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



CHRYSANTHEMUM. Perennial Varieties. Pkt 10c. 



Latifoliiiin Maximum. The ''Great White Moon Penny Daisy." 

 One of the finest hardy perenriials, forming bushy plants 2 to 4 feet 

 high, with large pure white flowers 3 inches across: splendid for decora- 

 tive purposes and fine for bouquets. Pkt 5e. 



CINERARIA. Very choice mixed. Single packet, 10c. 



BEAUTIFUL CORN FLOWERS. 



Centaurea. "Blue Bottle." or "Corn Flower." Is one of the most 

 attractive 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 2 to 3 feet. Pkt 5c. 



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

 Pkt 5c. 



Kaiser Willielm. Of a rich deep blue color. Pkt 5e. 



Xew dcmble. So perfect that fully SO per cent, of the flowers are 

 double and semi -double. Pkt 10c. 



>>w Dwarf Blue Victoria. The compact and bushy plants. 6 to 9 

 inches high, present a mass of foliage and profusion of graceful azure-like flow- 

 ers. In full bloom one month after sowing seed. Pkt 10c. 



CAXARY BIRD VTNTE . A rapid growing summer climber, with very pretty 

 foliasre and golden-yellow flowers, resembling a canary bird with expanding wings. 

 Pkt ^5c. 



CAXLA IjILiY. Pkt 5c. Calla spotted Leaf , pkt 10c 



CARDIOSPERMUM Halicaeabum. 'Balloon Vine." A very pretty 

 and graceful annual climbing plant. Pkt 5c. 



MRS. SHEPHERD'S GRAND NEW FANCY COSMOS. 



"The Finest 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 A'entura the gardens of Mrs. Theodosia 

 B. Shepherd 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. 2 inches across, to monster blossoms from -4 

 to 5 inches in diameter. I counted 35 varieties in her gardens yes- 

 terday. Mrs. Shepherd is quick to see possibilities and is developing 

 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 3 feet high, 3 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 5 feet high, no 

 limbs have split and fallen, as in so many other cosmos." 



New Early Blooming. Grand Fancy Cosmos. The flowers are surpass- 

 ingly beautiful. In the mixture are immense flowers, measuring from -4 ^ to 5 

 inches across, in white, pink, mauve and crimson. Some are shaped like single 

 camellias, but large and more beautiful: some of the crimson. ones could almost 



