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GIANT PERSIAN CYCLAMEN. 



Flowers of extraordinary size, and of great substance. The leaves are proportionately large and 

 beautifully marked. These are among the most beautiful winter and spring flowering plants for the 

 window and greenhouse. Not only are the flowers of striking beauty, but the foliage is also highly 

 ornamental. The colors range through shades of pink, crimson, white, spotted, etc. Most of them 

 are, moreover, delicately fragrant. (See cut.) 



Giant White Pkt. 25 



Giant White, with Bed Eye 25 



Giant Rose 2r 



Giant White, Spotted Bed Pkt. 25 



Giant Dark Blood-red 25 



Giant Mixed Colors 20 



CRESTED CYCLAMEN. (See rut.) Flowers white, with a strikingly distinct crest or feather of 

 the same color upon the face of each pet.-il 1'kt. 50 



DOUBLE-FLOWERING CYCLAMEN. Mixed Colors. {See cut.) The (lowers have usually 

 8 to 10 petals, often 12 to 15. which are more spreading than in single varieties. The strain is not 

 yet quite fixed, but produces a sufficient proportion of doubles to justify us in offering it.... Pit. 35 



Persicum (Old Type), Finest Mixed Colors. Very profuse 10 



CREPIS, or " Hawk's Beard." 



Mixed Colors. Pretty dwarf annuals, deserving a place In every garden, of easy culture, blooming 

 in profusion; excellent for cutting. 1 foot Pkt. 5 



CROTOLARIA RETUSA. 



{Golden Bush Pea, or Florida Rattlebox 

 A beautiful annual, with rich golden yellow Sweet Pea-lik© 

 flowers, often 40 blossoms on one spike. It blooms profusely 

 throughout the summer and until killed by frost. It Is a low 

 branching plant. The flowers are followed by pods, in 

 which, when shaken, the seeds sound like a child's rattle. 

 It is best to start the seeds in the window or hot bed . first 

 soaking them in warm water. Price, 10c. per pkt. 



CYPRESS VINE. 



Summer-climbing annuals, with feathery foliage and 

 star-shaped flowers, borne in clusters. 15 to 20 feet. 



White Pkt. r> I Bose Pkt. 5 



Scarlet 5 | Mixed Colors 5 



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DATURA. 



Strong-growing ornamental annuals, with very 

 large and shewy flowers, making handsome plants, 

 2 to 3 feet high, for flower beds or borders. 

 "Cornucopia." A magnificent variety; stems 



dark purplish maroon. The flowers average 8 



inches long by 5 inches across the mouth, the 



interiors being glistening French white, with 



purple exteriors. Delightfully fragrant. ..Pkt. 10 

 "Ebony and Gold." Dark purplish stems. The 



flowers average 8 inches long by 5 inches across 



the mouth, and are fo 



growing one within the 



rich golden yellow 



purplish black exterior 

 Double Golden. (Chlorantha n. pi.) Large 



double golden yellow flowers; very fragrant 5 



Fastuosa n. pi. Double mixed colors 5 



ormed of 2 to 3 flowers N 



other, the interiors being t 



ntrasting with the shiny |^ 



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i/n.llL/in.« VARIETIES. 



Although perennials, these will flower freely 

 the same season from seed. 4 to 6 feet. 

 Choice Double Mixed, Many colors. .Pkt. 10 

 Pompone, Double Mixed. Small flowering. 10 

 Cactus Dahlia, Mixed Colors. Double 

 flowers, the petals being quilled and curved 

 loosely and gracefully arranged in large double 

 oval heads of bloom io 



TOM THUMB 8SS3.. 



Dwarf and compact, attalnlnga helghtof only 

 2% feet. The flowers are double, of the Cactus 

 style. Mixed Colors Pkt. 10 



SINGLE DAHLIAS. 



From their grace and beauty are much used for 



cut flowers; handsome bedding plants, flowering 



in great profusion in a large variety of colors. 



Reed sown in springwill produce plantsthat bloom 



from August until frost. 2 to 4 feet. 



Single Large-flowering, Mixed. Many colors!; 



Belt-Striped and spotted Pkt. 5 



Tom Thumb Dahlias. Little compact bushy 

 plants, only about 12 inches high by 24 inches across. 

 They produce, in great abundance, flowers in the mosl 



unique and exquisite colors and combinations 10 



Giant Perfection. This splendid strain surpasses all 



other varieties in enormous size of flowers, which measure 



from 4 to T>Vi inches across. Mixed Colors 15 



or "HARDY 

 LARKSPURS." 



Handsome and well-known hardy perennials, with splendid flowers 



and curiously cut leaves; for permanent beds and borders they axe 



indispensable. (See cut.) 



Grandiflorum flore pleno. Flowers in long spikes, very double, and of rare beauty for 



cutting. Charming colors, ranging through shades of blue from porcelain and white to 



violet. (See cut.) Pkt. 15 



Zalil ("Hardy YellowLarkspur"). Sulphur yellow, plant of branching habit, bearing spikes 

 of 40 to 50 blossoms, each 1 inch In diameter, flowering from June until Aug. 3to4 ft.. .10 



Le Mastodonte ("Giant Bee Larkspur"). Large blue flowers. 3 to 6 feet 10 



Formosum. Blue, white centre. 2 to 3 feet 5 



Pillar of Beauty ( D. formosum ccelestinum). An unusually pretty color — a delicate azure 



or sky blue, so bright and pretty a shade that it has to be seen to be appreciated 10 



Nudicaule. Large scarlet flowers. IV2 feet 10 



Speciosum, var. Glabratum. Handsome new hardy perennial Larkspur, 3 ft. high; 



large clusters of spurred, star-like flowers, IV2 to 2 inches across, dark azure blue 15 



Finest Mixed Single Hybrids 5 



(For annual varieties, see Larkspurs, page 100.) 



DIGITALIS, or Foxglove. 



Hardy perennial plants of the easiest culture ; long spikes of large, showy flowers, ranging 

 through shades of purple, white, rose, yellow; some beautifully spotted. 3 to 5 feet high. 



Mixed Colors Pkt. 5 Spotted Varieties, Mixed Pkt. 10 



Monstrosa, Mixed. Long spike of many flowers surmounted with one enormous flower; 



novel and beautiful. {See cut.) 10 



DELPHINIUM, 



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