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ASTERS. 
Semple’s Branching.—Beautiful for cut 
flowers. These flowers are large double, 
with graceful wavy petals borne on Jong 
stiff stems. and the colors are clear and 
handsome. Excellent for cutting; two feet. 
December till March. 
Trufant’s Paeony Flowered. Perfection.— 
Large double paeony-shaped flowers of 
fine mixed colors. one of the best varieties. 
Two feet high; sow from December till 
March. 
Queen Margaret, Quilled.—Perfect double 
quilled flower, of all shades. One and a 
half feet high. December till March. 
BALSAMS. 
BALSAMINA.—Mixed, improved camelia- 
flowered, very double and beautiful colors. 
February to August. 
CAMELIA FLORA AGBLBA.—Pure white 
flowers, about two feet high, used for 
bouquets. Sow all Balsaminas from Febru- 
ary till August. 
CALENDULA Officinalis.—Pot Marigold. 
—Flowers vary in different shades of yel- 
low; 1% feet high. January till April. 
CANNA- Indica. — Indian Shot. — Hand- 
some foliage plants with large spikes of 
bright crimson, scarlet, bright yellow, 
orange and spotted flowers. Sow in boxes 
or flower pots from November to March. 
CELOSIA Cristata.—Dwarf Cock’s Comb. 
Very ornamental, producing large head of 
crimson and yellow flowers one to two feet 
high. February till August. 
CENTAUREA Cyanus.—Bottle Pink.— 
A hardy annual of easy culture; of various 
colors: two feet high. March and April. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM  Tricolor.—(Carina- 
tum).—Summer Chrysanthemum.—Summer 
bloomers of different colors, 12 to 15 
inches high. Mareh to April. 
COLEUS.—A beautiful bedding plant 
which can be easily propagated hy seeds 
which produce different shades of colored 
plants. March and April. . 
CORRECPSIS.—(Calleopsis)—Bright Eve 
PDaisv.—Handsome free blooming nvlants of 
the easiest culture, two or three feet high, 
with vellow and brown daisy-like flowers. 
Decemher to March. 
COSMOS BIPINNATA FHYBRIDA.— 
White. vellow and mixed.—A very showy 
annual similar in shape to the Bright-Eye 
Daisv or Correopsis. but taller and more 
brilliant in color. December till Anril. 
DAMLIA.—Mixed, large flowering Dahlia. 
Seed sown in the Spring will flower by 
June. Very prettv colors are obtained from 
seed. Webruary till June. 
. DAISIES. 
BELLIS Perennis.— Mnglish Daisv. — 
Finest double mixed variety; four inches 
high. October till January. 
SHASTA .—Burbank’s Double Fringed.— 
An absolute perpetual bloomer throughout 
the whole vear 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 inches in diameter. 
October till March. 
PINKS. (DIANTHUS.) 
Meddewigeii.—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. 
Caryophyilus. — Carnation Pink. — They 
are double, of different colors, very fra- 
grant; 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 stalks are exceeding- 
ly strong, and therefore need no support. 
The flowers are much variegated, occa- 
sionally 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 beau- 
tiful 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.—Chinese Pink.—A _ beautiful 
class of annuals of various colors, flower- 
ing in early Spring and Summer; 1 foot 
high. October till April 
LARKSPURS. 
Note.—None of the Delphiniums 
or Larkspurs transplant well, and 
are better sown at once where they 
are intended to remain. 
Delphinium Chinensis. 
DELPHINIUM Chinensis.—Dwarf China 
Larkspur.—Mixed colors very pretty, one 
foot high. All Larkspurs should be sown 
from November till April. 
Imperialis, fi. pl.—Imperial L 
Larkspurs.—Very. handsome _ variety | of 
symmetrical form. Mixed colors; bright 
red, dark blue and red striped; 1% feet 
high. November to April. d 
Ajacis.—Rocket Larkspur.—Mixed colors, 
very showy; November to April. : 
ESCHSCHOLTZIA Californica.—Califor- 
nia Poppy.—A free flowering plant, good 
for masses. Does not transplant well. 1 
foot high. December till April. 
GERANIUMS. 
GERANIUM Zonale.—Zonale Geranium. 
Different colors; should be sown in seed 
pans, and when large enough transplanted 
into pots when they can be left or trans- 
planted in Spring into the open ground. 
March and April. .. 
Pelargonium.—Large Flowering Pelargo- 
nium.—Spotted varieties; 25c. per packet. 
March and April. 
GOLDEN GLOW.—(Rudbeckia).—Grows 
8 feet high, branching freely and bearing 
by the hundreds, on long, graceful stems; 
exquisite double flowers of the brightest 
golden color and as large as a Cactus 
Dahlia. Blooms continuously throughout 
the Summer months. Per packet, 25 cents. 
March and April, 
Flowering 

