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RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS 



COlaJEA. (Cups and Saucers Vine.). 

 A climber of rapid growth, attaining a height of 30 to 50 feet during the season, 

 valuable for covering trellises, arbors, trunks of trees, etc.; will cling to any rough sur- 

 face. In sowing, place seeds edgeieise and merely cover with light soil; to get early 

 results start the seed indoors in March or April; can also be sown out-of-doors in 

 May. (See cut.) per pkt. 



2021 Scandens. Large, bell-shaped purple flowers. Per \ oz., 25 cts 10 



2022 Scandens Alba. Pure white 10 



COCCINEA INDICA (Scarlet-fruited Ivy-leaved Climber). 



2031 A handsome annual climber of the gourd species, with beautiful, smooth 

 glossy, ivy-like leaves, contrasting with the tine, snow-white, bell-shaped 

 flowers and brilliant carmine fruit; 10 feet 10 



COLEUS (Flame Nettle). 



2040 Dreer's Hybrids. Our strain of hybrid varieties produces the finest 

 colored, most attractive and novel foliage plants for house or garden cul- 

 ture. A most interesting subject to grow from seed. Easily raised. Sow 



in March or April. . .... 25 



2041 OrnatUS. Splendid large-leaved variety, with strikingly handsome foliage, 

 which is irregularly spotted 

 and marbled with blackish 

 purple, blood-red, carmine 

 and rose, and sprinkled with 

 white, yellow, green and 

 brown; of great value for 

 all decorative purposes 25 



CUPHEA. 



2115 Platycentra {Cigar 

 Plant). An old and favor- 

 ite plant for the summer 

 flower garden; useful also for 

 baskets, vases, etc. ; bearing 

 innumerable vermilion tube- 

 shaped flowers. Easily raised 

 from seed, which should be 

 sown in early spring in green- 

 house, hotbed or window . . 



Convolvulus Minor (Dwarf Morning Glory). 



CobjEa Scandens. 



Convolvulus Major (Morning Glory). 



CONVOLVULUS Morning Glory). 



Major, or Climbing Varieties. 



Deservedly very popular, as they are one of the most free- 

 flowering and rapid-growing plants in cultivation, thriving in 

 almost any situation; the beautv and delicacy of their brilliant 

 flowers are unsurpassed. Soaking the seeds in warm water for 

 an hour or two hastens germination; annuals; 15 feet. (See 



CUt. ) PER I'KT 



2060 Mixed. All colors. Per oz., 15 cts 5 



2061 Double Flowering. About 80 per cent, of the 

 seedlings will produce double flowers, the remainder 

 semi-double or single. Per oz., 40 cts 10 



2050 Imported Collection of 10 varieties ; 3 i 



L'tjn rial Japanese or Emperor Morning Glories are 

 offered on jni'/e 100. 



minor, or Dwarf morning Glories. 



While these are called dwarf Morning dories, they really 

 remain open all day in fine weather, and are rich colored, hand- 

 some dwarf plants, and not as well known ns they should be; 

 tlu\ make a fine border, or can be grown in masses in beds, 

 producing an unusually brilliant effect. (See cut.) 



2053 Minor RoseUS Superbus. A very attractive sort, 

 with glistening satiny rose-pink flowers. Per oz., 

 25 cts 5 



2052 Minor Tricolor, Mixed. A very large range of 

 color, from pure white to deep purple; annual; 1 foot. 

 P< r oz., 15 cts 5 



Hints on the making and care of Cold-Frames and Hotbeds are given on page 4 



