CATALOGUE FOR THE SOUTH. 



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ASTERS. 



Semple's Brandung*. — 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. — 

 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 dcJuble 

 quilled flower, of all shades. One and a 

 half feet high. December till March. 



BAI.SAMS. 



BAIiSAMINA. — Mixed, improved camelia- 

 flowered, very double and beautiful colors. 

 February to August. 



CAMEI.IA PI.ORA AI.BA. — 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; 11/^ feet high. January till April. 



CANITA 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 Pirjk. — 

 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. March to April. 



COLEUS. — A beautiful bedding plant 

 which can be easily propagated by seeds 

 which produce different shad'es of colored 

 plants. 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 Marg-uerites. — A beauti- 

 ful plant of easy culture, flower white 

 and yellow, li/^ to 2 inches in diameter. 

 October till March. 



PINKS. (DIANTHUS.) 



Heddewig-gii. — 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. — 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 Robnstas, 

 (mixed.) fl. pi. 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 l^arkspurs transplant well, and 

 are better sown at once where they 

 are intended to remain. 



Delphinium Chinensis. 



DELPHINIUM Chinensis. — Dwarf China 

 Larkspur. — IMixed colors very pretty, one 

 foot high. All Larkspurs should be sown 

 from November till April. 



Imperialis, fl. pi. — Imperial Flowering 

 Larkspurs. — Very handsome variety of 

 symmetrical form. Mixed colors; bright 

 red, dark blue and red striped; 1 V2 feet 

 high. November to April. 



Ajacis. — Rocket Larkspur. — Mixed colors, 

 very showy; November to April. 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA Calif ornica.—Cal i f or- 

 nia Popp>'. — A free flowering plant, good 

 for masses. Does not transplant well. 1 

 foot high. December till April. 



GERANIUMS. 



GERANIUM Zonale. — Zonale Geranium. 

 Different colors; sould 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. 

 INLarch and April. 



Pelargonium. — -Large Flowering Pelargo- 

 nium. — Spotted varieties; 25c. per packet. 

 Marcli and April. 



GOLDEN GLOW.— (Rudbeckia).— Grows 

 8 feet high, branching freely and bearing 

 by the hundreds, on long, graceful steme; 

 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. 

 ISIarch and April. 



