10 MRS. THEODOSIA B. SHEPHERD'S ANNUAL CATALOGUE. 



CENTAUREA, Blue Bottle, or Bachelor's Button. Is one of the most attrac- 

 tive of all hardy annuals, the graceful beauty of its old-fashioned flowers being 

 universally admired. A hardy annual of the easiest growth, and flowers freely; 

 height two to three feet. 5 cts. pkt. 



CYANUS, nixed. Including dark and light blue, purple, pink, rose, white, etc. 

 5 cts. pkt. 



C. Kaiser Wilhelm. Of a rich deep blue color. 5 cts. pkt. 



C. New double, mixed colors. So perfect that fully 80 per cent, of the flowers are 

 double and semi-double. 10 cts. pkt. 



C. New Dwarf Blue Victoria. The compact and bushy plants, six to nine inches 

 high, present a mass of foliage and profusion of graceful azure-blue flowers. 

 In full bloom one month after sowing seed. 10 cts, pkt. 



CANARY BIRD VINE. A rapid growing summer climber, with very pretty foliage 

 and golden yellow flowers, resembling a canary bird with expanded wings. 5 cts. 

 pkt. 



CALLA LILLY. 5 cts. pkt. Calla, spotted leaf, 10 cts. pkt. 

 COSnOS. Splendid mixed. 5 cts. pkt. Red mixed. 10 cts. pkt. 



C. "Mammoth Perfection." Double the size of the old variety. "Erlinda" 

 (white). "Roseta" (pink), 10 cts. each, two sorts 15 cts., mixed mammoth per- 

 fection, 10 cts. pkt. * 



COLEUS. There are few seeds more easily grown than coleus. A packet of seed 

 will bring many new and pretty varieties. They can be planted in cigar boxes, 

 and transplanted when the second leaves are formed, into larger boxes. When 

 three or four inches high they can be potted off or transplauted into the garden. 

 Splendid mixed 10 cts. pkt. 



Lajge Flowering Dwarf French Cannag. 



CANNA, "Good Venture" Strain. Saved from a beautiful collection of very fine 

 large seedlings of my own. The plants range from 22 inches to 3)4 feet in height; 

 they have very large flowers, of grand colors — splendid yellow, rich orange, 

 spotted red, deep carmine, flaming scarlet deeply margined with gold, salmon-red 

 streaked with copper, and cardinal. Some flowers have four or five petals. The 

 foliage is rich and. handsome, various shades of green, dark red streaked with 

 greenish yellow, plain green and dark maroon. Splendid mixed, 10 cts. pkt. 



C. "HADAM CROZY." One of the very best. 10 cts. pkt. Splendid mixed, 

 5 cts. pkt. 



CASSIA Artemisoides. This fine plant is very distinct and beautiful, different from 

 anything else commonly seen in our gardens. It branches near the ground, 

 forming a round bush 3 or 4 feet high. The flowers are yellow, on slender stems. 

 The skeleton-like foliage is of a silvery-gray green, and has a cloudlike effect, 

 which is very attractive. It is fine for decoration, very handsome for single 

 specimens, and would be very picturesque as a border for a driveway, a dividing 

 line or hedge. It makes a very pretty pot plant. 15 cts. pkt. ; 2 pkts. 25 cts. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM. Perennial varieties, all classes, choice mxd. 10 cts. pkt. 



CALENDULA, or Pot Marigold. Splendid mxd. 5 cts. pkt. 



CELOSIA, Ostrich Feather. One of the most beautiful and showy annuals, that 

 has been introduced for years, and that deserves all the praise that has been 

 given it. It is exquisitely beautiful on close examination, and at a distance is a 

 mass of brilliant color. It blooms when only twelve inches high and in Califor- 

 nia keeps its splendor till late December. Crimson, and Orange color. 10 cts each. 



