To quickly cover a porch, arbor or fence, the Cardinal Climber is unsurpassed 
CANNA (indian Shot Plant) 
Hardy Annual 
_ Attain a height of 3 to 7 feet and may be grown singly or 
in masses. Leaves green or “brownish red; flowers, scarlet, 
crimson, yellow, cream, pink, white, etc., variously marked 
and dotted. Roots of any favorites may be saved by digging 
them in the fall and storing them in-doors during the winter. 
Cannas are easily grown from seed. For best results pierce 
the seed in one spot with a file and soak the seeds in warm 
water until they show evidence of swelling. Then sow in 
Sandy loam, and when grown to the second leaf pot off singly 
until the proper season for planting out. Seed sown March 
28th furnished plants which bloomed July 15th. 
For roots of Cannas, see pages 170 and 171 of this Seed Book 
See 
third cover | 
for 
colored 
illustration 
of 
Maule’s 
Mammoth 
Flowering 
Marguerite 
Carnation. 
11487 LARGE FLOWERING FRENCH AND AMERICAN. 
Not as tall as the old-fashioned sorts, but with flowers of 
great beauty; everywhere popular. These seedlings vary in 
color, ranging through all shades of yellow and orange to 
richest crimson, scarlet and vermilion. Some plain, some 
spotted. 
Our mixture contains only the best. 
Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 35 cts.; 144 pound, $1.25 
AR 7 
1188 MIXED. This grand mixture of Cannas with highly 
ornamental foliage produces clusters of brilliant blossoms 
all summer and fall from spring sown seed. They are simply 
marvelous, showing colors and variegations ranging from al- 
/ most white to brilliant scarlet and dark maroon, rosy pink, 
: yellow, orange, buff, lemon, striped, bronzed, tinted and varie- 
ie Saved from a large collection of named sorts. 
Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 30 cts.; %4 pound, $1.00 
1199 CARDINAL CLIMBER 
Hardy Annual Climber 
' A splendid, new, brilliant climber of great value. A strong 
and mpi grower, attaining a height of 20 to 30 feet with 
tense cardinal red flowers from midsummer till frost. Flow- 
ers measure 1% to 2 inches across and are borne in clusters 
of 5 to 7 blooms each. See illustration at top of next column. 
aes deeply laciniated leaves and just covered with in- 
Packet, 15 cts.; 1% ounce, 50 cts.; 14 ounce, 85 cts. 
N Zee Gi Y Lita 
1192 CARNATIONS AND PICOTEES 
1199 CARDINAL CLIMBER 
CARNATIONS 
Hardy Perennial 
Carnations have within recent decades developed into types 
of rare beauty and fragrance. No flowers are more lovely. 
Free flowering, easily grown and a favorite either in flower 
beds, borders or pots. 
1191 CHABAUD’S PERPETUAL EARLY FLOWERING, 
MIXED COLORS. Large flowers in all the beautiful shades. 
Blooms in 5 months after sowing and continues to flower pro- 
Huei Highly recommended for earliness and range of 
colors, 
Packet, 15 cts.; 4% ounce, 50 cts.; 144 ounce, 85 cts. 
1192 CARNATIONS AND PICOTEES, FINEST MIXED. The 
flowers are edged, spotted or splashed with some other colors. 
One of the showiest strains for out-door culture. 
Packet; 20 cts.; 4% ounce, 75 cts.; 144 ounce, $1.25 
MAULE’S MAMMOTH FLOWERING MARGUERITE. They 
may be treated as annuals, or wintered with slight protection 
out-of-doors. Easily grown and make the best of bedding 
plants, blooming the first summer, and if lifted in September 
and potted, they will flower in the house throughout the 
winter. Our strain is an improved one; producing large 
flowers which are spicy and fragrant. 
1193 STRIPED SORTS. Packet, 15 cts.; 144 ounce, 50 ects. 
1194 ROSE. Packet, 15 ets.; 4% ounce, 50 cts. 
1195 WHITE. Packet, 15 cts.; % ounce, 50 ects. 
1196 SCARLET. Packet, 15 cts.; 4% ounce, 50 cts. 
1197 YELLOW. Packet, 15 ects.; 1% ounce, 50 cts. 
4131 Qne packet each of the above 5 colors for 50 cents. 
1198 FINEST MIXED. Aljll the most desirable colors. 
Packet, 15 cts.; % ounce, 45 cts.; 144 ounce, 80 cts.; ounce, $3.00 
