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plant in small pots when large enough, and 

 keep either in greenhouse or a room near 

 the window, and give plenty of light and 

 air. Keep bulos dry during summer. Price 

 per packet,' 25 cents. 



Correopsis. (Calleopsis.) Bright Eye 

 Daisy. Handsome free blooming plants, of 

 the easiest culture; two to three feet high, 

 with yellow and brown daisy-like flowers. 

 December to March. 



Chrysanthemum tricolor (carinatum.) 

 Summer Chrysanthemum. Showy summer 

 bloomers of different colors, 12 to 15 inches 

 high. If grouped together they have a 

 pleasing effect. Sow in March and April. 



Cosmos bipinnata hybrida. A very 

 showy annual similar in shape to the Bright 

 Eye Daisy or Correopsis, but taller and 

 more brilliant in color. 



Dianthus Barbatus Sweet William. 

 A well known plant, which has been much 

 improved of late years. Their beautiful 

 colors make them very showy. Should be 

 sown early otherwise they will not flower 

 the first spring; one and a half feet high. 

 October till April. 



Dianthus Chinensis. Chinese Pink. 

 A beautiful class of annuals of various col- 

 ors, which flower very profusely in early 

 spring and summer; 1 foot high; from Oc- 

 tober to April. 



Dianthus Heddewiggi. Japan Pink. 

 This is the most showj of anj? of the an- 

 nual pinks. The flowers are very large and 

 of brilliant colors; one foot high. Sow from 

 October till April. 



Centaurea Suavolens. 



Dianthus Plumaris. Border Pink. A 

 fragrant pink used for edging. The flowers 

 are tinged, generally pink or white with a 

 dark eye. Dnes not flower the first year; 

 two feet high. Sow from January till April. 

 ^Dianthus caryophyllus. Carnation 

 Pink. This is a well known and highly 

 esteemed class of flowers. They are double, 



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Cosmos Bipinnata Hybrida. 



it colors, and very fragi 

 be sown either in fail or spring; should be 

 shaded during midsnmmer and protected 

 from hard rains; three to four feet high. 

 November till April. 



Dianthus Picotee. Finest hybrids. 

 Stage flowers saved from a collection of 

 over 500 named varieties; per package, 50c. 



Dianthus caryophyllus. Margaritae 

 robustus fl. pi. Semi-high double Mar- 

 garet Carnations. This beautiful pink orig- 

 inated in Italy. It is of a dwarfish habit, 

 grows from 12 to 15 inches high; the stalks 



Dianthus Barbatus. 



are exceeding strong, and therefore need no 

 support. The flowers are much variegated, 

 occasionally producing yellow ones. What 

 makes this variety remarkable is that it 

 flowers after four months from the time of 

 sowing the seed, and produces about 80 per 

 cent, of double flowers, unlike other Carna- 

 tions, which ate biennial and only bloom 

 the second vear. 



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