COLE'S CHOICE NOVELTIES. 



15 



A POT-PLANT OF CUPID. 



-From a Photograph. 



this si^ason there was 



"GUPID," 



THE NEW DWARF 

 SWEET PEA. 



Mr. Burpee is to be con- 

 gratulated as the intro- 

 ducer of "Cupid," the 

 floral wonder of the age; 

 such a novelty was never 

 dreamed of. He says: "It 

 is hardly possible in a 

 description, even aided by 

 illustrations from photo- 

 graphs, to properly present 

 •this Floral Wonder.'" 



Cupid, a chance seed- 

 ling was discovered in 1893 

 by Mr. C. C. Morse and 

 comes absolutely 



not a single plant that showed any 



true from seed. In our crop of seven 

 variation either in habit or color. 



Cupid excites wonder wherever seen— such a Sweet Pea, yet in habit so unlike a Sweet Pea: It is true 

 that its stems are short, but it has all the fragrance of the most favored Eckfords, The flowers are the size 

 of the Emily Henderson, but ivith more substance in the petals of both uings and standards than any other 

 Sweet Pea. It bears two and three blossoms on the end of each stem— all oiiening about the same time so 

 that it is unnecessary to pick a stem with a bud and an open blossom. 



Fancy a solid area of deep green— just as gret'n as Cypress— carpet of plants only five inches high, 

 spreading out from the roots so as to meet when the sead is planted two feet apart in rows: then fancy this 

 carpet of deep, living green springing into blossom in one week, all a mass of white— clear, icaxy white; 

 Sweet Peas on stems onlv four inches long and a hundred on a plant: all white like a mass of snow Indeed, 

 so strongly contrasted with the deep green foliage that the purity of the whiteness of Cupid's flowers 

 seem even whiter than snow itself. 



Cupii) grown in a twelve-inch pot just fills the top: with its blooms of glistening whiteness it is wonder- 

 fully attractive in the house, the public hall, or the conservatory. In the garden it will be used chiefly as a 

 border plant, for it will bear trimminsi to just the proper shape. The foliage alone is pretty enough for any 

 border, but this is forgotten when Cupid bursts into a mass of snow-white blossoms, not unlike a very dwarf 

 hedge covered with snow. 



There is 110 plant that can stand in successful competition with <'IIPII> for the 



****^othing could he more novel or more truly heantif nl for florist's w ork. 



Cupid is a grand flower for floral desiijns. and only needs to be so used to prove its merit. Notliing could 

 make a prettier wreath, cross, or pillow- than a mass of snow white blossoms wired in with ferns, smilax, or 

 other suitable green. The Violet, the Rose awu the Carnation will now have to share their popularity for a 

 <^entleman's boutonniere with Cupid: it is just the thing— it has the fragrance and the beauty, and' *^ t« a 

 'Sweet Pea— the onlv Sweet Pea that looks well in the buttonhole 



Price per pkt. 15 cts., 2 pkts. 25 cts. 



New Cyclop Pinks. 



The magnificent new strain of Pinks produces 

 an entirely new series of colors of endless variety 

 and unapproachable beauty, the flowers having 

 an added value because of their clove-like per- 

 fume. The individual blossoms are round and 

 very lar^e, with broad, overlapping petals. The 

 plants grow 12 to 16 inches high, are of sturdy 

 and vigorous habit, and will bloom the first 

 season if the seeds are sown reasonably early; 

 and as if not content with the admiration elicited 

 during one season, they continue to flourish and 

 bloom with undiminished splendor for several 

 years, 



Price per pkt. 10 cts., 3 pkts. 25 cts. 



NEW CYCLOP PINKS. 



