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The Conard & Jones Company, West Grove, Pa.
GERANIUMS— Fine Geraniums are per-
haps more in demand for bedding and
house culture than any other flowers,
and it is found that they bloom finelj'
from seed the first season, manj' people
prefer to raise them, as it is much the
cheapest and there is alwa^-s a chance
of getting some Valuable New Sorts,
for the finest new varieties have been
obtained from this quality of seed.
The seed we offer is saved from a large
collection of the finest named sorts,
grown under particularly^ favorable con-
ditions of soil and climate, and should
produce flowers of 'the highest grade
and greatest variety of richest colors.
Finest mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.
GERANIUM (Good Mixed)— Pkt. 6 cts.
APPLE SCENTED GERANIUM—
I,eaves delightfully scented like rich
luscious apples ; the best plants are
grown from seed. Pkt. 8 cts.
Geraniums.
PELARGONIUMS or LADY WASHINGTON GERANIUMS— The
finest of the Geranium famih- ; elegant for house culture. Seed very
scarce and costly. Pkt. 25 cts.
New Double Gaillardia
NEW DOUBLE GAILLARDIA. (Picta Lorenziana)—
Large, grey-colored double flowers, produced abundantly
all through the season ; valuable for beds and cutting.
The colors include golden-yellow, orange, amaranth and
shades of purple. Pkt. 4 cts.
GAILLARDIA (Blanket Flower)— The single Gaillardia or
Blanket Flowers are greath' admired for their fine form
and bright, handsome colors. They thrive everj-where
and bloom abundantly all the season. Pkt. 3 cts.
HOLLYHOCK, (Superb Double Mixed)— This grand strain
will produce splendid large double flowers of perfect
form, and the most brilliant colors and shades imaginable.
If sown early in March or April they bloom the same
season. Pkt. 6 cts.
NEW VARIEGATED JAPANESE HOP— One of the hand-
somest and most rapid climbing vines known ; leaves
fineh- striped and marked with white ; grows easily from
seed,' and will climb twenty-five or thirty feet, and make a
thick, dense shade in a very short time. Nothing better
for quickly covering porches, back-buildings, arbors, &c.
Pkt. Sets.
Forget-Me-Not, (Victoria).
FORGET-ME-NOT, (Victoria)— This is the finest variety
of the beautiful old favorite Forget- .le- Not. Makes low
bushy plants, six to eight inches high, and the same in
width, and bears a profusion of lovely azure blue flowers ;
fine for the hair and button-hole, and always greatly ad-
mired. Nice for carpet bedding and edging outside, and
for pots and window gardens indoors. Pkt. 4 cts.
BALLOON VINE— The Balloon Vine, or Love in a Puff, is
of rapid growth, with pretty foliage, and curious balloon-
like seed vessels; nice "for windows, rockeries, etc.
Pkt. 4 cts.
SEED FOR VASES, BASKETS AND ROCKERIES— A
carefully prepared mixture of the choicest and best seeds
for vases, baskets and rockeries, including lovely Dwarf
■ Morning Glories, vSummer Blooming Oxalis, &c. ; war-
ranted to please Pkt, 6 cts.
Gloxinia Hybrida.
GLOXINIA HYBRIDA-The Gloxinias are splendid, bul-
bous-rooted plants highU^ valued for house and conserva-
tory culture, and blooming in great profusion during the
Summer months. The handsome bell-shaped flowers show
a great variety of the richest and most beautiful colors,
and many superb spotted and blotched strains. Keep
bulbs warm and dry during winter. Pkt. 10 cts.
THE FREESIA—
is one of the
most beautiful
winter flowering
bulbs. _ Seeds
sown in the
Spring make
nice bulbs in
time for Vv'inter
bloom. They are
easily grown and
give great satis-
f act ion. Pure
white, verv fra-
grant. Pkt. 5cts^
MINA LOBATA—
A pretty climb-
ing vine from
Mexico ; grows
eighteen to
twenty feet high
and "is covered
with flowers from
top to bottom,
red, then orange,
and when fully open creamy white
The Freesia.
Pkt. 4 cts.
MAURANDYA— A pretty, rapid and graceful climber for
greenhouse, parlor, basket, or out-door planting ; blooms
profusely during the whole season ; fine, tubular, bell-