MRS. THEODOSIA B. SHEPHERD'S ANNUAL CATALOGUE. 



BEGONIA REX. These seeds are saved from a very choice collection of 

 beautiful Rex Begonias; every flower has been carefully cross-fertilized. Splendid 

 mixed, 25 cts. pkt. 40 cts for a packet of each sort. 



Mrs, Shepherd's Grand New Fancy Cosmos. 



"THE FINEST COSMOS IN THE WORLD." 



The following is an extract from an interview with W. Atlee Burpee, the well- 

 known Philadelphia Seedsman, taken from the Los Angeles Evening Express: 



"I have just been visiting in Ventura the gardens of Mrs. Theodosia B. Shep- 

 herd of that point. Mrs. Shepherd has the finest Cosmos in the world. It has never 

 been equaled. She has developed it herself from a small flower, two inches across to 

 monster blossoms from four to five inches in diameter. I counted thirty. five varieties 

 in her gardens yesterday. Mrs. Shepherd is quick to see possibilities and is develop- 

 ing some wonderful things in her gardens". 



A customer, Mrs. M. F. C. Pearce, of Louisiana, writes, April 17th: 



"My Cosmos from seeds you sent me were planted in the garden early in March 

 and now, not three feet high, three are in bloom. Can you beat this?" May 27th 

 the same customer writes: "My Cosmos from your seed are still blooming, not one 

 of the plants five feet high, no limbs have split and fallen, as in so many other 

 Cosmos." - 



New Marguerite Cosmos. 



