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fANARV RIPn PI OWFR {Tropceohivi canar tense'), A beautiful climber. The curiously shaped and charming 



vrVlirllvl UllVL/ l Uv/ TV IvlV little canary colored blossoms bear some resemblance to a bird with its wings half 



extended. The plant has a luxuriant growth and rambling character. If planted by the side of an arbor or trellis, it will 



run twenty feet and blossom from July till frost comes. Tender annual Pkt. lOcts 



gy. ^^ -m _ - -^ - ■- C ^ ilberis). Showy branching plants six to eighteen inches high. Indispensable for cutting 



■ .^^] Ig ■■ ^ [ U T I ^^^ ^®^y effective in beds or masses. If sown in spring will bloom from July to Septem- 

 ^^•* ** ** J •- •* * •- ber, or if in the fall will blossom from May to July. Hardy annual. 



Purple Pkt. Sets White Pkt. Sets 



Rocket. ^Empress), white, extra large trusses. A great improve- 

 ment in the size and quality of the flowering trusses over the com- 

 mon white variety " Sets 



Fragrant, white *' 5ct8 



Crimson, fine " 5cts 



Carmine, dwarf, compact habit " lOcts 



Fine Mixed " 5cts 



Dwarf Mixed Hybrid, four to six inches high " lOcts 



Perennial ( Semper virens), hardy, evergreen, sub-shrub; height ten 



mches; flowers white, very pretty " lOcts 



Stately ornamental plants, very desirable for bedding 



outdoors,where they produce clusters of large flowers of 



the most intense and brilliant colors. Tender perennial ; 



two to six feet high. Store roots in cellar in winter. 



Finest Large Flowering Varieties Mixed— Nothing can exceed the beauty 



and variety of color of these magnificent bedding or greenhouse plants. 



Start the seed in heat in February ; the plants will bloom by August 



in the greatest profusion. About three feet high Pkt. lOcts 



Fine Mixed " Sets 



f A\ITPDRITDV RPI I (Campanula Medimni). Handsome, 

 ,C/Ai^ 1 CIVDUIVI DLrULr hardy, biennial, of stately growth, 

 rich color, and profuse bloom. Succeeds best in light, rich soil and 

 should be transplanted or thinned to eighteen inches or two feet 

 apart. Has large, bell shaped flowers which are strikingly effective. 

 Height one to four feet. One of the wild forms of Campanula is 

 the "Blue Bells of Scotland." 



; Double White Pkt. lOcts Double Mixed Pkt. lOcts 



Double Blue " lOcts Single Mixed " Sets 



CALYCANTHEMA, Mixed— Flowers large, of fine form, white, lilac, 



rose and purple Pkt. lOcts 



CARDIOSPERMUM— See i^aZZoon Vine. 



g^ g. T% iRicinus). Tall, majestic plants for 



■ •'■JC T ft"!^ Ki^!^^ lawns, with leaves of glossy green, 

 \j(Cla3 vUl b^wCIIm brown or bronzed metallic hue and 

 long spikes of scarlet or of green, prickly fruit. Of very quick 

 growth in rich soil. Tender annual; six to fifteen feet high. 

 Zanzibariensis, a comparatively new species of wonderfully vigorous 

 growth. The plants grow from ten to fifteen feet high. The leaves 

 have a brilliant lustre, measure about thirty inches across, and in 

 different plants range from bright green with green stems to deep 

 bronze with dark red stems. We know of no annual plant so desir- 

 able for concealing unsightly objects or of more imposing beauty 



when standing alone on the lawn. Mixed varieties Pkt. lOcts 



Sanguineus {Tricolor), blood red stalks with red venation in leaves; 



height about six feet. Pkt. Sets 

 Mixed " Sets 



Canary Bird Flower v. 



