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RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS 



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CARNATION. 



Carnations are genera 1 favorites for their delicious fragrance and richness of colors. 

 They are indispensable, both for greenhouse culture in winter and for the garden in 

 summer. PEK PKT . 



1850 Fine Double Mixed. The best for garden culture 10 



1840 Finest Double Mixed. Saved from extra fine flowers 25 



1831 Chabaud's Everblooming. Raised by a famous French specialist. 

 Blooms in five months after being sown, and continues to flower in the 



greatest profusion indefinitely. Mixed colors. (See cut.) 



1834 Giant of Nice. The latest introduction and largest flowering 



of the quick-flowering section. Mixed colors 



1839 Imported Collection of 12 varieties 1 



1838 Imported Collection of 6 varieties 



MARGUERITE CARNATIONS. 



These are deservedly the most popular Carnations with the amateur, as 

 they begin flowering in a few weeks from time of sowing. The strain offered 

 is of semi-dwarf, robust habit, requiring no artificial support, and producing 

 on long, strong stems an abundance of large, double, beautifully fringed, 

 highly-scented flowers. 



1816 Pure White. 10 



1814 Fiery Scarlet 10 



1813 Bright Rose 10 



1811 Deep Crimson 10 



1815 Striped 10 



1829 Sulphur Yellow 10 



1818 Collection of 1 pkt. each of the above 6 colors 50 



1820 nixed. All colors Marguerite 



Carnations. \ oz., 50 cts. . . 5 



Giant Marguerite 

 Carnations. 



1830 An improved strain, produc- 

 ing flowers of immense size, 

 frequently measuring 2£ to 3 

 inches across. Strong, vigor- 

 ous growers, and wonderfully 

 free-flowering; mixed colors 10 





CARNATION CULTURE. 

 A new edition of this book. 

 Price, $1.50, postpaid. 



Celosia, Glasgow Prize. 



dark 



Carnation Chabaud's Everblooming. 



CELOSIA. 



Cristata, or Cockscomb 

 Varieties. 



Free-blooming annuals, growing best in 

 rather light soil, not too rich ; make grand 

 border plants and are attractive for pots. 



PER PKT. 



Empress. Combs of colossal 

 proportions; they have been 

 grown measuring 45 inches from 

 from tip to tip ; rich crimson.. . . 10 



1852 Glasgow Prize. Immense 

 showy dark crimson combs. 

 (See cut.) 10 



1853 Queen of the Dwarfs. 

 This we consider the finest of 

 the dwarf-growing Cocks- 

 combs. The plants grow only 



ose-colored combs, measuring under good 



1851 



Celosia, Thom 



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Feathered. 



8 inches high, with beautiful 



cultivation 2 feet across 10 



1854 Variegata. Variegated with crimson, orange, green sniped, etc., of the 



most brilliant hues ; 3 feet 5 



1860 Dwarf, Mixed. Fine dwarf varieties. Per oz., 75 cts 5 



1858 Imported Collection of 6 dwarf Cockscombs 25 



Feathered Varieties. 



Make fine plants for large beds or groups, and the plumes or flowers 

 can be cut and dried for winter bouquets. 



1867 Thompson's Superb ( Triornphe de F Exposition). Of pyra- 

 midal growth, attaining a height of a little more than 2 feet, and 

 producing graceful, feathery plumes of the most brilliant crimson. 

 In sunlight the rich color of the flower spikes is beautifully con- 

 trasted with the bronze-colored foliage. (See cut.) 10 



1868 Thompson! Magnifica. Similar to the preceding in all re- 

 spects except in color, which vary in the most magnificent shades, 

 ranging from the clearest yellow to the darkest blood-red 15 



1866 Golden Plume. Bright golden-yellow plumes ' 10 



1869 Spicata. A handsome annual, producing at the summit of each 

 branch spikes of flowers of a bright rose-color when opening, 

 changing to silverv white ; 1\ feet 15 



1870 Plumosa Superba. Feathered varieties in mixture 5 



Collections of Flower Seeds of various kinds are offered on page 56. 



