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



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." 



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NEW MARGUERITE COSMOS. 



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." 



