Annuals which Bloom the First Season. 



\NM. C. BECKBRT. 



ALLEGHENY. PA. 



Summer-Blooming Chrysanthemums. 



The annual Chrysanthemums are a showy and effective race of plants, constantly 

 growing in favor, with the public. They are quite distinct from tlie autumn-flowering 

 varieties, and are usually grown in large beds, where their bright colors can show to 

 advantage. Many of the varieties are popular for cutting. 



C. cariiiatuin hybridum fl. pi. A new strain, unique and distinct. The majority of 

 the flowers are very double and bronzy yellow, tinged with red or rose, but some 

 will be pure white or crimson, and of graceful, semi-double form, and it is hard to 

 decide which are most beautiful. Frequently the center of the flower is dark crim- 

 son, lo cents per pkt. 



C. coronarium fl. pi. Fine double flowers of white or yellow. Mixed seed, 

 5 cents per pkt. 



C. Doiibl'^ Yellow. Flowers large, pure yellow, very double. 5 cents per pkt. 



6:^' For Japanese varieties, see Greenhouse Plants. 



CLARK /A ELEGANS. 



Popular in many gardens because of its early and profuse-flowering habit. The 

 plants average about iH feet in height, and the oddly formed, double flowers are bright 

 rose, purple or white. Single and double, each 5 cents per pkt. 



COSMIDIUM BURRIDGEANUM. 



A showy, summer-blooming plant, about two feet in height, useful for both beds and 

 borders. Fiowers large, velvety brown or orange. 5 cents per pkt. 



CENTAUREA. 



Favorite old-fashioned flowers, now very much the fashion. The 

 quaintly pretty flowers have good stems and are brightly colored. 

 C. cyanus (Corn Flower). Flowers white or blue ; plants about 



18 inches tall, free-blooming. Mixed seed, 5 cents per pkt. 

 C. — (Emperor William). Dark blue ; fine. 5 cents per pkt. 

 C. moschata (Sweet Sultan). Sweet-scented flowers of blue, purple or white 

 .^^For other varieties, see Foliage Plants. 



Chrysantkemuni carinatunt. 



5 cents per pkt. 



CAMPANULA SPECULUM. 



(Venus' Looking-Glass.) A pretty, hardy annual form of the 

 Bellflower, covered with flowers of rich deep blue. 5 cts. per pkt. 

 IE^~For other varieties of Campanula, see Perennials. 



CENTRANTHUS MACROSIPHON. 



Pretty, compact-growing plants, about a foot high, with 

 corymbs of red or white flowers, produced freely all summer. 

 Much used for bedding, etc. Mixed seed, .s cents per pkt. 



COLLINSIA. 



All the Collinsias have brightly colored flowers, blooming in 

 whorls, several of which cluster about each stem. The plants 

 are continually in flower ; 1% feet. Mixed seed, 5 cents per pkt. 



CE PINT HE GYMNANDRA. 



(Honey wort.) As much beloved by bees for its honey as by 

 gardeners for its showy, fragrant flowers of white and yellow. 

 5 cents per pkt. 



XHB CROZY CAIVIVAS. 



(New Dwarf Large-Flowering French.) 



For tropical foliage, large, brilliant flowers, constant blopm, 

 neat, compact habit and rich eflTects in bedding, the Dwarf French 

 Cannas have now few rivals in popular estimation. As pot 

 plants for verandas or winter flowering, they are also great favor- 

 ites. The seed should be soaked in liot water 8 or 10 hours before 

 planting, and started early in hotbeds or in the house. 

 Pine Mixture of Crozy's New Hybrids. Choice seed, from 



dwarf early-flowering plants, remarkable for fine flowers 



and foliage. 10 cents per pkt. 



il^~For Canna Tubers, see list of Bulbs for Spring Planting. 



DAXURA. 



The waxen, funnel-shaped flowers of the Daturas are strik- 

 ingly odd and handsome, and their fragrance is rich and distinct. 

 D. fastuosa alba fl. pi. The handsome double white Datura. 



5 cents per pkt. 



D. — Huberiana fl. pi. A choice mixture of the best colors. 

 5 cents per pkt. 



D. CORNUCOPIA. Magnificent variety, of striking beauty. 

 Plant very vigorous, growing to a height of three feet ; stems 

 dark purplish maroon, flowers very large and trumpet-shaped 

 and are formed of two to three flowers, growing one within 

 the other. Interior white, exterior purple and very fragrant. 

 Extremely desirable as specimens in the garden. loc. per pkt. 



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