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RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



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CLARKIA 



This pretty and easilj- grown annual has been much improved in recent years, and 

 the varieties offered below are now seen as cut flowers in most of the large cities of 

 Europe; they do well either in sun or shade, growing 2 to 2\ feet high, with \ea.iy racemes 

 of double flowers, which all open in water when cut. (See cut.) per pkt. 

 1981 Elegans Alba Fl. PI. Very double, pure white SO 10 



1984 — Brilliant. Rich crimson scarlet; very double 



1982 — Salmon Queen. Extra double, salmon pink 



1983 — Vesuvius or Scarlet Queen. A brilliant orange-scarlet 



A pkt. each of the 4 sorts, 30 cts. 

 1990 Elegans Double Mixed. A fine mixture containing all the colors. 

 25 cts 



CLEOME (Giant Spider Flowerl 



2002 Gigantea. Incur trial grounds 

 this proved to be the finest Cleome 

 we have ever seen. The plants at- 

 tain a height of 3j feet, well ■ 

 branched, each branch terminated 

 by a large head of bright rosy- 

 crimson flowers. It makes a 

 striking subject for large beds or 

 for interspersing in the shrubbery 

 border, and is used extensivelj' m 

 many of the public parks. Seeds 

 should be sown in the open 

 ground as soon as the weather is 

 warm and settled, and the 

 plants given sufficient room to 

 develop their full beauty, j 

 07.., 25 cts 10 



10 

 10 

 10 



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CuBAEA Sc^NDENS 



Cl.\rkia 



COBAEA 



(Cups and Saucer Vine or 

 Cathedral Bells) 



.\ climber of rapid growth, attaining 

 a height of 30 to 50 feet during the sea- 

 son; valuable for covering trellises, arbors, 

 trunks of trees, etc.; will ding to any 

 rough surface. In sowing, place seeds 

 edgewise 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. J oz., 



25 cts $0 10 



2022 Scandens Alba. Pure white. 15 



Cleome Gigantea 



COLEUS I Flame Nettle) 



2040 Dreer's Hybrids. Our strain of hybrid varieries produces the finest colored, 

 most attractive and novel foliage plants for house or garden culture. X most 

 interesting subject to grow from seed. Easily raised. Sow indoors in March 



or .\pril -, 25 



2041 Ornatus. Splendid, large-leaved varietj^ with strikingly handsome varie- 

 gated foliage; of great value for all decorative purposes 25 



RAINBOW CORN (Zea Japonica Variegata) 



2662 As an ornamental foliage plant this is not only highly effective, but very 

 interesting. It grows about 5 feet high, quite bushy, the wonderfully varie- 

 gated leaves being striped with bright green, silvery white, rosy purple and 

 sulphur yellow. It makes a very pretty dividing line between the vegetable 

 and flower garden, or it may be used in the mixed border. Per oz., 25 cts 10 



How to grow Arinuals and Perennials from Seed. Leaflet covering this subject free on request 



