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CARNATION 



Garnations are general favorites for their delicious fragrance and richness 

 of color. They are indispensable both for greenhouse culture in winter and for 

 the garden in summer. 



1850 Hardy Border Double Mixed. A good hardy strain for 

 outdoor culture, flowering the second season and producing a mass 

 of flowers in a great variety of colors. J oz., SO cts $ 



15 



1831 Chabaud's Everblooming. Raised by a famous French 

 specialist. Blooms in five months after being sown, and con- 

 tinues to fiower in the greatest profusion indefinitely. Mixed 

 colors 25 



1820 Marguerite Mixed. A quick flowering strain; double flowers 



in great variety of colors. J oz., 40 cts 10 



1830 Giant Marguerite Mixed. 



strain. J oz., 50 cts 



An improved large flowering 



Centaur ea . 



1904 Montana {Perennial Corn Flower). Grows 2 feet high bearing 

 large violet-blue flowers from July to September, j oz., 40 cts 



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Chrysanthemum 



(Shasta and Moonpenny Daisies^ 



1946 Maximum King Edward VII {Moonpenny Daisy). 

 Considered the finest of all, with flowers of extraordi- 

 nary size, of purest white, perfect form, and exceedingly 

 free-flowering. A splendid addition to this useful 

 hardy perennial. J oz., 30 cts 10 



1948 Shasta Daisy Alaska. A splendid hardy perennial 

 variety with flowers rarely less than five inches across, 

 of the purest glistening white, with broad overlapping 

 petals, and borne on long strong stems, a beautiful 

 cut flower, remaining in good condition a week or 

 more. 5 pkts., $1.00 25 



1950 Shasta Daisy Mixed. A general mixture saved 

 from a large number of extra choice hybrids, and 

 certain to produce a large number of varieties of 

 great merit. 2 pkts., 25 cts 15 



Sh.\st.\ D.-visy Alask.\ * 



CeraStium (Snow in summer) 



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1911 Tomentosum. A very pretty dwarf, white-leaved 

 edging plant, bearing small white flowers; hardy 

 perennial $0 15 



Cheiranthus 



1915 Allionii {Siberian Wallflower). A very pretty biennial 

 growing about 12 inches high with heads of brilliant 

 orange flowers from May to midsummer. Very 

 effective in the rockery 10 



Cineraria Hybrida 



Beautiful flowering plants for the house or conservatory during the spring 

 months. Seed should be sown from May to September for succession. Cinerarias 

 grow so freely that the seedlings may go straight from the seed-pans to thumb pots. 

 After transplanting, place in a cold frame facing north, if possible. When the pots 

 become full of roots, shift into larger ones till the flowering size is reached. Our prize 

 strain is justly celebrated for all good qualities being especially noted for size, coloring 

 and texture. 



1963 Dreer's Prize Dwarf. Dwarf compact plants not over a foot high, with 

 immense heads of large individual flowers in a great range of beautiful 

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Coreopsis Lanceolata GRANDtFLORA 



1964 Dreer's Prize Tall. Of taller growth than the 

 above, with flowers of extraordinary size 



1961 Matador. The new large-flowering scarlet, which 

 adds considerable life and brilliancy to a collection . . 



1966 Stellata {Slar Cineraria). A charming variety, with 

 large spreading panicles of starry flowers in the same 

 variety of colors as the ordinary Cineraria; the ex- 

 treme grace and elegance of the plant and flowers 

 make them wonderfully effective for the decoration 

 of the house and conservatory, and especially so 

 for church decoration, also useful for cutting 



Coreopsis 



2071 Lanceolata Grandiflora. This is one of the 



finest of hardy plants, with large, showy bright yellow 



flowers, produced in the greatest abundance from June till frost. As a cut 



flower they stand near the head among hardy plants, having long stems 



and lasting in good condition a week or more. Easily grown from seed. 



J oz., 25 cts 



2072 Lanceolata Grandiflora Fl. PI. {Double-flowering Coreopsis). Coreopsis 

 Lanceolata has for a long time been a gem in the. perennial border and one 

 never grows tired of the masses of blooms which it produces which are 

 decorative in the garden and invaluable as cut flowers. This new double 

 and semi-double form is just as easy to manage and the extra petahage adds 

 a further charm to the flower 



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