

NEW FLORAL GUIDE— SPRING, 1899. 



New Large-Flowering 

 Petunias *£ *£ «» «£ 

 Giants of California *£ 



The Most Magnificent Petunias ever seen. 

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i Pl*17^ flffprc We offer $35.00 in 5 

 % rilZ,C U11C15 Cash prizes for the 3 



largest California Giant Petunias grown \L 

 from our seed this season : $10.00 for 

 the largest ; $6.00 for the second lar- 

 gest; $4.00 for the third largest, and 

 $3.50 each for the fourth and fifth lar- 

 gest. See conditions, page 26. 



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New Large Flowering Petunia, Giants of California, 



PETUNIA, GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA— 



Best quality, saved from hand fertilized flow- 

 ers only. Pkt. 12 cts. 

 PETUNIA, BEST DOUBLE— Finest quality, 



very scarce and expensive. Pkt. 12 cts. 

 PETUNIA GKANDIFLORA- Flowers of lar- 

 gest size and most brilliant colors. Pkt. 8 cts. 

 PETUNIA HYBRIDA- Large flowers and bright, 

 striking colors, including the beautiful striped and 

 variegated kinds ; the best kind for beds and bord- 

 ers; beauty unsurpassed ; finest mixed colors. Pkt. 

 6c, 34 oz. 30c. Good mixed, pkt. 4c, % oz, 12c 



C. & J. SUPERB NEW PRIZE VERBENAS. 



The finest and most beautiful Prize Verbenas ever offered. We will pay $10.00 for the largest single flower of 

 C, & J. Prize Verbenas grown from our seed this season; $6.00 for the second largest flower; $4.00 lor the third 

 largest; $3.50 each for the fourth and fifth largest. Competition open to all. See conditions, page 26 Pkt., 100 seeds, 

 6c. Verbena Hybrida, good quality mixed, Pkt. 3c. Verbena, pure white, Pkt. 4c. Verbena, Scarlet Defiance, Pkt, 4c. 



COREOPSIS, GIANT GOLDEN GLORY— One of the 



most showy and handsome new plants for beds and bor- 

 ders; grows three to four feet high, covered with beauti- 

 ful bright golden flowers the whole season. Pkt. 4 cts. 



CONVOLVULUS, IMPROVED MORNING GLORIES— 

 Many charming colore mixed. Pkt. 5 cts. 



CHINESE AND JAPANESE PINKS-C. & J. finest sorts 

 mixed. Large flowers, single and double, elegantly 

 fringed, brightest colors; grand for bedding. Pkt. 6 cts, 

 % oz. 25 cts., % oz. 40 cts.. 1 oz. 75 cts. 



DAHLIAS, DOUBLE— You can grow elegant dahlias 

 from our seed about as quick as from roots, and at one- 

 tenth the expense, Pkt. 6 cts. 



HELIOTROPE, GIANT HYBRID- Grows two feet 

 high, and bears numerous clusters of deliciously fragrant 

 flowers, white, purple and indigo blue; easy to grow, 

 bloom the whole season, and make splendid house plants 

 when taken indoors. Pkt. 8 cts. 



HIBISCUS, CRIMSON EYE-Blooms the first season, 

 hardy, and bears splendid large flowers, five to six inches 

 across ; pink and white, with bright red center. 6 cts. 



IPOMEA SETOSA, BRAZILIAN MORNING GLORY 

 —A strong, rapid climber, large, handsome flowers and 

 foliage ; soon makes a dense shade. Pkt. 4 cts. 



MOON FLOWER— The early blooming sort; large, pure 

 white flowers, very sweet, makes an elegant shade for 

 porch or veranda. Pkt. 6 cts. 



MARIGOLD, LEGION OF HONOR— Dwarf grower, 

 fine, fern-like foliage, and bright, star-like golden yellow 

 flowers; blooms all season. Pkt. 4 cts. 



MARIGOLD, DWARF DOUBLE— Fine, double flowers 

 of rich and beautiful colors. Pkt. 3 cts. 



MARIGOLD, ELDORADO— Eighteen inches to two feet 

 high, fifty to seventy-five flowers on one plant ; size, three 

 to four inches across, perfectly double; four shades 

 mixed, primrose, lemon, golden yellow, orange. 3 cts. 



MIGNONETTE— C. & J. finest large flowering mixed, a 

 special mixture of all the choicest colors and sweetest 

 sorts for beds and cutting. Pkt. 6 cts., >£ oz. 35 cts. 



PRIMULA, CHINES K PRIMROSE— One of the most 

 beautiful and popular flowers for house culture. Pkt. 8c. 



PRIMULA OBCONICA-The ever-blooming primrose; 

 splendid for house culture, plants have been known to 

 bloom twelve months at a stretch. Pkt. 6 cts 

 POPPIES, NEW FAIRY BLUSH— Immense round flow- 

 ers, perfectly double elegantly fringed, snow-white, 

 clouded with rosy bl unh Pkt. 4 cts. 

 POPPIES, NEW GOLDEN GATE— Large cup-shaped 

 flowers, single and semi-double; ruany bright dazzling 

 colors in wonderful combinations. Pkt. 4 cts. 



POPPIES, DOUBLE CARNATION— These grand dou- 

 ble poppies are almost unequalled in brilliant, gorgeous 

 colors; they are sure to bloom and make a wonderful 

 display of brightest colors. Pkt 3 cts. 



NICOTIANA AFFINIS— Two to three feet, branching, 

 beautiful pure white, star-shaped flowers; very handsome 

 and so fragrant that they perfume the whole neighbor- 

 hood. Pkt. 4 cts. 



PHLOX DRCMMONDI— C. & J. Large Flowering Rose- 

 mawr Strain. These are the grandest bedding phlox 

 ever sent out; extra large flowers of the richest and 

 brightest colors; unequalled in beauty, and extensively 

 used for bedding in lawns, gardens and parks. Pkt. 4 cts., 

 \i oz. 30 cts., $1.00 per oz. 



RICINUS, ZANZIBARENSIS— New Giant Castor Bean; 

 grows eight to ten feet high in six to eight weeks; gor- 

 geous colored leaves and stalks. Pkt. 6 seeds 4 cts 



RICINUS, CAMBOGIENSIS— Similar to above, but dif- 

 ferent colors; very grand and handsome. Pst. 6 seeds 4c. 



SEEDS— Mixed flower seeds for wild gardens; over one 

 hundred most hardy and handsome varieties selected for 

 this special purpose. Extra large pkt. 10 cts., 1 oz. 20 cts. 



SCHIZANTHUS, BUTTERFLY FLOWER-Large curi- 

 osly shaped flowers, beautifully spotted with crimson, 

 orange, and purple. Pkt. 4 cts 



STOCKS— Ten weeks, New Largest flowering Globe Pyra- 

 midal. Immense spikes, perfectly double flowers, mixed 

 colors, crimson, rose, white, blue, brown and yellow; 

 prized for cut flowers. Pkt 6 cts. 



STOCKS, WHITE PERPETUAL, PRINCESS ALICE— 

 The finest white variety, blooms the whole season, and 

 the oftener cut, the more flowers will be produced ; very 

 sweet and beautiful. Pkt. 6 cts. 



STOCKS DWARF GERMAN— The German stocks make 

 beautiful masses of flowers; finest colors mixed. Pkt. 4c. 



ZINNIA, GIANT MAMMOTH— Grow three feet high, 

 and bear an immense profusion of large double flowers 

 of rich, bright colors the whole season; very showy and 

 handsome, and sure to grow and bloom. Pkt. 4 cts. 



ZINNIA, DOUBLE LILLIPUT— Dwarf compact little 

 bushes, crowded full of perfectly double flowers of bright- 

 est colors all season. Pkt. 4 cts. 



ZINNIA, DWARF FIRE BALL— Beautiful dwarf bushy 

 plants, only six or eight inches high, and completely cov- 

 ered with large double flowers of the brightest crimson 

 scarlet imaginable. Pkt. 6 cts. 



ZINNIA, DWARF SNOW BALL-Exactly similar to 

 the above, except that flowers are pure snow white ; the 

 two kinds make a beautiful contrast when planted to- 

 gether. Pkt. 6 cts. 



