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J. MANNS & CO.’S SELECTED FLOWER SEEDS. 
Chrysanthemums. 
Chryanthemums have de- 
servedly become very popular, 
They are showy and effec- 
tive in the garden, and 
very desirable for cut 
flowers. 
Elsie Walker. 
—Pkt., 5c. 
Double Coro- 
narium, Mixed.— 
Compact bushy growth 
eighteen inches if 
height. Flowers quit 
double, three-quarters 
to one inchin diameter, }\% 
shading from white and 
light lemon-yellow to 
rich deep orange. 
Hybidum.—Double, 
mixed. Pkg., 5c.; 0z., 25c. 
Cobaea.—(See Climbers. ) 
Cosmos. 
A handsome free flowering annual of earliest 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 about two feet apart, to allow them 
sufficient room in which to grow and branch freely. With 
us the new mammoth-flowered varieties blossom freely 
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 feetin height and continue in flower through- 
out the balance of the season. 
Pure White.—This is the original type, 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. 
PEt., 5c-3\0z., 25c:; 
Pure Pink.—This is similar, but of a beautiful soft 
shade of rose-pink. Pkt.,°5c.; oz., 25c. 
All Colors Mixed.—Besides the two preceding, this 
also contains flowers of deeper pink and crimson shadings. 
PkKt.,:5c.;"0z:, 20c. 
“Dawn.’’—A_ new early-blooming strain of dwarf 
growth, which begins to bloomin July and continues to 
flower throughout the season. The large circular flowers 
are of good size, delicately tinted with rose on a white 
ground. Plants are of compact bush growth, about four 
and a-half feet in height, but begin flowering when only 
two feet high. Pkt., 10c.; 0z., 40c. 
New Mammoth.—It is impossible to describe ade- 
quately the grand flowers 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 flowers of the same type. The 
dark crimson flowers frequently resemble those of a large 
single dahlia. Plants of this variety 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 tothe strong growth 
of this strain it is rather later in blooming than small- 
flowered types. Pkt., 5c.; 0z., 75c. 
Clarkia. 
(a) Pretty, profuse flowering annuals, much used for 
edging. They grow from nine inches to one and a-half feet 
in height, and their colors are confined mostly to red and 
white, separate and in combination. Useful for hanging 
baskets and vases. Pkt., 5c. 
Coleus. 
Probably there is no other kind of ornamental foliage 
plant so well known and universally admired as the Coleus. 
The leaves are of many shapes, shades and colors, and 
nearly all have a rich velvety appearance of extraordinary 
beauty. No yard should be without these decorative plants. 
Tender Perennial.—Mixed. Pkg., ic. 
Cyclamen. 
Well known and un1- 
versally admired, tuber- 
~ ous-rooted plants, produc- 
ing exceedingly hand- 
some red and white flow- 
ers. Tender perennial. 
One foot high. 
Persicum.—Mixed. 
Of great beauty and many 
colors. Pkt., 10c. 
Coreopsis. 
(Calliopsis. ) 
Very handsome and 
showy plants, with nu- 
merous flowers of brilliant 
colors and of long dura- 
Cyclamen. 
tionin bloom. Pkt., 5c., oz., 40c. 
Carnations and Picotees.— Pinks. 
The most magni- 
ficent of all the 
Pink family, and 
are general favor- 
ites for their deli- 
cious fragrance and 
richness of color. 
Z Seed may be sown 
— under glass in spring 
ZA ox in the open 
ground; protect dur- 
ing winter; half - 
hardy perennials. 
The seed we offer 
has been im- 
ported from the 
best sources in 
* Europe, and will 
produce many splen- 
did novelties in dou- 
ble and semi-double 
flowers. 
New Margaret 
Carnation.— The 
“7 flowers are of perfect 
form, large and sweet scented. The bril- 
liant colors range through many beauti- 
ful shades of red, pink, white, variegated, 
etc. Those sown in spring commence 
flowering in early summer and continue 
to bloom in profusion until checked by 
frost, when they can be potted and taken into the house 
and will flower all winter, though, if intended specially for 
winter flowering, it will be better to sow later in the season. 
The plants are abundant bloomers, quite dwarf, much 
branched, compact and robust in habit, stand upright with- 
out support. Pkg., 10c. 
Giant White.—Flowers very large and double; pure 
white, with only an occasional pink streak; plants short and 
stocky, with stiff stalks. Pkg., 10c. 
Double Dwarf Vienna.—Produces double, very 
sweet scented flowers in the largest variety of colors and in 
the greatest profusion. Witha light protection they stand 
the winter. Pkg., 5c. 
Early Red Grenadin.—For yielding a quantity of 
double red flowers; there is no outdoor Carnation that can 
equalit. It will live through the winter with little protec- 
tion. Pkg., 5c. 
