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bearing very lovely flowers similar to the 
Forget-me-nots, but much larger and of 
finer color. Planted from April to June. 
ANTIRREINUM Majus. — Snapdragon.— 
Choice mixed. Showy plant of various 
colors. About two feet high. Sow from 
October till March. 
AQUILEGIA Columbine.—Hardy peren- 
nial, bearing exquisite flowers. Seed ean 
be planted in January or February. 
Mixed, 25 cents per package. 
BROWALLIA ELATA, Mixed.—A very 
profuse blooming annual, producing blue 
and white flowers. Planted in August. 
CHINESE WOOLFLOWER (Celosia 
Childissi.)—-Produces scores of branches 
bearing ball-shaped flowerheads of crimson 
color resembling a ball of wool. Planted 
February to August. 
FOXGLOVE (Digitalis.)—Old fashioned 
border plant. Produces very showy thim- 
ble-like or bell-shaped flowers, in mixed 
colors. Does well in cool, shady locations. 
Planted after danger of frost is over, about 
March. 
HIBISCUS Finest Mixed.—Shrub like 
plants growing from four tc six feet, bear- 
ing bright colored flowers. Planted Febru- 
ary to April. 
NEMOPHILA (Baby Eyes) 
Blue.—Hardy annual, easy culture, very 
effective for border. Thrives best in par- 
ticularly shaded locations. Flowers bright 
colors. Planted in the Spring. 
NICOTIANA SANDERAE (Sweet Scented 
Tobacco Plant.)—Very effective annual. 
Produces carmine-red flowers in great pro- 
fusion. Flowers open toward evening and 
emit a powerful perfume. Planted in the 
Spring. 
RICINUS ZANZIBARIENSIS (Mixed), 
Castor Bean.—A distinct class which sur- 
passes in size and beauty all other varie- 
ties. Plants attain great dimensions. 
Planted from March to July. 
SCABIOSA (Mourning Bride)—Commonly 
known as the Pincusion Plants. Produces 
beautiful flowers in delicate shades on 
long stems. Make very effective borders 
or beds. Planted after danger of frost is 
over about March. 
WALLFLOWER (Goldlack) Finest 
Mixed.—A deliciously fragrant, half hardy 
perennial, which is adapted both to pot 
culture and out-door planting, produces 
very beautiful flowers and is oriental {in 
effect. Planted in April. 
Insignis, 
ASTERS. 
Asters.—Early Beauty Purple. Beautiful 
rich, velvety purple, planted from Decem- 
ber to March. 15¢. per paper. 
Early Beauty Purple.—Beautiful rich, 
velvety purple, planted from Decen:ber to 
March. 15c. per paper. 
Semple’s Branching Mixed. — Beautiful 
for cut flowers. These flowers are large 
double, with graceful wavy petals borne on 
long stiff stems, and the colors are clear 
and handsome. Excellent for cutting; two 
feet. December till March. 
Trufant’s Paeony Flowered Perfection 
(Mixed). — Large double paeony-shaped 
flowers of fine mixed colors, 
best varieties. Two feet high; 
December till March. 
Queen Margaret, Quilled (Mixed).—Per- 
fect double quilled flower, of all shades. 
One and a half feet high. December till 
March. 
one of the 
sow from 
BALSAMS. 
BALSAMINA.—Mixed, improved camelia- 
flowered, very double and beautiful colors. 
February to August, 
Price: 
CALENDULA. — Pot Marigold Orange 
King.—Flowers yellow; 1% feet high. Jan- 
uary till April. 
CAMELIA FLORA ALBA.Pure white 
flowers, about two feet high, used for 
bouquets. Sow all Balsaminas from Feb- 
ruary till August. 
CANNA Indica (Mixed)—Indian Shot.— 
| Handsome foliage plants with large spikes 
of bright crimson, scarlet, bright yellow, 
orange and spotted flowers. Sow in boxes 
or flower pots. November till March. 
CELOSIA Cristata (Mixed).— Dwarf 
Cock’s Comb. Very ornamental, producing 
large head of crimson and yellow flowers 
one to two feet high. February till August. 
CENTAUREA Cyanus (Mixed).— Bottle 
Pink.—A hardy annual of easy culture; of 
various colors; two feet high. March and 
April. 
CRYSANTHEMUM Tricolor (Mixed).— 
(Carinatum).—Summer. Chrysanthemum.— 
Summer bloomers of different colors, 12 to 
15 inches high.. March and April. 
COLEUS (Mixed).—A beautiful bedding 
plant which can be easily propagated . by 
seeds which produce different shades ‘of 
colored planis. March and April. 
CORREOPSIS.—(Calleopsis)—Bright Eye 
Daisy.—Handsome free blooming plants of 
the easiest culture, two or three feet high, 
with yellow and brown daisy-like flowers. 
December to March. 
COSMOS BIPINNATA HYBRIDA.— 
White, yellow and mixed.—A very showy 
annual similar in shape to the Bright-Eye 
Daisy or Correopsis, but taller and more 
brilliant in color. December till April. 
DAHLIA.—Mixed, large flowering Dahlia. 
Seed sown in the Spring will flower by 
June. Very pretty colors are obtained from 
seed. February till June. 
DAISIES. 
BELLIS Perennis.— English Daisy. — 
Finest double mixed -variety; four inches 
high. October till January. 
SHASTA.—Burbank’s Double Fringed.— 
An absolute perpetual bloomer throughout 
the whole-year wherever it has a chance. 
October till April. 
PARIS.—French Marguerites.—A beauti- 
ful plant of easy culture, flower white 
and yellow, 1% to 2 inehes in diameter. 
October till March. 
PINES. (DIANTHUS.) 
Heddewiggii, (Double Mixed). — Japan 
Pink.—This is the most showy of any of 
the annual pinks. The flowers are very 
large and of brilliant colors; one foot high. 
October till April. 
Caryophyllus (Mixed).—Carnation Pink.— 
They are double, of different colors, very 
fragrant; can be sown either in Fall or 
Spring; should be shaded during midsum- 
mer and protected from hard rains; 3 to 
4 feet high. November till April. 
Caryophyllus Margaritae Robustus, 
(mixed.) fl. pl. Semi-High Double Margaret 
Carnation.—Dwarfish habit, grows from 12 
to 15 inches high; the starks are exceeding- 
ly strong, and therefore need no support. 
The flowers are much variegated, occasion- 
ally producing yellow ones. Flowers four 
months after,sowing the seed, and produces 
about 80 per cent. double flowers. October 
to April. 
Barbatus.—Sweet William.—Their beauti- 
ful colors make them very showy. Should 
be sown early, otherwise they will not 
flower the first Spring; one and a half 
feet high. October till April. 
Chinensis (Single Mixed).—Chinese Pink. 
—A beautiful class of annuals of various 
colors, flowering in early Spring and 
Summer; 1 foot high, October till April. 
