Shasta Daisy, 



One-half Natural Size 



THE SHASTA DAISVis one 



of the most marvelous pro- 

 ductions in the flower line 

 that has ever been brought 

 to the notice of floriculturists. It is the 

 first of a new type, which has been ob- 

 tained by first combining 1 the free-flower- 

 ing American species with the large, but 

 coarse, European species, and the Japanese 

 species Nipponicum, after which rigid se- 

 lection through a series of years has pro- 

 duced the present wonderfully beautiful 

 and useful strain. Its first qualification 

 is hardiness; it can be grown out of doors 

 by anybody where it is not cold enough to 

 kill oak trees. It is perennial, blooming 

 better and more abundantly each season. 

 It can be multiplied rapidly by simple 

 division, and it is not particular as to soil. 

 It blooms for several months. The flowers 

 are extremely large and graceful, averag- 

 ing about four inches in diameter, with 

 three or more rows of petals of the purest 

 ghstening whiteness, and are borne on 

 single, strong, stiff, wiry stems, nearly 

 two feet in length. The blooms when cut 

 remain perfectly fresh and in good con- 

 dition for two weeks or more. No other 

 flower can compare with it in usefulness. 



Pks., 100 seeds, 10 cts. 



Datura Cornucopia, "Horn of Plenty." 



Discovered in South Africa by a collector of Orchids. The plant is of robust 

 habit, with thick, dark, brown-purple, shining stems. The branches are nu- 

 merous, spreading 3 or 4 feet; thick, large, dark green colored leaves. The flow- 

 ers are trumpet-shaped, measuring 8 or 10 inches in length and 5 to 7 inches 

 across the mouth, and form three distinct flowers growing each within the 

 other. * The mouth of the corolla is the most delicate white, beautifully 

 marked with royal purple. A single plant gives from 200 to 300 fragrant 

 blooms during the season, followed by a large, thorny seed vessel, which adds 

 to its beauty; is of the easiest culture; plant at the end of May in a warm, rich 

 soil; can be cultivated as an isolated specimen, in masses for center of beds, 

 or to fill barren places, and produces a striking effect. Pkt, 15 seeds, 5 cts. 



Euphorbia. 



Marginata. 

 (Snow - on- 1 he- 

 Mountain). Plants 

 two feet high, with 

 beautiful foliage, 

 elegantly veined 

 and margined with 

 white; very showy. 

 Per pkt 5 cts. 



Euphorbia 



Mexican Fire Plant 

 Heterophylla. 



The leaves are at 

 first green, but at 

 the end of each 

 branch appear 

 greenish -white 

 flowers, enveloped 

 in beautiful orange- 

 scarlet bracts, and 

 leaves are blotched 

 with vivid carmine. 

 Pkt 10 cts. 



Mrs. Charles 

 Piper, Union- 

 ville, Conn ., 

 Feb'y 11* 1908, 

 writes: Glad to 

 get your little 

 book, your seeds 

 arc fine. 



