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M1SS EMMA V. WHITE. 



CALIFORNIA GIANT COSMOS. 



I take pleasure in offering a splendid new strain of early- 

 flowering, California-grown Cosmos, raised by JMrs. Shep- 

 herd, who has developed the finest Cosmos in the world. The 

 blossoms are extra large and surpassingly beautiful, meas- 

 uring sometimes five inches across, in white, pink, mauve 

 and crimson shades. The petals are plain in some flowers, 

 in others fringed and beautifully overlapping. Worth rais- 

 ing for its fine, graceful, feathery foliage alone, and one 

 should keep a plant or two just to use for green. I offer this 

 9plendid Cosmos in separate or mixed colors. Annual. 4 

 to 6 ft. Mixed. Pkt., 7 cts. 

 Giant Red, White and Pink. Separate colors, each, per 



pkt., 8 cts. 



COLUMBINE (Aquilegia). 



Coming very early, before 

 many other flowers are bloom- 

 ing, the Columbine is an essen- 

 tial feature of the perennial bed. 

 Flowers of curious formation, in 

 some the spurs being developed 

 to a great length. 



Double White. Prettv for pots. 

 Pkt., 5 cts. 



Double. All colors mixed. Pkt., 

 4 cts. 



Single. Containing the Ch'ys- 

 antha.beautiful golden yellow, 

 long spurred flowers, and Cer- 

 ulea, outer sepals deep lilac or 

 blue, with petals white. Very 

 desirable. Pkt., 4 cts. 



MARGUERITE COSMOS. 



One of the prettiest and dainti- 

 est varieties imaginable; the 

 flowers measure from 2% to 3 in- 

 ches, the petals being deeply and 

 irregularly lacinated or fringed, 

 and resembling Marguerites, 

 though much more aesthetic 

 and beautiful. Dainty white, 

 pink and flushed shades. Mixed, 

 Pkt., lO cts. 



"TINTS OF DAWN" 

 COSMOS. 



The flowers have a white 

 ground, finely flecked or flushed 

 with delicate pink, some being 

 flushed much darker around the 

 eye than the others, as in the 

 cut. Variously shaped and very 

 beautiful. Pkt., 8 cts. 



Hader, Minn., Oct. 19, 1896.— "I was especially 

 pleased with my Cockscomb, which kept flower- 

 ing till the cold sjpell in the latter part of Sep- 



tember killed it.' 



I. J. G.IEHSE. 



COCCINEA INDICA. 



A remarkably pretty 

 climber, with ivy-like, 

 luxuriant foliage. It 

 bears an abundance of 

 small, white flowers, 

 which are followed by 

 an oblong fruit about 

 two inches in length, 

 which, when ripe, is a 

 bright scarlet marked 

 with white lines. Half- 

 hardy perennial, blos- 

 soming the first season 

 if started early. Pkt., 5 

 cts. 



Blue Point, 111., Oct. 28, 1896.— 

 "My seed did well, especially the 

 the Cannas." D. Gbaef. 



COSMOS 

 HYBRIDUS. 



A good mixture of the 

 old varieties. Pkt., 3c, 



