WM. C. BLCKLRT, ALLEGHENY, PA. 33 



Annuals for 'Bloom the First Season 



SUPERB BALSAMS (Lady's-Slippers) 



Popular and easy to grow; give brilliant masses of beautiful flowers for 

 little care. Plants about 2 feet in height; transplanting dwarfs them and 

 makes the flowers more double. Some are as double and perfect as camel- 

 lias; they range through all dark, rich, brilliant and delicate colors. 

 Improved Camellia - Flowered. Double Miniature. Small, dainty, 



Regular and perfect; large and full double flowers. Choice mixed. 



to center. Choice mixed. Pkt. 10c. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Florists' Best Double White. Pkt. Double Mixed. All kinds and col- 



10 els. ors. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 35 cts. 



BARTONIA aurea. Handsome downy foliage; fragrant, large, 

 golden yellow flowers, which open in the evening. 3 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 



BEET. Ornamental-foliaged Beets. In various colors. Pkt. 5 cts. 



BRACHYCOME (Swan River Daisy). Flowers light and grace- 

 ful, and borne profusely; colors blue or white, with dark center. 1 foot. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. 



BROWAELIA (Blue Amethyst). A neat, compact little plant 

 about a foot tall, blooming freely from June until frost; also fine for winter 

 blooming. Large blue flowers with white throat. Pkt. 10 cts. 



CACAEIA cocclnea (Tassel Flower). The tassel-shaped flowers 

 are bright scarlet, and borne in graceful clusters. Pkt. 5 cts 



CALENDULAS, or 

 POT MARIGOLDS 



Produce a bright and constant 

 mass of color; grow anywhere; flower 

 until frost. 



Pure Cold. Semi-dwarf plant; hand- 

 some, double, pure golden yellow 

 flowers. The best Marigold in 

 cultivation; flowers large and 

 brilliant. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts. 



Sulphurea. Flowers sulphur-yellow 

 in color, of large size and very 

 double. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts. 



Meteor. Large double flowers of yel- 

 low, striped with orange. Pkt. 5 

 cts., oz. 25 cts. 



Fine Mixed. The best colors in va- 

 riety. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts. 



CALLIOPSIS (Bright Eyes) 



Gay and beautiful; graceful habit, 

 easy culture, and flower profusely. 

 Tinctoria. Flowers double, of a rich, 

 golden yellow color, with wine- 

 maroon spots. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Drummondii (Golden Wave). Pure, 

 bright yellow flower, with an eye 

 of brown. Pkt. 5 cts. 



CAEANDRINIA, Large Flowering. 



A creeping plant, with large, rose-colored flow- 

 ers, which make it one blaze of color whenever 

 the sun shines. Pkt. 5 cts. 



CANDYTUFT (iberis) 



An old and universal favorite, largely culti- 

 vated and continually in bloom; as valuable for 

 cut-flowers as for edging and masses and always 

 desirable. 



Giant Hyacinth-Flowered, or Empress. Very 

 large spikes of pure white. The plant sends 

 out from 4 to 9 branches, each terminating in 

 a large spike of flowers; these flowers are 

 beautifully formed, and of unusual size. Pkt. 

 10 cts., oz. 30 cts. 

 Amara. Clusters of pure white. Exceedingly 



pretty. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts. 

 Dwarf Hybrids. Plants only about G inches 

 high. They form massive candelabra-shaped 

 spikes of various-colored flowers. Pkt. 5 cts., 

 oz. 30 cts. 



Light Purple, Dark Purple, Carmine and 



Flesh Colors. Each, 5 cts. per pkt. 

 Tom Thumb. Very dwarf, forming a low, 

 dense mass of green and white. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 CANNAS, Dwarf French. For rich effects 

 in bedding, the Dwarf French Cannas have now 

 few rivals in popular estimation. As pot-plants 

 for winter - flowering they are also favorites. 

 Finest mixed. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 25 cts. 



CARNATIONS 



Marguerite. Blooms in % four months from 

 seed. Plant vigorous, semi-dwarf, neat. If 

 sown under glass in March or April, begin 

 blooming in early summer and yield a brilliant 

 display of flowers until frost. Flowers large, 

 quite double and perfectly formed, never 

 bursting the calyx. They show all colors and 

 variegations through beautiful shades of red, pink and white. Mixed, pkt. 5 

 cts.; separate colors: White, Pink, Scarlet, Dark Red, Yellow and Striped, 

 each, per pkt. 10 cts. 



Ciant Marguerite. An improved and larger-flowering form of the above. Pkt. 10 cts. 



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CENTAUREA 



Favorite old-fashioned flowers. The quaintly pretty flowers have good stems and 

 are brightly colored. For other varieties, see Foliage Plants. 



MARGARET CJ 



Imperialls (Giant Sweet Sultan) . Fine for 

 cutting. Flowers large, sweet-scented 

 and in bloom until frost. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Marguerite. Very large, pure white and 

 sweet-scented flowers. Profuse bloomer. 

 VA feet. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Chameleon. A companion to the preced- 



ing, producing large, pale sulphur-yel- 

 low flowers; attractive. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Cyanus (Cornflower). White or blue; 

 plants tall, free-blooming. Pkt. 5 cts., 

 oz. 25 cts. 



Emperor William. Dark blue. Pkt. 5 

 cts., oz. 30 cts. 



