74 J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD. 
ASTERS. 
Semple’s Branching.—Beautiful for cut 
flowers. 
with graceful wavy petals borne on long 
stiff stems, and the colors are clear and 
handsome. Excellent for cutting; two feet. 
December till March. 
Trufant’s Paeony Flowered Perfection.— 
Large double paeony-shaped flowers of fine 
mixed colors, one of the best varieties. 
Two feet high; sow from December till 
March. 
Queen Margaret, Quilled.— Perfect 
double quilled flower, of all shades. One 
and a half feet high. December till March. 
BALSAMS. 
BALSAMINA.—Mixed, improved camelia- 
flowered, very double and beautiful colors. 
February to August. 5c. and 10c. packets. 
Camelia Flora Alba.—Pure white flowers, 
about two feet high, used for bouquets. 
Sow all Balsaminas from February till 
August. 5c. and 10c. packets. 
CALENDULA Officinalis.—Pot Marigold. 
—Flowers vary in different shades of yel- 
low; 1% feet high. January till April. Se. 
and 10c. packets. 
CANNA Indica.—Indian Shot. — Hand- 
some foliage plants with large spikes of 
bright crimson, scarlet, bright yellow, 
orange and spotted flowers. Sow in boxes 
or flower pots from November to March. 
CELOSIA Cristata.—Dwarf Cock’s Comb. 
Very ornamental, producing large head of 
crimson and yellow flowers one to two 
feet high. February till August. 5c. 
and 10c. packets. 
CENTAUREA Cyanus.— Bottle Pink. — 
A hardy annual of easy culture; of various 
colors; two feet high. March and April. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM Tricolor.—(Carina- 
tum).—Summer Chrysanthemum.—Summer 
bloomers of different colors,.12 to 15 inches 
high. March to April. 
COLEUS.—A _ beautiful bedding plant 
which can be easily propagated by seeds 
which produce ‘different shades of colored 
plants. March and April. 
CORREOPSIS.—(Calleopsis)—Bright Eye 
Daisy.—Handsome free blooming piants of 
the easiest culture, two or three feet high, 
with yellow and brown daisy-like flowers. 
December to March. 
COSMOS BIPINNATA HYBRIDA.— 
White, yellow and mixed.—A very showy 
annual similar in shape to the Bright-Eye 
Daisy or Correopsis, but taller and more 
brilliant in color. December till April. 
DAHLIA.—Large flowering Dahlia. Seed 
sown in the Spring will flower by June. 
Very pretty colors are obtained from seed. 
February till June. 
DAISIES. 
BELLIS Perennis.— English Daisy. — 
Finest double mixed variety; four inches 
high. October till January. 
SHASTA. — Burbank’s Double Fringed.— 
An absolute perpetual bloomer throughout 
the whole year wherever it has a chance. 
October till April. i 
PARIS.—French Marguerites.—A beau- 
tiful plant of easy culture, flower white 
and yellow, 1% to 2 inches in diameter. 
October till March. 
These flowers are large double, - 
LAREKSPURS. 
Note.—None of the Delphiniums or 
Larkspurs transplant well, and are 
better sown at once where they are 
intended to remain. 
Delphinium Chinensis. 
DELPHINIUM Chinensis.—Dwarf China 
Larkspur.—Mixed colors very pretty, one 
foot high. All Larkspurs should be sown 
from November till April. 
Imperialis, fl. pl. — Imperial 
Larkspurs.—Very handsome _ variety of 
symmetrical form. Mixed colors; bright 
red, dark blue and red striped; 1% feet 
high. November to April. 
Ajacis.—Rocket Larkspur.—Mixed colors, 
very showy; November to April. 5c. 
10c. packets. 
Flowering 
PINKS. 
DIANTHUS Plumaris.— Border Pink.— 
Used for edging. The flowers are tinged, 
generally pink and white with a dark eye. 
Does not flower the first year; two feet 
high. January till April. ‘ 
Heddewiggii.—Japan Pink.—This is the 
most showy of any of the annual pinks. 
The flowers are very large and of bril- 
liant colors; one foot high. October till 
April. 
Caryophyllus. — Carnation Pink. — They 
are double, of different colors, very fra- 
grant; can be sown either in Fall or 
Spring; should be shaded during midsum- 
mer and protected from hard rains; 3 to 
4 feet high. November till April. 
Caryophyllus Margaritae Robustus, fi. pl. 
Semi-High Double Margaret Carnation.— 
Dwarfish habit, grows-from 12 to 15 inches 
high; the stalks are exceedingly strong, 
and therefore need no support. The flow- 
ers are much variegated, occasionally pro- 
ducing yellow ones. Flowers four months 
after sowing the seed, and produces about 
80 per cent. double flowers. October to 
April. 
Barbatus.—Sweet William.—Their beau- 
tiful 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. 
Chinensis.—Chinese Pink.—A _ beautiful 
class of annuals of various colors, flower- 
ing in early Spring and Summer; 1 foot 
high. October till April. 
ESCHSCHOLTZIA Californica.—Califor- 
nia Poppy.—A free flowering plant, good 
for masses. Does not transplant well. 1 
foot high. December till April. 
