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NEW COLEUS„^: 



Fringed r.arge Leaved Coleus. 



EUPHORBIA HETEROPHYLLA, (Mexican Fire Plant, 

 or Fire on the Mountain.) Makes fine, bushy plants, two 

 to three feet high ; leaves are at first entirely green, but 

 change about midsummer to brilliant carmine, orange 

 and crimson, presenting a mass of gorgeous colors which 

 are very beautiful and always attract wonder and admira- 

 tion, Pkt. 4 cts. 



FEVERFEW, DOUBLE, Handsome, large, double white 

 facsi^erfl, excellent for bedding and also for house culture ; 

 blooms abundantly all season, 12 inches high. Pkt. 4 cts. 



BEAUTIFUL LARGE LEAVED 



AND FRINGED STRAINS 



OUR Coleus seed is a special sav- 

 ing from the Large- Leaved 

 Fring-ecl and other splendid 

 new strains, and will produce many 

 beautiful varieties, having elegantly- 

 fringed and ruffled leaves, and show- 

 ing all the brilliant shades and combi- 

 nations of colors seen in the finest 

 named varieties. They grow quickly 

 and easily and are greatly admired for 

 bedding, borders, and house culture. 

 Splendid mixed, Packet 10 cts., 

 3 Packets lor 25 cts. 



Coleus. Choice mixed. Pkt. 6 cts. 



CUPHEA, (Cigar or Fire Cracker Plant). A 

 very neat and pretty plant for bedding and 

 house culture; bears great numbers of curi- 

 ous, tubular-shaped flowers — bright red, 

 tipped with white;grows easily and blooms 

 constantly. Pkt. 4 cts. 



CLARKIA. A well known favorite annual, 

 grows nicely and produces an abundance 

 of cheerful white and rose-colored flowers 

 all through the season ; quite hardy. Sow 

 early in Spring. Pkt. 4 cts. 



DIAMOND FLOWER. A lovely little an- 

 nual from Portugal, 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 win- 

 dow gardens, and when bedded will bloom 

 all Winter, regardless of ice and snow. 

 Pkt. 6 cts. 



MARVEL OF PERU, (Mirabillis). A well- 

 known handsome plant; the colors are 

 very brilliant and of great variety; the 

 flowers open in the afternoon, and are 

 sometimes called " Four o'clock ; " grow 

 very easily and are among our most bril- 

 liant and showy Annuals. Pkt. 3 cts. 



DATURA (Angel's Trumpet or Sweet Nightingale). Large 

 branching plants, growing three to four feet high, pro- 

 ducing handsome double and single trumpet-shaped blos- 

 soms, white, blue, yellow and purple, of exquisite 

 fragrance. They bloom finely from seed sown in the open 

 ground the first season, and the roots can be kept over 

 Winter when desired, the same as Dahlias. Pkt. 3 cts. 



STEVIA SERRATA. A well known.very pretty and desir- 

 able plant for pots and bedding; pure white, star-shaped 

 flowers and fragrant leaves ; fine for cutting. Pkt. 4 cts. 



NEW S"WEET WILLIAMS, (Dianthus Barbatus.) These are exceedingly beautiful, 

 twice as large as they used to be, and of many rich and brilliant colors ; they deserve 

 a place in every garden, but do not always bloom the 

 first season ; immense clusters of flowers, very sweet, 

 single and double, finest mixed. Pkt, 4 cts. 



MeveHeWn Doabl9$ 



fiOVELTY A\IXTURE OP 



C* & ]. Superb New 

 Pedigree Canna Seed 



This seed is saved from our unrivalled collection of 

 Siiperb New Pedigree Cannas, grown on our own 

 grounds the past season, and includes such noted kinds 

 as Duke of Marlboro, Rosemawr, Gloriosa, Brilliant, 

 Triumph and others, many of which will come true 

 from seed, and others equally beautiful. See full de- 

 scriptions in our chapter on Cannas in this book. Pkt* 

 80 seeds* 10 cts,; oz. 35 ctg. 



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