14 THEODOSIA B. SHEPHERD COMPANY. 
CLIANTHUS PUNICEUS. Not new, butrare. It can be trained 
in bush form or to climb. ‘The foliage is finely divided, and the flowers 
hang in clusters on thread-like stems. They are large andof a most vivid 
scarlet color, and shaped like a parrot’s beak. A perennial shrub. very 
showy and beautiful. 10c. pkt. 
MRS. SHEPHERD'S GIANT CACTUS DABLIA, “Monarch 
of Dahlias.” This beantiful Dahlia was named by Mr. Williams, of the 
San Francisco Examiner, when visiting in Ventura, in honcr of that paper 
the ‘‘Monarch oi the Dailies.’’ The flowers are large, loose. very esthetic 
in form, and measure six or more inches across; the petals are very broad; 
the color deep, rich, dark red, having a beautiful bloom like velvet; Howers 
are borne on long stems, and are fine for cutting. The plants begin 
blooming very early in the summer and continue until lateautumn, giving 
a brilliant show for three or four months. 10c. pkt. 
MRS. SHEPHERD’S LARGE. FLOWERING DWARF, 
SINGLE DAHLIAS. “Giants of California.” A strain of beautiful 
single dahlias, that grow into round, bushy plauts, two to three feet high. 
The flowers are very large and of perfect form, with long stems: all plain, 
shades of color in scarlet, crimson, pink, orange, yellow, with their various 
tints, pure snowy-white and cream, and variegated flowers in infinite 
variety. They bloom when only 10 to 12 inches high, and make a bed of 
gorgeous color, that attracts great attention; they bloom from early 
autumn until late fall. 10c. pkt. 
Single. Tall varieties; mixed. 5c. pkt. 
Cactus, Splendid mixed. 10¢. pkt. 
Double. Very choice mixed. 10c. pkt. 
Imperialis, ‘The Giant Lily Dahlia.”” The most beautiful of 
all Dahlias. It grows 10 to 12 feet high, and bears panicles of elegant lily- 
like flowers, measuring 8 inches from tip to tip of petal Thecolorisa 
delicate mauve, almost white, veined with old pink, and with a ring of 
pink around the orange-yellow center. It blooms from seed the first year. 
15c. pkt.; two pkts. 25c. 
GIANT FLOWERED JAPANESE DIANTHUS, “Oriental 
Beauties.” These splendid flowers measure 2 to 3% inches across, with 
petals 1% inches in diameter. They are exquisitely formed, the petals be- 
ing full, overlapping, crinkled and laciniated. The flowers possess that 
peculiar and artistic charm so noticeable in all plants from the Flowery 
Kingdom. They range in color from pure white, through shades of pink 
and crimson, many strikingly marked and variegated; the coloring and 
marking is rich beyond description: nothing could be more pretty and 
dainty than their charming ruffles and frills, They are perfectly hardy, 
are perpetual bloomers, needing only to be cut back occasionally for new 
growth. 10c pkt, 
