Annuals for Bloom the First Season. 



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ALLEGHENY. PA. 



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

 growing in favor with the public. .They are quite distinct from the 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. carinatum hybridum fl. pi. A new strain, unique and distinct. The majority of 

 the flowers are very double and bronz}' 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. 10 cts. per pkt. 



C. coroiiarium fl. pi. Fine double flowers of white or yellow. Mixed seed, 5 cts. 

 per pkt. 



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



■Japanese varieties, see Greenhouse Plants. 



CI.ARKIA ELEGANS. 



Popular in many gardens because of its early and pro- 

 fuse-flowering habit. The plants average iK feet in 

 height, and the oddly formed double flowers are bright 

 rose, purple or white. Single and Double, each 5 cts. 

 per pkt. 



COS9IIDIUI*! BURRIDGEABdJM. 



A showy summer-blooming plant, about 2 feet in height, 

 useful for both beds and borders. Flowers large, velvety 

 brown or orange. 5 cts. per pkt. 



Chrysanthemum carinatum. 



CENTAUREA. 



Centanrea Cyanns, 



THE CROZY CANNAS. 



(New Dwarf Large-Flowering Frenct. ) 



For tropical foliage, large, brilliant flowers, 

 constant bloom, neat, compact habit and rich 

 effects 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 favorites. The seed should 

 be soaked in hot water eight or ten hours 

 before planting, and started early in hotbeds 

 or in the house. 



Fine Mixture of Crozy's New Hybrids. 



Choice seed, from dwarf, early-flowering 

 plants, remarkable for fine flowers and foli- 

 age. 10 cts. per pkt. 



For Canna Tubers, see list of Bulbs for 

 Spring Planting. 



COSMOS 



As beautiful in its way as either aster or chrysanthemum, the Cosmos excels them 

 both for cutting, its long, slender stems, airy, graceful flowers and feathery foliage 

 givmg it an artistic, elegant air, with which all flowers are not favored. The plants 

 are tall and strong-growing, from 4 to 6 feet high, and a perfect fountain of bloom from 

 September until long after early frosts. 



Mammoth Perfection, Erlinda. Flowers very large, 3}^ to 4V2 inchesacross, snow- 

 white ; plant very stately in habit, with beautiful feathery foliage, to cts. per pkt. 

 Resita. Similar to the preceding, but of a lovely pink color. 10 cts. per pkt. 



Conchita. A beauty, with deep red flowers like crimson velvet, measuring 2 inches 

 across. The plants do not grow nearly so tall as other varieties. When fully opened 

 the flowers turn a lighter shade of red. 10 cts. per pkt. 



C. hybridus. White Pearl. Large, snow-white flowers. 10 cts. per pkt. 



C. — Large-Plowering Pink and Large-Flowering Crimson. Each, loc. per pkt. 



Grand Mixture. Monster flowers, pink and white, 4 to 5 inches across ; flowers with 

 overlapping petals resembling single dahlias, with frilled petals, with large, round, 

 open petals, with irregular, laciniated petals ; white flowers, flecked and clouded 

 with pink ; shaded light and dark ; beautiful shades of red and crimson ; star-like 

 flowers, with fringed edges, pink, white, red, in endless combination. 25c. per pkt. 



CONVOLVULUS MIBiOR. 



(Dwarf Morning Glory, Ipomoea.) Remarkably handsome trailing plants, of luxu- 

 riant growth. Well adapted for beds, borders, vases or baskets. 

 C. Mauritanicus. Fine bright blue flowers, with yellow throat. 5 cts. per pkt. 

 C. — tricolor. Pretty flowers of soft blue. 5 cts. per pkt. 



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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 cts. per pkt. 

 C. — Victoria. A charming diminutive variety, 

 forming little bushes, producing clusters of bright 

 blue flowers in great abundance. Prettv for edgings 

 or pot-culture. 10 cts. per pkt. 

 C. — Emperor William. Dark blue; fine. 5c. perpkt. 

 ■""or other varieties, see Foliage Plants. 



CENXRANXOUS lUACROSIPHOX. 



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, 5 cts. per pkt. 



COLLIIVSIA. 



All the Collinsias have brightly colored flowers, 

 blooming in whorls, several of which cluster about 

 each stem. The plants are continually in flower ; 

 iK feet. Mixed seed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



j^^Try a packet of our new grand mix- 

 ture of Cosmos. 



