AQ Rk. & J. FARQUHAR & CO’S SEED CATALOGUE. 
Farquhar’s Early Flowering Cosmos. 
No. Pkt. 
COSMOS. 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. .** ° 
3033 Farquhar’s Early=Flowering Pink. New. . 
3034 — — White 
8036 Mammoth, Finest Mixed. The largest-flowered 
class, flowers usually four inches or more across. . . 
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COWSLIP. See Primula Acaulis, No. 6785. 
No Pkt. 
3065 CREPIS. (Tolpis, or Hawk Weed.) Hardy annuals; 
purple and yellow. Two feet. Finest mixed.... . 
CUCUMBER ORNAMENTAL. 
No. 3500. 
CUPHEA. (Cigar Plant.) MHalf-hardy perennials, 
useful as bedding and border plants. They are easily 
grown and flower the first season from seed. 
See LEchinocystis, 
3070 Miniata Compacta. Scarlet. Onefoot....... 15 
3075 Playcentra. Scarlet and purple. One foot. .... 10 
3085 Strigulosa. Yellow and red. One foot. ...... 10 
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Fairlawn, Newport, R.1.,Jan. 7, 1899. 
Messrs. R. & J. Farquhar & Co., 
Dear Sirs:—lam very much pleased with your new LEarly- 
Flowering Cosmos. It commenced to bloom about the first of July 
and continued until frost. The flowers are of large size and fine 
colors. It ts decidedly the most useful Cosmos I have met with. 
Vours very truly, Pe 
We carry the Most Extensive Stock of Choice Flower 
Seeds in the United States. 
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. 
