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The Conard & Jones Company, West Grove, Pa. 



NEW 



Centaurea 

 Imperialis 



NEW CENTAUREA IMPERIALIS 



This New and Im- 

 proved Centaurea makes 

 large bushy plants 3 to 4 

 feet hig-h and hears large 

 round fluffy flowers as big 

 as tea cups ; they are delight- 

 fully fragrant and of many dif- 

 ferent colors, including white, 

 lilac, rose, pink and pur- 

 ple. The flowers are pro- 

 duced in great prolusion 

 and, besides being- ele- 

 gantly shaded, the petals 

 are finely fringed, giving 

 ^ip the flowers an exceedingly beau- 



\ tiful feathery effect. Seed'should 



be sown early in Spring where 

 they are to remain. They pre- 

 fer cool moist soil, but will do well everywhere. 

 We offer fine mixed colors only. Pkt. 6 cts. 



Arctotus Grandis 



A Remarkably Handsome New Annual from 

 Africa, grows luxuriantly in this climate, making fine bushy plants 2 to 2)4 feet high. Large showy 

 flowers 2 l / 2 to 3 inches across, borne on long stems, fine for cutting. Color pure White with Yellow 

 Zone at base and Light Blue Disk at centre. Grows easily and blooms abundantly the whole season. 

 A fine new plant, fast becoming very popular. Pkt. 6 cts. 



K^lSALVIA 

 SPLENDENS 



"DROOPING SPIKES" 



A splendid new large flowering- Salvia 

 (Scarlet Sage); bears three times as many 

 flowers as the ordinary Salvia Splendens, the 

 flower spikes being so heavily laden they droop 

 gracefully with their own weight. It is exceed- 

 ingly handsome and desirable for lawn or gar- 

 den, whether planted singly or in groups with 

 other flowers. The flowers are intense 

 dazzling- scarlet, and are borne in endless 

 profusion until late in the Fall — one of the most 

 beautiful Autumn-blooming flowers you can 

 have. Pkt. 75 seeds 8 cts. 



Salvia Splendens, the old large-flowering 

 kind, pkt. 4c. 



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NEW SALVIA SPLENDENS-"Drooping Spikes. 



DIAMOND FLOWER 



DIAMOND FLOWER.- A lovely little annual from Poitugal. quickly 

 covering the ground with beautiful moss-like foliage from which the 

 flowers will glisten like diamonds within a month from the time seed is 

 sown. Elegant for pots and window gardens, and when bedded will 

 bloom all Winter, regardless of ice and snow. Pkt. 6 cts. 



EVERLASTING FLOWERS.- Finest sorts mixed. These everlasting 

 flowers are of many brilliant colors and forms. Yen,- handsome while 

 growing and highly valued for making lasting and durable bouquets for 

 parlor and sitting-room decorations in Winter. The seed we offer con- 

 tains all the most desirable varieties and colors in finest mixture. 

 Pkt. 4 cts. 



ICE PLANT (Mesembryanthemum).-A handsome plant for hanging 

 baskets, vases, rock-work, etc. ; leaves and stems appear as though 

 covered with icy crystals, which glisten in the sunlight. Pkt. 3 cts. 



