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MISS EMMA V. WHITE. 



NEW CALIFORNIA GIANT COSMOS. 



This new strain of California Giant Cosmos, which I offered for the 

 first time last year, has received many warm praises. It is raised by 

 Mrs. Shepherd, who has developed the finest Cosmos in the world. 

 The blossoms are extra large and surprisingly beautiful, measuring 

 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 raising for its fine, graceful, feathery 

 foliage alone, and one should keep a plant or two just to use for green. 

 I offer this splendid Cosmos in separate or mixed colors. Annual. 4 

 to 8 ft. Mixed. Pkt., 6 cts 

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



6ctS. 



CYPRESS VINE. 



The Cypress Vine is a 

 beautiful climber, with 

 delicate, feathery, dark 

 green foliage, which for 

 two or three months will 

 be dotted over with bright, 

 velvety, little star-shaped, 

 scarlet or white flowers. 

 It is pretty to train over 

 an old stump or over rock 

 work, and if planted in a 

 rich soil will grow to a 

 height of twenty feet. 

 Perennial. Mixed. Pkt., 

 3 cts. 



Princeton, 111., Oct. 14, 1897. — 

 "My cosmos from your seed is the 

 handsomest I ever saw, very large 

 blossoms." Mrs. H. C. Keed. 



Excelsior, Minn., Oct. 26, 1897.— 

 "The Giant Cosmos at this date is 



feet tall and has a wealth of 

 bloom, the blossoms measuring 

 about i inches in diameter. 



M3s.JessikI.Lono. CypressVine. 



COSMOS HYBRIDUS. 



The "Pearl." A beautiful white Cosmos. Pkt., 3 cts. 

 Mixed Cosmos. A fine mixture of the old varieties. Pkt., 

 3 cts. 



Mankato, Minn., Oct. 21, 1897.— "I have had untold satisfaction from all my 

 flowers I got from you. I have given over 200 bouquets to the sick from them, the 

 Public Hospital receiving the greater share. Mrs. Geo. A. Habbis. 



CALIFORNIA GIANT COSMOS. 



Marguerite Cosmos. One of the prettiest and daintiest 

 varieties imaginable ; the flowers measure from 2 y 2 to 3 inches, 

 the petals being deeply and irregularly laciniated or fringed, 

 and resembling Marguerites, though much more aesthetic 

 and beautiful. Dainty white, pink and flushed sha les 

 Mixed. Pkt., 7 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 . 

 6 cts. 



Mixed Giant Cosmos. A mixture of my six giant varie- 

 ties. Pkt., 6 cts. 



