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R. &> J-. FARQUHAR 6- CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE. 



Farquhar's Early Flowering Cosmos, 



See also Colored Illustration 

 on front page of cover. 



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 ciimson. Our seed is grown in 

 Massachusetts and has frequently ripened and been 

 gathered before the ordinary Cosmos had begun to 

 bloom. Finest mixed . . * * • 10 



8033 Farquhar's Early=Flowering Pink. New. . . .15 



3034 White 10 



3030 Mammoth, Finest Mixed. The largest-flowered 



class, flowers usually four inches or more across . . . .05 

 - Pink 10 



3038 — Red • • 10 



3039 — White 10 



COWSLIP. See Primula Acaulis, \o. G785. 



No. Pkt. 



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



purple and yellow. Two feet. Finest mixed 05 



CUCUMBER ORNAMENTAL. See Echinocyslis, 

 No. 3500. 



CU D HEA. (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 toot 15 



3075 Playcentra. Scarlet and purple. One foot 10 



3085 Strigulosa. Yellow and red. One foot 10 



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Fairlawn, Newport, R. I., Jan. 7, 1899. 

 Messrs. R. &>J. Farquhar &• Co., 



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

 Flowering Cosmos. It commenced to dloom about the first of July 

 and continued until frost. 'I lie flowers are of large size and fine 

 colors. It is decidedly tlte most useful Cosmos I have met with. 

 J 'ours 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. 



