ASTER, QUILLED COMET. 
DAHLIA A’COLLERETTE. 
BELLIS, DELICATA. 
THE WORLD’S 
Abutilon, ‘‘Abundance.” A dwarf, compact-growing 
hybrid, producing in greatest profusion and con- 
tinuously large bell-like blossoms of crimson- 
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Ageratum, Dwarf Snowball. Large clusters of large 
snow-white blossoms, abundantly borne on dwarf 
plants; fine for bedding, edgings or pots................ + 20 
Amaranthus tricolor Marmoratus. A robust-growing 
“Joseph’s Coat,’’ with brilliantly colored foliage, 
green and yellow, marbled with carmine-red............-.. 20 
Antirrhinum majus grandiflorum, Queen Victoria. 
Unusually large flowers of brilliant white, freely pro- 
duced on long flower stalks; flowers the first season 
from seed ; splendid for garden decoration.................. 2 
Aster, Dwarf Hohenzollern. Crimson and white. A 
dwarf early-flowering Aster, with large double flowers 
of the Comet type; the twisted and curled petals are 
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Aster, Hohenzollern. Rose, also silver lilac. Mag- 
nificent double flowers 6 to 7 inches across, of best 
Comet form, plants compactly branching 22 to 24 
inches;hishis’either COLO! <diccstrescelececscnctsesccueseiaecaceteeees 2 
Aster, Dwarf Comet, Perfection. White, changing 
to rose. Early-flowering dwarf Aster, with double 
flowers, opening white, changing with age to blush, 
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Aster, Dwarf Comet, Empress Frederick. A dwarf, 
sturdy Comet Aster with purest white flowers 4 to 5 
inches across; of faultless form, splendid for either 
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Aster, Comet. Salmon-rose, edged white. Large 
Aster of the true Comet class. The large double 
flowers, of bright salmon-rose color, are tipped at the 
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Aster, Quilled Comet, ‘“‘Boutmy d’huart.’’ A very 
unique and beautiful large Comet Aster 2 feet high, 
producing large double flowers of rose color, con- 
trasting vividly with the white quilled petals that 
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Aster, Ostrich Feather. New colors. Of this beautiful 
large-flowering new class of double Asters we can offer 
the following new colors: light yellow, dark blue, 
“Malmaison” (blush and rose); white changing to 
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Aster, Perfection, ‘“Amethyst.”’ A large “pzony- 
flowered perfection”? Aster. The double flowers open 
white, changing color as they age to blue and finally 
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Aster, “Sunlight.” The grower claims this to be ‘ the 
first truly yellow Noble Aster.’’ It belongs to the 
chrysanthemum-flowered type, with flowers 3 to 4 
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Aster, Erfordia. An early-flowering, branching 
Aster, of erect habit, 15 to 18 inches high, with 
numerous side branches 8 to 10 inches long, each 
bearing a very double bright rose-colored flower, 114 
to 2 inches in diameter 
Aquilegia, ‘Helenae.” yhy ; J 
and healthy growth; large flowers of clear deep blue, 
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Aquilegia clematidea hybrida. A beautiful new type; 
large, flat, spurless single and double flowers, resem- 
bling Clematis both in form and colors....................+8 20 
Bellis perennis fl. pl., “Delicata.’’ A ch g new 
variety of the popular “Double Daisy,’’ with very 
double large flowers of rosy white with a crimson 
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Begonia tuberosa crispa. Mixed colors. A new and 
superior strain of tuberous Begonias with enormous 
single, semidouble and double flowers, the petals of 
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Begonia semperflorens hybrida fl. pl. New double- 
flowering form of this popular, free and profuse- 
blooming Begonia. Thecolors range from white to 
dark red; fine for pots or bedding 
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Calceolaria, ‘‘Pigmy.’’ A new type of these popular 
conservatory plants, growing but a few inches high 
and carrying hundreds of miniature blossoms; various 
colors, striped, mottled and shaded.................... Pkt. 35 
Carnations, Double. Giants of Nice. Magnificent new 
class of perpetual-flowered Carnations, blooming in 
great profusion six months after sowing and surpass- 
ing all other early-flowering classes of Carnations 
in size of flowers as also in diversity of colors. 
Novelty, of/sterlinge merit:-:\:<...-.-2-<---ssccereareetceseonteetninen 25 
Celosia spicata. A garden annual of unique beauty, 
growing in erect, pyramidal form 2% feet high, pro- 
ducivg numbers of heads of ‘‘Everlasting”’ flowers 3 
to 4 inches long and of silvery white color, tipped with 
bright rose. (See cut.)..... ee 
Chrysanthemum maximum praecox. Ve 
large-tlowered white Marguerite,commencing to bloom 
in Junefromearly and spring-sown seed; plantcompact 
and bushy and a prodigious bloomet....... ............0.-.. 20 
Clematis coccinea hybrida. Graceful hardy vines 4 
to 6 feet long, flowers open, bell-shaped, of a great 
variety of colors, shades and combinations, including 
white, crimson, orange, blue, purple, lavender, etc., 
usually with white throats. ..............-..secsssecsscssseecseeeees 20 
Clematis Jackmanii hybrids. Large beautiful single 
and double blossoms of many colors and shades ; seed 
germinates slowly ee 
Clianthus puniceus alba. ul pearly it 
flowering variety of the gorgeous ‘‘Parrot’s Bill” or 
Glory; Pea OfAus tralian woe. ccnsrtee stones trcecnrauceescasmens 35 
Cyclamen. Rose crested. A beautiful rose-colored 
companion to the white variety described on page 86....75 
Dahlia a’Collerette. A unique andcharming departure 
among the largesingle Duhlias; the flowers, of various 
colors, are strikingly adorned with acollar of small 
petals around thecentre. (See Cut.) .........s.cceeeeeeceeenee 25 
Dahlia, ‘“‘Miniature.’’ Early free-flowering single Dahlia 
plants of compact branching habit, only 5 to 8 inches 
high; the flowers are of various colors and produced 
freely from June until frOSt...........0.c0scocssecesecurccneceenccses 20 
Delphinium Sibiricum hybrids. A new type of the 
popular “hardy Larkspurs,”’ flowering the firstseason 
and producing magnificent flowers often 2% inches 
in diameter, borne in large trusses with the airy 
elegance of Orchids; the colors vary through shades 
of blue, from lavender to violet, etc., striped...... 25 
Dianthus Heddewigii Nanus. Very dwarf selection 
of large single-flowering, entireedged annual “Pinks’’; 
plants only 6 inches high, fine for edgings and dwarf 
bedding; usual range of colors and markings 
Dianthus laciniatis zonalis. New annual garden Piuks 
of compact growth; large single fringed flowers of 
bright salmon-red, broadly zoned around the centre 
With dark; Purple -..c-.cses-rersencecseterpsvacssnencsstomenansteepsenaae 20 
Dianthus laciniatis plenissimus giant. New annual 
garden Pinks bearing immense double fringed flowers 
of several beautiful colors and markings...... 
Dianthus chinensis laciniatus violaceus. 
and effective annual Pink, forming elegant bushes 
completely covered by the large, slightly fringed 
flowers of a bright violet COLOTP.................,s0eeeeseeeeeeeees 20 
Echeveria Desmentiana. Asuperior variety forridbbon 
and carpet bedding of unifcrm dwarf habit, pure 
silvery white color; comes true from seed.............--..--- 25 
Echinacea hybrids. Mixed colors. These beautiful 
varieties of the ‘“‘purple cone flower’? range in colors 
and shades from purple to carmine, terra cotta, sal- 
mon-rose, lilac, etc.; flowers large, sometimes 12 inches 
in diameter: plant 4% feet, hardy, showy for peren- 
MI Al DOLGOYS ieseseces cosnnccts cnecocsscrcctecscavcurcbenssccntsennet resent 25 
Erigeron hybrids. Mixed colors. Early summer- 
flowering, hardy perennials, 144 feethigh; large single 
flowers, 1% to 2 inches across, of colors and shades 
varying from white to rose, from yellow to dazzling 
orange, thrifty growers and of easy culture................ 15 
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