4 Mrs. Theodosia B. Shepherd's Wholesale Trade List. 



quick to see possibilities and is developing some wonderful things in her 

 garden." 



These giant flowers are surpassingly beautiful, measuring 4^- to 5 

 inches across. Some are shaped like single Camellias, but larger and 

 more beautiful; some of the crimson ones could almost be taken for 

 single Dahlias; white ones have plaited petals prettily fringed, resembling 

 the Romneya Coulterii, or California Tree Poppy. The petals are plain 

 in some flowers; in others pinked, toothed or fringed, and beautifully 

 overlapping. Colors range from pure white through shades of pink and 

 red. Tne latter are dark rich shades of red, shades heretofore unknown 

 in Cosmos. Some white ones are delicately flushed or flecked with pink 

 or mauve, and very beautiful flowers in pink and mauve have a dark red 

 ring around the eye. The daintiest, white, pink and flushed, have 

 lacinated petals, fringed to the center of the flower, and resemble 

 Marguerites, but are more beautiful and esthetic. The giant white are 

 especially handsome, with very large, broad petals; flowers of great 

 substance, almost as chaste and lovely as lilies. 25c. per pkt., 65c. per 

 oz., !|$?per ft. 



COSMOS, Giant Red, Pink and White. Separate. Flowers of perfect 

 form, great size and beauty; measuring 4| to 5 inches across. 35c. per 

 pkt., 75c. per oz., $^rper ft. 



"TINTS OF DAWN." Xew and distinct. White ground, finely 

 flecked or flushed with delicate pink; some are flushed much darker 

 around the eye than others; they are variously formed and are very 

 beautiful. 35c. per pkt.. $1 per oz., $10 per ft. 



"NEW MARGUERITE" COSMOS. Mixed. One of the prettiest 

 and daintiest varieties imaginable; flowers measure from 2^ to 3 inches 

 across; the petals are deeply and irregularly lacinated or fringed and 

 resemble Marguerites, but are much more esthetic and beautiful. 35c. 

 per pkt., $1 per oz., $12 per lb. 



"SINGLE DAHLIA FLOWERED" Crimson. Splendid flowers of 

 the deepest, richest shades of crimson, very large, resembling Single 

 Dahlias in shape; with age they take on a lighter shade, which adds 

 greatly to the effect, giving several different shades on one plant; the 

 contrast between the brilliant red flowers and the rich green of the 

 foliage is very beautiful. 75c. per oz., Wper ft. 



COSMOS, New Orange Colored. A variety said to have come from 

 Mexico, but which I received from the south. The foliage is much more 

 coarsely serrated than the ordinary Cosmos; the plants grow 4 to 5 feet 

 high and are covered with myriads of brilliant orange yellow flowers, 2 

 inches across. It seedo very sparingly. 5tJc T00TJ s>eed87$1.50 oz. Sluuk " 

 \ui«i liniifCn.^ fc t <£*£— 



Cosmos, New Improved Yellow. 



This pretty and useful Cosmos is greatly improved after two seasons 

 in California; the flowers are twice as large (about 2| inches in diameter), 

 with broader petals and the plants more upright in growth. It begins 

 blooming when very young, and blooms profusely and continuously, 



