BELAIR MARKET AND HILLEN STREET, BALTIMORE, MD. 



33 - 



COSMOS. 



A handsome free-flowering annual of easiest culture, the 

 plants growing from four to six feet in height. Plants are 

 quite hardy, and seed should be sown thinly in drills, or two 

 to three seeds planted in a place where plants are to 

 grow early in Spring when trees are starting out in leaf. 

 When well started, tall-growing varieties should be thinned 

 out or transplanted to stand abovit two feet apart, to allow 

 them sufficient room in which to grow and branch freely. 

 With us the new mammoth-flowered varieties blossom free- 

 ly ly before severe frosts, but farther North where seasons are 

 " shorter we recommend planting only the new early-flower- 

 ing varieties, which with us begin to bloom in midsummer 

 when only two feet in height and continue in flower 

 throughout the balance of the season. 



Pure White. — This is the original t}'pe, having pure 

 white flowers. Flowers are not so large nor growth so 

 strong as in the improved varieties, but it begins to bloom 

 about two weeks earlier; they are very useful for cutting. 

 Per pkt , 5c ; oz., 25c. 



Pure Pink. — This is similar, but of a beautiful soft 

 shade of rose-pink. Per pkt., 5c.,; oz., 25c. 



All Colors Mixed. — Besides the two preceding, this 

 also contains flowers of deeper pink and crimson shadings. 

 Perpkt., 5c.; oz., 20c. 



"Dawn.*' — A new early-blooming strain of dwarf 

 growth, which begins to bloom in July and continues to 

 flower throughout the season. The large circiilar flowers 

 are of good size, delicately tinted with rose on a white 

 groiind. Plants are of compact bush growth, about four 

 and a half feet in height, bvit begin flowering when only 

 two feet high. Per pkt,, 10c. ; oz., 40c. 



-if^^^Hfi'^-'^la^^^^-iir^V^'f^ 



NEW MAMMOTH COSMOS. 



It is impossible to describe adequately the grand flow- 

 ers of this exquisite large-flowered type. They embrace 

 many shades of rich crimson and mauve, together with pure 

 white and white delicately tinted and clouded with pink 

 and rose. These are also monstrous white flowers with 

 flecked and serrated edges and with pink and crimson flow- 

 ers of the same type. The dark crimson flowers frequently 

 resemble those of a large single Dahlia. Plants of this va- 

 riety are of strong free-branching growth, generally six feet 

 in height; the dense growth of finely cut dark-green foliage 

 forms a splendid setting for the star-like flowers. Owing to 

 the strong growth of this strain it is rather later in blooming 

 than small-flowered types. Per pkt. 5c. ; oz. 75c. 



COLEUS. 



Probably there is no other kind of ornamental foliage 

 plant .so well known and universall}' admired as the Coleus. 

 The leaves are of many shapes, shades and colors, and 

 nearlj' all have a rich velvety appearance of extraordinar}' 

 beauty. No yard should be without these decorative plants. 

 Tender perennial. Packet, 5c. 



CYCLAMEN. 



Well known and uni- 

 versally admired tuber- 

 ous-rooted plants, pro- 

 diicing exceedingly hand- 

 some red and white flow- 

 ers. Tender perennial; 

 one foot high. 



Persieuni.^Mixed; 

 of great beauty- and many 

 colors. Pkt., 10c. 



COREOPSIS— (CazzwjMM.) 



Very handsome and 

 showy plants, with num- 

 erous flowers of brilliant 

 colors and of long duration 

 in bloom. Packet, 5c. Cyclamen. 



Cypress Vine. — See climbers. 



DAISY,-(36ellis perennls.) 



This is the beautiful little double Daisy of which the 

 poets have sung so sweetly. It grows but three inches high, 

 and bears a profusion of beautiful red and white flowers. 

 Makes a splendid edging, and is an early and persistent 

 bloomer. Pkt., 6c. 



DIANTHUS. 



(Chinese and Japanese Pinks.) 



These popular 

 biennials flower 

 freely the first 

 year from seed. 

 In most localities 

 the plants are 

 quite hardy and 

 produce even 

 larger and finer 

 flowers the sec- 

 ond year. Seed 

 should be sown 

 ■ thinly in shallow 

 drills when trees 

 are starting out 

 in leaf. When 

 well started, 

 voting plants 

 should be thinned 

 out or transplant- 

 ed, so that dwarf varieties may stand six inches apart and 

 the larger ones eight inches apart in the row. Plants begin 

 to bloom early in Summer and continue until destroyed by 

 hard frosts. 



Chinensis — {Double Chinese P«wfe). ^Compact plants, 

 with large clusters of small double flowers in a wide range 

 of colorings. Per 02;., 25c.; pkt., 5c. 



He(lde"wigrgii. — Finest single mixed. Very large 

 fringed single flowers, frequently two to three inches in 

 diameter, a very fine garden annual. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 50c. 



Eastern Queen. — Magnificent, large, single flowers, 

 two to four inches across. Finely fringed, beautifully 

 stained in rich shadings on silvery -white, each flower hav- 

 ing crimson center. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 50c. 



HARDY PERENNIAL PINKS. 



These are of great hardiness and bloom profusely during 

 the early Spring each year in the open ground. The plants 

 are of low-spreading growth, increasing in size from vear to 

 year. By reason of their great hardiness and habit of 

 blooming during the early Spring, they are greatlj' valued 

 for planting in cemeteries and for a supply of cut-flowers 

 early in Spring before the anntials commence to flower. 

 Seed should be sown thinly in drills earlj' in Spring when 

 the trees are .starting out in leaf. When well started, young 

 plants should be thinned out or transplanted to stand 

 twelve inches apart each way. 



Plumarius — (Clove Pink). — Finely fringed silvery- 

 white flowers, beautifully .shaded with light lavender-pur- 

 ple; strong clove fragrance; blooming in clu,sters on a long 

 stiff stem. Per pkt., 5c. 



Semperflorens. 



—Florists' Perpetual Pink. 



Large clu.sters of very double finely fringed snowy- 

 white flowers, on a tall, stiff stem. Strong clove fragrance, 

 desirable for cut flowers. Pkt., 5c. 



Eternal Flower. 



— ( Helichrys 11 m . ) 



These are very popular and desirable for Winter decor 

 ations, bouquets, wreaths, etc. They should be cut when 

 they come into full bloom, tied into bunches and dried in 

 the shade with their heads downward. 



Bractectum. — Double mixed. Packet, 6c( 

 Bractectuni. — Double red. Packet, 5c. 



PeVerf eW."^^^'^^" Feather. 



A highly ornamental golden yellow foliage plant, un 

 excelled for bedding; one and a half feet. Packet, 5c. 



Forget=Me=Not. 



-(Myosotis) 



Neat and beautiful little plants with star-like flowers,, 

 succeeding best in a shady, moist situation; half-hardy pe- 

 rennials; blooming the first year from seed if sown early. 

 Packet, 5c. 



8 LARGE 5-CENT PACKAGES OF FLOWER SEED FOR 25 CENTS. 



