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Per packet. 

 CLARKIA. An old jintl f'uvoritc plant, growing freely in any gax-den 

 soil and producing cheei'ful-looking flowers; 1^ ft. 



Single Mixed Varieties 5 



Double ^[ixed Varieties 5 



CLEOME GRANDIFLORA {Spider JPkint). Rose-colored flowers.. 5 

 COCKSCOMB {Celosia Cristata). Ornamental, curious-looking 

 flowers; well-known fiivorites, selected from fine combs for size 

 and brilliant colors; half-hardy ; 1 ft. 

 Variegated {Gold with Crimson Variegated Cockscomh). 

 Magnificent; heads variegated with crimson, orange, green, 

 shaded and striped ; the golden yellow and deep crimson are of 



the most brilliant hues, the variegation is distinctly marked 10 



Dwarf Crimson. Large velvet-like combs 10 



Yellow. Rose. Mixed each 5 



COMMELINA CCELESTIS. A tuberous-rooted, free-blooming 

 and very pretty plant, with rich blue flowers ; the roots can be 



preserved like Dahlias; half-hardy perennial; H ft 5 



CONVOLVULUS MINOR {Dwarf Horning Glory}. Showy, free- 

 flowering, rich colored handsome j)lants, producing, in beds 

 and mixed boi-ders, an unusually brilliant elfect; 1 ft. Mixed.. 5 



Splendens. Violet, with white centre 5 



Tricolor. Violet purple, with white centre 5 



White. Striped Blue, striped with Avhite each 5 



Tricolor Flore-Pleno. Double shoAvy flowers 10 



Cantabricus. Rosy purple, beautiful trailer, for hanging-bas- 

 kets, or for a bedding plant; hardy perennial 20 



Mauritanicus. Beautiful trailer for hanging-baskets and vases, 



producing numerous blue flowers; half-hardy perennial 20 



CYANUS {Blue Bottle). Ornamental plants foi- shrubberies and 

 borders, useful for cut flowers ; growing in any garden soil ; 



1-^ ft. ; mixed colors. 5 



CYTISUS LABURNUM {Golden Chain). A hardy shrub or tree, 



with long racemes of golden yellow flowers 10 



DAISY {Bellis Perennis). Afavprite plant for beds or pot-culture; 



finest double mixed varieties ; half-hardy perennial ; 3 in 20 



DAHLIA {Large-flowered). Half-hardy perennials ; blooming the 

 fii'st year from seed ; protect the roots from frost during the 



winter; saved from fine double varieties; mixed 20 



Saiall-flowered {Bouquet or Liliputian). Saved from choice 



double varieties; mixed 20 



DATURA. An ornamental class of plants ; in large clumps and 

 borders of shrubbery they produce an excellent elfect ; flowering 

 the first year from seed ; can be preserved in sand during the 

 winter, in a dry cellar; half-hardy perennials. 



Atroviolacea Plenissima. Flowers dark violet ; 4J ft 10 



Fastuosa Huberiana. Superb large double lilac flowers, inner 



parts almost pure Avhite; 5 ft 10 



HuMULis. Large double-drooping flowers, of a rich Nankeen 



yellow; delightfully fragrant ; 2 ft 10 



Wrighti {Meteloides). White, bordered with blue; 2ft 10 



DELPHINIUM. One of our most showy and useful plants, pro- 

 ducing splendid spikes of flowers in profusion ; if sown early, 

 they will bloom the first year from seed ; hardy perennials ; 2 

 ft. For annual varieties, see Larkspurs, page 54. 



FoRMOSUM. Spikes of brilliant blue flowers 10 



NUDICAULE. Dwarf compact growth, with abundant loose 



spikes of dazzling scarlet flowers 20 



Sinensis Pumilum Cceruleum. Chinese dwarf, azure blue 10 



For Seeds of Ornamental Grasses, see page 73. 



