ROSES, SEEDS, AND BULBS FOR 1894. 



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The Cosmos is a great fa- 

 it is a fall bloomer and a fit 



DOUBLE POPPIES. 



NEW GOLDEN GATE POPPIES. Oneof the most 

 brilliant and handsome of all Poppies. Large, elegant, 

 cup-shaped flowers, double, semi-double, and single ; 

 all in agreeable bright and showy colors ; striped, 

 blotched, edged, and bordered in most dazzling and 

 wonderful combination. Pkts. 5 and 10 cts. each. 



NE^V SHIRLEY POPPIES. Equally beautiful, but 

 entirely diiferent from the above ; all shades of rose, 

 pink, crimson, and pure white ; flowers have a beau- 

 tiful, silky appearance. Pkts. 5 and 10 cts. each. 



DOUBLE POPPIES, MIXED. For dazzling brill- 

 iancy and gorgeous variety of colors these grand 

 double Poppies are unequaled ; they grow easily and 

 make a blaze of rich and brilliant color that always 

 attracts attention. Per pkt. 5 and 10 cts. each. 



NEW MARGUERITE CARNATIONS. A splen- 

 did new Carnation which grows and blooms finely from 

 seed sown in the open ground; the flowers are large and 

 most of them perfectly double ; elegantly fringed and 

 very fragrant ; many beautiful shades of red, pink, 

 white, and variegated. Pkts. 5 and 10 cts. each. 



PORTULACA, DOUBLE FLOWERED. One of 



the most beautiful and showy annuals ; produces vast 

 numbers of the brightest colored double flowers like 

 miniature roses, pure- white, crimson, and golden- 

 yellow ; valuable for beds, baskets, and borders ; grows 

 low and spreading; does best in hot, dry weather, and 

 in warm, sandy soil. Fine mixed colors, 5 and 10 cts. 

 per pkt. 



RICINUS {Castor Oil Bean). A grand and stately 

 plant for the lawn and flower beds; immense leaves, 

 deep glossy green and dark bronze ; ornamented with 

 bright red fruit ; grows quickly and easily, four to six 

 feet high ; finest kinds mixed. Pkts. 5 and 10 cts. each. 



SWEET SCABIOSA {Monrninf) Bride). Bears a pro- 

 fusion of fine, large, double flowers ; purple, scarlet, 

 white, and rich mulberry-red, edged and bordered 

 with white ; very sweet and fine for cutting. Fine 

 mixed colors. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



COSMOS HYBRIDUS. 



vorite wherever known ; 

 companion for the 

 beautiful scarlet sage. 

 Has light, feathery 

 foliage, makes nice, 

 shapely plants four 

 to five feet high; 

 begins to bloom in 

 ^August and continues 

 till winter covered 

 with hundreds of 

 lovely blossoms two 

 inches in diameter, 

 resembling single 

 dahlias. Pure white, 

 l)ink, and rose, with 

 bright-yellow centers. 

 They are largely grown 

 for sale, as they are 

 excellent for cutting 

 and floral work. Pkts. 

 5 and 10 cts. each. 



CLEOME PUNGENS {Giant Spider FJoicer). A vig- 

 orous, graceful plant, with light, airy foliage ; grows 

 four to five feet high ; bloorns profusely and constantly 

 during whole season. Flowers deep-rose color, borne 

 in elegant, drooping clusters, one to two feet long; the 

 clusters of seed pods and flowers together present a 

 curious appearance, bearing a fancied resemblance to 

 liuge spiders. [Note.— This is one of the very best 

 honey-producing plants known, and is extensively 

 planted for bee pasture, as well as for the beauty of 

 its foliage and flowers.] Pkts. 5, 10, and 20 cts. each. 



LARGE-FLOWERING SCARLET SAGE {Salvia 

 splendens). Highly valued as one of the very finest 

 and most beautiful flowers of late summer and fall, 

 when it surpasses everything else in brilliant color and 

 continuous bloom, grows easily, and makes grand, 

 statelv plants, two to three feet high, completely cov- 

 ered with intense bright, scarlet flowers,— a dazzling 

 mass of color when other flowers are gone. Pkts. 5 

 and 10 cts. each. 



