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\'EW EARLY BLOOMING 

 GIHNT FANCY 



COSMOS. 



A new btrain of Cosmos with giant 

 flowers whicii are surpassingly beauti- 

 ful. In tne mixture are immense flow- 

 ers, measuring -t'j to ^ inches across, 

 in white, pink, mauve and crimson. 

 Some are shaped like single Camellias, 

 but larger and more beautiful; some of 

 the crimson ones could almost be 

 taken for single Dahlias; other white 

 ones have plaited petals prettily 

 fringed, and resemble the California 

 Tree Poppy. Some are star shaped. 

 The petals are plain in some flowers; 

 in others pinked, toothed or fringed, 

 and beautifully overlapping. The col- 

 ors range from pure white through 

 shades of pink and red. The latter are 

 in dark rich shades of red, shades here- 

 tofore unknown in Cosmos. Some 

 white ones are delicately flushed or 

 flecked with pink or mauve, and very 

 beautiful flowers in pink and mauve 

 have a dark red ring around the eye. 

 The daintiest white, pink and flushed, 

 have lacinated petals, fringed to the 

 centre of the flower, and resemble 

 ilarguerites, but are more beautiful 

 and esthetic. The giant white are es- 

 pecially handsome, with very large, 

 broad petals; flowers of great sub- 

 stance, as chaste and lovely as lilies. 

 Pkt., 10 eta.; 3 pkts., '45 cU. 



New Early Blooiiiliig 



Olaiit Faucy Cosmos. 



The Pride of the 

 Aatamu Ctarden. 



Double Rose-FIoYvered Balsams. 



DOUBLE ROSE-FLOWERED BALSAMS. 



it gives me pleasure to otter mv friends Bnd customers a strain of iiouble Balsams, that 

 for large size, perfect form, robust habit, and diversity of rich and delicate colors, stands 

 unrivaled. The individual flowers measure over 2 inches across, perfectly double and 

 borne in the most wonderful profusion. Un my trial grounds at Briar Crest the past Sum- 

 mer, the Double Rose'Flowered produced more perfect double blooms than any other strain 

 of Balsams tested, and 1 had many strains collected both from home and foreign growers. 

 Although the compact, bushy, branching plants are literally covered with bloom the whole 

 Summer long, yet they produce but little seed, many plants yielding no seed at all, so that 

 unless the strain be allowed to deteriorate, seed of the Double Rose-Flowered Balsams must 

 be scarce and high priced. I offer twelve distinct varieties of this unapproachable strain. 

 White Rosy Bull. Crimson. 



\^nilte *Inged with Rose. Rose. Purple. 



Pale Yellow. Pomegranate Red. Lillac. 



Flesh Color. Scarlet. Violet. 



All of the above varieties of Double Rose-Flowered Balsams, 10 cents per packet, any 3 for 

 25 cents, 7 for 50 cents, purchaser's choice of varieties, or 1 will send the whole collection of 

 12 varieties for 75 cents, postpaid. 



Double Rose-Flowered Balsams. Finest Mixed. 



Embracing all the above varieties in mixture. Packet, loc; 3 packets, 25c. 

 NEW EYERBLOOMING F©RGET=ME=NOT. "Distinction." 



This variety may be treated as an annual and be sown at any time of the year, beginning 

 to flower in from 8 to 10 weeks' time. The plants are sturdy, of round, bushy form, 5 to < 

 inches high by 8 to 10 inches in diameter, and when fully grown are perfectly covered with 

 clusters of flowers of the most e.xquisite bright azure blue. If the plants are grown in pots 

 »nd removed to the house or eonservatorv in the Autumn, they will continue flowering all 

 Winter, or, if wintered in open ground, like other Forget-me-nots, will be the first in bloom. 

 Packet, 15 cents; 'i packets, ^5 cents. 



t^n "■'"'"' o/ Flower 



4'^'-' Seeds in packets 



u-ill cost you only $25.00. 



Many a bright, active boy 



or girl into whose family 



this catalogue will come 



this Winter, could easily 



make up a $50.00 club or- 

 der for Flower Seeds in their neigh- 

 borhood, and would have to send 

 me only $25.00 in full for same. In 

 addition, any one who does this will 

 be very sure of securing one of the 

 cash prizes July 1st. 1H9H, offered on 

 the first page of this book. 



IMPROVED DWARF GIANT MARGUERITE 

 CARNATIONS. 



.\ wonderfully Improved strain, both in size of flower and doubleness. The 

 flowers measure 3 inches across, and are usually as double as double can be. 

 The variety of color is also much greater in this strain. There are white, 

 blush, deep pink, salmon, carmine, scarlet, dark crimson, maroon and many 

 beautifully variegated flowers. There are picotee-edged, spotted, striped, 

 tinted, etc. Anv one growing these beautiful Carnations can secure the great- 

 est possible perfection with the most ordinary care. It is hardly possible that 

 they will ever be excelled as to size of flowers. But above all, they bloom 

 within 4 months after sowing the seed. The vigorous stalks usually grow 6 to 

 8 inches high, the buds and flowers, much crowded together, forming many 

 large tufts. They are most valuable for pot culture, bedding, groups and bor- 

 ders: and any one in want of flne flowering plants is ofl'ered in the beautiful 

 Marguerite Carnations, a new race that cannot be excelled, all the more re- 

 markable in the fact that they can be planted at any season of the year and 

 will bloom in four months after sowing the seed. Sown about May Ist in the 

 open ground they require but little dift'erent cultivation, other than that given 

 to the ordinary annual. If potted in the Fall, will flower all Winter. 

 Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 



NEW ESCHSCHOLTZIA. "The Golden West." 



A very i)retty variety of Kschscholtzia or California I'oppy, having light 

 canary Vellow'flowers "with an orange blotch at the base of each petal, form- 

 ing a maltese cross in the centre. The immense flowers measure 3 to 5 inches 

 across, and produced in many forms together with their long continued sea- 

 son of blooming, calls forth the most enthusiastic expression of admiration. 

 Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 



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Intproved Dwarf Giant Miu^utrlte Carnations. 



