CV[RS. THEOCOSia g. {SHEPHERD'S 



^oVeltfes and specialties. 



plants, Seeds, ^acti and §uccul^r\fs for 186)8. 



ABUTILONS. New Fancy California "Bellfiowers." Flower lovers 

 will be delighted with the great variety of charming flowers produced by 

 this new strain of "The Chinese Bellflower." The flowers are of all 

 sizes and forms. There are beautiful drooping bells, gay little parachutes, 

 dainty swinging flowers on thread-like stems, large, flaring blossoms, 

 flowers crinkled like crape, others shining like satin, and some so full as 

 to be almost double. They are all colors, — pure white, lemon-yellow, 

 rose, scarlet, crimson, as well as yellow and red shades beautifully veined. 

 The foliage is of all sizes, shapes, and textures. On some plants the 

 leaves are so small and the blossoms so brilliant that there seem to be 

 more flowers than leaves. Extra selected 50 cts. per pkt , $4 per oz. ; 

 grand mixed, $3 per oz.; choice mixed, $2 per oz. 



Hrs. Shepherd's Grand New Early Blooming Fancy 

 Cosmos. 



The following is an extract from an interview with W. Atlee Burpee, 

 the well-known Philadelphia seedsman, taken from the Los Angeles 

 Evening Express of May 19th: 



"I have just been visiting in Ventura the garden of Mrs. Theodosia 

 B. Shepherd of that point. 



"Mrs. Shepherd has the finest Cosmos in the world. It has never 

 been equalled. 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 garden yesterday. Mrs. Shepherd is 



