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CYCLAMEN Giganteum. Giant flowered 

 cyclamen. Splendid flowers of great 

 beauty. Mixed. 15c pkt. 



CLIANTHUS Puniceus. Foliage finely di- 

 vided, and the flowers hang on long thread- 

 like stems'. Flowers a^e large and of a 

 most vivid scarlet in color, shaped like a 

 parrot's beak. A perennial, climbing 

 shrub, very showy and beautiful. 10c pkt. 



Mrs. Shepherd's Giant Eschscholtzias 

 " Golden West" 



DAHLIA, Mrs. Shepherd's Giant Cactus, 

 "Monarch of Dahlias." A most beautiful, 

 deep, velvety red variety. For descrip- 

 tion and cut, see plant list. 10c pkt. 



Large Flowering Dwarf Single, "Giants 

 of California." A strain of very hand- 

 some single dahlias, that grow into round 

 bushy plants 2 feet high. The flowers are 

 very large, with long stems. Colors, scar- 

 let, crimson, pink, orange, yellow, poire 

 white, and variegated. 10c pkt. 



Imperialis, The Giant "Lily Dahlia." 



The most beautiful of all varieties. 

 Blooms the first year from seed. For 

 description see plant list. 15c pkt. 



DAISY. Improved Shasta. Flowers 3 to 

 3y 2 inches in diameter, on long slender 

 stems. They have two rows of broad, 

 snowy white petals that last a long time 

 in perfection. Blooms from seed the first 

 year. Fine for cut flowers. Hardy per- 

 ennial. 10c pkt. 



DIANTHUS, Giant Flowered Japanese, 

 "Oriental Beauties." The flowers possess 

 that artistic charm, so noticeable in all 

 flowers from the Flowery Kingdom. 

 They range in color from pure white, 

 through all shades of pink and crimson. 

 Hardy and perpetual bloomers. 10c pkt. 



MRS. SHEPHERD'S GIANT ESCH- 

 SCHOLTZIAS, Golden West. Grand 

 Eschscholtzias, having bright, canary- 

 yellow flowers, with a large orange blotch 

 at the base of each petal. The flowers 

 are from 4 to 6 inches in diameter, with 

 very large overlapping petals, often deli- 

 cately waved at the edges. They are 

 beautifully and variously formed; some 

 flat and wide open, some saucer-shaped; 

 others very deep with flaring edges. 10c 

 pkt.; three pkts., 20c. 



ERYTHRINA Crista Galli. Coral Tree. 



Attains a great size in California; the 

 spikes of large red, pea-shaped flowers 

 are grand. 10c pkt. 



FUCHSIA. Saved from a beautiful collec- 

 tion of named sorts. Fuchsias bloom 

 from seed in about six months or a 

 year. Double and single mixed. 15c pkt. 

 Cape Fuchsia, Phygelius Capensis. A 

 distinct new species, blooming from May 

 to late autumn. It bears long spikes of 

 showy scarlet flowers, tubular in form. 

 5 c pkt. 



GERANIUMS. Mrs. Shepherd's Grand 

 Zonale, "Good Venture Strain." The 



flowers are large and round, perfect 

 form with splendid trusses, some 

 forming balls 16 inches in circumference. 

 Colors, shades of scarlet and crim- 

 son, rose pink, salmon, cream, veined 

 pink, and pure white. Many varie- 

 ties of the Souvenir de Mirande type, 

 greatly enlarged and improved, new 

 auriole types with lovely rings and large 

 white eyes. A finer collection has never 

 been offered. 10c pkt. 



UVALDI, TEXAS, May 16, 1905. 

 Dear Madam: 



I find that your geranium seeds three 

 years ago, gave me about 20 or 25 really 

 fine plants to the paper of seed. Some of 

 the florets were measured, 2% and 3 inches' 

 was not unusual. I raised perfect Madam 

 Bruant, Madam Modjeska and others in 

 beautiful variety. 



Dast month I ordered two packets of 

 seed for any daughter, which we received 

 within a week, and we now have 20 fine 

 plants and others are coming. . . . 

 With sincere respect, 



(MRS.) LAURA C. SMITH. 



Double. Choice mixed. 15c pkt. 



Bronze and Gold. 10c pkt. 



Ivy Leaf. Double. Splendid mixed, 

 15c pkt.; single mixed, 10c pkt. 



Apple Scented. 10c pkt. One packet 

 of each of the above sorts' of Geraniums, 

 50c. 



GYPSOPHILA Muralis^ Pink and Elegans. 



White. Dwarf annuals of compact 

 growth. Height l 1 /- feet, useful for edg- 

 ings. Each 5c pkt. 



Paniculata. A graceful hardy plant, 

 fine for bouquets; flowers in featherly 

 white panicles; height 1V 2 feet. 5c pkt. 



