COSMOS HYBRIDUS. 



A plant of strong growth, having 

 elegant foliage and for fall bloom- 

 hjg has no superior. Seed sown in April or May and trans- 

 planted to open gi-ound wUl produce plants five or six feet high 

 by September, and from then till November will ■ be covered with 

 hundreds of blossoms three inches across, resembling single 

 Dahlias. Planted in pots and brought 

 inside to flower like Chrysanthe- 

 mums they are grand. They are of 

 various shades, from pure white to 

 purplish crimson. Both foliage and 

 flowers are unsurpassed for bouquets 

 and vases. 



NEW MAMMOTH, or Giants of Cali- 

 fornia — This new strain of Cosmos 

 Is notable both for beauty and the 

 gigantic size of its flowers. The 

 broad petals overlap each other, pro- 

 ducing perfectly circular flowers of 

 splendid substance, which measure 

 four to five inches across. The col- 

 ors are pure white or delicate clear 

 pink. The plants, five to six feet 

 iigh, are one mass of feathery, fern- 

 like foliage, studded with the mam- 

 moth flowers long after most other 

 plants have succumbed to frosts. 

 Ciant Pure White. . . . Pkt. 40 seeds 4c 



Clant Pink Pkt. 40 seeds 4c. 



Ciant Yellow Pkt 40 seeds 8c 



GJant Mixed Pkt. 50 seeds 4c 



DATURA, 



or Trumpet Flower. 



A large branching 

 plant, producing hand- 

 some double and single 

 trumpet-shaped blos- 

 soms, white, blue, yel- 

 low and lUac, of exqui- 

 site fragrance. The 

 blossoms open during 

 the night, remaining 

 open one night and 

 then perish. Blooms 

 very freely from seed 

 sown in open ground 

 the first season. Roots 

 can be taken up and 

 kept over winter the 

 same as the Dahlias. 

 Pkt. 25 seeds 4c. 



COCKSCOMB. 



DATURA CORNUCOPIA. 



Discovered in South America in lsy2 by a collector of orchids 

 The plant is of robust habit, with thick, dark brown-purple, shin- 

 ing stem. The branches are numerous, spreading three or fouT 



feet : thick, large, dark green col 

 ored leaves. Flowers are trum 

 pet shaped, measuring eight ic 

 ten inches in length and five t( 

 seven inches across the mouth 

 and form three distinct flowers 

 growing each within the other 

 the mouth of corolla is a most 

 delicate white, beautifully mar 

 bled with royal purple. A single 

 plant gives from two hundred tc 

 three hundred fragrant blooms 

 during the season, followed by s 

 large thorny seed vessel, which 

 adds to its beauty. Is of the eas 

 iest culture. Plant at the end o1 

 May in a warm. rich. soil. Car- 

 be cultivated as an isolated spec- 

 imen, in masses, for centers ot 

 beds or to fill larse barren places, 

 and produces a striking effect. 

 Pkt. 15 seeds Sc. 



DIAMOND FLOWER. 



COTTON. 



Fine curiosity in the North. They 

 blossom freely and will ripen the pod's 

 if sown early and set outside in real 

 warm weather. They are always 

 greatly admired in the garden as 

 soon as the balls are open. Pkt. 4c, 

 oz. 8c. 



COCKSCOMB, 



or Celosia. 



The old Cockscomb of our mothers' gardens, but vastly improved of late years. 

 Its hugh combs, from six inches to a foot across, are of the most fiery gorgeous 

 colors, unlike anything else in the floral kingdom- Good specimens are very fine 



all the late Summer and Autumn, and our best 

 parks make use of thousands of them for 

 Autumn bedding. Start in heat and trans- 

 plant to open ground after danger of frost is 

 over. Choicest Mixed, Pkt, 100 seeds 4c. 



A rare and exceedingly beauti- 

 ful annual with delicate foliage 

 exquisite little white and violet 

 blue flowers, sparkling with a 

 glistening sheen, hence the name. 

 They bloom within thirty days 

 after seed is sown. Fine for poi 

 •culture in winter, making the 

 most charming mat of foliage and 

 flowers imaginable. In the gar- 

 den it will grow and bloom all 

 summer. covering the ground with 

 a perfect carpet of beauty. They 

 bloom all winter, regardless of 

 ice or snow. An exquisite thing for all purposes. 

 Try it and he convinced. Pkt. iOc. 



DAHLIA. 



COTTON PLANT 



The Dahlia still holds its place 

 as king of all out-door Autumn 

 flowers, and they maybe grown to the greatest 

 perfection from seed, blooming beautifully the 

 first summer. As easy to grow from seed as 

 the most common plant. Any one can have a 

 magnificent display of these regal beauties at 

 very small cost. These strains of seed are 

 grand in every respect, producing very large 

 flowers of the greatest variety and beauty of 

 coloring. They continue to bloom profusely 

 until frost, when the bulbs may be .aken up. 

 stored where they will not freeze, then planted 

 the following spring outside This may be 

 continued vear after year wi.n success. 



double' MIXED— A superb mixture of the 

 finest double varieties of the largest size and 

 finest colorinsrs Pkt .50 seeds 8c 



SINGLE NOVELTY MIXED— Yei-y popular An 

 unusually fine strain of single varieties. Fine 

 for cut flowers. Pkt, 50 seeds 6c, 



