in shape, heavily netted, dark green 6kin. The flesh is of a rich salmon color, thicker than in any other melon, and in flavor is sweet and. luscious beyond description. They ripen early and grow to a good siz i, frequently weighing from 8 to 10 lbs each; vines grow vigorously and are very productive, often producing 6 to 8 perfect melons on a single vine. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 20c, 1 lb 30c, lb $1.00.

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The Banquet— A good medium sized melon, very flat at both ends, and more beautifully netted than any oiher variety. In quality it is un- equalled; the flesh is uniformly de*p. color dark rich salmon. It is undoubtedly one of the oust beautiful and luscious melons. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 20c, J lb 30c, lb $1.00,

Emerald Gem— This variety is of rich, delicious flavor and fine quality. Distinct, \ e y early and prolific ; skin ribbed, yet smooth, and of a deep emerald gre n, with a few lighter-co ored stripes. The flesh is thick, of a suffused salmon color. Specially recommended to th <-<e who wish a highly-flavored fruit. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 1 c, J lb 20c, lb 80c. Montreal Green Nut-

meg— A beautiful, r und, netted deep riobed vari- ety, luscious and sweet, ripening freely under or- dinary care, and fruit of enormous size, sometimes weighing from 30 1 o 40 1 bs. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, Jib 20c, lb 80c.

Extra Early Netted Gem, or Rocky Ford— Oval strain, one of the ea- Host best and most prolific small Melons. Ovalshape, uniform in size; fle.-hlight gre n, of very fine flavor; a popular variety with market gardeners, as it is very uniform and an excellent shipper. Pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 20c, J lb 80c, 1 lb $1.00.

Extra Early Netted Gem, or Rocky Ford Muskmelon

^ew A large, prolific, and fine-flavored, green-fleshed melon ; with PI*} 1 njy'y cultivation this variety has produced melons weighing from 10 to 15 pounds. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, J lb 20c, lb 80c. Improved Christiana — The earliest Muskmelon k^ own, green flesh, netted and exquisite flavor. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15 •, J lb 20c, lb 80c Persian or Casawba — Oblong, netted, green fi-sh, early delicious lb 80c reoommen(ied for garden. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, J lb 20c,

MM.erCream or Osage— A remarkably good variety, of large size ant flavor, flesh rich salmon, very thick and solid. Per pkt, 5c oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, J lb 20j, lb 80c.

Early Yellow Cantaloupe — Very fine flavor, flesh reddish orange, an early and productive variety. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c,

2 oz 15c, Jib 20c. lb 80c. ^

Surprise — Red flesh, lb 80c.

Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, J lb 20o

Skillman’s Fine Netted — The best early kind, green flesl and luscious flavor. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, J lb 20c lb 80c.

Mango Melon, Vegetable Peach (Vine Peach) — Thi

fruit is about the size of a Large peach or orange, oval shaped a.n(* of a bright orange-yellow cr lor, somewhat russeted out side, flesh is snow-white. For sweet pickles, pies or preserv mg they are superb. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 20c, J lb 80c

ID

Carden Lemon

Resembles the Vegetable Peach in growth and shape of fruit, but is distinct in that the unripe fruit is striped with very dark green, almost black, while the vegetable peach is plain, and when ripe is nob russeted like the Mango, Melon. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, Jib 30c, lb $1.

Citron

8immers Dominion Green Flesh Muskmelon

Citron — For preserves, striped and marble light green, flesh white and snlid. Pkt 5e, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, J lb 20c, lb 80c.

“Colorado Preserving” — Most prolific, flesh firm and solid, large size, pre- serving qualities the best. Per pkt 5o, oz 10c, 2 oz 16c, J lb 20c, lb 80c.

Citron for Preserving

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Jersey Belle Although not quite as early as the Hackensack, does best on light sous, and will develop perfectly even on white sand. It is of Deautiful shape, a little flattened on the ends, deeply ribbed and heavily netted, indicating, by its outward appearance, the exquisite quality lb qq® beautlful green flesh within. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 16c, J lb 20c,

Early Hackensack— A variety of the green Muskmelon, grows to a large fuze, very productive and of exquisite flavor. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2oz 15c, Jib 20c, lb 80c. ^

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German — Wasser Melo

Vick's E

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r Melone.

WATERMELONS

French — Melone d’eau.

Culture— Same as Muskmelon.

■ly_Oblong, smooth, rather small, flesh bright pink, solid, sweet and the earliest melon known. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 80c.

COLE’S EARLY— Very hardy, a sure cropper, and extremely delicate in texture of flesh, which is of dark red color. Medium size, nearly round in shape ; rind green, striped with lighter shades. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 80c.

Stoke’s Extra Early— Without doubt one of the earliest of all. Their shape is nearly round, dark green skin, slightly mottled with white. The flesh is deep scarlet, remarkably solid and in delicious sugary flavor is unsurpassed by any other melon. Their average weight is about fifteen pounds. They are also much more productive than the larger sorts. Pkt 6c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 80c.

( One ounce will plant about 50 hills).

Cuban Queen— Beautifully striped, bright red flesh, solid, luscious, crisp and sugary. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 75c.

Black Spanish Early— Red core, very d -licious, skin dark green. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 76c.

Mountain Sweet -Fruit oblong, dark green, rind thin, solid, very sweet and delicious. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 76c.

Mclver’s Wonderful Sugar

Phinney’s -- Oblong, bright red flesh, sweet tender, well flavored, very productive and early. P<-r pkt 5e, oz 10e, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 75c.

MUSTARD

German— Senf.

French— Moutarde.

(One ouvre willsmv about

50 feet of drill.)

Culture— Sow rather thiexly, in ) ow s, in a hot- bed, as early as possible in the spring, or in the open ground in May. Re- peat the sowing about every every fortnight for a succession. It is cut and mixed with cress f r salad when about two inches high.

White — For salad or medicinal purposes.

Pkt 5c, oz 10c, £ lb 15c, lb 80c.

Brown — For seasoning:, more pungent in flavor than the White.

oz 10c, £ lb 15c, lb 30c.

New Chii%psc — Leaves twice the size of the ordinary White Mustard, stems more succulent, of deeper green; flavor pleasantly sweet and. pungent.* Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 30c, lb $1.00.

Cole’s Early Watermelon

Pkt 5c,

Mclver’s Wonderful Sugar — A large, oblong melon of handsome appearance; skin shows broad bands of white, with narrower ones of green. Its soft pink fl- sh is cri-p and juicy, and solid to the centre. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lh 30c, lb $1.00.

Nabob— A very large, solid, heavy melon, of splendid keeping qualities. Slightly oblong in shape, wit h a little depression at the bloom end of eye. Color dark green, pecu i irly mottled with light green spots, which might, suggests irregular carving. Medium early and of magnificent large keeping qualities. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 80c, lb $1.00.

Seminole— Large size and delicious flavor. Flesh a vivid c imson color ; crisp and sugary. The melons are of two colors— gray and light green, the latter a darker coloring of the former. Melons of both colors are found on the same vine, and a^e exactly the same in shape, size, color of seed, flavor and quality. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 75c.

Improved Long; Dixie — A cross between Kolb’s Gem and Mountain Sweet, surpassing the former in shipping qualities, and fully equalling the latter in fine eating quality and flavor, being a week to ten days earlier than either with a remarkably thin rind almost, impenetrable, which preserves it for a great length of time. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 75c.

NASTURTIUM, or Indian Cress

(One ounce will sow about thirty feet of drill.)

Culture— Sow about the middle of May in the open ground, one inch deep in patches, and train them to sticks. The Feed when young and tender are picked as a substitute for carpers, to which some prefer them. The leaves are eaten in salad aud are very tasty ; are also used as a garnish- Tall Mixed Nasturti um— Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 30c, lb $1.00. Dwarf Mixed Nasturtium— Pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, £ lb 40c, lb $1.40.

Mushrooms

German— Champignonbrot. French —Champignon.

The general use of Mushrooms as a delicious and wholesome dish has been somewhat limit d, owing to 1 ha extremely high price this article gen- erally commands in t he market. But there is no excu- e why everyone, that has a few feet available, may it bo in a dark cellar, barn or shed, where the temp rat ure can be maintained at from 50 to 60 degrees, should not have his table abund- antly supplied with Mushrooms throughout the greater part of the year. It is only a ques- tion of time when, instead of being a luxury. Mushrooms will be as commonly served with our meats ss onions are to-day. Considering the abandonee of the necessary materials in all parts ot our country, both in city and farm, and the h gh estimation in which the Mush- room is held, it is plainly demonstrated that the cultivation of Mushrooms is in its infancy in our country. The best results have been obtained by the use of our superor English

Mushroom Spawn, known as or J. A.

Simmers’ Prolific, which is largely used by the most sueco-sful growers around Toronto. Full and explicit instructions are contained in our circular, “ How to Grow Mushrooms Suc- cessfully.” which we will mail for 10c, or free with orders for two bricks.

Imported English Spawn — Made up in lame bricks, 25c each, o for $1.00, 10 for $1.90, postpaid. By express — Per doz. $1.50, per 25, $2.50.

Imported French Spawn— Loose, in two b >xe«, of the size generally wanted by Mushroom growers, $1.00 each, postpaid, $8.50 per dozen boxes. In boxes for small gardens, 50c each.

MARTYNIA

Marty nia Proboscidea — The best variety for p ckles. Sow in May or June, at least; three fo«-t ap-> it. 1 kt 6c, oz 80c, 2oz55o,| £ lb $1.C0. lb $3.00.

PHOTOGRAPH OF MUSHROOMS (grown from our Spawn)

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ONIONS

German— Zwiebel.

French —Ognon.

( One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill ; A pounds is sufficient for an acre).

Culture.— The onion thrives best in a rather deep, rich, loamy soil, and, unlike most vegetables, succeeds well when cultivated on the same ground for successive years. The best culture requires that the ground should be deeply trenched and manured the previous autumn, and laid up in ridges during the winter to pulverize. As early in the spring as the ground is in working order, commence operations by levelling the ground with a rake, and tread it firmly; sow thinly, in drills about a quarter of an inch deep and one foob apart ; cover with fine soil and press down with the back of a spade or a light roller. When the young plants are strong enough, thin gradually so that they stand three or four inches apart. Keep the surface of the ground open and free from weed& by frequent hoeing, taking care not to stir the soil too deeply, or to collect it about the growing bulbs.

LARGE YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS— The most popular yellow onion all over the country. Our strain of set d has been selected most carefully, the flatter onions

being thrown out. The name

Yellow Varieties

Globe” in this connection must betaken com- paratively, as the True Danvers Onion is never so perfectly globe shaped as the Southport Yellow Olobe. All the perfectly globe-shaped varieties are later maturing than The Yellow Globe Danvers. We

cannot too strongly recommend our seed of this variety ; from careful trials we passed by any strain. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, J lb 30c, lb $1.00,

Large Yellow Strasburg or Dutch Onion

know ib is unsui

Large Yellow Flat Danvers— In quality, size and productiveness, equal to the preceding, but fla in shape. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, J lb 30c, lb $1.00.

Large Yellow Strasburg, or Dutch— One of the oldest varieties, good keeper and fine flavored Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, J lb 30c, lb $1.00.

Extra Early Yellow Cracker— It is the earliest of the yellow onion sorts of superior quality, ant like the I xt a Early Red is an excellent kind to raise where the seasons are short, and often profit able to the market gardener who brings the first ripe onions to the market. Per pkt 6c, oz 15c 2 oz 30c, J lb 50c, lb $1.75.

PRIZE TAKER ONION— True American Grown— This is a large beautiful Spanish Onion thabif offered for sale in the fruit stores and in the markets of all large cities. They are of enormous size averaging 14 to 16 inches in circumference. Although of such great size, it is very hardy, and a ven fair winter keeper. The outside skin is of a rich yellow color, while the flesh is white, sweet an tender. (Seecut). Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 30c, Jib 45c, lb $1.60.

Southport Yollow Globe— Same shape as Mihiie Globe, color yellow, an excellent keeper. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, J lb 40c, lb $1.40.

Simmers Large Yellow Globe Danvers Onion

Giant Yellow or Lemon Rocca — Very handsome shape with flattened top. They grow lo measure five inches in diameter. Per pkt5c,ozl5c,2oz25c, Jib 45c, lb $1.60.

Australian Brown Onion— Is of medium size, wonderfully hard and solid, and most attractive for market, both as to form and appearance. They are extremely early in ripening, and never make any stiff-necks or scallions. Planted with Red Wethersfield, ib proved to be nearly four weeks earlier and ripened off more uniformly. The color of the skin is a clear amber-brown. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, J lb 35c, lb $1.30.

Red Varieties

Large Red Wethersfield— The most profitable Red Onion for the market gardener, as it is the heaviest yielder, 600 to 800 bushels having frequently been harvested on a single acre from seen sown in spring. It is of good strong flavor, tho best keeper and an excellent shipper. It grows to g od size, • ingle onions often weighing from one to two pounds apiece. In short, it is the best Red Onion for everybody. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, j lb 35c, lb $1.30.

Extra Early Red— Quito distinct and true (American Growth) about ten days earlier than thi preceding. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, J lb 35c, lb $1.30.

Southport Red Globe— Per pkt 5c, oz, 20c, 2 oz, 35c, J lb, 60c, lb $2.00.

Red Victoria— The skin is deep blood red, flesh white and of sweet, mild flavor. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 30c, J lb 50c, lb $1.75.

Giant Brown Rocca— Very large and globular, light brown skin and delicate flavor. Per pkb 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, J lb 45c, lb $1.60.

Mammoth Pompeii— This excellent Italian variety grows to an enormous size. Onions weigh- ing from 4 to 5 pounds each have been grown of this variety. The skin is a delicate red and l lie flesh is close grained and nearly white. It is a very mild flavor. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, i lb 60c, lb $2.00.

Red Tripoli— Excellent quality. Pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, J lb 45c, lb $1.60.

Large Red Madeira— Large, tender, and a good keeper. Pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz

Southport Yellow Globe Onion

25c, Jib 45c, lb $1.60.

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Mammoth Silver King- Onion (White)

White Varieties

Our Prices

on packets, ounces and i pounds in- clude postage ; prices on pounds, pints and quarts, etc., do not unless so mentioned. If to go by mail, post- age should be add- ed at the rate of 4c per pound or pint and 8c per quart.

Free to Customers

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On application we will send full and com- plete instructions how to grow Onions both by the ordinary method as well as by the transplanting system.

Onion “Prize Taker”

Small White Nocera Onion

White Barletta Onion

White Potatoe or Multiplier Onion Sets

ONION SETS

(One quart of Sets is needed for 100 feet of drill) ^ £3“ Please remember that Onion Sets are sub- ject to fluctuations of the market, and the prices quoted below are those of the time when this Catalogue was published, and are not bind- ing throughout the season.

White Potatoe or Multiplier Onion Sets —Are of a pure silvery white color, enor- mously productive, frequently producing as many as twentybulbsina single cluster from a single bulb planted; of excellent quality and sizefor bunching green, or can be ripened for use as pickling onions. Their keeping qualities are remarkable, but their most im- portant quality is their extreme earliness, being ready for market from three to four weeks ahead of other onion sets. Pt 15c, qt 25c, 2 qts 45c, 4 qts 90c, postpaid. Peck. SI. 25, bush $4.50, carriage extra.

Yellow Onion Sets (Dutch Sets)— Pt 10c, qt 20c, 2 qts 40c, 4 qts 75c, postpaid; peck SI. 00, carriage extra.

White Onion Sets (Dutch Sets)— Pt 15c, qt 25c, 2 qts 50c, 4 qts 90c, postpaid; peck $1.60, carriage extra.

English Potato Onion Sets — The real Eng- lish multiplier. Lb 20c, 2 lbs 85c, 4 lbs 65c, postpaid ; peck $1.25, carriage extra.

Top or Button Onion Sets (Red and Yellow) — Pt 20c, qt 35c, 2 qts 65c, postpaid.

Shallots, or Multiplier Onion Sets— For early spring use. Qt 20c, 2 qts 35c, 4 qts 70c, post- paid; peck $1-10, carnage extra.

Egyptian or Perennial Tree Onion— For fall delivery only. Grows for years without any protection or care, except to keep down weeds. It starts so early in the spring that it is ready for use long before any oiher onion can be had. It is mild flavored, sweet and tender. Bulbsdivideintolo or 20 small onions in one bunch. Very early and profitable •for market gardeners. Pt 10c, qt 15c,

2 qts 30c, postpaid ; peck 60c, carriage extra.

Qnnniol Hffor One pint each White and QfJcuidl Yellow Dutch Sets 25c, one

quart of each 40c, four quarts of each $1.60, by mail, postpaid.

Please xcrite us for prices on bushel lots of Onion Sets (prices fluctuate) and we will quote lowest market rates.

8outhport White Globe— Handsome globu- lar onion, of mild flavor, good keeper, one of the best. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, J lb 60c, lb $2.00.

Largest White Portugal— Mild flavor, good keeper, extensively grown for market. Per pkt 6c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, J lb 60c, lb $2.00.

I Large French or Welch-This variety should be sown in Augu-t, it is excellent for salads. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, i lb 40c, lb $1.40.

White Victoria— Skin and flesh pure white, of sweet mild flavor. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz S5o, \ lb 60c, lb $2.00.

Mammoth Silver King(White)— The bulbs are of attractive form, flattened but thick through, bulbs often weigh from 2£ to 4 lbs each ; the skin is a beautiful silvery white. Flesh is snowy white, and of a particularly mild and pleasant flavor, so sweet and tender is the flesh that it can be eaten raw like an apple. (See cut). Per pkt 5o, oz 20c, 2 oz 85c, i lb 60c, lb $2.25.

White Pearl— One of the earliest varieties, of a pure white color, mild flavor and attractive appearance. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, i lb 60c, lb $2.25.

White Tripoli or Mexican— Excellant qual- ity. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, j lb 60c, lb $2.00.

Onion Sets

White Pickling Varieties

White Barletta— This variety is most distinct on account of its great earliness. It is three xceeks earlier than the White Queen. It is of a beautiful waxy white color, and grows li in. in diameier, | in. thick, with finely formed bulbs, flattened at top. Its earliness highlyreeommend-iitsuse as a substitute for Onion Seis, and it is without a rival for pickles. P'T pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, £ lb 60c, lb $2.25.

8mall White Nocera— The finest for pick- ling, very smalland round, pure white. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, £ lb 60c, lb $2.00.

Silverskin— A handsome onion of mild flavor, extensively grown for pickling. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, £ lb 60c, lb $2.00.

White Queen— Remarkable for its extreme earliness and very mild flavor, it is small and white skinned; much liked for pickling. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, £ lb 60c, lb $2.25.

Early Small White Silverskin Onion for Pickling

Good Onion Seed is of the utmost importance. Simmers’ Onion Seed is unexcelled.

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J. A. SIMMERS, TORONTO— RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS.

German — Pfeffer

PEPPER

French— Piment

(One ounce of seed will produce 2,000 Plants .)

Culture— Peppers are sown as early as possible in Spring, in a hotbed or warm room, quarter of an inch deep, and trans- planted about the middle of May, in drills 18 inches apart each way, or in hills with plenty of rotten manure at the bottom. The soil must be rich and strong, and in the course of the summer an occasional water- ing with liquid manure or a moderate sola* tion of guano will be beneficial.

Improved Bull Nose or Large Squash or Bell — Of mild flavor, favorite sort for pickling and for use in the natural state. Pkt 5c, oz SOc,

Improved Bull Nose or Large Squash or Bell Pepper

Long; Cayenne— Best for pickles, pods small, cone-shaped, pkt 5c, oz 30c.

Long Red — Pods brilliant red, 2 to i inches in length. Pkt 5c, ozSOc.

Monstrous or Grossum- Remarkably large and irregular in shape, sweet and thick flesh. Pkt 5c, oz 40c.

Procopp’s Giant— They are of a brilliant scarlet color, flesh fully one-half inch in thickness. In flavor they are just hot enough to be pleasant to the taste. Each plant ripens from eight to twelve perfect fruits, from eight to ten inches long by three inches thick. Pkt 5c, oz 40c.

Celestial — The plant begins to set its fruits early in the season, and con- tinues until frost, branching freely and bearing profusely. They are from two to three inches long, of clear, sharp flavor, and superior for any of tlm uses to which a pepper can be put. Pkt 5c, oz 40c.

SweetSpanish— Fruit obtusely conical, often four inches in length, nearly three inches in diameter, glossy scarlet at maturity, the earliest of all, sweet, mild and pleasant. Pkt 5c, oz 30c.

Small Red Chili— Fruit very piquant and small, about two inches in length. Pkt 5c, oz 30c.

Mammoth Golden Queen or Mango— Beautiful golden -yellow color, very sweet, of dwarf growth, with very large fruit, and in productive- ness surpasses any other variety, free from fiery flavor. Pkt 6c, oz 30c.

Black Nubian Pepper— The peppers are of a deep blue-black, appearing nearly coal-black, while the stalks of the plant are also black, bearing deep purple flowers, and the fruit as it ripens turns to a rich maroon. Superior for pickling at any stage, and when ripe are of a very sharp pungent flavor. Pkt 5c, oz 40c.

PARSNIPS

German— Pastinatce. French— Panais.

(One ounce will sow about 160 feet of drill.)

Culture,— Parsnips succeed beat in a deep, free, rich soil; that having beenheavily manured for previous crops should be selected, and if manure must be used, let it be well decomposed. Sow in drills 15 to 18 inches apart, as early in the spring as possible, thin out, leaving six inches between them. The roots are hardy and are improved by frost, and it is usual to take up sufficient in the fall for winter use, leaving the rest in the ground until spring to be dug up as required.

Large Long Smooth Dutch Hollow Crowned— Boots long, tender, free from side shoots, ex- cellent flavor. Pkt5c, ozl0c,2oz 15c, i lb 20c, lb 50c.

Improved Guernsey, or Half Long— A very fine and improved strain, which has given general satisfaction. The roots do not

frow so longas the Hollow Crown, ut are of greater diameter and more easily gathered. The roots are very smooth, the flesh fine grained, and of excellent quality. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, 4 lb 20c, lb 50c.

Early Round— A short variety, crown broad and rounded, some- what hollow at the insertion of the leaves, very fine flavored. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, J lb 20c, lb 50c.

OKRA or GUMBO

Hollow Crowned Parsnip

Ger .—Essbarer Fr.—Gombo

(One ounce will plant 100 hills.) Culture — Its long pods when T, . young are used in soups, stews, etc.

It is sown at the usual time of all tender vegetables, in drills two inches deep, setting the plants from 2 to 3 feet apart.

Long Pale Green— Long-ribbed pods, this variety generally succeeds the best of any. Pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, 4 lb 40c.

Dwarf Green— Earliest, with small, green, smooth pods, Pkt 5c, oz 20c. a oz 35c, 4 lb 60c.

PARSLEY

German— Peter silie ■ French — Per ail

(One ounce will sow 150 feet of drill.)

Soak the seeds a fei hours in warm water am

sow very early in tm spring, in drills twelvd inches apart ; thin outthi plants to six inches apart! To have green duringtha winter, remove plants! into a box and place ind light cellar or cold frame!

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Best Extra Trlpli Curled— with leavei finely cut and curlet and of a deep emeralc green hue. Extra Am. for garnishing andcul inary purposes. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, 4 11 20c, lb 60c. *

Covent Garden, or Champion Moss Curled Parsley

Dwarf, Very Curled-

Very curly, one of th< most delicate of the curled sorts. Pkt 6o, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, 4 lb 25c, lb 80c.

Covent Garden Garnishing, or Champion Moss Curled— A per

fectly curled variety. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, 4 lb 25c, lb75c. If*®1 Fern leaved— Light green color, not curled, but rather delicately feathered Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, 4 lb 25c, lb 80c.

SPECIAL OFFER — Parsley, Pepper, Parsnips-

One Packet Each 10c.

German — Kurbis

PUMPKINS French -Courge

(One Ounce will plant about 25 hills.)

Culture— Seeds are from enormous specimens, should be sown on hill with plenty of manure at bottom, in rather damp ground. Only 2 or 3 plant to each hill. Excellent for culinary and feeding purposes.

Simmers' M&nunoth Prize Pumpkin — Flesh and skii bright golden yellow. Flesh fine grained, excellent quality. Notwithstanding its enormous size, it is one of the very best pie pumpkins ever grown, fine keeper. Pkt 15c, pkt 25c.

Winter Luxury— This we recommend as one of the best pie pumpkins an excellent keeper and enormously productive. It is very finely netted and in color .t, is a golden russett. (See Cut.) Pkt 5c, oz 10c. 2 oz 15o 4 lb 20c, lb 75c.

Large Yellow Mammoth Cheese— Hardy, productive and superior in all respects to most of the field grown sorts, fine grained and excellent flavor, growing to an enormous size. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, lib 20c, lb 75c. *

Japanese Pie— Flesh very thick, nearly solid, unusually fine grained drj and sweet, resembling sweet potatoes in taste. It ripens early and keeps well. The seeds are very curiously marked. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c 2oz 15c, 4 lb 20c, lb 75c.

Large Field— Both for culinary purposes and for feeding cattle, a large yellow variety known as the “ Pie Pumpkin.” Pkt 5c, 4 lb 10c, lb 25c,

Jumbo— One of the largest varieties grown, very attractive. Pkt 5o ez 15c, 2 oz 25c, 4 lb 35c, lb $ 1.00.

Jonathan Pumpkin— This pumpkin is pronounced by a veteran Pump- kin grower one of the finest varieties he has ever grown. It is a good keeper of large size, very prolific, smooth and even fleshed ; very sweet and fine for pies. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c. 2 oz 25c, 4 lb 36o, lb $1.00.

SPECIAL f 1 Packet Simmers’ Mammoth Prize,..

_____ -{ 1 Packet Yellow Mammoth Cheese. - ,

OFFER I. 1 Packet Jumbo

:} 20c

Winter Luxury Pumpkin

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J. A. SIMMERS, TORONTO— SEED POTATOES

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. . Potatoes

Herman— Kart off el. French — Pomme de terre.

In drills S feet apart; 12 to 1U bushels to the acre; 1 peck will plant about 125 hills).

“THE NEW POTATO CULTURE," by Elbert S. Carman. Price, cloth 75c; paper 50c.

WE SHALL SHIP as early as is safe from frost, but we will ship when requested any time customers wish to take their own risk. On late orders it will save time to state, in case supply of some kinds is exhausted, whether you wish us to return money or substitute other sorts of same value.

Prices on Potatoes are subject to market changes. Special rates per bushel on large lots.

4 Best Varieties

“EARLY PRIDE”

We have found the Early Pride Potato to be one of the best Potatoes ever introduced and again we strongly recommend it. It is oblong in shape, the eyes being shallow. The skin is a delicate pink color and the flesh white, and in cooking qualities ic is unsurpassed. It grows a very even size, there being few very large or very small tubers. On account of its extreme earli- ness, it is not affected by the usual late summer and fall droughts, while its keeping qualities are not surpassed by any late variety in cultivation to-day. Enthusiastically pronounced by all who have tried it, a perfect potato. The illustration herewith is an exact representation of an average specimen of Early Pride, and its smooth and handsome appearance is accurately shown. Another point to be considered is the fact that Early Pride Potatoes produce an unusually large porportion of merchantable tubers ; they grow so compactly in the hills, and a small potato is seldom seen.

Per lb 15c. 2 lb 25c, 4 lb 45c, postpaid ; peck 80c, £ bushel 50c, bushel $1.00, bag $1.35, barrel (10 pecks) $2.00, carriage extra.

“THE BOVEE” Extra Early Potato

The Earliest of All, and a Great Cropper.

The reports received proclaim this to be a wonderful introduction among early Potatoes. Not only is it early but it takes a leading place among the heavy cropping varieties, an unusual thing among first earlies. It is even earlier than Early Ohio, while the “ Bovee ” in all competitive trials has outyielded all the early Potatoes, and in many of the tests conducted by Experiment Stations and private growers, it has outyielded even the late varieties. The vine is dwarf and stocky, and the tubers grow remarkably close, ail bunched together in the hill close to the vine. They size up to a marketable size very evenly, none to large or too small.

Per lb 15c, 2 lb 25c, 4 lb 45c, postpaid ; peck 30c, J bushel 50c, bushel $1.00, bag $1.35, barrel (10 pecks) $2.00, carriage extra.

“Early Pride” Potato

Early Thoroughbred

This variety besides being so early, is of handsome appearance, sun quality, and an enormous yielder, in fact all who have tried it consider^ perfect Potato.

Per lb 15c, 4 lb 40c, postpaid ; peck 30c, bushel 90c, bag $1.25, carriage

“Early Norther”

Several days earlier than the Early Rose, and equally prolific, a most desirable sort. It is a strong, vigorous grower, and the potatoes are bunched well together in hill>=. Its table qualities cannot be excelled, cook" ing dry and floury, whether baked or boiled.

Price, per lb 15o, 4 lbs 40c, postpaid; peck 30c, bushel 90c, bag $1.25.

Early Ohio

As the name implies, is an early variety. It is a rapid, vigorous grower, vines strong and of a healthy dark green. Its cooking qualities are unsur ■ passed. When planted on good soil big returns can be expected, as it is an exceptionally heavy yielder. Tubers in shape are oval to long, and light rose in color. We especially recommend them to the market garden trade and to the home garden for first early.

Per lb 15c, 4 lb3 40c, postpaid; peck 30c, bushel 90c, bag $1.25.

Extra Early “OHIO JUNIOR”

This variety is two weeks ahead of the old Early Rose, and is a special favorite with farmers and marketmen, and the most profitable potato they can possible grow. The sprouts are very strong, the vines grow erect, and are easy to cultivate ; maturing early, brings the highest prices, and the land can be used for other crops ; does well on any soil suitable for potatoes. The tubers grow compact in the hill, are easily dug, very few small ones — nearly every one marketable size ; few eyes which are even with the surface. They keep firm until late in the spring. With heavy manuring, close planting (they can be planted almost a half closer than most other kinds on account of their upright growing tops), and good culture, a very large and profitable yield can be expected ; 300 to 500 bushels per acre is nob an unusual yield. This is our specialty in standard early varieties. We are confident that many do not know a true Early Ohio, and have grown seme other sort for it, having been deceived in the purchase of the seed. We know ours are right, because the stock is the product of original head- quarters seed.

Price per lb 15c, 2 lb 25c, 4 lb 45c, postpaid; peck 30c, £ bushel 50c, bushel $1.00, bag $1.35, barrel (10 pecks)

$2.00, carriage extra.

“UNCLE SAM”

Main Crop Variety

Its cropping qualities are phenomenal, and we believe it to be the heaviest yield- ing Potato known. Its productiveness is large attributable to the uniform size of the Potatoes, nearly all sizing up alike, none too large and few too small, but its crowning merit is its superb cooking quali- ties, which will ultimately place “ UNCLE SAM" on ever table where quality in Potatoes is appreciated. Its handsome, pure white, floury appearance attracts the attention of all. It is a medium late var- iety. The tubers are oval with pure white russet skin, with very shallow eyes near the surface.

Per lb 15c, 2 lb 25c, 4 lb 45c, postpaid ;

Seek 30c, i bushel 50c, bushel $1.00, bag 1.36, barrel (10 pecks) $2.00, carriage extra.

POTATO EYES (Free by Mai))

The eyes as put up by us are in as good condition for growing as if freshly cut from the potato, and will produce just as good a crop, hence everyone who has a garden can order at any time during the winter or early spring, and save ex- press or freight charges. We offer six varieties this season as follows : 25 Eyes Extra Early

Ohio Jr 25c

25 Eyes Early Pride 25c

25 Eyes Uncle Sam 25c

25 Eyes Bovee 25c

flffpr Eyes each of the

Ul,ei above 4 Varieties for 80c, postpaid.

Special

Special Offer

1 lb each of The “Bovee," “ Uncle Sam,” “Early Pride,” and Extra Early “Ohio Jr.”

delivered free for 50c, 4 lbs each $1.50.

Alcn 1 peck each $1.10, 1 bush each $3.75, by freight or express at purchaser’s expense.

POTATO SEED, per pkt 25c.

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24 f. A. SIMMERS, TORONTO— RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS.

German— Erbsen.

PEAS

French— Pois.

(One pound will plant about 50 feet of drill, from one to two bushels

per acre.)

Culture— The Pea comes earliest to maturity in light, rich soil. For general crops a deep loam, or a soil strongly inclined to clay, is the best ; for early crops, mild manure, such as leaf mould, should be employed. Plant as early as the weather will permit, in well-prepared soil, and cover about 2 or 3 in. deep. Sow 3 feet apart for early kinds, and 4 feet for late. For a continuous supply sow from early in April until the last of June; then discontinue until middle of August, when an extra early sort will sometimes produce a good crop. Soak in warm water a few hours previous to sowing.

EARLY VARIETIES •

8ma.ll Packets of any variety, 5 cents, except where noted. Please add 4c. per pound for postage.

Simmers’ First of

All — This variety is unequalled for ex- cellence, yield, size of pod and regular- ity of ripening. Height, two feet, produces pods of good size, which are well filled with round, smooth peas of splendid flavor. It is a prodigious bearer, and in this last feature and in its extreme earli- ness consists its great value to mar- ket gardeners and truckers. At the same time we know of no other variety that is more popular than Simmers’ First of All in private gardens. (See cut.) Per lb or pt 10c, qt (2 lbs) 15c, peck 90c, bush $3.60.

“The Oradus”- For

description see Nov- elties. Pkt 5c, per lb or pt 20c, qt 35c, pk $2.00.

Medium Early Varieties

HEROINE — Elegant habit of growth, luxuriant foliage, pods remarkably long and handsome, slightly curved, well filled with large, lus- cious peas of fine flavor, a gem of the first water. Height 2 feet, seed green and very much wrinkled. Per lb 15c, qt 25c, peck $1.30, bush $5.00.

Bliss’ Everbearing— Two feet, a splendid general crop pea, pods averaging 4 inches long and containing from 6 to 8 wrinkled peas of enormous size, many being over half an inch in diameter, while in sweetness of flavor they are unsurpassed. Per lb or pt 10c, qt (2 lbs) 20c, peck $1.10, bush $4.25.

Laxtons’ Prolific Long Pod- Two feet, a round, green variety, very productive, producing pods with from 11 to 12 peas in each, of superior flavor. Per lb or pt 15c, qt (2 lbs) 25c, peck $1.25, bush $4.80.

Laxtons’ Supreme— A fine, large and distinct early pea, of green marrow race, having from 9 to 10 peas in a pod, 4 feet high, prolific. Per lb or pt 15c, qt (2 lbs) 25c, peck $1.50, bush $6.00.

Blue Imperial — Three feet, large pods and prolific, a good summer pea, of fine flavor. Per lb or pt 10c, qt (2 lbs) 20c, peck $1.00, bush $4.00.

Daisy or Dwarf Telephone Pea

Horsford’s Garden— Grows from 2 to 2£ feet high, it is extremely pro- lific, and bears its pods always in pairs, and on some of the best plants over 150 pods have been counted. One of the sweetest peas. Per lb 10c, qt 20c, peck $1.10, bush $4 00.

Simmers’ First of All Peas

McLean’s Blue Peter— One foot, quite dwarf, requiring no sup- port, a splendid bearer, and exquisite flavor, pods comparatively large and well filled. Per lb or pt 15c, qt (2 lbs) 25c, peck $1.30, bush $5.00.

Alaska— The earliest blue pea, very uniform in growth; the dark green color of the pods combined with its earliness, makes it a most desirable extra early pea for market and private gardens ; height 2 feet. Per lb or pt 10c, qt 15c, peck 90c, bush $3.50.

McLean’s Little Gem— Premium Gem, one foot, dwarf green wrinkled marrow; has all the sugary flavor of the late wrinkled peas, besides being very early ; needs no sticks. Per lb or pt 15c, qt (2 lbs) 25c, peck $1.20, bush $4.80.

Laxton’s Alpha— The earliest wrinkled pea, fully as large as the Daniel O’Rouke, with the advantage of a rich quality, 2i to 3 feet high. Per lb or pt 15c, qt (2 lbs) 25c, peck $1.00, bush $4.00.

NOTT’S EXCELSIOR— Robust and vigorous in growth, throwing out laterals from base to haulm, producing in profusion long handsome pods, closely packed with large peas of fine flavor. An improvement on American Wonder, being more vigorous and prolific, with larger pods, with more peas than either the Wonder or Premium Gem. Seed, green, wrinkled, square at the end like American Wonder, height 12 inches. Per lb or pt 15c, qt 25c, peck $1.30, bush $6.00.

American Wonder— Ten inches, one of the earliest wrinkled peas in cultivation, exceedingly productive and of very dwarf and compact growth, quality the very best. Per lb or pt 15c, qt (2 lbs) 25c, peck $1.30, bush $5.00.

Daisy or Dwarf Telephone Pea— It is the coming market pea. Ripens evenly and yields with the larger sorts. Our shrewdest market gardeners are planting it freely as a substitute for the Tall Telephone. This variety is a cross of Stratagem on Tele- phone and a most excellent sort. The vines grow about 15 to 18 inches high, are dwarf, stocky and vigorous, very productive, the plants frequently bearing from 5 to 7 pods. The pods are about 5 inches long and well filled with large, thick, pale green peas of good lasting qualities. The pods often contain as many as 10 peas. In season it is medium, being from 5 to 7 days earlier than Stratagem. Lb 20c, qt 35c, pk $1.75.

If Peas are to be sent by Mail be sure to add four cents per pound for postage.

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All Peas 5c per pkt except where noted

Later or General Crop

Improved Stratagem —The

old Stratagem Pea has always been one of the best late sorts for quality, but it wa& a shy yielder, which, impaired its usefulness. The Improved Stratagem has all the sterling qualities of the original type and is one of the heaviest yielders. The vines are of medium height, very stocky, the pods are of immense size, well filled with very large dark green peas. Pt 15c, qt 25c, peck §1.30, bush §5.00.

Telephone— This strong grow- ing, sweet, wrinkled Pea is driving out of the local market the common kinds of early hard peas, owing to its strong growth, large, handsome, well- filled pods and very fine table quality. The vines often bear 18 to 20 pods per stalk, each containing 6 to 7 large peas ; 4 feet high. Pt 15c, qt 25c, peck §1.30, bush §5.00.

Burpee’s Profusion — Is of vigorous growth, attaining 3 feet in height and of a very branching character. The pods are usually produced in pairs,

from 50 to 90 pods to the plant. The pods are well packed with large lus cious peas of very sweet and splendid quality. The plants are continuous bearers, extending over a period of several weeks. Pt or lb 20c, qt 35c peck §2.00.

Pride of ihe Market— lb grows from 18 inches to 2 feet in height, and bears grand pods well filled from top to bottom with large, fine flavored peas. Its robust constitution, enormous yield and superior appearance ensure its acceptance as a favorite with the public. Per pt 15c, qt 25c, peck §1.50, bush §5.40.

Champion of England (4 feet) — Universally admitted one of the best peas grown; a delicious flavor and good bearer. Per lb or pt 10c, qt (about 2 lbs) 20c. peck §1.00, bush §4.00.

Black-Eyed Marrowfat (3 feet)— Best for general crop, has large and well filled pods ; a popular market variety. _Per lb or pt 10c. qt (about 2 lbs) 15ci peck 50c, bush, market price.

Large White Marrowfat— Well known, prolific and of good flavor, 3 feet high. Per lb or pt 10c, qt (about 2 lbs) 15c, peck 50c, bush, market price.

Improved Stratagem Pea

Yorkshire Hero (2 £ feet)— Very prolific, and of dell, cious flavor. Per lb or pt) 10c, qt (about 2 lbs) 20c, peck §1.10, bush §4.00.

EDIBLE PODDED, OP SUGAR PEAS

Tall Scimitar Sugar— Pods are edible, very sweet, 7 to inches long, grows 6 feet h’gn, can be us^d in g-een - fcate like string beans. Per £ lb 10c, lb or pt 25c, qt (2 lbs) 50c, peck §5- ->0.

Dwarf Sugar — Pods edible, 2 feet hied cm be used in green state like string beans. Per £lb 10c, lb or pt 2F qt (2 lbs) 50c, peck §2.50.

Our Seed Peas are of the very best quality, riddled and hand picked.

For the HOME GARDEN

These can all be planted at the same time, and they will be ready for use in succession.

NOTT’S EXCELSIOR-Earliest and best Dwarf Pea.

HEROINE — Best second early Pea.

IMPROVED STRATAGEM- Best large podded late variety.

For further description see general list, jarge packet each of the three Peas, postpaid, 20c.

THE THREE BEST PEAS

SPECIAL

OFFER

1 Larg V Half J One

pound each of the three Peas

30c.

60c.

RHUBARB

Johnston St. Martin Rhubarb

or Pie Plant

Germ sin—Rhubarber French — Rhubarbe ( One ounce will pro- duce about obOplants.)

Culture.— Sow in April in drills one inch deep and one foot apart; when the plants are three or four in- ches high, thin out to ten inches apart, and cultivate well during the season ; in fall or following spring transplant into hills about three feet apart each way. The soil must be very deep and heavily manured. Give a top dres- sing of manure every fall.

Johnston St. Martin— lb is immedi- ately productive, one of the earliest, and has a rich spicy flavor, very simi- lar to the gooseberry when used for pies. Price per pkt 5c, oz 25c, 2 oz 40c, £ lb 75c, lb §2.50.

Myatt’s Linnaeus— One of the best for family use, thin skin, very early and productive. Pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, £ lb 50c, lb §2.00.

J ictoria— Similar to the preceding, but more acid and productive. Pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, £ lb 50c, lb $2.00.

arge Roots of any of the above— Each 15c, 4 for 50c, per doz §1.25, postpaid.

SALSIFY or Vegetable Oyster

German— Bocksbart. French— Salsifis. ( One ounce will sow 50 feet of drill.)

Culture.— The directions for sowing and cultivating Carrots, given on page 12, apply also to Salsify. From its resemblance in flavor to oysters it derives its name. Soak the seed before sowing, in warm water for 12 hours.

Mammoth Sandwich Is- land—This variety is of very large size, twice that of the ordinary Long White; pure white, very tender and deli- cious ; invaluable for the mar- ket gardener. Pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, £ lb 40c, lb §1,50.

SCORZONERA

or BLACK OYSTER PLANT

(One ounce will sow 60 feet of drill).

CuLTURE-Cultivated the same as Carrots or Salsify. The outer rind of the roots being scraped otf, they are steeped in water to abstract a part of its bitter flavor. They are then boiled or stewed in the manner of carrots

or parsnips P«

. ’er pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, £ lb 50c, lb §2.00.

IMPROVED GROUND PEA OR PEANUT

The peanub planb is a pea, which blossoms in the air and then thrusts the ovary under ground for development. The ripened ovary or 6eed pod is the peanut of commerce. The choice variety which we offer is early, large, prolific, yielding fewer imperfect pods than any other kind. The nut is red, with two or three kernels to the pod ; large and of rich flavor. Packet 10c, pt 25c, qt 40c, post- paid. (25)

Mammoth Sandwich Island Salsify

J. A. SIMMERS, TORONTO— RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS.

RADISHES

German —Radvshen und Rettige. French— Radis.

t One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill.)

Long Scarlet Radish

Culture— The soil for rad- ishes should be very rich, light and mellow, well broken by digging, as their tender and mild quatities depend much upon their rapid growth. For very early use sow on gentle hotbeds in March, and in the open air as soon as the ground can be worked, at intervals of ten or twelve days fora succession, as long as they may be wanted. Turnip- Rooted and the Olive-Shaped varieties are the best for sowing in the summer. The winter varieties should be sown in August, and lifted before severe frost, and stored in the cellar.

Rosy Gem Radish

Early and Summer Varieties

JBULMFB, NEW— For description see Novelties. Pkt 10c, oz 20c, 2 oz 85c, k lb 60c.

Early Scarlet Olive-shaped White-Tipped ( French Breakfast Radish ) —A variety of quick growth, mild and tender, and one of the best for forcing. Oval form, scarlet, tipped with white. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, i lb 20c, lb 60c.

Early Scarlet Olive-Shaped— A very early and handsome variety, of a lively rose color and oblong shape. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, J lb 15c, lb 40c.

Early White Olive-Shaped

— Similar to scarlet, skin be- ing white. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 60c.

French Breakfast or Scarlet Olive- Radish, Scarlet Turnip- Shaped White-Tipped Radish Rooted White Tipped

Early Scarlet Turnip-Rooted— Small top, quick growth mild and crisp best for market. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, i lb 20c, lb 50c.

Early White Turnip Rooted— Very early, flesh and skin white. Grown for mixing in with bunches of red radishes. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, \ lb 20c, lb 50c.

Early tfine-Pin Shape— Scarlet, for forcing, so called on account of its shape . Per pkt 5c, oz 30c, 2 oz 15c, J lb 25c, lb 80c.

Early Scarlet White-Tipped Turnip-Rooted— A very pretty variety, excellent for market and fine for forcing. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, i lb 20c, lb 60c.

Wood’s Early Frame

—A long, scarlet, ex- cellent for forcing. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 50c.

Early Scarlet Globe —A most desirable turnip sort for hot- bed fotcing; very early, and in flavor mild , crisp, j uicy and tender; lop small and it will stand the heat well without becoming pit by. Per pkt 5c. oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, i lb 25c, lb 'JSc.

White Chinese Radish

Our Seeds are the best

Early Non Plus Ultra— Unquestionably the earliest forcing radish,

noniHhr oi.H ij Ht. f<ii* 1KP VV I ill i 11 t.hrPft Wfifiks! lllfl THOf. ic

grows very rapidly and is fib for use wiinm tnree weeKs; me root is (i round and bright scarlet ; the flesh tender and particularly deli- J cate. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, J lb 25c, lb 75c. I

Rosy Gem— Shape is perfectly globular, with rich deep scarlet top, blending into pure white at bottom, exceedingly tender, crisp and

UitMIUlUg 1 1 1 bvA , , _ » £ 2 ^

delicious ; d sirable for growing under glass. Per pkc 6c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, i lb 25c, lb 75c.

Lon^ White Naples -Excellent for table, flesh white, crisp and mild. Per pat 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, J lb 20c, lb 75c.

Improved Chartler Radish— The color at the top being crimson, running into pink about the middle, and from thence downwards it is a pure waxy white. Pkt 6c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, i lb 20c, lb 60c.

Long Scarlet, or Early Short Top- A standard variety for market and private gardens. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, i lb 20c, lb 50c.

OUR RADISH MIXTURE

This is a mixture of over 20 choice varieties of early, medium and later radishes. You will certainly have radishes all summer, and be surprised at the results. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 75c.

Winter Varieties

White Chinese (Celestial)— One of the largest in cultivation. The flesh is white and solid and the flavor excellent. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, i lb 25c, lb $1.00.

California Mammoth Long: Black Spanish Winter- Very large and best for winter use. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, i lb 20c, lb 60c

California Long White Spanish— Very large and best for winter rather milder than the Long Black. Pkt 6c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, \ " 20c, lb 60c.

Long: China Rose— Winter very desirable, light rose color, flesh fin and piqu mt. Per pkt 6c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, i lb 20c, lb 60c.

Black Round Spanish Winter— Large, for use during winter, firm texture. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz l5c, i lb 20c, lb 60c.

II

FOR

15C

•{

SPECIAL/ OFFER

1 pkt Scarlet Turnip Radish. 1 pkt Victoria Improved Round Spinach.

1 pkt Rosy Gem Radish.

1 pkt Scarlet Olive shaped Radish.

SPINACH

German — Spinat. French— Epinard.

( One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill ; for one acre.)

10 lb

Culture— Sow in drills one inch deep an one foot apart; the summer varieties in Apr for summer use, and the winter varieties ' August or September for winter or spring VICTORIA IMPROVED ROUND— The folii is heavy, the broad, dark green leaves t ing of a true Savoy appearance and of tl finest quality, it remains in prime conditio from two weeks to three weeks after a other varieties of spinach have run to seei Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, i lb 20c, lb 80 Extra. Larg;e Leaved or Giant Flandei —A splendid variety, with leaves mui larger and broader than any other variet round, thick and fleshy, dark green. PJ 6c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, i lb 20c, lb 30c. Pound Leaf or Summer— The main mark sort, equally good for either fall or sprin sowing. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20 lb 30c. “

Long: Standing:— Stands a long time befoi running to seed, otherwise similar to tf well known Round leaf. Pkt 5c, oz 10i 2 oz 15c, i lb 20c, lb 30c.

Prickly or Fall — Stands well in winter, but gives less bulk per acretht the Round Leaf. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 30c. Bloomsdale Large Curly, Savoy Leaved— New and excellent, tend and fine flavored. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 30c.

Larg:e Mountain Orach,* or French Spinach— Cultivated and us< Lke Spinach, Pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, £ lb 60c, lb $1.50.

New Zealand— (Tetragon in) perennial— Kit lor use the first year, must be slightly protected dur- ing winter. I’kt 5e, oz 20 •, 2 oz 35e, £ lo 60c, lb $1.25.

Perennial — (Ru- mex Patientia)

-Sown in Spring and fit for use in Autumn, quite hardy. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 1 5c,

£ lb 20c, lb 60c.

SEA KALE Larg:e Leaved Giant Flanders

(One ounce will 'produce about S00 plants).

Seeds— Per pkt 5c, oz 25c, 2 oz 40o, J lb 75c, lb $3.00.

Roots— Each 15c, 4 for 50c, doz. $1.50.

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Squash

Ger. — Speisekurbisse. Ft. — Courge.

(One ounce will plant 50 hills.)

CtTLTTJBE. — Prepare the hills the same way as directed for Cucumbers., on page 16; the bush varieties should, of course, be planted closer togetner than those with long vines.

SUMMER VARIETIES

Lons White Bush Vegetable Marrow— A decided improvement on the old, trailing vegetable marrow; the fruit is larger, h ^nd®om®eV.Di0n?inn bed or fluted, and of strictly bush form. Pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, t lh 4°c> lb $1.20. \

Vegetable Marrow, running- Well-known variety^ ybenow, flesh

white, rich flavor. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, i lb 25c, lb §1.00.

Long Island White Bush Scollop— A sel- ection of i he old White Bush Scollop, and a vast improvement, having less prominent ridges and oeing much deeper, so that a single squash would actually con tain nearly twice as much weight as the old sort. In addili< n to this it is of finer quality and very pro- lific. Pkt 5c, oz iOc, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 60c.

Perfect Gem— Excel- lent both for summer and winter use, won- derfully productive. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, Summer Crookneck Squash j lb 20c, lb 60c.

Summer Crookneck — Early productive and good quality, fruit orange " yellow. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, i lb 20c, lb 60c.

Bush Scollop— Yellow and white. Pkt 6c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, Jib 20c, lb 60c.

Mammoth Whale Squash — This squash from France, introduced by us, produces the most magnificent Mammoth Squashes we have ever seen. The squashes are often three feet long, of a dark, rich color, and sometimes weigh over one hundred

po u n ds. Its

greatest diam- eter is near the blossom end, and tapers from there to other end; this pecu- liar form, to- gether with its immense size, doubtless sug- gested the name “Mam- moth Whale.” It is very pro- lific; the vines are robust and hardy. The flesh is solid, o f a beautiful or- a n ge-y e 11 ow color, and of excellent qua- lity. It is a good winter keeper. P e P

English Vegetable Marrow Squash pkt 10e, peP

0Z ZoCj P6P

SPECIAL OFFER lb 75e.

1 pkt Mammoth Whale Squash 1

1 pkn English Vegetable Marrow VFor 15 i/ts.

1 pkt liubbard Squash J

Tobacco Culture— Full practical details from the propagation of i‘ the seed to the harvesting, curing and marketing of the crop, by four- i; teen experienced tobacco growers. Price, 25c, postpaid.

Tobacco Leaf— Myrick & Killbrew, §2.00.

; A Complete and Economical Garden

may be secured at a saving of 35% by purchasing our

Vegetable Seed Collections °"

Golden Hubbard Squash — In shape same as the old-fashioned

Hubbard but the skin is rich orange color. It is extremely attractive, matures earlier than the green-shell Hubbard and is more pr^u<^va The color of flesh is deep golden-yellow, cooks dry snd is of fine flavor. The keeping qualities are fully equal to the old variety, and it is sure CO become popular as a fall and winter variety.

Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 70c.

Green Hubbard— The standard winter squash, of good size ; dry, fine- grained, orange-yellow flesh and dark olive- green skin. Our seed is the very best strain.

Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, i lb 20c, lb 60c.

Chicago Warted Hub- bard— A specially fine strain of the popular and well-known winter Hubbard Squash. The fruits are large and uniform in size, with rich, dark skin, gener- ally set thickly with small exc escences or warts. The coloring of both the skin and flesh is darker than the or- dinary strain, while the vines are of 6trong, vig- or i us growth and equal- ly as productive. This strain has deservedly become very popular in

Golden Hubbard Squash

many markets. *Per Pkt 6c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 70c, postpaid.

SPECIAL OFFER — One packet of each of the three Hubbards and one packet Summer Crookneek, 15c, postpaid.

WINTER VARIETIES

Marblehead— Flesh lighter in coTor than the Hubbard, while its com- bination of sweetness, dryness and delicious flavor is something really remarkable. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, J lb 20c, lb 60c.

The Faxon Squash— The fle-h is a deep orange-yellow, cavity small and seeds few; the special peculiarity, however, is that while uncooked ik appears to have a shell like any squash, when cooked there is practically none, the shell or inedible part being only about as thick as a sheet of writing paper. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 70c.

Delicata Squash— Color of this variety is orange-yellow, splashed and striped with very dark green. The quality is splendid, being rich and dry. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, J lb 20c, lb 70c.

Essex Hybrid— Rich flavored, fine grained and sweet, flesh very thick, ricfe colored and solid ; very early. L kt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 60c.

Boston Marrow— Fine, large and sweet; it keeps well in winter and will boil dry as a potato. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, J lb 20c, lb 50c.

Bay State— Extremely solid, heavy weight, fine and dry flesh, eweefc flavor, beautiful golden yellow, very handsome ; shell extremely hard and flinty, and excellent keeper. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 70a

Pike’s Peak, or Sibley— Skin smooth and thin and of a pale green coloi^ flesh thick, solid; vivid orange in color; ve-yd v. of fine grain and delicate flavor. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, J lb 20c, lb 60c.

Fordhook— The flesh is dry end sweet, of best quality. In a cool, dry l oom it, keeps in perfect condition till late in J une, when summer squashes are ready. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £ lb 20c, lb 70c.

Large Mammoth Yellow Chili — Grows to an immense size, often weigh- ing 200 lbs; excellent for all uses. Pkt 5c oz 15e, 2 > z 25c, Jib 40c, lb §1.50.

TOBACCO

Seed is generally sown in hot beds in March and April, though sometimes in cold frames or even the open ground. As soon a- plants are from four to five inches high and all danger of frost is passed, they should be transferred to open ground in rows 4 feet apart and from 2£ to 3£ feet apart in the rows. After planting, tbe ground should be stirred with a one-horse cultivator about once in ten or twelve days, so as to keep the land thoroughly cleao from weeds, and in a porous and mellow condition. Frequent culti- vation will also induce more favorable conditions of moisture.

This should be continued as long as the cultivator can be passed through the rows without injur- ing the plants. After this, as the roots of the plants will then almost fill the space between the rows, the ground should be kept clean by shallow hoeing.

Small Red Canadian— Pkt 5c, oz 60c.

Connecticut Seed Leaf*

— Per pkr 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, £ lb 60c, lb §2.00.

Virginian Seed Leaf—

Per pkt 5c, oz 40c, 2 oz 75c, £ lb §1.25, lb §3.50.

White Burley Yellow Pryor Blue Pryor Yellow oronoco Climax

Pkg 5c, oz 25c, 2 oz 40c,

£ lb 75c, lb §2.50.

Havana fVuelta de Ab- ajo) Cuban Grown — Pkt 5c, oz 40c.

Tobacco

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j

TOMA TO

G OX' 111 an — Liebesapfel.

French — Tomatc.

(One ounce will produce 1,000 plants.)

CULTURE — Sow in a hotbed about the first week in March, in drills about five inches apart and half an inch deep. About the middle of May, in this latitude, the plants may be set in the open ground.. They are planted for early crops on light, sandy soil, at a distance of three feet apart, in hills in which a good shovelful of rotted manure has been mixed. On heavy soils, which are not suited for an early crop, they should be planted four feet apart, Water freely at the time of transplanting, and shelter from the sun a few days until the plants are established.

FANCY TOMATO— The habit is dwarf and compact ; the leaves dark green, heavily blistered or crimped as in a fine Savoy Cabbage. The fruits are of medium size, very smooth and regular borh in size and form, solid and free from cracks, quite fleshy, With few seeds and of sweet flavor. When ripened under the warm sen they are a rich purplish-red. They are borne in clusters close to the stocks. Per pkt 10c, per oz 40c, 2 oz 60c, i lb $1.00.

“ IMPERIAL”— The fruit is large, smooth and solid. It hot only produces very early fruits, but it will hold out through the season until late in the fall. It is also a splendid keeper. _ 1° color it is that attractive pink. Pkt 5c, per oz20c, 2 oz35c, £lb 50c, lb $2.00.

"**®FKSIDE GLORY — This choice Tomato is very robust in habit of growth and is exceed- ingly prolific. It carries its fruit in clusters, which, being large, round and perfectly smooth and of a deep rich red color make it exceedingly handsome. It ripens early, has a most delicious flavor and is a good keeper, well adapted for home use and market, and on account of its solidity and long ke ping qualities, it is especially recommended for shipping. Pkt 10c, oz 40c, 2 oz 60c, £ lb $1.00.

“CRIMSON CUSHION ’’—More symetrical in shape than the Ponderosa, and much thicker through from stem to “ blossom end ; ” in fact, so marked is this characteristic that it is frequently. almost round. The color is brilliant scarlet crimson, untinged with purple, and ripens up almost completely to the stem. Per pkt 5c, per oz30c, 2oz55c, i lb $1 00, lb $3.00.

“ Honor Bright” Tomato — Different from all other Tomatoes. The longest keeper, hence a good shipper, fruits large, smooth and of excellent quality. Fruit changes from light green to white, then to lemon and finally to a handsome red. Pkt) 5c, oz 25c, 2 oz 40c, J lb 75c.

Lorillard (forcing)— A good sort for forcing under glass as well as for outdoor culture ; bright red, smooth, early. Pkt 10c oz 30c, \ lb $1.00, lb $£00.

Imperial Tomato

The

FORDHOOK FIRST— A perfectly smooth, solid Tomato of first-class appear ance, it is also extremely early , ready to market as soon as the rougl fruits of the old types. We recommend Fordhook First as a good gen eral purpose variety. Pkt 5c, oz 30c, 2 oz 50c, £ lb 75c, lb $8.00. Livingstone’s Aristocrat— This fine early-variety resembles the “Dwar Champion” very much except for the color of its beautiful, rich, glossj red fruit. The size, solidity, productiveness, smoolhness, flavor of iti fruit, etc., are up to the present day standard of excellence. It is smootl and round. Price 5c per pkt, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, | lb 60c, lb $2.00. Stone-Fruit very large and deep; bright scarlet; smooth, ripenin evenly to the stem without a crack ; exceedingly solid and firm-fleshe< of the fin st quality ; the best for family use and for canneries. Pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, i lb 50c, lb $2.00.

Table Queen— Simmers’ Special— As large as the Mikado but perfect! smooth and round ; for slicing it is the Tomato par excellence, as it wonderfully solid and contains compaiitively few seeds. The color is rich shade of crimson. Per pkt 5c, oz 30c, 2 oz 55c J lb $1.00, lb i

“ (gnotum ’’—The fruit is very uniform in size and shape, rather flat am

bright red in color. It is very prolific, and though not (as some claim) a fi st early variety, it i3 valuable in all other respects. Per pkt 5c oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, \ lb 50c, lb $2.00.

Early Ruby or Atlantic Prize— The great value of this variety lies in th< fact that it is by far the earliest of all the large-sized Tomatoes whicl combine good form, rich crimson color and solidity. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c 2 oz 85c, i lb 50c, lb $2.00

— — - the “ Mikado”— The Tomatoes are produced in immense clusters, and are perfectly solid. The color is purplish red. Whether for slicing or foi cooking purposes the quality is most excellent. Pkt 5c, oz25, 2oz40c i lb 70c. lb $2.50.

Peach- Very distinct; fruitof uniform size, resembling a neach in shape, size, bloom and color, which is a deep orange rose. Pkt 5c, oz 30c, 2 oz 50c.

Fordhook Fancy Tomato

Dwarf Champion —

Growth is dwarf, self- supporting when laden with fruit; very early; the fruit resembles the Acme, is smooth and symmetrical in form. Pkt 5c, oz 20c, 2 oz 35c, J lb 60c, lb $2.00.

OLDER STANDARD VARIETIES

_Our Tomato Seed has all been grown by . Tomato specialists who plant for seed only.

Per pkt 5c. any of the following :

Beauty

Early Conqueror.

Volunteer

Early Acme . . Livingstone’s Royal Red

OZ	2 oz	i) lb	lb		OZ	2 oz	i lb	lb
,20	.35	.50	$2.00	Perfection	.20	.35	.50	$2.00
.20	.35	.50	2.00	Favorite	,20	.35	.50	2.00
.20	.35	.50	2.00	Canada Victor	.20	.35	.50	2.00
.20	.35	.50	2.00	Early Mayflower.	.20	.35	.50	2.00
.20	.35	.50	2.00	Optimus	,20	.35	.50	2.00
				Trophy	.20	.35	.50	2.00
.25	.40	.75	2 50	Ponderosa		.55 1 00	3.00

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"J) *J YELLOW VARIETIES

Golden Queen, Large Smooth Yel'ow- Excellent flavor and sweet, very pro- ductive. Per pkt 5c, oz 25c, 2 oz 35c, i lb 70c, lb $2.50.

Yellow Peach— Very distinct, fruit of medium size, resembling a peach in size, shape and bloom, color yellow. Per pkt 5c, oz 30c, 2 oz 50c.

PRESERVING VARIETIES

Yellow Cherry— Per pkt 5c, oz 40c. Yellow Plum— Per pkt 5c, oz 40c.

Small Red Cherry— Per pkt 5c, oz 40c. Small Red Currant— Per pkt 5c, oz 40c.

WINTER CHERRY, also called Strawberry or Ground Cherry and Barbadoes Gooseberry or Mexican Tomato ( Physalis Alke-kengi)— For sowing and cultivating observe the directions given for Pepper on page 22. The fruit of the

{»lant which is a berry enclosed in an inflated calyx, is eaten as a common fruit n some countries, and is particularly pleasant for tarts. Per pkt 10c, oz60c.

Simmers’ Selected Stone Tomato

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mnce will sow 150 feet of drill; ound will sow an acre.)

TABLE TURNIPS

For Field Turnips see “ Farm Seeds," page 33.

German — Weisze Rueben. Fkench — Navet .

Culture— For early use sow as soon as the ground can be worked in the spring, in drills 15 inches apart and thin to 8 inches apart as soon as plants are large enough to handle. For succession sow at intervals of a fortnight until the last week of July, from which time until the end of Augustsowings may be made for main and late crops. The jawing should al- ways be done just before rain if possible, as the success of the crop in a great measure de- pends upon quick germination and a rapid and free growth at first.

SIMMERS’ EARLYMELTING SWEDE — An excellent dis- tinct variety, peculiarly suit- able for garden culture on ac- count of its flavor, fine form and rich golden yellow color. This variety is claimed by all market gardeners and pri- vate gardeners to be the finest grained, best keeping table Swede turnip in culti- on. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, £lb 20c, lb 50.

Early Milan— A strap-leafed variety, aweek earlier than theordinary 3 sorts. It. retains its good qualities and remains a long time fit for lS' The bulbs are white with a purple top, round, flattened and solid, fier a very slender tap root; flesh pure white, sweet and crisp. Per *jj5c, oz 10c, i lb 20c, lb 70c.

T .Stone, or Early Snowball— An early garden variety, clear white, e. Hum size, delicate flavor and quick growth. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, \ lb. ch-ilb50c.

vor :

i5 85

2.00.

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American Breadstone— This is a new and most desirable table turnip, the roots are of medium size, very quick growing and quite smooth, while, with faint colored top. The flesh is perfectly white, fine grained, and cooks in only fifteen minutes, tender and sweet, it is the finest turnip for winter and spring use we have ever seen.

Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, \ lb 20c, lb 60c.

White Milan— Per pkt 5c, oz 10c,

2 oz 15c, \ lb 25c, lb 80c.

White Flat Dutch— An excellent variety, the best for spring sow- ing. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, J lb 20c, lb 50c.

Early Golden Ball or Orange Jelly— A rapid grower, excellent flavor, globe shape. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, jib 15c, lb 40c.

Red Top, Strap-Leaved— Fine grained and of buttery flavor, the best for market gardens. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, i lb 15c, lb 40.

Early White Egg— An egg-shapped variety for spring or fall sowing, flesh white, firm, fine grained, mild and sweet. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, i lb 20c, lb 60c.

White Nimble Dick — One of the best for market and general use, fine flavor and very early. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, i lb 20c, lb 50c.

Maltese — Early variety fine flavor. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, i lb 25c. lb 75c.

Yellow Stone— Splendid for table use aud. late growing. Per pkt 6c, oi 10c, 2 oz 15c, i lb 20c. lb 60c.

Red-Top, Strap-Leaved Turnip

HERB SEEDS— {Sweet, Pot and Medicinal )

er pkt 5c, oz 20c, i lb 35c, lb 31.25. p.Per pkt 5c, oz 25c, i lb 75c, lb 32.50.

1 weet — Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, \ lb 75c, lb 32.50.

— Per pkt 5c, oz 25c, \ lb 75c, lb 32.50. P®-j,y — Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, Jib 25c,

jC'Lor Catmint— Per pkt 5c, oz 50c.

O' * ier — Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, J lb 20c.

;r flf c.

otne -t 5c, oz 15c, i lb 35c, lb 3L25.

>erp£ Sweet— Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, i lb 50c, 75.

.jifj-und — Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, i lb 75c, lb 32.50. ,.m;-ed — Per pkt 5c.

i ,— Perennial, 2 feet high. A useful herb.

0 ’ kt 5c, oz 25c. I lb 75c, lb 32-50.

,.er— An aromatic, medical herb. Pkt , 15c, i lb 50c, rib S2.00.

Ji Lor Winter Thyme— Perennial, 6 mches. ® kt 10c, oz 31.00.

1 shape1 > i ozo.

Lovage— Perennial, 5 feet. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, i lb 75c, lb 32.50.

Mint— Perennial, 1 foot high. Per pkt 10c. J oz S3. Marjoram Sweet— Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, i lb 35c, lb 31.40.

Pennyroyal . .Per pkt 10c.

Peppermint— Per pkt 10c.

Rosema ry— Per pkt 5c, oz 35c, i lb 31-25.

Rue— Per pkt 5c. oz 20c, J lb 75c, lb 32.00. Rampion — Perennial, 6 in. Per pkt 5c, oz 30c. Sage— Pkt 6c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, J lb 35c, lb 31-40. Sage, Broad-Leaved— Perennial, 1 foot. Pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, J lb 40c, lb 31-50.

Sorrel — Perennial, 6 inches. Per pkt 5c. Summer Savory— Per pkt 6c, oz 15c, 2 oz 20c, i lb 30c, lb 75c.

Tansy— For medicinal use. Per pkt 5c, oz35c. Tarragon— Per pkt 10c.

Thyme— Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 20c, \ lb 35c, lb 31.40.

MISCELLANEOUS SEEDS

Winter Savory— Pkt 5c, oz 20c. Wormwood-Used medicinally, and is beneficial for poultry. Per pkt 5c, oz 25c.

Mammoth Sage Plants

The plants are very strong growing, the first season attaining 1 foot in hight and spreading so that a single plant covers the space of 3 feet, the leaves are borne well above the soil, keep- ing them clean ; they are very large and of unusual substance, strong in flavor and of superior quality. A single plant yields more than a dozen plants of the common sage; per- fectly hardy, it rarely flowers and never runs to seed. Price, each 10c, 3 for 25c, 7 for 50c, postpaid.

MAMMOTH RUSSIAN SUNFLOWER

eads measure 12 to in diameter, and n immense quan- ied. an excellent p food for fowfls. it greedily, fatten better than on al- lotherfood. Itcan Vheaper than corn, mer should plant the seed in any be of ground. The seed heads when a good hot fire, ts seed, will plant )z 5c. \ lb 10c, lb laid. By express- 25 lbs 32.00.

ier Sugar Cane

: estand most pro- priety. Height 10 : saccharine mat- first quality, fine Sow 4 quarts in 8 quarts broad- acre. Pkt 5c, s60c, ostqal 1, 10

Mammoth Russian Sunflower

WILD RICE SEED

'ions FOR Sowing — Put the rice in coarse cotton or linen bags, lem in water for 24 hours. Sow in water which is from 6 inches deep, in soft mud bottom, and in places where there are but few is useless sowing these seeds except on a mud bottom, or on low ices which are covered with water the year round. In running xs much out of the current as possible.

(Zizania Aquatica)— Per lb 30c, by mail 36c ; 10 lbs or over lb.

IMPROVED EVERGREEN

BROOM CORN

Pkt 5c, lb 15c, 3 lbs 40c,

The stalks may be fed to cattle in a green state, postpaid.

GERMAN CAMOMILE FLOWERS

Per oz 10c, lb 31-00.

BIRD SEEDS AND REQUISITES

(If by mail add 4 cents per pound.)

Per lb Per lb

Maw or Poppy Seed, $ lb postpatt.$0.2£

Lettuce Seed ^ lb postpaid, 36

Silver W ashed Bird Gravel (3 lbs

10c) by mail 25

Mocking Bird Food.^ lb pkt postp. 30 Peter’s Treat Song Restorer, pkt. 10 Bird Lice Destroyer and Bellows. 36 Simmers, Canary Powder, bottle, 25

30.10

10

10

10

5

10

50

10

Canary Seed (3 lbs 25c)

Hemp Seed Russian (3 lbs 25c).

Mixed Bird Seed (3 lb pkts 25c)

“ “ “ (in lib pkts).

Millet Seed, Chinese

Sunflower Seed (3 lbs 25c)

Cuttlefish Bone (per oz 10c). . . .

Rape Seed, German (3 lbs 25c).

Meal Worms for insect eating birds, per 100 30c.

1,000 32.50 postage paid.

Bird seeds of all kinds, recleaned and free from dust and dirt, always on hand by the 100 lbs, at lowest market prices, and of the finest quality.

“American Bird Fancier”a very useful and instructive work on the care of birds, price 50c.

Cottam’s New Illustrated Book on “Cage Birds,”

25c. postpaid.

SUMMERS’ BIRD CAKE

A delicious Treat and Song Restorative Food for Canary Birds. This food nreuared with the greatest care, the most delicate and nutritious prep^-. at ion ever discovered for the longevity of Pet Birds. Our experience iu handling restoratives for song birds enables us to recommend this Tome to the form of food to prolong the life of birds confined in cages. It is not a regular food, but should be kept in the cage constantly, being a superior substitute for gravel and cuttlefish bone. It gives the songster a strong and clear voice improves the plumage, and will keep birds, although very old, alwavs in health by producing the desired effect on the digestive organs, Givt to voung as well as to old birds. Per cake 5c, 6 for 20c, per doz 35c. ^ Prepared only by J. A. SIMMERS, Sole Manufacturer, Toronto.

VEGETABLE PLANTS

1

WELL GROWN, THOROUGHLY HARDEI WELL PACKED, TRUE TO NAME.

BY MAIL OR EXPRESS— PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

The fact that these plants are all grown from choicest stocks of seeds is sufficient recommendation as to the genuineness of the varieties, can be shipped fresh and well packed at a day’s notice. This is of the greatest importance to every planter.

When Plants are to be sent by Mail ADD POSTAGE at the rate of 25 cents per lOO to prices of Cabbage, Celery and Caulifli

nd 40 cents per lOO to prices of Tomatoes.

Cabbage, Early— Ready April 20th to 30th

Early Jersey Wakefield

Simmers’ German Brunswick

Henderson’s Early Summer

Cabbage, Late— Ready June 1st.

Simmers’ German Brunswick

Surehead

Savoy Drumhead

Red Drumhead

Celery— Ready June 1st.

White Flume

Paris Golden Yellow

Celery— Ready June 20th.

Paris Golden Yellow

White Plume

Simmers’ Large Ribbed White

PEK

50

PER

100

$0 30 $0 50
30	50
30	50
20	30
20	30
20	30
20	30
40	75
40	75
40	75
40	75
40	75

PER

Cauliflower— Ready April 20th to 30th. 50

E rly Dwarf Erfurt — $0 E,

Early Snowball '..

Cauliflower— Ready May 20ih to 30th.

Early Snowball

Dwarf Erfurt

Pepper — 1000 price on application. per doz.

Long Red - $0 15

Tomato— Ready May 15th to 30th.

Ignotum

Mikado

Dwarf Champion

Table Queen

Sweet Potato Plants—

Extra Early Carolina and Early Nansemond.

15

15

15

15

30

WE SHALL BE PLEASED TO MAKE SPECIAL PRICES ON LARGE QUANTITIES.

TREE SEEDS

DECIDUOUS and EVERGREEN, ORNAMENTAL SHADE, FOREST, HEDGE and / c

“ Treos can toe as easily grown from seed as the most common Vegetable.”— Puller, f Culture. — Sow early in spring, in well prepared beds, about two inches deep ; when the seeds begin to germinate cover the bed lightly wi >t. boughs to shade the young plants from the sun. When the plants are all un, the brush should be gradually removed, bub replaced again before ■ seta in. Let the plants remain in the beds for about two years, then transplmt into rows two feet apart, leaving about twelve inches betweif1 plant. Keep the ground clean, and when the plants are strong enough remove them to where they are intended to remain.

Apple Pips— Per oz 5c, i lb 15c, lb 50 c.

Arbor Vitae, American ( Thuya Occidentalis)— A small tree about 30 feet high ; popular for hedges, screens, etc. Per pkb 10c, oz 25c, lb $2.50.

(Barberry (Berberis Vulgaris)— One of the best hedge plants grown. It is very hardy, and forms a dense shrub of 4 to 8 feet high, covered with sharp, stout prickles. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, l lb 50 c, lb $1.25.

Seech ( Fagus F’erruginea)—A noble forest and shade t ee of graceful habit. Wood hard and excellent for many mechanical purposes. Pkt 10c, oz 15c, lb $1.00.

Black Thorn ( Prunus Spinosa)—Pkt 5c, oz 10c, \ lb 30c, lb $1.00.

Black Walnut ( Juglans Nigra)— Grows rapidly in good rich soil. The nuts should be planted in the fall. Per lb 10c, postpaid 15c, peck 75c, bush $2 00.

Qatalpa, Hardy Western ( Catalpa Speciosa)—A handsome shade and ornamental tree of tropical appearance. F diage large and luxuriant. Flowers borne in large panicles late in the spring. In favorable locations it attains a height of 60 feet or more ; it is a very rapid grower, is very hardy and has been tested up to 40 degrees north latitude. Wood very durable. Valuable tree. Per oz 10c, \ lb 30c, lb $1.00.

Honey Locust (Gleditschia)—A well-known tree of ornamental and grace, ful appearance, extensively used for hedges. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, lb 50c.

Maple. Sugar ( Acer Saccharinum) — A beautiful, as well as a valuable, rapid growing tree, preferring a calcareous soil. Per pkb 5c, oz 10c, lb $1.25.

Mountain Ash (Pyrus Americana)— Much cultivated for ornament, for which its fine foliage, clusters of white flowers and red berries eminently qualify it. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, lb $1.00.

Norway Spruce (Abies Excelsa)—A very popular hedge evergree sively used for sheltering and for screens. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, Osage Orange (Maclura Aurantiaca) — A well-known hedge native of the Southern States. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, lb 60c. ri

Pear Seed— Per pkt 10c, oz 20c, lb $2.00. f(

Pine, Austrian (Pinus Austriaca)— One of the most popular pine very hardy and ornamental. Grows very rapidly and to a great , Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, £ lb 40c, lb $1.50. HI

Pine, Scotch (Pinus Sylvestris) -One of the most rapidly growing r 1 of pines, very suitable for screens for the protection of orcu buildings. Per pkt 5c, oz 15c, £ lb 50, lb $1.50. 1 W

Pine, Sugar ( Pinus Lambertiana)— This magnificent tree grow 1^ height of 300 feet, and endures the cold of the Northwest injury. Per pkt 10c, oz 50c, lb $5.00. 'e

Quince ( Cydonia Vulgaris)— Small i regular trees, bearing an e fruit for preserves and jellies. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c, lb $2.00. )Q1

Russian Mulberry — A variety of Mulberry brought by the Mei >w from Russia, and as it grows to the height of 30 feet in a few ye .0 stands the cold of the Northwest, will no doubt become a stani gh that country. Per pkt 10c, oz 35c, \ lb 75c, lb $2.50.

ng

COLLECTION OF TREE SEEDS FOR 25 CENTS.

let

One packet each of Black Thorn, Honey Locust, Sugar Maple, M ’ Ash, Norway Spruce, Austrian Pine, Russian Mulberry. 7 pkts by mail, postpaid.

BOOKS

Apple Culture, Field Notes on, Bailey 75

Art of Propagation. Treats of trees and plants 40

Allan’s New American Farm Book 2 00

American Bird Fancier 50

Asparagus Culture 50

Bailey’s Field Notes on Apple Culture 75

Barry’s Fruit Garden, new edition 1 50

Bee Keeping Explained, Quinby 1 00

Breeds, Study of, Thomas Shaw 1 50

Bulbs and Tuberous-Rooted Plants, C. L. Allen 1 50

Cabbage, Cauliflower and Allied Subjects, C. L. Allen 50

Cabbage, Treatise on, by J. H. Gregory 30

Canadian Bee Journal, per annum ... 1 00

40

20

25

25

50

Cranberries, James Webb, paper

Celery for Profit, Greiner

Cottam’s Illustrated Book on Cage Birds

Crops, Spraying, C. M. Weed

Dairymen’s Manual, Practical Treatise on the Dairy

Diseases of Swine, L). McIntosh 2 00

Draining, Land. M. Miles 1 00

Farming Conveniences, 200 engravings 1 00

Feeds and Feeding, W. A. Henry 2 00

Fern Book for Everybody 75

Fertility of the Land, The, I. P. Roberts 1 25

Flax Culture 30

Flower Bulbs and their Culture, published by J. A. Simmers 25

Flower Garden, Beautiful, Matthews 40

Forage Crops, other than grasses, by Thomas Shaw 1 00

Forage Crops, Thomas Shaw 1 00

Fruit Culturist, American, Thomas 2 50

Fuller's Grape Culturist 1 00

Fuller’s Small Fruit Culturist 1 50

Fungi and Fungicides, C. M. Weed, paper 50

Gardening for Pleasure, new, revised and enlarged edition 1 50

Gardening for Profit, new, revised and enlarged edition 1 50

Gardening for Young and Old, by J. Harris I 00

Grape Growing and Wine Making, Husman 1 50

Greenhouse Construction, Prof. L. R. Taft 1 50

Greenhouse Management, by Prof. L. R. Taft 1 50

Handbook on the Grasses of North America. Treats on the origin and nature of every known variety of grass, and the best varieties to

select for seeding down grass lands for pasture 2 50

Harris’ Talks on Manures 1 50

Hedges, Windbreaks, etc., E. P. Powell 50

Heinrich’s Window Flower Garden 50

Hemp, S. S. Boyce 50

Henderson’s New Handbook of Plants. Contains about 1000 illus- trations 3 00

Home Pork Making, A. W, Fulton 50

Hop, The, Myrick Herbert. 4th cover page 1 50

AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL

All books sent postpaid on receipt of priee.

Horticulturist’s Rule Book, Prof. L. H. Bailey..

How Crops Feed, Prof. S. W. Johnson

Dow Crops Grow, Prof. S. W. Johnson

How the Farm Pays, by Peter Henderson, Profus|

Injurious Insects of^ the Farm and Garden

Insects and Inseciicides, C. M. Weed

Insects Injurious to Fruits, Saunders

Landscape Gardening, F. A. Waugh

Mangolds, Treatise on, by J. H. Gregory

Manures, How to Make and How to Use Tl

S. W. Semper, paper .. ^3

Money in the Garden, by P. T. Quinn. A pracl

work, illustrated '

Mushroom Culture, published by J. A. Simmer

Mushroom Culture, by Robinson j

Mushrooms, How to Grow Them, Falconer . . .

New Egg Farm, by H. H. Stoddart

Nursery Book, Prof. Bailey. Cloth

Nut Culturist, The, A. S. Fuller

Onions, and How to Raise Them Profitably

Onion Culture, New Method, by T. Greiner...

Ornamental Gardening, Long

Our Farm of Four Acres and the Money we mad'

Parsons on the Rose, new and revised' edition

Peach Culture, Fulton

Pear Culture for Profit

Plums and Plum Culture, F. A. Waugh

Practical Floriculture, Henderson

Practical Forestry, by A. S. Fuller, cloth, illustrated..

Profits in Poultry, and Their Profitable Management

Propagation of Plants

Pruning Book, The, L. H. Bailey

Roe’s Play and Profit in My Garden

Shepherd’s Manual, enlarged edition, Henry Stewart .

Silos, Ensilage and Silage, Miles

Soiling Crops and the Silo, Thomas Shaw

Spraying of Plants, The, E. G. Lodeman

Strawberry Culturist, illustrated

Sugar Industry, The American. 4th cover page a. ,

Swine Husbandry, revised edition, F. D. Coburn l,sh Ij

The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening, Nicholson’s. A corolugj EncycloDedia of Horticulture, in 4 volumes, carriage extra ..J

The “ A B C” of Agriculture L

Vegetable and Flower Garden, published by J. A. Simmers!

Wallace’s Notes on Lilies. An interesting and valuable book 0 Lily, indispensable to bulb growers, illustrated, cloth, 215 pa Your Plants. Plain and practical directions for the treatme

>w i le ii Fo 0TE- ofil

tender and hardy plants in the house and garden f

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ARM SEEDS

We hold a very large and carefully selected stock of Agricultural Seeds of the most reliable quality and unequalled in Canada.

ONDITIONS OF SALE— It is impossible for as to guarantee the crop in any way, as are so many causes over which we can have no control that operate against the ih and productiveness of the seeds. Ail seeds bought from us must be on the con- 1 that we give no warranty, expressed or implied, as to description, quality, growth, ictiveness or any other matter, of any seeds we sell; nor will we hold ourselves J-y way responsible for the crop.

id 4c. per pound postage to all varieties of Field Carrot, Beet, Mangel and iipe.

FIELD CARROTS

RIMERS’ IMPROVED GIANT SHORT WHITE

We always claimed this carrot to be the equal, if not the superior, of every white itcarrot, and it has certainly fully proved all we ever said about it. It is of Pi shape, very broad at the shoulder, tapering to a point ; its surface is very gWith, with few or no roots growing on the sides. In texture it is very fine, color pure white, with an excellent flavor. These are the individual ;s of the carrot. In addition it is a very heavy cropper, in fact it is jveiar the heaviest of any we have ever heard of, and on account of its oz% and of its smooth skin it is easily harvested. The above is a true J iption of the carrot we offer as our Improved Giant Short White, For its own qualities it should be grown by everyone who wants a white ^carrot. It is especially suitable for shallow soil. In shape it very much ibles the Oxheart, except that the roots grow more to a point. When gw varieties require digging, our Improved Giant Short White can 0 ‘nlled. Try it for yourself, and you will not be disappointed. Oz 5o. reed 5c, lb 45c.

White Belgian — This attains the largest size, and will yield more in bulk than . y other sort grown. The root is thick and long, growing from J to J of its length ,‘jpve the surface. Oz 6c, J lb 15c, lb 35c.

or Orange Belgian— Color pale orange. A good keeper. Oz 5c, Jib 15c, lb 85c. afeoved Long Orange or Surrey— A standard late variety, handsome and uniform lealshape, deep orange color, good flavor, yields heavily. Oz 6c, J lb 15c, lb 40c. igham— A long red variety profitably grown for field or general crop. Oz 10c, z 16c, J lb 20c, lb 60c.

CHet Intermediate— Stump-rooted, valuable variety for shallow soils. Oz 10c, J lb j, lb 60c.

SUGAR BEETS

sv from the middle of April to the first of June, in drills two feet apart, then thin 3 inches to the row. Six pounds of seed per acre, average yield 20 to 25 tons per For milch cattle they are most valuable.

te— The Danish Improved Sugar Beet we offer is the genuine variety, and the BailUjf it is not controlled by any one seed house, as some catalogues claim.

Danish Improved Sugar Beet — This variety is distinguished by its great productiveness ; in rich, deep soil in good cultivation nearly approaching the standard varieties of Mangel Wurzels, in yield of bulk (they standing closer than the Mangels), in connection with a high percentage of sugar. For fattening pur- poses, and for feeding to milch cows, in cases where a liberal flow of rich, creamy milk is the main object (for butter production), this variety is, where the proper soil is at disposal, especially to be recommend- ed. It is one of the cleanest and best beets for cattle feeding that we have. Price — Per oz, 5c, ^ lb 10c, lb 35c, 5 lbs $1.50, 10 lbs $2.75.

Improved Imperial Sugar Beet— The most popular Sugar Beet for feeding cows, sheep or swine. Yields as much as most Mangels, and contains 8 per cent, of sugar. Has yielded 30 to forty tons per acre at a cost of 5 cents per bushel. J lb 10c, lb 25c, 5 lbs or over 20c per lb.

Wanzleben- In Europe this kind is cultivated on a larger scale than any other Sugar licet. The root is conical, straight and even, quite large at the head and rapidly tapering. Easy to dig. is a heavy yielder, and contains front 12 to 15 per cent, of sugar. Oz 5c, Jib 15c, lb 40c, 5 lbs or over.

Red Top Sugar— An excellent variety, growing to a very large size. Jib 10c, lb 25c, 5 lbs or over, 20c. per lb.

White Silesian— The root is slender, being about 3 to 4 inches in diameter at the shoulder, and tapers gradually to a point. Yields nearly 20 i ons per acre, containing 8 per cent, of sugar. J lb 10c, lb 25c, 5 lbs or over 20c. per lb.

, ish Improved

___ — . SUGAR BEET— Culture of, by Herbert Myrick,

/gar Beet Price 50 Cents.

Simmers’ Improved Giant Short White Carrot

5ft

ECIAL OFFER

SIMMERS’ IMPROVED GIANT SHORT WHITE CARROT and DANISH IMPROVED SUGAR BEET

1 oz. each of the two Varieties, 10c. Postpaid. 1-4 lb. “ “ “ 20c.

1 lb. “ « “ 75e.

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J. A. SIMMERS, TORONTO— RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS

Mangel Wurzel

If wanted by post add 4c per pound

Simmers’ Mammoth Prize Long Red“Tbesthoio^

mammoth variety grows to an immense size, single roots weighing from 20 to 30 lbs each, and always of very fine texture and good quality. It is remarkable for the broad shoulder and massive shape of the root, by which a great weight is obtained, without coarseness. Henry Hodgson, a customer of ours, raised on one acre 55,750 lbs of roots from seed pur- chased from us, Per i lb 10c, lb 20c; for 5 lbs and over, per lb 18c.

Long Red— The old popular variety, yielding heavy crops, over, 18c per lb.

Per J lb 10c, lb 20c ; for 5 lbs and

Champion Yellow Globe— This is one of the most generally grown of all the different Varieties of Mangels, and it is very productive, easily pulled and an excellent keeper when stored in heaps for winter use. It is spherical in shape and an orange-yellow color, the portion growing above the surface is tinged with green. The flesh of the root is yellow, firm and sugary. Per | lb 10c, lb 20c; for 5 lbs and over, per lb 18c.

Golden Flesh Tankard— The special features are the rich, deep yellow color of the flesh and its nutritious and milk producing qualities. In England, where it is cosidered indis- pensable, large dairy farmers state that they are not only able to obtain a higher price per gallon for milk from cows fed on this Mangel, but also that the cows are in a much better condition fed on hay and Golden Tankard Mangel alone than if fed on hay. Yellow Globe Mangel and four pounds of linseed cake per day. Per J lb 10c, lb 20c ; for 5 lbs and over, per lb 18c.

Mammoth Red Intermediate, or Red Oval-Shaped Giant— Very large and solid, fine grained variety, suitable for heavy ground, keeping as well as turnips during winter. Per | lb 10c, lb 20c ; 5 lbs and over, per lb 18c.

Red Flesh Tankard— A very large and heavy cropper, with small top and single tap-root, very solid and nutritious. Per i lb 10c, lb 20c ; for 5 lbs and over, per lb 18c.

Long Yellow— Similar in growth to Long

Red, and considered by some growers sweeter in flavor and therefore preferred by cattle. Per \ lb 10c, lb 20c ; for 5 lbs and over, per lb 18c.

Giant Yellow Intermediate, or Mam- moth Half Long— This entirely distinct Mangel, first introduced by us, is consid- erably larger than the Yellow Globe Mangel, and is a beautiful russet-yellow color. As shown in the illustration, it is remarkably even in shape, rather elong- ated and of vigorous growth ; it has a fine neck, large leaves with green stems and a very smooth, fine skin. The flesh is white, firm and sweet, greatly relished by cattle. Per \ lb 10c, lb 20c ; for 5 lbs and over, per lb 18c.

SPECIAL OFFER

FIELD ROOTS

Simmers* Improved Giant Short White Carrot

Simmers* Improved Mammoth Prize Long Red Mangel

Simmers* Improved Selected Champion Purple Top Swede Turnip

1 oz each of the above

three varieties 15c, postpaid

lb each of the above

three varieties 30c, “

1 lb Mangel, 1 lb Tur- nip, i lb Carrot, i lb Danish Improved Sugar Beet 75c, “

Giant Yellow Intermediate or Mammoth Halt Long Mangel

On any order for Carrot, Mangel Wurzel, or Turnip Seed amounting to $1.00, we will, if requested, include a copy of “ Dairying for Profit,” by Mrs. E. M. Jones; a very concise and useful work of 69 pages.

Simmers’ Mammoth Prize Long Red Mangel W

Ontario Agricultural! College Report •

Says that in the average test for six years of 58 varieties of * Mangel, Simmers’ Improved Mammoth Long J

Red stands second against all competitors for yield per acre. •

CHICORY

Chicory Seed should be sown in the spring in drills half an in and in good mellow soil ; the after culture is the same as for Carron autumn the plants will be ready for blanching, when it is used as The principal use of Chicory, however, is to use with Coffee. One seed will sow about 100 feet of drill, and from two to three pounds Large Rooted Long Magdeburg— Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 15c, lb 40c ; 5 lbs or over, 35c per lb.

“How to grow Mangel Wurzel,” by J. H. Gregory. Price 35 cents

TURNIPS ?S?™.?..*rom Reeled Roots ,

atomere, being pfocured from°he r/mj1/ rehvlb/!-^ a™Smft™"lliit0r years given the greatest satisfaction to oor numerous

To the price of Turnip seed, when ordered bv mail art h o.r* nn. ,

IMMCDQ^'ou A Mmn°i|der8' farmers’ orders, or large orders for any Variet/o^ou? Turn&^f e’ ^ th® 8Ged wil1 be sent at the prices quoted, immtno oHAlYlPION This magnificent Swede, the result URPLE TOP SWEDE of iudicious selection, is the hardiest,

. , . 1J. . most productive and most nutritious

.’riJf?7 ln cultivation. It is a large purple-top yellow variety : ghtly oblong, with single tap-root, free from coarseness of and for uniformity of crop and keeping qualities is super- to all other Swedes. It produces a very heavy weight per keeps sound and good until late in spring ; flesh always and sweet in flavor. Per^lb 10c, lb 30c, in 5 lb lots and , 28c per lb.

HANT OR MONARCH— The reports received during nast vearR from all sections of Canada pronounce this Turnip to b<f unequalled lality and uniformly handsome appearance. The Yield with other well-known roots, have been from 2 to 6 tons ^r«w^n^S^PVfc1ls.ver^distinct’ being of the Tankard type.

tbe bulb a beautiful bright purple and the lower

almnsPfntTi5 kG flesh VJT7 solid and nutritious and there is almost total absence of fibrous or fangy roots. During past this variety has proven most satisfactory, so much so that have every confidence in recommending Elephant or Monarch wede to the farmers of the Dominion. Per | lb 15c, lb 40c, 5 lbs or ooc per lo.

Improved Purple Top— Of fine grain, solid and suitable

lbf ofovlr? 23 c perTb a8 f°r he&Vy Clay* Per i lb 10c’ lb

rn l£?p,^?vec,iPurp,e Top— Large and solid, should be on rather heavy loam. Per 1 lb 10c, lb 25c, 5 lbs or over 23c.

Elephant or Monarch Swede

°a f n T peri^,~0n properly prepared ground never Per®* failing to produce a heavy crop of well-shaped, solid i lb lb ll

Drummond’s Purple Top Swede — A selected ’

of^ finest* quaiftyeXCellenCe’ gl°bular in 8bape’ large solid

10c 25c 23c

Ea^H)^Uabl nTciisT.^ ^Tor*^e varibtr, solid and

s Champion Purple Top Swede

Fet te real rn Green Top-One of the oldest and most ex- traordinary heavy yielding varieties on rich loamyground 10 HIGHLAND PRIZE-A very heavy cropping Swede and an uniform sk:eePer’ th® r°°tS beinf? °f handsome oval shape,

25 23

30

30

25

Hazzard s Green Top-Distinct variety ; the flesh is firm and white, its hardy keeping qualities are superior to most sorts, and adapted to either field or garden cultivation Hartley’s Bronze^Top- Oval-shapedbulb-, large and solid, small neck and single tap-root, rich in quality, productive and a good keeper ... .7. 10 35

Hall’s Westbury- A very fine quality of Swede, good keeper 10 Knowfield Purple Top-A large solid variety, of oblong shape and suitable for clay ground 10

King of the Swedes-Very much like the preceding

variety, but somewhat more uniform in size 10

Lang’s Improved Purple Top-A globe-shaped' variety, with small top and. tap root, suitable for sandy ground. . . 10 Marshall’s Purple Top-Large and very hardy, globe-shaped 10 Royal Norfolk Purple Top-A favorite variety with Nor- folk growers, being a heavy cropper, very nutritious and a good keeper, one of the best 10 30 gg

Sutton’s Champion Purple Top-One of ’the heaviest

yielding varieties and a general favorite 10

Skirvings Improved Purple Top — Large of solid strong and quick growth, suitable for clay soil ’ io

Sharpe’s Improved Purple Top-A very heavy cropper! with small top, thin neck " ’ 1Q

Scottish Champion— Fine large roots, good for heavy soils 10 Shamrock Purple Top - Producing on well-prenared ground the heaviest and most uniform crop of well-shaped

yoots - 30 gg

White Giant Purple Top— A quite distinct sort, of enor- preferred by many growers to the yellow 10 30 28

30

30

£reystone Turnip

YELLOW AND WHITE VARIETIES

Purple Top Yellow— For sowing after the 10

Aberdeen Green Top Yellow- With green tops io

White Globe— For sowing after the Aberdeen, late as Aug.. 10 Cow Horn— Long, white, in shape resembling a cow horn 10

Red Globe Norfolk— Medium sized ; should be fed early.. 10 Improved Purple Top Mammoth— A variety producing a greater weight per acre than any other turnip, fine shape, excellent for early feeding, keeps well in winter if sown iaTc jq

Greystone— A white variety, sown as late as the preceding. 10

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J. A. SIMMERS, TORONTO— RELIABLE FARM SEEDS.

«* IDEAL” WHITE HULLESS— It is hulless, beardless, early, weighs over SO lbs to th3 measured bushel, it yields well on poor land, yields enormously on good land, makes better pork than corn, makes excellent flour, the straw makes good hay, is of inestimable value to everyone who feeds stock. Price per lb (postpaid) 15c, S lbs (postpaid) 40c, peck 50c, bush $1.50, 2 bush or over at $1.40.

Black Hulless— Per lb (postpaid) 15c, 5 lbs (postpaid) 50c, peck 35c, & bush 60c, bush (t>0 lbs) $1.00, 2 bush at 95c, 5 bush or over at 90c.

SUCCESS BEARDLESS— The earliest barley known. The straw is about the height of the common Barley, but better, and will stand up on any land, with good land and season has produced 80 bushels per acre, the straw can hold it u p. Sow as early as you can; frost does not hurt it. This barley has remaiued on land from harvest until spring and grew the next season. It will, if sown early, head two or three days later than winter rye, and ripen four or five days before the rye, and being beardless, handles as easy as oats, and makes a stronger food. Price, lb 15c, 4 lbs 50c, (postpaid). By express or freight, peck 80c, bush 90c, i bush at 85c, 5 bush at 80c bush.

Mandscheuri, Six-Rowed— Ontario Agricultural College report says:- Among 37 varieties of barley grown for the past five ye irs, Mandscheuri stands at the head of the list for yield. Bush 75c, 5 bush or over 70c.

Baxter’s Selected Six-Rowed— Lb 10c, postpaid ; peck 25c, £ bush 45c, bush 80c.

Canadian Six-Rowed— Per bush 75c, 5 bush or over 70c.

Chevalier Two-Rowed— Grown from imported seed. Per bush 90c, 2 bush at

85c.

Duckbill Two-Rowed— Per bush 90c, 2 bush at 85c, 10 bush or over at 80c.

BUCKWHEAT

Japanese— Per lb 15c, 5 lbs 50c (postpaid), peck 30c, bush 90c.

Silver Hull— Per lb (postpaid), 15c, 5 lbs by mail 50c, peck 80c, bush 90e. Common Gray— Per bush 80c, 2 bush at 75c.

White Hutless Barley Success Beardless Barley

BEANS

ENGLISH HOR8E BEANS— Recommended by Dominion Experimental Farm, to be planted with corn and sunflower seed for ensilage purposes. Bush $2.00. Values fluctuate.

The Prolific Dwarf Tree— Per lb 10c, bush $2.25.

California Pea— Very productive. Per lb 10c, bush $2.25.

SOWING RAPE

( 1 to 2 pounds per acre in drills : U to 6 pounds broadcast.)

A field of Rape coming into use when the pasture is almost barren i continuous feeding and. dry weather, is a boon to the farm. Forfeer sheep and lambs, preparatory for the market, nothing is better; not

does it fatten quickly, but imparts a quality to the flesh superior to all has been estimated that one acre of Rape, when

any other pasture, It t - .

receeded by any other crop the same season, will feed from 35 to 40 la

Forl,wo months!^ and that the gain in flesh jaer month was from eigl

twelve and one-half pounds on each lamb. Young cattle thriye upon well as swine. Rape may be sown either in rows or drills and cultivate may be sown broadcast. When sown in rows the plant will grow n stronger, and more luxuriant in foliage, and will also stand longer feet as it is less liable to be tramped down. It may be sown in May, and n it is sufficiently advanced it can be fed off, and then allowed to grot again, thus giving a second crop the same season ; but the usual turn sowing is the last half of June until end of July, and it has been s towards end of August with success. When sown early in the season hot sun of August seems to unduly hasten its maturity. As it will 8

HOu oU.il UI iiUguol bccllib III UUUUiy IldblCll ll»o IllatUllljr* 1U 1U ° 1

late sowing it can be sown after a rye and barley crop, and produce valt|(

food for October and November. The cultivation of rape should com as soon as it is well started, and with repeated cultivation until the 1 become too large to work between the rows. Rape is also plowed urn a fertilizing crop.

DWARF ESSEX, or Large Leaved English— Per lb 10c, 10 lb lots 25 lb lots and upwards $2.00.

FORAGE PLANTS

Large Giant Spurry— Should be sown at the rate of 15 lbs to thel and is in best condition for pasture from four to six weeks after so nii Lb 20c, 6 lbs $1.00, 10 lbs and over at 15c per lb, 50 lbs and over per lb, 100 lbs and over at 9c per lb. ~

FLAT PEA (Lathyrus Sylvestris Wagnerii) —Recommended ^ for lands too poor to pay the cost of cultivation, for worn-out pas and waste places about the farm. Pkt 10c, oz 30c, lb $3.00, by postpaid.

Sacaline— It grows well on the poorest Si ils, is perfectly hardy, a dures the extremes of heat and cold. It grows to the height of twelve feet. Pkt 10c, 3 for 25c, oz 75c, lb $9.00.

Add 5c per lb Tor Postage and Packing if to be sent by

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Send for Weekly Price List of Seed Grain, Clover and Grasses.

FLAX SEED

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Of new orop, recleaned for medicinal purposes. Per lb 10c, 5 It) ?> t

10 lbs 60c. Postage 4c lb extra,

For sowing, market price now about $2.25 per bush of 56 pounds, at q

SELECTED ENSILAGE CORN

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SIMMERS’ PARAGON WHITE ENSILAGE— This superior ensilage corn

we can recommend from experience as being the heaviest cropping var- iety in cultivation, producing 50 to 75 tons per acre. It grows 13 to 14 feet in height. Peck 25c, bush 80c.

Red Cob Ensilage — So called owing to its cob being quite red: the kernel is perfectly white, resembling very closely the ordinary Horse- Tooth Corn. Per peck 25c, per single bush 80c.

Mammoth Southern Sweet Ensilage— Peck 20c, bush 75c.

Yellow Horse-Tooth or Dent — Peck 20c, bush 75c.

Pride of the North ( Early Golden Dent Corn)—' This variety matures very early. The stalks usually grow from 8 to 10 feet in length, and produce from one to three good ears. Peck 25c, bush 80c.

Learning Corn— The Learning is a Dent variety; nearly always tv

ears to each stalk. It withstands severe drouth, by reason of it|T“f ness in maturing, strong and vigorous growth and its stalky and!-*0

nature, which enables it to stand up until ripe. Peck 25o, bush

KAFFIR CORN

WHITE— Per pkt 5c, lb 15c, 5 lbs 75c, postpaid ; 20 lbs $1.20, 100 lbs

Genuine Dwarf Essex Rape is the Greatest Pasture and Soil Improver Growl

J. A. SIMMERS. TORONTO-RELIABLE FARM SEEDS.

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PRICES QUOTED ARE NET CASH.

WE DO NOT PAY FREIGHT ON SEED GRAIN.

I8end for Weekly Price List of Seed Grains, Clovers and Grasses,

\ When ordering Corn do not forget to include price of Bags.

DENT VARIETIES

Simmers’ Earliest Ripe Fodder Corn

This Corn will ripen in 60 days and furnish magnificent feeding cornjustata lime whenftrmers are short of corn. If you plant this early you will have fine seding Corn by July, when you can replant same and have good Fo ider Corn in leptember. Now there has been for the past few years a great demand, or better, (call, f ir an extremely early Fodder Corn, and in order to meet this demand, we low offer the most perfect, earliest, rich Fodder Corn in existence. This corn will Ipen out ears inside of 60 days after planting, and usually from 2 to 3 ears on he stalk. The foliage is about 6 feet high, very leafy and bushy, and contains a rernendous amount of nutritious in itter. Of course this may not be as prolific as pme other fodder corns, but it has the advantage over anyandevery other Fodder irn by its being 30 days earlier. The farmer can easily figure out the great profit having a Fodder Corn extremely early, having it come at the time when pastur- es is short, and he can then feed this rich luxuriant Simmers’ Earliest Ripe ladder Corn. If you are raising hogs or cattle, this Corn, above all other Corn, till return to you a tremendous profit, on account of its extreme earliness, on /:count of its large and many ears, and healthy nutritious qualities.

Price— Per lb 15c, 3 lbs 40c, postpaid; by express or freight— pck 50c, bush $1.75. Note— Owing to the scarcity of this variety we are unable to offer this in rger quantities than one peck.

This corn is the best Early for En- silage yet introduced. Large, heavy zlks and ears. This variety has more genuine merit, more fine and lasting ■ ints than any corn in cultivation. It is from 7 to 10 days earlier than many

• rieties, and on poor thin soil will out-yield the Learning by at least 30 per cent.

* le originator claims it has more testimonials for earliness, easy shelling, pro- ffljfltfixtiveness, beauty, growing strength, fodder and all round qualities than any

her variety. It is sure to please every farmer trying it. We can specially m^commend it. Price, per lb 10c, postpaid; peck 25c, bushel 90c, 2 bushel at 85c, rm. Finish el at 80c. belts;

aoeriM'-h A Far*lv WTaCftn^nn Claimed to produce the longest

™ Pv Hi ctl 1 j llldolUUUil grains and longest ears of any 100-

Phite Cap Yellow Dent-

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$jj,y corn in cultivation, with most extraordinary yielding qualities.' One ,, (f0I!neri'-an farmer claims to have grown on one acre 15,893 lbs or 213 bushels [Ujje^helled corn. The stock has been most carefully selected and the variety indciiltre. It grows quick, strong and powerful, and is a most wonderful corn. 'jjH jjice, per lb postpaid 10c ; peck 30c, bushel $1.00, 2 bushel at 95c, 5 bushel

mi90c'

Wisconsin Yellow Dent-

This variety has been brought ‘to this present nearly perfect e by careful selection, and is in every way one of the most desirable it tas^ds. Average weight of ears 9 to 10 ounces, with many rows there being

in^ierally from 8 to 20, and often as high as 21, kernels of a bright yellow . Ar'or, cob red. Per lb 10c, postpaid ; peck Sec, bushel $1.00, 2 bushel at 1 Kofl'f 3, 5 bushel at 90c.

, should

)0 until irioprmQ in WVlitp D^nt Eare average 16 rows, grains ex-

oplo^ lauunbin Will It? i/UIll tra long and wide, two of which v 1 span the cob, which is usually small for the size of the corn, and is ..Morally white. The stock is short and thick, with ears set low; roots lw” p, easily withstanding severe storms and droughts. Per lb 10c, post- il; peck 30c, bushel 90c, 2 bushel at 85c, 5 bushel at 80c.

I nVamr ITinrr Fnr»n So large are the grains and so ex.

IbffUl y Illlig L/Ul H tremely small the cob that on an ear jken in half, a single grain will almost completely cover the cob section. Strong, vigorous growth, the stalks take a firm hold in the ground and

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lib580 id upright, resisting the severest storms. The stalks bear generally two •d ears each, and occasionally three. It yields splendid crops on light con>®e Price, per lb 10c, postpaid ; peck 30c, bushel $1.00, 2 bushel at 95c.

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‘‘•“tester County Mainmoth—

ijne hundred and thirty bushels shelled corn per acre. The ears are very !c«e, containing 14 to 32 rows of medium sized white grains. It furnishes the OT'rge amount of fodder, growing 12 to 16 feet high. It is undoubtedly one he best white varieties. Price, per lb 10c, postpaid; peck 30c, bushel bej<iitl)0, 2 bushel at 95c, 5 -bushel at 90c.

immoth Cuban Yellow— fe?yn!aa^pKuS

,,j, and very showy, and of stronger vitality than any variety in eulti- Jerlb^on, a very strong pouit in its favor. The fodder grows on the stalks in at quantities and of the finest flavor. It is t he best milk producer of all hoW’' field ensilage corns, being as sweet and tender as sugar corn. Price, ^-^lb 10c, postpaid ; peck 30c, bushel 90c, 2 bushel at 85c.

fjiont WVlltp Similar to the preceding, grains

.Udll UTdllL VV IllltJ white. Price per lb 10c, postpaid; 30c, bushel 90c, 2 bushel at 85c.

This is without doubt one of the earliest Dent Corns. It is a cross from Pride of the North, always good-siz^d ears with long grains and very small cob, corn of a beau- h reas0" S Kn^en yellow color. The Butler is adapted for high latitudes W FtalW? will mature farther north than any known variety. Itgrows 1 and very quickly. Price, per lb 10c, postpaid ; by express or freight,

30c, bushel $1.00, 2 bushel at 95c, 5 bushel and over 90c per bushel.

AFO'f’PPn Cii fro r> For Green Fodder— There is nothing

Ollgdl better for early fall green feed, or for cur- or winter than sweetcorn. It has the great merit of being so sweetand ;able that cattle eat every part of stalks and leaves, and consequently ■— , wasted. A favorite with dairy farmers. Also excellent for soiling. j be planted as other corn or sown thicklv in drills or broadcast. Per lb 0 3 lbs 40c, postpaid ; peck 40c, £ bushel 75c, bushel $1.40, 2 bushel $2.60.

rly Butler-

FLINT VARIETIES

Mammoth 8-Rowed Yellow—

Mammoth 8-Rowed Yellow Corn a great improvement on the old yellow Canada Corn, 8-rowed, which is the general corn used by farmers for feed- ing purposes. The ears when harvested are long and well filled with corn which is double the size of the or l inary Yellow Canada Corn or the Compton Early Yellow. Our experenee is that the M immoth 8-Rowed Yellow will give more green feed to the acre than any other variety, because it stools out well and produces any amount of green foliage, and does not dry down as rapidly as a Dent Corn, consequently it will be an excellent variety for farmers to grow for ensilage. Price, per lb 15e, 5 lbs 60c, postpaid ; peck 30c, bushel $1.10, 2 bushel at $1.05, 5 bushel at $1.00.

Rural Thoroughbred White Flint ety of spread- ing habit, not more than one ke nel should be grown in the hill. Its great puckering habit, breadth of blade and smallness of stock recommend it as a fodder plant, while for ensilage purposes it is most valuable. Per lb 10c, 6 lbs 50c, postpaid ; peck 35c bushel $1.10, 2 bushel or over $1.05 per bushel.

Compton’s Early Yellow—

more rows to cob than any other Flint Corn. The grains are very small, round and heavy. It is very h >rdy and sure to grow and p- oduce a crop. The ears are of perfect shape, with from 10 to 14 straight rows of brightest golden yellow grains of remarkable size and filled out completely to the extreme end of cob. The richness of color and fine quality of grain make it very superior for grinding into meal. Although the kernels are firm on the ear the ears are easily shelled, and in every respect present as perfect a tvne as could be desired. 8 to 10 feet. Price, per lb 10c, postpaid ; peck 25c, bushel 90c, 2 bushel at 65c.

Salzer’s North Dakota White Flint

Early Yellow Canada— £Ken*.

A grand 'variety,

matures early, yields enormously, produces a larger number of good ears, and a smaller number of poor ears than any other variety. Will ripen in nearly all sections of Ontario. Our supply has been grown in Canada which is the strongest recommen i f >r its adaptability to this climate. Price, lb 10c, postpaid ; peck 30c, £ bushel 55c, bushel $1.00.

earliest yellow for field or Price, per lb 10c, post-

paid ; peck 25c, bushel 90c.

Angel of Midnight-

(One hundred day) — An extra early _ ‘eight-rowed yellow Flint variety;

grains are very large and are compactly set on a very small cnb. Price, per lb 10c, 5 lbs 50c, postpaid ; peck 25c, bushel 90c, 5 bushel at 85c.

T Ofl fyppllftW -Am efeht rowed yellow Flint variety ; with ears 10 to

W 15 inches lo-)g, cob small, kernel-* quite broad. Price,

per lb 10c, 5 lbs 50c, postpaid ; peck 25c, bushel 90c, 5 bushel at 85c.

Early White Flint

$1.00, 5 bushel at 95c.

Very desirable for table use. Price, per lb 10c, postpaid ; peck 30c, bushel

Tfi-nrp "Phili-ta (Reddish Flint)— One of the oldest and best known

XVlIlg rilllip of the Flint varieties. Price, per lb 10c, postpaid; peck 30c, bushel $1.00, 5 bushel at 95c.

Fodder Corn

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J. A. SIMMERS, TORONTO— RELIABLE SEED GRAIN.

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Seed

Oats

“NEW CENTURY ”

Grain.— The grain of the “New Century ” Oat is very large in size, and has the largest meat in propor- tion to size of any oat.

Straw.— The straw is very strong and does not lodge even when others with less weight of grain in the head go down. The blade is nearly double the size of that of ordinary oats, and is good evidence of its inherent vigor.

Stools. — The “New Century ” Oat stools heavily and is really re- markable in that respect. In a field this past season, there were sowed ten pecks per acre on part and the remainder was sown with seven pecks. It was absolutely impossible to see any difference in the appear- ance of the two parts, and no differ- ance was noted in the yield.

Hull.— The hull is thin and easily separated from the meat, making them valuable for feeding.

Vigor.— The remarkable vigor of this new variety is easily noticed in the growing crop from its first ap- pearance above ground. One of our fields this season was sown with “ New Century ” Oats, and two days before another field with common oats. When the “New Century” Oats were seven inches above ground, the others were not more than two. While common kinds suffered from excessive dry and cold weather the past spring, with- out exception the “ New Century ” Oats were a rich dark green.

HAVE YIELDED MORE THAN DOUBLE ORDINARY KINDS UNDER SIMILAR CONDITIONS.

Tested side by side with other oats, the “New Century” has actually double the number of bushels per acre. This can be partially attributed to the fact that in many cases the spikes or breasts will contain three full ker- nels where other oats give but two.

Price— Lb 20c, 3 lbs 50c, postpaid. By express or freight — Peck 50c, bush $1.50, 2 bush $2.75, 5 bush $6.50, 10 bush $12.50. Cotton bags included.

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The oats are white and have good large kernels. They weigh fortv pound to the measured bushel. It is a branching variety with very stiff straw of vigorous growth, free from smut and rust.

Price-Lb 15c, 4 lbs 50c, postpaid ; by express or freight— Peck 25c, bush 75c, 10 bush or over at 70c.

“BLACK MESDAG”

We believe it is the earliest Black Oat in cultivation, having ripened in 90 days. The straw is strong and stiff, and so far has never shown the slightest signs of rust. It is one of the greatest yielding oats on record. At the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, it yielded at the rate of 80 bushels per acre.

It has a large branching head filled with plump grain, and is one of the eaviest black oats id the market.

Price— Lb 15c, 4 lbs 50c, postpaid ; by ex freight, peck 25c, bush 80c, o bush oi

press or .

over at 75c,

Standard Uarieties..

We can also supply the following varieties

and in case large quantities are re-j quired write for our Farmer's Weekly,1 Pyifie List 5—

Siberian Oats— Price, per lb 15c, 5 lbs 50c, postpaid ; peck 25c, bush 60c.

“The Newmarket "—Price, per lb 15c, 4

lbs 50c, postpaid ; peck 80c, bush 80c, S bush $1.50, 5 bush and over $3.50.

Golden Tartarian Side Oats - Price,per lb 15c, 4 lbs 50c, postpaid peck 30c, bush 80c, 2 bush $x.50, 5 bush *a-so-

fmnorted Black Tartarian— The stock we offer was grown in East Lo tUM, Scotfand, a“dSo£ excellent quality. Per peck 60c, bush $2.00

The Lincoln— Per lb 15c, 4 lbs 50c, postpaid; peck 25c, bush 75c, 2 busl or more at 70c.

Black Goanette-Per lb 10c, 5 lbs 50c, postpaid ; peck 25c, bush 65c.

Peck 25c, bush 70c.

Black Tartarian— Grown from imported seed, bush at 65c.

..WHEAT..

SPRING

Herison Bearded-Not only has this variety given the largest yield

grain per acre, but it has also produced the largest average weight j H

measured bushel. It is amongst the nine best milling varieties, t kernels are^ short thick and of a darkish red color, the straw is fan lone stands up straight, and is entirely free from rust, matures m< Irately ' Sly^andTs considered the best all round variety of- Spn) Wheat. Price per lb 15c, 4 lbs 50c, postpaid ; peck 60c, bush, price application.

CAMPBELL’S WHiTE CHAFF— Bald, club-shaped, with a compact ai rather heavy bead; good, thrifty grower; strong . straw about 8 fe <* high ; one of the earliest Spring Wheats. The grain is white, thi skinned and very plump. Per lb 16c, 5 lbs 60c, postpaid , peck 4£ bushel price on application.

Colorado Spring Wheat— It is a light amber ; rather short, thick berr the heads are a good size ; white straw and chaff, stands up well a ripens early. Price per lb 15c, 5 lbs 50c, postpaid ; peck 45c, bus price on application.

For other leading varieties, such as Red Fern, White Russian, Red Scotch Fife, Wild Goose, etc., see our Weekly Farmers Pnoe L of Grains and Grasses, sent on application.

WHEAT— Winter

Our Fall Catalogue of Winter Wheats, Grass Seeds, Fertilizers, e is issued about August 15th of each year, and sent free to all who ap:

Send in your address now.

..PEAS..

CANADIAN BEAUTY— Per lb (postpaid) 16e, 5 lbs (postpaid) 60c i bush 65c, bush $1.30, 10 bush at $1.20.

10c, peck * -j

3, hearing ( * to the at 1

Mummy — It ripens about the same time as the ^Marrowfat, , —

nods on the top of the haulm, yields one-half more peas to the aj than any other field variety. Per lb (postpaid) 10c, peck 30o, bt $1.10, 10 bush at $1.00.

Multiplier— A fine white Pea, which matures a few days earlier thanl Golden Vine. It is much more productive than any of our corny field varieties. Price on application.

Also the following varieties of Peas:— Golden Vine, White Ml rowfat, Black-Eyed Marrowfat, Prussian Blue, Prince Alb^ Crown. Price on application. 1

SPRING RYE— Bushel 90c.

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TARES OR VETCHES— For spring sowing. Per bushel $1.40.

PRICE OF BAGS

When bags are required for filling orders, they will be supplied at :|f following prices, which should he remitted with the amount of orderjg

Per doz. Each Per doz.

1 Peck, Cotton 10c

\ Bushel, Cotton

1£ Bushel Potato Bags — $1 00

2 Bushel, Linen 1 25

12c

10c

12c

Bushel, Cotton $2 75

Bushel, Cotton 2 25

Bushel, Cotton 2 00

BINDER TWINE,” Before buying, get our prices on application

grasses

A GOOD REFERENCE BOOK-

NOTE— Fob General seeding sow one-third clover and two-thirds timothy. This produces hay of excellent feeding quality for stock in general. Write us for prices on any mixture wanted for hay or permanent pasture.

“Hand Book on the Grasses of North America,” Price $1.75, postpaid.

When wanted by mail add 4 cents per lb to the following prices.

-firomus Inermis— Awn- less Brome Grass

THE greatest care is exercised in the selection i of our Grass and Clover Seeds.

Choice samples are the cheapest, sow further and are the most satisfactory in the end.

Where prices are not quoted, they will be fur- nished with samples on application.

AWNLESS or HUNGARIAN BROME GRASS

( Bromus Inermis). The Great Forage Grass of Our Northwest— Not only is it the grass for dry sections, but it can be raised on almost all kinds of soil and in any climate. It gives a luxuriant crop, particu- larly on fresh sandy loam soil, and where the climate is warm. It is found that animals eat it greedily, whether in the green or in the dry state, so that it can be used as mown or saved for winter use. Useful in filling up gaps where clover crops have failed. Lb 20c, postpaid 24c, 100 lbs $15.00, carriage extra.

CANADIAN BLUE GRASS ( Poa compressa) Hardiest Grass in Cultivation— It is an

excellent grass for dry, sandy, thin soils and banks, and for covering tho surface of rocky soils, and upon all soils that are affected seriously by long-continued droughts. Per lb 15c, 10 lbs $1.40.

Creeping Bent Grass ( Agrostis stolonifera) —A variety similar to the Red Top Grass, somewhat lower in growth. Per lb 30c, 10 lbs $2.75.

Crested Dog’s Tail or Comb Grass ( Cynosurus cristatus— Well suited for lawns from its readiness to take root and its dense, compact habits. Lb 35c.

Hard Fescue (Festuca duriuscula)— Will thrive in a great variety of soils, and resists the effect of drought well ; from its fineness of foliage, it is jjj well adapted for lawns or sheep pasture. Per lb 20c. ijloney, or Meadow Soft Grass ( Holcus lanatus)— It grows 3 feet in 3tia height, and is suitable for all soils. While no variety suits better for , jjii lawns, it is, however, of no use for cattle, as they will scarcely touch it. not Per lb 20c.

Italian Rye Grass ( Lolium Italicum)— A biennial variety of rapid , piia growth, succeeding well in all kinds of soil; and well adapted for mixing with white clover for lawns ; it is indispensable for an early crop of green feed. Per lb 12c, 10 lbs $1.00.

Kentucky Blue, or Smooth-Stalked Meadow Grassf Poa pratensis) .uj' —It sends up flower stalks 1£ feet high only once in the season; it is ^ therefore less adapted for hay than for early and permanent pastures.

For water meadows it is one of the best. Per lb 15c, 10 lbs $1.40.

. ,yleadow Fescue (Festuca pratensis)— A highly valuable species for permanent grass lands ; it does not, however, attain its full productive P* powers till the second or third year, when it exceeds most other sorts wCr in the quantity of its produce and nutritive matter; it is relished by live stock, both in hay and pasture. Sow 40 lbs to the acre. Per lb 20c, 10 lbs $1.85.

Meadow Foxtail (Alopecuris pratensis)— One of the best grasses for permanent pastures, being early and rapid in growth, does best in rich moist soil. Per lb 30c .

Orchard Grass ( Dactylis glomerata)—' Though a rather coarse grass, yet this variety is of such early and rapid growth, that on ac- count of this quality alone it is valuable as a pasture grass on light , soils and also from the quantity of herbage it affords. It should be used for green feed exclusively, because when old and dry, or made into hay, neither horses nor cattle are fond of it. Per lb 15c, 10 lbs $1.40.

Perennial or English Rye Grass , (Lolium perenne)— One of the best grasses adapted for producing a bulky crop of hay with or without clover, producing three or more years pasture. Per lb 10c, 10 lbs 90c.

Red Meadow Fescue (Festuca rubra)— An excellent variety, suitable for lawns exclus- ively, on account of its creeping nature, not growing over one foot in height, requiring little mowing, and forming so thick a turf as to suffer few intruding plants. Per lb 20c. 10 lbs $1.85.

NOTE— for prices of Grass Seeds in Quan- tity see next page.

Red Top Grass, Perennial (Agrostis vulgaris)— A hardy permanent grass of rather low growth, succeeding in almost any soil, and well adapted for pasture land. Per lb 15c, 10 lbs $1.40.

Sheep’s Fescue (Festuca orina)—A dwarf variety not over six inches in height ; it has a fine sweet foliage, well adapted to the masticating organs of sheep, and for producing delicate mutton, but totally unfit for hay. It is, however, an excellent grass for lawns, requiring little mow- ing. Per lb 20c, 10 lbs $1.85.

Sweet Vernal Grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum) — For a mixture with pasture grasses it is valuable on account of its vernial growth, and con- tinuing to throw up root foliage until late in autumn ; for meadows, its chief merits are its fragrant odors, which the leaves emit when dry, thus sweetening hay; it is a vegetable condiment rather than as a grass of much nutritious Value. Sow 25 lbs to acre. Lb 65c.

Tall Fescue ( Festuca elatior)— Of strong growth, very productive, good both as hay and green food ; also for permanent pasture, for moist and strong soils, and irrigation purposes. Per lb 25c, 10 lbs $2.25.

Tall Meadow Oat Grass (Arena elatior)- A bulky, tall, productive grass, much relished by all cattle, and well adapted as a grass for soiling. Lb 20c. 10 lbs $1.85.

Tl MOTH Y GRASS ( Phleum pratense)— Market price variable. Per lb 10c. Water Meadow Grass (Poa aquatica) — In flooded situations it grows luxuriantly, and forms a rich pasturage in summer. Per lb 35c.

Wood Meadow Grass (Poa nemoralis)—We\\ adapted for woody lands, two feet high, forming valuable pasture. Per lb 35c, 10 lbs $3.25. Yellow Oat Grass (Arena flavescens)— Hardy and early, valuable for dry meadows, pas- tures or lawns. Per lb 40c.

Common Millet (Panicum milliaceum) - There are many varieties of Millet, but none used so extensively as the common variety. Lb 10c.

GERMAN MILLET— The true German Millet will grow in any climate or soil, and when properly grown and handled makes an en- ormous yield of most nuiritious animal feed, and that without impoverishing the soil to any great extent. To get these results, however, German Millet must be sown thickly, at the rate of one bushel per acre, at any time between May 1st and July 15th, and the crop cut in six to eight weeks, while it is in bloom, before the seed hardens in the head. Managed in this way German Millet will prove the most satisfactory and profitable forage and summer hay crop, much relished by all kinds of stock. Per lb 10c, 3 lb 30c, postpaid. By express or freight 10 lbs 50c, bushel of 48 lbs $1.75.

Hungarian Grass ( Sectaria Italica)— A most valuable, rapid growing variety of grass of annual nature, particularly well adapted for light ground, will yield an abundant crop, and when cut, before seed- ing produces hay much relished by all kinds of cattle. Market price variable. Per lb 10c.

JAPANESE MILLET— A variety recently in- troduced and greatly surpassing the ordin- ary variety of Millet and Hungarian grass in vigor of stalk, yield of seed and value of crop. The stalks are very "juicy, making excellent green food. When cured as hay, chopped, moistened and sprinkled with meal, it is readily eaten by cattle and horses. Sow in drills 15 inches apart, with 12 to 15 pounds per acre. It should be generally tried this season. Price, postpaid, pkt 5c, lb 15c, 3 lbs for 40c, by mail ; 10 lbs 85c, carriage extra. Price for larger quantities Head of German Mlilet on application.

Cahoon Broadcast Seed Sower

A hand-machine very largely used. The quantity to be shown is easily regulated. It will seed evenly four to six acres per hour.

It will scatter the following distances:

Wheat, Barley, Rye, 25 feet; Clover and Timothy, 18 to 20 feet. The bag and hopper hold about 22 quarts. Weight 5£ pounds.

Price, each, $4.00.

Orchard Grass

83T We will send one large package of each of the above 25 varieties of Grass seeds, correctly named, for $1.50 postpaid, or any 17 varieties for 30 postpaid, or any 8 varieties for 50c.

# Lawn Grass

E MOST BEAUTIFUL LAWNS IN CANADA

are made with “ Simmers’ Toronto Parks ” gOppPLawn Grass Seed, which we sell in large or nt of ofsmall quantities to suit the pretensious lawn ,pr the modest door-yard plot. With it you per “ .pan renovate old or make new Lawns and

yBrass Plots as soft as velvet and as green

5 5 is emerald all summer long.

(ONTO PARKS MIXTURE. Finest Quality

With or without White Clover)— Per lb

®c» postpaid 80c. By express or freight 5 lbs

1.15, 10 Ins $2.20, 25 lbs $5.25, 50 lbs $10.00,

00 lbs $20.00.

White Dutch Clover, "for Mixing" with Lawn Grass Seed— Per lb 30c.

“SHADY NOQK” MIXTURE— For sowing under trees and in shaddy places. It will not only grow in such places, but forms a fine swara where few^ other grasses can exist. Sow 40 lbs per acre. Per lb 35c, postpaid, 40c.

BLUE GRASS) Extra Clean— Per lb 15c, 10 lbs $1.40.

RED TOP, Extra Clean — Per lb 16c, 10 lba $1.40.

SIMMERS LAWN’ ENRICHER, for old and new lawns — For full description see Ferti- lizers. 5 lbs 50c, 10 lbs 75c, 25 lbs $1.50, 50 lbs $2.75, 100 lbs $5.00. Prices for larger quan- tities on application. 37

3& J. A. SIMMERS, TORONTO— RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS.

[

CLOVES SEED

“CLOVERS ARE THE FOUNDATION] OF FARMING.”

{Clover seed being subject to constant vari- ations, prices will be ruled by the market).

Will sow

Clover,

Timothy,

Flax,

Wheat,

Oats,

and

Millet

Guaranteed to sow 60 acres of clover per day.

The “Cyclone” Geared Seed Sower. Price $2.00, or postpaid, $2.50.

ALSIKE CLOVER (Trifolium Hybri-

dum)-It is a perennial, therefore adapted for permanent pastures or for hay crop. Perfectly hardy; never heaves or throws in the winter, thrives equally well on wet or dry soil, through extreme drouth or excessive rains. Sow six lbs per acre in spring.

Lb 20c, postpaid 25c ; per bushel of 60 lbs. market price variable.

SAINFOIN or ESPARSETTE (Onobry- chis Sativa) — An excellent peren- nial Fodder Plant, growing to the height of about three feet, and flower- ing in June and .tuly. It is naturally adapted for light chalky soils, being an enriching, heat resisting clover, and may be sown either broadcast or drilled. It will require, broadcast, about 25 pounds per acre ; if drilled,

15 to 20 pounds. Lb 15c, postpaid 20c ; 10 lb $1.25, 25 lbs $3.00. Common Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) — Will succeed in any soil of moderate fertility. Per lb 15c, postpaid, 20c ; per bushel of 60 lbs. lowest market price on appli- cation.

MAMMOTH RED or COW GRASS (Trifolium pratense perenne)

—Of great value if sown upon ex- hausted land ; grows from 5 to 6 feet, and highly recommended for ploughing under for manure. Per lb 15c, postpaid 20c ; per bushel of 60 lbs. lowest price on application. Crimson or Carnation Clover (Trifolium lncarnatum)-Should be sown in the early summer, and will then make excellent pasture in the fall, the open winter r.nd the spring. Per lb 15c. 4 lbs 50c, post- paid. Per bushel price on applica- tion.

WHITE DUTCH (Trifolium Repens)— Most valuable in mixture for permanent pastures, forming with natural grasses the finest and most nutritious food for cattle and sheep. Price varies. Lb 80c, postpaid 35c

YELLOW TREFOIL or HOP CLOVER (Medicago Lupulina)-A prolific

and hardy variety, is excellent for dry pastures ; should not be sown alone. Lb 15c, postpaid 20c.

Bokhara Clover (Mel

Crimson Clover

lotus vulgar is)-Kor bees. Of large and vigorous growth; blooms early in Au- gust; may be cut three times during the season, and yields three tons upwards of hay per acre. Sow in spring. Per lb 15c, postpaid 20c.

LUCERNE or ALFALFA CLOVER — A peren- nial, and when once properly seeded in suitable soil produces fine crops for several years. It has a re- markably strong growth, and its culti- vation is simple, re- quiring no more care and attention than a crop of the ordinary red clover, the ground should be thoroughly mellowed by clean and careful tillage, the seed sown with any grain crop in the spring, or as a separ- ate crop, at the rate of 10 or 12 pounds per acre, and the second year it will become thoroughly establish- ed. Lb 20c, postpaid 25c ; per bushel of 60 lbs, lowest market price on application.

Alfalfa, or Lucerne Clover

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Ontario Agricultural College (Guelph) formula of Grasses and Clovers for permanent pastures.

Six lbs Meadow Fescue. 3 lbs Timothy, 21bs Canadian Blue Grass “lbs Orchard Grass, 3 lbs Red-top Grass, 4 lbs Lucerne Clover, lib White Dutch Clover, 1 lb Alsike Clover, 2 lbs Red Clover; total 17 lbs Grasses and 8 lbs Clovers, being the quantities required for an acre. $3.00 for 25 lhs; lb 15c, postpaid 20c. If larger quantities are wanted please write for price.

GRASS MIXTURES

Simmers’ Special Grass Mixture for Permanent Pastui

consisting of the following varieties: Orchard Grass, Meadow FoxtaJ

Sheep’s Fescue' Rhode Island or Creeping Bent, Hard Fescue (f rue perei nial ), Meadow Fescue, English Rye Grass, Italian

mat), xueaaow r escue, migusn ny c « i a.o.-', iwumu Rye Grass, Red Top. Blu Grass, etc., as recommended in the well known and standard work, entitle “How the Farm Pays” (by Henderson), blended in proportions which hav been found, from actual use, to give the most satisfactory results.

On ordinary fertile soil two to three bushels of this mixture is sufficiei to seed an acre. . _

To this mixture, intended for either Mowing Lands or Pasture (bt which on account or its greater weight should be sown snparatelyX shoul be added 10 lbs, of Mixed Clover, comprising White, Mammoth Red or Co? Grass, Alsike, Trefoil, etc., but this must be sown in the spring, as it rather tender in this latitude if sown in the fall.

The Quantity (10 lbs.) of Mixed Clover Needed to Sow an Acre we will sell for $2.00.

$2.60 pi

bushe of 14 lb

permanent Paoture for Light Soils '

Permanent Pasture for Medium Soils

Permanent Pasture for Heavy Soils

SIMMERS* Grass Mixture for Orchards and Shady

SIMMERS’ Special Grass Mixture for Hay Only

SIMMERS’ Grass Mixture for Permanent Pasture

Only

10-Bushel Lots and upwards, $2.25 per bushel : (Special Quotations for Larger Quantities).

Simmers’ Special Grass Mixtures for Temporary Pastun Consisting of Tall Meadcw Oat Grass, Orchard Grass, English Rye Gra Italian Rye Grass, Meadow Foxtail, Hard Fescue, Sheep’s Fescue a Meadow Fescue, Red Clover, White Clover, Alsike, Trefoil and Timotl blended in their proper proportions for the time specified. Incompara i superior to the ordinary Timothy and Clover Mixture.

For One Year— I bushel Mixed Grasses, $2.00. 10 lbs. Mix Clovers, $1.75. Total cost per acre, $3.76.

For Two Years— 2 bushels Mixed Grasses, $4.00. 10 I

Mixed Clovers, $1.75. Total cost per acre, $6.75.

For Three or Four Years— 3 bushels Mixed Grasses, $6 10 lbs. Mixed Clovers, $1.7 5. Total cost per acre, $8.50.

(Special Quotations for Large Acreages).

PRICE LIST OF CRASS AND CLOVER SEEDS IN QUANTI

When Clover and Grass Seeds are to be sent by mail, 5 Cents I Pound must be added to the following prices. We will supply 20 lbt over at the 100 lb. rate, and 5 lbs. or over at the 10 lb. rate ; for sma quantities the lb. price will be charged. The following prices are val

at time of issuing this Catalogue,

Market Changes.

CLOVERS

January 1st, and are subject

_ o

Alsike, Simmers’ Best

Alsike, Choice

Alsike, Prime

Alsike and White, Mixed

Bokhara

Crimson or Scarlet d 2P

Lucerne, Choice Jj+I

Mammoth Red Clover, Choice

Mammoth Red Clover, Prime .

Red Clover, Simmers’ Best 3 A

Rt d Clover, Choice +.

Red Cover, Prime C Jj

Sainfoin jjj ^

Timothy, Simmers’ Best 5 .

Timothy, Choice... cO

Timothy, Prime o<0

Trefoil, Yellow £

White Clover, Choice $

White Clover, Prime

GRASSES

Blue Grass, Canadian, Best

Blue Grass, Canadian, Good ^

Blue Grass, Kentucky, Choice —

Bluo Grass, Kentucky, Fancy t

Bromus Inermis (Awnless Brome) 2

Creeping Bent

Crested Dogstail <J

Hard Fescue y. w

Hungarian, Best Re-cleaned -g

Italian Rye Grass u

Meadow Foxtail : d

Meadow Fescue _ .

Millet, Golden. Fancy Cleaned ‘3 9.

Millet, Best Re-cleaned «e

Orchard Grass, Best Quality * -2

Orchard Grass, Choice Quality

Perennial Rye Grass

Red Fescue *Q

Red Top, Choice Quality 0

Red Top, Fancy Cleaned Best c

Sheep’s Fescue d

Sweet Vernal £

Tall Fescue

Tall Oat Grass jj

Water Meadow Grass x

Wood Meadow Grass g

Yellow Oat Grass

Per lb.	10 lbs.
20c *	$1 90
18o	1 70
16o	1 40
15c	1 40
16o	1 40
15o	1 40
20o	1 80
15c	1 40
20c	1 80
15c	1 40
20c	1 80
18o	1 70
15c	1 40
15o	1 25
10c	65
09o	80
08c	70
15o	1 30
30c	2 75
25c	2 30
Per lb.	10 lbs.
15c	$1 40
lOo	90
15o	1 30
20c	1 75
20c	1 70
30c	2 75
35c	3 40
20c	1 85
05o	30
12c	1 00
30c	2 75
20o	1 85
10c	50
10c	26
20o	1 80
15o	1 40
10c	90
20o	1 85
15c	1 40
17o	1 60
20c	1 85
60c	6 25
25c	2 25
20c	1 85
35o	3 25
35e	3 25
40c	3 80

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Customers ordering Grass Seed sufficient for one acre or more are all the privilege of 100 lb. rate. Please allow for Bags when remiti

Have you Beeswax? We Buy it. Let us know yourpric Cash or supplies.

QOl * Floral Novelties and Specialties

A new Annual Delphinium, Blue Butterfly

In this new Larkspur we have a combination of attractions which have never been equalled in one plant. In the first place it is an annual which kill come as a surprise to those who only know Delphiniums as perennials. Secondly, it is dwarf and compact, hardly reaching afoot in height, as we 'lave hitherto been accustomed to the Delphiniums in their ungainly leight of many feet. Thirdly, it has a bushy, yet branching habit instead bt the ascending upright growth. Fourthly, the size of its blossoms are leyond anything we have ever seen m the old perennial section ; and lastly 'ts color is of the intenesb blue yet found in any flower, defying the artists skill to reproduce, and bids fair to outvie the unique blue of a Salvia Patens. This novelty is perfectly hardy and can be grown in any soil.

526. Pkt 10c, 3 for 25c.

Earge flowering Dwarf Snapdragon or Antirrhinum

Compact, thrifty, bushy plants. For low flowerbeds and edgings they are charming subjects, and for pot culture they are scarcely of less value, Colors include white, striped, orange, rose, canary, crimson, copper color, Vermillion, flesh, garnet, scarlet, etc. ; flaked and mottled and dotted.

827. Golden Queen— Pure yellow. Pkt 6o.

828. Queen of the North— Densely covered with large white flowers, A gem for beds and borders and valuable for pot culture. Pkt 10c.

829. Victoria— White and red, very fine. Pkt So.

' 830. Atrococcineum— Deep scarlet. Pkt6o.

t Cnoniol n-ffoi* One packet each of the 4 varieties, large flowering opeciai Ulier Dwarf Snapdragons, 20c.

Daybreak Aster

lltw Aster— Daybreak

A grand variety, of American origin. The illustration gives an excel- lent idea of the symmetrical growth and habit of the plant. It attains a height of 18 to 24 inches, and produces lavishly its perfect globe-shaped flowers of beautiful shell-pink color, similar to that of thel taybreak Carna- tion. A magnificent variety, either for bedding or for cut flowers.

831. Per pkt 10c, 3 pkts for 25c.

6i«mt Snapdragon

Antirrhinum Majus Crandlflorum

The Snapdragons do not seem to receive from amateurs the attention they deserve. These handsome and profuse flowering plants have long been favorities in our gardens. They are of rery easy culture, even in rather dry locations, growing sturdily and producing quantities of flowers throughout the summer and_ autumn, from spring-sown seed, although, strictly speaking, they are biennials.

832. Firefly— Scarlet, white throat. Pkt 5c.

833. Brilliant— Scarlet, golden and white. PktSc.

834. Crescia— Fine deep scarlet. Pkt 5c.

835. Kermesina Splendens— Deep rose. Pkt 5o.

836. Luteum— Yellow. Pkt 5c.

837. Giant White— Pure snow white. Pkt 5c.

SpGCi&l Offer 0ne packeb e-ch of 6 varieties of Tall Giant Snap-

dragons, 25c.

Slant Primula

Chinese

Primrose

Chinese Prim-

roses are among our finest winter and spring bloom- ing pot plants for the window gar- den, conservatory and greenhouse.

The plants are at- tractive, 8 to 12 inches high, of healthy, sturdy growth, and free from insects; while they pro- duce for weeks large trusses o f flowers, which in our new Giant varieties, average from 4& to 6 inches in circumference.

Seed sown in the spring produces fine plants for the next winter’s blooming.

What we catalogue is strictly the cream, the fanciers will And them all of surpassing excellence

Giant Primula

838. Whit© Pkt 25o

839. Copper " 25o

840. Rose " 26o

841. Rose Carrtlne

842. Mixed .......

Pkt 25o " 25o

tan

40 J. A. SIMMERS, FLORAL NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR 1901.

Allegheny Hollyhocks

Ukotiana

Sylvestris

A superb garden annual of robust branching habit about 3 to 4 feet high ; the foliage is large and luxuri- ant, of very dark green ; the very long, pendent, tu- bular flowers o f pure white are borne in circular clusters on strong spikes away above the foliage. The flowers emit a very delicious perfume.

848. PktlOc.

Jllkgbeny

fiollyhotks

If Sown Early Bloom the First Year from Seed.

The flowers of this new vaaiety are from four to six inches in diameter, running from semi-double to double, and so finely fringed and curled, that, compared with the old ones, they have the look of a flower from Fairy- land. The colors are shell pink, rosy and ruby red, a shade or two deeper at the centre, and exquisitely tint- ed towards the edge.

843. Red — Pkt 5c.

844. Rose— Pkt 5c.

845. Shell Pink— Pkt 5c.

846. Maroon and Pink — Pkt 5c.

847. Mixed — Per pkt 10c,

3 for 25c.

Special Offer £

distinct colors Allegheny Hollyhock for 15c.

Nicotiana Sylvestris

Tlkotiana

Colossea

Attains a height of 5 to 6 feet during one summer ; im- mense leaves, at first rose and violet, afterward changing to deep green, with red veins. An imposing foliage plant, giv- ing an elegant tropical effect. 849. Pkt 10c.

Nicotian a Coloeeoa

44

New Climbing Variety from Japan

Daylight” Dolichos

One of the prettiest climb- ers and certain- ly the most beautiful among the Dolichos or Hyacinth- Beans. Of very rapid growth the plant is in- different to bad weather, and it will grow to a height of 15 feet by midsummer.

“ Daylight” is a stronger and more rampant grower than old varieties, grow- ing nearly to the top of the trellis before com- mencing to flow- er and having more abundant foliage. From the handsome* foliage there springs out a wonderful pro- fusion of large sprays or spikes of pure white, pea - like blos- soms. Each beautiful vine is a cloud of bloom from the tip to the base.

These flowers

are succeeded by a multitude of creamy-white pods, three inches long and an inch or more broad, having a rich waxen appearance. The vine doos not cease to blossom until cut off by frost, and is indescribably showy when covered with the sprays of bloom and long spikes of snow-white pods.

850. Pkt 10c, 3 pkts for 25c, per oz 40c.

Dolichos or Hyacinth Bean “ Daylight”

Dew Trinqed Cyclamen “Butterfly

This new type owe their origin to one of Europe’s cleverest hybridizers. They possess all the qualities of fine habit of plant, beautiful markings of foliage, size and freedom of bloom of the finest type of G. persicum, but differ in having flowers with much wider petals, the edges of which are beauti- fully fringed or waved, giv- ing them a grace not pos- sessed by the old type, and, whether for cutting or grown for house or conservatory decoration, they are of sur- passing beauty. Awarded first premiums and certifi- cates wherever exhibited. (See cut).

851. Splendid mixture of all varieties, original pkt 50c.

Feathered

Cyclamen

Butterfly Cyclamen

Cyclamen Bush Bill Pioneer

This, the first variety of its kind, is undoubtedly destined to be the forerunner of any entirely new strain. Flowers white, of considerable substance, with a strikingly distinct crest or feather upon the face of each petal, adding enormously to the lasting properties of the flower. 852. PktOOo.

is

J. A. SIMMERS, FLORAL NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR J90J. 41

MORNING GLORIES

850. The Brazilian Morning Glory— The leaves are 8 to 12 inches across and are borne from the ground up, over-lapping each other and making a dense shade. The flowers, which open in the morning, are three or more inches across, of a beautiful rose color. Per pkt 5c.

Japanese Imperial— These Morning Glories have given great satis- faction. Their exquisite beauty and enormous size (from four to six inches across), with their innumerable marking and shadings, command the admiration of all flower lovers. The vines are strong and robust, while the foliage is quite distinct and luxuriant.

857. 8ingle Mixed— Price per pkt 5c, oz25c.

858. Double Mixed— Price per pkt 5c, oz35c.

859. Yellow Morning Glory— The vines are literally covered with thous- ands of beautiful, pure yellow fragrant flowers. Price, pkt 5c.

860. "Northern Light”— Blooms some two inches in diameter, of pink lavender color. Price per pkt 6c.

SPECIAL OFFER — One Packet of Each of the Five Morning Glories, 20c.

861. Morning Glory Japanese 8ingle Fringed (New)— Their varie- ties of color are infinite, running from snow-white through all possible shades of blue and of red from palest pink to darkest reds and purples. They are streaked, mottled, striped, marbled and-bordered in wonderful fashion and sometimes show rare shadings of ash-gray, bronze, terra cotta, brown and slate blue, colors rarely found in any other flowers. The leaves are al30 very handsome ; some are ivy-like, others are heart- shaped, some are rich green, while others are streaked and marbled with white and silvery-gray or yellow, others with choicest flowers have rich, golden leaves. They grow anywhere, but the seeds germinate a little slower than those of the common Morning Glory. Pkt 10c, 3 for 25c.

GIANT PRIZE PANSY “MASTERPIECE”

862. This strain represents really the highest perfection in the Giant Five spotted Pansies and for this reason it has been named “Masterpiece.”

The growth and general habit of the plant is strong, bushy but com- pact, lasting longer than other Pansies and showing a healthier appearance when warm and dry weather sets in. The enormous large flowers are borne well above the foliage on strong stems, and possesses greatest substance, are perfectly round and contain the richest combination of colors, that have ever been offered in a five spotted strain of Pansies.

Each petal is distinctly marked with a very large dark blotch and most of the flowers are margined with a light, white or yellow edge. Per pkt 15c, 2 pkts for 25c.

Giant Petunias

853. RUFFLED GIANTS— This new race is the result of years of careful hybridizing and selection by one of the foremost Petunia specialists. The flowers are of extraordinary size and substance, with very deep throat, and distinguished from the large flowering fringed section by the deeper fringing and fluting, giving the appearance as if artificially ruffled. The colors are not surpassed by any other strain, ranging from the deepest plum purple to the purest white, with all the intermediate shades, which, combined with the ruffling, make the flowers truly superb. Per pkt 25c.

854. GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA MIXED — A Californian strain of incom- parable beauty, size and luxuriance. Most of the flowers are exquisitely fringed on the edges, and are of enormous dimensions (4 to 5 inches across), but their great merits lie in the wonderful varieties of colors, markings, veinings, blotchings and stripings, in the most grotesque and beautiful combinations; some with charming deep throats of yellow, white, black, green or maroon, running off into intricate veins. Some of the colors are rich and gorgeous and others of lovely delicate shades. Pkt 15c, 2 pkts 25c.

855. 8ingle Scarlet-Fringed Petunia “ Miranda ”— Introduced by one of the foremost European Petunia specialists. It belongs to the large-flowering fringed section and in color is a brilliant rosy-carmine, merging into scarlet in the throat— and is believed to be the nearest approach to a true scarlet Petunia yet obtained. Worthy a trial. Per pkt 25c.

8PECIAL OFFER— One Packet Each Ruffled Giants and Giants of California Petunias, 35c,

SALVIA SPLENDENS “SILVERSPOT”

863. Its most distinctive feature is its strikingly handsome spotted foli- age, The leaves are rich, soft dark green, with light sulphur, or cream colored spots of various size liberally sprinkled over them. The unique and elegant foliage is very abundant and has an extremely fresh and healthy appearance. The intense bright scarlet flowers are very large and the plants of neat compact habit and as floriferous as the ordinary sorts. Pkt 15c.

8alvia Silverspot

25c,

Simmers ' Flower Seed Collection “A”

10 Pkts Choice Fresh Flower Seeds for 25c.

Contains 10 beautiful varieties of easily grown annuals in handsome colored bags, with full directions for their culture.

Asters— Choice Mixed. Poppy— Double Mixed.

Sweet Mignonette. Pansy— Good Mixed.

Double Imperial Pinks.

Snapdragon— All colors mixed. Morning Glory— Mixed. Phlox— Splendid mixture.

Tall Nasturtium— Mixed. Sweet Peas— All colors mixed.

50c

Simmers' Flower Seed Collection “B ’’

♦ Contains 20 Pkts of Choice Flower Seeds for 50e.

Asters-TrufFaut’s Perfection, mixed Balsam— Double mixed.

Phlox Drummondi- Mixed.

Tall Nasturtium— Mixed. Pansy— All colors, mixed. Mignonette— Large flowering. Morning Glory— Mixed. Sunflower— Very double. Zinnia— Best mixed.

Marigold— Double French.

Sweet Peas— Mixed. Calendula.

Candytuft— Mixed.

Sweet Alyssum.

Stocks— Mixed. .

Poppies— All kinds, mixed. Verbena— Best mixed. Double Pinks— Best mixed. Snapdragon.

Scabiosa— Mixed.

$1.90

“C

Simmers' Flower Seed Collection

Contains 40 Pkts of Flower Seeds for $1.00.

Mix-

Asters— Simmers’ Excelsior ture of Tall sorts.

Alyssum, Sweet— Little Gem. Balsam, Double— Mixed. Calendula.

Canarybird Flower.

Candytuft — Empress.

Cannas— Crozy’s finest mixed. Carnation— Marguerite.

Castor Oil Bean. Chrysanthemum— Annual sorts. Cobsea— Climber.

Cosmos— Mixed.

Double Daisy.

Double Hollyhocks.

Double Japan Pink— Best mixed. Escholtzia.

Everlasting Flowers— Mixed. Gaillardia— Annual.1 Godetia —Mixed.

Gourds, Ornamental.

HARDY PERENNIALS— 10 Varieties for 60e.

Marvel of Peru.

Marigold, Double— Mixed. Mignonette— Machet.

Morning Glory.

Nasturtium— Tall yellow,

N ast u r t i u m , D warf-Mixed colt Nasturtium, Tall— Dark browi Pansy— Fine mixed.

Petunia.

Phlox Drummondi— All coloi

mixed. 4

Poppy— All kinds, mixed.

Portulacca— Mixed sorts. Salvia— Splendens.

Scabiosa— Mourning Bride. Snapdragon.

Stocks— Mixed.

Sunflower— Many kinds, mixed. Sweet Peas.

Verbena— Best mixed.

Zinnia— Large flowering.

fti

60c.

Gaillardia.

Correopsis.

Iceland Poppies. Perennial Sweet Pea.

Larkspur. Pentstemon. Hollyhocks.

Foxglove. Columbine. Double White Chrysanthemum

UStT We cannot permit any change in the composition of these Collections.

Simmers' Collections of Flower Seeds

No. Price per Coll.

864. Asters—' Truffaut’s Pseeny. flowered— Twelve varieties 50

865. Asters— Victoria Double— Six very showy varieties 80

866. Balsams— Camellia-flowered Double— Ten varieties 50

867. Hollyhocks— Chaters Prize— Twelve choice colors 60

868. Larkspur— Double Hyacinth Flowered— Twelve choice

colors 80

869. Pansies— Large flowered, spotted, twelve distinct varieties... 1 00

870. Phlox Drummondi— Twelve varieties 50

871. Phlox Drummondi— Six distinct varieties 80

No. Price per Coll.

872. Portulacca— Single— Singe distinct varieties, brilliant colors.. SC

873. Poppy— Double or Paeony-flowered-Twelve superb varieties 30

874. Stocks— Large Pyramidal Globe Double — Ten weeks,

10 colors 50

875. Stocks — Large flowered, Pyramidal Globe Double—

6 distinct colors 30

876. Stocks- East Lothian, Double— 6 distinct varieties 80

877. Stocks— Giant Emperor, Double— Winter flowering, 6 colors 40

878. Zinnias, Double— Six distinct varieties 40

Bush Sweet Pea

The First of an entirely New and Distinct Race.

Our Home Garden Collection

OF

Bush Sweet Pea “Gray Friar”

The Bush Sweet Pea grows in per- fect bush form, as shown in the illus- tration. It re- quires no trellis like the tall Sweet Peas; neither does it hug the ground, Verbena-like, as does the Cupid race. An average bush grows six- teen to eighteen inches high, by from twelve to fourteen inches wide. One of the largest plants measured was seventeen inches high, and branch- ed so vigorously that it measured twenty - four inches across! All the flowers are borne on top of the plant, and the proper way to treat this new

type will be to plant the eeed in a row, to make a neat, even hedge, when no supports whatever will be required. Grown as separate, individual plants, the slight support of a light stick should be furnished. The flow- ers, both in form and coloring, are a perfect reproduction of the Gray Friar. As is well-known, this is one or the most beautiful varieties in the entire list of Sweet Peas. Of good size and perfect hooded form, they are of a most beautiful watered purple on white ground, the heavier coloring being on the baok of standard. Pkb 10c, oz 20c. • (42)

HARDY ROSES

The great advantage of this offer is that you get combined in one Collection, Hybrid Perpetual, Climbing, New Sweet Briar and Moss Rose, without the expense of having to buy each one separately. Fisher Holmes — Rich velvety crimson, large double; and of fine form ; a splendid rose. Each 80c.

Merveille de Lyon— Pure white, shaded with satiny rose. Each 80c.

Felicite Perpetue— Hardy climb- er, evergreen, color creamy white, a beautiful rose, very double. Each 85c.

Crimson Rambler— A fast climb- er, hardy and very desirable, flowers grow in clusters. Each 40c.

Lady Penzance — Sweet Briar, soft copper color, base of petals yellow, very fragrant. Each 40c. Crested Moss-Deep pink, crcsb ed.

Special Offer 0ur Garden Bose Collection, H one two-year-old bush of each

kind for $1.60.

FOR OUR COMPLETE LIST OF ROSES see pages 77 and 78.

lA/Hy M\I& Should Supply You -with

“Ihe Best and Nothing But the Best '

Flower Seeds at

HERE IS MONEY FOR YOU

old

is our motto in buying and growing seeds, and this applies especially to flower seeds. We know all the flowers we offer, from practical experience of a lifetime, and we have furthermore, “kept up with the times” bv extensive trials and frequent, trip;, to the seed growing sections of Europe and the United States, so we are not only “ posted " on what to buy, but also where to buy to the best advantage of our customers.

ur Packets are very Liberal in Size ,

containing in most cases more seeds than are needed for a home garden.

re Supply Florists Largely .

Everyone knows that florists who sow and cultivate seeds do it for a living, and can only use the best. Our sales to Florists increase from year to year, which is the best proof of the quality of our seeds. You get the same quality we sell to Florists, and that should convince you that it is Simmers’ Flower Seeds you want for your garden.

This

in Flower Seeds, and it will pay you to secure your neighbor’s orders. We make these Libera.! Discounts—

Customers

5rt In ordering Flower Seeds the running number need only be given with |ie year of publication of this Catalogue.

Full Cultural Directions for Sowing; are printed on each and very package.

■ ■ ■ w 0. -I os 'v Worth of Flower Seeds in packets,

IY|AY fpoco discount, however, does not anplytoseeds CCI COT f by weight or collections, nor does it apply

OlLlU I w5 oo I to orders sent at different times during -wo.wj the season.

ANNUALS grow, bloom and die the first year from Seed.

BIENNIALS bloom the second year from Seed, and then die, though many, if sown early in the Spring, will flower the first year.

PERENNIALS usually bloom the second year, from Seed, and continue to grow and bloom for many years. Some will bloom the first year, if sown early.

H Select n List of

Flower Seeds

Including all the Most Desirable

ABOBRA VIRIDIFLORA

An extremely pretty tuberous ebrnber of the Gourd tribe, with hand- some cut, glossy dark green foi.ge and small oval scarlet fruit, a perennial suitable for planting cut during summer, forming beautiful garlands. The tubers have to be kept in a cellar or root house during winter. Per pkt 10c.

ABRONIA UMBELLAT A— Handsome training annual for edging, pretty, pale rose flowers, similar to Verbenas. Per pkt 6c.

ABUTILON (Flowering; Maple)— Very free blooming greenhouse

6hrubs, with haiuisonu ly varied and striped bell-shaped flowers; aie very ornamental in flower bods. Will bloom the first season, when sown early, 2 to 6 feet. Per pkt 26o.

ACACIA — Decorative greenhouse shrubs "with elegant foliage, flowers yellow, white or red. perennial. Mixed varieties. Pkt 10c.

Acanthus LatifoMue— Stately foliage plants, suitable for specimens on lawns, or in the borders, presenting a rich tropical effect. Half hardy perennial. Per pkt 6c.

6. ACHILLEA, )tarmica- Hardy perennial, with doable white flowers. Per pkt 10c,

T. ADLUMIA CIRRHOSA (Moun- tain Fringe or Allegheny Vine) a beautiful, hardy, climbing perennial ; flower* white with purple. Pkt 6c.

ADONIS

8. Mon\B/E.st\v&.’i\s(FlocAdon-

ts) — A pretty, hardy scarlet annual, 18 inches high, of easy culture, flowering from July to September. Per pkt 6c.

I. Adonis Vernalis — A hardy perennial variety of the preced- ing, one foot high, with showy yellow flowers. Per pkt 6c.

ACHIMENES

Splendid plants for the green- house or conservatory, flowers all Bhades of white, crimson, blue, etc., and afford a blaze of beauty the whole summer.

10. Achimenes Hybrida. Per pkt 25c.

“ “ Bulbs. Per doz 60c.

Adonis ^stivalis (Flos Adonis), Scarlet, Pkt 6c.

ACROCLINIUM

A beautiful class of half-hardy everlasting annuals, 1 ft high; graceful border plants.

11. Roseum fl. pi.— Double flowers. Per pkt 10c.

U. Mixed, rose and white. Per pkt 5c.

ACONITUIVI (Monkshood)

§ Showy h-irdv pr-ennials, four feet high, growing in any good soil, even under the shade of trees.

13. Aconitum Napellus— Bright blue and white flowers. Per pkt 5c.

AGATHiEA

14. Blue Daisy or Marguerite Hardy annual, blooming profusely with daisy-like flowers of a beautiful shade of blue, which contrast* finely with the golden-yellow centre, invaluable. Per pkt 10c.

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Ageratum- Cope’s Pet. Per pkt 10c.

AGERATUM

Very useful half-hardy annuals for borders and bouquets, flowers very regular, height one or two feet, except the Tom Thumb kinds, which are not over six inches in height ; prevailing color, bright lavender blue.

15. AGERATUM IMPERIALIS— Dwarf white. Per pkt 10c,

16. Cope’s Pet— Lovely azure blue; eight inches high. PerpktlOo.

17. Tom Thumb— Large flowering rose. This beautiful variety forms

bushy compact plants .'bout 12 inches high, bearing large trusses of rose- colored flowers in such abundance as to almost cover the plant. Desir* able for pot culture, or as a basket or vase plant. Per pkt 10c.

18. Mexicanum— Lavender blue. Per pkt 5c.

19. Mexicanum— White. Per pkt Sc.

AGROSTEM MA (Crown of the Field)

Free-flowering hardy annuals or perennials ; flowers pink, in different shades; very pretty, like single pinks; height one to two feet; time of flowering from June to August.

20. Agrostemma Cceli Rosa (Rose of Heaven), annual. Per pkt Sc.

21. Hybrida Splendens (Rose Champion), deep crimson. Per pkb 5o,

AMMOBIUM (Winged Ammobium)

22. Alatum Grandiflorum-A half-hardy everlasting biennial, flowering the first year, double white with yellow centre. Per pkt 5c.

Those who purchase seeds by weight or measure can see readily whether the full quantity bought has been delivered. Thousands, however, requiring only a small supply of Vegetable or Flower Seeds, purchase “packets.” Packet is an elastic term. The quantity of seeds contained in a “ packet” depends entirely upon the liberality of the seedsman.

In these “hard times” some dealers seek to draw trade by offering seeds seemingly very cheap at odd figures, such as 2c, 3c and 7c “per packet.” Comparisons of these so-called “cheap seeds” with the regular packets filled by us have shown that in quantity as well as quality, OUR SEEDS ARE REALLY CHEAPER. 43

What is a Paeket of Seed ?

44 LA. SIMMERS, TORONTO— RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS.

SIMMERS’ SUPERB DOUBLE ASTEI

French, German and American Varieties

For beauty and variety of habit, form and color, the Aster stands uiirival. d, and of all flowers is best adapted to gratify the taste and win the admiration of every lover of floral beauty. All the varieties require rich, light soil, and in dry, hot weather tnight be mulched with well- rotted manureandfrrquently supplied with manure water. They are hardy annuals, but may be sown in pots, or under gl *ss, ear ly, to have them flower sooner.

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- Collections of Truffaut’s r ; Pseony flowered Asters - ; 12 colors, 50c.

: Collections of Improved £ 5 Victoria Asters, six = z colors, 30c. =

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Truffaut’s Pseony-Flowered Double Aster. Pkt 10c.

TRUFFAUT’S PtEONY-FLOWERED ASTERS

One of the handsomest and most ornamental sorts. The Pka ’ wkich are very vigorous, grow from 18 to 24 inches high ; the flowers are borne on long, wiry stems and are very large, from <{ to 4 inches in diameter, very double, and in shape like a Pseony. 1 he colors are bot h bright and delicate, and altogether this Aster is nearly perfection.

23. Glowing Crimson ... 10c 27. Pure White 10c

24. Dark Blue and White 10c 28. Violet and White.... 10c

25. Lilac Blue 10c 29. Mixed Colors 10c

26. Pale Red and White 10c

DWARF QUEEN ASTERS (The finest Dwarf Aster).

This splendid Aster makes Dwarf bushy plants about 10 inches high, of compact habit of growth, producing a great number of double flowers.

30. White 10c 31. Crimson 10c

32. Mixed 10c

Comet

Aster

Pkt 10c

33. ASTER “Snowball or Princess White— This is the first variety of an entirely new class which may be he.-t compared to Lilliput Dahlias. A single plant develops as many as 30 pme white flowers. Per pkt 10c, 3 for 25c.

34. “Triumph” Aster— This is one of the rno't beautiful of all Dwarf Asters. Each plant forms an elegant bouquet

35.

36.

Simmers’ Improved Victoria Aster. Pkt 10c.

40. Crimson.

41. Mixed.

of itself about 7 to 8 inches high, the individual flowers measuring from inches across and are of the most faultless Pseony form. The color is a rich and brilliant pure scarlet. It produces its flowers in great abundance, plant bearing at least 30 to 40. Pkt 10c.

The Yellow Aster— In this we have the nearest approach to a yellow which has been so long sought after. Pkt 10c.

Large Pseony-Flowered Robust Dwarf— Most valuable, being growth, wiih handsome foliage, and large, beautifully-formed flowers, colors, mixed,. Pkt 10c.

QUEEN OF THE MARKET

Blooms three weeks rearlier than other asters, of branching habit, excellent growing under glass. 1 foot.

37. White 10c

38. Lignt Blue 10c

33. Rose 10c

EARLIEST PARISIAN

The earliest of all by nearly three weeks. Plants are dwarf and very branching, blooming very freely; very double flowers borne on very long stems, rendering them of exceptional value for cutting.

42. White '. 10c | 43. Rose 100

SIMMERS’ IMPROVED VICTORIA ASTERS

Undoubtedly one of the most handsome Asters in cultivation of which we have an excellent strain. Flowers very large and perfectly double, of gl bular shape and beautifully imbricated ; plants are of fine pyramidal form. If feet high.

44. Pink pkt 10c I 46. Purple pkt 10c

45. Scarlet pkt 10c | 47. White pkt 10c

48. Finest Mixed . pkt 10c, per oz $2.50.

GIANT COMET ASTERS

A handsome new and very distinct Ast-w, resembling the Japanese Chrysanthe- mum in shape of flowers; the petals are very long and beautifully curled, are of a lovely delicate pink, bordered with white, bright pink, light blue, white borders and other colors.

53. The Bride. A variety of the Giant type.'The flow- ers, on opening, are of purest white, changing as they become older to a beautiful shade of rose; a most unique transformation, pkt 10c.

54. Mixed, pkt 10c, 3 packets 25c,

40. Pink pkt 10c

59. Pink and White. . .pkt 10c

51. Light Blue pkt 10c

52. Pure White pkt 10c

JAPANESE GIANT ASTER

55. Entirely distinct and novel. Plant's of pyramidal growth, about 18 inches high, bearing on long stems from 40 to 50 flowers, averaging 5 inches across, composed of wavy and twisted needle-shape l petals, making the flower free f-om the stiff and formal appearance usual to Asters. We offer beautiful colors, mixed, per pkt lOo, 3 pkts 25c.

OSTRICH PLUME ASTER

56. The plants grow 15 to 18 inches high and are of strong luxurious branching habit, the flowers measuring 4 to 5 inches in diameter and borne on long stems. The petals are long, wavy and so twisted as to give an extremely beautiful effect.. This strain of Asters is of real value both for garden decoration and cutting. Pkt 10c, 3 for 25o.

special oififie: r

For those wishing a succession of Asters during the season we offer the following 4 varieties.

QUEEN OF THE MARKET, Mixed, Early

P/EONY FLOWERED, Mixed , Medium ...

VICTORIA, Mixed, Medium

8EMPLE8 BRANCHING, Mixed, Late

i

FOR 35 cents

J. A. SIMMERS, TORONTO— RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 45

Asters

PREMIUMS on Flower seeds in packets, the purchaser when remitting cash with or ler cans elect 25 cts. worth of packets extra for each dollars’ worth of packets or- dered at retail catalogue prices.

6em pie’s

Branching

Aster

Pkt 10c.

Simmers’ Excelsior Mixture of Dwarf Asters — J^jy(

of cus- tomers may find difficulty in choosing among the above strains of Dwarf Asters and where not desired for an even bed or border, we would recommend the planting of our Excelsior Mixture. It con- sists of the mo-t distinct and lovely colors from all the above Dwarf Asters, and we guarantee it to give satisfaction. Pkt 10c, 3 pkts 25c.

69. Crown or Cockade — Large flowers with two colors, the centre being white ; height 1£ ft., varieties mixed. Pkt 10c.

7®. Giant Emperor — Beautiful class, large double flowers, varieties mixed. Pkt 10c.

71. Goliath White— Vigorous growth, producing immensely large flowers, upwards of 5 in. diameter, so double as to appear in a subconicalform, of a dazzling white color. Pkt 10c.

ASTER 8EED BY WEIGHT

Victoria— White, pink or crim-on Per one-eighth oz 50

“ All colors mixed “ “ 40

Truffaut's- White, pink or scarlet “ “ 40

All colors mixed “ “ 40

Dwarf Chrysanthemum-Flowered — All colors

mixed „ “ “ 40

SEMPLE’S BRANCHING

Semple’s Branching- Asters, for size of bloom, freedom of flowering and other good qualities we have never seen equalled. The plants form strong, robust bushes about two feet high, bearing profusely on long, strong stems, handsome chrysanthemum-like flowers, many being over six inches in diameter. The flowers have none of the stiffness usual to most Asters, making them parti- cularly desirable as cut flowers. They come into flower from two to three weeks later than most sorts, filling the gap between the general run of Asters and Chrysanthemums. We offer four distinct and beautiful colors :

57. PURE WHITE Per packet, 10c 'i

58. SHELL PINK “ 10c I 1 packet each of the four colors

59. LAVENDER BLUE “ 10c f 35 cents

60. BRIGHT CRIMSON “ lOcJ

61. MIXED COLORS “ 10c

62. “ MIGNON " mixed — This beautiful Aster has rapidly acquired general popu- larity. We have, it is true, succeeded in obtaining several new colors ; but they show as yet such a tendency to vary that we are constrained to offer of them mixed seed only. It contains light blue, lilac, rose, carmine rose and crimson varieties in addition to the fine white one obtained by us several years. Per pkt 15c, 2 pkts 25c.

63. Washington — Pure white, flowers 4 to 5 inches in diameter and of perfect form,

free bloomer. Per pkt 10c.

64. China— Double-quilled Chinese Aster ; 1 to 2 feet ; in variety mixed. Oz §1.00, pkt 5c.

65. Vick’s White Branching — This Aster is a strong grower of branching habit, and blooms later in

the season than any other variety. The flowers are pure white, four inches and over in diameter, and borne on long stems. Pkt 10c.

66. Chrysanthemum-Flowered Double Dwarf— Of very compact growth; very abundant ; later

than other varieties, therefore valuable for succession, 1 foot, mixed colors. Pkt 10c.

67- Simmers’ Excelsior Mixture of Tall Double Asters—

colors of tall varieties selected from the cream of Truffaut’s desirable sorts, and includes our best named kinds. Like our other popular mixtures of Pansies, Nasturtiums, etc., we select the finest special colors for Simmers’ Excelsior Mixture of Tail Double Asters, and the Aster lover will be astonished at the wide range of colors given in this truly Excelsior Strain. Pkt 10c, 3 pkts 25c, i oz 60c.

8 ALYSSUM

Free flowering, pretty little plants for beds, edging or rock work. The annual variety blooms the whole summer, and the perennial is among our earliest and most attractive spring flowers. Per Packet

81. Sweet Alyssum— White fragrant flowers, hardy annuals, 6 inches.

Per oz 30c. 6

82. Little Gem — Of dwarf, compact habit, 3 to 5 inches in height

each plant covering a circle 15 to 30 inches in diameter. Flowers when quite small, and is a solid mass of white bloom from sp- ing till late autumn Per oz 60c. 10

83. Saxatile Compactum— Golden yellow, shining; hardy peren- nial, | foot high 6

AMARANTHUS

Plants grown exclusively for their foliage and in late summer and early fall, when they have reached their fullest development, the glowing effect produced by their mass < f rich foliage is scarcely equalled by any class of plants. They succeed in any soil. Per Packet

72. Amaranthus Atropurpureus — Hardy annual, three feet in height, drooping flower plumes, heart-shaped metallic-tinted leaves 5

Alyssum, Little Gem— I kt 10c. A LON SO A (Mask Flower)

Amaranthus Tricolor

Pkt 5c.

73. Caudatus (Love Lies Bleeding) —

Hardy popular annual, 2 feet in height

74. Melancholicus Ruber — Half-hardy

animal, 2 feet high, with rich, blood- red foliage

75. Monstrous (Prince of Wales Feath-

er)—A hardy p -pular annual of pleas- ing effect, 2 feet in height

76. Salicifolius (Fountain Plant)— 2 to 3

feet in height, of branched and pyra- midal growth

77. Salicifolius Henderi — 3 to 5 feet

high, forming a well branched g'ace- fully curved pyramid, with pendant foliage 12 inches in length

78. Tricolor (Joseph’s Coat)— Half-hardy

annual, 1£ feet- high, foliage beauti- fully marked, yellow, red and green, very showy

79. Tricolor Splendens— An improved

variety of the preceding, the foliage being more distinctly marked

5

5

5

5

10

5

5

ALOYSIA {Lemon Scented Verbena )

W. Jl perennial, popular deciduous greenhouse shrub known as the

lemon-scented verbena, Aloyaia Citriodora ( Verbena Critriodora). 10

Handsome bedding plants, succeeding well in any garden soil, freely producing flowers of great brilliancy, half-hardy annual. Per Packet

84. Warscewiczii— Bright scarlet flowers 6

85. Li nifolia— Scarlet flowers, fine feathered foliage. 5

AMPELOPSIS

86. Quinquefolia (Virginia Creeper) — One of the best climbing plants

for permanent situations, as it is perfectly hardy, clinging to the 6ides of whatever it may be growing against by the rootlets which it throws out along the stt-ms. Grows 50 to 100 feet high 10

87. Ampelopsis Veitchii (sometimes called “Japanese Ivy’’ and

“Boston Ivy”)— It clings to stone work, trees, etc., and is a splen- did plant for covering unsightly ohjects ; it attains a height of 50 feet. Perfectly hardy. See Plant List for large, well-

grown plants . 10

ANAGALLIS (Pimpernello)

Pretty little trailing, hardy annuals, flowering profuselyin summer; used with advautage for small beds, edgings, rustic baskets, vases or rock work.

88. Grandiflora— Scarlet, blue and carmine mixed 5

ANCHUSA

Showy, hardy perennials, with intense blue flowers of the form of Forget-me-not, with clear white centre, continuing in bloom for along time.

89. Altissima— 3 feet in height 6

ANGELONIA

Pretty hot-house plant, with fine musk-like scent; suitable for windows.

90. Floribunda Grandiflora 16

jlA^MggS, TORONTO-RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS

Antirrhinum, Tom Thumfo-Pkt 5c.

Hi„h, aQUILEGIA (Columbine)

the 1 1 lost curioi™intfoVmar^thero?nrQ ls’ COU]bining at once flowers

9?sS"‘,2 v and beautiiui ;

’mixedfpkt l6c.Pl* 92! VuiiaHs11^ 6 different colors,

Remn^RM BIS (Roek Cress)

SssvZsiF^n eady -w* “"«! fc

94. Alpma-PerpktlOc.

easy cult., re . Wg pleasn'g contrast; of

2 feet, .ar^e flow- Sh°Wy yell0W* Per Pkt 5c.

Of this valuable gc„u s floei'l

V'Tanar,: |yPereiinia]s, bloonfi,,^ the v01 ’ f"d a,e VeJ>' effective in

* 02feet'

99. BonPia„^iR,By°J;°pM,A (Dutchman’s Pipe)

Per pkt 10c|ardy P-unial^^oS SSS^^SS^i

100. Formosa Ro^a^ ^ 'A fT?Pift» Sea Pink)

I0L L7*ll"°SE (Summer Flowering)

mtm

nower, the bloom remains f o^h in T„ f c yellow. Icis an excellent rut when grown in w“fer 'or 10 days. High“ effeotiro

102. Plumosus Nanus-Thf,3™? RAGUS

succeeding

conditions.

lent house p.ant,

£Vdcr almost any

,mPtktl5c.2f°''25c/

lOiSprengeri-A potplantfor de- co, ative purposesnr for plant inp- in suspended basket s? PIt win make an excellent house olant

and wlnh^andsf r-y at n)ocPhere’ pSfiti^n1 wCCeed “ almost any Fh* hL^VWeconRlder < In's ono of the best house plants inrmdimpd

in many years. Pkt 15c, 2 for 25C.

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus

Brachycomc (Swan River Daisy).

Pkt 5c.

BLEErnSJ^^r^60 Camp*nula).

BLEEDING HEART-(See Dielytra).

- bocconia

Bt?AsC?YCOIV,E <Swan River Daisy) ' high , fl*> werT simiKr^o^ he^r ‘ n ° n ua1, 6 inches

122' E lat 3 ~W^°? ^ P1^^

|oo' jr'ata— White. Per pkt 5c

124* Aa^aT^6’ yelW Centre. Pkt 10c.

12L C AC A LI A- Mixed. Pcrpkt5c.

!25. CALANDRINIA Grandiflora

Deep pink. Pkt 5c.

CAO^US

sasaatS?

Double Columbine— Aquile gia 104. Azurea Setosa-^f L A (Woodruff)

106. Stelleriana— Hard ARTEMlSlA

and gracefully cut leases, oraere^ahl^ndn^111 b®autiful silvery, la flowers small. per pkt 10c. greeable odor 5 a valuable bedding pla

107. Variegated-Vr, . AURICULA

in northern aspect not exposed toVhe'su^H o-Perenn,ia1’ 8ucceeds 1» BALLOON vmc n ’ "e dualiLy* Pkt 10c,

108. a rapid growint ^ ”, ,nnVI N E (L°ve in a Puff)

reed vessels resemble mffibMSTlO tol5& Ugh.'1 &htil|0»°"1

109. Aurea, or Gnldon t? t- BARTONIA

brilliant, yellow flowers, of ™nual- with shot

*fEE,T (Ornamental)

i .an IWr.a Q>-0 among the most useful of tl

ill! Ye'KSffilH" 0Z-15c .pk tU|c.thGy ^ VGry effectiT 112. Dracaena Leaved-Brilh^ 6o>

Plflnhmorl, , , . BEGONIA

ruary or M.rch^n a temp^Tufre^f S? 8|as°n from seed grown inFel

- "viii'S'dW'Sr.d3.8 aoon as“

1U*hClant Doul>le Tuberous^ooted^M-™1^ VarietieS* Pkt25 tiee.“rk?35'ii,,g tbe “““ double flowirs Lnd

U6- bd8htB0lae”<!'‘1»r- »

117*bfnhaNn?N“F,°WerS °f a brilliant orange carmine;

foliage of a glossy r. d,

S t nf profn«ely through-

ffitoed rnbTJ a”d is

Ktffi'i&bed-

Begonia, Single, Tuberous Rooted

47

J. A. SIMMERS, TORONTO— RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS.

Balsams or Lady Slippers are old favorites with everyone, owing to their handsome double flowers, brilliant colors and stately growth. To produce very double flowers they must be trans- planted in a rich soil, in a sunny position and frequently watered. Cutting out some of the side branches is also advisable, especially with the strong and bushy-growing varieties. Also called “ Lady Slipper” and “ Touch-Me-Not.” In brilliancy of color, Balsams are equal to any class of flowers, and the easy m ide of their cultivation renders them one of the most popular annuals in existence. They may be treated either as hardy or half-hardy annuals.

Simmers’ Invincible Camellia-Flowered Double Balsam -Pkt lOe.

Calceolaria, Lady’s Slipper

Pkts 25c and 50c.

Calliopsis Golden Wave — Pkt 5c.

127. Simmer's Invincible Camellia-Flow- ered, Double— Height 2 feet; flowers large, bio ched with white like the Camel- lia, in variety of co’ors, mixed. Per pkt 10c, 3 pkts 25c, i oz 50o, oz §2.00.

128. Dwarf Double— Not over 1 foot in height, flowering in such an abundant manner as to hide the leaves ; quite distinct and true from seed. Pkt 10c.

129. Solferino Double, or Carnation Striped— Distinguished by the flowers be-

Calendula

A showy free flowering genus of hardy annuals, producing a pretty effect on mixed borders, and growing freely on any soil.

132. Double Large Flowering Sulphur Yellow— New light yellow variety of this favorite annual, compact habit, large, well- filled flowers. Pkt 10c, 3 for 25c.

133. Pongei fl. pi.— Double white. Two feet high. Per pkt 5c.

134. Panunculoides fl. pi.— Double flower- ing dwarf orange. Per pkt 5c.

135. Superba— Sulphur. Pkt 5c.

136. Meteor — Double strip^rl, flowering, very commeudable. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c.

Calceolaria (Lady’s Slipper)

A most magnificent, early flowering cla=s of indoor or hardy greenhouse pi >nts treated as biennials, with remarkably showy, interesting flowers, mottled and spotted in endless varie- ties of shade.

137. Hybrida Macu lata— Variety of the p-eceeding, wii.h srottel or mottled flowers, highly improved. \ pkt 25c, pkt 50c.

138. Hybrida Shrubby— Or perennial, for beddiner out during winter, b.ugnt yeilow flowers. Per pkt 50c.

California Golden Beils

139. Emmanthe Pendulifera — An annual bushy plant, 9io 12 inches high, each branch is loaded with broadly boll ~h pod pe dnlons of unwithering flowers, about Jin. long, of cn-amy yellow color. Tie general effect of a branch is very suggestive ( f along spike cf Lily of the Valley, with large yellow bells, the foliage however, is piuuatifled. Pkt 10c.

Callopsis or Correopsis

Showy, free flowering h wdy annuals, indispensible in any collection, adapted for bouquets.

140. Double Calliopsis —Double golden yellow with Maruuii spoLs. Pkt 5c.

141. Tricolor— Very desirable hardy annual, ltoljfeet, yellow flowers, dark centre. Pkt 5c.

142. Cardaminsefolia, Hybrida — Of more dwarfish habit than the proceeding ; dark brown. Pkt 5c.

143. Golden Wave— Very showy sort, bright golden yellow flowers, dark centre. Pkt 5c.

144. Correopsis Lanceolata, New Golden Correopsis— One of the finest hardy plants, large, showy, bright golden yellow flowers, freely produced on long slalks from June till frost, hardy perennial ; 3 feet. Pkt 10c.

Callirrhoe

145. Pedata— A half-hardy annual of the Mallow tribe, with large, deep rosy flowers, produced in abundance during the whole summer of easy culture ; height 2 feet. Pkt 5c.

Campanula (Canterbury Bells)

Bellflowers, when well grown, are amongst the most attractive of hardy p rennial plants, from the rich profu- on of bell and saucer- shaped flowers in blue, white or flesh color.

146. Medium Mixed (Canterbury Bells)

—Two feet high, large, single, blue flowers. P:<t 5c.

147. Medium fl. pl.f Mixed— Double flower- ing variel y of tb“ preceediug, constautfrom seed. Per pkt 10c.

148. Pyramidalis— Three to five feet high, producing long sp k^s closely set with deep blue flowers. Pkt 10c.

149. Loreyi— A dwarf hardy annual, with deep blue flowers. Per pkt 10c.

Remember our discounts. One dollar buys SI. 25 worth of seeds in packets. Our packets are very liberal and the quality of our seed unsurpassed.

ing striped and streaked with lilac aad scarlet on satin-white ground. Pkt 10c.

130. Camellia-Flowered, Perfection White-( Queen’s While), flowerspure white, of immense size and solidity. Per pkt 10c.

131. Victoria Double— Brilliant salmon-scar- let, finely spotted at d sireaked flowers ©n white ground, tall, very fii e. Pei- pkt 10c.

Collection of Camellia-Flowered Dou- ble—10 very fine varieties, 50c.

(Pot Marigold)

Calendula, Double Large Flowering Sulphur Yellow— Pkt 10c.

Campanula — Continued

150. Macrostyla— A hardy annual ISin.high, formi ga broad-heated bush, surmounted witheut-shapi d flowers, ljin. across, violefc purple upon white ground. Pkt 10c.

151. Cupand Saucer Campanula— One of the prettiest hardy perennial Campanulas, the flowers grow in the form of a'cup and saucer, the colors are principally white and rose, and occasionally blue. Pkt 10c, 3 for 25c.

152. Striped Cup and Saucer— The bells

average 3 in. in length, and the saucers 4 to 5 inches across, of a satiny lavender. Plants form perfect pyramids of bloom about 24 in. high. Hardy bienuiaL Pkt 10c, 3 for 25c.

Campanula — Canterbury Bells

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CANARY CREEPER

(or Canary Bird Flower)

163. A well-known, pretty, favorite creeping annual, with bright yellow flowera shaped like a bird with partly extended wings, running up to 8 or more feet in height, in light, rich soil; it may be treated as a hardy or half-hardy annual. Per pkt 5c, oz 30c.

Candytuft

Hardy annual or perennial, yielding an abundance of fragrant flowers throughout the whole season in almost any soil or situation ; it is a well-known favorite for beds, edgings, pots, borders, etc., deserving to be cultivated in every garden.

154. Empress— One of the finest varieties in cultivation. It is intermediaie in height between the old Rocket and the newer Tom Thumb sorts. The plant is of a very branching habit, and when fully grown and covered with its large trusses of pure white flowers, resembles a floral candelabra. Do not sow too thickly. Per pkt 10c, 3 pkts 25o, \ oz 80e.

155. Candytuft, Scarlet— One foot high. Pkt 5c.

156. Purple— One foot high. Pkt 5c.

157. White Rocket— Per pkt 6c, \ oz 15c.

158. Snowflake White— One foot high. Pkt 5c, oz 25c.

159. Mixed— All colors. Per pkt 5c, J oz 15c.

160. Dwarf Tom Thumb, White— Sweet scented flowers nine inches high. Per pkt 5c.

161. Perennial— (Iberis Tenoreana)— A half-hardy, per- enn al shrub, 1 font high, w hite fragrant flowers, for indoor culture. Per pkt 10c.

Canary Creeper, or Canary Bird Flower

Canna (or Indian Shot)

162. Iberis Gibraltarica, Perennial— A beautiful hardy perennial, about l foot high, specially adapted for

Very stately and' highly ornamental plants, with large broad, massive foliage and rich crim- son, scarlet or yellow flowers. When planted in groups or masses they impart a tropical aspect to tho garden. They are half-hardy, and produce fleshy roots w hich if taken up and kept in a cellar, mav be divided every ife

rookeries, baskets, etc. Coming into flower early in the spring. It is a very profuse bloomer, and in color it is pure white, shading off to delicate lilac. Pkt 10c, 3 for 25c.

spring and used like- Dahlias for years.

163. Crozy’s New French, or Gladiolus Flowered— This new and distinct class, of dwarf, compact habit, produces flowers similar to the Gladiolus, but excelling them in brilliancy, marking and variety of colors, embracing all shades. They are valuable for groups, solitary plants and for house decoration. They will bloom the first year from seed. Per pkt 10c, £ oz 20c.

164. CHOICE MIXED, Old Varieties, red and green foliage* Pkt 5c.

CINERARIA

FLOWERING VARIETIES— A popular class, mostly indoor or greenhouse plants, yielding abundance of bright tinted flowers early in spring in

great variety of shades. Cinerarias

grown from our strain of seed have been greatly admired on account o f their largo flowers and distinct col- ors.

Empress Candytuft. Pkt

CASTOR OIL BEAN (Palma Christi)

Most favorite stately growing hardy annuals: from their tall growti and line foliage well suited for decorating shrubberies or lawns.

170. ZANZIBAR CASTOR BEAN— A new form of Ricinus, of short jointed

8 i?u j row extra°rdinary large leaves, which are produced in such

abundance that the plant is a perfect pyramid of beautiful foliage. The m .st tropical and ornamental Castor Bean yet introduced. The seed!, which grow to extraordinary size, are beautifully mottled and speckled, and snow various colors: White, pink, black, crimson, etc. The seed* a.r.e a^L beaut ‘f.!1* to look at as are many flowers. They are sure to please all. Per pkt 10c, oz 20c, £ lb 50c.

171. Cambogiensis— (Cambodian Palma Christi)— They grow from sixto eight feet high in a few weeks from time of planting, with large, palm- flke leaves of a bronzy red maroon color, with large red veins. The tear, stems and younger growth are of rich reddish brown, while the ma-W . J*1 °,r trunk is of ebony black, the foliage in the sunlight glitter! as if highly burnished. Price, pei pkt 10c, oz 35c.

Pkt 5h

* Borboniensis Arboreus — Immense green foliage. 15 feet.

173. Gibsoni— Dark purple stems and leaves, 5 feet. Per pkt 6c, oz 30c.

174. Sanguineus— A distinct varier.v with beautiful, browniah-red foliage and bngnt seed pods ; very effective, 6 feet high. Pkt 10c, oz 30c.

175. Mixed— In many sorts. Per pkt 5c, oz 20c.

Our strain of Cineraria cannot be surpassed e ithe r for size of flow ersor beauty of color, many of the blooms mea- suring 2 J inches in di- ameter. We have re- ceived very flattering re- ports from florists and private gard- eners of their success with our Cineraria seed. All de- siring the&esi should obtain our strain.

Cineraria Hybrida Grandiflora Maxima

165. Hybrida Grandiflora Maxima Mixed. Per £ pkt 25c, pkt 50c.

166. Hybrida, double flowered- Representing every shade of color; unquestionably one of the best of recent introduction. Per pkt 50c.

BEDDING CINERARIAS

167. Maritima— A hardy perennial extensively used for bedding purposes on account of the silvery, finely fringed foliage. Per pkt 5c.

168. Acanthifolia — Silvery leaves, beautifully cut, 1 foot high. Pkt 10c.

Catchfly

189. A favorite hardy annual, one foot high, flowering freely, and suitable in any soil. Pink and white. Per pkt 10c.

Centrosema Grandiflora or Butterfly Pea

176. A perfectly hardy perennial vine of rare beaury; which blooms in July from seed sown in April, and bears in great profusion, in- verted pea shaped flowersrangingin color from a rosy violet to a red- dish purple with a broad feathery white marked thro’ the centre, the buds and back of the flowers being pure white. Per pkt 10c.

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/thrysanihemuiriy Double Yellow and White— Pkt 5c.

CHRYSANTHEMUM

(Annual Summer Flowering)

Showy and effective garden favorites, ex- ensively grown for cut flowers. The hardy annuals'are summer flowering order plants; good for pot culture, and quite distinct from the autumn Lowering varieties.

182. Coronarium- Two ft. double white and yellow mixed. Pkt 5c.

183. Single Mixed— One to two feet. Per pkt 5c, oz 30c.

- 184. Eclipse— Pure golden, with bright purplish scarlet ring on ray floret; lisc is brown. Per pkt 10c, 3 for 25c.

185. Dunnetti— Three-colored flowers, very pretty. Per pkt 5c.

186. Grandiflorum Frutescens — ( “The Marguerite” or “Paris Daisy ”). 'It produces freely white star-like flowers. Pkt 10c, 3 pktsfor25c.

187. Inodorum Plenissimum— Double, snow-white, very free flower- ing and fine for cutting. A perennial flowering the first year from seed. Pkt 10c.

188. Japanese Hybrids— The seed here’offered has been saved from a magnificent collection, from blooms that have been carefully crossed, and may be expected to produce some rare novelties in this popular flower. Chrysanthemum seed grown in spring will produce vigorous flowering plants by fall, and do better than old plants. Per pkt 25c.

CLEOME (Spiderwort)

Very pretty half-hardy fragrant annuals, 2 ft. high, flowers somewhat resemble a spider.

189. Purpurea— Purplish blue flowers. Pkt 5c.

190. Pungens (Giant Spider Plant)— A showy robust growing plant, 4 to 5 feet high, producing long curious spikes of flowers of a bright rose color. Pkt 10c.

CENTRANTHUS

191. Macrosiphon— Showy, low growing, hardy annuals, suitable for any ordinary garden soil. Pink flowers, 1 foot. Pkt 6c.

Simmers’ Carnations

A magnificent genius of hardy popular perennials, with deliciously fragrant flowers of most brilliantly variegated colors.

177. Extra Choice Double — Mixed, saved from a rich collection of named flowers, which whi produce splendid varie- ties. Per pkt 25c.

178. Fine Double— Mixed, sweet scented sorts. Pkt 10c.

179. Remontant, Perpetual Flower- ing or Tree — Flowering almost con- stantly during the year, and in winter if kept indoors. Seeds f om extra choice double flowers. Per pkt 25c.

180. Early Dwarf Grenadin— Foryield- ing a quantity of double flowers for cutting there is no carnation thac*ean equal it. It will live through the winter with very little pro- tection, b ing one of our hardiest sorts. Flowers salmon-red and sweet scented. Pkt 10c.

181. Marguerite— tuants are of dwarf, compact and neat haoit, branching closely above the ground, and do not require any support. They flower most abundantly, and throughout the whole year. Eighty per cent, of the flowers are very double, never burst, and embrace a great variety of colors. The seedlings bloom in four months from planting and by making re- peated plantings flowers may be had all winter. Per pkt 10c, 3 for 25c, 7 for 50c.

For Carnation plants, see under Plants.

CLARKIA

A genus of hardy annual plants of great elegance and beauty, suc- ceeding well in any soil, and flower- ing freely in many shades of color.

192. Mrs. Langtry— A beautiful form of Clarkia. The petals have an even edge, the color of the flowers being purest white, with an evenly de* fined disc or centre of carmine crimson. Pkt 10c.

193. Double and Single Varieties— Mixed. Per pkt 5c.

CLEMATIS (Virgin's Bawer)

These hardy perennials are most rap'd growing climbers, produc- ing an abundance of interesting, sweet scented and showy flowers.

194. Flammula — Sweet-scented white flowers. Per pkt 5c.

195. Jackmanii- Rapid climber, with intense deep violet purple flowers of large size. Pkt 10c.

196. Paniculata (Japanese Virgin’s Power)— This is one of the few really good hardy climbers, and has so many merits, that we have decided to bring it prominently to the notice of our customers. Uulike other sorts, it grows easily from seed, aud sown early will flower the first year. The leaves are of a bright, glossy green, it is never troubled with insect pests, and when in bloom astonishes with the quantity of flowers, being completely hidden b ueath a blanket of white hawthorne-scen- ted blossoms. (See cut).

Pkt 10c, 3 pkts 25c.

Clematis Paniculata— Pkt 10c, 3 pkts 25

CERASTIUM

( Snow in Summer ) 197. Biebersteini-One of the prettiest hardy perennial plants ever known for bedding out or ribboning, being of dwarf growth, densely branch- ing with h aves covered With a cottony down of snowy whiteness, and producing a pro- fusion of elegant whre flowers, 6 inches high. Per pkt 10c.

CLIANTHUS

(Glory Pea of Australia)

198. A splendid half-hardy shrub 2 feet high, with large, rich, crimson- shaded clusters of pea flowers, shaded like parrot bibs. If sown early will flower outdoors the first year. Pkt 25c.

CLINTONIA

199. Pulchella— Elegant, tiny, half-hardy annual, 6 to8 inches high, sky-blue flowers, with white centre. Best grown in pots or in hanging baskets. Pkt 10c.

COB>EA

Elegant rapid-arrowing climbers, 20 to30 feet high, that can be grown in the greenhouse or conservatory, or in the garden in summer, where from their luxuriance they are par- ticularly desirable for covering ar- bors, walls, etc. Flowers large and bell-shaped.

200. Scandens — Large, bell- shaped, purple flowers. Per pkt 10c, i oz 20c.

201. Scandens Alba. — Pure white. Per pkt 10c.

Coboea Scandens. Pkt 10c.

J- A. SIMMERS, TORONTO-RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS.

(Corn Flower, or Bachelor’s Button)

Showy, free flowering, hardy annuals succeeding well iu any kind of soil.

202. Marguerite— The handsomest Centaurea knownand should beplanted in every garden. 1'he plants grow about fifteen inches high and are of the easiest culture. 1 he flowers are of the purest white, exquisitely flagrant, andare pro- duced in gi eat abundance. Having long stems, itis valuable both as a cut flower and for decorative purposes. Pkt 10c 3 pkts 25c.

203. Odorata Chameleon — Its

flowers are large, sweet-scented, and of a pale sulphur-yellow, changing grndu- uyJ-into c?e"my white with purple shadings and again into pink. Pkt 10c,

3 for 25c.

204. Oderata (Mixed)-Habit same as the preceding. Pkt 10c.

. AMERICANA — Lilac flowers, 3

feet high. Per pkt 5c.

m»t0nni??PKrena-,DeeP blue flowers one foot high. Per pkt 5c.

207. Double- We are satisfied that this introduction will meet with a hearty welcome. In addition to the doubleness of the flower, this strain

Pkt 6c8 a uumber of new shades.

«nf2a8-aCya#nu? (Blue Bottle)— Differ- ent shades Gf colors, mixed, 2 feet high.

I -r Per pkt 6c.

COCCINEA INDICA V.

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Marguerite Centaurea— Pkt 10c.

Centaurea Cyan us, Cornflower-PktSo,

COSMOS

floum^ r til? nqnf Rt io?ably very handeom-

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223. Early Flowering Mixed -Pk 10c, 3 f Or 26c.

yellow* from 1 tne1ll(?w,Co8.m®8-lr|oW8 solplra attaii^n^n^r-tK^i,lc,hes ln diameter, 1 he plants attaining a height of about 2 feet. Pkt 10c. V

for 25c. Mammoth F«ne Mixed-Per pkt 10c,3

COLEUS

plants b^h’foiOi^.houae^ifd^bt^iJ^j'^Jbtal foliage summer: the broad oblomr during

summer: the broad oblong leaves' beh.gof adS

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226. Pure White “ Pearl ”— Per pkt 10c.

COLLOMIA

Coccinea A. hardy annual, about I

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manner. Simmers- finest miitMe “pPcr

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COLUMBINE (SeoAcunegia)

COMMELINA

Owarf Morning Glory

CONVOLVULUS

(Dwarf Morning Glory)

difflren?psh ^ har^< raili„gannuals, flowerim Cline rent eh«des Of brilliant hln« nnrl mrnik

flowers bright sky-blue^Per pk^Sc?*’ °f eaSy culture aQd of low growth;

COCKSCOMB <or Celosia)

«nnX"SfM

in different a u»ray ira 1 1 1 1 ,g an n uals. flowerim shades of brilliant blue and purple 228. Minne M- . Jy th ^hlte cenLre Ul>tfllate in autumn. P P Morning Glories, for th^are col^md^m ^ becal,pd Everbloomini IhSflo HPtil If

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CRISTATA, Giant— Mixed colors. Per pkt 5c.

pkt21i7bcDwarfr“Mixedcolors- Per

— , ..c umy annual mat ennaiait i * N"we™, ,ro,u j-uno until lai

The flowers are about the Jh free^oin °* hloom is the Godetia

Glory. The colors are mo^ varfed^?® a-8 the tal1 or limbing Mornim mixed. Per pkt 6c, oz 20c. ed> pleasin8 and delicate. Many color

very constant froms^^'pktTic^10^1^8 variegated> 8emi-double, but nO

230. M a u r it- anicus— A hardy trailing perennial, sky-blueflowers, 14 Pkt. 10c.

218. President Thier* m i0‘ diaU1, Pkt‘ 10c: Thumb-A fine dwarf vari^y ^fhW^PrA*f or Ton* crimson combs. Per pkt 10c? 3 f<^ 25cd k leaves and

a^d<s^em°mb^i~P^an^s let head. Per pkt 10c. g ana stem, purplish scar-

tion~ P> >amidal fiyg^ow^h eaSainT^°m^A^ ‘vf ^ Exposi-

more than two feet, and nrodueif,- bei^h.t of a ]itue spikes of the most brilliant crimRnn 8 beautiful large rich color of the flower sp?kes is h^niT1 .sunlight the with the bronze-colored foliage. (See cut)? KHoS?®4

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feathered^los?rpmduc°8Jer5l]arJe??|e Mix*d-This exquisitely curved and curled in Plume£ which are ostrich feather. The d1 .nt Erm™1.!6 resemblance of an is of handsome pyramidal form. Per pkt 10c?® f®et high>

( Celosia ‘ ‘japotuca aureTl Cockscomb

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yclamen Persicum Giganteum

Pkt 10c.

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COWSLIP

231. Primula Veris — A well-known, hardy, early-flower- ing perennial, apnropriat e for edging borders; flowers bright yellow and fragrant. Pkt 5c.

232. Giant American Cowslip ( Dodocatheon Cleve- landi ) — It throws up stc\.,H( f flowers fully 1 f ot high, each surmountedby 6 to lOlarge, beautiful, cyclamen- like flowers of violet hi m, with yellow and block centre. It is perfectly hardy and tmaudful plant for partially shaded situations. Pkt 25c.

CUCUMIS

233. Flexuosis (Snake Cucumber)— Fruit resembling a long green snake, upwards c f seven feet in length, a a great curiosity. Per pkt 5c.

231. Perennis, or Perennial Gourd— A rapid growing, half-hardy perennial climber, handsome lruit. Per pkt 10c.

CUPHEA (Cigar Plant)

Remarkable for their beauty, freedom of blossom and ornamental appearance b >th in the g eenhouse and in the arbor; admirably adapted for pot culture.for bloom- ing in winter.

235. Platycentra (Cigar Flower) — One foot high, in- tense scarlet flowers. Per pkt 10c.

236. Roezlii— l hree feet high, hriniant scarlet flowers, blooming in winter. Per pkt 10c.

CYCLAMEN

Persicum Giganteum — A graceful, tuberous greenhouse or parlor plaut, with beautiful deep pink or white fragrant flowers. Finest mixed colors. Per pkt 10c, 3 pkts 25c.

CYCLANTHERA

38. Explodens-Fast growing, hardy annual climber, fringed foliage, oval-shaped fruit. Pkt 5c.

CYPERUS (Umbrella Plant)

39. Alternifolius Variegatus— A handsome foliage plant for the’greenhouse or open ground; re:embles an open umbrella frame. Pkt 10c.

CYPRESS VINE (Ipomcea)

40. Cypress Vine ( Tpomcea quomoclit) — A beautiful scarlet or white flowering climber. Per pkt 5c.

DAHLIAS FROM SEED A

It is strange how few people know hat Dahlias can be raised from seed vUr-y'

,nd b'oom the first year. The seed ve offer is saved from the choicest

arieties only, aud if sown early will j**®?

doom profusely all summer. JggjaS

4L Double Cactus, mixed— The — fiff Wf £l

plants grow in compact, well-

branched, erect bushes, 30 inches FfcsK

in height. If sown as late as bi«

April (in the house) they will flow-

er all summer long and until laie vyfl

in the fall. The flowersare double { A

and in a large variety of hand- some and rich colors. A very earlv-hlooming race. Pkt 10c, 3

!42. Best Double Mixed— Per pkt

43. Dwarf or Liiiput Mixed— Per

pkt 10c. HUti

44. Single Mixed— Per pkt 10c. *’iJ9

W~For DAHLIA ROOTS see under Bulbs.

Simmers’ Mammoth Daisies

Single Mixed Dahlias— Pkt 10c.

DIDISCUS

45. Cceruleus — A half-hardy annual, 2 feet high, delicately formed foliage and sky-blue flowers in umbels, very useful in bouquets. Per pkt 5c.

DIELYTRA

46. Spectabilis (Bleeding Heart) — A beautiful hardy rerennial, 2 to 3

feet high, feathen d foliage, flow- ers lovely pink, drooping, heart- shaped, in numbers on slender stems. Per pkt 10c.

DICTAMNUS

Very pretty hardy perennials; the leaves have a pleasant smell like lemon peel when rubbed.

254. Fraxinella, or Gas Plant— The ordinary purplish pink form, while not showy, is stately, and the wh te variety is really handsome. It ha/ strong, fresh, pleasant lemon perfume, particularly so when you rP the flowers. Pei- pkt 10c.

255. Fraxinella Alba — White flowers. Per pkt 5c.

DIGITALIS (Fox Glove or Witch’s Finger)

Well known, showy, tall, hardy perennials, with large spikes of beauti ful bed-shaped fl >wers in different shades of purple and pink and white j height about 3 feet.

256. Monstrosa Purpurea (Mammoth Foxglove)— The largest and best

type, all colors, mixed. Per pkt 5c.

257. Gloxinaeflora — Large flower spikes, beautifully spotted, mixed. Per pkt 10c.

DATURA (Trumpet Flower)

This genus forms part of our most showy plants both with respect to flower and foliage ; flowers are trumpet-shaped almost six inches in length a. id very .fragrant ; they are half-hardy annuals.

258. Double Golden Queen— Large double flowers of a deep golden yellow, delight fu ly fragrant. Per pkt 5c.

259. Fastuosa Hubernian a — Mixed from large double flowers of various colors. Per pkt 5c.

260. Arborea Simplex ( Brugmansia ) — Large, single, trumpet-shaped, white fragrant flowers, auout 12 inches long; plant out in May. Per pkt 10c.

261. Cornucopia (Horn of Plenty) — The plant is of robust habit, with thick, brownish-purple, shiniug stems; branches spreading 3 or 4 feet, with dark green large lea ves. The grand trumpet-shaped flowers meas- ure 7 to 9 inches in length, and 4 to 6 inches across, and are formed of three distinct trumpet flowers, growing each within the other ; the month of the corolla is a delicate white, while the outside is richly marbled with purple.

Per pkt 10c, 3 pkts 25c.

Digitalis or Foxglove

Pkt 5c.

DOLICHOS (Egyptian or Hyacinth Bean)

247. Giganteus— A favorite, hardy annual climber, of rapid growth, bearing large clusters of showy, fragrant flowers, the seed pods in form of beaus, deep purplish-blue colored. Per pkt 5c.

DRACENA OR CLUB PLANT

Palm-like plants, indispensable for decoration.

248. Indivisa— Gi ows easily from seed. Per pkt 10c.

DRACOCEPHALUM (Dragon’s Head)

249. Moldavlcum— Annual, 2 feet, high, blue flowers. Desirable hardy annual planis of l^w growth, of quite an agreeable frag- rance, easily grown from seed. Pkt 5c.

DOUBLE DAISY (Beilis Perennis)

250. Simmers’ Mammoth Daisies— The Double German Daisy is one of the pr ttiest dwarf hardy perennials in cultivation. It flowers the lir-t year f om being sown; seeds from the finest double s^rts. Per pkt 10c.

251. Pure White— Double, valuable for florists. Per pkt 10c.

252. Longfellow — Fine large flowering, dark rose flowers. Per pkt 10-\

253. New Snowball Daisy— A sport of that charming variety Long- fellow, which possesses the good qualities of irs parents; long stem, free bloom and large double flowers, about 80 per cent, of which are extremely large and snowy white, justifying its name. Per pkt 15c.

Datura. Cornucopia (Horn Of Plenty)— Pkt 10c

52 J. A. SIMMERS, TORONTO— RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS.

Luathus Laciniatus, fl. pi.— Pkt 10c.

V.!

Dlanthus Heddewigii, fl. pi., or Double

Japan Pink— Pkt 5c.

DELPHINIUM (Larkspur)

All Larkspurs, whether of hardy annual or hardy perennial nature, are remarkable for their g eat b auiy, diversity of shades and high decorative qualities. Th y also differ greatly in iluir habitof grow h, some producing mag ific nt spikes of flowers, others again being dwarf' and. comp eieiy c ivercd with flowers. Sow the seed early and they bloom freely the first year.

262. Rocket, Ajacis, fl. pi.. Double— Two f^t high, with long spikes of various shaped flowers, l’er pkt 5e.

263. Double Hyacinthiflorum — Hyacinth flowered, 1£ feet high, more compact in growth, flowers as fine as the preoeediug. Per pkt 5c.

264. Emperor— Of symmetrical bushy habit, with a profusion of brilliant dark blue, reu-stnped and tri-colored flowers. Perpkt5c.

265. Double Stock flowered— The flowers, of a fiery carmine, are of great elfoot, a d t.neir principle merit consists in keeping their bright co or even in a dry state. Per pkt 10c.

266. Consolida Candelabrum, fl. pi.— Douhle branching, of compact, b-anening pyramidal g'owih, 1 foot high; flowers in many coins; anpeariug in abundance in a candelabra -like out- line. Per pkt 10c.

HARDY PERENNIAL VARIETIES

267. Cashmerianum-A beautiful dark blue; blooms in corymbs of bix or more; 15 in. Pkt 10c.

268. Zalil ( Hardy Yellow Larkspur"). -Sulphur yellow, plant of branching habit, bearing sp.kus of 40 to 50 blossoms, each one inch in diameter, flowering from June until Aug., 3 to 4 ft. Pkt 10c.

269. Formosum- Two feet high ; flowers in large spikes of ex- quisite blue and white. Per pkt 5c.

270. Pillar of Beauty (D. formosum ccelestinum).— An unusually prei i y color — a doucai e anu. e of sky blue, m> blight and preliya shade that it has to be seen to be appreciated. Pkt 10c.

271. Nudicaule— Of dwarf compact growth, producing flowers varying iu Color from light scarlet to crimson. Per pkt 15c.

272. Sinense— 1 Two feet, high, flowering in loose clusters, sky blue, white or pink ; excellent for bouquets. Per pkt 5c.

DIANTHUS— PINKS

A magnificent genus, combining some of the most popular flowers in cultivation, producing a groat variety of brilliant colors and profusion of bloom. The hardy biennials an I Japanese varie- ties bloom the first season, the same as hardy animals, height 1 f ot. The hard? perennial varieties are veiy fragrant and of easy culture in the garden or greenhouse.

SINGLE ANNUAL VARIETIES

273. Crimson Belle — Very fine, large rich crimson flowers. Per pkt 10c.

274. Eastern Queen— Beautifully marbled, with broad bands of reddish lake upon petals. Must valuable. Per pkt 10c.

275. SALMON QUEEN— Its flowers are of a very distinct and per- fectly new tint in this cla-s. They are of the most brill ant salmon color imaginable, changing imo a salmony-iose when fading. The flowers are well formed and nice y f ing. d. The plants attain a. height.of 10 1 o 12 inches, like the o' her varieties of Dianthus Heddewigii. P«.r pkt 10c, 3 pkts for 25c.

Perennial Larkspur

Annual Larkspur

DOUBLE ANNUAL VARIETIES

276. Imperial is, fl. pi. (Double Imperial Pink)— About six inches high, iu great variety of shades. Per pkt 5c, oz 75c.

277. Chinensis, fl. pi. (Double China or Indian Pink)— About 12 inches high, of robust growth, extra double flowers, iu great variety. Per pkt 5c, oz 50c.

278. White Frill, or Mourning Cloak— Double flowers of large size, ric and unique colors; rich pm pin maroon, almost velvet black, and sharpl edged with clear white, makiug a striking and beautiful contrast. Pi pkt 10c.

279. Coronatus, fl. pi.— Carnation striped, double China Pink. Per pi 10c.

Dianthus Crimson Belle and Eastern Queen— Pkt 10c each.

280. Heddewigii Hybridus.fi. pi. (Japan Pink) — -Robust, g’ owing exceedingly large, distinct) showy flowers. Per pkt 5c.

281. Heddewigii Albus Grandiflorus, fl. pi. Very large double white flowers. Per pkt 10c.

282. Heddewigii Diadematus, fl. pi. (Double Diadem Japan Pi .k)— Extremely double, large flowering, beautiful shades. Per pkt 10c.

283. Laciniatus fl. pi. — Very large double fringed flowers. Per pkt 10c.

HARDY PERENNIAL VARIETIES

284. Barbatus (Sweet William)— One ft. lvph, fine variety of colors, single mixed. Per pkt 5c.

285. Barbatus, fl. pi.— Double Flowering Sweet William— Brilliant variety, mixed. Pei pkt 10c.

286. Plumarius fl. pi.— Double flowered, pheas- ant-eyed, pink, exquisitely fragrant. Per Pkt

10c.

287. Superbus Nanus — Double white dwarf. an excellent and profilab'e va’ie y for flo.ists and for bedding out. Pur pkt 10c.

288. Collection— Ten distinct varieties of Dian- thus, 75c.

ECHEVERIA

289. Metallica— A dwarf, succulent greenhouse perennial, for bedding out dm ing summer, with broad bronze fleshy leaves. Per pkt 25c.

8ingle Sweet William— Pkt 6c.

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Elichrysum (Everlasting)

Per pkt.

Qj|g*» Hardy annual; very free flowering; suitable for sowing in vaiaic* mas&es

X). Golden Ball— 1 ft. high, bright yellow flowers 10

91. Snowball— White flowers 5

12. Fireball— Scarlet flowers 5

)3. Compositum Minimum — Dwarf, mixed, quite distinct 5

94. Monstrosum, fl. pi.— 3 ft. high, double, mixed 5

Eschscholtzia (California Poppy)

Very showy hardy annuals flowering abundantly until very late in utumn, similar to poppies ; of dwarf growth ; succeeding in any soil. Pkt.

25. Cal ifornica— Orange 5

96. Rose colored 5

97. White 5

98. Mandarin— Brilliant scarlet, distinct 10

Eccremocarpus (Calampelis)

99. Scaber — A rapid growing tender annual, with pretty foliage and

clusters of handsome scarlet flowers 10

Erythrina (Coral Plant)

30. Crysta Galli— An ornamental, half-hardy perennial shrub, fine

for outdoor summer decoration,* with beaut if nl foliage and superb

spikes of scarlet pea-shaped flowers; 5 ft. high 10

Euphorbia (Snow on the Mountain)

31. Variegata— Half hardy annual \\ ft. high, showy, excellent for borders 10

D2. Heterophylla— (The gorgeous Annual Poinsetlia). “Mexican Fire Plant,” or “ Fire on the Mountain.” Three pkts for 25c 10

Everlastings, Mixed

33. A single pkt will supply a great variety of the most attractive Ever- la-ting Flowers.- No more welcome present, can be given to a visitor than some of these imperishable flowers. Three pkis for 25c 10

iverlasting Pea (See Lathyrus). Evening Primrose (See (Enothera).

319. Achillsefolia Rosea— 2 ft. high, rosy flowers 5

320. Capitata — 2 ft., sky blue 5

321. Tricolor— 1 ft., white, lilac and purple 5

llardia Truly elegant, half-hardy biennial plants, flowering the uamaiu year, or hardy perennials of dwaif habib and

flowers of two or three striking colors, in form of Cockades.

322. Picta Crandi- flora— The larg- est flo wer i ng variety of the.-.e popular annuals, very showy, many co lors, mixed. Pkt 10c.

323. PictaLoren- ziana— The ray and disc flowers of this new var- iety developinto tubular funnel- shaped florets one above tin- other. Pkt 10c.

321. Gai Hard! a HybridaMaxi- ma— These are the choicest of hai dj perennials; flowers arelarge, numerous, excel- lentfor cutting, and of brillianb shades of orange, crimson, scarletand vermilion, and very often acosubi nation of all these colors in one flower; many colors, mixed. Per pkt 10c.

Gamelopis

Ferns

34. To raise them from seed is very interesting; full directions are

printed on the packages. A choice mixture of hajdy kinds 15

Collection of Ferns, 12 varieties, $1.50.

EVERFEWS (See Matricaria). Four O’Clocks (See Marvel of Peru).

Fragaria

05. Icidica ( Indian Strawberry). A yellow flowering half-hardy per- ennial, producing pretty scarlet but tasteless fruit in succession almost during the whole year ; a desirable plant for hanging baskets. 10

Freesia

06. Freesia, Refracta. Alba— Very easily grown bulbs, which can

be readily produced from seed. The flowers are pure white with yellow throat and exquisitely fragrant. Three pkts 25c, or .. 10

325. Tagetes Pumila— Half-

hardy annual, 1 ft., feather- Gaillardia Picta Grandiflora ed foliage and dark yellow flowers. Per pkt 10c.

HAntiAna 326 Acaulis— Short-stemmed hardy perennials, much u=ed fur edging; flowers dark blue

(Gladiolus Bulbs are offered on page 68).

Glaucium ('Horn Ponnv') 327. Corniculatum — Ornamen- VUcVUblum ^xxorn roppy; tf,]( hardy, robust, perennial

foliage plants, bordering

10

10

Globe Amaranthus (Gomphrena Globosa)

Handsome favorite hardy everlasting annuals, flowering freely the

whole summer.

328. BrierHt Purple— Flowers, 18 in. high 5

329. White 5

330. Variegated o

331. Orange Yellow 5

Forget-Me-Not

Gloxinia (Hybrida Crassiflom)

Charminglittle hard y pereuniul plants, with an abundance of star-like little flowers, well ad- apted for small beds, hanging ' baskets and rook- ies. Per pkt.

307. Alpine ( Myosotis alpestris)—i ins.

high, delicate sky-blue 5

308. Victoria— The flowers arelarge and of a bright azure blue, with yellow cen- tres. The plants form neat bushes, completely covered with floweisja

valuable variety for cut flowers and pot cul- ture 10

309. Semperflorens-A charming dwarf For- get-me-not, continuing in bloom from early

spring until autumn ; blue ; 8 inches 10

Compact Blue — 9 in. high 10

10. Dark Blue— {azorica)— Flowers half an inch across ; rich turquoise

• blue, without eye 1 10

SU. White Flowering 10

112. Clear Blue ( dissitiflora) — One of the best of all he Forget-me- nots. It is of a remarkably compact habit ; profuse bloomer, having the appearance, when in full flower, of a sheet of exquisite blue .. 10 313. Palustris — Beautiful bjne flowers, 1 ft.; suitable for swamp gre

round 5

Fuchsia

314. (Lady’s Ear Dron). A pre eminently beautiful popular greenhouse nr parlor plant. Variegated mixed

25

Bulbous -rooted plant, producing in great profusion during sum mir months, large bell-shaped flowers of the richest and most beautiful variety of brilliant colors. The bulbs must l»e kept warm and dry during the winter; 1 foot.

332. GRANDIFLORA, with erect flowers — A mix- ture of t Im finest spotted and b ou bed varieties Per pkt 25c.

Gloxinia Bulbs, splendid large flowering bulbs, sure to produce first- class bloom. Price per bulb 15'\ 4 for 50c, $1.50 per doz. postpaid.

Grevillea(SiikOak)

333. Robus+a-Vcry beauti- ful ai d g' aoeful foliage;

. . highly valued as a decor-

Gloxinia ative plant fur table and

tropical lawn effects; tender perennial, 3 to 5 ft 10

Godetifl. Ornamental hardy annuals. 2 feet, various shades of lilac

au(j purpie>

334. Insignis— Large flowered, mixed 5

335. Lady Albemarle — Crimson, edges of the petals suffuced wilh

pale lilac, d wai f 5

336. Lady Satin Rose — Unequalled for brilliancy and r;rhne'--s of

colors. The flowers are of a brilliant deep rosy pink, tho surface shining like satin _ 5

GOLDEN FEATHER (See Pyrcthrum).

Geranium

l*5- Zonale- Scarlet sorts mixed 10

318. Double, M ixed — This seed will produce a large percentage of

double flowers of extra fine colors 25

317. Apple-Scented—' This fragrant variety can only be grown from

Aded to form fine plants 10

?18. Pelargonium, Mixed— From fancy and spotted varieties 25

Grasses. Ornamental

337. Briza Maxima 5

338. Bromus Brizaeformis

(Brome Grass) 5

339. Coix Lachrymae (Job's

Tears) 10

340. Gynerium Argenteum

(Pampas Grass) 10

341. Lagurus Ovatus (Hare’s

Tail Grass) *

342. Stipa Pennata (Feather

Gra»s) 1

* 343. Ornamental Grasses — Mixture 4

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GOURDS (Ornamental)

344. Angora— The foliage is dense and the

frm is are spotted white of the most curious siu» pes and colors. They are very desirable. Pkt5o. Per pkt

345. Flat Corsican— Fruib in form of flat

bottles 5

346. Dipper or Siphon— Afavorite variety 5

347. Herculean Club— Fruit like large

clubs 5

348. Bottle— Resembling a large bottle.... 5

349. Orange— Fruit like an orange 5

350. Pear— Like a pear in shape 5

351. Striped Flat— Green Striped, very

pretty 5

352. Nest Egg— Resembling an egg 10

353. Serpent -Fruit 5 to 6 feet in length,

which when ripe becomes a brilliant ermine color 10

354. Mixture of most of the above 5

customers' Selection of six pkts 25c

Hardy annuals or perennial

Ornamental Gourds

Gypsophila plants of low gro wth, pro- ducing multitudes of tiny white flowers, ex- tremely neat in bouquets.

355. Elegans, Mixed— Annual, 2 feet high 5

356. Pan icu lata -White, fine for bouquets,

perennial 5

Uo/lircioniim 357. Gyrans — {The Tele- n 6 ay sap um graph Plant). Posses-

ses the remarkable property of setting one or more leaves in moiion for an indefinite time without any apparent cause. Per pkt 25c.

Helianthus or Sunflower

358. NaVius fl. pl.-Dwarf variety about 2J ft. high, flowers very double, rich golden yel- low, 5 to 7 inches across. Pkt 5c, oz 20c.

359. Annuus, fl. pi.— Tall large, and very double. Pkt 5c, oz 20c.

360. Ever-blooming Sunflower, “Stella”— This new annual 3 to 4

feet high produces its flowers in the greatest abundance all through the summer till late in the fall. They are 2£ to 3 inches across, borne on long stems, purest golden yellow with a black disc. Per pkt 10c.

361. “Texas Silver Queen”— At home in the South, where it attains a height of ten feeb, branching from the ground to the top, form- ing pyramid with upwards of 100 flowers on the one plant. Pkt 10c, 3 for 25c.

362. Cucumerifolius, Miniature Sunflower —Small flowered, dwarf. singlesunflower, Rich yellow, an abundant bloomer. Pkt 5c.

363. Oculatus, fl., pi.— Very double, tall, yellow, green centre. Pkt 5c.

364. Globosis Fistulosis— Flowers from 12 to 15 in. in din meter, globular and extremely double, most effective of all annual Sunflowers. Pkb 5c, £ lb 10c, lb 25c.

Multiflorus— Hardy perennial, 5 to 6 feeb high. Pkt 5c.

Mammoth Russian— As the name implies of giganticdimensionsbot.hof flowersandsiaik; seeds are used 1 rgely for chicken feed. Pkt 5c, £ lb 10c, lb 25c.

Hesperis or Rocket

(Dame’s VT i li)

373. Matronaiis Popular

hardy, flagrant flowering perennial, 2 f cl high. Mixed colors. Pkt 5c.

HOPS

374. Hops — The old standard variety. Pkt 5c.

375. Japanese Variagated—

The leaves are strikingly variagated and marked ; the first color is brightdeep green distinctly markedand blotch- ed with silvery white tinged with yellow; nowand then a leaf will be almost snowy white, and another one, noc far away, almost green. Pkt 10c, 3 for 25c.

376. Humulus Japonicus —

Green-leaved Japanese Hop. Pkt 5c.

Honesty

377. LunariaRediviva— Hardy biennial, admired for it sil- very seed pouches, which are used for house ornaments, 2 feet high. Per pkt 10c.

Miniature Sunflower

{Helianthus Cucumerifolius)

Humea

365

378. Elegans— Red, 3 feeb high. A remarkably handsome plant, invaluable for decorative purposes; in the centre of beds it is most effective ;

half-hardy biennial. Pkt 10c.

ICE PLANT

A pretty little trailing plant, the leaves of which are covered with crystalline globules; half-hardy annual.

379. Mesembryanthemum Crystallinum

—(Ice plant. Pkt 5c.

380. Tricolorum — (Dew or Wax Plant)— Small pink flowers.

381. Cordifolium— Large rosy purple flowers, good for hanging baskets, heart-shaped variegated leaves. Pkt 5c.

IMPOMCEA (See Morning Glory and Cypress Vine).

Impatiens Sultana

Balsam)— Planted in open ground in June, it grows luxuriantly, flowers with the greatest profusion. The flowers are a bril- liant rosy scarlet, about 1£ m. in diameter. Pkt 15c.

(Standing Cypress) Stems 2 jLjJUIIlU^JlO ft. high. Remarkably hand- some, free flowering, half-hardy biennials for indoois, flowering the second j ear in different tints of bright orange scarlet. 383. Elegans— Mixed. Pkt 5c.

366.

Heliotropium

367. Lemoine’s Giant _ Hy briefs— The trusses

measure from ten to fifteen inches across. Their fragrance isdt licious and powerful. Thecolors are from purewhii e through allshadesof violet and blue to deep indigo. Per plu 20c, 3 pkts for 25c.

368. Peruvianum— Popular indoor or greenhouse plant

of J°w growth and deliciously fragrant purplish-blue or lilac trusses of delicate flowers. Mixed. Pkt 10c.

KaJanchoe Carnea 38

tive plant at tainsa height of about 18 inches and is of good bushy habit. J'he pink flowers arc of wax-like consistancy, last a long time in perfection aud are deliciously fragrant. Per pkt 20c.

Helmterum Sand ford s i —Pretty dwarf everlastings, with

noiiptci U1U bright yellow flowers, hh.a. Per pkt 10c.

Hibiscus

ering annual, 2 feet high, straw colored flowers, with pioininent dark spots at the base, very desirable for mixed bed of flowers.

370. AFricanus — (Calisur- eus). Pkt 5c.

371. Syriacus ( Double Rose of Sharon)— White aud purple. Pkt 10c.

Hibiscus Crimson Eye

372. Crimson Eye — Flow- ers of the largest size, pure white, with a large spot of velvety crimson in the centre of each flower; hardy perennial flowers the first year from seed if sown early. Pkt 10c.

Japanese Varie. KaillfllSSia 38dw^17 hS-dy^inmiKim p. S* fHoPr high, dark purple, dais' -I ke flowers, des-

t'Kt J.uo. <5 ror <aoc. irable for early summer flow, r bfcds. Pkt. 5c.

TCftPllisi 386. Scoparia (Belvidere, or Summer CypmsV-R pid grow- AW^illa ing, graceful plants for mixed borders. Yellow, hardy an- nuals, 3 feet. Pkt 10c.

T H t *3 li 51 387. Hybrida— Fine Mixed. A rapid growing indoor shrub, utilltaua for bedding during summer, 3 feet; flowers in heads of

yellow* pink, orange or changeable colors. Pkt 5c. LARKSPUR (See Delphinium)

T va fopo 388. Hybrida — Handsome, JU&. V a. LOi d free flower ng, upright growing hardy annual, of the Mallow tribe, crimson rose flowers. Pkt 5c.

T dVAbflnr* 389. A hardy plant bearing Lid. vernier spikes >f blue flowers, which are cut and dried for their frag- rance; perennials from 1 to 2 ft. Pkt 5c.

390. Elegans -A pretty and »f- _ tractive little hardy annual, for

cut flowers purposes. ’J'he rays of (he flower-heads are bright yellow wiih white tips. Pkt 10c.

Layia

LEMON VERBENA (See Aloysia)

Lily of the Valley

jalis — Lovely little — 5 plants, bearing pure D

aell-shaped flowers.

391. Conval- aria M a

spring blooming white, fragrant, Pkt 10c.

Lantana Hybrida

Chater’s Extra Double Hollyhock

Pkt 15c.

vety, crimson maroon flowers. Per pkt 10c, 3 for 25c.

398. Crystal Palace— Dark blue, fine for beds. Pkt 10c.

399. White Gem— Pure white, compact habit. Pkt 10c.

400. Emperor William— Blue, white eyes. Pkt 10c.

TRAILING VARIETIES

Branching plants for hanging over vases and baskets, 6 to 9 inches high. , Gracilis— Light blue, slender, trailing stems, grown for baskets. Per pkt 5c.

, Erinus Grandiflora Stellata, or Paxton iana— Large blue flow- ers, white eye. Pk i 10

Erinns Speciosa— Large, free flowering, sky blue, white centre. Per pkt 10c.

HARDY PERENNIAL VARIETIES Fulgrens (Queen Victoria) — Beautiful border plant, with brilliant scarlet flowers and metallic crimson foliage. Per pkt 10c.

Cardinal is— Scarlet, native of Canada. Per pkt 10c.

SIMMERS’ SUPERB DOUBLE

Hollyhocks (Althaea Rosea)

One of our grandest summer and autumn flowering plants, bearing long spikes of double flowers, 3 to 4 inches across. Hardy biennials, 5 to 8 feet hivh. The seed we offer has been saved from our unrivaled collection of choicest improved double varieties.

392. CHATER S EXTRA DOUBLE— Most beautiful and true. P.r pkt 15c.

393. Double White — Extra strain of perfectly double pure while flowers. 0z§1.00, pkt 10c.

394. Double Yellow -Cumpi isiug buff, straw color and orange shades. Per pkt 10c.

395. Bright Red— Double. Per pkt 10c.

396. Bright Pink— Double. Per pkt 10c.

Hollyhocks— Chater’s Prize Collection, 12 dis- tinct colors, 50 cents.

For Hollyhock plants to flower this year, see Plant List.

LOBELIA

DWARF OR COMPACT VARIETIES Little, round, compact plants, fine for edgings, ribbon beds, etc., 4 to 6 inches high.

397. Prima Donna— A charming novelty; in habib dwarf and compact, rich, vel-

Mairvel of Peru— Pkt 5c

MARVEL OF PERU (Four o’clock)

421. ( Mirabilis Jalappa)— Beautiful half-hardy annuals ; may be kepb in cellar during winter and replanted every spring; 3 feet high; flowers are fragrant, especially in the evening. In many shades, mixed. Pkt 5c.

MARIGOLD

Popular hardy annual border plants of magnificent effect; varying in height, form and color of flowers, but always being showy, desirable boraer plants.

422. Eldorado, Tall ( Double African ) — The handsomest of the Mari- golds, its color ranging from p Test yellow to the deepe-t orange ; flow- ers are large, almost round, and very double. Per pkt 10c.

423. Dwarf (Double African)— 1 foot high, orange color. Per pkt 5c.

424. Tall (Double African)— 2 feet high, orange color. Per pkt 5c.

425. Tall Striped ( Doicble French'!— 2 feet high, yellow flowers, with a broad stripe on each petal. Per pkt 5c.

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426. Dwarf (Double French)— 1 foot high, flowers velvety brown, finely edged yellow. Per pkt 5c.

427. Gold Nugget (Double French)— Dwarf, dense growth, and immense d -uAe flowers, whieh are of a peculiar shade of golden yellow. Pkt 5c.

428. LEGION OF HONOR (French)— One of the prettiest and handsomest of the Marigolds. The pants gi ow 9 inches high, are insect and drought pr«*.,f and will bloom from the middle of summer until late in fall. Flowers rich golden yellow marked with \el\ ety brown. Pkt 10c.

LIMNANTHES

16. Douglassi— Easily grown, f ee flowering, slightly fragrant plants, excellent for beds or edgings iu damp, shady places ; hardy annuals. Per pkt 10c.

LIN ARIA (Kenilworth Ivy)

Very pretty, hardy annual or perennial,

•ailing or low growing plants.

17. Alpina — Perennial, lilac shaded. Pkt 10c.

18. Cymballaria (Kentucky Ivy)-Perennial, purple and white. I’kt 10‘\

19. Hendersonii— Annual. 1 foot high; lilac and yellow-shaded flowers. Per pkt 5c.

LINUM ('Flowering Flax)

Free flowering hardy annual or perennial lanrs.

.0. Grandiflorum Rubrum — Crimson.

Per pk . 5c.

1. Perenne— Perennial blue. Per pkt 5c.

LOPHOSPERMUM

2 . Scandens — Exceedingly beautiful and highly ornamental genus of climbers, hand- some, showy foxglove-like flowers; half- hardy annual or biennial. Rosy purple flowers. Per pkt 10c.

iOVE-IN-A-MIST (Devilin-the-Bush)

3. Nigella Damascena - Popular hardy annuals of low growth, handsome in bou- quets. Blue white, mixed. Pkt 6c.

[jUPINUS Or LUPIN (Sun Dials) Marigold, Double Tall African, Eldorado— Pj£t 10c. Marigold (Legion of Honor)

Desirable plants for bedding and bouquets, long graceful flower spikes, chly colored flowers.

4. Mixed Annual Varieties— Per pkt 5c.

L5. Mixed Perennial Varieties— Per pkt 5c.

LYCHNIS

Beautiful hardy, biennial and perennial plants. 3 feet high, remarkable, onsnicuous heads of brilliant scarlet-shaded flowers.

16. Chalcedonica— Perennial, bright srarlet flowers. Per pkt 5c.

17. Grandiflora Gigantea — A variety of l he preceding, of dwarf nature, -and with many large flowers. Per pkt 10c.

MALVA

18. Moschata Alba— (White Mu«k Scented Mallow) — An attractive gar- den plant; grown into a pyramid al bush ; produces numerous white flow- era size of silver quarter. Thrives best in a warm situation. Per pkt 10c.

MALOPE

A favorite hardy annual, 3 feet high, with large conspicuous flowers of he Mallow tribe.

19. Grandiflora— White and rose, mixed. Per pkt 10c.

MARTYNIA

Handsome, tropical appearing annuals, for outdoor cultivation during rummer, being raised indoors ; 2 feet high, large leaves and trumpet-shaped ‘owers, producing curiously shappd seed pods, like horns.

Formosa— Mixed. Per pkt 5c.

MATHIOLA (Evening Scented Stock)

429. Bicornis— A desirable half-hardy annual, 1 foot high, bushy, with ro<y lilac flowers of a delicious perfume, especially iu the evening. Per pkt 5c.

MATRICARIA (Feverfew)

Hardy perennials, floweriug the first year, with daisy-like, double white flowers, 1 foot high.

430. Capensis, fl. pi.— Known as bridal rose. Per pkt 5c.

43L Eximea Nana Aurea Crispa, fl. pi.— Dwirf growing, with golden yellow leaves exquisite for border. ng. Per pkt 10c.

MAURANDIA

432i Maurandia, mixed — The prettiest half-hardy climbing plants in cultivation, for trellises outdoors, or for greenhouse or parlor culture. Per pkt 10c.

MELILOTUS (Sweet Clover)

433. Suaveolens — Per pkt 5c.

MELOTHRIA

434. Punctata (African Oak-leaved Climber) — A magnificent, rapid grow- ing. climning annual. Flowers are succeeded by great numbers of blue-brown berries. Per pkt 25c.

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Mignonette “ Bismarck Pkt 10c.

MIGNONETTE (Reseda Odorata)

Most popular fragrant flowering hardy annuals, of trailing habit and

graceful appearance ; indispensable in every garden.

435. Large Flowered— Sweet-scented. Pkt 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, J lb 40c, lb $1 25

436. Mile’s Spiral-Of dwarf habit, branching, la.'ge flowered spikes. Pkt 10c.

437. Parson’s White —

Stamens whi e, flowers la-ge and fragrant. Pkt 10c.

438. Golden Queen-An en- tirely distinct Scrt of dense pyramidal habit, wth golden yellow flowers, which give it a most attractive appear- ance. Pkt 5 •.

439. Compact Dwarf-Of

upright, compact, branchy growth, almost circular, with reddish tinted, numerous flowers.

Pkt 5c.

440. Gabrielle — New, red, very sweet, spikes very thick. Pkt 10c.

441. Bird’s Mammoth —

Under proper cultivation the spikes average 12 to 15 inches long, are very full and exceedingly frag- rant. Pkt 10c. Musa Ensetc

FIVE GIANT MIGNONETTES

MIMULOUS (Monkey Flower)

Extremely handsome, dwarf grow- ing. half hardy biennials, with delicate, large beautifully tinted flowers, requir- ing shelter from the midday suu to bring them to perfection.

448. Cupreus— Spotted, marked dotted and blotched flowers on yellow ground. Pkt. 5c.

449. Simmers’ Mammoth— Magnifi- cent strain ; unequalled for beauti- ful c Tors. Pkt 25c.

459. The Emperor — The flowers are remarkably rich aud varied in color.

Pkt 25c.

Mimuius Moschatus — See Musk plant.

MINA LOBATA

One of the handsomest climbers

451. A charming Mexican climber, which somewhat resembles the Cypress Vine, except in color and shape of flowers, which are tube- shaped, borne on fork-like racemes and produced in g.eat p ofusion.

Seed must be sown early . Pkt 10c.

MOMORD1CA (Balsam Apple)

452. Momordica Balsamina — A

trailing or low climbing, half-hardy a' nual, the fleshy fruits, infused with sweet oil, being famous for curing wounds. Pkt 5c.

MOONFLOWER

453. Moonfl owe r-(/powcea Noctiflora)

— Bears ill the greatest profusion iis lovely while flowers 5 to 6 itieln s in di imeter, wii h five- pointed star in the centre; flowers open at du>k or earlier on cloudy days; deliciously fragrant. Si-art early in (he house and set out as early as safe in the spring; the vines make ve v rapid growth, often attaining a height of 25 feet in one season. Pkt 15c.

MUSK PLANT

454. Musk ( Mimuius Moschatus) —

This fragrant and universally fav- orite little plant is well known and is equally at home in sitting-room, green house or garden; half-hardy perennial. Jft. Pkt 5c.

MORNING GLORY (Ipomoen)

rich^hade^CCn^ ^ar<^ annual climbers, very free flowers, trumpet-shaped

455. Mixed Morning; Glories, all colors -Pkt 5c, cz 20c, £ lb 60c.

456. Mexican Mixed— Large flowering. Pkt 5c.

4o7. Sky-Blue Mexican— Splendid large flowe ing. Pkt 5c.

^ Luav?? Morning; Glory— With silvery white marbled leaves distinct. Pkt 10c.

459. Coccinea— Scarlet, feathered leaves. Tkt 10c.

Morning Glories— Pkt 5c.

442. Bismarck— The flowers are borne on long stems, high above the thick, dark green, somewhat corrugated foliage ; the bushes do notexceed one foot in height, the flowers are of a reddish hue and very sweet scented. Pkt 10c, 3 for 25c.

443. “ DEFIANCE”— When grown under favorable conditions and with proper care, its spikes will not only be of remarkable size— from 12 to 15 inches 1 >ng, but deliciously fragrant, much more so than any other var- iety. The individual florets are of immense size and stand out boldly, forming a graceful as well as compact 6pike. Per pkt 10c, 3 for 25c.

444. “The Prize”— This is a ve’-y distinct variety, the flowers being un- usually Urge as well as remarkable for their beautiful color aud delicious fragrance; flowers light red, excellent for bouquets. Pkt 10c.

445. Machet — Vigorous dwirf pyramidal plants, very stout flower stocks, with numerous dark green leaves, terminating in long spikes of deliciously-scented red flowers. Best for pot culture and valuable for bor- ders. Pkt 10c, oz 80c.

446. Giant Red, or Paris Market—

Ibis wonderful Mignonette grows 12 to 16 inches in height, in pyra- midal form; its enormous flower spikes are 'of the largest size, the individual blossoms of an intense red color are very sweet scented. One of ti e best for cut flowers and pot culture. Pkt 10c. SPECIAL OFFER— One packet of each of the above, five Giant Migno- nettes for 35c.

MUSA ENSETE (Abyssinian Banana)

447. A sp’endid plant for the open air in summer, producing a most striking effect when planted singly or in groups. In our hot summers it lux- uriates and attains gigantic propor- tions when freely supplied with manure and water. The seeds ger- minate easily if started in hotbed or bottom heat in greenhouse. Ten- der perennial, 10 to 20 feet. Pkt of 5 seeds, 25c.

Moonfiower, or Evening; Glory— Pkt 10c.

— « : ' ' , —r miage ve y targe, neart-shaned ; flowers 4 to

® ®s acro.ss in large clusters, light blue with a yellow throat suffufciug

softly into blue. Also a splendid conservatory climber. Pxt 10c.

461* ^AR,—‘\T.heB1ue Dawn Flower.” Most beautiful, bearing clusters

OVel£w^^’lue flovvers imaginable that measure fully 5 to b inches across. Pkt 10c.

For the newest varieties of Morning Glory see Novelties.

NICOTIANA

(Tobacco Plant)

The follow- ing are very orn amen tal half-hardy an- nuals and veiy desirable.

462. Gran di- flora. Pur- purea —

L rge mas- sive foliage, dark purple red flowers.

Pkt 5c.

463. Affinis —

( Sweet Scent ed Tobacco Plant l -Pro- ct u c e s an abun dance of large pure white flowers that expand fully in the morn- ingand even- ing, emitting a delicious fragrance.

Pkt 10c.

Nicotiana. Ain n is— Pkt 10c.

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Simmers’ Superb nasturtiums

& TALL, OR CLIMBING VARIETIES

Elegant and luxuriant climbers for verandas, trellises, etc., bearing the gorgeous flowers in * prefusion until killed by frost. May be used to cover unsightly railings and to trail over rough ft ground with fine effect. The seed pods can be gathered while green and tender for pickling. |f 6 to 10 feet. (See cut. y

464. Simmers’ Special Mixture — Variegated. Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 2 oz 20c, i lb 30c, lb $1.00.

465. Tall, Yellow— Very fine. Pkt 5c, oz 15c.

466. Dark Brown— Tall. Pkt 5c, oz 15c.

467. Hemisphaericum — Fine, tall, scarlet. Pkt 5c, oz 15c.

468. Tall Edward Otto— Brownish lilac.

\ 4C9-

\ 478.

! 471. ’ 472. ^ 473.

Golden Leaved Scarlet. Hinemanni — Silky bronze choco- late.

Moltke— Bluish pink.

Pearl — Creamy white.

Prince Henry— Cream color, spot-

474.

475.

476.

477.

Tall Regelianum— Purple violet.

“ Scheuermanni (straw color)—

Striped yellow and crimson.

“ Schilling!— Bright yellow, maroon blotches.

“ Vesuvius— Brilliant fiery rose, very effective.

ted red.

Any of the above— Pkt 5e, any 6 pkts for 25e, oz 20e.

HYBRIDS OF MADAME GUNTER

478. There have already been produced twenty-two different colors or combination of colors in these new hybrids, including various shades of rose, salmon, bright-red, pale yellow, etc., either self-colored or spotted, mottled, striped and margined. For covering trellises, fences, arbors, piazzas, t railing from vases, over rock work, etc., nothing can equal the gorgeous effect produced by their marvellous quantities of bloom bo nc in uninterrupted splendor from early summer until cut down by frost. Their ease of culture, the rapidity of growth, luxuriant and dense, to a height of 12 to 15 feet are wonderful.

Pkt 5c, oz 25c, 2 oz 40c, J lb 73c, lb $2.50.

Tall or Climbing Nasturtium

LOBBS’ CLIMBING NASTURTIUMS Lobbianum *

The brilliance and profusion in blooming of the Lobbianum varieties render them superior for greenhouse or conservatory decor ation in winter ; also for trell.ses, arbors and vases, etc., in summer ; annuals, 6 to 10 feet.

479. Asa Gray— Primrose yellow.

480. Brilliant— Dark scarlet.

481. Chaixianum— Yellow, spotted red.

482. Giant of Battles— Sulphur with dark red blotches.

483. King of the Blacks (Roi des noirs)— Black maroon.

481. Lobbi Mutabile— Tall with bright scarlet flowers.

433. Mereier Lacombc— Dark purplish crimson.

4SG. Napoleon III.— Golden spotted with brown.

457. Purpureum Violaceum, Tall— Purple violet flowers.

458. 8pitfire— Brilliant light scarlet.

Any of the above— 5e pkt, any 6 pkts for 25c, oz 25c.

TOM THUMB, DWARF OR BEDDING VARIETIES

Dwarf Nasturtium

The improved varieties of the Dwarf Nasturtium are among the most popular and beaut iful of our garden plants. Their n at, compact growth, rich colored flowers and free-blooming and long-lasting qualities, torjether with their adap- tability to almost any soil or situation, make them unsurpassed for garden decoration. 1 foot.

489. Simmers' Special Dwarf Mixture-

490. Aurora— Deep crome yellow, the two

1 wer petals blotched and veined carmine.

491. Beauty - Scarlet, splashed canary.

492 Bronze Color— Copp :ry bronze.

493. Cloth of Gold— Sonrlet flowers and

golden yellow foliage.

494. Crimson Rose Colored— Dwarf.

495. Dwarf Crimson,

496. Dwarf Yellow.

497. Empress of India — Very dwarf,

dark t inted foliage, flowers brilliant crimson.

i 5c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25c, J lb 35c, lb $1.25.

498. King Theodore— Dwarf, intense dark

brown flowers.

499. King of Tom Thumbs— Scarlet.

500. Lady Bird— Orange, yellow and red

spots.

501. Pearl White— Cream color, very dis-

tinct.

502. Prinz Heinrich— Cream color, spofc-

t d r. d.

503. Rcgelianum— Purple violet.

504. Ruby King-- Crimson rose, distinct

foliage.

505. 8potted King— Orange spotted crim*

son.

Any of the above — 5c pkt, any 6 pkts fop 25c, oz 25c,

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J. A. SIMMERS, TORONTO— RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS.

.

yFMnPHII A (Love’s Grove)— Of neat, compact habit, t 'e £ its u r n I Ln blooming freely all summer. If thinued

to 4 in. apart the plants will present a dense mass. 506. Mixed— Many rich, bright colors. Pkto 5c.

NIEREMBERCIA

507. Frutescens— A half-hardy perennial, slender grow- ing plant, perpetually in bloom, flowering the first year if sown early ; d“sirable for the greenhouse, baskets, va es, or bedding out; 1 ft. White tinted with lilac. 1 kb 10c.

Nigella— (See Love-in-a-Mist).

||n| ANA 508. Very pretty annual, trailing habit, with nULfllin Morning Glory like flowers, well adapted to rock work, 6 inches, hardy annual, mixed colors. Pkt 5c.

OXALIS Delicate half-hardy annual, and jjerennial,

low growing plants with leaves like Shamrock.

509. Mixed -9 in. high, rosy flowers, annual. Pkt 10c.

510. Tropseoloides (Corniculata) — Short trailing an- nual, leaves distinctly marked brown-purple, yellow flowers. Pkt 10c.

511. Valdiviana— Perennial, flowering in the first year, bright yellow, sweet-scented. Pkt 10c.

fFNriTHPRA 512. Fine Mixed — (“Evening Prim-

U.llUinbnn roses ” or “Sun Drops”). Large, showy flowe'S, various colors, hardy annual. 1 to 2 ft. Pkt 5c.

PENTSTEMON

P/EONIA 513. Sinensis (Chinese Pseonies) — MagnifiJ Pentstemon Gloxinoides

cent hardy perennial, 3 to 4 ft. high, produc- ing large semi-double and double flowers, white, pink and purple shades, fragrant as roses ; seed takes about two years before sprouting. Mixed. Pkt 15c.

pcpil I ft Ornamental, half-hardy annual, deep, dark, purplish red foli- rblllLLn ago, for border or indoors.

514. Nankinensis — Leaves deep mulberry or purplish black, 1 foot high. Pkt 5c.

515. Variegata — With leaves finely variegated and veined. Pkt 10c.

PIPflTFF P!NK<\ Well-known plants of great beauty, combining rlUU I LL rllllW with the most perfect form the richest colors; they have a delicate perfume, and are easily cultivated. 1 foot high, half- hardy perennials.

516. Mixed— Best double quality. Pkt 25c.

517. Pure White -Pkt 25c.

Hardy perennials producing very showy flowers dur- ing the whole season. 'I hey form large clumps and are

excellent for planting among shrubbery.

518. Mixed— Blue and white. Pkt 10c.

Palma. Christi (See Castor Oil Bean).

PLATYCODON

Very Attractive hardy perennial foi beds, borders and cut flowers. Tht flowers are half-pendent, bell-shaped and marked ant marbled in beautiful bright shades. They should be planted in a rich, open soil and protected during the winter.

519. Finest Hybrids— A splendid mixture. 10c.

520. Gloxinoides- Dulimt in point of size of flower ii.dividal flowers measuring 2 inches across, variety and brilliancy of color and profusion of bloom. It has been named became of the resemblance of the indi- vidual flowers to Gloxinias in their substance, form and val id y of coloring. Sown early they come into flower in July and continue a blaze until frost, (See cut). 10c.

PHYSALIS FRANCHETI

521. Japanese Giant Winter Cherry— A remarkably

showy annual, of sturdy erect, branching habit, grow ing about 18 inches high. The branches are well covered with luxuriant green foliage, and studded with large, bright red cherry like fruits, each enclosed in an enormous balloon-like semi-transparent calyx, about 3 inches long by 7 to eight inches in ci< cum- ferenee, at, first of light green color, gradually chang. ing, as they mature, to yellow, then orange and finally to crimson. Pkt 10c, 3 for 25c.

Dm EMnNIIIM Ornamental hardy perennials, with rULEIVIUlilUlwl beau: if ul skj -blue flowers in bunchi

522. Coeruleum- 2 ft. high. Pkt 5c.

523. Pulchellum — 1 ft. high. Pkt 5c.

DAQQinN FI nWFRQ Splendid grebjihouseorpafll

Pkt 10c “nOvlUn rLUiFLIiw Climbers; some also for out doors with curiously shaped flowers, the appendagei of which are supposed to represent the passion of Jesus.

524. Ccerulea— For greenhouse or parlor, flowers light blue. Pkt 10c.

525. Macrantha-For greenhouse or parlor; glossy leaves, large, de rosy pink flowers. Pkt 20c.

526. Incarnata (S -uthern “May Pops”) — Blooms the first season from seed. Flowers 2 or 3 in. across, flesh white with purple rays, followed by yellow edible fruits. Pkt 10 '.

PODOLEPIS Ha f-hardy everlasting annuals, free flowering fine for

527. Chrysantha- 1 ft., golden yellow. Pkt 5c.

528. Superba- Dark red. Pkt 5c.

Dfll VANTHII<t One our earliest flowering, popular, hardy perem rULIftn I nuo ni;lls, of low growth, particularly suited for edging borders; flowers in an astonishing and great variety of colors, in form Of Auriculas.

529. Goldlaced, Mixed— The flowers ha ve a clear, even margin or lacing of gold on a ground color, similarly well defined ; extra choice mixed, Pkt 20c.

Dfll VPHNIIM 530. Orientate— A hardy, graceful, showy annual, 5 feel rULIUUnUin high; fit for shrubberies or the centre of borders; rosy crimson, drooping flowers ; fine, light green, heart-shaped foliage, Pkt 5c.

“

SIMMERS’ PHLOX DRUMMONDII P Varieties ^

The various varieties of this flower are noted for extreme richness of color, profuseness of blossom, and length of duration of bloom. It is one of our finest annuals, and whether in clumps or masses looks equally beautiful. Hardy annual ; 1£ feet.

Pkt.

>31. Grandiflora — This strain of mixed, large-flowering Phlox is noteworthy for variety and brilliancy of colors. Not only is our strain notable for variety and brilli- ancy of colors, but also for the perfection and size of the flowers- many of the single flowers are so large they will very nearly cover a fifty cent piece. When our cus- tomers see the brilliancy and pleasing variety of colors produced from this seed they will thank us for recommending a liberal planting. Finest mixture; |oz30c, pkt 5c.

Pkt.

532. Discoidalis Grandiflora, Mixed

Larger and more numerous flowers... 10

533. Delicata-DelicaterOse, white centre 10

534. Black Warrior — Dark red, nearly

black 10

535. Coccinea— Bright scarlet 10

536. Princess Royal— Light purple with

white streaks, very brilliant 10

537. Isabel— Nankin Yellow 10

538. Leopoldi — Blight rose with white

eyes 10

539. Washington — Violet purple, with blackish brown and white throat, beautiful „.

10

10

10

540. Quadricolor -Purple threat, violet

eye, with a white and redd.sh lilac ring

541. Radowitzii— Rosy red, striped white.

542. Rosea — Deep rose 10

543. White— Large flowering 10

544. William I. — Bright crimson with

stripes 10

545. STAR-SHAPED PHtOX-“8t«r of

Quedlinburg." Flowers of regular star- like form. Plant of compaei. habir, large umbrels of flowers ; novel and beautiful ; mixed. colors 10

546. FRINGED PHLOX “FIMBRIATA”

— A distinct variety : resembles the ordinary Phl^x Drummondii; flowers bordered white, which wil h bright eyed centre, picturesquely contrast with the magnificent velvety colors; more than 25 distinct colors

547. Dwarf Scarlet (Fireball) — In- tense scarlet 10

10

Phlox Drummondii, Large Flowering

Pkt 5c.

548. Dwarf White (Snowball) — A dwarf-

growing variety of Phlox, remarkable for its incomparable profusion of flowers of a satiny white color 10

549. Double White— A profuse bloomer 10

550. Double Scarlet— With semi-double and

double flowers ; the trusses and individual flowers are equal in size to those of the d warf compact varieties

COLLECTION — 12 colors, annual Phlox

“ 6 colors, annual Phlox 1 ••

551. Perennial, Dwarf Mixed, Decus-

sata— Fine mixture

10

PORTULACA

Double Portulaca— Pkt 10c.

Oue of the finest hardy annual plants, of easy culture. The flowers are of the richest shades of color, and produced throughout the summer in great profusion ; fine for massing in beds, edging or rock work ; 6 inches.

552. Splendens— Single flowering, brilliant colors ®

553. Double Flowering— Choice mixture ... Collection of six distinct and brilliant colors 80

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Simmers* Giant Pansies

VALUABLE INFORMATION on the

Culture of Pansies will be found in our Booklet “ Hints on Growing Floicers," sent ■free if requested with every 50c. order.

The term “ Giant Pansies ” does not adequately describe these new strains, for, aside from the enormous size which gives them their name, their coloring’s are simply superb, and their form and substance perfect. The parent of most of these strains, the Trimardeau, when first introduced had only size to recommend it, the flowers being limited in coloring, irregular in shape and lacking in firmness. By continued improvement one beautiful color after another has been added to the list, and perfected from season to season by careful culture. Through personal inspection of the best European Pansy Cultures, we have again secured the cream of varieties from all quarters, combin- ing with their giant proportions the most magnificent colorings.

554. Giant Cassier— A mixture of well-shaped Pkt flowers of gigantic dimensions, in choice

variety,flow<,rs marked with large blotches 10

555. Giant Auricula, Colors— Very beautiful

shadings 10

556. Giant Emperor William -Rich ultra- marine blue, puiple-velvet eye 10

557. Giant Adonis — Beautiful, light blue,

marked wuh a yellowish-white face and large uark blotches 10

558. Giant Cark Blue 10

559. Giant Fire King— Brilliant red and yel- low 10

560. Giant Violet Blue 10

561. Giant Canary Bird— The ground color

is a bright guided yellow, each petal marked with a large dui k bloton 10

562. Giant Striped — A beautiful mixture, flowers stri >ed ai'dmo’t • d in various tints

on contrasting giou^ds 15

563. Giant Yellow or Golden Queen— Very

showy color 10

564. Giant Purple — Royal purple flowers,

very large 10

565. Giant Coal Black— Of immense size — 10

566. Simmers’s Giant White “Snow pkt Queen” — Mo-c valuable addition as it reproduces exactly from seed, we very strongly recommend it not only for bou- quets, but as a very valuable addition to the Pansy Family. White, velvet centre.. 10

567. Giant Beaconsfield— Purple shading

to white. This strain, combined with the peculiar coloring of the type, will elicit general admiration 10

568. Giant Copper Color — A most distinct

and showy combination 10

569. Giant Trimardeau — Flowers large, witha dark blot ch on the three lower petals.

We recommend this as the best low-priced mixture of Giant Pansies, i oz 50c 10

SIMMERS’ GIANT PANSY MIXTUPE

570. THIS mixture embraces, besides all the shades

and colors, two special strains not listed else- where in this catalogue, and which cau only be had in this, our Giant Pansy Mixture. This mixture includes the richest reds, coppers and bronzes, together with the most delicate rose and pink shadings, all the distinct colors of Trimardeau, the splendid Cassier strain, with its delicate veining. We have secured the newest, richest and finest sorts, i oz. §1.25, pkt 15c, 2 for 25.

GIANT PARIS MARKET

571. The flowers of this strain are as large as the Trimardeau, and far superior in color and in substance of petals ; the blotches are more conspicuous. Having a stout and stiff flower stem, the flowers last longer. Pkt 10c, 3 for 25c.

GIANT BUGNOT

572. The flowers are of enormous size, perfectly round, of great substance and of the most varied and attractive markings and colors. Each petal bears a blotch veined to the edge ; contains shaoes of red, bronze and reddish brown, not found in any other pansy mixture. Pkt 20c.

MAMMOTH “BUTTERFLY” PANSIES

A very distinct strain, which, after repeated trials, we have found worthy. The flowers are very large, of good form and substance, and pro- duce freely. In coloring they are varied, seldom two alike in a hundred plants. They are mottled and spotted, streaked, tigered and splashed, while the colors are mainly those rich wine reds, choco- late, velvety red-brown, lavendar, violet, and purple shades, only found in a Pansy blossom. We offer a selection made by us this summer from the original introducer’s strain .

573. Mixed Colors Pkt 25c.

Simmers’ Collection of 6iant Pansies

One pkt each of Giant White, Giant Cassier, Giant Bugnot, Giant Yellow,

Giant Striped, Giant Violet Blue, and Giant Copper Color, for OUC

Types of our Giant Striped Pansies and Giant Pansy Mixtures

Each per pkt 15c, or 2 -for 25c.

PREMIUM PANSIES

While the Giant-fknvered Pansies are great favorities on account of the immense size of their flowers, Simmers * Premium Pansies excel in their endless variety of color, combined with perfection of form and velvety texture and substance of their petals. T is s rain, most celebrated all over Europe, is from a specialist who has devoted his life to the improvement of these flowers.

Pansies is to be had. It is impossible to describe them, as they embrace all colors and markings.

No better strain of

574. Simmers’ Extra Improved Large- Pkt floweringPremium Mixture — Embrac- ing all varieties nimpd in the followingli^t and many other shades and colors, £ oz 75c. 10

575. Golden Margined '• 10

576. Velvety Crimson Purple 10

577. Bronze Colored 10

578. White Margined— Purplish-crimson — 10

579. Quadricolor or Pheasant's Eye —

Flowers are of a reddish steel blue, with red and white ed 10

Pkt

580. Dark Maroon— Golden margined 10

531. Velvety Crimson — Golden yellow

ground and margin 10

582. Reddish Brown 10

5S3. Pure Yellow— Fine for bedding 10

534. Cardinal Red 10

585. Odier (Five Blotched Flowering) — A magnificent French variety, petals having a large blotch, clearly defined margin ; colors in many different variations, extra large. ■ ■ IQ

586. Peacock — A very >ee blooming and at- tractive Pansy, flowering early, remaining in perfection a long time. Flowers very large with brilliant and novel coloring. The upper petals are royal purple, shot with peacock blue, lower petals also of these colors; this color has never been seen be- fore in Pansies . The two lateral petals are rich maroon, all being encircled with a delicate tint of terra cotta rose.

10

SIMMERS’ PREMIUM PANSIES

Collection of 12 separate beautiful sorts $1.00.

Collection of 6 separate beautiful sorts 50c. Any three 25c.

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Simmers' Perfection Extra Larg-e Flowering Fringed Petunia— I k 25c.

Our Strains of Double and Single Petunias are the best obtainai

Of late years the single striped, mottled and double varieties have been ere«i improved. Th ) si rains wo olt’er we can surety say without contradiction ar best that can be produced either in America or i.i Europe.

587. Simmers’ Perfection, Extra Large Flowering Fringed Mivos

—This strain bears grand, sub-tantial flosvers of the largest size » 5 1 he colors are indosc. ibably rich and varied. They embrace all Siln!? from pure white to the darkest blue and deep red, wtiite even with a j tllnw tint are not unusual. Most of the fimvei s are beauriS fringed, while all are distinctly veined. In nearly everv flow? n? throat is darker than the balance of the petals, imparting an armol. ance of gnat depth and subtanee. The foliage is r.-markablv heav, and the large ltav es are of a dark green color. Per pkt 25c. VJ’

588. Large Flowering Fringed Mixed—

Of fine bushy habib and blossoms of var- ied colors, striped, mottled, blotched and self colors. Per pkt 15c.

Extra Mottled

Strain— Large tlow- ering, monied and striped. £ oz SOc, pkt 10c.

590. Emperor — Very large, wide open blossoms, with color- ings and markii gs very distinct from any other si run. Th isolid colors are particularly rich and velvety. Some of the crim-a n blossoms have pink stars, some pure white stars, others are dis- tinctly suiped. 1 ktl5c, 2 pk;s 25c.

591. Inimitable— Red, margined and blotched whiie. Per pkt 15c.

592. White Large Flowering— Extra choice, large flowering, white, use- ful for cemetery work. Pkt 10c.

DWARF COMPACT PETUNIAS

Simmers' Double Large Flowering Fringed Petunia— Pkt SOc.

™rlety, flowers eberry-nd

^^hh.^th^'Ir^w^ernrfi?^10^1^ wh,ite flower- suitable for beds and borders, we from a phouwaeh v°lJr ^s. ration, which is a reproduction

’I’he flowers are purest snow b“aby ,,abit a”d also its abundance of bloom.

This plant is emiirnntlv adanri^Vn^ g°ud shap i and size, sweet scented and lasting.

iZSi&T °“ ac00unt 0t h»at

DOUBLE FLOWERING- PETUNIAS

The brtlance SngSowers ofthe Fame^ieh u'f*. ^»percer?}age of double flowers. ca. *efullv seloofpH fiQ 110 8a !10 ri The weaker seedlings should be

ca.eiuuy selected, as these always produce double flowers. Per pkt 50c.

oubje Snowball ’’-New double white. Per pkt 50c Double Mixed-Bed from doub.e flowers grownmWs. Per pkt 25c.

V'6

-J/.

Dwarf Compact Petunia “Snowball

POPPIES

Most popular hardy annuals and perennials, with floweis of unusual briliancy of color.

Single Annual Varieties

598. Tulip— A magnificent species, the plants grow about 14 inches high and produce from 50 to GO large and splendid flowei s, of the most dazzling scarlet. Per pkt 10c.

^*9. Persian ( P apaver Lceviyatum ) — Color brilliant scarlet wii h shining buck spots surrounded by a clearly defined white mar- gin at the base of each petal ; height 21 ft. Per pkt 10c, 3 for 25c. s J

most striking feature of the flower is the conspicuous glossy zone which marks the petals, forming a com- plete ring. Per pkt 5c.

601*m‘uDfnebro^” or Maltese Cross -

1 he flowers are of a dazzling scarlet color, each of the four petals is marked with a large silvery white blotch, forming a white cross upon scarlet ground. Per pkt 10c.

602. Shirley Poppies-These charming P0p- ffivar0angene-rally single or semi-double. A„ey range m color from pure white through the most delicate shades of pale

S£5ior par pktT™mo to the de,ipe'ti

10c.

Double Annual Varieties

603. The Mikado -American flag —The petals are wlmle at the base, while the edges are frilled in themost pleasing manner. The flowers are of a pure while at the back, while

... the fringed edgesare of a brilliantscarl. t. 10c

004. Double French or Carnation Flowered

... — 3 f*-et high, double. Per pkt 5c, oz 25c.

605. Paeony Flowered — Flowers in con rs and s,52e f'Qual * ° • ’seomes. Per pkt 5 -, oz 25c.

606. White Swan, or Fairy Blush— Eighteen inches high, enormous pure v hite double flowers. Per pkt 10c, 3 pkts for 25c.

607. Golden Gate— Exc- edi ugly free blooming* the flowers single, semi-double and double of medium size in tlie largest variety of colors imaginable. Per pkt 10c, 3 for 25c.

608. SIMMIRS’ “SPECIAL” POPPY MIXTURE

Comprises not mny all the above named and described Poppies, but also a number i f other sorts, special y purchased for this mixture in- cluding some entirely new ones. Wi 1 make a grand display. Per pkt 10c, 3 for 25c, J oz 40c.

Hardy Perennial Varieties

609. The Great White California Poppy

(Romney a Coulteri ) — This fine perennial is of slat ly beauty as an outdoor plant ; flowering from July until November. Flowers are large —4 to 5 inches across— pure white with a fine bunch of yellow stamens. The plants attain a

Per pkt I0c° 8 feet’ and are really magnificent,

610. Iceland iPnporer nudicaule)—' These beau- titui perennial Poppies produce flowers in great abundance the fi pst year from seed. The colors range from the purest white and yellow to the.

Shirley Poppy— Pkt 10c.

*lowing orange scarlet, and have a deli- cious fragrance. Mixed colors. Per pkt 10c.

6av3iPa¥°7 °r}Gnt3LtG (Oriental P oppy) -The pre- The flnwp fa18 thfe br^.l'lesn scarlet imaginable, the Ion^P«r often 6 inches across and endure v,o^aV?^ fc of any Poppy we know. They are

fneinn «$rKinn'als ani? wib increase in size and pro- fusion of bloom wit h age. Per pkt lOe V

612. Croceum- Yellow flowers. Per pkt 6c. COLLECTION— 12 varieties, double aDd single, 30c.

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CHINESE PRIMROSE

For parlor culture as well as for the greenhouse no plant is more acceptable than this class, asdt can be made 10 yield an abundance of flowers all the year round. We procure every year the choicest varietes from one of the best and most celebrated growers in Europe.

613 CHINESE PRIMROSE MIXED— The culture of these lovely flowers is much easier than most people thi k. Our mixture includes omy the choicest colors of the single flowering Primulas in all their daiuty shades. Pkt 25c.

614. Erecta Superba— White fringed, in bunches borne well above the foliage. Per pkt 25c.

615. Kermesina Splendens, Single— Deep pink, fringed. Per pkt 25c.

616. Snow Queen — A distinct and beautiful variety of Primrose with the finest pure white flowers of la ge size, thrown well above the foliage. The flowers are of good substance aud elegant form. Pkt 50c.

617. Carter’s Holborn Blue — A distinct variety, with azure-blue flowers borne above

, the foliage. Per pkt 25c.

- 618. Fern-Leaved ( Macrophylla Fimbriata) — With long massive fern-like foliage and beautiful flowers of great _-ubstam e and elegant form, finely fringed, great variety of v colors, mixed. Perpkc2oj.

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619. Punctata Elegantissima— Crimson, spotted white. Per pkt 25c.

620. WILLIAMS’ PRIZE— Daik r^d, large fringed flowering ; extra fine for pots. Pkt 25c.

621. Chiswick Perfection Ted, Magenta Queen— Large brilliant scarlet. Pkt 25c.

622. Alba Magniflca- The finest pure white variety grown; flowers 21 inches across with large yellow eye. Per pat 25c.

623. Erecta Superba, double white — Double flowering variety of No.

614 ; reproduces well from seed. Per pkt 50c.

624. Double Mixed. Per pkt 50c.

Chinese Primrose— Per pkt 25c.

PYRETHRUM (Feverfew)

HARDY PRIMROSES

Ornamental hardy perennials of easy culture.

The popular garden Primrose is one of our earliest flowering hardy per- ennials, well suited for edging, aud in a great variety of colors.

625. Vulgaris— The old-fashioned common yellow primrose. Per pkt 10c.

626. Japonica ( Japanese Primrose)— Of robust growth, rich magenta flowers. Per pkL 10c.

627. Cortusoides (Siberian Primrose) — An early rose-purple flowering hardy perennial. Per pkt 10c.

631. Hybridum— Large flowering single mixed. Hardy perennial, bearing large Aster-shaped flowers, ranging in color from light pink to deep red, with bright yellow centres ; 2 feet. Per pkt 10c.

632. Hybridum fl. pi.— Large flowering double mixed. Beautiful colors ; mixed ; 1J feet. Per pkt 25c.

YELLOW FOLIAGE SORTS FOR BEDDING

VARIOUS PRIMULAS

628. Obconica Grandiflora, new

large flowering Ever-blooming Primrose — One of the most use- ful n'ants grown, if sown early in spring will begin to bloom in May or June, and continue throughout the year, flowers soft lilac shade. Per pkt 10c.

629. Floribunda — One of the pret- tiest and best Primroses, same general character as P.Obconica, only a lovely shade of primrose yel lo w. Fragrant, free bloomi u g. Per pkt 10c.

630. Primula Forbesi or Baby Primrose — The seed comes up very readily, and the little plants

. throw up tiny flower stalks when only a few weeks old. These, however, should be pinch- ed off, and the plants kept grow- ing until October, when the flowers may be allowed to de- velop, and from then until late in spring, they produce their sprays of beautiful rosy-lilac flowers in seemingly never-end- ing profusion. Pkt 10c.

633. Parthenifolium Aureum— Golden yellow-leaved dwarf, bedding plant known as Golden Feather. Per pkt 10c.

634. GOLDEN GEM—

The double flow- ering variety of the preceeding . Per pkt 10c.

635. Selaginoides—

A beautiful varie- ty, handsome fern- like foliage. Per pkt 10c.

Pyrethrum or Golden Feather— Per pkt 10c.

ROSES

636. Dwarf Polyantha or Fairy Rose— Roses from seed the first year, so that seed sown in February in the house may be had in bloom in June in the open ground, where they continue to bloom throughout the season. The plants are dwarf and bushy, growing only about 1 foot high and very pretty for solid beds and borders. Pkt 10c, 3 for 25c.

637. Mixed Hybrids — The seed we offer is from the best mixture of hybrid perpetual and moss roses, will flower the second year, Pkt 10c.

RHODANTHE

One of the neatest of the genus of flowering half hardy annual everlastings ; of low growth, in different shades of bright pink and white, with yellow disc.

638. Maculata — 1 foot, drep carmine. Pkt 10c.

639. Alba — Pure white. Pkt 10c.

640. Atrosanguinea —

Dwarf, purplish crim- son. Pkt 10c.

RUDBECKIA

(Texas Cone Flower)

641. Bicolor — A hardy annual of compact branching growth, producing flowers about 3 in. in dia- meter, of a bright yellow, red and black- ish purple disc; heighth of plant about feet. Pkt 10c.

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SALPIGLOSSIS

(Painted Tube Tongue)

One of the most beautiful of flower- ing annuals ; the flowers are large, of many beautiful col- ors, and exquisitely veined and laced, 1& ft. high.

642. Mirfed— Large flowering. P k t 10c.

643. Emperor — A

new type of this gloriously beauti- ful garden annual, growing in up- right columnar form, having only one strong main stem, about 30 in. high, whichis well furnished wi h large Petunia- shaped flowers. 3 to 4 inches across, of various colors, all of which are are intricately netted and veined with golden yellow. Mixed colors 10c. .

SEDUM (Stone Crop)

644. Mixed Pretty little plants, growing freely on rock or rustic work, also on ornamental mounds, where they flower in great profusion ;

Salpiglossis Large Flowering.

Pkt 10c.

hardy annuals, Pkt lb-.'

Salpiglossis Mixed— Pkt 10c.

SALVIA (Flowering Sage)

Magnificent half hardy annual, biennial or perennial ; some also greenhouse or indoor plants.

645. Salvia Sptendens ( Large Flowering Scarlel b age) — One of the most gorgeous of annuals, b ooming throughout the sum mer and fall. The plants grow from 1£ to 3 feet in height and form dense bushes, completely covered with showy sprays of of most dazzling scarlet flowers. Pkt 10c.

646. Salvia, Clara Bedman (j Bon- fire)— The plants form handsome globular bushes about 2 ft. high by 2 ft. in diameter. The spikes grow erect and stand clear above the foliage, completely covering the plant, and are of the most brilliant dazzing scarlet. Pkt 10c, 3 pkts 25c.

617. Coccinea— 1 ft. high, scarlet flowers, annual. Pkt 10c.

JI18. Farinacea--3ft., showing long spikes of blue flowers, annual. Pkt 15c.

649. Patens— 2 ft. high, biennial, in flowers of purest sky-blue, imagin- able. Pkt 10c.

650. Dwarf Salvia or “Burning Bush” — A splendid sort, blooming about two months before the old variety and lasting until late in the fall. The-plants are dwarfer and more compact in habit, while the flowers are of the brightest scarlet. Pkt 10c.

651. Argentea— 2 ft. high, silver leaves, blue flowers, beautiful perennial. Pkt 10c.

SAPONARIA (Bouncing- Bet)

Hardy free-flowering annual or perennial plants of easy culture and different growth, the most of them being of trailing habits and suitable for eding work or small beds.

652. Mixed— All colors, 6 in. Pkt 10c.

Sanvitalia Procumbens, fl. pi.

Pkt 10c.

Salvia, Clara Bedman CJSojyire)-Pkt 10c.

SANVITALIA

653. Procumbens, fl. pi.— Beauti- ful trailing annual, well adapted from its compact growih for covering beds in the flower- garden ; the double flowers are 1h rge in proport ion to tho plant ; of rich brown and yellow. Pkt 10c.

SAXIFRAGA

654. Huetti — Hardy perennials of trailing h-bit; for shady places, rockeries or hanging baskets, unequalled ; flowering abund- antly and constantly. Dwarf, white flowers. Pkt. 10c.

SCABIOSA

( Mourning Bride or Sweet Scabious)

The Mourning Bride or “Sweet Scabious” of our old gardens, but much improved in size, colors and doubleness. They are very free

bloomers, the colors white, carmine, lilac, maroon, etc.; excellent for bouquels.

655. Tall Double Mixed — All colors mixed. 5c.

656. Dwarf Mixed All colors, 1 ft. high; large flowers and robust in growth. Pkt 10c.

657. SnowbaJI— The flowers of this pretty Scabiosa are large, measuring fully 2 in. in diameter, of purest snow-white, very double. The stems ate very stiff and strong, and the foliage a luxuriant green. If plants are ported in the fali they -will furnish pure white flowers until Christmas, Pkt 10c, 3 for 25c.

658. Golden Yellow— This color has long been desired in t he Scabiosa family, and is now « htained, after

• years i f selection. The flowers are double, and of a pure yellow color. Pkt 20c.

659. Caucasica— One of the handsom- est of hardy perennials, especially valuable for cutting, the blooms lasting a long tune iu water; lilac blue, 3 ft, Pkt 10c.

660. SCARLET RUNNERS. Pkt 5c.

SCHIZANTHUS

(Butterfly Flower)

Few plants are more attractive than these when well grown, whether in pots or in the border ; they are of a branch- ing elegant habit, well covered with peculiar shaped flowers, ha^dy annual.

661. Fine Mixed— 2 ft. hitrh, flowers orange and carmine shaded, spotted with yellow, resembling a small butterfly. Pkt 10c.

SEA LAVENDER (Everlasting- Statice)

662. Statice Bonduelli— 1 ft. bright yellow. Pkt 10c.

663. Alba— White variety of the pieced in g. Pkt 10c.

664. Incana— Hardy perennial, sky-blue flowers. Pkt 10.

SENECIO (Jacobsea)

665. Elegans- Double mixed. Valuable hardy annuals, compact, bushy in growth, 1 ft, high, adapted for bedding or indoor culture, producing multitudes of tassel-shaped small flowers. Pkt 5c.

SENSITIVE PLANT (Touch Me Not)

A tender annual, half trailing, 1 ft. high, with very curious leaves ; very curious and interesting plants, the leaves closing if touched or shaken; of very easy culture, succeeding in any soil.

666. Mimosa Pudica— Pkt 5c.

SILENE

Elegant dwarf, bushy annuals, bear- ing a profusion of bright, attractive flowi rs through spring and summer; admirable for beds, margins, roekwork.

667. Penduia Ruberrima — Carmine rose flowers. Pkt 5c.

668. Ruberrima, fi. pl.-Double flower- ing variety of the preceding. Pkt 10c.

SMILAX

A splendid perennial, greenhouse or parlor climber.

669. Medeola Asparagoides — Pkt

10<\ oz 50c.

SNAPDRAGON— (See Antirrhinum).

SOLANUM

Very elegant, highly ornamental, in- teresting g nus of fruit-beat ing plants,

670. Marginatum— 3 ft. high, leaves while edged and veined. Pkt 15c.

671. Capsicastrum, Little Gem or Jerusalem Cherry— 2 feet high, scarlet b rries, like cherries, beauti- ful for parlor. Pkt 10c.

STEVIA

672. Serrata White— For pot culture or the border, half-hardy perennial.

Pkt 10c.

SWEET WILLIAM (See Dianthus)

Sweet Scabious or Mourning Bride— Pkt 5c.

8cHizanthu8— Pkt 10c.

J. A. SIMMERS, TORONTO— RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS.

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SIMMERS9 LARGE FLOWERING

SWEET PEAS

An ounce of Sweet Peas contains about 800 seeds, enough to sow a single row *5 feet long. Our pa elects of all (excepting the Novelties) are liberal, containing 75 seeds, enough to sow a single row 6 feet long.

691. Countess of Shrewsbury — Rose standard white wings.

692. Countess of Radnor-Delicate laven- der and mauve, lovely variety.

693. Countess of Aberdeen — White, margined with pale pink.

694. Crown .’ewel-Pa'e standard, tinted and leined with violet-ioae.

695. Daybreak— Watered crimson, scarlet on while ground.

696. Duke of Sutherland— Deep claret stanuard ; the wings deep indigo-blue.

697. Duchess of Sutherland — Pearl white delicately buffused with light pink.

698. Earliest of All— Pink and white.

699. Emily Henderson— Purest white.

700. Emily Lynch — Pink, suffused prim- rose.

701. Extra Early Blanche Ferry— Pink and while.

702. Firefly— Intensely brilliant scarlet.

703. Golden Gleam-Cream of the yellows.

704. Juanita, or Striped Celestial- Pure white, delicately lined with pale lavender.

705. Lady Nina Balfour — Mauve, suf- fused with heliotrope pink.

706. Lady Mary Curry — Deep orange- pink, delicately, shaded rosy -lilac.

707. Lady Peniance- Standards orange pink, wings deep pure pink.

708. Lottie Eckford— Lavender shaded pink and white.

709. Lottie Hutchins— Daintily flaked with pink on a cream ground.

710. Lovely -Soft shell pink. .

711. Maid of Honor, or Improved Butterfly

—White ground, edged light blue.

712. Mars— Intense crimson-scarlet very large.

713. Modesty— Most delicate pink.

714. Mrs> Eckford— Primrose-yellow.

715. Mrs. Jos. Chamberlain— Rose, pink and white striped.

716. Mrs. Sankey (black seed ed ) — Large, bold flower, pure white, faintly flushed.

717. Navy Blue— A true blue, a new color.

718. New Countess, or Improved Countess of Radnor— Pure light lavender.

719. Oddity— Pale carmine edged with rose.

720. Oriental— Of a rich orange cast.

721. Prima Donna— Lovely shade of soft pink.

Earliest of All

OUR MIXTURES

678. 8IMMERS’ GIANT “GILT EDGE** MIX- TURE— I hia mixture of Sweet. Peas, as im- proved for 1901, is undoubtedly the finest we have ever offered. It contains only grand new named varieties of i he large flowe - ing type, the seed of which has been grown separately from selected stock, and only the largest flowered, most beautiful new Sweet Peas have been selected at d mixed by our- selves. We have maintained a similar hiylr standard throughout, and can assure all lovers of Sweet Peas that never before has it been possible to obtain “only the best” and all the best of the new large flowering Sweet Peas as in this unequalled mixture. P< r pkt 10c, oz 15c, 2 oz 25o, J lb 35o, per lb $1.00. ECKFORD’S MIXTURE— This is grown from stock seed which ws made up fioin named sorts and contains over thirty varieties, includ- ing some novelties and all the choice varieties By mail, postpaid, pkt 5e, oz 10c, J lb 15c, lb 50c. Price, by express, 5 lbs $2.25, 10 lbs $■4.00.

675. FINEST MIXED— This strain, although not embracing the new seedlings, contains a beaut i- ful assortment. Per pkt 5c, oz 10c, J lb 15c, lb 40c.

676. Mixed— Pkt 5c, Jib 10c, lb 30c.

674.

677. Alice Eckford — Rich cream-tinted, cerise standards, wh.le wings.

678. America— Cardinal stripe on white ground.

£79; .Black Knight— A deep maroon self, clear

and shining.

680. BLANCHE BURPEE— Pure white.

681. California — Most delicate pink.

682. Captain of the Blues— Dark blue, netted with purple.

683. Captain Clark— White and lavender streak- ed carmine.

684. Captivation— Rosy-purple self.

685. Chancellor— Standards bright orange, wings bright orange pink.

686. Colonist — Soft lilac, overlaid with bright- est rose.

687. Columbia— Crimson rose and pale bluish mauve on white ground.

688. Coronet— White striped orange-rose.

633. Coquette — Primrose, shaded lavender.

690. Countess of Powis— Standards bright rose orange, wings clear rose.

Cupid Sweet F<_ci

Dwarf, or Cupid Sweet Peas

722. White Cupid— Dwarf white.

723. Pink Cupid— Pink and white.

724. Beauty Cupid— Decided rose color.

725. Alice Eckford Cupid — Rich cream tinted standards, white wn.gs.

726. Primrose Cupid-Creamy.

727. Boreatton Cupid— Rich purple.

728. Countess of Radnor Cupid — Delicate lavender.

729. Firefly Cupid— Scarlet.

Any of the above. Pkt 5c, any 6 pkts for 25c ; oz 15c.

730. Princess Beatrice— Warm blush pink.

731. Prince Edward of York— Cherry rose.

732. Prince of Wales— Bright rose.

733. Princess of Wales— Standards striped white and blue, wings heliotrope and white.

734. Queen Victoria— Cream, suffused purple.

735. Ramona— Creamy white, splashed pink.

736. Red Riding Hood— Rosy pink, shading to blush white.

737. Royal Rose— Deep rosy pink.

738. Sadie Burpee— The new white, extra large flowers.

739. Salopian— Best of the deep crimsons.

740. Shahzada— Puplish maroon, wings indigo.

741. Stanley— Rich dark maroon.

742. Stella Morso — Yellow, becoming a little lighter as the flower giows older. About the third day it is a delicate primrose with a faint rose pink on tho edge.

743. Triumph — Standards bright pink, lightly suffused with scarlet, orange ; wings pale rose.

744. Waverley— Rosy claret and light blue.

Price of Named Varieties except where noteJ — Pkt 5c, oz 10c, 1-4 lb 25c.

Customers’ selection of any seven 6 cent packages for 25c.

Any twelve packages for 40c.

Standard

Wihgs

Pedicel

K.eel

Calyx

Sweet Pea Flower

DOUBLE SWEET PEAS

At best the=e are really pemi-donble flowers. The best mixtures we have will not produce more than half doubles, the others remaining of the usual single type.

745. Mixed— A mixture of 11 named varieties Pkt 5c, oz 10c.

PERENNIAL VARIETIES

Showy free-flowering plants for covering old stumps, fences, etc. : 5 feet.

746. Lathyrus Latifolius— The old favorite red

variety. Per pkt 10c.

747. Albus — Large clusters pure white; grand, hardy low climber. Per pkt 10c.

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novelties of woo.

748. Othello — A beautiful dark-brown chocolate red, self-colored flower.

749. Countess Cadogan — S tan d ar d s slightly hooded, of a bright, shining, violet color overlaid with a charming light sky-blue ; wing a pure sky-blue.

750. Duke of Westminster— A deeprose- maroou, overlaid with bright, shining violet.

751. Hon. F. Bouverie — Standards a most beautiful coral-pink, wings slight- ly lighter.

752. Lady Grisel Hamilton — Color a

beautiful, shining, pale lavender.

753. Lady Ske'mersdale — Standards bright rosy Mac; wings white, slightly shaded rosy lilac.

754. Mrs. Dugda le— Standards most love- ly rose, shaded rich primrose ; wings primrose, shaded and splashed light rose.

Price of any of the above, pkt 10c,

3 for 25c.

SPECIAL OFFER.— We will give one pkt each of the above 7 novelties for 60c.

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STOCKS

CILLY FLOWER

These old-fashioned flowers are much liked for their peculiarly pleasant perfume and bright colors. For early flowering, sow in the house in February or March, and plant in the open ground in May, when danger of frost is over. Nine to eighteen inches high, half hardy annual. Pkt

755. Large Double German Ten Weeks-Pyramidal Globe— Mixed 10

756. “ Crimson 20

757. “ Light Blue 10

758. “ Purple 10

759. “ Pure White 10

760. ** Bright Pink 10

761. Improved Ten-Week “Snow- flake"—The earliest white Ten-Week Stock in cultivation, resembling in habit theDwarf Pyramidal race. Itproduces a vigorous main spike of extremely large and double snow-white flowers. Pkt 10c.

762. “ Cut and Come Again,” also called Princess Alice — Pro- duces all season pure white double flowers. It throws out numbers of side branches, each of which bears a cluster of blossoms. A splendid Stock for cutting and quite fragrant. Pkt^lOc.

763. “Pillar of Snow"— A superb variety, produc- ing a grand central spike of beautiful pure white flowers, the plant after- wards branching and con- tinuing in bloom till killed by the frost. Sown in July or August., and potted up, will bloom splendidly under glass in winter. Pkt 10c, 8 for 25c. i

East Lothian — Pure

white, invaluable for florists. Pkt 10c.

Dwarf, Brilliant

764.

German Ton Weeks Pyramidal Globe Stocks

765.

Deep Blood Red (Vic- toria) — Beautiful pyra- midal shape, the lateral branches being symmetrically arranged around the main stem. Pkt 10c.

766. Shrubby, or Cockade Double — Winter flowering, bright red- Pkt 10c.

767. Giant Emperor, or Perpetual— These make very bushy andbranch- ing plant s, wii h an abundance <f flower. Sow in July or August, and they will bloom in winter. Many colors in the finest mixture. Pkt 10c.

768. Giant Emperor White— For florists’ use, very fine. Pkt 10c.

769. Brompton- Half-hardy biennial bushy plants, producing a beautiful display of double flowers, mixed colors, 2 ft high. Pkt 10c.

COLLECTION OF STOCKS Pkt.

Large, Pyramidal Double Ten Weeks— 12 colors 50

Large Flowered Pyramidal Double— 6 distinct colors SO

East Lothian, Double, Large Flowered— Six distinct colors SO

Giant Emperor, Double— Winter flowering, six very fine colors 40

VERBENA

779. Grandiflora Mam- moth Strain— To is dis- tinct and superb cia^s of Verben >s is a remarkable improvement on the older varieties. It produces flowers of an enormous size, the florets being f ullyone inchin d'ameter, with clearly defined mar- ginsand white eyes. Very choice mixed. Pkt 10c,

3 pkts25c, £ oz 50c.

780. Mammoth Blue.

Pkt 10c.

781. Mammoth Scar- let Defiance —

Brigh est scarlet Pkt 10c, i oz 75c.*

782. Mammoth Pure White “Snowball”

— A fine strain of large flowering.

Pkt 10c. J oz 76c.

783. Mammoth Auri- cula — s p l e ndid colors, with large white eye. Pkt)

10c.

784. Yellow Leaved

(Golden Bedder) —

A golden yellow foliage, which forms a striking oontrasb to the deep crimson flowers. Pkt 10c.

785. Venosa, Purple — Producing a n abundance of flower 8. God bedder. Pkt 10c.

786. Erinoides (Moss Verbena)-- Purplish -blue blossoms in lavish pro- fusion; coin' s into fl iw“r in June and continues incessantly until November. For beds, baskets or rockeries it is highly desirable. Pkt 10c.

787. Citriodora (Lemon-scented Verbena)— The leaves are delightfully fra- grant and refreshing. Grows easy from seed. Pkt 10c.

788. TOM THUMB VERBENA (Verbena Hybrida Compacta)— Of exceed- ingly dwarf, compact growth. 6 inches in height, and spread so as to form almost circular bushes about 2 feet in diameter. Mixed colors. Pkt 10c.

Vinna (Periwinkle, or 789. Rosea— Rosy flowers, glossy oval-shaped

Vlllba Creeping Myrtle) leaves. Pkt 10c.

790. Alba— White flowering. Pkt 10c.

Vinlo (Single Violet). 791. Odorata Semperflorens (Single Ever-

VlUla flowering Violets)— The “Sweet English Violet,” a favorite plant, prized for its long continued bloom and its delioate odor, 6 inches high. Pkt 6c.

VSrcyinSan Q-fnol/ Hardy, low-growing, profuse flowering annuals, for

Vllgllllall O lUbn hedges, small beds, or pot culture.

792. Cheiranthus Maritimus— Mixed. Pkt 5c.

Simmers1 Mammoth Verbenas — Pkt 10c.

SwainQnnia firnnrlifl'irn A I ha 770- A ve,T popular plant for house owamsoma uranumjra rtiua culture. Foliage as graceful as an

Acacia ; flowers pure white, produced in sprays of 12 to 20 flowers each, and resembling S weet Peas. It is of the easiest culture and ever-bloom- ing. It climbs readily and is splendid for the window garden, er it may be grown as a bush plant by trimming it back as it grows ; tender per- ennial, 1 to 4 feet. Pkt 10c.

Tllllltharo’ia 77^* Alata— A half-hardy, low climbing annual, flowers lliunucigia somewhat < f the shape of Morning Glory, bright > ellow or deep buff, with a large b.ack cenire. Mixed, all colors. Pkt 10c.

TflfrotftC Sicrnata Piimi a 772- Charming dwarf garden annual, IHgulco OlgnaXa rUimla flowering in greatest profusion

throughout summer and autumn ; color bright yellow ; very effective in low beds, 1 foot. Pkt 5c.

Tunica

eries.

773. 8axa-Fraga— Very neat dwarf trailing, hardy perennial, covered with pretty white flowers, good for edging or rock- Pkb 6c.

TnrAnia For hanging baskets or culture in pots it is unsurpassed, and i Ui cilia jn summer its brilliancy adds a pleasing variety to outdoor decorations, tender annual.

774. Fournieri, or Edentula -Sky-blue flowers, indigo blue spots, yellow

throat, free bloomer. Pkt 20c.

775. Bailloni— Golden yellow with dark throat, distinob and beautiful. Pkt 10c.

776. “White Winers” — Attractive, pure white, flushed rose ab throab. Pkt 26c.

InnLino' Place 777. Campanula Speculum— A free flower- LUUltl iig Ulaoo jt,g, preity little plant, adapted for beds or rock work, ribbons or edgings. The plants form a small, spreading mass of about 9 inches high, may be had in bloom for the whole summer. Blue. Pkt 6c.

Veronica T78.^H3arly flowering, hardy perennials, all colors, mixed.

VScoaria 7^* Hybrida— Pretty, profuse flowering, hardy, low growing f lobai la annuals of easy culture in any soil. Mixed colors. Pkt 6c.

Waifoio 794, Grandiflora— H lf-hardy, ever-lasting annuals, 6 inches iiallAld high, large yellow flowers. Pkt 10c.

Wallflower

flower are deliciously fragrant and greatly prized ; the large, mass- ive, conspicuous spikes of the double German varie- ties haveacharniingeffect, while Ihemore bushy, com- pact gr vvih and profuse blooming of the single ones render them exceedingly attractive; bh.p.

795. Double Branching; —Mixed. Pkt 10c.

796. Harbinger — Rich, blood red, 1 f u Pkt 10c.

797. Single-Mixed. Pk 6c.

798. Single Annual Wall- flower-This variety will flower throughout the summer and fall, from seed sown in the spring. Pkt 10c.

Whitlavia 7SL°.SK£

ed, free-flowering, hardy annuals, 18 in. high, bell shaped flowers, 1 inch long, vio'et blue and white. Pkt 6c.

Wallflower— Double Mixed— Pkt 10c.

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J. A. SIMMERS, TORONTO— RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS.

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Zinnia, Elegans, Double Large Flowering

ZINNIA

(Youth and Old Age) The Double Zinnia, flowers large, beauti- fully formed and ex- ceedingly nandsome. Few plants in the flower border are more effective ; and scarcely any flower, when cut, is more suitable for table bouquets. Being of rather robust habit, it requires but moder- ately rich soil; the seed may be sown in the open ground or in heat, accordingto the time it is desired to flower; half hardy annual. See also Col- lection Double Zin- nias, 6 varieties, page 42.

S00. DOUBLE, Curl- ed and Crested

— A newand beauti- ful strain of this popular plant, with large double flower of perfect form, the petals being twisted curled and crested into the most fan- tastic and graceful forms. The colors compiise all the shades characteris- tic of the Zinm'a. Pkt 10c, 3 pkts 25c.

801. Elegans Mixed— Large flowering mixture of many colors, finest strain in cultivation. Pkt 10c.

802. Scarlet— Double, fiery scarlet flowers. Pkt 5o.

803. White -Pkt 5c.

804. Sulphur Yellow— Golden yellow flowers, large perfect shape. Pkt5c.

805- Pompone or Darwini Nana fl. pi.— Dwarf, double, distinct ; long cone shape, beautiful ; flowers perfect in shape, the colors of which are exceedingly bright and showy ; mixed. Pkt 5c.

1 806. Haageana fl. pi.— 1 foot, double flowers, mixed. Pkt 5c.

8©7. Zebra Zinnias— The flowers of this selection are perfect in shape,' of all colors and are beautifully striped, spotted and blotched with different shades. Plants symmetrical and compact, about 2 feet high, mixed colors. Pkr 10c.

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Wild Cucumber Vine

808. This is the quickest growing

Climber in our list. It will grow thirty feet in one season, has dense graceful foliage which is thickly dotted over with pretty wh i te, f ragran t flowers. Th esc i n turn arefollowrd by an abundance of small, ornamental and prickly seed pod®. Once planted this vi tie seeds itself and comes up every year. Pkt 5c, oz 25c.

WIGANDIA

Grand and magnifloentplant, with stupendous h-aves richly veined, and stems covered with crimson he ir. Of rapid growth and splendid habit. It forms one of the finest objects among ornamental foliage pla- ts to impart a t-opical aspect to a garden or con- servatory decoration ; hh.p.

809. Carcassana- Pkt 10c.

Wild Cucumber Vine

(Ornamental Maize)

Compact in habit, very long and drooping leaves, elegantly striped; a very effective plant, especially in gioups and masses.

810. Japonica Variegata— Per pkt 15c.

XERANTHEMUM

811. Annuum— Double white. Pkt 5c.

812. Imperiale— Double dark violet purple. Pkt 10c.

813. luparbiMimum fl. pi.— Distinct double. Pkt 10c.

Special Mixtures of Flower Seeds

Many persons derive pleasure from watching the growth of a varied bed of flowers, entirely out of i ho usual trim garden style, while other* desire a much more exi ended collection than their means will permit. To

both of these the following mixtures will appeal. Packet

814. Flowers for Bouquets 10

815. Low-Growing Annuals 10

816. Tall-Growing Annuals 10

817. Mixture of Fragrant Annuals 10

818. Mixture of Foliage Plants 10

819. Mixture of Climbers 10

820. Mixture of Evening Bloomers lO

821. Everlasting and Ornamental Grasses 10

822. Biennials and Perennials - 10

823. WILD-FLOWER GARDEN MIXTURE— These mixed flower seeds

embrace more than a hundred varieties of such easy-growing and pretty flowers as are suitable for forming a wild-flower gulden. They a e very useful for woodland walks, roadsides, and for sowing alongside of fences atnl on any untidy b>re spots of ground which are frequently unsightly, and which if poperiy cared for and kept free from weeds, can he made to produce a continual display of bloom during the summer. Per oz 25o, \ lb 75c, lb $2.50 ®

Our ChilcSren’r* Flower Garden

824. Of course the children who read this catalogue are flower lovers and are indulged in the pleasant recreation of caring for them when their alloted tasks a1 e done and lessons learned. Now we wi>h to encourage and help them if we can. With this purpose in view we have prepared a mixture of fifteen easily grown annuals especially adapted for their use, which will grow and blossom under their own hands, in any flower bed or small plot in the home garden. Price, large packet, with full directions for sowing and cultivation, 10c. For 5c extra we will add a packet of ihe wonderful Fairy Rose that blooms from seed the first year. Remember, the child’ en’s 15c Collection means one packet of mixed flower seeds and one packet of Fairy Rose seed, post- paid. The children’s 20c Collection inciud s two named abovoand picket containing Sunflowers, Gourds and Pumpkins.

Surprise Flower Seed Collections

That we may fill orders promptly in our busy season we put up Dearly all our flower seeds into packets iu advance, just as soon as the new slocks arrive from our growers, which often leaves ns toward the close of th® season "long" on a number of sorts. Now, rather than throw them away as has been our usual custom, we will make them up into Surprise Col- lections, and all customers who avail themselves of our offers will experi- ence areal surprise at the value received. The selection of varieties must be left entirely to us, but we will consider the wishes of our customer* if they will indicate to what use the plants are to be put. These Surprise Collections will not be mailed before May 15th, though orders will bo booked any time before that date.

No. 1 SURPRISE COLLECTION will contain 10 or more packets of

different choice sorts of flower seeds. Price, 20c.

No. 2 SURPRISE COLLECTION will contain 20 packets of different, choice sorts of flower seeds. Price, 85c.

We guarantee these collections to contain seeds as good as those sold at regular catalogue prices.

Imported Japanese Fern Ball

Something New from Japan

825. These Fern Balls arrive from Japan in January. The roots are twisted and worked together in a brt.ll shape about 8 inches iu diameter. Th® fresh young leaves soon sprout out and form a solid mass of fronds com- pletely covering the ball (see illustration), forming a ball of fern leave* 15 to 18 inches in diameter, when fully developed. Th< so fe> n ball*, do well hanging in a window wh< re not too much sun reaches them. Keep the ball moist by dipping it occasionally in a pail of water. Price, 75® each, postpaid.

Japanese Fern Ball

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J. A. SIMMERS, TORONTO— SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS.

TUBEROUS ROOTED BEGONIAS

These are certainly grand summer blooming plants for beds, whether singly or in masses. As pot plants they are also unequalled with their many varied colors of white, yellow, pink, scat let and red — great waxy flowers measuring from three to s>x inches across. The double- flowering sorts resemble beautiful roses, l lant out in May, a foot or so apart, one inch deep, and well watered at all times. Take up on the approach of cold weather. For growing in pots start at any time after January.

Giant Single Varieties— Separate colors, White, Scarlet, Pink and Yellow. Each 10c, per doz $1.00, four bulbs one of each color, for 35c, 25 for $1.50, 100 for $5- 50.

Giant Single Mixed— Each 10c, 4 for 30c, per doz 75c, 25 for $1.35, per 100 $5.00.

Giant Double Varieties— Separate colors, White, Rose, Scarlet and Yellow. Each 20c, 3 for 50c, doz $1.75, 25 for $3.00, 100 for $11 00.

Giant Double Mixed— Each 15c, 4 for 55c, per doz $1.50, 25 for $2.75, 100 for $10.00.

Offor. One bulb each color of Single White, Red, Pink and Yellow for

Wi M €71 35c. One bulb each color of Double White, Rose, Scarlet and

Yellow for 60c.

Tuberous-Rooted Begonia, Duke Zeppelin

A most useful and attractive variety that should soon become a favorite for bedding, possess- ing the great advantage over other tuberous-rooted Begonias of delighting in full sunshine. Begonia It is of dwarf habit, growing from 6 to 8 incues high, throwing up well above the foliage num-

berless stems bearing full, double dazzling- scarlet flowers, giving the whole plant a brightne=s, grace and eleeance difficult to describe. A bed containing about 5UOplajts of this variety, for gorgeous effect, eclipsed anything we ever saw. Strong bulb 25o each, $2.50 per doz.

ADIflQ THRPRHQA Its clusters of rich, deep purple flowers have ftrlUO lUDunUOn a strong delicious violet fragrance. They grow to a great height and bloom profusely. The bulbs are hardy and need not be taken up. Each 5c, doz 50c.

PVPI flRflTURA El AVA The habit of plant and bloom is similar Vi ULUDU I liliri rLnvn to Bessera; the color is clear, golden yel- low, with intense black spot on each petal. Each 10c, 3 for 25c, 90c per doz.

Pill inAKITUIIO CDAPDAIIC The large flowers, which are borne UllLllInll I nud rnnurinno in dense clusters during the months of July and August, are of a deep canary yellow color and extremely fragrant. Each 10c, 75c per doz.

CINNAMON VINE

(Dio scored Batatas)

A rapid-growing climber, taking its name from the peculiar frag- rance of the delicate white flowers. The leaves are heart-shaped, bright glossy green ; growth is very rapid, reaching about eight feet in height ; quite hardy. Good roots 5c each, 6 for 25c, 50c per dozen.

Duke Zeppelin Tuberous Begonia

Form osiss-

ima (Jacob- ean Lily) — Flowers of a deep velvety crimson col- or, h an d - eomely f orm- e d , very striking. Each 10c, 6 for 50c. Equestre- The flowers have very spreading graceful petals of bright salmon pink, with a d isti net snow-white blotch a t the bare of the petals. Each 25c, 4 for 90c.

Treatea (Fairy Lily) — Bulbs can be planted at any time during the winter or spring, and will soon b oom. They should be potted in sandy soil and five or six can bo flanted in five-iuch pot. Cach 5c, doz 50c.

Vittata Hybrid — Beautiful, large- flowering, new seedlings from choicest varieties; bulbs are of an immense size and will produce something grand. Jilach 50c, doz $5.00.

Johnsonii (Snice Scented) — It is im- possible to name a more magnificent bulbous plant Unit this; its im- mense flowers, richness of coloring and regal habits are simply incom- parable ; it throws up a spike about 18 inches high, bearing from two to six flowers, averaging four to six inches across, of a bright rich red color, with a white stripe down each petal ; it also has a rich, spicy fragrance. This variety is the most robust and luxuriant and the earliest to flower of the whole Amaryllis family, and is a prolific bloomer, and it is of easy culture. 25o each; extra large bulbs 50c each, 2 for 90c. I

Amaryllis

Vittata

Hybrid

AMARYLLIS

Crinum Capense

CRINUMS

Kirkii— The grandest variety of this group. The flowers are fragrant, petals broad and white, with deep purple reddish stripe through centre. Usually two flower stalks are sentup, each bearing a large cluster of 12 to 20 flowers. It blooms with the great- est freedom. Extra large bulbs, each 50c, medium sized bulbs 25c each.

Crinum Americanum — The flowers are pure while, waxy-like and fragrant, and are produced in great profusion. Strong flowering bulbs, each 20c, 3 for 50c.

Crinum Capense— Rose, sweet-scented, one of the fl iest C mums; hardy with slight protection, producing many flower stalks 2& to 4 feet high, crowded with 10 to 15 blooms. Each 30c, 3 for 75c.

SPECIAL OFFER— One of each of the three varieties 90c, postpaid.

Pancratium Maritimum

SPIDER LILY

Pancratium Caribbeeum ( Spider Lily)— Planted outin wet places during summer it will produce many spikes of fragranb flowers, in dense clusters, lasting several weeks; grand for indoors, blooming even if grown in water. Each 30c, 3 for 50c, 7 for $1.00.

Pancratium Maritimum (The Sea Daffo- dil)—The large white flowers are boldly relieved by a green stripe. Their beautiful odor is also a great attraction. As a cut flower they last for many days. It will certainly give satisfaction. Each 20c, 3 for 50c, 7 f ur $1.00.

Pancratium Calath in um or Basket Flower ( Ismene Calathina) — A grand summer- flowering bulb, producing throughout tho season large Amaryllis-like, pure white, fragrant blossoms. Keep the bulbs in a dry, warm place, and plant out in June. Bulbs can be taken up in October, and, after a few weeks’ rest, potted and flow- ered in the house in winter, or kept over for planting out another season. Each 35c, / 3 for $1.00.

J, A. SIMMERS, TORONTO— EVERBLOOMING C ANNAS. 67

Large Flowering CANNAS

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“Jj The Most Desirable Bedding Plant for the Canadian Carden

ep, I As in previous seasons, we have agaiu very carefully revised our list of otg Cannas, discarding ail those that have shown any weak points or that have been superseded by newer and improved sorts, and we do not hesitate to 3C say that every Canna offered possesses points of merit that make iis reten- ' tion desirable, and our customers cannot go wrong in one of the sorts offered.

For the Amateur, Dry Roots are difficult to start, so we offer plants.

The Finest Canna offered for 1901

MRS. KATE GRAY (Italian) — The largest-flowered canna ever introduced ; the result of crossing canna Italia and Mine. Crazy. Flower is immense — larger th<±n Austria or Italia, — being round and full, of a clear wine color, beautifully suffused with gold. Notwithstanding their size, the flowers have a great deal of substance, and are very showy and effective. It is a very free bloomer, and bears a large number of flowers on each spike. Besides the extraordinary size of fhe flowers, it is a very strong grower, and would be valuable on account of its beautiful and luxuriant foliage alone, which is tropical in its luxuriance, much resembling the Abyssinian Banana. 30c each, 2 for 50c.

Admiral Avellan — On account of its clean, uniform growth, attain- ing a height of about 5 feet, each plant will be the counterpart of its neighbor, thereby producing a most desirable effect when used in masses. The flowers are of good size, of a peculiar shade of scarlet, overlaid with salmon, giving a rich luminous effect.

Allemania (Italian) — Exceptionally large flowers, frequently mea- suring inches across, the upper petals salmon with broad border and markings of golden yellow, while the lower petal is dark salmon marked with yellow in the centre; foliage dark green.

Alphonse Bouviep — In color it is the most intensely brilliant crim- son yet introduced, and is undoubtedly one of the best bedding varieties.

Austria (Italian) — Pure canary yellow ; fine large open flowers, with but few traces of reddish brown dots in the centre of the two inside petals.

Burbank — The flowers are truly gigantic in size, the three upper petals spreading fully 7 inches, and the form is really semi- double ; toward the inner part the lower petals show fine crimson spots ; all the rest of the flower is of a most beautiful rich canary yellow.

Chicago — Expert judges pronounce this the best of all the red varieties ; 5 ft., boldly erect. The large flowers open out nearly flat, petals inches wide and five in number. The color is a clear, deep, vermilion, smooth and without markings, except a purplish gloss. It comes into flower when quite small and con- tinues to flower all summer. Flower stalks never look ragged.

Charles Henderson — The flowers are deep rich crimson, borne in compact symmetrical heads, above a rich green foliage. The habit of the plant is dwarf — about 3^ feet high.

Egandale — (Medal) ; 4 feet ; considered by experts the best in this class. Red foliage, strong, compact flower spikes, color currant red. The finest bedding Canna of its color because of its har- mony of leaf and flower, and because of its brilliancy it can be seen farthe-st.

Florenee Vaughan — The flowers of this splendid sort are of the most perfect form, the petals are even broader than thdse of the Madame Crozy and more rounded at the ends, and are well opened and of the most brilliant golden yellow, dotted with brightest scarlet.

Gigantea — This gigantic dark foliaged Canna has been grown to the height of 8 feet 1 1 inches, with bright orange-scarlet flowers of good size ; the foliage is simbly superb. It comes into bloom very early, and blooms continuously.

Golden Seeptre — After six years crossing, a pure golden yellow Canna, without spots, has been produced that does not bleach in the sun like other yellow Cannas ; flower stalk branching, from three to six having, by actual count, produced two hundred flowers to a stem. Color golden yellow, without spots, lower petals very broad, height 4^ feet, foliage bright green. Italia (Italian) — Is of a bright orange-scarlet, with a very broad golden-yellow border; the flowers, which are produced on massive stems about sixteen inches long, are set well above the foliage; the foliage is large and heavy, similar to that of the Musa Ensete.

Madame Crozy — The flowers are of the largest size, of a dazz- ling crimson scarlet, bordered with golden yellow. The plant is of vigorous growth, yet dwarf in habit, seldom exceeding four feet in height. The foliage is of a rich, cheer- ful green, and very massive.

President McKinley — 3 feet. Green foliage. Flowers brilliant crimson with bright scarlet shading. Trusses large, compact, of good shf*pe and held well above the foliage, and are pro- duced freely and evenly. Plant stools freely, is a compact, even grower. It is one of the earliest bloomers, coming into flower when T4 to 18 inches high, blooming continuously thereafter. The effect when massed is extremely brilliant. Queetl Charlotte — The enormous flower spikes, tower grandly above the foliage, bear a beautiful bouquet of large flowers of perfect form, with petals of a rich scarlet crimson, broadly banded with a bright canary yellow.

Souvenir d’ Antoine Crozy— The richest gilt-edged variety yet introduced ; the flowers are large, with well-rounded petals, which are of intense scarlet crimson, rich and dazzling, and are bordered with a broad, rich golden-yellow band, 3 ft. high.

STRONG PLANTS — Each 15c postpaid ; by express at purchaser’s expense, per doz $1.40.

Type of Italian or Orchid Flowered Cannas

Cannas in a Bed

J. A. SIMMERS, TORONTO— LIST OF SELECT DAHLIAS.

DAHLIAS . . .

The Dahlia is the grandest Autumn flower we have. There is nothing to equal it in September or October when everything else is faded or fading, and it surrenders only to frost. Tubers should be planted when the season becomes warm, covering the neck about 3 inches. If many shcots start thin out. Take up plants bef Dro hard frost, cut off tops, dry the tubers a little, and put in cellar until spring. There are Lur distinct classes, viz.:— Tall Double, Dwarf Double, Cactus and Single. All arc grand, and the entire collection should be planted. Tubers can be sent as soon as all danger from frost is past, about April 1st. Prices below include postage.

Tall Dahlia Modesty '

TALL DOUBLE DAHLIAS

Beauty— Large, pure white, extra fine.

Charles Lidgard— Deep yellow, edged with red.

Duchess of Cambridge, New— White suffused pink.

Empress of India— Large, white, tipped with purplish lilac.

Florence Stark— White, striped with purpla; best cf its color. General Gordon- Ycfllow, beautifully striped with deep scarlet.

Cllt Edge, New— Ture white, margined deep gold.

“Greater Britain ”— The flowers are largo, 5 to 6 inches in diameter, and perfectly full to the centre. The color is a pure rich yellow, petals tipped with delicate peach.

Hector— Large, cherry red, finest form.

Jezebel— Dark rich maroon, tipped white.

A. D. Lavoni, New— Beautiful soft pink.

Mantas La Villa— Very deep rose.

Miss Browning— Clear yellow, lipped with white.

Miss Marsh— White, deeply edged with rose purple.

Modesty— Blush, light centre, large, always perfect.

Mrs. Hodgson— Yellow edged crimson.

Orange King, New— Orange scarlet.

Oracle— Pure yellow.

Penelope— White flaked lavender.

Prince Bismarck— Bright purple.

Perfect Vallon— Beautiful rich cardinal red.

Queen Victoria— Yellow, edged, deep rose.

Rossland— Light yellow.

Ruby Queen, New— Clear ruby red, richly shaded.

Triomphe de Paccjue— Dark maroon, good form.

PRICE— 15c, each ; any 4, 60c, doz $1.40.

DWARF DOUBLE BOUQUET DAHLIAS

So-calied from their compart and dwarf habit of growth ; flowers smaller than those of the Ta.l Dahlias, but perfect and very double. Crimson Beauty— Vivid Crimson.

Dandy— Bright crimson purple.

Edith Connor, New— Rosy rod, shading to rosy piDk.

Eleganta— Soft pink, tipped deep pink.

Golden Jewel— Very small, pure yellow.

Little Hugo— Dark maroon, very double, one of the best.

Snowclad, New— Best white, very free flowering.

Snowflake— Pure white.

PRICE— 15o each; any 4, 50c; per doz $1.40.

Cactus Dahlia— Clifford W. Bruton

two Tine Hew Dahlias for 1901

LADY ROBERTS (Cactus)— This exquisite new variety is now offered for the first time, and we believe it to be the Uueot White Cactus Dahlia yet introduced.

The tio wers which are of the purest color are very large and per- fecllyfullto the centre. They are borne on long siems which e x- cellently adapts them for cutting. It is also very free blooming and every flower comes perfect. 25c each.

LORD ROBERTS ( Standard ) — Another g"and new Dahlia of the standard type. The flowers which are borne on long stiff s terns are of ami t fascinating shade which might best be described as white at the base of the petals, gently shading to a pure mauve, the whole effect being simply exquisite.

This variety is also very free flowering and the individual blooms are very large and very full to the centre. 25c each.

SPECIAL OFFER— One each of the two new Dahlias Lord Roberts and Lady Roberts 45c postpaid.

CACTUS DAHLIA S

The following varieties w°re selected whilo in flower especially for our sales. They are among the fine.-t show varieties grown, each distinct in appearance, and the coiors are such as cannot fail to please.

Black Prince, New— Velvety maroon, almost black.

Cactus Queen— Rich Blood r~d, very decided co or.

Clifford W. Bruton— Large size and always full to the centre; color is of the purest yellow.

Fern Leaved Beauty— Foliage finely cut like a Fern. Color creamy white, heavily bordered with dark crimson.

Henry Patrick— Pure white, free.

Irridescent, New— Bright orange, overlaid with red, suffused and margined blue.

King of Cactus— Reddish crimson shade, large b^oad petals.

IVirs. Peart— Very fiie. The flowers are cf medium size, of the purest white, with a slight tinge of lemon i i the centre when it first, opens. Nymphsea ('he Pink Water Lily Dahlia) — Flowers of large size, with heavy, broad petals, centre cupped or incurved ; shrimp pink, shading slightly darker.

Oban, New- Rosy lavender, overlaid with silvery fawn.

Wm. Agnew— The richest shade of intense dazzling red.

William Pearce— Bright yellow, perfect.

15o each ; any 4, 50c ; per doz $1.40.

Single Dahlias

Ti+an — Fern Leaf, orange. John Cowan— Crimso n, shaded maroon.

Kate-Tn) ense orange-scarlet maroon.

Mrs. L. C. Bassett-Maroon,

strip'd lilae.

Novelty— Purple spotted white.

Kapperfeller— Orange and purple.

Price— 15c each, 4for50o, $1.40 per doz the bet of 6 varieties for 70c.

Mixed Dahlias

We have a laree stock of Mixed I) ihlia Roots from wh ch the labels have been lost.amoi g them will be found some of our very best varie- ties. Wo offer t hese for 10c earh, 3 for 25e, 75c per doa, Single Dahlia $5.00 per hundred.

J. A. SIMMERS, TORONTO— SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS

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CL A DIO L US

LARGE FLOWERING , BRILLIANT COLORS

STRICTLY FIRST SIZE BULBS.

No Flower Garden is complete without a Bed of* Gladiolus.

There is nothing- to compare with the Gladiolus as a garden flower, thriving as they do, under the most adverse conditions, and g-iving- out a bountiful supply of handsome blooms which cannot be surpassed for their brilliancy and varied colors. We are large growers of these bulbs and supply only varieties and mixtures that we know are the best to be obtained and such as will give complete satisfaction.

A Select List of NAMED GLADIOLUS

Martha. Washington — Light yellow, of large size, in a well arranged spike, lower petals tinged with rose.

Oetoroon— Very fine, Salmon pink.

Admiral Pierre— Brilliant red, maroon centre.

Shakespeare— White, suffused carmine rose, large rosy blotch.

I La Bien Aimee - White and red.

# May— White ground, slightly striped crimson.

Lamarck— Cherry, white throat.

J General Sherman— Large fine scarlet. Each 10c, doz 90c.

I Emma Thursby- White ground, carmine stripes through petals, blotch on the lower divisions. Each 10c, doz 90c.

; Blondin— Yellow and buff. Each 10c, doz 90c.

f Gerarda— Pink.

1 President Lincoln— Blush white ground, suffused with bright rose.

Lord Byron — Brilliant scarlet, blotched pure white.

General Gordon— Beautiful distinct red.

Queen Victoria— Buff, maroon centre.

Isaac Buchanan— Yellow.

Snow White— Grand spike of Snow White flowers, a magnificent variety. Each 15c, 4 for 60c, §1.75 per doz.

Any of the above (except where noted), 6c each, 60c doz, postpaid.

Type of Our Gladiolus Mixture

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Giant or Chiidsi Glaoiolus

The flowers are of great substance and of gigantic size. The form of both the flower and spike is perfection itself, but their most remarkable feature is their coloring. Orchids

OUR GENERAL MIXTURES

Simmers’ Extra Fine Mixed.

Popular Cheap Mixture

Mixed Lemoine’s Seedlings.

Eaeh per doz

$0 03 $0 30

0 02 0 20

0 05 0 35

per 25 $0 60 0 35 0 70

per 10ft *1 75 1 25 200

cannot surpass them in their varied and delicate shades markings and blendings. Every color known among gladi- olus is represented, and many never before seen, particu- larly blues, smoke-grays and purple blacks, all having beautifully mottled and spotted throats, made up of white, crimson pink, yellow. Price, each 10c, 3 for 25c, 12 for 75c, postpaid. 25 for §1.25, 100 for §4.00, at purchasers expense.

GLADIOLUS IN COLORS — All Large Flowering1 Bulbs

Our mixed gladiolus are very fine indeed, being choice varieties only. All old and m^Scnl vaSirof' 'colore. ^ ousto,uers depeucl on having a large and

While and Ideht Varieties, Mixed £0 OS Pf0 SO JO 90 P»3 2S

oiripedand Variegated, Mixed 0 05 0 50 0 90 of

Pink Varieties, Mixed 0 05 0 40 n *7=; o oo

Ked and Scarlet Varieties, Mixed 0 03 0 30 0 60 1

Yellow and Orange Varieties, Mixed o 05 0 50 1 00 3 5o

Remember all are postpaid at prices quoted except 100 lots. The 100 rate does not include c. rriage.

Lilium Auratum

Wallace’s Notes on Lilies-

An interesting and valuable book on "Lilies, indispensable to Bulb Growers. Illustrated. Cloth, 215 pages §2.50.

Lily Collections

To make these beautiful flowers more popular we offer the following very cheap:

Popular collection of 10 Separate Varieties for $1.25, postpaid.

ONE BULB EACH - Auratum, Roseum, Rubrum, Album, Melpomene-Longiflorum, Martagon, Tigrinum, Tigrinum fl. pi., Tenuifolium.

Popular collection of 5 Separate Varieties for 75c, postpaid.

ONE BULB EACH — Auratum, Roseum, Rubrum, Album, Melpomene.

70 J. A. SIMMERS, TORONTO — Lilies and Other Summer Flowering Bulbs.

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All Bulbs are sent by mail, postpaid, unless

Lilium Rubellum -Compact habit, leaves short, numerous, and of a pleasant green, while the flowers are delicately fragrant, and ■ f a beautiful pink color, varying in shade, of easy culture. Each 25c, doz $2 50.

Roseum (Speciosum)— White, shaded and spotted with rose. Each 15c, doz $1.50.

Melpomene (Speciosum)— A valuable addition to this class. Each petal is comp.etely covered with blood-red, except a clear, frosty while border; the papillae are of a black crimson. Extremely handsome and perfectly hardy. Each 15c, per doz $1.50.

Longiflorum — A variety bearing in clusters beautiful snow-white, ’trumpet-shaped flowers of rare fragrance; almost exnc' ly like Lilium Harrisiiin shape, but blooms 1 iter, extending the season of that beautiful kind. Each 15e, per doz $1.50.

Brownii— Magnificent variety with large flowers, pure white inside, purple tinted outside, stamens of a rich chocolate color, one and a half to two feet high, blooms in June. Each 40c.

Chalcedonicum- Bright scarlet recurved flowers, blooms in June, 3 feet. Each 50c.

Martagon— Purplish red, spotted with dark purple, prolific bloomer,

2 to 3 feet high, blooms iu midsummer. Each 15c, per doz $1.50.

Tenuifolium (Coral Lily of Siberia) — Flowers vivid scarlet, with

petals reflexed; very showy and free flowering, blooming early in the spring ; very easily grown, requi-in t only a well-drained, sandy soil. Each 25c, 5 for $1.00, 12 for $2.00.

Excelsum— This stately and beautiful variety grows from 5 to 6 feet in height, and hears from 6 to 12 frag'-aut, nodding flowers, of a delicate buff color. Each 50c, 3 for $1 35.

Tigrinum— Spotted Tiger Lily. Each 15c, per doz $1.50.

Tigrinum, fl. pi.— Spotted Tiger Lily, with double flowers. Each 10c, 6 for 50c.

Candidum- The pure white gayden Lily; flowers snow white, with heavy yellow st miens; hardy and free-blooming, bearing 5 to 20 blossoms. Plant ea ly and leave them undisturbed. Each 10c,

3 for 25c, 6 for 50c, per doz $1.00.

Orange Lily ( Bulbocodium Aurantiacum)—TSi&ch. 15c, per doz §1.25.

THE THREE QUEENS

NO FLOWER GARDEN IS COMPLETE WITHOUT THESE THREE GRAND LILIES

Their Ease of Culture , Hardiness and Freedom of Bloom Commend Them to Every Flower Lover.

AURATUM (Gold Banded)

Justly famous as the most beautiful and fragrant of all Lilies (selling at $5.00 per bulb when first diseovere t in Japan ; flowers white, dotted crimson, with a clear, broad, golden hand running through the centre of each petal. Good bulbs will produce from 10 to 25 fine blooms, 7 to 12 inches across, on a stalk 3 to 1 f set high. It is hu-dy, but unlike Rubrum, newly imported bulos should be planted every two or three years. The splendid flowers produced and the present very low price of the fine, large bulbs, justify annual plauting.

First Size Bulbs Each 15e, 4 for 50c, dozen $1 50

Extra “ “ “ 20 s, 4 for 75c, “ 2 00

Mammoth Size Bulbs “ 30c, 4 for $1.00, “ 3 00

ALBUM (Speciosum)

Pure white, with beautiful recurved petals ; very fragrant. This, with Rubrum and Melpo- mene, belongs to the “ Speciosum Section,” which are distinct, graceful and free-blooming. They are hardy, needing very little pro- tection ; will grow and flower withoutany special treatment; by far the best for general cultiva- tion.

First Size Bulbs. Each 20c, 3 for 50c, doz' n $2 00.

Extra Size Bulb-:. Each 25c, 3 for 65c, dozen $2.50.

Mammoth Size Bulbs. Each 35c, 3 for $1.00, dozen $3.50.

RUBRUM (Speciosum)

This is as easily grown ami as reliable as a Gladiolus or Dahlia bulb, probably giving the best sat'Kfaci ion of any lily. The mag- nificent flowers are white, with a deep rosy or crimson band on each petal, with deeper colored spots bol wen. They are 5 to 6 inches in diameter, very fragrant, and Lilium Speciosum having all the hardiness of the

Speciosum class. The bulbs suc- ceed best when they remain undisturbed in the ground forsevera’ years, increasing in size, as well as in size of flowers, stalk and number of blooms.

First Size Bulbs Each 15c, 3 for 40c, dozen $1 50

Exlra ** “ ... “ 20c, 4 for 75c, “ 2 50

Mammoth Sizo Bulbs “ 30c, 4 for $1.00, “ 3 00

SPECIAL OFFER

One first size bulb each of the three grand sorts postpaid. 40c “ extra size “ “ “ “ “ ..60c

M mammoth “ “ “ “ “ ..85c

GLOXINIA

Qioxiana, with erect bloo*"*

A charming class of sum- mer blooming bulbs, which succeed with ordinary care,. They should be grown in a moderately shady place, as the sun burns the foliage when wet, making brown spots appear.

Our mixtures include ; flowers of lovely form and j hue, comprising all shades of I color. For those who do not j care about special color, they will be found very desirable, i as only fine varieties have i been kept, poor and dull colors being discarded.

Our Finest Mixed Bulb*

Each 15c, 4 for 60c, doz

$1.50.

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CALADIUM ESCULENTUM

(Or Elephant’s Ears)

One of the most beautiful and striking ornamental foliage plants in cultivation, either for culture in pots or for planting out upon lawns. It will grow in any good garden soil, and is of the easiest culture. When of full size it stands about 5 feet h gh, with immense leaves, often measuring 4 feet in length by 2£ in breadth. Price— Per 1st size root, each 25c, per doz $2.50; 2nd size 15c, doz $1.50; small size 10c each; $1.00 doz.

Dwarf Cal la “ Little Gem ”

DWARF CALLA “LITTLE GEM”

Indeed a “pigmy,” scarcely ever exceeding the height of 1 foot., yen producing good sized flowers in great abundance. The flowers will be found exceedingly useful for “cut flower work.”

Price — Each 20c ; 3 for 50c.

WHITE CALLA (Lily of the Nile)

Pure white, splendid bloomer. Each 15c, 4 for 50c.

SPOTTED LEAF CALLA

(Richardia Alba Maculata)

A very ornamental plint, even when not in bloom ; foliage beautifully marked with trans- arent white spots showing to g eat advantage efore a window. Flowers while with black centre. Blooms splendid y in the gard' n or as a pot plant. Large bulb-;, to bloom at onoe.

Price— Each 15c ; 4 for 50c ; doz $1.25.

YELLOW CALLA

(Richardia Hastata)

Everyone is familiar with the well-known White Calla Lily. This fine variety we now otfer is iden tical with this in every respect, except the color which is pure yellow, so that, the great value of this grand novelty can be readily appreciated by all. Genuine imported slock. Each $1.00.

BLACK CALLA LILY (Arum Sanctum.

Solomon’s Lilj )

The large wavy leave-, which are of a rich green color, veined, light green, re semble those of C, ilia Ethio- pi ca. The flower is about 14 inches Jong and from 7 to 9 inches across, of a brillian' dark purr'e color. The spike, rising ahoutlOiuches from the cen- tre of iho flow- er, is velvet- like and quite black. Price — Extra largo roots, ea. 20c,

Black Calla or 3 for 60c.

Caladium Esculentum

CALADIUM

(Fancy Leaved Varieties)

A most beauti- ful cla>s of plants, with the brightest and most peculiar- ly marked leaves of any foliage plant. They are easily grown, and from the 1st of June until Octo- bernohouse plant can vie with their beauty. Bulbs must be stored in the winter where it is quite warm and not to dry. Our collect ion con - sists of thirty fine varieties. Each 25c, 4 for S1.00, Fancy Caladiums per doz $3.00.

GIANT CYCLAMEN

Certainly most interesting and beautiful winter and spring flowering bulbs. Not only are the flowers of striking beauty, but the foliage is also highly ornamental, being handsomely marked with various shades of green, gray and white. Giant Rose— 25e each, per doz $2.50.

Giant White— 25c each, per doz $2.50.

Giant Red — 25c each, per doz $2.50.

Giant Mixed -20c eaci , per doz $2.00.

Giant Cyclamen

COOPERIA DRUMMONDI

(The Giant Fairy Lily)

Plant in spring, either in open ground or pots, where they will bloom freely most of the summer, sending up beautiful lily-like white blossoms on stems 10 to 15 inches high. In the fall lift the bulbs and keep dry over winter. One of the easiest bn I *>s to grow, sure to bloom freely. Strong bulbs 6c each, 6 for 25c,

CYPELLA HERBERTI

(Golden Cup)

The flowers are of a deep golden yel- low, each petal having a broad, rich purple stripe through the centre, and spots of the same color at the base. As the flow- ers are produced in quick succession and many on a spike, it is scarcely ever out of bloom. Keep dry in winter. Each 20c, 3 for 60c.

Cypella Herberti

LILY OF THE VALLEY

No flower so easily wins our love and keeps it forever as the Lily of the Valley— the sweete.-t and most delicate flower, be- ing perfectly hardy, and each succeeding year rewarding the grower with greater abundance of delicirusly fragrant blossoms. Strong clumps, each 35c. Strong pipe, 5c each ; fi for 20c ; 12 for 85c.

Madeira. Vine

MADEIRA VINE

A tall half-hardy, tuberous-rooted, climbing plant, of rapid growl h, bearing copious and grace- ful raceoies of deliciously fragrant white flowers, very useful for screens and trellis work. Each 5c; 3 for 10c; dozSOc.

Montbretia Crocosmiseflora

MONTBRETIA CROCOSMUEFLORA

Showy flowers on spikes 12 to 24 inches long; bright orange, dotted purple. Each 5c, doz 50c.

SUMMER FLOWERING PXALIS

Valuable for edging walks, flower beds, etc. Bulbs planted 3 inches apart form rounded rows of delicate foliage 1 foot high, which produce flowers in < ndless succession.

Versicolor — White margined vermilion. Each 5c, 3 for 10c, doz 30c.

Lasiandra— Rosy pink. 5c each, 3 for 10c, doz 30c, $2.00 per 100.

Diepoi— Ifosy white. 5c each, 3 for 10c, doz 80c, $2.00 per 100.

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EXCELSIOR IDEDACC EVERYBODY’S

“ PEARL” DOUBLE I UDbllUwC FAVORITE

(Sweetest-Scented Flower that Blooms)

This pure white, perfectly double, delightfully fragrant flower, invalu- able for bouquets, is too well know i to need a> y description. The growing plant is fond of light and heat, and must have full sunlight when bed- ded and plenty of w >ter when it begins to grow freely, bun not too much water when first planted, and should not be planted outside before May 1st. This variety grows only 24 inches, about half the height of the ojd double sort, and the flowers are ne rly twice the size (often two inches in diameter), and imbricated like a Camellia ; deliciously fragrant. (See cut.) Each 5p, 6 for 25c, per doz 40c, 100 $2.25.

MIL LA BIFLORA

( Mexican Star or Frost Flower )

This charming flower blooms profusely all summer ; the flowers are full three inches in diameter, and pure waxy white ; they are borne on slender, rush-like stems. Each 5c, 3 for 10c, per doz 40c.

$1 Spring Bulb Collection

Contains 25 summer Flowering Bulbs, which we will send free by mail or express for only One Dollar 2 Milla Biflora ; 1 Madeira Vine ; 4 Mixed Gladioli; 1 Lilium Longiflorum ; 4 Fine Oxalis; 1 ( yclobothra; 2 Pearl Tuberoses; 1 Amaryllis Treatea; ITigr idia; 1 Spider T ily ; 1 Double Dahlia;

2 Cinnamon Vines; 1 Caladium (Elephant’s Ear); 1 ITyacinthus Candicans;

2 Tuberous Rooted Begonia. This collection will furnish flowers from early spring unt il 1 ite in the fall, and if properly cared for the Bulbs can be stored over winter and planted again in the spring.

THE RESURRECTION PLANT

(Or Rose of Jericho)

Imagine a bunch of withered-looking, curled-up shoots, brown, stiff and apparently dead, resembling a bird’s nest. Place it in water; in an hour., what a transformation ! The withered-looking bunch has now opened, and is transformed into a patch of bright green moss. Each 15c, 2 for 25c.

WATER LILIES (Nymphaeas)

Red Water Lily (N. Devonionsis) 75

Blue Water Lily (NT. Zanzibariensis Azurea) 75

Pink Water Lily (N. O. Rosea) 75

Giant Water Lily (N. Odorata Gigantea)— 3 for 65c ; each 25

White Water Lily (N. Odorata) 25

Parrot’s Feather (Myriophillum) 25

SPECIAL OFFER— We will send postpaid one each of the above Water Lilies for $2.50.

SNAKE LILY (Sauromatum or Amorphophallus Simlense).

A very remarkable flower, 15 inches long, the inside of which is of a peculiar golden color, spotted purple, while Ihc back is of metallic brown. Fine palm-like foliage ; large bulbs. 25 cents.

SPECIAL OFFER

1 Large Flowering Single Tuberous- Rooted Begonia.

1 Amaryllis— Formosissima.

1 Cinnamon Vine.

1 Giant-Flowered Gloxinia.

The above FOUR grand Bulbs mailed post-paid for only 30c.

ZAMIA INTEGRIFOLIA

When in full leaf this noble plant pre- sents a highly tropical appearance, only rivalled by the high priced Sago Palm, which it resemb'es in appearance. The foliage is very lasting, remaining on the p'ants for years. and enduring the healed air of rooms with impunity. Start the dry roots in a sandy soil in a warm place.

Dry Roots, each 35c.

ZEPHYRANTHES

The Zephvr flowers or “Fairy Lilies,” are gems of nire beauty. Planted in pots, or in the open gn und, they produce very beautiful lily-l;ke flowers all summer, and will be greatly admired by all who see them.

Atamasco- Large, pure white. Each 5c, doz 60c.

Rosea— Beautiful, clear rosy piuk. Each 6c, doz 50c.

soc. Spring Bulb Collection

Contains 15 splendid Summer Flower- ing Bulbs which we will send free by mail or express for only 50 cents:— 1 Double Dahlia; 2 Gladioli; 1 Cinnamon Vims; 2 Tuberose; 3 Miila; 1 B.v<cinthus Candi- cans: 1 Maderia Vine ; ITigridia; 30xali«. All tne above Bulbs are fully described, and most of them illus rated in the Bulb Depart- ment of th’s Catalogue. Compare the Retail Prices.

TIGRIDIAS

(Peacock Tiger Flower, or Mexican Shell Flower)

Extremely ha ndseme summer flowering bulbs growing nb mt 2 fert hi' h. producing large gorgeous flowers, exquisitely spotted. Conchiflora (.1 fexican Shell Flotrer)— Dark yel'bw, large red spots. Each 5c, per doz 45c.

Pavonia ( Peacock Tiger Flower) — Very large, bright crinwm com re, mottled with yellow. Each 5c, per doz 45c. Grandiflora Alba — Flowers la^-ge, ivory whit**, spotted at the ba e with i ed ou a ycllowi-h ground, forming a fine con- trast with i lie white of the petals. Each 10c, per doz 90c.

8PECIAL OFFER — One each of tbs above three varieties for 15c ; or three bulbs of each variety for 40c.

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C A KNA TIONS

Oaybreak— A very delicate shade of pink.

Flora Hill— One of the finest whites, large and free flowering.

«!• J. Harrison— White, lightly marked with delicate pink, flowers large and perfect.

Lizzie McGowan— An elegant white variety, large, full and very at- tractive.

| Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt— Large white, striped with red.

( Ontario— Large bold flower, strong stem, pure white.

Portia— Finest rich scarlet.

Triumph— Pure pink without a trace of purple ; very large with long, stiff stems.

White Cloud — Fine large white.

Winter Cheer— Bright scarlet.

W. F, Dreer— Rosy pink, fringed.

Wm. Scott— Bright, yet delicate rosy pink; full and of good shape.

Any of the above 10c each, 12 -for $1.00.

Mrs. Geo. M. Br^dt

Winter Cheer

Flora Hill

W. F. Dreer

Asparagus Plumosus

ORNAMENTAL ASPARAGUS

SPRENGERI— A pot plant or for planting in suspended baskets; the fronds are of u rich shade of green, and most u-eful for cutt. ng, retaining their fre hness after being cut for week-;. An excellent house plant, as it withstands dry atmosphere. Suong plants 20o ea oh, 3 for 50c.

PLUMOSUS NANUS— This graceful climbing Asparagus has to a great extent taken the pLce of the once popular Sm lax. It is much more graceful, its foli 'ga being finer than that of iho most delicale fern, audit will last for weeks after being cut. It is an < xcelieut house plant succeeding under almost any conditions. 20c each, 3 for 50c.

SPECIAL OFFER— One each of the two Asparagus Ferns 35c.

Flowering Begonias

Alba Picta— The leaves are glossy green, freely spotted with bright Silvery white. 15c.

Argcntia Guttata— Upright grower, largely spotted white. 15c each. Oompta- Stems and under sides of leaves red, upper side white and green. 15c each.

Foastii— Low growing round glossy leaves, pink flower. 15c each.

Incarnata Grandiflora— Rich pink, best winter variety. 15c each.

Manicata Aurea— Large, glossy, green leaves beautifully blotched with creamy white, clear carmine etchings in the maimed leaves. 15c each.

Margaritae— Of the style of Metallica but a hardier and better grower. 15c eaoh.

Odorata— White, sweet-scented. 15c each.

Otto Hacker— Vigorous grower, upright habit, with largo, shining deep green leaves. The flowers are borne in

immense clusters. Color a beautiful bright coral red. 15ocach. Pal mata— Balm shaped leaves, handsome. 15c each.

Paul Bruant— Light pink, glossy fine foliage— good for winter. 15c each.

Pond Lily— Glossy, roundish leaves, pink flowers, mostly in winter. 15c each.

Thurstonii— Rich pink, handsome foliage. See cut. 15c each. Weltoniensis— Best summer blooming variety— pink. 15c each. SPECIAL OFFER— Any Three Varieties for 35c, postpaid. Any Six Varieties for 65c, postpaid.

Rex Begonias

Ornamental Leaved V arieties Many improvements have been made in recent years in this useful house plan t. Ou r collection, which contains some 20 varieties, embraces all the good old varieties, as well as the best of recent in- troduction. (See cut). 20c each, 3 for 50c.

Bougainvillea

Sanderiana

This beautiful free-flower- ing variety on account of its free blooming qualities has become very popular, especi- ally as a plant for Easter decorations. It is of strong and rapid growth, and the brilliant rosy crimson blos- soms are produced almost the whole year. (See cut). 25c

Bougainvillea. Sanderiana each. Begonia— Otto Hacker

Asparagus Sprengeri

The Finest Window Plant

Begonia, ihurstonii

Rex Begonia

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STANDARD VARIETIES

Our list of Chrysanthemums is composed exclusively of varieties standing at the head of their type and color.

C. Chalfant— Fine early large yellow.

Chas. Davis— Light yellow, suffused rich apricot. Christmas Gift -Very late bronze yellow, incurved,flne. Evangeline— Pure white, very large.

Frank Hardy — Pure white, called the White Good Gracious, incurving petals.

Glory of Pacific— Large, early pink, broad petals. Golden Wedding— Undoubtedly the grandest golden yellow variety.

Good Gracious— Delicate shade of peach pink.

Ivory— Pure white, a splendid free-flowering variety. John Shrimpton— Bright, velvety, crimson scarlet. King of Ostrich Plumes— Yellow and orange, feathery

petals.

L. Boehmer— Silvery pink and deep rose, ostrich plume type.

Major BonnafFon— Soft clear yellow, incurved. Mayflower— Large, incurved, white.

Modesty— Intense yellow, incurved.

Mrs. H. Weeks— White, broad incurved petals.

Mrs. Perrin— True pink, incurved.

Mrs. C. H. Pierce— Soft deep yellow, large flower, straight petals curved at the tip.

Mrs. Henry Robinson— Large early white.

Mad. Bergman— Pure white, large globular flower.

Merry Christmas— Latest flowering white.

Western King— White incurved flower, outer petals reflexed.

Wm. H. Lincoln— Magnificent large golden yellow.

Wm. Falconer— Delicate rosy blush, changing to white.

Yellow Fellow— Rich yellow of immense size.

One each

Mrs. W. H. Weeks

Any of the above list 10c, 3 for 25c, 12 for $1.00.

of the 25 varieties $1.75 postpaid.

FUCHSIAS

Madame Bruant

Wave of Life

Mrs. E. G. Hill

Avalanche— Best dark Double Fuchsia, fine foliage. Arabella— White tube and sepals, rose corolla; early. Black Prince— Bright waxy carmine, pink corolla.

General

Fuchsia Avalanche

Roberts — Red

sepals, plum corolla, flower four inches long extra fine.

Mrs. E. C. Hill— Short tube and sepals, bright rich red- dish crimson color; corol a extra large, full and double ; flower of the larg- est size.

Molesworth — Best double white.

Mad. Bruant— One of the

mnstdonble ; sepals bright red; corolla rosy helio- trope, marked and veined wiLh rose.

Rose of Castile, I m- proved — While with vio- let centre.

Speciosa-Flesh color sepals, red corolla. Finest of all for winter flowering.

Wave of Life— Golden foli- age. crimson tube and sepals ; fine purple corolla.

Any of the above 15c each, 2 for 25c.

One each of the above lO varieties for $1.00, postpaid.

Modesty

CACTI

Cereus Colubrinus— Quick tall grower, fine white flowers, blooming at night, followed by fruit color and size of an orange. Each 15c to 25c.

Cereus Grandiflorus (Night Blooming Cereus)— Large white, delicious perfume. Each 15c.

Echinoncereus Candicans (Rainbow Cactus)— Plant is covered with delicat e spines, in color from creamy white to deepest red, flowers rain- bow like, colors being in circles, from magenta to white and then to bright green. Each 25c.

Echinocereus Ccespitosus— ' The beautiful lace Cactus, plant delicately covered with lace-like spines, flowers crimson purple. Each 15c.

Echinopsis Mulieri— Rapid grower of globular form, flowers double of a satiny rose color. Each 15c.

Epiphyllum Russellianum (Crab Cactus)— Beautiful drooping habit, bearing its fine crimson flowers, at the end of every leaf. Each 16c.

Opuntia Vulg;are (Prickly Pear Cactus)— Branches flat and round on the edge of which are borne its rich golden yellow flowers. Each 15c.

Opuntia Frutescens— Rapid grower, slender upright stems, heavily spined, blooms profusely followed by red fruit. Each 15c.

Opuntia Microdasys— The branches are beautifully spotted with tufts of golden yellow. Flowers numerous and bright golden yellow. Price 15c.

Phyllocactus Ackermanni (The King Cactus)— A very profuse bloomer of the flat leaved variety. Flowers satiny scarlet, about the size of a large cup, and lasting several days. Price 15c.

Phyllocactus Angruligrer— The heavy fleshy leaves deeply notched ob the edges. The flowers are magnificent, pure white and last some time. A rare sort seldom found in collections. Price 15c.

Stapelia Variegata— A good plant for a hangingbasket, will hang dowrn a foot on all sides and grows quickly. Is easily managed and bearing a very odd, beautiful si ar-shaped flower of a leathery texture. Color buff yellow and maroon markings. Price 15c.

One of each of the above $1.75.

Book entitled “ Hints on Cacti," Price 20 cents.

Surplus Collection

These Surplus Collections of Plants and Bulbs we are

ready to fill by May 25th, and we will send plants amounting to not less than $2.00 at cata- logue prices and pay postage; if ordered by express we can send many more plants and of larger size ; but they are always of our selection.

Price $1.00.

Ready May 25th.

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Madame Bruant

Madame Jaulin

Lady Reed

J( B. Varonne

Emile Girardin

^ ^ GERANIUMS

DOUBLE AND SEMI-DOUBLE GERANIUMS

SILVER-LEAVED GERANIUM

Adrienne Corret— Light rosy red, shaded magenta, fine bedder. Beaute de Poitevln— Very large, semi-double, brilliant salmon.

Emile Girardin— Bright pink, best of its color.

J. J. Harrison — Most brilliant scarlet flowers of immense size.

La Favorite— The trusses are very large, flowers beautifully formed, of the purest white.

Madame Jaulin— Salmon and white, very fine.

S. A, Nutt— The best rich dark crimson variety. A fine bedder.

J. B. Varonne— Reddish pink, shaded white.

W. P. Simmons— Light red, large.

Theocrite -Blush white, extra long truss.

M. Machet— Very bright scarlet, large.

Any of the above 10c each, 3 for 25c, per doz $1.00.

Mad. Salleroi— A very compact variety of Silver Geranium; very fine for massing or bordering ; a tlirifiy, healthy grower, rarely reaching a height of more than 6 inches; leaves very small, of a peculiar clear green, edged with pure white.

Assorted Varieties Silver-Leaved Geraniums— 10c each, 3 for 25c, §1.00 per doz.

SCENTED GERANIUMS

Rose, Lemon and Nutmeg scented.

Each 15c, one each of the three 40c.

IVY GERANIUMS

The double Ivy Geraniums are remarkably popular at present and de- servedly, for the new Hyorids in richness of color surpass all Geraniums.

Coleus

Our list includes the best varieties that are grown, plants strong and well-grown, sure to give best satis- faction. We will give special prices for large quanti- ties for bedding.

Price— Each 10c, 6 for 50c, per doz 90c, per 100 §5.

Hydrangea Otaksa Monstrosa

ANNUALS

We can also supply the following an- nuals, g- own from our own Select Seed. Good strong plants.

ASTERS, BALSAMS,

PHLOX, ZINNIAS,

MARIGOLDS, STOCKS, VERBENAS, PETUNIAS, SNAPDRAGONS

Per doz 20c, postpaid. Larger quanti- ties, price on application.

Hydrangeas

The Hydrangeas are well- known favorite-, grown as put plants, their immense heads of bloom make them very cn- spiciuous. A little shade and pi- n ty of water meet all their needs.

Hydrangea Paniculata —

See Hardy Shrubs, page 82. Otaksa— A Japanese variety lately introduced; beautiful large glossy foliage, large heads of pi- k flowers. 20c each, 3 for 50c.

Otaksa Monstrosa— Intense rose, shaded white; borne in large clusters; quite small plants bearing blooms of the most enormous size, and which are very lasting in quality. 20c each,

3 for 50c.

Thos. Hogg— Large pure white flowers, which, o i well-grown p'ants, measure more than twelve inches in diameter.

20c each, 3 for 50c.

Hortensis Nigra— Rich pink, very large and fine, black stems. 20c ea, 3 for 50c.

HELIOTROPES

Heliotropes are great favorites, princi- pally on account of their delicious frag- rance ; they grow freely under glass and may be planted in the the open border during the summer. 10c each, 3 for 25c, doz §1.00.

Fine

Plants

Heliotrope

SINGLE GERANIUMS

Lady Reed— Light salmon, best of its color.

L'Aube— Immense pure white.

Mad. Bruant- White, veined and edged purplish pink, good bedder. Mrs. J. M. Gaar- The finest of the single white bedders. Semi-dwarf. De Lesseps— Fine, large scarlet.

Theodore Theulier— Dark scarlet.

Camille Bernardin— Blush white, tinted rose.

Sam Sloane— Dark scarlet, “The Scarlet Bedder."

Wm. Jacoby — Rich deep crimson.

Any of the above 10c each, 3 for 25c, per doz $1.00.

Beauty of Castlehill— Beau- tiful soft red, extra large.

Berthelot— Magenta.

Jeanne d’Aec— ^’ine habit, the best double white.

Roi de Wurtem berg— Scarlet.

Sov. de Chas. Turner— Flow- ers of a deep pink sh de, feathered maroon iu upper petals.

Theodore — Dark red.

Any of the above 15c each, 2 for 25e, 6 for 65c.

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ARCEA LUTE8CENS

One of the most valuable and beautiful Palms in cultiva- tion ; bright, glossy green foliage and rich golden yellow stems. 50c to $3.00 each.

Boston Fern Kentia Belmoreana

FINE FERNS

We can supply a very choice selection of Ferns, such as Adiantums, Pteris, Davallia Sfcricta, and many others, specially suited for indoor culture, which we offer at 25c each, $2.50 per doz, postpaid.

B08T0N FERN— Long, graceful fronds, eighteen to twenty inches, hardy; increases rapidly; you can soon “give a slip” to ten friends. Each 25c, postpaid. Larger plants 60c, 75c, and $1.00, by express.

COCOS

WEDDELLIANA

The mo=t elegant and grace- ful of all the smaller Palms, as they are of slow growth and maintain their beauty for a long time. 4 to 6 inches 35c each, 8 inches high 60c each.

Cocos Weddelllana

Manettia Vine

Grevillea Robusta

MANETTIA VINE

A charming and profuse flowering climber, producing tubular flowers from 1 to 2 inches in length, th-s plant being literally covered with them the entire season The coloring of these flowers is gorgeous in the ex- treme, being a flame color tipped with bright yellow. 15c each, 2 for 25c.

GREVILLEA ROBUSTA

A very beautiful shrubby plant with fern-like foliage and rich, golden- yellow trusses of flowers ; soon forming fine plauts. Plants, each 15c, 2 for 26c.

CHINESE PRIMROSES

Brightest and best of all the easily grown free- flowering window plants. The single varieties witli flowersaslarge as a single half dol- lar have beauti- fully fringed, fluted and wavy edges, and even small plants pro- duce a wealth of flowers. Should be grown in a cool place, a north win- dow is suitable. Our plants are of the largest flower- ed class, grown from seed. Each Chinese Primrose 25c, postpaid.

PALMS

SPECIALLY GROWN FOR HOUSE CULTURE.

LATANIA BORBONICA (Fan Palm)-This fine Palm is too well-known

to need any extended description, its strong constitution and other grand characteristics render it one of the most popular Palms grown.

PRICE :

Fine plants— 4 inch pots, 4 to 5 leaves 50 each.

“ 5 “ 4 to 5 “ 18 inches high 90 “

“ 6 “ “5 to 6 “ 18 to 20 inches high — 1 50 “

“ 7 “ “6 leaves, 24 inches high 2 00 “

Specimen plants, 7 character leaves, 36 inches high 4 50 “

KENTIA BELMOREANA— The Kentias are among the best of the Palm species for general cultivation, being almost impregnable against diseases. The variety. shown in the engraving is one of the best in its class, graceful habit, bright green foliage, gracefully disposed ; as a decorative plant for the window, table or conservatory it scarcely has an equal. (See cut). Price, from

Pots.	Leaves.	High.	Each.
3 inch	4 to 5	— 10 to 12 inch	50
4 inch	5 to 6	15 to 18 inch	1 00
5 inch	5 to 6	22 to 21 inch	1 75
6 inch	6	24 to 26 inch	2 50
7 inch	6	30 inch	3 60

SWAINSONIA

GALEGIFOLIA

ALBA

A most desir- able ever-bloom- ing plant, with pure white flow- ers, produced in sprays of from 12 to 20 flowers each, the in dividual blooms resemb- ling a Sweet Pea. As a decorative plant for the win- dow or conserva- tory we know of nothing that will give as much sat- isfaction as the Swainsonia. 15c each, 2 for 25c.

Swainsonia Galegifolia Alba

CYPERUS,

Or UMBRELLA PLANT

A strikingly handsome plant, suit- able for the house, of easy culture and sure to give you complete satisfaction. It reproduces itself from the roots, and may be subdivided. Each 15c, 2 for 25c.

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' DORMANT ROSE, Showing method yol planting.

Prune after plant** Ing and as shown on dotted lines.

lyardy Roses

LOW BUDDED ON BRIAR STOCKS

The illustration shows the character of the plants we supply ; also the method of planting and pruning them after being plant- ed. If planted as shown int he illustration, these Boses, although bud- ded, will emit roots where the true Rose joins the Briar slock, and will eventually be- come established on their own roots. The great value of these budded Roses lies in the fact that they pro- duce better flowers and make stronger plauts in a shorter period than those grown from cut- tings: and the advant- age is that having no soil on the roots and being dormant, they are of liit'e weight and can be sent cheaply by post or express.

Hybrid Perpetual Roses

Alfred Colomb— A splendid rose; large, globular, full and very sweet;

bright, clear cherry red, shaded with crimson.

American Beauty— The flowers are very double, of a deep crimson color, and very fragrant.

Baron de Bonstettin— Dark red, almost black; very large, double fragrant flowers; a strong grower.

Baroness Rothschild — A magnificent rose, color rich satiny pink. Capt. Christy— A lovely rose, bloonrng almost the entire season; very large doub.e buds of deep flesh color.

Coquette des Blanches— Pure white, large and globular.

Duchess of Albany— Rich deep pink.

Fisher Holmes— Rich velvety crimson, large double; and of fine form; a splendid rose.

General Jacquimenot- Brilliant scarlet crimson.

Gloire de Margottin— Dazzling scarlet.

John Hopper— Bright rose, carmine centre; flowers large, cupped and well formed.

Jules Margottin— Bright carmine, cupped; very fragrant.

La France — Splendid satin rose ; very large full fine form ; a constant bloomer.

Louis Van Houtte — Dark velvety crimson of good form.

Marshal P. Wilder— Cherry carmine, large, full, semi-globular flower of flue form.

12 Select ewr-Blooming Bybrifl Cea Summer Ro$e$

That will produce a mass of Roses to cut from the entire season.

Augusta Victoria —

Large creamy white flower shading deep- er towards the centre.

Camoens-Bright glossy rose shaded yellow, very effective.

Clothilda Soupert —

The flowers of this beautiful variety are of a unique color, be- ing of a pearly white, shaded at the centre with silvery rose, and are produced in the greatest profusion.

Etoile du Lyon— Fine striking sulphur yel- low; the most valu- able yellow for sum- mer bedding.

Gloire des Polyantha — Bright rose with white centre, very free bloomer.

Hermosa- Undoubtedly the best pink bedding rose in cultivation.

M me. Caroline Test- out— A magnificent Rose, equally valu- able for summer *-r winter blooming; flowers full, . very large, globular form ; color clear satin rose ; very fragrant. This variety resembles La- france, but its color is more deep, vivid and brilliant.

Maman Cochet— It is an extra strong, clean, vigorous grower, producing its charming buds and flowers in the greatest profusion. Its cdor is of adeenrose pink, the inner side of petals silvery rose. They are borne on long, stout stems, very double and simply exquisite when in bud or half bloom.

Marquise de Salisbury— Brilliant, velvety red, very desirable. •

Mosella— Produces beautiful clusters very double bill-.-h ip<*d flowers which open like a camellia, the color is a white tint ou a beautiful light yellow ground.

Papa Gontier— One of the finest Roses either for out-of-doors or for winter forcing; dark carmine crimson.

Safrano- Saffron yellow.

Viscountess Folkestone — Creamy pink, salmon centre, large and fragraut-

Strong Flowering Two-year-old Bushes 40c each. $4 per doz.

Best White Ever-blooming Garden Rose Augusta Victoria

Mabel Morrison— Pure white; in autumn faintly flushed with pink; a lovely and distinct rose.

Marchioness of- Londonderry— Ivory white petals, of great substance, shell-sh&ped and refloxed, highly perfumed.

Mme. Gabriel Luizet— Fine satiny rose; very large and full.

Magna Charta— Bright pink, suffused with carmine ; a beautiful rose ; strong, vigorous grower.

Margaret Dickson — The flowers are of the purest white, of extra large size and of immense substance. It is a strong, vigorous grower with fine large foliage.

Merveille de Lyon— Pure white, shaded with satiny rose.

Mrs. John Lang— Delicate pink, with satiny tinge.

Paul Neyron— Very large dark red. an. old favorite.

Prince Camille de Rohan— Deep velvety crimson maroon, shaded “■^■^Bcarlet.

Ulrich Brunner— Large bright cerise red.

White Baroness— Pure white.

Extra Heavy Two-year-old Bushes 30c each. $3 per doz.

TWELVE SELECT HARDY CARDEN ROSES

Baron de Bonstettin Coquette des Blanches Duchess of Albany General Jacqueminot John Hopper Madame Gabriel Luizet

Margaret Dickson Marshal P. Wilder Magna Charta Paul Neyron

Prince Camille de Rohan Ulrich Brunner

For description as to color, etc., see list of Hybrid Perpetual Roses.

Strong Flowering Two-year-old Bushes 30c each. $3 per doz.

Hybrid Perpetual— Fisher Holmes

73 J. A. SIMMERS. TORONTO— SELECT LIST OF ROSES.

Uard? Climbing or Pillar Roses

The following list comprises the best of the hardy Roses which are of climbing habit, and suitable for training on pillars, verandas, etc.

Aimee Vibert— A good rose. Pure white, very full.

Chas. Lawson- Vi vid rose, la' ge and full.

Felicite Perpetue— Creamy white, beautiful.

Flora— Rosy flesh color.

Myrianthes Renoncule- Blush, edged with rose, an evergreen variety. Reine Marie Henriette— Rich cherry crimson.

Sweet Briar— True old English, rosy pink.

Vivid— Vivid crimson, very showy, a fine climbing rose.

White Microphylla— Very free bloomer.

W. A. Richardson— Orange yellow, entirely new shade, very desirable. Yellow Persian— Bright golden yellow, hardy yellow climbing rose.

Strong two year old flowering: bushes, plants, 35c each $3.60 per doz.

DAMASK ROSES

These four old Roses should be in every garden. Though they bloom but once a year, their fragrance, beauty, size, perfect hardiness, and the abundance of flowers they produce make them indispensable.

Cabbage, or Provence— Rosy pink flowers.

Madame Hardy— Beautiful large double white flowers.

Madamo Piantier— Pure white, and a free bloomer; unrivalled for

hn.tg' S o- cemetery use.

Whito Provence — Pure white, delightfully fragrant.

Strong; two year old flowering; bushes, 35c each ; the set of 4 for $1.25.

MOSS ROSES

A class of Roses which is a general favorite. The beauty of the flowers consists in the delicate m ssy covering which surrounds the bud, and which gives to the opening flower a unique appearance. The varieties listed comprise the best of this section, and are all perfectly hardy.

Blanche Moreau— Lovely pu-e white, largo and full.

Comtessc de Murinais— Large white, beautifully mossed.

Crested Moss— Deep pink, crested.

•Glory of Mosses— Color rich glossy pink, tinged crimson,

Salet— Bright pink, blush edge, large and full, mossy.

Mrs. Wm. Paul— Clear rosy.

Nuits de Young— Velvety purple, very double.

Strong; two year old flowering; bushes, 40c each; set of 7 $2.25.

THE 4 RAMBLERS

These climbir Roses are of vigoro growth makingshoc from 8 to 10 feet height during a se son, and are cons quently most desi able climbing vari ties ; when p e g g e down or grow bushes, marvelloi heads of bloom lai the result. They ai exceedingly hard] The flowers are pre duced in large tiusse of pyramidal form. Crimson Ramble - Strong bushes a 25c each ; $2.50doz Extra strong tw year old bushes a 40ceach ;$4.00doz Yellow Ram blei (Aglaia) — Extr.i strong two year oft bu-hes 40c each $4.00 doz.

White Ramblei

> (Thalia) — Ext?* strong two year ole bushes 40c each $4.00 doz.

Pink Ramblei

(Eunhrosynei-Simi- iar in habit to the White and Yellow Ramblers, except in color, which is a pure rose color, the partially op :n buds being bright carmine. The numerous yellow st items l**nd an additional charm to the flowers. Strong two year old bushes, 40o each ; $4.00 per doz.

SPECIAL OFFER— One each of the 4 Ramblers extra strong; bushes for $1.35.

THE MEMORIAL ROSE (Rosa Wichuriana)

A beautiful single rose from Jap in, blooms in clusters. Flowers frag rant, single, pure whito, from 6 to 8 inches in circumference, with yellow stamens, followed in fall and winter with bright red fruit; prostrate trail- ing habit. Valuable for covering low walls, banks or rockeries, and for covering graves in cemeteries. It is perfectly hardy. Extra strong plants 40c each ; $4.00 per doz.

ROSE RUG OS A

The lovely Romansa or Rugosa Ro-es form sturdy bushes 3 to 5 feet in height, covered witli glossv foliage, and clusters of beautiful single flowers, which emit a delightful o lor. They bloom nearly the whole summer, and are covered during autumn and winder with red seed pods. Rosa Rugosa —Fine glos-y »*rims m. Rugosa Alba— Pure white. Extra strong plants 40c each ; $4.00 per doz.

MARECHAL NIEL (Noisette)

A rose so fumous as to hardly need a d»«crintion here. The most beauti- ful la”ge, golden yellow thrown ; very f ill and double and exceedingly fragrant. It is a natural climber, and should not be pruned too snort. We k-op several sizes ; tho largest 6ize give the most satisfactory results. Two y >ar o'd pla-'ts each 6CK

LORD PENZANCE'S HYBRID SWEET BRIARS

These are crosses between the Common Sweet Briar ami various old-fashioned Garden Roses; the flowers are single or semi-double. The plants perfectly hardy, and the foliage is as sweetly scented us the common Sweet Briar.

Amy Robsart— 1 ovely deep rose, an abundant bloomer, robust and free.

Anne of Gierstein — Dark crimson, graceful branching habit.

Lady Penzance— Beautiful soft tint of copper, with a peculiar metallic lustre; the base of each petal is a bright yellow, very free flower, ing, with a delicious perfume from foliage and flower.

Lord Penzance — Soft shade of fawn or ecru passing to the lovely lemon yellow in the centre, sometimes toned with a most delicate pink, very sweet-scented.

Lucy Ashton — Pretty white blooms with pink edges, not so large as some others, wonder- fully free flowering ; free grower, foliage very

sweet.

We offer strong; two year old budded plants of the above at 40c each the set of 5 for $1.75, doz $4.00.

ROSES FOR CEMETERY PLANTING

Camoens— Bright glossy rose, shaded yellow.

Marquise des Salisbury — Brilliant velvety red.

Clothilde Soupert— The flowers of this beauti- ful variety are of a unique color, being of a pearly white, shaded at the centre with silvery rose, and are produced in the greatest profu- sion. It makes a fine plant, either for pot culture or outdoor planting.

Magna Charta— Bright pink, suffused with car- mine; a beautiful rose and a strong vigorous grower.

Coquette des Blanches— Pure white, large globular flowers.

THE MEMORIAL ROSE (Rosa Wichuriana)— Flowers fragrant, single, pure whue, from 6 to 8 inches in circumference, with yellow stamens, followed in fall and winter with bright red fruit.

Etoile du Lyon -Fine striking sulphur yellow.

Gen. Jacquiminot- BriLiant scarlet crimson.

Hermosa— Undoubtedly the best pink.

Moseila— Produces beautiful clusters very double ball-shaped flowers which open like a camellia, the color is a white tine on a beautiful light yellow ground.

Mad. Piantier— Fine bushy plant, which pro- duces its white flowers in great abundance.

Strong; two year old flowering; bushes, each 43c ; per doz $4.00.

Lord Penzance's Sweet Briars

The Crimson Rambler

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Hardy Perennials

The tide of popular favor has turned decidedly towards these most useful of all plants. Perfectly Harpy, once planted will last for years, increasing in size and beauty. The following sorts have been selected with greatest care. Achillea, The Pearl — The flowers which are borne in the greatest pro- fusion the entire summer on strong, erect stems, a-e of the purest white, resembling a Pompone Chrysanthe- mum. Each 20c, por doz $2.00. Achillea, Serrata, fl. pi. — Flowers double and of very pure white, leaves deeply cut, blooms later than “ Pearl." Each 20c, per doz $2.00. Anemone Japonica — One of the most beautiful of the hardy her- baceous plants. They commence to open their very rich colored single blooms in August, and continue to increase in beauty until cut by frost. Each 20c, per doz $2.00. Anemone Whirlwind — In general style and habit it is identical with the white Anemone, It is of the the same strong habit of growth, and is even more free-flowering, the flowers which are 2£ to 3 inches across, have several rows of pure white sepals semi-double, and last much longer than the single varie- ties. (See illustration). Each 20c, per doz $2.00.

Anemone, Whirlwind

Anthericum Lilastrum (St. Bruno's Lily)— A beautiful plant with narrow grass-like foliage, and long spike of white, fragrant, lily-like flowers. Each 20c, per doz $2.00.

Aquilegia Chrysantha ( Yellow Flowered Columbine)— 2£ feet high, forming a bush two or three feet across, which is covered for two months with golden yellow flowers with long spurs. Each 20c, per doz $2.00.

Arabis Alpina (Rock-Cress)— Specially adapted for the rock garden, but succeeds equally well in the border, where it forms a dense carpet which is completely covered early in the season with pure white flowers. Each 20c, per doz $2.00.

Bleeding; Heart (Dielytra Spectabilis)— These pretty spring bloomers, with their graceful drooping sprays of heart-shaped pink and white flowers, are very ornamental, and bloom freely in early spring. The plants, being hardy, increase in size from year to year.

Each 16c, 3 for 40c, doz $1.50.

Clematis Davidiana— A shrubbery plant, from two to four feet high, with fresh, bright foliage. Flowers are long, tubular, bell-shaped, of a deeo lavender color, and of delicious fragrance. Each 25c, per doz $2.50. ^

Correopsis Lanceolata — (See Illustration) — This golden Correopsis begins to flower early in June and continues to flower until cut down by severe freezing weather; it is continually one mass of golden yellow.

It is easily grown, perfectly hardy and succeeds in any position ; once planted takes care of itself. Large clumps, which will flower first season, 20c each, doz $2.00, per 100 $14.00.

Correopsis “ Harvest Moon Fowers larger than C. Lanceolata, perfectly round, pure bright yellow.

Each 25c, doz $2.50.

Dianthus Pulmarius Stanislaus— Of dwarf, com- pact habit, blooming the entire summer; violet rose with deep crimson centre: Each 20c, per doz $2.00.

Dictamnus Fraxinella— A very showy border peren- nial, forming a bush about 2£ feet high, having frag- rant foliage and spikes of curious red flowers, giving off during hot weather a fragrant, violatile oil. which explodes when a match is applied to it. Each 25c, per doz $2.50.

Qaillardia Grandiflora— (See Illustration)— The»flowers are large, very numerous, produced on long stems and excellent for cutting, and of the most gorgeous coloring. The centre is dark red brown, while ihe petals are variously marked with rings of brilliant scarlet crimson, orange and Vermillion, and often a combination of all these colors in one flower. Each 20c, 6 for $1.00, 12 for $2.00.

Helianthus Multiflorus, fl. pi. (Double Hard >/ Sunflower)— An extremely useful, hardy plant; it bears profusely large double flowers of a bright yellow color. Each 20c, doz $2.00.

Hibiscus ( Perennial Mallow)— The flowers are 6 to 8 inches in diameter, and vary in color from pure white to deep rose. The plants grow from 5 to 8 feet high and form dens - hushes, which are a complete mass of bloom. Each 25c, per doz $2.50.

Hypericum Moserianum— (See Illustration)— A new evergreen shrub 2£ feet high which is covered with large flowers from May until fall. They are about 2£ inches in diameter, of the richest pure golden yellow, while the petals are of great substance. It is really an ever bloomer. Each 20c, per doz $2.00.

Digitalis

Delphinium Formosum (Perennial Larkspur)- This is certainly one of the handsomest and most satis- factory of all the hardy herbaceous plants and should be planted extensively, even in Ihe smallest gardens; its long spikes of bright blue flowers are produced from June until frost. Each 20c, per doz $2 00.

Dianthus (in variety)— Each 20c, per doz $2.00.

Digitalis (Foxglove)— (See Illustration)— Stately growth, fine for shubberies and other half -shady places ; 3 feet. Each 20c, per doz $2.00.

Doronicum excelsum- A strong growing perennial, with large heads of bright yellow flowers 3 to 4 iuches in diameter. Each 25c, per doz $2.50.

Eulalia Japonica Zebrina (Zebra Striped Grass)— Variegated, having bars of yellow running crosswise, not longitudinally as in the ordinary form of varie- gation ; easily grown. Each 25c, per doz $2.50.

Funkia Alba (Day Lily)— Pure white lily-shaped, fra- grant. flowers, borne in large clusters. Each 26c, doz $2.50.

Heuchera Sanguinea-A most desirable perennial, of dwarf, compact branching growth and robust consti- tution, growing about 2 feet high. The flowers are produced in loose, graceful spikes and come in the greatest profusion. In color it varies from light coral red to crimson. Each 20c, per doz $2.00.

Hemerocalis Flava (Lemon Lily) — Lemon colored flowers, excellent for planting among shrubbery. Each 15c, per doz $1.50.

Hypericum Moserianum

NOTE

Our Perennials are not small cheap plants, but strong clumps and roots, sure to bloom the first season, and therefore cheaper in the end.

Gaillardia

Grandiflora

J* A, SIMMERS, TORONTO — Select List of Hardy Perennials.

DOUBLE HOLLYHOCKS

*VVt

Double Hollyhock

Hollyhocks are among the finest permanent garden plants, as being free grow- ing, they make a great dis- iy with little or no care. re offer them in the follow- ingshaues:— Double White,

Yellow, Pink, Crimson and Scarlet. Price for two-year old plants 20c each, per doz $2.00. We can also supply good plants at 15c each,

$1.50 per doz.

Iceland Poppies— These Poppies range in color from the purest satiny white and yellow to the deepest glowing orange- scarlet, and have a deli- cious lilac-like fragrance.

A profusion of bioom is produced in never-ceasing succession from the be- ginning of June to Octo- ber. Mixed colors, each 20c, doz $2.00.

Lychnis Chalcedonica— Produces head of Vermillion scarlet flowers, • exceeding in brilliancy many double Geraniums. Each 20c, doz $2.00. Lychnis Plenissima Semperflorens-The flower of a beautiful tender rose color, is produced on long bu-hy spikes. It is very pretty for bouquets and we recommend all to try it. Price 20c each, doz $2.00.

IRIS (Fleur-de-Lis)

Japan Iris (Iris Kcempferi) — In beauty, size of flower and richness of coloring, these Irises are grand, the flowers averaging from 6 to 8 inches across, the prevailing colors being white, crimson, rose, lilac, lavender, violet and blue. A golden yellow blotch, surrounded by a halo of blue or violet, at the base of petals, intensifies the wealth of coloring. The Japan Iris is per- fectly hardy.

Named Varieties — Price 20c each, 3 for 50c, per ooz $2.00. Mixed Varieties — Strong roots 15c each, 3 for 40c, doz $150. Iris Gcrmanica — German Irises are cer- tainly unparalled for beauty ; nothing in creation can vie with them, unless the orchids from the

, , , . . , , , ,, tropics. Every shade

of color may be found among them, and they will thrive in almost any soil without any care whatever. Strong roots 10c each $1.00 doz.

HERBACEOUS CHINESE PAEON I ES

Magnificent, hardy plants, almost rivalling the rose in brilliancy of color and perfection of bloom. Some of the varieties are very fragrant. They are perfectly hardy, require little or no care, and produce larger and finer blooms when well established.

Double White— Each 25c, 5 for $1.00, per doz $2.00.

Double Rose— Each 25c. 5 for $1.00, per doz $2.00.

Finest Double Mix- ed-Each 25c, 6 for $1.00, doz $1.75.

TREE P>CONIES

Instead of dying down to the ground every win- ter, like the herbaceous variety, it grows into a hard wooded shrub.

'J he flowers are the same in form as the com- mon variety, but of a light pink or blush col- or. Strong plants 75c.

PENTSTEMON

. GENTI ANOIDES

(See Front Cover) These are among the most beautiful of our summer-flowering pt r- emials. Graceful in growth, while the eleg- ant. beauty of theirpyra- midal spikes of largo Gloxinia like flowers el icits the admiral ion of all. We offer choice mixed seedlingsranging in color from bln>h w'hite to the de> pest crimson. 20c each, $2.00 per doz.

Perennial Phlox

PHLOX

Their large and very brilliant trusses of beautiful flowers comprise all shades of color, from while to crimson, striped and mottled. Divide and replant in freshly prepared soil each alternate year. They delight in sunny situations and a rich soil. Each 15c, doz $1.50.

Pyrethrums,

Double — Hardy Chrysanthemums, inbeautifuldouble varieties. Each 25 \ d«»z $2.50.

Pyrethr urns,

Single — Hardy Cnrysanthemums in beautiful single varieties. Each 25c, doz $2.50.

Pyreth rums,

Uligi nosum —

Pure white Aster like flowers, about 3 inches in diame- ter; blooms in summer and autumn. Each 20c, doz $2.00.

Rudbeckia ** Golden Glow ”

—Of fine habit and vigorous growth, attaining a height of from 4 to 6 feet.

It begins to flower early in the seas- on, and continues until late in the fall. The flowers are produced in enormous quanti- ties on long stems and resemble afine doub'e golden yel- low Catus Dahlia ;

20c each. $2.00 per doz.

Double Rudbeckia. “Golden Glow

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Spiraea Filipendula fl

Spirea Filipendula fl. pi. ( Double-flowered Drop-wort) — Numerous corymbs of double white flowers and pretty fern-like foliage. XSee cut).

isL&.&r Sweet William — Mixed colors.

“S*"- "* • * Each 15c, doz $1.50.

Thalictrum A diantifoli (Maiden Hair Thalictrum beautiful plant rivalling the Maiden Hair Fern in the delicacy of its foliage, but hardy. Each 25c, doz $2.50.

Tritoma Uvaria— Often called the “Torch Lily” or “Red Hot Poker,” on account of its dense spikes of flame-colored flowers. It blooms in August, and is very striking when planted singly on the lawn. Each 20c, 3 for 50c, doz $2.00.

Valeriana Officinalis (Garden

Heliotrope) — Large trusses of lavender flowers. 3 feet high. Each 25c, doz $2.50.

Violet, California — The finest single violet. The flowers, which are very large, are borne on long, stout stems, which makes it especially valuable for cutting ; they are very fragrant and of a clear violet purple color. Plants 15c each, $1.50 per doz.

Violet, Double Russian— A perfectly hardy double blue violet, deliciously fragrant, deep in color, and very free flowering. Each 20c, doz $1.50. Violet, The Farquhar— An exquisite ever-blooming violet, with very long stemmed double flowers of a deep color. Each 20c, 4 for 60c, $1.50 per doz.

We can also supply the following: Perennials:

Campanula ( Canterbury Bells)— Each 20c, doz $2.00. Delphinium— In 12 varieties. Each 25c, doz $2.50.

Eulalia Japonica— Each 25c, doz $2.50.

variegata— Each 25c, doz $2.50.

Cracillima— Each 25c, doz $2.50.

Gypsophila Paniculata— Each 25c, doz $2.50.

Helianthus lactiflorus— Each 20c, doz $2.00.

Myosotis Palustris— Each 20c, doz $2.00.

Papaver bracheatum— Each 25c, doz $2.50.

Phlox amcena— Each 20c, doz $2.00.

Polyanthus— Each 20c, doz $2.00.

SPECIAL OFFER

We will supply from the above list, our selection choicest kinds, one dozen plants for $2.00.

Or we will supply from the above iist, our selection ordinary kinds, one dozen plants $1.50.

J. A. SIMMERS, TORONTO— Select List of Hardy Climbers 'and Shrubs. 81

CLEM A TIS

The royal purple of this splendid, ever- blooming flower may well be said to mark it as a prince among all hardy flowering vines. We presume every one of our cus- tomers who sees it bloom each summer promi-es to plant it in his own yard or garden at the next opportunity. It is especially adapted to open lawns or house fronts in the city or country. Perfectly hardy ; blooms the en- tire season, bearing beautiful and lasting flowers.

Plant in a sunny spot in good garden soil dug very deep. We recommended the application of well- rotted manure in holes a few inches away from the plant in opposite directions. The feeding roots reach out to these holes which may be watered freely, with b tier success 'than when the manure is applied directly to the base of the plant.

LARGE FLOWERING VARIETIES

Henryi— Creamy white, large and handsome.

Duchess of Edinburgh — The

best of the double pure-whites, deliciously scented.

Gypsy Queen— Very finest pur- ple variety ; strong, free bloomer.

Boskoop Seedling— Large lavender.

Jackmani, Large-Flowering- This variety, with its strong, healthy growth, hardy nature and rich, deep velvety-purple flowers, is the most satisfactory of its class. Blooms with astonishing profusion from July to November on shoots of the present season ; should be pruned early in spring. W

Jackmanni Alba— Fine pure white.

Lawson iana — Purple darker veins.

Madame Van Houtte— White, fine.

Mad, Baron Veil lard —Light rose, shaded lilac.

President— Satin blue.

EACH 60c. PER DOZ $7.00.

Fragrant and Small-Flowered Clematis

Type of Large Flowering Clematis

AKEBIA QUINATA

A perfectly hardy, fast growing Japan vine, with m gnitieent foliage, producing flowers in large clui-ters of chocolai e purple color, possessing a most, delicious perfume; unsurpassed for covering trellises and \ er- an.ias, the foliage never being attacked by insects. 15c.

HARDY PASSION FLOWER

Constance Elliott — An excelled climbing \ine. The fl *wers are laige, re- markab y handsome and attractive, highly perfumed. Colo pure ivory white with raised centre. Hardy in open ground if given ‘a light covering of leaves or litter during winter. Each 25c, doz $2.50.

BIGNONIA (Trumpet Creeper)

For covering unsightly places, stumps* rock-work or planting in crevices in ledges, the Bignonias will be found very useful* Bignonia Radicans The flower i are large, attractive and showy* aud borne profusely when the plant attains a fair size.

Gran di-flora. — Large-flowered Trumpet Creeper, bearing blooms of orange red color. Each 50o. *

Radicans- Park red, orange throat; free-blooming and very hardy. Each 30o, 4 for §1.00, doz §3.00.

COB^EA SCANDENS

A beautiful climber of ranid growth, bearing large, purple, bell-shaped flowers. Large plants each 20c, 3 fur 50c.

HONEYSUCKLES

Monthly Fragrant (Halleana)- Beautiful variegated flowers; blooms all the summer, -trong plants, each 50c.

Scarlet Trumpet—

A strong, rapid grower ; bright scarlet flowers, blooms all the summer. Strong plants, each 60c.

Yellow Trumpet— A very robust rapid grow- er; yellow flowers, blooms all the summer. Strong plants, each 50c.

CHINESE

WISTERIA

This is one of the most popular of our hardy vines, growing veryrapid- ly, clirubi ug to a height of 50 feet or more, when in bloom is truly magnifi- cent. It flowers in early ->pring in long, drooping racemes, resembling in size and shape a. bunch of grapes.

Blue — Flowers in clu sters, pale bine,

sometimes gives a second crop of flowers in fall. Strong plants, each 60c.

White— Flowers in long drooping clusters, as in blue varieties, pure white color most striking. Strong plants, each 50c.

Honeysuckle

PANICULATA (Sweet-Scented Japanese Clematis) — A Japanese plant recently introduced to this country and possessing unusually attractive merits. A vine of very rapid growth, quickly covering trellises and arbors with handsome, clean, glossy green foliage. The flowers are of medium 6ize, pure white, borne in immense sheets, and of a mostdelicious and pene- trating fragrance. The.-e flowers appear in late September, at a season when very few other vines are in bloom, being an added merit of great con- sequence. The extreme rapidity of its growth, the showy foliage, beautiful and fragrant flowers borne so very freely, and its late blooming nature, united with an entire hardihood, serve to make thus one of the very choice-t of recent introductions. Good strong plants, each 25c ; 5 for §1.00 ; 3-year- old plants each 50c.

Flammula " Fragrant Virgin’s Bower ” — This is an old and well-

known species; flowers pure white, deliciously fragrant. The plants attain the height of 20 feet, and when trained on trellis work, and in (full bloom, look like a mass of snow. The odor is perceptible at a distance of 200

Jards. Hardy; each 30c, per oz §3.00.

Clematis Virginiana— A

rapid, strong-growing variety, producing a profusion of white flowers during July and August. Each 30c, 4 for §1.00.

Clematis Coccinea — A

very handsome, hardy climber, bearing thick bell-shaped flowers of a bright coral red color; blooms with wonderful profu- sion from June until frost. 25c each, 4 for 90c.

Clematis Crispa— A very beautiful species, bearing an abundance of pretty bell-shaped, fragrant, lavender flowers with white centre. Blooms from June

Clematis Panfcutata Until frost' 25c eachl 4 for 90c'

ENGLISH IVY

A splendid evergreen, well-known climber, glossy green leaves, clings firmly to stone or brick walls. Each 25c, doz §2.50.

ARISTOLOCHIA SIPHO

Dutchman’s Pipe— A vigorous growing vine with heart-shaped leaves and curious pipe-shaped flowers ; one of the very best climbing vines known, hardy, rapid g'-ow^r, best for porches, verandas and sidee of dwel- lings. 1st size, each 50c, doz §5.00 ; 2ud size, each 30c, doz §3.50.

BOSTON IVY

Ampelopsis Veitchii (.Boston I vy)-This very attractive clinging vine will be readily recognized by our reauers when we remind them that

its glossy ivy leaves orerlapeach other and its long delicate, young shoots stretch up the stone walls of our finest city residences. The tendrils at nearly every joint cling firmly to the smoothest sur- face of rock or wood. The glossy leaves assume in the Autumn the most beautiful tints of scarlet and crimson. The handsomest vine possible for growl h on house walls especially the foundation and first story, round (he doors and windows. It is quite hardy, but some protection of straw may well be used immediately around the plant in winter. We quote manv sizes. Small plants 20c, 3 for 50e, 7 for $1.00 ; strong plants each 40c, 3 for §1.00, doz. §3.76.

VIRGINIA CREEPERS

A very well-known rapid grower; like the Bignonia and Ivy it throws out roots at the joint by which it fastens itself to anything it touches. Small plants each 20c, large strong plant* each 40c, per doz §4.50.

Ampelopsis Veitchii (Boston Ivy)

82 J. A. SIMMERS, TORONTO — Select List Ornamental Trees and Shrubs.

ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS

Almond, Dwarf Double-flowering (Amygdalis)—

Well-known, covered in spring with pink flowers like double roses ; showy.

Azalea Mollis— A beautiful species from Japan, with large flowers of various shades of yellow, orange, car- mine, etc. Strong plants to bloom the first year.

Barberry (Berberis Vulgaris) -Handsome yellow flowers and pink fruit, good for preserving.

Barbi rry, Purple-leaved (Berberis Vulgaris pur" pun usi-A hand>ome variety with purple foliage’ very ornamental and distinct.

Burning Bush (Euonymns Furopeus) — Pods covered with bCarlet, seeds during autumn and winter.

Clethra Alnifolea (Sweet Pepper Bush)— White frag- rant flower s pikes.

Deutzia. Gracilis — Slender branches, pure white flowers.

Deutzia, Crenata— Double white flowers tinged red.

Filbert, Purple-leaved— Remarkable purple leaves, distinct and fine.

Fringe Purple, or Smoke Tree (Rhus cotinus)-Has very curious bloom, which when covered with dew. resembles a cloud of smoke or mist.

Golden Elder (Sambucus nigra var. aurea)— A hand- some variety, with golden yellow foliage. A valuable plant for enlivening shrubberies.

Lilac Blossom

HYDRANGEA PANICULATA GRAND! FLORA—

This is the finest hardy shrub in cultivation and endures heat and cold extremely. The flowers, which are borne in dense pyramidal panicles in the greatest profusion, are white wh<-n they first open but gradually change to r >-e color and remain in good condition 10 weeks.

Price, 1st size 75c, 2nd size 50c, 3rd s.ze 25c.

Honeysuckle. Tree-shaped or Tartarian—

Desirable -hubs with handsome dense foliage, and covered in May with profusion of delicate small flowers, followed by rich orange-colored berries.

Lilac White, Red and Purple (Syringa Vul- garis)— Well known handsome large shrubs.

Flowers in clusters, exceedingly fragrant and beautiful.

Lilac, White Persian— Slender growing shrubs, more delicate and graceful than the above; white flower s, very handsome and fragrant.

Privet, Laurel-leaved — A handsome shrub, with spikes of white flowers in June, and clusters - f black berries like currants; makes a beaut ful hedge.

Prunus Triloba— A new large shrub from China> with slender branches and pink flowers in pro- fusion.

Quince, Japan (Pyrus Japonica)— A shrub with spreading branches like the common Quince, but which presents a splendid appearance in May, when covered with large, brilliant scarlet flowers.

8pirea, Anthony Waterer — Flowers bright Azalea Mollis

crimson, finest of all crimson varieties.

PRICE— Extra Strong Bushes Each 50c; Per

Spiraea Van Houttei

Spirea Prunifolia (Bridal Wreath)— Handsome shrub, white daisy-like flowers in May ; one of the best.

Spirea Eximea— Flowers a bright rose, blossoms in July.

Spirea Van Houttei— Large clusters of white flowers hanging in graceful racemes.

Spirea Bumaldi— Red, blossoms a long time.

8yringas (Philadelphus or Mock Oransr )-Several kinds, well-known, hardy desirable shrubs, with haudsome white flowers, some quite frag- rant.

Syringa, Golden Leaved (Philadelnhus aurea) —Pretty plant of medium size; golden-yellow foliage; retains its color the entire season; valuable for creating contrasts with green and purple-leaved shrubs.

Snowball (Viburnum Sterilis)— An old favorite spreading shrub; covered in June with band- some white flowers.

Snowball, ^Chinese (Viburnum Plicatum)— From North China; has rich deep green foli- age and pure white flowers ; quite distinctfrom the common sort.

Snowberry (Symphoricarpus Baeemosus)— Pink flowers in summer, large white waxy berries in autumn.

Weigelia Amabilis or Splendens— Resembles

Rosea, leaves and flowers somewhat larger.

Weigel ia Variegated Leaved— Leaves varie- gated, flowers ro.-e color.

Weigelia Van, Houttei— A hardy, vigorous, growing sort, bearing a profusion of deep rose colored flowers in May and June.

Weigelia Rosea— A hardy, handsome Chinese shrub, blossomin- in June; flowers a beautiful blush, changing to a deep rose color.

doz $5.00.

ORNAMENTAL TREES

UPRIGHT DECIDUOUS TREES

Ash-Leaved Maple -Native of Manitoba, ex- tremely hardy, very rapid grower, bearing leaves resembling the Ash.

American Sweet Chestnut— Among our orna- mental native trees this chestnut is unrivalled for its beauty. Of elegant, symmetrical form ; the foliage is rich, glossy and healthy, and the whole tree is covered in early summer with long pendant blossoms. It is desirable for its nuts, which it bears profusely a few years after transplanting.

Black Walnut— A native species of largesize and maj’-stic form, foliage beautiful, being com- posed of from thirteen to seventeen leaflets.

Horse Chestnut -A very beautiful well-known tree, round, dense head, dar k gr een foliage, and an abundance of showy flowers in early spring.

Hardy Catalpa— Rapid grower, with immen-e leaves, often measuring one foot in width, by two feet in length. Suited to all soils.

European Larch— An excellent, rapid growing, pyramidal tr-’e; small branches drooping.

Maiden Hair Tree— One of the most beautiful of lawn trees. A native of Japan, of medium size, rapid gro wth, rich, glossy, fern-li ke f ol iage.

Mountain Ash— A fine hardy tree, head den-e and regular, covered from July till winter with large clusters of bright scarlet berries.

Mulberry— Downing’s Everbearing (M. Multi- caulus)— Raised from seel of Mult’caulus. A fine, rapid growing tree which bears delicious fruit.

Oak-Leaved Mountain Ash— Hardy tree of firm habits, height from twenty to twenty -five feet, foliage simple, deeply lobbed. Very fine lawn tree.

Poplars— Each 35c.

Silver Maple.- Norway Maple.— Sycamore Maple.

Thorn— Double Scarlet (Coccinea fl. pi.)— Flowers deep crimson with scarlet shade ; very double, and c nsidered larger than the double red ; fine rich foliage.

Thorn— Paul’s Double Scarlet (Coccinea fl. pi. Paulii)— Flowers large, d»ep carmine, scarlet. Superior to any other variety.

Price, except where noted, 75c each, $7.00 doz.

WEEPING DECIDUOUS TREES

Cut-Leaved Weeping Bi-ch— Extremely vigor- ous and hardy. Price $1.00.

Kilmarnock Weeping Willow— An exceedingly graceful tree, with large, glossy leaves; very hardy, much prized for lawns. Price $1.00.

Weeping Mountain Ash— A beautiful tree., with straggling weeping branenes; makes a fine tree forlawn; suitable for coverinsr arbors. Price$l.

Weir’s Cut-Leaved Maple— A variety of silver maple. One of the most remarkable of trees, with cut or disse -ted foliage. Price 75c each.

HEDGE PLANTS

Privet— A handsome shrub, with spikes of white flowers in June, and clusters of black berries like currants; makes a beautiful hedge, 18 to 24 inches high. Per doz $1.00 per 25 $1.50, $5.00 per 100.

EVERGREEN TREES

American Arbor Vitae— This is one of the very finest Evergreens for hedges. It is very hardy; small plants from 12 to 18 in. high, which have been transplanted several times are preferable.

Arbor Vitae (Pyramidal)— A compact, tall grow- ing cedar, protid and stately. Very fine for lawns and cemeteries. 75c each.

Austrian or Black Pine— A remarkable, robust hardy, spreading tree, leaves long, stiff, and dark green ; growth rapid ; valuable for this country.

J u n i per— Irish (Hibernica)— V ery erect and taper- ing in its growth, forming a column of deep green foliage; a pretty little tree or shrub, and for its beauty and hardiness is a general favorite. 75c each.

Scotch Pine— A fine, robust, rapid growing tree with stout, erect shoots and silver green foliage.

Norway Spruce— A lofty elegant tree of perfect pyramidal habit, remarkable elegant and rich; it is exceedingly picturesque and beautiful. One of the best Evergreens for hedges..

PRICES OF EVERGREEN TREES.

Except where noted. Per doz. Per 100.

30 to 40 inch 50c each $4 50 $35 0Q

24 to 30 “ 40c “ 4 00 30 0

18 to 24 “ 30c “ 3 00 20 0

12 to 18 “ 20c ** 2 25 16 O

' Select List of Nursery Stock

Wismer’s Dessert

A Variety of Canadian Origin

In the eating qualities of the fruit, we say that the world has never seen its equal for high aroma, ex- quisitely delicious flavor, and juicy, melting, buttery, pear-like texture, well developed specimens being almost as luscious and fibreless as a Bartlett pear.

The fruit is medium to large in size, ‘smooth, round but obscurely five-sided ; beautifully colored with yellow, and shaded with bright red in stripes and blotches ; marked with russet dots ; very handsome.

Season, winter, keeping well till March, and later.

Sold only under orginator's seal $1.00 each.

STANDARD APPLES

Standard Apples are intended for orcha’ ds, and are usually plant- ed when 5 to 7 ft. high. The varie- ties in this list can be recommended as the best now in cultivation in Canada.

Summer Apples Astrakhan Red— Large, roundish, nearly covered with crimson and thick bloom; rich, acid; hardy tree, vigorous grower, good bearer. August. Early Harvest— Medium to large size, yellow.

tender, with a mild flavor ; a good bearer. Au*r. Tetofsky — A Russian variety, profitable for market growing; bears usually the second year and bears every year; hardy as a Crab; fruit good size, yellow, beautifully striped with red ; juicy, pleasant, acid, aromatic. July and Aug. Yellow Transparent— Rich, transparent lemon yellow color. Flesh melting, juicy, pleasant sub- acid. Ripens ten days earlier than Early Harvest. Price 80c each, $3.50 per doz.

Autumn Apples

Alexander— Very large and beautiful, deep red and crimson; one of the most showy apples in cultivation, and very productive. Oct. and Nov. Colvert — Large, with a handsome red cheek ;

rapid grower and hardy. November.

Duchess of* Oldenburg; — Large, beautiful, roundish, red and yellow; tender and juicy ; bears young and profusely. Very hardy.

Fame use— Commonly known as “Snow.” Hardy. October and November.

Qravenstein-Large, striped, round ; first quality.

Hardy, productive and generally esteemed. Oct. Haas Queen— Large, slightly conical, splashed and mottled with light red; flesh white, sub- acid. The tree is the fastest grower we have. 8t. Lawrence— La'ge ; red and yellow; crisp, vinous, tender ; good. Free grower. October. Twenty Ounce— Very large, showy, prolific, well known. Price 30c each, $3.50 per doz,

Winter Apples Baldwin— Large, brown red, very prolific. Jan- uary to April.

Ben Davis— Vigorous, large, moderately juicy, sub-acid; the trees bear well. Dec. to Feb. Grimes' Golden— Vigorous, large, golden yellow, juicy, sp ightly sub-acid. Tree is tender. Janu- ary to April.

Hubbardston — Large, brown red, juicy, fine January to May.

Wagener— Moderate grower, bears very young and profusely; yellow and crimson ; juicy, sub- acid. January.

Golden Russet— Vigorous, medium, crisp, juicy, mild, sub-acid, hardy, very good, long keeper. November to May.

King; ofTomkins-A very large, red apple ; tree grows and bears well. November to May. Northern Spy — Vigorous and hardy, large, striped, red: tender, juicy, mild, sub-acid. Laie. Mann— Medium to large; deep yellow, juicy, mild, pleasant., sub-acid; haidy. Good grower. January to April.

Pewaukee- Vigorous, hardy, bright yellow, with red; tender, juicy, sub-acid. January to Mav. Talman Sweet— Hardy and vigorous ; medium;

yellow, firm, rich, sweet. November to April. Tulpehocken— Strong grower, productive, juicy, crisp, pleasant flavor; verv large, globular ; yel- lowish green, dull red cheek. Jan. to March. Walbridge — Vigorous, hardy, productive, medium size; yellow and red; crisp, juicy, good. January to May.

Wealthy— Free in growth and very hardy: large, dark red ; juicy, vinous, sub-acid, good. Decem- to March.

R. I. Greening;— Large, green, fine grained, rich, sub-acid ; a little tender in northern sections. Late. Price 30c each, $3.50 per doz.

Wismer’s Dessert Apple

CRAB APPLES

General Grant— A beautiful Crab for ornament and preservi: g, and for eating out of hand. Color red ; fruit is large, tender and juicy. Hyslop— Vigorous, large, deep crimson, sub-acid.

September. ,

Transcendent— Vigorous, medium, red and yel- low, a beautiful variety of the Siberian class. September.

Whitney's Seedling;— New, large, handsomely splashed with carmine, fine quality; heavy, j early beai er. Sept, and Oct.

Price 50c, $5.50 per doz.

KiefFer-Large, rich, golden, slightly coarse, juicy,

. with pronounced quince flavor. O t. and Nov. Seckel— Medium brown, highest flav or. Septem- ber and October.

Sheldon— La ge, russet and red, melting, rich, delicious hardy, vi -nrous a»d productive. Oct. Price 50c each, $5.50 p-r doz.

Early and Late Winter Pears Anjou— Very large, pyriform, greenish yellow, buttery and juicy. November and December. Clargeau- Very large, handsome and showy; yehow and red, juicy, vinous, valuable for mar- ket. N i vemher and December.

Lawrence — Medium to large, golden yellow, melting, pic isant, aromatic. Nov. aud Dec. Price 50c each, $5.50 per doz.

CHERRIES

Cherries succeed well on dry soil, can be trained in any form that taste or circumstances require. May Duke — An English variety of large size. Tree erect and hardy. Fruit rich and good. Middle of June.

Black Tartarian— Large, mild, pleasant flavor, purplish black, good hearer. End of June. Early Richmond— Med. red, juicy, acid. June. English Morello-Large, dark red, sub-acid, good. Governor wood — Medium larg ■, clear light red, juicy and delicious. EndofJunc.

Yellow Spanish— Large, pale yellow with red cheek, imev, delicious and sweet. End of June. Louis Phillippe— Large, dark, juicy, with a mild sub-acid flavor, tree vigorous, hardy and pro- ductive. Best. ...

Montmorency Large — Light red, sub-acid, great bearer, very hardy, one of best. First July. Napoleon — Very large, pale y llow with red cheek, firm, juicy, sweet, very goid. First July. Olivet— Large, deep red, vinous, sub-acid, hardy.

Middle July. . ,

Windsor — Of Canadian origin, vigorous and hardy, large, liver colored, valuable. End July. Price 50c each, $5.50 per doz.

STANDARD PEARS

Standard Pears are grown upon Pear stocks and Dwarfs upon Quinces.

Summer Pears

Bartlett — Vigorous, large, yellow and red, juicy, buttery, with rich musky flavor; very good. Sept. Brandywine —Free grower, medium size, yellow and russet, melting, juicy, good. August. Clapp's Favorite— A cross between Bartlett and t lemish Beauty ; fruit resembles the former. Tyson-Medium, yellow and russet, melting, juicy, sweet, free, vigorous grower and good bearer. August.

Wilder Early— Handsome, delicious, early Pear. August. Price 50c each, $5.50 per doz.

Autumn Pears

Duchess D’Angouleme- One of the very larg- est Pears grown; greenish yellow, sometimes a little rnssetted. October and November. Flemish Beauty-Large,beautiful,juicy,melting, rich, strong grower, good bearer. Sept, and Oct.

PLUMS

Plant 18 feet apart on good substantial soil. The

stock we offer is very fine, unexcelled in thrift iness.

Bradshaw — Very large, dark violet red, juicy, sweet and good, one of the best. August.

Coe’s Golden Drop— Large, yellow, sweet. Sept.

Imperial Gage-Excellent, large, pale green. Aug.

Beauty of" Naples— New, large, greenish yel- low, hignest flavor, tree very hardy and prolific. Middle September.

Moore’s Arctic— Medium, purplish-Mack, juicy, sweet, heavy bearer and extremely hardy.

Yellow Egg— A well-known large plum, firm, sub-acid, and fine for cooking.

Lombard - A rampant grower, and wonderfully productive, medium, violet red, good. Sept.

Pond’s Seedling— A magnificent English, light red plum, good grower, abundant bearer. Sept.

Shipper’s Pride— Large, often measuring 2 in. each way, being nearly round ; excellent for can- ning. September.

Goliath— A very large purple plum, rivalling the peach in beauty; hardy and productive. $1 ea.

Glass’ Seedling— A hardy Canadian variety of large size and good flavor ; deep purple. Sept. Price 50c each, $5.50 per doz.

PEACHES

Crawford’s Early— A superb yellow Peach of good quality ; a productive and early sort. Sept.

Crawford s Late— Resembles Early Crawford, but la'er.

Early York— Medium size, white, with purplish red cheek ; one of the best. July.

Early Rivers— Large, color creamy white, with a delicate pink cheek ; meliing, rich and juicy.

Early Canada— A seedling raised by Abraham

• High, Jordan, Ont., resembles the Alexander and ripens about the same time.

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I. A, SIMMERS, TORONTO— SELECT LIST OF NURSERY STOCK,

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25 $2 00 $7 00 25 2 00 7 00

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It is not safe to send these roots after the leaves have started, as the close packing required to protect the roots injures the foliage and often kills the plant; we would therefore ask our customers to kindly send us their orders as early as possible, and to reach us not later than the 20th May, as after that date they usually begin to leaf. Nearly all of these roots are grown in open ground, and consequently cannot be forwarded until the frost is sufficiently clear in spring to lift them ; they will be for- warded as soon after as possible, and when the plants are in best condition for safety.

BLACK GRAPES Price each postpaid.

Worden— Best black grape seedling of Concord,

larger, delicious, much earlier, very reliable

Herbert— (Rog. 44) — Earlier and sweeter than

Wilder

Moore’s Early— Earliest good Black Grape, very

large .•

Wilder— (Rog. 41— Largest black, very fine

RED GRAPES

Lindley— (Rog. 9)— Best red, very delicious

Agawam -(Rog. 15)— Very large, vigorous and a

great bearer

Delaware— Red, well known sort;- delicious and

productive >.

Brighton— Finest quality of all out-door grapes,

dark red

Moyer— New red, splendid early

WHITE GRAPES

Niagara— Finest large white grape, very sweet —

Moore’s Diamond — Greenish white, compact

bunches, berries size of Concord

Green Mountain— Farly as Jessica, larger, more

vigorous

i*“ All Vines Two Years Old and Well Rooted.

FOREIGN GRAPE VINES-f.For culture under glass)

Black Hamburg— Black, exceedingly reliable '

Muscat Hamburg— Black, muscat flavor, very delicious

Duchess of Buccleugh — Delicious, white

Lady Downs— Large, black, late, one of the best

Madresfield Court— Berries very large black, a superb

grape

Bowood Muscat— White, large, sugary

Foster’s White— Excellent ,

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BLACKBERRIES

TAYLOR’8 PROLIFIC -1 arge«t of all hardy sorts, very productive and delicious. Each 10c, per doz $1.00, postpaid, 100 $4.00 at purchasers expense.

MAMMOTH DEWBERRY— A trailing thimbleberry. Price 15c each, $1.50 perd z, postpaid, 100 $6.00 at purchasers expense.

Lawton— barge and black, excellent quality and an abundant bearer. Each 10', per doz $1.00.

Snyder— Extremely hardy, enormously productive, medium size. Each 10c, per doz $1.00, p istpaid, 100 $3 00 at purchasers expense.

Stone’s Hardy— Very hardy and good quality. Each 10c, doz $1.00, post- paid, per 100 $4.00 at purchasers expense.

Ohmer— Extra hardy, large, good quality and very productive. Each 15c, doz $1.25.

GOOSEBERRIES

HOUGHTON — Small, well known sort, red when ripe. Each 15c, doz $1.50.

Downing— Double the s ze of Hought -n. green, delicious. Each 15c, per doz $1 50 postpaid, 100 $8 00 at purchasers expense.

Smith— About the size of Downing, and bears immensely, red, seldom hurt by mildew. Each 20c, per doz $2.00.

Industry— Fruit large and delicious, strong grower. Each 25c, doz $2.50, postpaid. 100 $16.00 at purchasers expense.

Red Jacket— Superior quality very productive. Each 15c, doz $1.50.

Pearl— Good quality, large size, productive and free from mildew. Each 15c, per doz $1.50 postpaid, 100 $8.00 at purchasers expense.

RASPBERRIES

We send out extra strong canes. Smaller sizes can be quoted much

lower on application.

RED VARIETIES

JAPANESE RASPBERRY (Wineberry)— Something like the raspberry in growth and hardiness, bears in clusters. Plants, each 15c, per doz $1.50 post-paid, per 100 $8.00 at purchasers expense.

SCHAFFER’S COLOSSAL— Reddish brown to purple, very large. Each 10c, per doz $1.00 postpaid, per 100 $5.00 at purchasers ex»en e.

Columbian— New purple color, firm. Each 15c, doz $1.75 per 100 $5.00 at nurchasers expense.

Loudon— Enormously productive, has no equal, does not seem to have a fault. Each 15c, per doz $1.50 postpaid, per 100 $5.00 at purchasers expense

Miller— New, of great value, very early, firmest and best shipping berry in existence. Each 10c, per doz $1.00 postpaid, per 100 $2.50 at purchasers expense.

Cuthbert— A decidedly fine variety. Each 10c, per doz $1.00 postpaid, per 100 $2.50 at purchasers expense.

YELLOW VARIETIES

Brinckles Orange— Decidedly the best of the yellow sorts. Each 15c, doz $1.25.

GOLDEN QUEEN — Very large, delicious and firm. Each 10c, per doz $1.00 postpaid, per 100 $3.00 at purchasers expense.

BLACK CAPS

Eureka-Very promising early variety, productive. Each 20c, per doz $1.75. |

Palmer— Large, very early. Each 20c, doz $1.75.

Conrath— New, black, large, early. Each 15c, doz $1.50.

Lotta— Large, early, bright color, fine flavor. Each 15c, doz $1.75.

CURRANTS

FAY’S PROLIFIC— Berries are as large as Cherry, much more uniform, with larger stems and fruit less acid, and far more productive than Cherry Currant, 2 years. Each 20c, doz $2.00 postpaid, per 100 $5.00 at purchasers expense.

Cherry— Red, large as Fay’s Prolific. Each 15c, per doz $1.50 postpaid, per 100 $5.00 at purchasers expense.

Red Victoria.— Red, immense bearer, one of the most reliable. Each 15c, doz $1.50 postpaid, per 100 $5.00 at purchasers expense.

North Star— Red, new, large, sweet, rich and wonderfully productive. Each 15c, doz $1.50 postpaid, per 100 $8 50 at purchasers expense.

White Grape— Finest white currant, mild flnvored. berries and bunches large, very prodective. Each 15c, doz $1.60 postpaid, per 100 $6.00 at purchasers expense.

Black Naples— Fine reliable sort. Each 15c, per doz $1.50 postpaid, per 100 $5 00 at purchasers expense.

Black Victoria— Black currant of enormous size, fine flavor and of un- equalled productiveness. Each 20c, per doz $1.75 postpaid, per 100 $6.00 at purchasers expense.

Lee’s Prolific— Best old Black Currant, fine grower, good bunches, berries large, very productive. Each 15c, per doz $1.50 postpaid, per 100 $5.00 at purchasers expense.

Black Champion — The finest Black Currant, large as Lee’s Prolific, J much more delicious. Each 15c, per doz $1.50 postpaid, per 100 $5.00 at purchasers expense.

STRAWBERRIES

Those varieties marked P are im- • perfect flowering and should not be planted alone.

NEW VARIETIES

Marshall —Very large roundish, <| dark rich crimson, firm, vigorous, productive.

Sam ple-P— Healthy and vigorous, 1 fruit large firm, productive, late. Excelsior Early variety.

Any of the above postpaid, doz 1 30c, 25 for 50c, 100 $1.50. By ex- i pre-s at purchasers expense, per 100 rj $1.25, per 1,000 $8.00.

* STANDARD VARIETIES Williams— Yields very large, hand- 1 someberries; extremely produc i five and hardy ; one of the finest 1 field varieties ; fruit firm and of a dark crimson color, very uni- , form in shape and size, a vigor- ous grower.

Clyde— Fruit large and firm, conical in shape, of a light scarlet color.

Glenmary— A superb early variety of a bright glossy crimson and fine flavor, very productive and of large size.

Any 25 -for 50c, lOO For $1.50.

Bubach-P —This berry combines great and uniform size, unsurpassed pro-. . dnetiveness and good quality.

Lovett's Early —Seedling of Crescent, very early, equals Wilson in firm- ness, double the size of Crescent and will yield double the quantity.

Warfield-P-^-Of great beauty, firmness, earliness, productiveness and good flavor.

Wolverton— Originated in Canada, thoroughly tested.

Nick Ohmer— Roundish conical form, very productive, perfect shape, dark, glossy, red, fiim, excellent quality.

Wm. Bel£- Finest of all for home use.

Any of the above postpaid, doz 25c, 25 for 40c, 100 $1.25.

By express at purchaser's expense, per 100 $1.00, per 1,000 $6.00.

RHUBARB ROOTS

Myatt's Linnaeus— Per coot 20c, 3 for 50c, per doz $1.75.

Victoria— Per root, 20c, 3 for 50c, per doz $1.75.

HOPS— Strong roots, 25c each, 5 for $1.00.

HOP SETS— Per 100 $1.00, per 1,000 $9.00.

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Aphis Punk— For use in private places, more convenient than vaporizing Tobacco extracts. The Punk is lighted and allowed to smoulder, the fumes killing all insects. Will not injure the most delicate plants. Put up in boxes of 12 rolls, each roll contains 60 grains of nicotine sufficient for 600 feet of floor space. Price 75c per box.

Fir Tree Oii— Soluble in water, effectually destroying all kinds of pests to which pi nts are subject. Bottle, small size 25o, half pint 50c, pint 76c, quart $1.50, £ gallon $2.75, gallon $5 00.

NIKOTEEN— The most powerful extract and will be found more economical than weak tobacco extracts. Pint $2.00.

SKABCURA is a stimulant for wool growth and a cure for Ticks, Lice, Mange and Scab. Pint

$2.00.

TOBACCO SOAP— Makes an excellent wash for plants and trees infested with insects. £ lb 25c, by mail 80c ; 1 lb 50c, postpaid 60c.

ROSE LEAF Extract of Tobacco- One of the most effectual articles for the destruction of all insects and scale on plants. Pint 40c ; quart 75c; gallon, $2.00.

WHALE OIL SOAP— Makes an excellent wash for trees and plants, kills insects and eggs on the bark. Lb 25c ; 2 lbs 50c ; 5 lbs $1.00. By mail add 6c per pound for postage.

LITTLE’S ANTIPEST {Readily Soluble in water)— This preparation is a sure destroyer of Insect pests of any or all descriptions. Price— Per bottle 25c, per small tin 50c, per large tin $1 .

TOBACCO CLOTH— Takes the place of To- bacco Stems. Per lb 75c ; 2 Ins $1.25.

COPPER SULPHATE— For Bordeaux Mix- ture. Per lb 10c, by mail 15c.

GISHURST COMPOUND — For preventing and destroying Red Spider, Scale, Mealy Bug, Thrip, Green and Brown Fly, etc. Sold inboxes; price 50c and $1.50 each.

LEMON OIL— Price— Half pint 60c, pint 75c, quart $1.50. £ gallon $2.75, gallon $5.00.

PURE DALMATIAN INSECT POWDER —

Price £ lb 20c ; per lb 60c ; or by mail 65c.

LONDON PURPLE— When applied in a liquid form, 1 lb to 200 gallons, or a teaspoonful to a pail of water is sufficient. Lb 20c, by mail 25c ; 10-lb lots, by express, $1.75.

FLOUR OF SULPHUR— Lb 10c, 101b 60c, per 100 lbs $4.00. By mail add 5c per lb.

FOSTITE— Acknowledged the best preventa- tive and cure against mildew, black rot, leaf blight, rust, etc. 5 lbs 70c, 25 lbs $2.50, 50 lbs $4.50, 100 lbs $8.00.

PURE PARIS GREEN— Securely pub up in boxes. Price — Per lb 25c, per 5 lbs $1.00.

SLUG SHOT— A non-poisonous powder and a very popular insecticide. Easily applied and not injurious or dangerous to animals, the person applying it, or fruits and vegetables treated. Send for our book on Slug Shot. Lb 10c, by mail 15c ; 5 lbs 35c, 10 lbs 60c, 100 lbs $5.00 ; larger lots price on application.

GRAPE DUST— Is a preparation to kill the destructive mildew that strikes the grape vine. In 5 and 10-lb packages. Per lb 10c, by mail 5c lb extra.

HAMMOND’S THRIP

JUICE— Death to Mealy Bugs and Scale, which infest roses.

£ pint tins 80c, pint. 50c, quart 75c.

INSECT POWDER DISTRIBUTOR OR DRY POWDER SPRAYER

The application of Paris green and other poisons mixed either in water or plaster i6 both laborious and expensive. By the use of the Insect Powder Distributor in apply- ing the insecticides clear, these difficulties are overcome as the poison is distributed so evenly and in such small quantities that it is hardly perceptible on plants.

The small hole is for clear Paris green, the large hole for hellebore, Bordeaux mixture and powders of like nature. The forked tube carries the poison directly on two rows of potatoes at once. With this tube attached a man can poison the bugs on an acre in thirty or forty minutes by walking at an easy gait without stopping.

The best time for applying the poison is in the early morning when the dew is on ; it will then adhere much better to the leaves. Price $4.50.

CYCLONE SPRAYER AND ATOMIZER

PRICE :

Made of tin, 90c ; by mail, postpaid, $1.15.

With galvanized iron reservoir, $1.00 ; bv mail, postpaid $1.25. All copper, $1.50 ; by mail, postpaid $1.75.

SPRAY

PUMPS

THE “SUCCESS” BfyVSS SPW PUN|P

Withj Bucket Foot Rest Indestructible Bronze Ball Yalves

The annexed cut repre- sents a new7 and excellent pump for use in gardens, vineyards, greenhouses and orchards, for wash- ing windows and buggies; also for spraying poultry bouses with whitewash. The working parts are all brass, and. bucket foot rest is made of malleable iron. Nothing could be simpler and more durable than this pump. It has large air chamber space and is double acting, throwing an absolutely con- tinuous stream either solid or in fine spray.

The end of hose connecting to pump is coiled with brass spring wire, adding largely to its durability. This pump is rightly named, and as a leader for general use it cannot be beaten, “ Nothing succeeds like ‘Success.’’’ The “ Bor- deaux ” Nozzle, is furnished with “ Success ” Pumps.

Price— “ Success ” Brass Spray Pump, with “Bordeaux ” Nozzle, with directions for spraying,

$4.50.

Seven-foot sections of hose and couplings, with pole connection, for “ Success ” Pump $3.50 extra.

8uccess Brass Spray Pump

THE “BORDEAUX” SPRAY NOZZLE

The “ Bordeaux” Nozzle is the simplest and best combi- nation sp aying n< zzle on the mar- ket. It throws solid stream or a fan-shaped spray adjustable to any fineness ; is readily degorged by turning the cock handle. It will also throw a long distance coarser spray for spraying very large trees; or it may be shut off altogether— features possessed by no other spray nozzle. Price, $1.00.

THE DEtyipC BARREL SPRAY PUIV|P

With Mechanical Agitator, Adjust- able Base and Brass Working- Parts.

Fig. 550, Pump only, $9.00.

Outfit A.— Pump as il- llustrated above with 12£ ft. of £-in. hose. Bordeaux noz- zle and pn]e connec- tion, $13.50.

Outfit B.— Pump with two 12£-ft. sections of £-in. hose. Bor- deaux nozzles and pole connection, $18.00.

Barrel not furnished with Pump. Cut shows outfit “A”

“I.X.L.” AUTOMATIC SPI^AY AfJD FORCE PUNjP

It is made of nickeled brass, galvanized iron tubing, brass springs wit h strainer on top. It will pump from the pail or will carry the material to be u.-ed, and will throw a stream of 25 feet. Price each $2.75; postpaid $3.00.

BRASS BUCKET SPRAY PUMP

WITH AGITATOR (Meyer s Patent)

The heavy work is on down stroke of the plunger and nothing on the up. The effect of this is to hold the pump dowu, and it is not necessary to use a foot rest. Price $5.00.

Myer’s Bucket Spray Fump, with Lever.

Price $7.00.

AQUARIUS, each $6.50

AQ.UAPULT, each 6.00

TREE SPRAYING OUTFIT

Knapsack Sprayer— Made of the best gal- vanized tin, will not rust. It has an agitator easily worked with left hand for stirring mix- ture. It is economical and perfect working apparatus. Price each, $4.00.

Rose and Rubber Valve — For sending long distances. We can furnish our Rose with val\ e and buln, with 2£ f< et of tubing, with con- nection, ready to attach to any pail.

Price each, $2.60.

SPRAM0T0R JR., SPAYING AND PAINTING MACHINE

Will wash your windows, clean your buggies, white-wash your build- ings or chicken coops, do the spray- ing for small fruits and some large trees. It is a thoroughly good And useful article, and so far as its capacity extends will give as good results as a more expensive outfit.

Price complete, with 2J feet 3 ply hose and Spra- motor, painting and spraying nozzle, $6.00.

Five gallon heavy galvanized can, extra $1.50.

SPRAMOTOR JR., WHEEL OUTFIT

Price complete, $18.00. 85

SPRAMOTOR JR. OUTFIT E.— Being Spramotor Jr., with can, 2£ feet hose, stop cock and lance. Just right for spraying small fruit, white-washing, or painting or disinfecting work.

Price, $8.75. Same with brass lance, $9.00. Extra hose, 10c per foot.

SPRAMOTOR JR. No. 1.— Price, complete as shown $10.00. If required all brass, $13.00.

SPRAMOTOR OUTFIT 1-D.— One brass Spramotor No. 1, including one line of £ in. hose 10 ft. long, couplings attached, one brass stop-cock, one 8 or 10 ft. bamboo extension rod with seam- less brass inner tube, brass cupped ends and drip guard, two Spramotor Nozzles, one brass x connection. Price complete, without barrel, $15.50. Same with three-nozzle clustei . $16.35.

SPRAMOTOR No. 2— Price for brass Spramotor with iron agitator, $13.00. All brass, $16.00.

SPRAMOTOR OUTFIT 2-E. (High sprayine one line hose)— Brass Spramotor No. 2, as above, with one line of hose 10 ft. long, couplings attached, brass stop cock, 10 ft. bamboo extension rod with brass cupped ends and drip guard, one Y connection and two Spramotor nozzles. Without barrel. Price complete $18.50. Price, complete, with 8 ft. iron extension rod with patent drip guard, $16.90. Barrel and 8trainer. Price S4.00.

Spramotor Illustrated Catalogue on Application.

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GARDENERS 9 TOOLS AND REQUISITES

36

Arches— Iron, 5 ft. high, each 75

*• “ “ wiili basket, each. . . 100

Brackets— A Flower Pot, ornamental, vari- ous sizes; each 80c to 3 00

Bouquet Holders — Cheap, durable and

tasty— in fact, perfect 10

Cork Virgin— Flat and tubular, per lb 15

Dibblcrs— For planting, steel points 35

Floral Tools-Set of 4 ; small 75e, large 1 50

Glazier Points— Van Reyper’s Perfection,

75e per 1.000 ; pus ( paid 80

Gloves— Ladies’ Chamois, pair 1 00

, “ Oiled 80

*• Gardeners’ (men's) 50

“ Harve-t “ No. 2 25

“ Threshing 75

Grafting Wax— f lb package 15c ; J lb pack- age, 30c ; 1 lb package 50

Garden Lines— Of the best material, each.. 25

“ Reels— Iron, plain, with stake 70

“ “ Larger size 1 00

Grass Hooks, English — Two sizes; each

50c and 60

Hoes— Dutch Fcuffle. 4 inch, each. 45c ; 5 inch 50c; 6 inch, 60o; 7 inch, 65c; 8 inch, 70c;

9 inch 85

Hose Rubber— In 25 and 50 ft. lengths only ;

including couplings, \ iz, best quality per ft., f in., 15c ; £ in., 12c ; 1 in., 18c ; good quality, per ft., f in., 12c ; 1 in . . 14

“ Nozzle— Brass, with 6pray and stream

tip, | in 1 50

“ Nozzle— Spray and stream, fin 1 75

“ Menders— Each 25

“ Reels— Holding 100 feet $2.50 to 3 50

Hyacinth Glasses— In assorted colors, plain blue, green, wine and amber, flat or Tye pat tern, each 15c ; per doz $1.50 ; tall, each

10c ; per doz $1.00 ; fancy 50

Iron Lawn Rollers- Each 15 00

Knives— Asparagus, imported best Sheffield. 1 00

“ Budding, ivory handle $1.00 to 1 50

“ Pruning, crooked blade $1.00 to 1 25

“ Grass Edging, cresceutshaped.$l to 1 50

Labels — Wood, for pots, plain, 4 in., per 100

15c ; per 1,000. 75

** W ood, for pots, painted, 4 i n . per 100 20

** Wood, plain, 5 in., per 1,000 $1.00;

per 100, 20c ; same size, painted,

per 100, 25c ; per 1,000 . 1 50

" Wood. for pots, plain, 6 in., per 1,000

$1.25, per 100 20

" Wood, tor pots, pointed, 6 in., per

1,000 $1.75 ; per 100 25

“ Tree, Notched, 3£ in., per 1,000 1 00

** " Copper Wired, 3£ in., per 100

40c, per 1,000 2 50

Lawn Sprinklers— 4-arm, revolving, each.. 2 75 •* Champion, to stick an ground. . . . 85

“ I.X.L. “ “ .T. ...125

“ for end of hose, brass, 1 foot, each. . 3 00

Mats— Archangel, 4Jx8ifeet each • 75

Needles— For sewing grain bags, each 10

Netting— For the prevention of birds de- stroying fruit of all kinds, 20x15 feet, 1 in.

mesh. Per lb 3 00

Peat— English, imported, per bush 1 50

“ Fibrous, for Orchids, per bush 1 50

Plant Stakes— Painted green, tapering, very neatly finished, of light wood and very use- ful for tying plants, shrubs, etc. Per doz 18 in., 25c ; 24 in., 35c; 30 in., 50c ; 36 in., 65c;

42 in., 75c ; 48 in., 10c each ; 60 in., 13c each ; Heavy for Hahlias, each 3 ft., 10c; 4 ft.,

13c ; 5 ft.. 15c ; 6 ft 20

Plant Stakes— Bamboo or Cane— 4 to 7

feet long, per 100 1 00

Pencils, Wolfs Indelible— Each 15

Powder Duster— Tin, perforated bottom. . . 75

“ Gun, round tin, each 25

Rakes— Daisy, for cleaning lawns, 16 teeth,

$1.75 ; 18 teeth, $2.00 ; 20 teeth. $2.25 ;

22 teeth 2 50

“ Garden, malleable iron, no handles,

10 teeth 30c ; 12 teeth, 35c : 14 teeth . . 40

“ Garden, steel, with handles, 60c to. . . 1 25

“ Lawn, steel, each 1 00

Roffia— The best tying material for plants,

etc., 15 lbs for $2.50 ; per lb., postpaid 35

Scollay Putty Distributor— For apply- ing liquid putty, price $1.00 and 1 25

Scythes, Ty sacks -English $1.35 to 1 50

Scythe Stones 20

Saws— Heavy, for pruning, each 1 00

Sprinklers, The Goldman Plant— Price,

postpaid, each 50

Sprinkler, Scollay Rubber— By mail,

large $1.25; medium, $1.00 ; small 75

Scissors— Short and heavy, for pruning 1 00

French Secateurs 1 10

Flower gatherers, silver plated. . . 1 50 Grape Thinning 1 00

Pruning Knives. Price $1.00 to $1.25.

Shears — Hedge or Lawn, best imported, 8 in. 1 25 “ “ “ 9 in. 1 40

“ Ladies’, for light work, durable. .... 1 00

“ For Lawns, each 2 00

Sheep, for edgings 75

Simmers’ Perfection Pruning Shears

Black 7 in., $1.25; Bright, 7 in., $1.50; Black, 8 in., $1.50; Bright, 8 in., $1.75. Each fitted with wire cutting attachment.

Shears— Pruning, for Pruning Roses, Cur- rants, Vines, etc. Per pair 75c to 1 50

Shears— Grape Presenting, used for prevent- ing the grape from being handled. Pair. . 1 25 Shears— English Lawn, made of the best English steel, for trimming borders and corners about trees, shrubs and walks, each 3 50 Syringes, English Brass— The very finest goods in the market.

“ Ladies’ Size, 14x1 in. barrel, 1 rose

and 1 jet, light, each 2 50

“ Ladies’ Size, 16x1 in., Cooper’s pat- ent protector, 1 rose, 1 jet 3 00

“ Gardeners’, Cooper’s patent pro- tector, 16xli in. barrel, 2 roses

and 1 jet, each 4 00

“ Greenhouse, 18x1 \ • in. barrel,

heavy, 2 roses, 1 jet 2 50

“ Greenhouse, 18xli in. barrel,

hoavy, 2 roses and 1 jet. Cooper s

patent, each 5 00

“ Greenhouse, Stone’s Patent, extra

heavy, 1 jet and 4 sprays, each. 6 00 “ Garden, 20 x If in., adjustable

plunger, 2 roses, 1 jet 6 00

“ Light brass, 16xlf in. Canadian

make, each 1 50

Thermometers, of glass, 30c each ; of wood

40c ; for hotbed use, each 1 00

“ Brass flanged 40

“ All glass, floating 40

“ Japanned case 25

Trowels, Garden— Black, steel, 6 in., 25c ; 7

in. , 30c ; 8 in. , hea vier, each 40

“ Polished steel, 6 in., 35c ; 7 in., each 45

“ Cleves’ Angle 25

Transplanter, The Avery- Price, small

single hand size, 50c, large two hand size.. 2 50

Tree Scraper— For removing old bark. 60

** Pruners — Waters’ 6 feet, $1,00; 8 feet,

$1.25; 10 feet 1

Weeders— Foi k shape •*)

“ Hazeltine

“ Lawn Weeder 35

“ Noyes j "

“ Excelsior, claw shaped to

“ The Bee (2 for 25c) 1»

“ Dandelion Spud, for lawns bO

Watering Cans— For greenhouse or indoors with movable brass rose, in three sizes, holding about 1. 2 or 3 gallons; sold at $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50 each.

Verbena Pins -Per box of 1 gross 50

Wheelbarrows— Light, $3.00 ; heavier 4 00

FLORISTS* SUNDRIES

Pot Covers, imitation leather, handsome

style, for 7 in. pot, each, 15c ; per doz 1 5o

Sexagon, fancy, for 7 in. pot, each 40c; per doz 4 00 Gilt, fancy, round, for 5 in. pot, each 30c ; doz. 2 75 Gilt, very neat, for 7 in pot, each 35c ; per doz. 3 50

Tin Foil, in long strips, 5 in. wide, per lb 20

Tooth Picks, 10c per box; 3 boxes for 25

Match Sticks, per bundle 75

Sphagnum Moss, per bale 1 75

Wire, annealed, (prices subject to change)-No. 24 per lb. 20c ; 10 lhs $1.25. No. 28, per lb. 25c; 10 lbs. $1.(5. No. 36, per lb. 35c ; 10 lbs. $3.00.

BOUQUET PAPERS

4 in. per doz 45c. 5 in., per doz 55c

6 in., per doz 70 7 in., per doz 90

Brass Ladies' Syringe, Cooper’s Patent Protector. Price $3.00.

Flower Presenting Shears. Price $1.50.

Fruit Basket

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Baskets

Fruit Growers,

Farmers and Gar- deners will find our Baskets, which are of the Oakville manufacture, the best in the market.

16 Quart or 20 lb. Basket—

without covers. Per rmz 60c,

Berry box per 2- §1 15 per 100 s4>10 24 Quart Basket Crate

Pickers’ Field Baskets -Each 10c, per doz $1.00.

12 Quart or 16 lb. Basket — Per doz 50c, per 25 $1.00. per 100 $3.75.

8 Quart or lO lb. Basket— Per doz 45c. per 25 90c. p r 100 33.50. Patent Leno Covers, for any of the above— Per doz 25c, per 25 40c, per 100 $1.50.

Wood or Veneer Covers— Per doz 20c, per 25 S5c, per 100 $1.25.

5 lb. Grape Basket without cover— Per doz 45c, 100 $3.25.

24 Quart Crate, including cover— Each 15e, doz $1,50, per 25 $3.00. Slats for 54 Quart Crates— Per < oz 45c, per 25 85c, per 100 $3.00. Berry Boxes, one quart— Per 100 40c, per 1,000 $3.00, per 3,000 at $2.90 per 1.000.

Plant Boxes— Per 100 70c, per 1,000 $6 00.

Stop Your Class from Sliding

BY USING

The Van Reyper Perfect Claziers’ Points

Made of Steel Wire and Galvanized.

No rights and. lefts.

Price, 75c per 1,000, 80c postpaid.

PLANT PROTECTING CLOTH 87

Or Waterproof Fibre, specially prepared to prevent mildewing and rot- ting ; valuable for forwarding and protecting early plants from frusi , «.u\ cl- ing hotbeds and frames in spring, in lieu of glass (after excels. vo freezing weather is over) and for throwing over bedding p’ants at. night in fall, at one-tenth the cost of glass. (Samples mailed on application).

Heavy Grades— Per yard1 15 ; ; b l h • piece of a bout 50 j ai ds, 14c per yard. Mcd’um Grade— Best for i eneralnse. Per yard. 13c; bv l he piece of 50 yards, 12c per yard.

The Gibbs’ Lawn Rake — A splendid ar- ticle for rahiug up dead leaves or grass on lawns after being cut with a lawn mow- er or scythe. Price §1.

SCOLLAY

Rubber Plant Sprinkler

No. 1	§1 25
No. 2	1 25
No. 3	1 00
No. 4	75

SEED POTATO KN I FE— Price 35c, postpaid.

THE LIGHTNING POTATO EYE CUTTER—

Price 30c, postpaid.

Mastica Glazing; Machine— Price $1.50.

MASTICA

For Glazing; Greenhouses, Hotbeds, Etc. New or Old.

Elastic, Adhesive, Easy to Apply.

Price per gallon $1.50. P- ice p^r \ gallon, 75c. Price per quart, 50c.

WIRE FLOWER STANDS

These we carry in stock of various shapes and sizes, 30 inches in diameter, $3.50 | 36 inches in diameter, $4.00 each; 12 inches m diameter, $4.50 each.

LAWN ROLLERS

Wrought Iron, Garden, Lawn and Field Rollers

These rollers are all ma d e of the best wrought iron. W. -ight 350 lbs. P iee $15.00.

COLUMBIA FLOWER TUBS

Are the best and cheapest tubs.

No. 1 Plain— Natural varnish finish on the wood, or if wanted can finish them in oil paint, but to order only.

12 in. diameter by 11 in. high $1 25

15 in. “ by 14 in. 2 C O

18 in. “ by 16* in. “ 2 C J

21 in. ** by ISi in. “ 3 00

24 in. “ by20£in. “ 8 50

Columbia Orchid Baskets and Cribs. Prices «>n application.

EUREKA FUMIGATOR

(Galvanized)

12 inches diameter, at top 5 inches ; holds one- half peck of tobacco stems.

PRICE:

1st size

2nd “

3rd “

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$2 50 2 00 1 75

1 50

V/oodason’s Patent Insect Exterminator Bellows

Price, 50c each, postpaid. Extra balls, 25c each.

Blows Paris Green, Hellebore, Dalmation Insect Powder, Sulphur, Slack Lime, Slug Shot, etc., etc.

These Liquid and Powder Sprayers have carried off First Prize wherever cxta.bitcd.

Patent Diuble Cone Bellows, $4.00.

Large Single Cone ILL! ws, $3.00.

Liquid Sp~aying Bellows, «3.C0.

P-”all P'n™’e Cone I.. sect Powder Bellows for ho use. $1.75.

Parr'll KeUows (Stvle N^. A) for the greenhouse ''•nl m nail farms. $4.50. 1 ;ir«C Rellows ( lyleN-.B) i or the vineyard, to be su upped to toe b^ily, $7.50.

JOOSTEN S MAGAZINE BELLCW3

1 — Excelsior Corn Husker —15c each.

2 — Combin- ation Weeder

— 30c each ; postpaid 35c

3— Rochester Transplanting Oibbler —

35c each.

FLOWER

VASES

IRON AND TERRA COTTA.

Varying in price from $3.00 to $50.00. Write for description.

Fibre Rolling Stands for Heavy Plants

Platforms are indurated fibreware; will not soak or rust ; casters have ball bearings. 13 in., 3 casters, each 90a; 17 in., 4 casters, each $1.25; 21 in., 6 casters, $1.50 each.

88 J. A. SIMMERS, TORONTO— GARDEN AND FARM IMPLEMENTS. -BIZDTIDIEIR arW^EHSTIE -PEIOES Q2ST -A-^^LXC^-Tionsr

FLEURY PLOWS

General Purpose Plows very light in draught

Nos. 21 and 13 the two best general purpose plows in Canada.

No. 13 Plow, $13.00, Cash. No. 8 Plow, $13.00, Cash. No. 12 Plow, $13.50, Cash. No. 21 Plow, $13.00, Cash.

PLOWS

No. 21 Fleury Plow

One-Horse Plow — No. 15. Unexcelled as a Garden Plow

A one-horse or garden plow that cuts the width it turns, and turns a furrow properly. Most one-horse plows are only two-horse plows short- ened up, and spoiled for real plowing. This one is a plow —light but strong. Price, Cash, $10.00.

Fleury’s Celebrated Root Pulper, .No. 5. Price $11. Fleury’s Straw and En- silage Cutter, No. 1, Hand Power. Price $13.50. Fleury’s Farm Wheel- barrow. Prica $4.00. Emperor Potato Digger. Price $9.00.

WILKINSON PLOWS

We can supply the following desirable “Standard” Plows, manufac- tured near Toronto, of the best material (regardless of cost), by the Wilkin- son Plow Company,

One-horse Plow, $10.50. No. 3, $15.00. No. 4, $14.00. No. 5 $14.00. No. 7, $14.00.

Wilkinson’s 11-Tooth Harrow Cultivator, $13.00.

The Clipper Grain and Seed Cleaner

No. 1— For farmer’s general use $25 | No. 2— Hand mill of large capacity $35

Wrought Iron Harrows

Garden Harrows, in two sections $12.00

Farm Harrows, in three sections 14.00

The “Essex” Corn and Bean Planter

m It will pay for itself in two days’ use. Plants regularly, and the seed being always deposited in moist earth, comes up quicker. Simple, cheap and durable. Improved with a b >lt through the connecting plates, making it the best and cheapest corn planter in the Dominion.

Price.. $1.50

Champion Ball-Bearing Corn Shelier

It has no equal. It is the best Shelier on the market, and considering the amount of work it will do, it is the cheapest. Its work is easy, rapid and highly satisfactory. Its unique automatic adjustment, improved shelling disc and telescopic c -nst ruction, are all new inven- tions, embodying improvements found in no other corn shelier. Weight 20 1K®.

Price $2.50

SEED SOWERS

Cahoon’s Patent Broadcast

Will sow perfectly Wheat, Oats, Peas, Barley, ltye, Buckwheat, Grass Seed, etc. This machine, at a common walking gait, tows from 4 to 8 acres per hour. Asavingof four-fifths of t he labor and one third of the seed used in hand sowing is effected by using this machine.

A person entirely un- used to sowing by hand can use this Broadcast Seeder with perfect success.

It is substantially built, and with ordi- nary care, will last many years, and save its cost in less time than any other farm implement yet intro- duced. Directions for usingandgaugingare furnished with each machine. Price $4.

The Cyclone Seed Sower

FIRST-CLASS HIGH GRADE MACHINE

Geared (see cut.)— A machine for sowing broadcast all kinds of grass seeds and grain. It is suspended by a strap over the shoulder, hanging in the most convenient maimer, and is oper- ated with a crank. The machine is light (weighing less than four pounds), yet strong and durable. The gear wheels and feed-plate are of the highest quality of hardened grey iron.

The crank-shaft is made of bessemer spring steel; the distributor is strongly made of best quality of tin. The hop- per is large, holding about three-fourths of a bushel, and made from heavy 10-oz. ducking, securely fastened to machine with tinned tacks, especially manufac- tured for this purpose.

The lumber is well seasoned and of best quality, principally poplar.

IT WILL SOW clover, timothy, wheat, oats, rye, buckwheat, hungar- ian, redtop, turnip, millet, corn, cotton and all other grains, and seeds perfectly even and any desired amount per acre, and from thirty to sixty acres a day. It does not requi e seed to be cleaned, and will sow orchard and blue grass. Full instructions and directions on every machine.

Geared, price $2.00, postpaid $2.50.

FIDDLE BOW old style. Price $1.50, by mail postpaid $2.00.

Improved Horse Turnip Seed Drill

This drill is claimed to be the best Horse S ed Drill in the market. The rollers are made of cast iron, and are hollowed to fit on the rows. They slide along the axle and will adjust themselves to any inequalities in the width of rows. Price $13.00.

‘Cyclone” Cearvu-o^.50.

GARDEN AND FARM IMPLEMENTS

Grass Scythes. Rivet Each

hack and others $0 75 to $1 40
Cradle Scythes, all
kinds and lengths	1 10 to	1 40
Grain Cradles, all
kinds		1 50
Scythe Stones	10 to	15
Sycthe Snathes	15 to	85
Hay Rakes, wire bow
and wooden bow	10 to	25
Hay Forks, 2 prong...	40 to	60
“ 3 prong. .	60 to	80
Straw Forks, 3 prong	75 to	1 20
Barley Forks, 4 prong 1 00 to	1 50
“ wood..		75
Manure Forks,
4 prong	85 to	1 20
Manure Forks,
5 prong	1 10 to	1 25

Mauure Forks, Each

Spading; Forks,

4 prong 1 00 to 1 20

Potato Forks, 4 prong 85 to 125

TurnipHoes 55 to 70

Field Hoes 35 to 65

Thistle Spuds 40

Reaping; Hooks 50

Vegetable Scoops.. 1 20

Grain Scoops 1 00 to 1 50

Spades, in variety ... 75 to 1 50

Shovels, in variety ... 90 to 130

Fork and Hoe Han- dles, in variety 15 to 40

Plow Lines. Cotton Bags, Linen Bags, Etc.

n<-aining; Spades, 18, 20 and 22 inch

Each $2.50

EARTHENWARE

O O

Flower Pots Saucers Tree Pots Round Seed Pans Hanging Baskets

—EARTHENWARE FLOWER POTS, TREE POTS, SEED PANS AND HANGING BASKETS.

The measurement is from outside to outside. Packing charged extra, when ordered to be shipped a distance from Toronto. Pots are carefully packed, hut we do not assume any risk of breakage.

Fl<iwk« Pots	Sauc ks	Three Pots	•sauc rs	• oundSekdPa -	Hanging B«kt.
Size. inch		Pc, <1 /.	r 1 >0	Periloz	p. T 100	Size.	Ida- - 1 ■ .	Each	Pm <1 ■/.	Ea> h	Per doz	Size. Inch.	Each	Size. Each.
	2	10	7)
I'humbs	2 A	15	$1 01			2 gal	s 10	40	$4 00	20	$1 80	6	10	10-inch .... 15
Small Verbena ..	3	15	1 1 t			3 “	.12	50	6 0)	25	2 40	7	13	12-inch .... 25
Large Verbena . .		20	1 25			4 “	..14	75	8 00	30	3 00	8	15	14-inch .... 40
Half Pints	4	25		ib								10	20
Pints	5	40	2 51	25		6 gai	s..i6	1 0)		50	4 80	12	30
	0	50	3 75	30	f2 25	8 “	..18	2 51
	7	$1 0)	6 50	60	4 00							ii	40
	8	1 5 1	11 01	70	5 00							16	60
Gallons	9	2 00	15 00	90	7 00							18	75

Special prices on application For larger quantities*

“IRON AGE” GARDEN IMPLEMENTS FOR 1901

The ** IRON AGE” WHEEL HOES AND DRILLS for Field and Garden Work.

We have no hesitation in claiming these tools to be the most perfect and satisfactory made and we want to placo one in the hands of every cnstomer. They have recently become immeusely popular owing to the new departure in their design and construction ; in other words, they are all right and up to date. They are equipped with high, steel wheels, very light, tubular frame connected to malleable iron castings — really bicycle construction, and in consequence they are exceedingly light, convenient, ea-y to handle and very handsome in appearance.

“NEW MODEL” SEED DRILL

Price, $7.50.

Perfect Index; Instantan- eous Cut off; Adjustable Marker ; Broad Wheel ;

Steel Open- ing (’low; Adjustable Handles.

Drills of similar construction are us- ually provided with a series of holes of varying sizes through which the seed is passed, which, of course, do not always give an opening of the exact size required. This adjustment is made in a simple dhd effective manner by use of a slide with a pear-shapul opening, passing under the bottom of the seed reservoir, which is provide d with a perforation of similar shape in a reversed position. This slide can be instantly adjusted to size indicated by index, or to a hair breadth varia- tion between-^. vital point n a perfect seed drill. As the names of the principal seeds are plainly shown on the index itself, it is not necessary to refer to any table of reference. The flow of seed can be instantly stopped by a swinging cut-off, conveniently operated by a cord and ring on handle. This cut off prevents all loss of seed at end of rows. The main wheel is of large size and of unusual width, preventing its sinking into s< ft earth.

Each Drill crated and carefully packed for shipment. Packed weighs about 4D lbs. Price $7.50.

No. 4 “IRON AGE”

Combined Double Wheel Hoe and Drill Seeder.

Combined in this tool is a Seed Drill, a Double Wheel Hoe and a Single Wheel Hoe. In each form these tools are equal to any tool or tools made especially for the purpose.

As a Seed Drill this tool sows in drills with per- fect accur- acy all the seeds vary- ing in size from celery to corn.

Easily and quickly ad- justed i n every particular.

The change from a Seed Drill to a Wheel Hoe is made by simply detach- ing the seed hopper with its frame, enverers, wheel, etc. ; loosening two bolts does it. and applying the cultivating tools. The wheel is made of steel 16" high. The frame of pipe, c >upled to malleable casting®. The tool is therefore very light as well as strong ; runs easily. Price SI 0.00.

No. 5, Iron Age Drill Seeder, the foregoing implement as a Seed Drill only, $7.50.

No. 8 “IRON AGE” HILL AND DRILL SEEDER

The “Iron Age” Hill and Drill Seeder is without question the most complete i ool ever offered. The Wheel is 16 in. h gh, made of steel with a twn-i"Ch tread. The Opening Plow is non clog- gable and can be instantly adjusted. The Hopp'-r is low, therefore, the delivery of the see l is c'o=e to the ground, thus making pos- sible accurate spacing.

Capacity 4 quarts. TheAgi- 1 1 to • is a revolving bush which makes it a sure feed aud sows absolutely all of the seed accurately, and without iujury.

The distance of spacing the seed can be instantly changed by simply varyi g the number of puts in the outside circle of holes of the “Pin Wheel.” By using only one pin (stationary) the seed will be spaced 24 inches; two pins. 12 inches; three pins, 8 inches J fonrpins, 6 inches; six pins, 4 inches. We wish to emphasize the great simplicity of th s adjust- ment as it overcomes a very radical objection to similar tools of having numerous cam wheels to change.

The amount of seed can be minutely adjusted by our patented cam in- dex. The Coverers are firmly held in place by a spring — thus avoiding ail danger of not covering. The wheel r- ils and packs the soil. The flow of seed can be instantlv stopped or started by a convenient finger latch on the

handle. Price $11.00.

No.;i5 “IRON AGE”

Combined Single Wheel Hoe, Hill and Drill Seeder.

Combined in this tool is the best Hill and Drill Seeder, and Single Wheel Hoe ever offered to the public. In combining these tools, not a single advantage of a separate Single Wheel Hoe or Seed Drill is lost. As each they are, in themselves, complete.. Changed from one form to another almost instantly, completely filling every desire both as to method of handling seed aud soil,

Itpiacesthe sned in hills or drills, it plows, it rakes, it opens furrows, it covers, it hills, it hoes, it cultivates.

TheWheMis made of steel, 16 in. high; the frame of pipe, coupled to malleable castings ; therefore light (runs easy) strong and durable.

I

As can he seen by the cut above, anyone purchasing the No. 6 “Iron Age” Combined Double Wheel Hoe. Hill and Drill S eder, pos-esse-) at once the most perfect and complete tool possible. It is a whole tool-house itself. It drills, hoe„s, rahes, hills, cultivates, levels, plows, furrows, coveis, and does each and every operation in the most satisfactory manner.

The faet that our “Iron Age” Double Wheel Hoe can be converted in'o a thoroughly p-aotical Sinele Wheel Hoe, m kes this combined machine four different tools ; a H'U Dropper, a Double Wheel Hoe and a Single Wheel Hoe, also a Row Drill. This tool will sow all the small seeds varying in size from celery to corn. Price $11.50.

No. 7, IRON AGE HILL AND DRILL SEEDER.

The foregoing implement as a Hdl and Drill Seeder only. Price $8.50

Price $10.50.

No. 17 “IRON AGE”

Combined Single Wheel and Drill Seeder.

Combined in this tool we offer the best Row Drill and Single Wheel Hoe ever offered the public. In combining th- se tools not a single advant- age of a separate single Wheel Hoe or Row Drill is lost. As each one in itself is complete. C n he changed from one form to the other almost instantly, completely filling every desire both as to method of handling seed aud soil.

It places the seed in drills, it plows, it rakes, it opens furrows, ito covers, it hills, it hoes, it cultivates. The Wheel is made of steH, 16 in. high, the frame of pipe, coupled to malleable castings, therefore light (runs easy)

strong and durable. Price $9.50. 89

J. A. SIMMERS, TORONTO-IRON AGE GARDEN IMPLEMENTS.

Iron Age” Combined Single Wheel Hoe

No. 9 “IRON AGE”

Single Wheel Hoe, Cultivator, Rake and Plow Combined

This tool is, in regard to the work done, almost, a coun- terpart of the Dou- ble Wheel Hoe.

In addition its lower price, less weight and in- creased steadiness given by a single wheel, make strong arguments in favor of this tool. For the small kitchen garden we consider the Single Wheel Hoe, with these points of meri', as being very valu ble. The work is done principally between the rows, although plants of small growth can be hoed on both sides at once by placing the wheel on the leftside.

With i his single wheel tool, spaces of exceedingly narrow width can he worked even n-iug but one cultivator tooth. With the large plow ati ach- ment, deep furrows can be opened or closed; potatoes, celery and other crops hilled— in short, all such wot k usually accomplished by a special plow.

Price complete, $5.50.

Wceder Attachment for this tool similar to the one shown on the Double Wheel Iloe, $1.00 extra.

Ho. 11

“IRON AGE” WHEEL PLOW

No. 1 “ IRON AGE”

Double Wheel Hoe, Cultivator, Rake and Plow Combined

At a glance one can see t he great usefulness of this tool.

The garden or farm is incom- pl te without at least one of these tools. In cultivating onions, beets, turnips, rad- ishes, etc., ir, is invaluable, saves hours of hard labor and does the work better than several men could do it in t he same lime. One great advan- tage which this double wheel hoe possesses is tl at it can be made into a p'aetical single wheel hoe in a moment’s time.

An axle is sent with every double wheel for this purpo-e.

16 inches high, enabling the wheel hoe to run easy and without yielding to the depressions of the soil as a low wheel will do. The frame being made of tubing coupled to malleable castings gives great strength, together with lightness. All the tools shown in the c t go with the machine for the price. Price complete, $8 00.

ron Age” Combined Double Wheel Hoe

The wheels are

Weeder Attachment, $1.25 extra. Landside Plow Attachment, $1 extra. Single Tooth Attachment, 75c. extra.

Fig. 112.

Single Tooth Attachment

Price, $2.50

Packed Weight 15 lbs.

No. 12 “ IRON AGE” WHEEL PLOW AND CULTIVATOR

In the accompanying1 cut we show a tool of exceeding light- ness but of great strength, which is designed to do a greater variety of work than any other tool of the same price. It will accomplish all the work in cultivating needed to be done in a small

kitchen garden —plowing, furrow- ing, covering, hoeing, raking and cultivating. This tool is emphati- cally the friend of the laborer or me- chanic who can afford only to invest a small amount of money in a gar- den tool, and whose few mo- ments in a garden must be devoted to “ straight-ahead ” work. Price, $3.50.

Fig. 82.

The Landside Plow Attachment

Fig. 81.

The Weeder Attachment

No. 3 “IRON AGE”

Plain Double Wbeel Hoe with Side Hoes only.

In order to ac- commodate those who have only use for the Wheel Hoe for hoeing we offer the ma- chine described above with side hoes only. This im- plement may he used aR a Double or as a Single Wheel Foe. The illustration shows it adjusted as n Plain Double Wheel Hoe. Price, $4.50.

“JADOO” FIBRE

A New Material in which every plant thrives without earth.

A grea t boon 1 o growers and lovers of flowers, whether plants, cut tings, bulbs or seed'. Success mad i easy a"d sure with t he finest and most diffi- c dt Greenhouse Seed, such as Primulas, Cinerarias, Calceolarias, Double P tunias, etc. The most d ifficult plants and bulbs to grow (which are very often the must beautiful aho), will grow, thrive and bloom in “ Jadoo” with ease and cerlai ty. Bulbs for winter blooming potted in “Jadoo” will fl iwersoon- r. b t t.or and larger, while the material is cleaner, more pleas- ant and lighter than soil.

Price of “Jadoo” Fibre by Freight or Express at Buyer’s Expense— 100 lbs, ®3.00 ; 25 lbs, $1.00 ; 10 lb?, 50c. ; 5 lbs, 30c.

CONCENTRATED “JADOO” LIQUID

Both Meat and Drink to Plants

Is simDly invaluable in PotCu’ nre, and is the cheapest Fertilizer sold. Both meat and d> ink to plants. Re\ ives drooping plant-, strengthens the won k and nourishes the strong; above all, it iner' ases the size, causes g eater profusion of bloom, and heightens the colors of all flower- and plants. Can be used on flowers and plants that are grown in earth or “ Jadoo Fibre.”

Price of “Jadoo” Liquid, by freight or express, at buyer’s

Expense— Pint bottle, 25c. ; 1 gallon, $1 ; 2 gallons in jacketed can, $1.75.

Mix with the “ Jadoo ” Liquid before n«ing, forty-eight parts water to one part Liquid. This w!ll not only bo found useful for plants grown in “.ladim” Fibre, bm. iil-n for watering plants in earth. It is the Cheapest Fertilizer that can bo bought.

No. 20 “IRON AGE” SINGLE WHEEL HOE

The No. 20 Iron Age Single Wheel Hoe is the wheel hoe form of both tho Nos. 15 and 17 Combined Single Wheel Hoes and See t 1 )nlls. Although being designed with the view of beingable at any timeinth i future to ml l a Seed Drill Attachment , it is the most complete Single Wheel Hoe ewr offered.

The wheel is 16 inch high, and has a broad faced tire, ljinch wide.

The frame is made of pipe, coupled to a malleable casting to which is attached the working tools and handles.

A pair of side hoes, three culti- vator teeth made ent irely of si eel, one pair of rakes and a landside plow is furnished with the tool at the price, $6.00.

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No. 22 “ Iron Age ” Fertilizer Distributor, Hill and Drill Seeder

This tool is designed to sow fertilzer and seed in one operation. The fertilizer is distributed in two narrow streams, adjustable in depth ana width apart. The seed is sown between the two rows of fertilizer, so no injury can result from coming in contact with it. It will sow in rows or drop in hills at 4, 6, 8, 12 or 24 inches apart. The seed attachment may be detached and tool is then a most excellent implement for the top or side dressing of growing crops. Price, $16.00,

No. 23 “Iron Age” Fertilizer Distributer as a Side Dresser

Price, $13.00

“Gem” Double and Single Wheel Hoe Combined, $6.00

This has in addition to the Single Wheel Hoe the Double Wheel Attach- ment and two extra steel blades, wThich we furnish -With the Single Wheel including all parts shown in the engraving. The Double Wheel Attach- ment, with these extra blades, is of great service, working both sides of the rows among young plants.

Price, $6.00.

The side or top dressing of growing crops has become a practice of great importance, and in fact, of absolute neces- sity to produce a quick thrifty growth of growing plants.

The fertilizer is placed in the hopper which holds over four quarts, and when fed out is divided in two streams and the two delivery tubes carry the fertilizer into the light furrows made by the opening plows.

All gardeners will appreciate the great advantage of applying quick acting fertilizers to the growing plants, but at the same time realize the difficulty in doing so without such a tool as described above. Price $13.00

A Seed Drii! Attachment maybe applied to this tool and the seed may be sown in drills or placed in hills at 4, 6, 8, 12 or 24 inches apart, at the same time the fertilizer is distributed. Price $4.00.

“Iron Age” Horse Cultivators

Iron Age” Horse Hoe and Cultivator Combined, with Wheel and Levers. Price, $9.00,

“Jewel” Single Wheel Hoe

Cultivator and Plow Combined, $4.50.

Like the Double Wheel “Jewel,” this tool is constructed entirely of malleable iron and steel, with exception of wheel and handle. As plainly shown by the cuts, it is capable of several combinations, a simple, very easy working scuffle hoe, with hoes 6 to 9 inches in length ; as a cultivator, with four steel teeth; or as a large-sized Wheel Plow. The “Jewel” is adjustable in every way, thoroughly well made and finished, and is, we believe, the lightest and strongest of its kind made.

Price, complete, $4.50.

“ Iron Age” Combined Harrow and Cultivator,

Steel Diamond Teeth

Our “Iron Age” Combined Harrow and Cultivator is a tool that has diamond- shaped teeth, with a small cultivator tooth forged on one end— steel, of course. For very close work, every other tooth can be very quickly removed. We also have, as an attachment, a wide, flat sweep on a high- throated stand- ard, for use on rear end of mid- dle bar. Sure death to weeds and grass.

With lever expander and wheel $7.50

Sweep Attachment 1-25 extra.

£57 We are Sole Agents for these goods and Carry a large stock, thus enabling us to fill orders at the shortest possible notice.

As made at present there is no Cultivator in use so com- pletely adapted to the various needs of the farmer, particu- larly the “truck” grower. With seven narrow teeth it cannot be equalled as a thorough pulverizer of the soil, and is quickly changed to any of its combinations. With or without Lever Adjustment or Wheel. We claim this tool to be the strongest, steadiest horse hoe made; hoe standards are very heavy solid steel, adjustable in both pitch and angle of cut, adjustment of width instantly made, steady and smooth in its operation, the only level adjuster that does not impair the stiffness of the tool.

PRICE— Complete as in illustration with mould boards, scuffler,

teeth, wheel and levers $9.00

The “PLANET JR” Carden Implements

Descriptive and Illustrated Planet Jr. Catalogue sent on Application.

We can supply a full line of machines and repairs. F.very piece has a mark or number upon it. Be sure and mention number when ordering repairs or parts.

“ Planet Jr.” No. 1 — Combined Drill, Cultivator, Rake and Price

Plow $10 75

“ No. 2— Seed Drill, plain 8 00

“ No. 3— Hill and Drill Seeder, Single Wheel. . . 11 50

“ No. 4— Hill and Drill Seeder, Hoe, Cultivator,

etc 12 50

“ No. 4a— Same tool as a Hill and Drill Seeder only. 9 25

V No. 5— Hill and Drill Seeder, Single Wheel ... 14 50

“ No. 25— Hill and Drill Seeder and Double Wheel

Hoe combined 14 50

“ No. 11— Double Wheel Hoe, Cultivator, Rake

and Plow 9 50

“ No. 12- Double Wheel Hoe, Cultivator and Plow 7 60

“ No. 13— Double Wheel Hoe, Plain 5 25

“ No. 15— Single Wheel Hoe, Cultivator, Rake and

Plow 7 60

** No. 16— Single Wheel Hoe, Cultivator, Rake and

Plow 6 25

“ No. 17— Single Wheel Hoe, Cultivator and Plow 5 50

“ No. 18— Single Wheel Hoe, Plain 4 00

“Fire-Fly.” No. 19— Garden Hand Plow 2 75

“ Planet Jr.” No. 20— Grass Edger, heavy 6 75

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J. A. SIMMERS, TORONTO — Bone Cutters and Poultry Supplies.

CYCLONE SPRAYER AND ATOMIZER

For Spraying- Coal Oil in Poultry House

Price

tin: ®0c, by mail, postpaid, $1.15. With galvanized iron reservoir, ,$1,00; by mail, postpaid, $1.25.

All copper, $1.50 ; by mail, postpaid, $1.75.

SPRAMOTOR JR., SPRAYING AND PAINTING MACHINE

Will white-wash your buildings or chicken coops, do the spraying. It is a thoroughly good and useful article, and so far as its capacity extends will give as good results as a more expensive outfit.

Price complete, with 24 feet 3-ply hose and Spramotor, painting and spraying nozzle, $6.00.

Five gallons heavy galvanized can, extra, $1.50.

GALVANIZED POULTRY FOUNTS

These founts are made of galvanized metal ; they are easily cleaned, not injured by freezing ; water can be kept constantly fresh.

Price— No. 1, holds 2 qts, 40c each. No. 2, holds 4 qts, 50c each.

POULTRY CAPONIZERS

Set of instruments complete, with instructions, $2.50. In velvet-lined case, $2.75. We send book “Complete Guide for Caponizing,” with every set.

Philadelphia. Gape Worm Extractor— Price complete, 30c.

Roup Syringe— This is one <t the best cures for Roup and similar diseases to which poultry are so liable. Postpaid, with instructions, 15c each.

FRENCH POULTRY KILLING KNIFE— Sent postpaid on receipt of 60c. Sent securely packed by mail, on receipt of price.

PHILADELPHIA POULTRY MARKER-They are well made with steel spring and cutter, nicely nickel plated. Made in two sizes.

Sent postpaid on receipt of price. 30c each.

Leg Bands-i For pigeons.

B For small fowl. C Medium fowl. D Large fowl. E Extra large fowl. Stamped with num- ber. Price— Copper, 1 doz, 20c;

50, 65c ; 100, $1.25. Aluminum,

1 doz, 25c ; 50, 85c ; 100, $1.50.

EGG TESTER -The best on the market, 85c.

Eger

Tester

Poultf-y

Marker

THE

“TORONTO” INCUBATOR

Best machine manufactured for hatching chickens, ducks, turkeys, or geese. No incu- bator has as good a record in the hands of Canadian customers; we have numerous tes t i m onials of hatches ranging from 90 to 100 per cent, of the fertile eggs. These ma- chines have won two silver medals, a bronze medal, and two diplomas at Toronto Indus- trial Exhibiiion, defeating all com- petitors.

Price

63-egg $15 00

120-egg 20 00

220 egg 30 00

350-egg ... . 38 00

“TORONTO” BROODERS

Having no superiors as rearers of incubator hatched chickens, built, for indoor and outdoor work. Price— No.

1, 100 chick capacity, $14.00; No. 2,

200 chick capacity, $20.00. Catalogue with full description of incubators and brooders free on application.

TESTED STANDARD INCUBATOR THERMOMETER— Mounted on metal,

graduated base, and distinctly marked igh and low. Price, postpaid 75c.

MANN’S GREEN BONE CUTTERS

Capacity, 10 to 20 lbs per hour.

Many improvements have been added lately. They now feed auto- matically, both hands are free to operate, and they cannot clog or run hard. It is a perfect small bone cutter, and has no equal for the price. To insure best results get the balance wheel. It is worth far more than the difference in price. These machines are very popular with owners of small flocks. They require so little strength that an eight-year-old boy or a woman can rub them. The iron stand is a great convenience, as it requires neither time nor expense to set it up.

No. 1 C.

Weight 30 lbs.

Price, - $7.50.

No. 1 B.

Weight 55 lbs.

Price, - $9.50.

THE NEW No. 4 B

The most perfect Bone Cutter ever made.

Price, New No. 4 B, without legs, $14.00.

Price, with legs, $17.00.

Mounted on stand it is 44 inches high.

It surpasses all other-s in ease and rapid cutting. It feeds automatically, leaves both handsfree to operate, and cannot run hard or clog. The cylinder has been greatly enlarged, and bones do not have to be cut so small as before. The feed screw is larger, with a square, coarse thread which will not break, wear out or crush down. The cutter plate has been enlarged, has six specially improved steel knives in place of three, with a rim to guard the gears, which prevents the bone or meat getting into them and clogging. All parts are strongly built, and will not break or wear out.

“You can buy cheaper Bone Cutters, but compared with our New No. 4 B, no other Bone Cutter is cheaper at any price.’’

Mann’s New Double Hand Bone Cutter No.

Remodelled and Improved Price, $25.00.

Capacity \ lb to 1£ lbs per minute.

This machine is adapted for poultry raisers who have a large number of hens, and some one, either boy or hired man, to help them turn. If is the same machine as the single hand, with wheel and gear added. Some purchasers, how- ever, of this Rouble Hand Bone Cutler have given direct testimonials that it is superior to the Single Hand Machine, even for one person l o use.

The advantage of two wheels over one are evident to the most casual observer. The ability of two operators to maintain with ease its continued operation, assures a sufficient product to meet the demands of the largest flock, and gives to its owner almost

No. 1 B.M.

Weight 80 lbs.

Price, - $13.00.

New No. 4 B.M. $17.00.

Weight 105 lbs.

No. 8, $25.00

Weight 180 lbs.

equal advantages with those who own a power plant. Brice $25.00.

MANN’S BONE CUTTER No. 2 '

Same as No. 8, but with only one Balance Wheel.

Price, $21.00.

MANN’S CLOVER CUTTER

Made entirely of iron and steel. Price with balance wheel, $10.00, with balance wheel and stand, $12. 00.

FAMILY CRIST MILL No. 0

This mill is especially made for grinding Graham flour or corn meal for table use. It can also be adjusted for cracking the grain if desired. It is a valuable machine to have in the kitchen, as you can have fresh Graham or corn meal when wanted. The grinding sur- faces are of very hard material, especially made for this purpose. Weighs 30 lbs. Price (without legs), $5.00. Price (with legs), $7.00.

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J. A. SIMMERS. TORONTO-POULTRY SUPPLIES.

For Chickens, Turkeys,

Ducks, Geese and Pigeons

We guarantee our Poultry Pan-a-ce-a to cure Gapes, Cholera and Roup, after they are once established in the flock. It is an egg producer by its invigorating effect upon the organs, thereby enabling them to appro- priate food, and aiding in the production of eggs.

For rapid healthy growth of young fowls, for development of bone, muscle and feath- ers, for indigestion, diarrhoea, leg weakness, and kindred diseases, our Poultry Pan-a- ce-a is wit bout an equal, and an excellent article to feed as a preventative of conta- gious diseases.

Price— For 24-oz package 35c, by mail 45c.

•* 5-lb “ 85c, “ §1.10.

DR. HESS’ PRACTICAL POINTS— A complete veterinary work for Farmers, Horsemen, Dairymen, Poultrymen . Mailed free on application.

Dr. Hess’ Stock Food Compound . . .

For Horses, Cows, Hogs and Sheep

It increases the appetite and improves indigestion. It cures epizooty, coughs, distemper, dropsy and all blood disorders. It gives life, vigor and energy, removes worms, and is a wonderful flesh producer. It also prevents hog cholera. For coughs, so common to sheep and lambs, it is a positive cure.

Price— 12-lb bag §1 00

7-lb bag 0 65

For Lice on Poultry, Horses and Cattle, also Ticks on Sheep

Put up in powder form. Very conven- ient andiasting. An excellent disinfectant and purifier for barns and outhouses. Price— 1-lb package 35c, by mail 40c.

INSTANT

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Killer

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MARK REGISTERED*

Pratt’s Poultry Food

Absolutely ptire and free from poisons and all other injurious ingredients.

Package containing 8 oz. 10c., postpaid 18c.; 26 os. 30c., or 50c. post- paid; 5 lb. pkg. 75c., 25 lb. bag $2.50 by ex- press.

Pratt’s Animal Regulator

21 oz. box 30c. 42 oz box 60c, 72 oz 90c, 150 oz §170.

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Makes Hens Lay when Eggs are High Priced

Price— 1 lb package 25c, by mail 40c ; 24 lb package, 50c, by mail 90c ; 6 lb box §1.00, 10 lb box §1.50, at purchaser’s expense.

Havens’ Condition Powders-Cure for Gapes and Poultry Cholera, and medicine for Hor-es, Cattle, Poultry, Sheep and Hogs. Liberal packages, weighing 11 oz 25c. postpaid 40c ; 5 lb box (equal to six 25c packages) §1, by express or freight.

Havens’ Roup Pills— Price per box of 4S pills, postpaid 25c. Box of 250 pills, §1.00.

Spratts Patent Poultry SVieal

The Cheapest and Best in the Market

As an egg producer this food has no equal. It carries the bird from egg to exhibition pen without a check and has probably more prize-winners to its credit than all other foods combined.

It is neither a medicine nor a con- diment, but a specially prepared food, containing all ingredients necessary to develop and bnng to the highest state of perfection the points in each indivi- dual and breed. It is thoroughly cook- ed, easily digested, and is the result of thirty years’ experience and experi- ments.

NEST EGGS— China 20c doz.

Porcelain, unglazed, these are the best, 30c doz.

Sheridan’s Condition Powder

It is absolutely pure and highly concentrated. Strictly a medicine, it should be given in the food in small does once daily; Prevents and cures all diseases of hens. Very valuable wrhen they are moulting, as it keeps them perfectly healthy.

Price— Small package, 25c, postpaid 35c ; 2 lb package, §1.00, post- paid §1.35.

Lambert’s Death to Lice

A cheap and effective remedy for all kinds of poultry vermin, lice on horses, cattle swine, fleas on dogs, ticks on sheep, moths, bed or water bugs, roaches, etc. You can set hens in the same nest all summer if you dust them thoroughly with “Lambert’s Death to Lice.” Don't wait until the chickens droop and die before you use it on them in their coops.

Prices— 5 oz lOc, postpaid 15c. 15 oz box 25c, postpaid 40c. 3 lb box 60c., postpaid $1.10. 100 oz box $1.25, carriage extra.

DEATH TO LICE OINTMENT

Especially for Head Lice on Chickens. Price per box 15c and 25c.

Lee’s Liquid Lice Killer— For Poultry and Hogs

Saves labor, saves expense, saves time, and saves the fowls and hogs. Where freedom from vermin means hours spent in dusting, dipping, or greasing, fowls and animals on the average farm and poultry-ranch are seldom free from lice and mites. Put up in tins with full direct ions for use. Per quart tin 35c, postpaid 70c ; 4 gal. 65c, 1 gal. §1.00, 5 gal. §4.50.

CONKEY’S ROUP CURE

Guaranteed to give best results, for Roup or Canker, a good prevent- ative and positive cure. Price 50c.

BOWKER’S ANIMAL MEAL

An egg producer. 5 lb pkgs 25c, 25 lb bag for §1.15, 50 lb bag for §2.15, 100 lb bag for §4.00.

HERBAGEUM POULTRY SPICE

Is unsurpassed in general excellence, cheapness and efficiency for egg production in summer or winter. For the raising of turkey and'all other chicks, and for the fattening of poultry. Per 2 lb pkge SOc.

HERBAGEUM CATTLE SPICE

This preparation ensures true economy in the production of milk, flesh, butter and cherse, it does not contain any arsenic, antimony, aloes, copperas, saltpetre, resin, or any other substance not safe to feed every dav. Full directions for feeding on every package. Per 4 lb pkge SOc. 100 lbs §12.00.

CRUSHED OYSTER SHELLS

A most important article for the poultry yard through the winter, and should be liberally supplied to the fowls. In summer when left to run at large, they can find their own shell-making material, but in winter they must be helped out if eggs are wanted. 5 lbs 10c, 20 lbs 25c, 100 lbs 75c.

GRANULATED POULTRY BONE

5 lbs 20c, 10 lbs 30c, 100 lbs §2.00, 200 lb bags §3.75.

MICA CRYSTAL GRIT

To aid digestion, it is necessary to feed some gritty material. Mica Crystal Grit supplies this want better th i n any other article ever known. Price, 5 lbs 10c, 10 lbs 15c, 20 lbs 25c, 100 lbs 80c.

CLOVER MEAL

Far superior to cut clover from the fact that there is no waste and everv particle is rendered digestible. Price, 5 lbs 20c, 10 lbs SOc, 25 lbs 60c, ‘50 lbs §1.00, 100 lbs §2.00.

CUT CLOVER HAY

A rich valuable food. 5 lbs 20c, 10 lbs 30c, 25 lbs 60c, 50 lbs §1.00 100 lbs §2.00.

$1.25 COLLECTION OF POULTRY SUPPLIES FOR $1.25

TO FILL THE EGG BASKET

5 lbs. Crushed Oyster Shells §0 10

5 lbs. Mica Crystal Grit io

3 lbs. Spratt’s Food for Poultry 25

3 lbs. Granulated Bone 15

3 lbs. Clover Meal 10

3 China Nest Eggs 10

1 5-oz. Package Lambert’s Death to Lice 10

1 26-oz. Dr. Hess’ Pan-a-ce-a 35

Total $1 25

POULTRY BOOKS

Egg Farm, new, revised and enlarged. H. H. Stoddard . SI 00

Poultry Houses, Low Cost. Darrow 0 25

Poultry Keeper, Practical. L. Wright 2 00

Pigeon Keeper, Practical. L. Wright 1 50

Poultry Craft. J. H. Robinson 2 00

Poultry Culture. I. K. Fetch l 50

Poultry Keeper, Profitable. Beal and Wild 1 25

Turkeys, How to Grow Them. Herbert Myrick 1 00

BEE KEEPERS9 SUPPLIES

Dovetail Hive, with Section Super and Parts

No. IB No. 2 B No. 2 O

DOVETAILED LANGSTROTH HIVES

Prices— No. 1— Hive including cover and bottom, body with 8 self-spacing frame and followers, complete, made up each. $1 25

Lots of 5 in flat 5 00

“ 10 “ 8 50

No. 1 “B” — Hive, same as the above with the addition of one super for comb honey, with section holders and separa- tors, made up each I 75

Lots of 5 in flat 6 25

“ 10 “ 11 50

No. 2 “B”— Same as No. 1 “B,” with the ad- dition of one extra comb honey super, with section holders and separators,

made up each 2 00

Lots of 5 in flat *7 75

“ 10 “ 14 50

No. 3 “C”— Hiv-e, same as No. 1, with the addition of one deep super and 8 self- spacing “Huffman” frames for extracted honey and two div. boards or followers,

made up each 1 90

Lots of 5 in flat 7 25

“ 10 “ 13 50

HIVE PARTS

Hive Covers, sheet iron with wood rims and lin- ing, made up, 30c ; in lots of 5 in the flat $1.25.

Hive Bottoms, each, made up, 25c ; in lots of 5 in the flat, $1.00.

Comb Honey Supers for dovetail hive, made up complete 50c ; in the flat, single, 40c ; in the flat in lots of 5, $1.75.

Section Holders for comb honey supers, $1.50 per 100.

Wood Separators, 50c per 100.

Self-Spacing; Brood Frames, made up $3.00 per 100 ; in the flat, in lots of 10 at 30c ; in the flat, in lots of 100 at $2.25.

Extracting Superfor dovetail hives with frames and followers, each, made up 75c; in the flat, 70c ; in the flat, in lots of 5 $3.25.

SECTION HONEY BOXES

We handle only first-class, polished on both sides, slotted on top and bottom. One piece or four pieces, state which you desire. Size 4Jx4-}xl£, If, 7 to foot, 1}. State size required, otherwise If will be sent. Per 100, 50c; 500, $1.75: 1,000, $3.50; 3,000, $9.75. Four piece sections 50c per 1,000 extra. One piece split top sections, 10c per 100, or 50c per 1,000 extra.

FEEDERS

The Miller— Designed to place inside of a super or in the upper storv on top of the brood frames. Each 35c ; per doz $3.00.

Simplicity Feeder— 5c each ; 35c per 10.

Bee Veils— 30c.

QUEENS

COMB HONEY CRATES

They are glassed on one side only.

4£x4i, in flat per 10 25 100

Price, 12 three section fronts .$1 20 $2 50 $9 00 “ 18 “ “ “ 1 35 3 00 10 50

Glass included.

“THE KRETCHIENER” SECTION FOLDER

Just the thing to put one-piece sections together. Each 50c.

“THE PORTER” BEE ESCAPE

Put in a board, which is placed between the body of hive and super' you wish to clear of bees. The bees can pass to the brood chamber but not return. Each 20c ; doz $2.25.

BEE SMOKER

We offer the -‘Goold,” one of the best smok- ers made, large and powerful, equal to any work. No. 1, smoke barrel, with bent noz- zle, price $1.25 No. 2, with- out bent nozzle, $1.00.

BEES

We offer the Goold, Shapely and Muir Co. strain of bees. They are in Langstroth hives. Bees to be delivered in May. Price per colony, $6.50 to $7.50, including hive, comb, lid and bottom board. The greatest care is taken to insure the safe delivery of all colonies of bees, but customers will please note that after they leave the apiary they are en- tirely at purchaser’s risk.

Grade and Quantity.

Untested Queens

Tested Queens

Select Tested Queens

Imported Queens

April	>> S	June	July	bi 3 <1
$	$	$	$	$
1 25	1 00	1 00	1 00	1 00
2 25	2 00	1 50	1 25	1 25
3 00	2 50	2 00	2 00	2 00
7 00 7 00	6 00	5 00	4 00

1 00

1 25

2 00 4 00

COMB FOUNDATION

The wax is tempered as in nature, making it acceptable to bees, and of even thickness. Price, brood foundation, per lb 50c; section foundation, 60c per lb. (Prices liable to change without notice). If wanted by mail add 10c per lb for postage.

QUEEN AND DRONE TRAP3

The Alley— It is placed over the entrance of the hive, the queen being captured, and thus prevent- ing a swarm from absconding. Each 50c 10 for $4.

QUEEN’S CAGES

Queen Cell Protectors, each 5c ; 10 for 45c ; 50 for $2.00. Queen’s cages with feeders, each 10c; 10 for 75c.

PERFORATED METAL

This is used between the upper and lower story to prevent the queen from passing up. Also used for drone guards and queen traps. Per square ft 12c.

EXTRACTORS

Our extractors are made of the very best mater- ial, steel frames. Give size of frame in ordering.

Noo 1— Two frame machine $5.50.

New Goold— Can be made to fit any size frame, sometimes two sizes, but the size must be given when ordering — two frames, $7-00 ; four $8.00.

Goold Reversible — Two frame Langstroth, $13.00 ; four frame, $15.00.

Other sizes, prices on application.

HONEY KNIVES

Ebony handle and fine mirror finish. Each $1.00.

RUBBER GLOVES

For handling bees. Ladies’ half-long, sizes 6, 7, 8 and 9, per pair $1.65. Gentleman’s half -long, sizes 10, 11 and 12, per pair, $1.85. In ordering by num- ber remember that if you wear No. 5 in kid you wili need No. 7 in rubber.

BEE BOOKS

Langstroth on the Honey Bee— Price $1.25. A. B. C. of Bee Culture— Price $1.20.

Bee Keeping Explained— Quinby. Price $1. Canadian Bee Journal— $1.00 per annum.

SPRATTS PATENT LIMITED

WE ARE AGENTS FOR ALL SPRATTS

MANUFACTURES AND SUPPLIES

Carriage paid by customers except where notedo SPRATTS DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE MAILED FREE ON APPLICATION

SPRATTS DOG CAKES Patent Meat “Fibrine”

Vegetable Dog Cakes (with Beetroot)— Per 100 lbs $7.00, 50 lbs $3.50, 25 lbs $1.75,

10 lbs 75c, 5 lbs 40c, 3 lbs 25c.

Patent Charcoal Dog Cakes- Per 100 lbs $7.00.

Patent Greyhound Meat “Fibrine" Dog Cakes (with Beetroot) -Per 25 lbs $1.90.

Oatmeal Plain Round

Dog Cakes— Per 100 lbs $6.00.

Plain Round Dog Cakes— Per 100 lbs $5.00. Puppy Cakes— 3 lbs 30c, 5 lbs 50c, 25 lbs $1.90. Pet Dog Cakes— 3 lbs 35c, 5 lbs 55c, 25 lbs $2. Patent Cod Liver Oil Dog Cakes— S lbs 85c, 5 lbs 65c, 25 lb box $2.00.

Orphan Puppy Food— Per tin 3 lbs $1, 1 lb 60c. Pepsinated Puppy Meal— Sample tin 25c, 2 lbs 50c.

Plain Puppy Meal— 5 lb bag 50c.

Puppy Bone Meal— Per tin. 2 lbs 25c. Granulated Bone— 100 lbs $3.00, 50 lbs $1.75. Cardiac— A tonic powder. Sample 10c, per lb 25c, postpaid.

Patent Poultry Meal— Per 100 lbs $6, 50 lbs $3.25, 25 lbs $1.75, 10 lbs 75c.

Patent Game Meal— Per 100 lbs $6, 50 lbs $8.25, 25 lbs $1.76, 10 lbs 75c.

Ground Beef XXX- Per 100 lbs $3, 50 lbs $1.60,

25 lbs 85c, 10 lbs 40c.

Granulated Prairie Meat' “Crissel”— Per

100 lbs $4.50, 25 lbs $1.25, 10 1 bs 60c.

Pigeon Food— 50 lbs $3.25, 25 lb3 $1.75, 10 lbs 75c.

Fish Meal— Per 100 $5, 50 lbs $2.75.

Imported Dog Brushes, Combs and Chains— Price on application.

Dog Soap— Per cake 25c.

SPRATTS DOG MEDICINES All medicines inbottles. Bottles or tins free bi/mail Alterative Cooling Tablets — Price 50c. Anti-Rickets Tablets— Price 60c.

Cough Pills -Per box 50c. _

Diarheea and Dysentery Cure — Price 60c. Distemper Tablets— Price 75c.

Canker of the Ear Cure— Price 50c. Eczema and Sarcoptic Mange Cure. (Oily)— Per bottle 50c, £ gallon $2.00.

Eye Lotion Tablets— Price 50c.

Fit Cure Tablets- For Chorea or St. Vitus Dance. Price 50c.

Hair Stimulant and Restorer— Bottle 50c. Insect Powder— Per tin 25c.

Jaundice Tablets— 50c.

Locurium— Price 50c.

Mange Cure — Bottle 50c, half gallon $2.00. Purgative Tablets— Per box 50c._

Rheumatism and Sprain Liniment— Per bottle 50c. . __

Tonic and Condition Tablets— Price 50c.

Vermifuge Capsules— Price 50c.

Puppy Vermifuge Capsules— Price 50c. Disinfectant— Crude “Sanitas” Disinfecting Liquid. Per bottle 45c, half gallon $1.40.

SPRATTS BOOKS

The Common Sense of Poultry Keeping

— By Spralts Patent. 10c.

The Common Sense of Pheasant Recit- ing—By Spratts Patent. 10c.

The Common Sense of Dog Doctoring—

Bv Spratts Patent. 25c.

Kennel Secrets— By Ashmont. (Illustrated). $3.00, postage 30c extra.

Modern Training, Handling and Kennel Management — By B. Waters. (Illustrated). $2.00. postage 20c extra. . „ ^

My Dog and I (written especially for the novice) by W. H. Huntington. $1, postage 5c extra.

The American Book of the Dog-By G. O. Shields (Coquina). $3.50. postage 40c extra.

The Book of the Dog (with portraits)— By VeroShaw. $8.00.

“ Diomed ’ —By John S. Wise. (Illustrated) $2. Pocket Kennel Records -50c each. Pedigree Blanks -3 for 10c, doz 30c.

Vogel Fische und Hausthiere— von Edw.

S. Schmid. Washington, D C. Price 25c.

The Cat— By R. S. Huidekoper. A guide to classification and a short treatise on their care, etc.

Cloth, $1.00.

Rackham s Poultry Directory-

postpaid.

-Price $1.00, 94

Standard

* « feed Vour Soil and it will Teed Vou !

TALKS ON MANURE-By Joseph Harris, M.S., 366 pages, contains ample information on Manures and Fertilizers, their use, utility, effectiveness, etc. Price, bound in cloth, §1.75 postpaid.

FERTILIZERS, a New Edition— Where to get formulas for various crops, how to apply. By J. J. H. Gregory, paper. Price, 40c. postpaid.

Potato Manure

Ammonia 3 to 4%. Phosphoric acid Sto 10%. Potash, 5 to 7%.

Maybe used in the hills or rows, mixing and covering with earth, provided it is scattered well. Use three sacks and upwards per acre on ordinary land. Price, per lb 10c. 10 lbs 50c, 100 lbs 82 25, 200 lbs §4.00, per ton §34.00.

“Sure Growth”

For Grain, Grass, Grapes, Vegetables, Etc.

Ammonia 3y to 5%. Phosphoric acid 8 to 10% Potash 3 to 4%.

It is adapted to all soils, and not only yields im- mediate results, but is also lasting in its effects. It gives the growing crop a vigorous start, and will greatly increase the yield. Price, per lb 10c, 10 lbs 50c, 100 lbs §2-25, 200 lb sack §4.00, per ton §32.50.

Bone and Potash

Ammonia, 2 to 3% ; phosphoric acid, 9 to 10% ; Potash, 6 to 8%.

Those who think they had rather have bone ought also to have combined with potash, since potash is fully as essential as bone. Price, per lb 10c, 10 lbs 50c, 100 lbs §2.25, 200 lbs S4.00, per ton

§34.00.

Pure Bone Meal

Ammonia, 3 to 5% ; Phosphoric Acid, 23 to 25%.

We guarantee our ground bone to be a strictly genuine article. It is made from clean, dry bones. We recommend it chiefly for grass and land feed- ing purposes. Per lb 10c, 5 lbs 30c. 10 lbs 50c, 25 lbs 76c, 100 lbs §2.00, 200 lbs §3.75, per ton §33.00.

Bone Flour

Per lb 10c, 10 lbs 50c, 50 lbs §2.00, 100 §3.50.

Potash Fertilizers

Excellent for Fruit Trees, Grape Yixes, Etc. Beaver Brand— 10 to 14% of Potash and Phos. Acid and from 30 to 40% of Bone Phosphate and Wood Lime. In barrels of 250 lbs §5.00, per ton

§30.00.

Star Brand— 16 to 20% of Potash and Phos. Acid, and from 25 to 35% of Bone Phosphate, and the same of Wood Lime. Per barrel of 200 lbs $5.00, per ton §40.00. 1

Harris’ “Animal Manure,” (H)

100 lbs §1.50, ton §25.00.

Harris’ “Pure Bone Meal”

100 lbs §1.50, ton §25.00.

Celery and Early Vegetable Manure

Ammonia, 6 to 8% ; Phosphoric Acid, 9 to 10% ;

Potash, 6 to 8%.

It has been used on celery planted on very poor ground, producing remarkable results, by dissol- ving a teaspoonful to a gallon of water, applying it twice a week (keep well stirred while applying). It can also be used on Celery by mixing i to § gyp- sum. Price, per lb 10c, 10 lbs 50c, 100 lbs §2.75, 200 lbs §5.00, per ton §42.00.

Farmers’Grassand Grain Manure

Ammonia, 2 to 3%; Phosphoric Acid, 9 to 11%;

Potash, 1 to 2%.

This brand will be found to be an excellent fer- tilizer for pasture lands and top dressing, also fo'- young orchards, small fruit and a general crop raiser. Price, per lb 10c, 10 lbs 50c, 100 lbs §1.50, 200 lb sack §2.75, per ton §25.00.

Alberts’ Concentrated Horticul- tural Manure

Is soluble in water, and contains the correct pro- portions necessary to produce the very best results hi growing flowers. Price, per lb 15c, 10 lbs S1.25, 100 lbs §9.00.

Write for descriptive pamphlet, which gives full particulars regarding Alberts’ Manures.

Nitrate of* Soda

This is valuable solely for the nitrogen it con- tains. equal to 20 per cent, of Ammonia. It is chiefly a stimulant ; it is used in addition to other fertilizers. It is very quick in action and hastens the maturity of crops fully two weeks, and besides renders the mineral plant food of the soil more assimilable. It is the best of all substitutes for stable manures. 100 to 150 lbs per acre, mixed with wood ashes or land plaster for convenience in applving. are generally used. Price, per lb 10c, 5 lbs 30c. 10 lbs 50c, 25 lbs §1.00, 50 lbs §1.65, 100 lbs §3.00.

Alberts’ Thomas Phosphate Powder

The most profitable of all artificial manures for green crops, grain or grass. Most valuable for orchards. Price, per 100 lbs §1.50, per ton §25.00.

GUANO, Standardized

A standard fertilizer throughout the entire coun- try, and in almost univeral u-e. A weak solution, applied once or twice a week is very beneficial for hnuse plants. Price, lb 10c, by mail, postpaid, 15c, 100 lbs) §4.50.

LAND PLASTER OR GYPSUM— Per sack (200

lbs) §1.00.

HORN SHAVINGS— Per 100 lbs §2 00.

LAND SALT- Per sack (200 lbs) §1.00.

Tobacco Manure

Lb 10c, 10 lbs 50c, 50 lbs §1.50, 100 lbs §2.50, 200 lbs §4.50, ton §41.00.

Clay’s Fertilizers

This valuable imported manure is especially re- commended to all who grow either fruit, flowers or vegetables, and wish to bring them to the high- est perfection. Should be used in potting soil, and spread on staging of greenhouses planted with flowering plants. Per bag of 25 lbs §2.50, 50 lba §4.75, 100 lbs §9.00.

SIMMERS’ FLOWER, LAWN AND PARK DRESSING. It is manufactured to meet the de- mand for a lawn dressing, all prepared, ready for immediate use, requiring no further mixing, "it is in no sense a stimulant, but a complete manure, containing all the plant food required to make grass grow, and in a form quickly and easily taken up. It may be applied at anytime during the spring, summer or autumn, or as often as the grass seems to need nourishment.

Price of 5 lb pkg., sufficient for 75 square yds. 60 .“ 10 “ “ 120 “ 76

“ 25 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 44 §1.60

Prepared Potting Soil

Finding that many of our customers in cities were unable to secure suitable soil for their garden and pot plants, we have prepared a judicious pre- paration of well enriched soil in proper proportion of fertilizer for potting plants. We can highly recommend our Prepared Leaf Mould, and are confident you will be pleased with the results. It is put up in 100 and 200 lb sacks, and can be sup- plied at all seasons of the year. Per 25 lbs 36c, 50 lbs 55c, 100 lbs $1.00.

ROCK SALT— Per ICO lbs 75c.

BOWKER’S Food for Flowers

Soluble in Water, Free from Odor and Clean to Handle.

A fertilizer made sx- pressely for plants grown in the house, garden or conservatory ; clean, free from offensive odor, sol- uble in water and pro- ducing healthy plants, •free from Vermin, with early and abundant; blossoms, to which it imparts luxuriantgrowth and rich brilliant flowers.

Price No- 1 Regular

Sized Package, suffi- cient for 20 plants for

one year, 35 cents. No. 2 Package, suffi- cient for 20 plants for three months, 25 cents, Po=ta£?e paid on receipt of price. Price in bulk, 4 lb- 60c; by mail (postpaid) 80c ; 5 lbs 75c ; by mail (postpaid) 95c ; 10 lbs $1.25 per I express.

-ROWKER'S-

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Food ^Flowers.

THIS PACKAGE CON - TAINS SUFFICIENT PLANT FOOD FOR 20 PLWITS FOB ONE fEAR

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DAIRY SUPPLIES

Bibbp’s Cream Equivalent for Calves

The Little Detective — Will show in less than 2 minutes whether or not water has been added to pure milk. Sent to any address, postpaid, SI. 00. Parchment Paper— For packing and preserving butter— 1 lb Butter, size 8x11. $l.r5 per 1,000 sheets, 100 sheets 15c, postpaid. 2 Id Butter, size 12x18, §2.75 per 1,000 sheets, 100 sheets 30c, postpaid. Tub size, 12x36, 75o per 100 sheets. Full sized sheets, 24x36, §1.25 per 100 sheets. Imitation Parchment— 8x11, §1.00 per 1,000 sheets.

Printing— §1.00 per 1,000 sheets extra.

Price,

50c.

The above food has been before the British public for a good many years, and has met with unqualified approval on every hand. We think the time is opportune for the introduction of it into Canada.

This meal will rear calves very successfully at a small cost, and by its use we believe better and more economical results in rearing are obtainable than by any other method, we make these statements with confidence and we claim that at a very small outlay they may be obtained.

Price, per 100 lbs §3 50

44 10 “ , 50

44 r 44 trial package, postpaid 50

Thermometers— New Float— Will stand upright. The scale stands up out of the milk so that it c m be easily read. Each 50c.

Ordinary Float— Price each 40c

MILKING TUBES — For Sore and Obstructed Teats and Hard Milking Cows— Coin Silver — Prices — Set of four tubes. If inch, §2.00. each 50c; special lengths, 2} inches, each 65c; 2f inches, each 80c: 3i inches, each 95c; 3f inches, each §1.10 ; 4} inches, each §1.25. Larger tubes in proportion.

Plated Silver— From 2 to 3£ inches in length— 25 each, postpaid.

Butter Ladles— Factory size, each 50c; Dairy size each 25c.

Butter Mould and Printer— Has all the ad vantage of the higher priced moulds, and does the work equally as well. 1 lb size, pair 75c.

Improved Daisy Barrel Churn— The Daisy Churn has become a popu- lar favorite with the Canadian farmers generally — the large creameries and scientific butter makers in particular. It is made of the very best quality of white oak ; has no iron to come in contact with the cream; has no dashes or breaks inside, and is the easiest churn to clean ever

made. The inside is perfectly smooth.

No. 0— Seven Gallon Churn for one cow §3 50

No. 1— Nine Gallon Churn, churns from 1 to 4 gallons 3 75

No. 2— Fifteen Gallon Churn, churns from l to 7 gallons 3 GO

No. 3— Twenty Gallon Churn, churns from 1 to 9 gallons 4 20

Steel Frame 50c extra.

SHEPPARDS

ACME

GALL

CURE

With this Ointment the afflicted part can be healed without the loss of a single day's time.

3 oz box 25c, postpaid ;

8 oz box 50c, postpaid.

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Our p<?opl<$

|8 Full Size Packets for50c. f(Nf

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Simmers' Giant Pascal, 6cts. per pkt. Simmers’ Evergreen, 5cts. per pkt.

Simmers- Early German Brunswick, Scts. pei Simmers' Scarlet Chantenay. 5cts. per pkt. Simmers' Dominion Musk, IOcts. per pkt, Simmers' Imperial, 5cts. per pkt.

Simmers- Large Yellow Globe Danvers, 5cts per n Simmers- Early White Queen, Scts. per pkt.

Simmers’ Improved Long Green, 5cts. per pkt. Simmers' Dark Red Flat Egyptian, Scts. per pkt. Scarlet Olive Shaped 5cts. per pkt.

Simmers- Hollow Crowned, Sots, per »ht. SIMMERS' CROOKNECK, Scts. per pkt.

SIMMERS’ HEROINE, 5cts. per pkt.

Simmers Early Giant Wax or Butter, 5cts. k.r pk- Simmers* Canadian Wonder, Green Poooeo. Scts. i rUCE, Simmers’ Nonpareil Cabbage. Scts. per pkt URNIPl Simmers’ Be# Top. .

Strap Leaf, Scts. » \ ,

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