Annuals for Bloom the First Season. 



WM. C. BeOKERT. 



ALLEGHENY. RA. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



(Summer Blooming.) 



These are a showy and effective race, distinct from the autumn- 

 flosvering varieties, and are grown in beds, where their bright colors 

 show to advantage. 



Carinatum fl. pi. The maioritj- 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. 10c. per pkt. 



Double White. Fine double flowers of white. 5 cts. per pkt. 



— Yellow. Flowers large, pure yellow, very double. 5 cts. per pkt. 



COSMIDIUM BURRIDGEANIJM. A showy sum- 

 mer-blooming plant, about 2 feet in height ; useful for both beds and 

 borders. Flowers large, velvety brown or orange. 5 cts. per pkt. 



CENTAUREA. 



Favorite old-fashioned flowers. The quaintly pretty flowers have 

 good stems and are brightly colored. 



Marguerite. Very large, pure white and sweet-scented flowers. 



Profuse bloomer; plant about feet high. 10 cts. per pkt. 

 Chameleon. A companion to the preceding, producing large, pale 



sulphur-yellow flowers ; very attractive. 10 cts. per pkt. 

 Cyanus (Cornflower). Flowers white or blue; plants aboiit 18 inches 



tall, free-blooming. 5 cts. per pkt. 

 Victoria. Diminutive, forming little bushes, producing clusters of 



bright blue flowers in great abundance. Pretty for edgings. 



10 cts. per pkt. 

 Emperor William. Dark blue; fine. 5 cts. per pkt. 

 (!£g°"For other varieties, see Foliage Plants. 



CEBfTRANTHUS. Pretty, compact plants, about a foot 

 high, with corymbs of red or white flowers, produced freely. Mixed, 

 5 cts. per pkt. 



COl,I,IBJSIA. Brightly colored flowers, blooming in whorls, 

 several of which cluster about each stem. Plants continually in 

 flower; IK feet. Mixed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



COSMOS. 



Fine for cutting; long, slender stems, airy, graceful flowers and 

 feathery foliage. Plants tall and strong-growing, from 4 to 6 feet 

 high, and a perfect fountain of bloom from September until frost. 

 Should be started early. 



Dawn. A new semi-dwarf variety. Plants compact and bushy. 



Flowers as large as in other sorts, pure white, tinged slightly with 



rose. Very early and free-blooming. 10 cts. per pkt. 

 Dwarf Yellow. Dwarf branching plant about 1 foot high. Flowers 



large and very rich golden yellow; free bloomer. 10 cts. per pkt. 

 Mammoth Perfection Erlinda. Flowers large, snow-white. 5 cts. 

 Rosita. Similar to the preceding, but lovely pink color. 



5 cts. per pkt. 



Conch ita. Deep red flowers like crimson velvet. 5 cts. per pkt. 

 White Pearl. Large, snow-white flowers. 5 cts. per pkt. 

 Large-flowering Pink and Large-flowering Crimson. Each, 5 



cts. per pkt. 



Mixture of 

 varieties, 5 

 pkt. 



cts. 



above 

 per 



CONVOLVULUS 

 MINOR. 



(Dwarf Morning- 

 Glory. ) Remarkably 

 handsome trailing 

 plants, of luxuriant 

 growth. Very well 

 adapted for beds, 

 borders, vases or 

 baskets. 



Mauritanicus. Fine 

 bright blue flow- 

 ers, with yellow 

 throat, oc.perpkt. 



— Tricolor. Very 

 pretty flowers, of 

 soft rich blue. 

 5 cts. per pkt. 



Margraret Carnauon. 



CARNATIONS 



DIANTHUS. 



Annual Fopms, Blooming Soon After the Seed Is Sown. 



CARNATION MARGARET. 



This new form of the hardy Carnation blooms four months from 

 seed. It is much admired and valued in all gardens where it has 

 been tested. Plants vigorous, semi-dwarf and neat, and if sown un- 

 der glass in March or April begin blooming in early summer, and yield 

 a brilliant display of flowers until frost. Plants which have bloomed 

 all summer in the garden are frequently potted for winter decoration, 

 and bloom in the window for a long time. Flowers large, quite double 

 and perfectly formed, never bursting the calj-x. They show all colors 

 and variegations through beautiful shades of red, pink and white. 

 Fine for cutting; stems are good, and the flowers are produced in 

 great profusion. 10 cts. per pkt. 



DIANTHUS. 



Brilliant and Popular Garden Pinks. 



Gay and spicily fragrant flowers, well loved and grown everywhere, 

 in almost any soil. They cover their dense thicket of leaves and 

 stems with brilliant masses of flowers. All the varieties named be- 

 low bloom the first year from seed. 



Chinensis fl. pi. (Double Chinese or Indian Pink). Flowers large 

 and very double, in all rich colors. Fine mixed. 5 cts. per pkt. 



Chinensis fl. pi. albus (Double White Chinese Pink). Flowers 

 large and showy. 5 cts. per pkt. 



Heddewigii grandiflora fl. pi. (Crown of Perfection). Flowers of 

 immense size and very double ; produced in greatest profusion. 

 A great diversity of colors, from purest satiny white to intense 

 red, soft pink and flesh tints, and a large proportion of flowers 

 marked in various hues. 10 cts. per pkt. 



Heddewigii Eastern Queen. Beautiful rose variety. 10c. per pkt. 



— Crimson Belle. Splendid brilliant dark red. 10 cts. per pkt. 



— The Bride. White, with purple center; very pretty. 10c. per pkt. 



— Diadematus fl. pi (Double Japanese, or Diadem Pink). Flowers 

 large and fine in form and very double, ranging through all colors. 

 Finest mixed. 10 cts. per pkt. 



Imperialis fl. pi (Double Imperial Pink). An extra-finp mixture, 

 producing all colors of these handsome flowers. 5 cts. per pkt. 



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