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



BRILLIANT CAINNAS. 



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

 fine large seedlings of my own. The plants range from 22 inches to 3^2 feet in 

 height, they have very largo flowers, of grand colors — splendid yellow, rich or- 

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

 mon red streaked with copper, and cardinal. Some flowers have 4 or 5 petals. The 

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

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



Madame Crozy. One of the very best. Pkt. 10c. 



Queen Charlotte. Bright scarlet, with a verv broad solden-vellow margin. 

 Pkt 10c. 



Alphonse Bouvier. Best crimson canna. The finest of its color. Pkt 10c. 



Madame Alleniagny. A rare and lovely orange color, spotted velvety 

 brown. Pkt 10c. 



CASSIA Arteniisoides . This fine plant is very distinct and beautiful, dif- 

 ferent from anything else 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 cloud-like 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. Pkt 15c; 2 pkts 25c. 



CAEXATIOXS. (Perpetual or monthly.) Carnations growto the greatest per- 

 fection in California. Their magnificent flowers, long stems, beautiful forms, rich 

 colors, and delightful fragrance, make them wonderfully attractive. Pkt 25c. 



Marguerite. Splendid mixed. A charming strain that blooms the first year 

 from seed. Though not as fragrant and beautiful as the monthly carnation, yet it 

 is very satisfactory and popular. Pkt 10c. 



CITCIjAMEX Giganteuni. Giant fiowered cyclamen. Splendid flowers of 

 great beauty. Pure white, pkt 20e ; red 20c; mixed 15c. 



CALENDULA. "Pot Marigold." Splendid mixed. Pkt 5c. 



CEEOSIA. "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 12 inches high, and in California 

 keeps its splendor until late December. Crimson and orange color. Pkt 10c : 

 two 15c. 



CANDYTITT. "Empress." Pure white, Pkt 5c. 



CLIAXTHUS PLXACEUS. Not new, but rare. It can be'trained in bush 

 form or to climb. The foliage is finely divided, and the flowers hang in clusters 

 on a thread-like stem: they are large, of a most vivid scarlet color, and shaped 

 like a parrot's beak. Very showy and beautiful. Pkt 10c. 



SUPERB DAHLIAS. 



Dalilia. Tall, single varieties, mixed, pkt 5c. 



Cactus. Splendid mixed. Pkt 10c. 



Double. Very choice mixed. Pkt 10c. 



ImperialiS. The most beautiful of all dahlias. It grows 10 to 12 feet high 

 and bears panicles of elegant, lily-like flowers, measuring S inches from tip to 

 tip of petals. The color is a delicate mauve, almost white, veined with old pins, 

 and with a ring of pink around the orange -yellow center. It blooms from seed 

 the first year. Pkt 15e : 2 pkts 25c. 



