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R. & J. FARQUHAR 6f CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE. 



Farquhar's Early Flowering Cosmos. 



No. Pkt. 



COSnOS. This is one of our most useful and beautiful 

 autumn flowers. To get it in bloom early, the seed 

 should be sown in May in the open ground where the 

 plants are desired to bloom, and the seedlings allowed 

 to grow and flower without being transplanted. 



3032 Farquhar's Early=Flowering Hybrids. The 



earliest strain of Cosmos in existence, if sown in May 

 in the open ground, it usually blooms by the first or 

 second week in July. The colors include pure white 

 shades of lilac, rose and crimson. Our seed is grown in 

 Massachusetts and has frequently ripened and been 

 gathered before the ordinary Cosmos had begun to 

 bloom. Finest mixed .."••... Ounce, $1.25 .10 



3033 Farquhar's Early=Flowering Pink. " 1 50 .15 

 3034 White « 1 25 .10 



3036 Mammoth, Finest Mixed. The largest-flowered 

 class, flowers usually four inches across, Ounce, $1.00 .05 



3037 - Pink '. . « ' l 00 10 



3038 - Red . « i.oo .10 



3039 — White « 1 00 .10 



COWSLIP. See Primula A caulis, No. 67S5. 



No. Pkt. 



3065 CREPIS. (Tolpis, or Hawk Weed.) Hardy annuals; 



purple and yellow. Two feet. Finest mixed 05 



CUCUMBER ORNAMENTAL. See Echinocystis, 

 No. 3500. 



CUPHEA. (Cigar Plant.) Half-hardy perennials, 

 useful as bedding and border plants. They are easily 

 grown and flower the first season from seed. 



3070 Miniata Compacta. Scarlet. One foot 1& 



3075 Playcentra. Scarlet and purple. One foot 10 



3085 Strigulosa. Yellow and red. One foot 10> 



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Fair lawn, Newport, R. I., J an. 7 

 Messrs. R. &°J. Farquhar & Co., 



Dear Sirs : — / am very much pleased with your new Early- 

 Flowering- Cosmos. It commenced to bloom about t/ie first of July 

 and continued until frost. The flowers are of large size and fin* 

 colors. It h decidedly the most useful Cosmos I have met with. 

 Yours very truly, P. V- 



Seeds of Perennial Plants. 



Hardy Perennial Plants are becoming more and more popular. 

 Seeds of the most desirable sorts are offered throughout this list 

 of Flower Seeds. 



