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Twelve 

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Choice Flower Seeds. 



X. Giant Cyclamen.— Charming 

 plants, with beautiful foliage, rich, 

 colored fragrant flowers; universal 

 5hK| favorites for "Winter and Spring bloom- 



ing. The Giganteum varieties have 

 large leaves and stout flower stalks, 

 throwing the flowers well above the 

 foliage. Seed may be sown any time 

 during the Autumn or Spring in shal- 

 low boxes (2 inches deep) at a tempera- 

 ture of 60 degrees. As soon as the 

 seedlings have made two leaves, trans- 

 plant into 2-inch pots and place on shelf 

 near the light, but shaded from direct 

 sunlight; shift into 3-inch size, and into 

 larger as the operation becomes 

 necessary. 



21. Carnation (Giant Margaret, or 



Malmaison.) — Without exception these 



are most abundant bloomers of all 



Carnation Pinks. The flowers are of 



brilliant colors, ranging through many 



beautiful shades of red, pink, white, 



variegated, etc.; they are of perfect 

 form and large size. Those sown in the Spring 

 commence flowering in early Summer, and 

 continue to bloom m lavish profusion until 

 checked by frost. They can be potted and 

 taken in the house and will flower abundantly 

 throughout the "Winter, though if intended 

 specially for Winter flowering it will be better 

 to sow later in the season. The plants are 

 compact and robust in habit, supporting them- 

 selves without the use of unsightly stakes. 

 PKts. 2c, 5c 10c and 25c. 



22. CocKscomb, or Celosia. (Feathered 

 Thompsoni.l — The largest, most magnificent variety. Highly orna- 

 mental plants, producing crested heads of flowers, somewhat resem- 

 bling a cock's comb. There are many shapes and colors, but of all 

 colors the scarlet and crimson are the most brilliant and rich; ten- 

 der annual. The dwarf varieties are 1 foot high. 



23. Dusty Miller Centaurea. (Cadissima.)— This is the best 

 variety, having silvery white leaves, broadly cut. Fine for bedding, 

 vases, hanging baskets, pots, etc. 



24. Bachelor's Button, or Centaurea Cyanus.— This is the 28 - CLEMATIS VINE 



v.- », -f tv, widely known and ever popular "Corn Flower" or "Corn Bottle," 



which if the seed is sown just as soon as the ground is fit in Spring, will furnish a profusion of 

 white, blue and pink flowers from July until late in the Autumn. Hardy annual. Two or three feet high. 



25. Cineraria Hybrida, Prize Strain. — Cannot be surpassed either for size of flowers or beauty of color. Many blooms measures inches in 



^* chrysanthemum. (Eclipse Chameleon.)— New variety of the showy garden annual type, producing very large single flowers of changeable 



colors. When they first open the black-purple centre is surrounded with a yellow ring, which is again zoned with crimson, while the outer 

 margin 01 the flower is of a coppery bronze color. In a few days the coppery shade gradually changes to yellow. As the plants continuously 

 produce many flowers, and as they are in all stages of maturity, the color effect is greatly varied and pleasantly contrasted. 



27. Clarnia. — Very pretty, free flowering of easy cultivation. They make a beautiful bed, are useful as edging plants or for vases or hanginjj 

 baskets. Large flowers of ditierent colors. 



28. Clematis Vine. (Paniculata,) (Japanese Virgin's Bower.)— Rapid growing climbers, fine for arbors and verandas; the large flowers are 

 very handsome. Soak the seeds in w arm water for 24 hours before sowing; hardy perennials. 



29. Cobae Scandens Vine. — A climber of rapid growth, valuable for covering trellises, arbors, trunks of trees, etc. Place seeds edgewise and 

 merely cover with light soil. 



30. Convolvulus Major Vine. (Climbing' Morning Glory.)— Finest mixed and double. One of the most free-flowering and rapid-growing 

 plants in cultivation, thriving in almost any situation; the beauty and delicacy of their brilliant flowers are unsurpassed; hardy annuals; 15 feet. 



31. Convolvulus Minor. (Mauritanicus.) Dwarf Morning Glory.— Dwarf plants of trailing, branching habit, each plant occupying a space 

 of two feet. At mid-day they are completely covered with mass of brilliant, many colored blossoms, which remain open 'till evening in clear 

 weather; half hardy annual; 1 foot high. 



32. Coreopsis. (.Lanceolata Grandiflora.) California Sunbeams. These lovely improved varieties are much larger and more beautiful than 

 any heretofore offered; the flowers are exquisitely formed, some saucer-shaped, others cupped, delicately incurved, while some are quite flat, 

 others like great buttercups. The petals are broad, with plain, round edges, in some flowers; in others they are pinked, toothed or irregular fringed; 

 some are semi-double; in many the petals are daintily curled. They vary in color from pale light yellow to orange yellow, some of them being 

 darker in shade around the eye. The stems are long and the flowers keep fresh in water for a week or ten days. 



33. Cosmos Early Summer Flowering Dawn. (Also California Imp. Dwarf Golden Cosmos.)— These Cosmos have developed into some of our 

 most beautiful garden annuals, and have been appropriately called "The Glory of Autumn." Unfortunately, they do not bloom until quite late, 

 and sometimes in colder Northern States early frost catches them before they are fully in flower. These new strains of early flowering Cosmos, 

 which we have been working up for several years, begins to bloom scatteringly in June, the quantity increasing gradually until August, and from 

 that time until frost the plants are a mass of flowers. The plants are dwarfer than the late flowering Cosmos, forming compact bushes only 4 feet high. 

 Colors are white, crimson, pink, golden yellow, which we offer only in mixtures. PKts. 2c, 5c, 10c and 25c. 



34. Mammoth Cosmos. (All Colors.) — Flowers grow much larger than the ordinary variety; plants grow 5 to 6 feet high, making very rapid 

 growth, with a mass of elegant foliage, until they bloom in August. From September until frost 



each plant will be covered with hundreds of showy blooms, 8 to 12 inches in circumference. 

 Flowers are pure white flesh color, light pink and deep rose, each has a delicate yellow centre. 

 For cutting for boquets and vases this is one of the finest flowers grown, lasting in water two 

 weeks; the long stem and feathery foliage are very easily arranged to make an artistic boquet. 

 See Photo, page 46. PKts. 2c, 5c, 10c and 25c. 



35. Cypress Vine, Red.— A most beautiful climber, with delicate, dark green, feathery foliage, and 

 in abundance of bright, star shaped rose and scarlet blossoms, which in the bright sunshine 

 present a mass of beauty. Tender annual; 15 feet high. 



36. Cypress Vine, White.— The white variety is usually grown with the red, thus making a 

 beautiful effect, while contrasting sc nicely. 



37. Mixed Cypress Vine.— Delicate climbers and abundant bloomers, for windows, baskets, 

 vases and trellises, or for open ground in Summer. 



XXX. Geranium.— Well-known plant, for either pot-culture or bedding, 14 inches high. Although 

 perennials, thej' will produce nice, bushy plants and flower frem seed grown the same season. 



38. Dahlia Superb Mixture. -Single Giant Perfection, new; the Seed produces a high propor- 

 tion of very large flowering plants. Single cactus new varieties. Single striped and spotted. 

 Double large flowering mixed. All the above varieties are in our superb mixture at 2c a paper. The 

 Dahlia is one of our best Autumn flowering plants blooming the first year from seed if planted 

 ;arly. For Dahiia Roots see Page 55. PKts. 2c, 5c. 10c and 25c. 



39. LarKspur.— (Delphinium Perennial). (Chinese Grandiforum). One of our most showy and 

 lardy useful plants, possessing every requisite for adornment of the garden. Producing splendid 

 •pikes of flowers in profusion throughout Summer. Sown early, they bloom the first year from seed. 



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37. MIXED CYPRESS VINE. 



