A GRAND NOVELTY 
Dwart Early ...<- 66 fe) 
barge Flowering C OSM OS D awn 
Commences Blooming in July and Continues till Frost 
Cutting the Flowers iu August. 
The Cosmos is now one of our most popular flowers, but fre- 
quently, on account of its coming into bloom so late, the plants 
are destroyed by frost without having perfected a solitary flower. This new variety comes into full 
flower in July, and continues a mass of bloom until cut down by severe frost. This feature alone is 
sufficient to stamp it as a novelty of the first class, and will make their 
successful cultivation possible in the most Northerly States and Canada ; 
but added to this, it is of dwarf, compact growth, growing only 4% feet 
high, while the old variety growing alongside towers up nearly 7 feet, 
a victim to the first strong wind. The flowers are fully as large as in the 
best selections of the old type, the color is a beautiful white, relieved by 
a delicate tint of rose at the base of the petals, altogether the finest 
novelty introduced in many years. Retail price, 15c. per pkt.; 2 pkts., 
25% 
Trade price, $6.00 per Ioo pkts.; $5.00 per oz. Half-tones, as 
above, free with 200 pkts., or 2 ozs. of seed. Can also supply half-tone 
of single flower, 23¢ inches square, free with Ico pkts., or I oz. of seed. 
West India 
Rattle Box 
(Crotolaria Retusa). 
This is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful, interesting and easily 
grown plants in existence. It is a low-growing, profusely branching 
plant, every branch and branchlet ending in racemes 6 to 10 inches long, 
of beautiful, large, sweet-pea-like flowers. These flowers are of thick sub- 
stance, fragrant, and in color golden yellow, except the keel in the 
centre, which looks like brown velvet, and are followed by clusters of 
short, smooth pods, in which, when shaken, the seeds sound like a child's 
rattle, hence its common name. In Florida it is known locally as Yellow 
Sweet Pea. Although a perennial, it blooms the first year from seed, 
and in the garden may be treated as an annual. Ina temperate climate 
the seed should be sown in a frame or hot-house. Retail, roc. per pkt. 
Trade price, $4.00 per 1oo pkts.; 75c. per oz.; $2.50 per 4% lb. Accom- 
Crotolaria Retusa. panying cut free with order of 100 pkts., or 4 Ib. of seed. 
